Rent The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
3.3 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 43min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Hardened giallo fans have been screaming out for a British release of 1974's macabre masterpiece "The Perfume of the Lady in Black". Long considered one of the genres greatest achievements, this surreal and spooky exploration of a beautiful Hitchcockian blonde and her breakdown into oddball visions of childhood and violence, not to mention a bloody body count that seems concurrent with her mysterious and malevolent mindscapes, is a truly unique spin on the long-running Italian terror-trend.
- Actors:
- Mimsy Farmer, Maurizio Bonuglia, Mario Scaccia, Jho Jhenkins, Nike Arrighi, Lara Wendel, Aleka Paizi, Renata Zamengo, Ugo Carboni, Roberta Cadringher, Sergio Forcina, Gabriele Bentivoglio, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Carla Mancini, Donna Jordan, Orazio Orlando, Aldo Valletti, Renato Chiantoni, Margherita Horowitz
- Directors:
- Francesco Barilli
- Producers:
- Giovanni Bertolucci, Aldo U. Passalacqua
- Writers:
- Francesco Barilli, Massimo D'Avak, Gaston Leroux
- Aka:
- Il profumo della signora in nero / Cult of the Damned
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/06/2017
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Theatrical Trailer
- Italian Opening Credits
- Italian Closing Credits
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/09/2025
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Two presentations of the film: 'The Perfume of the Lady in Black', the English-language version; and 'Il profumo della signora in nero', the Italian-language version
- Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth, and Nathaniel Thompson (2025)
- Exploring Beauty (2025, 20 mins): in-depth interview with Francesco Barilli, in which the director reflects on 'The Perfume in the Lady in Black' and his life in art and film
- The Death of Cinema (2025, 16 mins): Barilli talks about his directorial debut and the challenges of making films in Italy in thisnew presentation of a 2015 interview
- Portrait in Black (2004, 25 mins): archival interview with Barilli on the film's production and release
- The Memories of the Lady in White (2025, 12 mins): interview with German Italian actor Daniela Barnes aka Lara Wendel, who plays the young Sylvia
- The Profumo Affair (2025, 35 mins): critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower
- A Classical Approach (2025, 34 mins): DJ and soundtrack enthusiast Lovely Jon analyses Nicola Piovani's sumptuous score
- Barilli's Roma (2025, 6 mins): 'then-and-now' tour of the film's locations
- Original English and Italian theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
