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Specifications

Title: The Black Belly of the Tarantula
Original Title: La Tarantola dal Ventre Nero
Country: Italy, 1971

UPC: 199284933705
Format: 4K UHD (UHD-100)/ Blu-ray Disc (BD-50)/ Blu-ray Disc (BD-50)
Release Date: 05/12/2026
Suggested Retail Price: $65.95

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Synopsis

A serial killer has Rome on edge! Paralyzing his victims, then proceeding to slice them open before their own eyes, this sadistic maniac must be stopped! Conflicted, burned-out, and feeling overwhelmed, Inspector Tellini must find the madman before he claims another victim in a case that veers dangerously close to his personal life.

Starring three Bond girls (Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, and Rossella Falk), alongside another Bond alumnus, Giancarlo Giannini, “The Black Belly of the Tarantula” is a giallo cornerstone that broke the genre wide open and became one of Italy’s true classics.

Masterfully filmed by Paolo Cavara (MONDO CANE), Celluloid Dreams proudly presents this thriller, remastered and painstakingly restored from the original camera negative, in high-definition and 4K ultra high-definition, in its original aspect ratio for the first time.

Bonus Features

• Original Italian Opening Credits
• Domestic & International Cut
• 35mm Grindhouse Version
• Commentary Track by film critic Guido Henkel
• Archival Interview with Pietro Cavara
• Archival Interview with Lorenzo Danon
• “The World of Paolo Cavara” Interview Featurette with Pietro Cavara
• “Made-up Words” Interview Featurette with Edda Dell’Orso
• “What a Tangled Web We Weave” Video Essay by Andy Marshall-Roberts
• “The Uncanny Peephole” Video Essay by Howard S. Berger
• English and German Theatrical Trailers
• English Double-Feature TV Spot
• Japanese VHS Clips
• Photo Gallery
• 80-page Booklet
• 16 Publicity/Press Photo Reprints
• 6 Lobby card reprints

Credits

Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Stefania Sandrelli, Barbara Bach, Annabella Incontrera, Rossella Falk, Silvano Tranquilli

Director: Paolo Cavara

Writer: Marcello Danon, Lucile Laks

Music: Ennio Morricone

Editor: Mario Morra

Cinematography: Marcello Gatti

Art Direction: Piero Poletto

Production Director: Maurizio Marvisi

Producer: Marcello Danon

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Press Kit – The Black Belly of the Tarantula