The House with the Laughing Windows Blu-ray Limited Edition with Slipcover (Arrow Video U.S.) [Preorder]

Preorder scheduled for release on December 2, 2025

While typically famed for its lurid Technicolor hues and grand guignol murders, the Italian giallo thriller had a less bombastic side as well. Erring less towards exploitation than to art, these lesser-seen gems offer some of the greatest rewards for adventurous viewers. Among them, 1976's The House with Laughing Windows, directed and co-written by Pupi Avati (Zeder), rises up as the cream of the crop.

• Art restorer Stefano (Lino Capolicchio, The Bloodstained Shadow) arrives at an isolated Italian village to repair a fresco depicting the agonizing martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. The original painter was a death artist - a madman so obsessed with mortality that, according to whispered rumors, he tortured his models in their final moments of life. When people begin to turn up dead,
• Stefano is forced to consider the possibility that the artist has returned to continue his brutal career - and that he is the primary target.

Often counted among the greatest gialli ever made, The House with Laughing Windows offers a uniquely eerie twist on the genre, culminating in an unforgettable ending that will remain with you long after the credits have rolled. Arrow Video is proud to present this landmark title in its North American High Definition debut.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS

• 4K restoration from the original camera negative, graded by Arrow Films
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Restored original lossless mono Italian soundtrack
• Newly translated optional English subtitles
• Brand new audio commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• Brand new audio commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• Painted Screams, a brand new feature-length documentary on the film directed by Federico Caddeo, featuring interviews with co-writer/director Pupi Avati, co-writer Antonio Avati, assistant
• director Cesare Bastelli, actors Lino Capolicchio, Fancesca Marciano, Giulio Pizzirani, and Pietro Brambilla, production designer Luciana Morosetti, assistant camera operation Toni Scaramuzza, sound mixer Enrico Blasi, and Emanuele Taglietti (son of assistant production designer Otello Taglietti)
• La Casa e Sola, a brand new visual essay by critic Chris Alexander
• The Art of Suffering, a brand new visual essay by critic Kat Ellinger
• Italian theatrical trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
• Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
• Illustrated perfect bound collector's booklet featuring new writing by Matt Rogerson, Willow Maclay, Alexia Kannas, Anton Bitel, and Stefano Baschiera

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