Blu-ray, DVD Release: Erik the Conqueror

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Laurence
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Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 29, 2017
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $21.88
Studio: Arrow

In 1961, Italian genre maestro Mario Bava (Kidnapped, Kill Baby, Kill) turned his hand to the historical adventure category, capitalizing on the recent success of 1958’s Kirk Douglas vehicle The Vikings. The result was a colorful, swashbuckling adventure epic of treachery, heroism and forbidden love: Erik the Conqueror.

George Ardisson is Erik the Conqueror

In 786 AD, the invading Viking forces are repelled from the shores of England, leaving behind a young boy – Erik, son of the slain Viking king. Years later, Erik (George Ardisson, Juliet of the Spirits), raised by the English queen as her own, becomes Duke of Helford, while across the sea, his brother Eron (Cameron Mitchell, House of Bamboo) assumes leadership of the Viking horde and sets his sights on conquering England once again, setting the two estranged brothers on a collision course that will determine the fates of their respective kingdoms…

Featuring a bombastic score by frequent collaborator Roberto Nicolosi (Black Sunday) and memorably co-starring the stunning Kessler twins (Sodom and Gomorrah), Erik the Conqueror showcases Bava’s immense talent for creating awe-inspiring spectacle with limited resources.

Arriving with a  new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative, the Blu-ray/DVD combo edition of Erik, contains the following features:

– High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
– Original Italian and English mono audio (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
– Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
– New audio commentary by Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava – All the Colors of the Dark
–Gli imitatori, a comparison between Erik the Conqueror and its unacknowledged source, The Vikings
– Original ending
– Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys

Buy or Rent Erik the Conqueror

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.