A HYENA IN THE SAFE (1968)
Label: Celluloid Dreams
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 92 Minutes 40 Seconds
Audio: Italian DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Fullcreen (1.33:1)
Director: Cesare Canevari
Cast: Cristina Gaioni, Dimitri Nabokov, Marie Luisa Greisberger, Ben Salvador, Sandro Pizzochero, Karina KaR, Stan O'Gadwin, Otto Tinard
Six robbers meet to split their loot but before they can even get to it, they are mysteriously killed. One by one.One safe. Six keys. Six robbers, each expecting their cut of a diamond heist when they finally meet to divide their spoils after months in hiding. But before they can open the safe that guards their glittering hoard, they are mysteriously killed, one by one. With fear and suspicion growing among the shrinking group of survivors, it becomes clear that one of them is trying to take all the diamonds for themselves!
Directed and co-written by Cesare Canevari (MATALO!), "A Hyena in the Safe" is a remarkable caper/giallo crossover filled with dark humor and moments of psychedelic glory. The fallout from this heist will make your head spin with its inventive, over-the-top deaths and a free-spirited attitude that only the flamboyant 60s could produce.
Celluloid Dreams is proud to present this beautifully restored version, bringing the film to high definition for the first time.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary track by film critic Guido Henkel
- “7 Guests for a Massacre” Interview Featurette with Cesare Canevaro, Sandro Pizzochero, Ninì Della Misericordia, Adriana Morlacchi and Diego Pisati (51:10)
- “Schrödinger's Diamonds: The Duplicitous Mystery of Hyena in the Safe” Video Essay by Andy Marshall-Roberts (36:04)
- “The Mysteries of Villa Toeplitz” Featurette (7:5
- Theatrical Trailer (4:10)
- Image Gallery (16 Images)
- Reversible Wrap
Sales Points
- For fans of DEEP RED, BLOOD AND BLACK LACE, DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING and KNIVES OUT
- A Long-Lost Giallo from the director of MATALO! and GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY
- Global First Blu-ray Release
Press Quotes
- A Hyena In the Bank Vault might have the best looking fashions I've ever seen in a giallo. Oh man, glitter eyeshadow, furs, striped suits, insane patterns -- I'm in love!
—Sam Panico, B & S About Movies
A psychedelic work that is realized with great innovation. There is always something happening on the screen and there is no time for boredom
—Fantasma, Giallo Squad
Canevari showcases a wicked hand for stylistic touches from start to finish.
—Bill Thompson, The Gentlemen's Blog to Midnite Cinema
...a gripping, slow-burning mystery
—SIMKL
...brisk, stylish and very well made.
—Troy Howarth, So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo
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