The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire will be released on Blu-ray on April 9 via Arrow Video. The 1971 Italian giallo film features a reversible sleeve with Graham Humphreys’ new art on one side and the original poster on the other.
It has been newly restored in 2K from the original 35mm camera negative and features uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio, with original Italian and English soundtracks, titles, and credits, including newly-translated English subtitles.
An attempt to cash in on the popularity of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, the film is directed by Riccardo Freda (The Horrible Dr. Hichcock), who was unhappy with the final product and had his name removed.
Freda co-wrote the script with Sandro Continenza (The Inglorious Bastards). Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Werner Pochath, and Dominique Boschero star.
Special features can be found below.
Special features:
Audio commentary with giallo connoisseurs Adrian J. Smith and David Flint (new)
Of Chameleons and Iguanas - Video appreciation by the cultural critic and academic Richard Dyer (new)
Considering Cipriani - Appreciation of composer Stelvio Cipriani by DJ Lovely Jon (new)
Interview with assistant editor Bruno Micheli (new)
Career-spanning interview with the actress Dagmar Lassander
Italian theatrical trailer
International theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Andreas Ehrenreich (first pressing only)
Set in Dublin, The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire opens audaciously with an acid-throwing, razor-wielding maniac brutally slaying a woman in her own home. The victim’s mangled corpse is discovered in a limousine owned by Swiss Ambassador Sobiesky (Anton Diffring) and a police investigation is launched, but when the murdering continues and the ambassador claims diplomatic immunity, tough ex-cop John Norton (Luigi Pistilli) is brought in to find the killer…
