The Living Dead Girl Blu-ray

Release Year: 1982

Runtime: 86 min

Director: Jean Rollin

Cast: Marina Pierro, Françoise Blanchard, Mike Marshall, Carina Barone, Fanny Magier

Studios: Les Films du Yaka, Films A.B.C., Les Films Aleriaz

A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.

Special Features:

Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films

Audio commentary with director Jean Rollin (2003)

Audio commentary with film historians Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby (2026)

Selected scenes audio commentary with actor Françoise Blanchard (2005)

Foreword by Blanchard (2005, 1 min)

Jean Rollin Introduces ‘The Living Dead Girl’ (1998, 2 mins)

Blood Ties (2026, 12 mins)

Newly edited archival interview with Rollin

Jean Rollin on ‘The Living Dead Girl’ (2007, 3 mins)

The director in conversation at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival

Souvenirs de ‘La Morte vivante’ (2026, 16 mins)

Documentary on the making of the film by Rollin’s personal assistant Daniel Gouyette, featuring interviews with Rollin associates Jean-Pierre Bouyxou and Alain Petit

Delicate Deadliness (2026, 19 mins)

Newly edited, career-spanning archival interview with Blanchard

Deliberately Absurd (2026, 25 mins)

Newly edited archival interview in which Bouyxou talks about his work with Rollin and Jesús Franco

Sound Bites (2026, 18 mins)

Newly edited archival interview with composer Philippe d’Aram

The Music of ‘La Morte vivante’ (2026, 15 mins)

D’Aram revisits his score

Benoît Lestang, 17 ans (2026, 25 mins)

Documentary on the innovative special-effects designer and make-up artist, with contributions from Rollin, Bouyxou, Petit, and Lestang himself

Dead or Alive (2026, 16 mins)

Documentary on the now-lost English-language American version of The Living Dead Girl, with Bouyxou and Petit

Jean Rollin at Fantasia (2007, 37 mins)

Documentary about Rollin’s time at the festival

Convulsive Beauty (2026, 34 mins)

Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower

Outtakes

Original theatrical trailer

Image galleries

New and improved English translation subtitles

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Limited edition exclusive 80-page book

New essay by Will Sloan, an extract from the film’s pressbook, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, and full film credits

Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US

Technical Specifications:

• Original mono soundtrack
• 1.78:1
• English subtitles
• Colour