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Limited Edition version. In The House with Laughing Windows (1976), directed by Pupi Avati, a young art restorer arrives in a quiet Italian village to uncover the truth behind a disturbing fresco of Saint Sebastian painted by a long-dead artist. As he digs deeper into the towns secrets, he descends into a web of religious mania, voyeurism, and hidden violence. This haunting slow-burn mystery stands as one of Italian horrors most atmospheric Giallo hybrids blending art, madness, and rural decay into a chilling revelation. Shameless Screen Entertainment Director Pupi Avatis legendary cult horror masterpiece a slow-burn nightmare of art, obsession, and madness is finally presented in its definitive form as the filmmakers intended. Uncut, complete, and restored under the supervision of the then Assistant Director, Cesare Bastelli, and with further grading enhancement appraised by Pupi Avati. This definitive release with new colour grading for HDR & Dolby Vision Encodes (Region-Free) made from 4K Restored camera negative, also features an in-depth interview with Director Avati, as well as key cast and crew featurettes by genre specialist Federico Caddeo of Freakorama plus a specially commissioned book by horror authority Kim Newman. When art restorer Stefano (Lino Capolicchio, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis) is sent to a decaying church in rural Italy to restore a forgotten Saint Sebastian fresco, he finds himself caught in a disturbing mystery tied to the artists gruesome death. What starts as routine work soon spirals into obsession and paranoia, as Stefano realises that some works of art were never meant to be revealed. Wrapped in a misty, dreamlike atmosphere and driven by an ominous score, The House with Laughing Windows stands apart from the more sensational side of Italian horror. Rather than relying on blood-soaked gore like typica
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The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
110 min
Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.