Astrid's Saints [Blu-ray]

Mariano Baino - Astrid's Saints [Blu-ray]

The worldwide home video premiere. Thirty years after his cult debut Dark Waters, Mariano Baino returns with a haunting, visionary folk horror film. Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni (Opera, Demons 2) gives an extraordinary performance as Astrid, a grieving mother who descends into a netherworld of obsession and torment, where the saints she summons may deliver her absolution or eternal damnation.

Co-written, produced and designed by Baino and Cataldi-Tassoni over the course of a decade, with a striking score composed by Cataldi-Tassoni herself, Astrid's Saints arrives from Severin with more than three hours of extras telling the story of one of genre cinema's most remarkable comebacks. Tim Lucas calls it "a disarming, ravishing piece of cinema." For fans of Hagazussa, A Dark Song, You Won't Be Alone and The Devil's Bath.

Special Features

• Introduction by filmmakers Mariano Baino and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
• Audio commentary with Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
• Miracle in Zungoli, the making of Astrid's Saints
• Kickstarter promo, Shark Tank audition and pre-production mood videos
• Lady M 5.1 (2017) and A Moving Read (2019), short films by Baino starring Cataldi-Tassoni
• Trailer
• Saint Daniel Martyr card printed with UV-reactive ink

Details: 2024, Italy. Directed by Mariano Baino. Starring Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Rossella Rapisarda, Manuela Rossetti, Pasquale Moschella and Raffaele Rossi. 105 minutes, English, 1 disc, Region-free. Label: Severin Films. Release date: December 15, 2026.