The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue will be released as a three-disc Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD/CD set on September 1 via Synapse Films. Limited to 6,000, it’s available for pre-order exclusively from Synapse for $49.95.
Also known as Let Sleeping Corpses Lie and Don’t Open the Window, the 1974 Spanish-Italian zombie film is directed by Jorge Grau and written by Sandro Continenza and Marcello Coscia. Ray Lovelock, Cristina Galbó, and Arthur Kennedy star.
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue has been newly restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negative with the real opening and closing credit sequences intact. It features a new 5.1 English stereo surround remix and the original English theatrical mono mix.
In addition to the film on Blu-ray and DVD, a CD of Giuliano Sorgini’s soundtrack is included along with a booklet featuring writing from Spanish film scholar Dr. Nicholas Schlegel.
Wes Benscoter designed the new Steelbook cover art. It’s housed inside a slipcover featuring the original poster. It comes with a mini-poster of Benscoter’s art. A full list of special features can be found below.