A Blade in the Dark but also known by the title House of the Dark Stairway, is a 1983 horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

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Plot

Bruno, a composer, becomes involved in a series of murders who lives in a villa. In a horror film Bruno is scoring: a young child, taunted by cruel bullies, descends into a dark cellar after a bouncing tennis ball. The kids hear a scream and the ball bounces up to them, leaving bloody tracks on the wall. Sandra, Bruno's director, explains that her inspiration was the childhood of Linda, the villa's previous tenant.

Cast

Actor / Actress	Character
Andrea Occhipinti Andrea Occhipinti Andrea Occhipinti is an Italian actor and producer . He was born in Milan. Among the many films he has appeared in, he worked with director Lucio Fulci in the films The New York Ripper and Conquest.-External links:...	Bruno
Michele Soavi Michele Soavi Michele Soavi, sometimes known as Michael Soavi is an Italian filmmaker.-Career:Michele Soavi was born in Milan. As a teenager, Soavi enrolled in creative arts classes and developed into a talented actor. He took acting lessons at Milan's Fersen Studios, but his greatest talent was working behind...	Tony Rendina/Linda
Lara Naszinsky/Lamberti	Julia
Fabiola Toledo	Angela
Anny Papa	Sandra
Stanko Molnar	Giovanni
Valeria Cavalli	Katia
Giovanni Frezza Giovanni Frezza Giovanni Frezza is an Italian former child actor who appeared in a number of horror films throughout the 1980s.-Career:He made his film debut with a minor role the 1980 Marco Bellocchio-directed comedy-drama Salto nel vuoto . Frezza then went on to play a variety of juvenile roles, most often in... (uncredited)	Little Blond Boy in Film
Marco Vivio (uncredited)	First Little Boy in Film

Release

The film was released three times on DVD

DVD

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 in the United States. The first time in 2001 by Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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. The company subsequently re-released it in 2003 on a double feature

Double feature

The double feature, also known as a double bill, was a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatre managers would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown.The double feature, also known as...

 DVD with Lamberto Bava's Macabre

Macabre (1980 film)

-Plot:In this horrific tale of murder, madness and perverse passion, a New Orleans wife and mother carries on a torrid affair behind her family's back. But when a violent accident leaves her lover dead, the woman returns from a mental institution determined to pursue her forbidden desires...

. Both these versions are out of print

Out of print

Out of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....

. The third DVD release came from Blue Underground

Blue Underground

Blue Underground is an American company specializing in releasing authoritative editions of cult and exploitation movies on Blu-ray Disc and DVD....

in 2007.