production had  been completed, which prevented its theatrical release. The film sat on a  shelf for almost 25 years until actress Lea Lander rescued it from oblivion  by helping finance a DVD release: a new short prologue was shot, according to  Bavas original script, and editing and scoring were completed using existing  available materials.  In 2002 producer Alfredo Leone and director Lamberto  Bava (Marios son), allegedly dissatisfied with the DVD edit, produced a new  restored version of the film.  Lamberto Bava and his son Roy shot additional  footage and original composer Stelvio Cipriani created a new complete musical  score (though the DVD release employed some of Ciprianis cues and themes,  the film was never properly scored in 1974).  This restored version, produced  by Kismet Entertainment Group and retitled "Kidnapped", premiered  theatrically in the US on May 31, 2002 as part of a Mario Bava retrospective  at the American Cinematheques Egyptian Theater in Hollywood