Dario Argento's Tenebre, or Tenebrae depending upon how you want to spell it, is widely regarded to be one of the director's best films. Shot between Inferno, his 1980 follow-up to Suspiria, and his personal favorite film of his, 1985's Phenomena, Tenebrae is his 1982 return to the giallo
subgenre and will be released on Region B Blu-ray in the UK on January
19, 2015. If you have a region-free player here in the States, this is
what you can expect to see when the disc streets in two weeks. From the press release:
TENEBRE
Synopsis: Terror Beyond Belief!
A notorious horror classic returns in all its depraved glory.
This infamous video nasty updated the classic Giallo blueprint for the
gorified 80s, courting controversy and drenching the viewer in crimson
arterial spray.
A razor-wielding psycho is stalking the horror writer Peter Neal,
in Rome to promote his latest work, Tenebre. But the author isn't the
obsessive killer's only target, the beautiful women who surround him are
doomed as one by one, they fall victim to the murderer's slashing
blade...
Will fiction and reality blur as fear and madness take hold?
Watch in terror as by turns the cast fall victim to the sadistic
imagination of Dario Argento, Italy's master of horror.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
Newly remastered High Definition digital transfer of the film
Presented in High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD
Optional original English & Italian Mono Audio tracks (uncompressed PCM Mono 2.0 Audio on the Blu-ray)
Optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English SDH subtitles for English audio for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio Commentary with authors and critics Kim Newman and Alan Jones
Audio Commentary with Argento expert Thomas Rostock
Introduction by star Daria Nicolodi
The Unsane World of Tenebrae: An interview with director Dario Argento
Screaming Queen! Daria Nicolodi remembers Tenebrae
A Composition for Carnage: Composer Claudio Simonetti on Tenebrae
Goblin: Tenebrae and Phenomena Live from the Glasgow Arches
Brand new interview with Maitland McDonagh, author of Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento
Original Trailer
Reversible Sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
Exclusive collector booklet featuring writing on the film by Alan
Jones, author of Profondo Argento, an interview with cinematographer
Luciano Tovoli and an appreciation of the film by director Peter
Strickland, illustrated with original posters and lobby cards
DETAILS:
Region: B
Rating: 18
Cat No: FCD1043
Duration: 101 mins
Language: English/Italian
Subtitles: English/ English SDH
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (16x9)
Audio: Uncompressed PCM Mono 2.0
Colour
