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Tenebrae [Blu-ray] [1982]

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Anthony Franciosa (Actor), John Saxon (Actor), Dario Argento (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: Blu-ray
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  • Actors: Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi, Guiliano Gemma, John Steiner
  • Directors: Dario Argento
  • Producers: Claudio Argento
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language: Italian
  • Region: All Regions (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Arrow Video
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Jun. 2011
  • Run Time: 105 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003NEQ71G
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 81,451 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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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 isnt the obsessive killers only target, the beautiful women who surround him are doomed as one by one, they fall victim to the murderers 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, Italys master of horror.

Special Features:

  • 4 Sleeve art options with original and newly commissioned art work
  • Double-sided fold-out poster
  • Exclusive collector s booklet featuring brand new writing on Tenebrae by Alan Jones, author of Profondo Argento
  • Brand new HD restoration of the film
  • Optional original mono English and Italian audio
  • Audio Commentary with Argento experts, journalists and writers Kim Newman and Alan Jones
  • Audio Commentary with Argento expert Thomas Rostock
  • Introduction by Daria Nicolodi
  • Screaming Queen! Daria Nicolodi remembers Tenebrae
  • The Unsane World of Tenebrae: An interview with Dario Argento
  • A Composition for Carnage: Claudio Simonetti on Tenebrae
  • Goblin: Tenebrae and Phenomena Live from the Glasgow Arches
  • Original Trailer

Review

A riveting horror film --Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

Sadistically beautiful and viciously exciting, welcome to true terror with Dario Argentos shockingly relentless Tenebrae. --BBC

Tenebrae's sexual frisson and eye for splatter is explicitly nasty. But theres more to this accomplished slasher than just blood 'n' guts, Argento busily subverting thriller conventions while toying with the viewers preconceptions about misogynous screen violence. --Total Film
--Total Film

Sadistically beautiful and viciously exciting, welcome to true terror with Dario Argentos shockingly relentless Tenebrae. --BBC

Tenebrae's sexual frisson and eye for splatter is explicitly nasty. But theres more to this accomplished slasher than just blood 'n' guts, Argento busily subverting thriller conventions while toying with the viewers preconceptions about misogynous screen violence. --Total Film

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5.0 out of 5 starsArrow's reissue of this Argento classic is superior in every way
By The Magician on 12 Feb. 2016
Format: Blu-ray
Arrow's reissue of this Argento classic is superior in every way. The image is lush and vivid and the best I've ever seen it (including several theatrical showings). Audio is also great with the propulsive score thumping through loud and clear. In the extras department, my favorites are the 2 excellent audio commentaries, and a new interview with Argento expert, Maitland McDonough that sheds a great deal of light on why Tenebrae is the way it is--it really gave me a better appreciation for what I originally thought was just too icy a film to like very much. Overall, outstanding.
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2.0 out of 5 starsEureka, ignore sub titles and buy the Wild Side release
By A M Jones on 28 May 2012
Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase
I have commented on this release before but having just watched the Wild Side (Universal) label release (bought from Amazaon France), I thought I should speak once more. The downside of the French release is that subtitles are automatically displayed (unless watching in French!) and you cannot deselect them on a standard blu ray player (but they are not burned on). I didnt find them distracting but you should be aware. Watching this edition of Tenebrae has made me appreciate how dire the Arrow release is. The picture displays a good balance of colours as I would have expected them to be (with prominence towards browns, whites, reds). The picture is also sharp and displays good depth. Sound is good, but still does not display exceptional fidelity. Comparing this back against the Arrow edition, there is no fizzing of the images as on the Arrow edition (I dont know but I am beginning to wonder of there was a lot of processing applied to the master of the Arrow edition which just did not work?) possibily as a result of edge enhancement or perhaps an attempt to digitally sharpen the image (I'm no technician) - you can even see Peter Neal's face clearly in the opening sequences. The balance of colour is off too, green's/foliage should not have appeared with the same searing strength of colour as, say, the reds. Every now and again there is a suggestion of detail in the image (look at reflections in glass), but this is inconsistent as the Wild Side release demonstrates with textures in backgrounds (the texture of masonry/plaster). I really cannot overstate how good the Wild Side release is - the difference is like looking out of the window through a net curtain (Arrow) and then lifting it aside. Blu Ray is here to showcase the best quality of film exhibition available in the mass market.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA visionary Italian (and Horror) auteur at the height of his notoriety
By Paul_ABZ on 11 Feb. 2016
Format: Blu-ray
The author of a string of successful-but-violent novels goes to promote his latest book in Rome, but someone is stalking and killing his fans & entourage. From the opening scene this is like watching the essence of the 1980s – it’s all very stylish, with flashy direction, bold wardrobes, striking locations, and modelesque actors.

Most impressively, there’s a lot of impeccable camerawork – like a completely unnecessary, but nonetheless beautiful, elongated single-take crane shot (with Bonus double-kill!!) that circles a building for minutes. It’s also one of the most bright and colourful slashers you’ll ever see, with phenomenal lighting and particularly eye-popping greens and reds. The soundtrack is dominated by a catchy synth rock earworm, which may sound familiar as it was more recently sampled by Justice (original by Goblin.)

It’ feels smarter and better planned than most other slashers as it sets everyone up as a potential suspect, then slowly kills them off one by one, ending on a stunning finale with around 10 minutes of sustained blood, gore, and multiple plot twists – which plays out like a precursor to later and more aware horror films like Scream. Other than being almost exclusively suspiciously sexualised nudey babes that are being butchered right left and center there isn’t much to complain about here.

Tenebre sees a visionary Italian (and Horror) auteur crafting one of his most mainstream movies – a dual language whodunnit – at the height of his notoriety. A truly classic and top-drawer horror / giallo film that’s a crimson blueprint for subsequent slashers; it’s still great fun to watch, and easy to admire.
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5.0 out of 5 stars"..COOL ARGENTO THRILLER.."
By SDX on 5 May 2012
Format: Blu-ray
This is another who did it thriller from the master Dario Argento, its a great story as always with a killer on the loose and you never guess what happens until the big twist at the end, its not Argento's best but still good to have in the collection, some quality camera work and creepy music make it a classic still. The cast is good including a small part by John Saxon from a nightmare on elm street, there is some bloody gore as usual as expected from Argento, if your a fan then its a must in the collection.
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4.0 out of 5 starsWell, I liked Arrow's blu-ray.
By A. Moncrieff on 15 Sept. 2013
Format: Blu-ray
I put off buying this BD disc for a long time because the reviews for it were so negative and it was never my favourite Argento film (it's in the second tier of solid but undistinguished classics), so I was content to keep with my Anchor Bay DVD which had extras I knew weren't on here anyway.

After finally picking the disc up, I have to wonder what the problem is. I think the film looks great. The problem everyone cites is this "scanner noise" issue, which should be familiar to those who collect classic Italian films on blu-ray. City of the Living Dead, from Arrow and Blue Underground, is the worst offender since, as a 16mm film, the grain was the size of live maggots dancing on your TV...even then I still enjoyed the HD presentation. Both releases of Django suffer from it. Another example is Mill Creek's Spaghetti Western Double Feature blu-ray of The Grand Duel and Keoma, in which Keoma was presented in a similar manner. This is an unusual and, yes, not ideal presentation, but it's lead to all kinds of wild accusations from amateur videophiles - that it's an "upscale" (why did we teach them this word?), that it's had an egregious amount of DNR applied and 'fake grain' added...The latter is a particularly baffling claim when one examines these discs for the tell-tale signs of detail depth - hair, clothing textures, unpolished wood surfaces. Tenebrae, like Keoma and City... does include a lot of depth. I have no idea why this strange look occurs, but it's not nearly as dramatic as others lead me to believe. Tenebrae was not by any means a chore to get through - the colours were vivid and strong, depth and detail astonishing...Read more ›
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