OPERA 2K [BLU-RAY]

Cult Films is proud to bring you this gore-soaked terror classic in a stunning new 2K restoration, with colour regrading carried out under instruction from the maestro himself and in reference to his own, preferred, original cinema print.

Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA) returns to Cult Films with this breath-taking new restoration of his visionary horror masterpiece OPERA. Splattered with stylistic bloodshed and soaring cinematography, OPERA shows Italy's master of horror at the very height of his game.

When young understudy Betty takes the lead role in a new operatic production of Verdi's Macbeth, she soon attracts the attention of a knife-wielding psycho who forces her to watch - with eyes pinned open - as he brutally despatches her friends and colleagues with sadistic delight. Can Betty free herself from this unending nightmare or does a more terrifying fate await? OPERA is a ravishing return to the giallo style Argento made his name with, awash with black-gloved killers, lavish bloodletting and the director's expressionistic Grand Guignol excess.

Extras:

• ‘Aria of Fear’ – a brand new candid interview with director Dario Argento, revisiting his work from a fresh viewpoint
• ‘Opera Backstage’ – a unique behind the scenes documentary about Dario Argento directing Opera
• Restoration featurette – from raw scan to the regarded, restored, and reframed final frame
• New improved English subtitles for the Italian audio

Review

"Up there with Suspiria as one of Argento's all-time masterpieces..." --Alan Jones

"Movies like Opera can be treasures for minds inclined to dip further into the shadows. They are reminders that terror begins with uncertainty, not with howls of obvious pain." --Cinemaphile.org

"Argento's Opera is a film of rare beauty, a celebration of love's absence and the ferocious force of the gaze." --Slant Magazine