If you missed out on Arrow Video’s 4K limited editions of Dario Argento’s excellent Phenomena (1985) and Tenebrae (1982) then worry not the standard editions arrive this January in the UK!
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Phenomena 4K Ultra HD
There’s no concerns over the picture quality as this is the same disc release as the limited edition which released last year.
Its a “4K restoration of the original 116-minute Italian version from the original camera negative by Arrow films”.
“The 116-minute Italian cut features approximately six minutes of footage for which English audio does not exist. In these instances, the hybrid track reverts to Italian audio with English subtitles”.
4K UHD Technical Specs
- Discs: 1
- Video: 2160p Ultra HD
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Audio: Lossless Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 stereo Soundtracks / English/Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Soundtrack
- English Subtitles for the Italian Soundtrack
- Running Time: 116 mins approx
- Rating: 18
Special Features
- Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth ( Author of Murder by Design: The Unsane Cinema of Dario Argento)
- Of Flies and Maggots (2017 Documentary Produced for Arrow Films)
- Original Italian and international Theatrical Trailers
- “Jennifer” Music Video (Directed by Dario Argento)
- Japanese Pressbook Gallery
- Reversible Sleeve
Purchase Information
You can own now on 4K UHD for £24.99 from Amazon. (Price correct as of 5th February 2025).
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Release Date
Phenomena releases on 23rd January 2023 in the UK.
Tenebrae 4K Ultra HD
“4K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films”.
4K UHD Technical Specs
- Discs: 1
- Video: 2160p Ultra HD
- Aspect Ratio:
- Audio: Restored Original Lossless Mono Italian & English Soundtracks
- English Subtitles for the Italian Soundtrack
- Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English Soundtrack
- Running Time: 101 mins approx
- Rating: 18
Special Features
- Original Italian and English Front / End Titles & Insert Shots
- Audio Commentary by Authors & Critics Alan Jones & Kim Newman
- Audio Commentary by Argento Expert Thomas Rostock
- Audio Commentary by Maitland McDonagh (Author of Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento)
- Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo (Feature Length Documentary)
- Being the Villain (Newly Edited Archival Interview with Actor John Steiner)
- Out of the Shadows (Archival Interview with Maitland McDonagh)
- Voices of the Unsane (Archival Featurette)
- Screaming Queen (Archival Interview with Daria Nicolodi)
- The Unsane World of Tenebrae (Archival Interview with Dario Argento)
- A Composition for Carnage (Archival Interview with Claudio Simonetti)
- Archival Introduction by Daria Nicolodi
- International Theatrical Trailer
- Japanese “Shadow” Theatrical Trailer
- Alternate Opening Credits Sequence
- “Unsane” End Credits Sequence
- Image Galleries
- Reversible Sleeve
Purchase Information
You can own it now on 4K UHD for £24.63 from Amazon. (Price correct as of 5th May 2025).
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Release Date
Tenebrae releases on 23rd January 2023 in the UK.
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