Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA) returns to CultFilms 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.
CultFilms 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.
Starring: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson (Chariots of Fire) and Daria Nicolodi (Deep
Red). With music by Brian Eno, Bill Wyman, long-time Argento favourite Claudio
Simonetti and the divinity herself Maria Callas.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• ‘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 regraded, restored and reframed final
vision
TECH SPECS
• 1080p HD
• Format: Dual-Format (BD/DVD)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Feature length: BD: 107m 13s, DVD: 102m 56
• Certificate: 18
• Audio: English and Italian
• Optional English subs
• Region code: BD: B, DVD: 2.
• Cat: CULT503
• Original Release: 1987
