Blue Underground reveals cover art for the Blu-Ray of DEEP RED
Blue Underground is renowned for pulling rare horror, cult, and exploitation films out of obscurity and releasing them to the craving fans. Once, many of these films were sold for a pretty penny through bootleg collectors. Thankfully, all of that has changed. Now with the advent of Blu- ray, Blue Underground has decided to give eager fans these once rare films a face lift. This year, many of director Dario Argento’s films will be making their way onto Blu-ray. One of which is Deep Red. We now have the newly revised cover art for Deep Red as well as what special features you will be able to find on the disc.
Though I have a personal kinship with Suspiria (that being the first Argento film I saw), I believe that Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) is his best made film. From the amazing score composed by Goblin, to the spot-on acting by David Hemmings, to the unbelievable cinematography by Luigi Kuveiller, the film is one of the best “giallo” films ever made. The 1975 Italian film will be released on Blu-ray and “Uncensored English Version” DVD. A standard DVD was released by Blue Underground in 2007. The series of interviews that are found on that disc will be available on the new one as well, along with a couple of other extras. Check out the specs and cover art below. You can find the Blu-ray and DVD on April 26, 2011.
The Blu-ray will include both an uncensored English cut, and a longer Italian language cut, while the DVD will feature only the English cut. The Blu-ray will feature full 1080p, 2.35:1 video, and 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX, Original Mono sound
Extras on both releases will include:
- Interviews with Co-Writer/Director Dario Argento, Co-Writer Bernardino Zapponi and Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Massimo Morante, Fabio Pignatelli & Agostino Marangolo)
- U.S. Trailer
- Italian Trailer
- Goblin Music Video – “Profondo Rosso” (2010)
- Daemonia Music Video – “Profondo Rosso” (Directed by Sergio Stivaletti)
Source: DVD Active
Michael Haffner
Somewhere between growing up on a steady diet of Saturday morning trips to the local comic-book shop, collecting an unhealthy amount of action figures, and frequent viewings of Ray Harryhausen and Hammer Horror films, came forth a nerdy boy that was torn between journalism and the arts. In high school, Michael found himself writing a movie column for the school newspaper. Yet, he went on to get a BFA in Studio Art at Webster University. When not writing about films, you can still find him discussing classic horror, collecting action figures, and reading Batman. Clearly, not much has changed.
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