Synapse is Bringing Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava to Blu-ray

Say what you will about his recent output, Dario Argento is still a legend in the horror community.  The Italian director has released so many quality horror films and has given us so many nightmarish images over the years that I’m surprised that I can sleep at all at night.  Two of these classics from the director will be making their way for the first time on Blu-ray in the states.  Phenomena and Tenebrae will both be seeing a hi-def release courtesy of Synapse Films later this year.  Arrow Video has previously released both of these in the UK and abroad, but U.S. fans will finally get to see the gory details of these two films on Blu-ray.  Synapse spoke to Fangoria about the upcoming release of these two films along with a pair of other features you may have heard of:

“We’re getting better hi-def masters of TENEBRAE and PHENOMENA, and we’re fixing the timing and color errors that were in the previous Blu-rays of the DEMONS films. Right now, Calum Waddell and High Rising Productions are working on supplements for DEMONS and DEMONS 2. They’re putting together all kinds of stuff for us on those two, with the participation of Simon Boswell, Alan Jones, Federico Zampaglione and Roy Bava, and many more to be announced. We haven’t started on the TENEBRAE and PHENOMENA extras yet.”

Lamberto Bava, the director of Demons, may not be as known to horror fans as his father Mario Bava, but the man certainly lives up to his horror name.  Late Nite Grindhouse – Destroy the Brain’s midnight program in St. Louis – previously shown a 35mm print of Demons on the big screen much to the delight of some happy horror geeks.

I’m a huge fan of Phenomena but even more so of Tenebrae.  In fact, the image below is a photo of an original poster from the film signed by the director himself from my personal collection.  Needless to say, I’m excited to see what Synapse has in store with this release.

Source: Fangoria