Synapse Films made many viewers happy last year with their Collector's Edition Steelbook Blu-ray release of Dario Argento's Phenomena, aka Creepers, and if you didn't pick up the Steelbook, you'll soon have a chance to purchase the film in a standard (but still extraordinary) two-disc Blu-ray this September, along with The Creep Behind the Camera.
Featuring three separate cuts of the film, the Phenomena Blu-ray will be released on September 12th, the same day of Synapse Films' Blu-ray and DVD release of The Creep Behind the Camera, which explores the stranger than fiction story of the making of The Creeping Terror (which is included in the special features with a new 2K scan). Below, we have official press releases with full details, as well as a look at the cover art for both films.
Press Release: One of legendary filmmaker Dario Argento’s most shocking and fantastic films is finally available on Blu-ray in the U.S. in an amazing new release from Synapse Films! Released in the U.S. as CREEPERS by New Line Cinema, 1985’s PHENOMENA is has long been one of Argento’s most discussed and debated films by fans and scholars, and now it’s available in a definitive 2-disc set that will make it a must-have release for Argento fans all over the world!
The young Jennifer Corvino (played by Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Connelly, in one of her first film roles) is sent to a private Swiss academy for girls where a vicious killer is on the loose, brutally murdering students. Jennifer is a “gifted” girl with the strange ability to communicate with insects, and Dr. McGregor (Donald Pleasence, John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN series, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK) enlists her to help locate the killer. Jennifer finds herself in a bizarre murder plot with maggots, mutants, and razor-wielding chimpanzee mayhem! Can she uncover the killer’s identity before becoming a victim herself? Daria Nicolodi (TENEBRAE) and Fiore Argento (DEMONS) also star in this strange, unique and gory film from Italy’s Master of Horror, Dario Argento. PHENOMENA also features fantastic soundtrack music from progressive-rock favorite Goblin, British Heavy Metal masters Motörhead & Iron Maiden, Andi Sex Gang, Bill Wyman and Simon Boswell!
Synapse Films is proud to present Dario Argento’s PHENOMENA in a beautiful, critically acclaimed Blu-ray, containing THREE different cuts of the film spread over two high-definition Blu-ray discs and loaded with extra features and reversible CREEPERS cover art!
DISC 1 (Blu-ray)
PHENOMENA (116 minute version)
This English/Italian hybrid cut of PHENOMENA contains an additional six minutes of material not seen in the 110 minute version. Completely remixed by Synapse Films to seamlessly integrate the additional Italian audio segments into the feature, and remastered in high-definition, this version of PHENOMENA is now available for the FIRST TIME EVER in North America!
VIDEO: High-Definition 1080p (1.66:1) Presentation
AUDIO: DTS-HD MA English/Italian 2.0 Stereo, Optional DTS-HD MA Italian 2.0 Stereo
SUBTITLES: English
DISC 1 SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Newly remixed English/Italian 2.0 stereo mix for the 116 minute version of PHENOMENA.
- Original Italian 2.0 stereo mix
- Multiple optional subtitle selections, including one for just the foreign language segments of the hybrid version, complete English subtitles for the entire feature, and complete English subtitles for the Italian version of the film.
- CREEPERS (83 minute U.S. release version)
Synapse Films is proud to present the U.S. version of CREEPERS, now available for the FIRST TIME EVER remastered in high-definition (1080p 1.66:1 Presentation). Includes optional English subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
DISC 2 (Blu-ray)
PHENOMENA (110 minute version)
This international version of PHENOMENA was released in 1985 and contains almost 30 minutes of additional footage not seen in the CREEPERS U.S. version. Completely remastered in high-definition and released, for the FIRST TIME EVER, on Blu-ray!
VIDEO: High-Definition 1080p (1.66:1) Presentation
AUDIO: DTS-HD MA English 2.0 Stereo
SUBTITLES: English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
DISC 2 SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Audio Commentary Track on PHENOMENA from Argento scholar and author, Derek Botelho and film historian, journalist and radio/television commentator, David Del Valle
- Two completely different sound mix options, including the original English 2.0 stereo mix, along with a rare alternate mix containing different sound effects and music cues.
- DARIO ARGENTO’S WORLD OF HORROR – Documentary
A fascinating look at the early films of director Dario Argento, including PHENOMENA, SUSPIRIA, DEMONS, DAWN OF THE DEAD, INFERNO and many more! Containing candid interviews and awesome behind-the-scenes footage, DARIO ARGENTO’S WORLD OF HORROR gives us a look into the mind of Italy’s Master of Horror and is an essential viewing experience for all Argento fans.
- Interview with Andi Sex Gang
- PHENOMENA – International Theatrical Trailer
- CREEPERS – U.S. Theatrical Trailer & Radio Spots
- Optional English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard for Hearing on PHENOMENA
Color – Not Rated - UPC: 654930319697 – File Under: Horror
Retail Price - $39.95
This release of PHENOMENA is REGION A.
PHENOMENA will be released on September 12, 2017.
Reversible cover art:
Press Release: A creature is haunting the streets of Los Angeles, waiting for the cover of night to stalk innocent young girls. Hungry for fame and fortune, it’s fueled by a demonic rage ready to devour anyone attempting to hinder its becoming the most powerful entity in Hollywood. While sometimes called A.J. Nelson, this demon is more commonly known as Vic Savage. This is his story…
In 1964, Vic Savage made THE CREEPING TERROR with a microscopic budget verging on the non-existent. Quickly earning a reputation as the worst movie ever made, it tells of the arrival of an unconvincing alien life-form (a shambling carpet creature made of plastic tubing, wire and soap) that devours its picnicking, dancing and guitar-playing victims. Much like the infamous Ed Wood, Savage managed to pull off a variety of schemes to convince an honest producer to invest in what he promised to be “the biggest monster movie ever made”.
Told through re-enactments and containing shockingly true stories of many of the actual people involved with the production, Pete Schuermann’s THE CREEP BEHIND THE CAMERA is the funny and ultimately terrifying saga of the making of THE CREEPING TERROR, and a disastrous portrait of a talentless artist who ultimately succumbs to his own self-destructive behavior. Starring Josh Phillips in the larger-than-life performance as Vic Savage, and Jodi Lynn Thomas (AMC’s PREACHER) as his unsuspecting wife Lois, THE CREEP BEHIND THE CAMERA pays vibrant tribute to an inglorious chapter in the history of genre cinema, incidentally exposing one of the most unimaginably radical antitheses of the Hollywood dream.
CREEPY SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
- An All-New 2K Scan of the Original Horror Classic, THE CREEPING TERROR! (BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE)
- Audio Commentary with Director Pete Schuermann, Producer Nancy Theken and Stars Josh Phillips & Jodi Lynn Thomas
- The Making of THE CREEP BEHIND THE CAMERA
- How to Build a Carpet Monster
- Breaking Down Art’s Death Scene
- Monster Movie Homages
- “One Mick to Another” with Byrd Holland & Allan Silliphant
- Deleted Scenes
- Alternate Ending
- Screamfest Black Carpet Q&A with Frank Conniff
- THE CREEP BEHIND THE CAMERA – Original Theatrical Trailer
- THE CREEPING TERROR – Screamfest Promotional Trailer
NOT RATED - COLOR - 110 MINS. - 1.78:1
BLU-RAY RETAIL PRICE: $24.95
BLU-RAY UPC CODE: 654930319796
DVD RETAIL PRICE: $19.95
DVD UPC CODE: 654930319895
FILE UNDER: HORROR
BLU-RAY SPECIFICATIONS:
VIDEO: High-Definition 1080p (1.78:1) Widescreen / AVC
AUDIO: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Commentary Only)
SUBTITLES: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
REGION: ALL
DVD SPECIFICATIONS:
VIDEO: Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) Presentation / NTSC
AUDIO: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Commentary Only)
SUBTITLES: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
REGION: ALL
THE CREEP BEHIND THE CAMERA will be released on September 12, 2017.
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