PLOT OF FEAR - Blu-ray SE

(Paolo Cavara, 1976, 95 mins)
Release date: 17 August 2026
Standard Edition Blu-ray

Corinne Cléry (Hitch-Hike), Michele Placido (The Pyjama Girl Case), Tom Skerritt (Alien), and Eli Wallach (The Lineup) star in Plot of Fear (E tanta paura), a dark and perverse thriller from director Paolo Cavara (Mondo Cane, The Black Belly of the Tarantula).

Inspector Lomenzo (Placido) investigates a series of bizarre murders, each linked by the fact that pages from the German children’s book Shock-Headed Peter have been left at the scene of the crime. As the bodies pile up, Lomenzo is guided by a model (Cléry) and a surveillance expert (Wallach) to a decadent club frequented by the rich and powerful...

Co-written by long-time Federico Fellini collaborator Bernadino Zapponi (who also co-wrote Dario Argento’s Deep Red), and incorporating a specially produced erotic animation by Francesco Maurizio Guido aka Gibba (best-known for his comic cartoon King Dick), Plot of Fear is a disturbing and engrossing giallo.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
  
• Original Italian and English mono soundtracks
  
• Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth (2025)
  
• The Fearless AD (2025, 17 mins): interview with first assistant director Roberto Palmerini
  
• The Golden Years (2025, 23 mins): new presentation of a 2013 interview with actor Corinne Cléry
  
• On the Beat (2025, 16 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with actor Michele Placido
  
• The Third Man (2025, 14 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with screenwriter Enrico Oldoini
  
• Family Plot (2025, 16 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with director Paolo Cavara’s son, Pietro Cavara
  
• The Wild Eye of Fear (2025, 21 mins): Ercolani situates Plot of Fear within the context of Italian cinema and looks at Cavara’s wider career
  
• Plotting the Cast (2025, 36 mins): video essay by Ercolani and film researcher Andrea Meroni looking at the film’s key players
  
• Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
  
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
  
• New and improved English translation subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
  
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language soundtrack
  

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BBFC cert: 18
REGION FREE
EAN: 5060697925609