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(Paolo Cavara, 1976, 95 mins)
Release date: 17 November 2025
Limited Edition 4K UHD (World premiere)
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 LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES
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Brand-new 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
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4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original Italian and English mono soundtracks
- Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth (2025)
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The Fearless AD (2025, 17 mins): interview with first assistant director Roberto Palmerini
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The Golden Years (2025, 23 mins): new presentation of a 2013 interview with actor Corinne Cléry
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On the Beat (2025, 16 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with actor Michele Placido
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The Third Man (2025, 14 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with screenwriter Enrico Oldoini
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Family Plot (2025, 16 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with director Paolo Cavara’s son, Pietro Cavara
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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
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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
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Ade Smith, archival writing on the film by Fabrizio Fogliato, archival career-spanning interviews with screenwriter Bernardino Zapponi and animator Gibba, and film credits
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World premiere on 4K UHD
- Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units (4,000 4K UHDs and 1,000 Blu-rays) for the UK
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BBFC cert: 18
REGION FREE
EAN: 5060697925050