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Leading the pack this month is the 4K UHD debut of maestro Lucio Fulci’s stylish and final giallo, MURDEROCK (1984) (or Murder-Rock, or Murder Rock: Dancing Death; whatever you prefer). This mid-80s classic offers everything you want and expect from Fulci, and this time, it also features a score from musical genius Keith Emerson. Not only is our exclusive-to-VS restoration of the original negative a stunner, but we’ve packed on every conceivable extra, including plenty of new and archival interviews with a ridiculously wide array of cast and crew, including an ultra-rare archival interview with Fulci himself discussing the film. This is the ultimate MURDEROCK experience.
This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Suspiria Vilchez), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 8,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Candice Norman operates the hottest dance academy in town, with hoards of hopefuls dying to be admitted, maybe literally. Shortly after a trio of new students are accepted into Candice’s tutelage, a young female pupil is found murdered on campus, stabbed through the heart with a long pin. With the backbiting staff and students alike all rendered possible suspects, Candice is also plagued by haunting dreams involving a sinister man. When Candice spots this man's face on a billboard, she decides to track him down, while yet another rising dance starlet winds up with a punctured heart. Is this handsome stranger as dangerous as the man in her dreams? Could a bloodthirsty maniac from outside the school be preying upon the dancers? Or has the intense competition between dancers and staff turned one of them into a depraved killer? And how does Candice herself factor into this shocking mystery?
Director Lucio Fulci’s (City of the Living Dead, The Beyond) final giallo and also his final film set in New York City, MURDEROCK (Murderock - Uccide a passo di danza), is amongst the maestro's last truly lavish productions, boasting stylized dance numbers (scored by legendary musician Keith Emerson) and surreal dream sequences between its labyrinthine mystery and gruesome killings. Starring Olga Karlatos (Zombie), Ray Lovelock (Autopsy), Claudio Cassinelli (Slave of the Cannibal God), Cosimo Cinieri (The New York Ripper), and featuring a guest appearance from Silvia Collatina (The House by the Cemetery), Vinegar Syndrome proudly brings this late period giallo classic to 4K UHD and Blu-ray, exclusively restored from its 35mm camera negative and boasting an unparalleled selection of new and archival extras, including the first-ever interview with co-writer Gianfranco Clerici (Cannibal Holocaust), amongst many others.
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli, Cosimo Cinieri, Silvia Collatina
1984 / 93 min / 1.66:1 / English Stereo & Italian Dub
Additional info:
This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Suspiria Vilchez), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 8,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Candice Norman operates the hottest dance academy in town, with hoards of hopefuls dying to be admitted, maybe literally. Shortly after a trio of new students are accepted into Candice’s tutelage, a young female pupil is found murdered on campus, stabbed through the heart with a long pin. With the backbiting staff and students alike all rendered possible suspects, Candice is also plagued by haunting dreams involving a sinister man. When Candice spots this man's face on a billboard, she decides to track him down, while yet another rising dance starlet winds up with a punctured heart. Is this handsome stranger as dangerous as the man in her dreams? Could a bloodthirsty maniac from outside the school be preying upon the dancers? Or has the intense competition between dancers and staff turned one of them into a depraved killer? And how does Candice herself factor into this shocking mystery?
Director Lucio Fulci’s (City of the Living Dead, The Beyond) final giallo and also his final film set in New York City, MURDEROCK (Murderock - Uccide a passo di danza), is amongst the maestro's last truly lavish productions, boasting stylized dance numbers (scored by legendary musician Keith Emerson) and surreal dream sequences between its labyrinthine mystery and gruesome killings. Starring Olga Karlatos (Zombie), Ray Lovelock (Autopsy), Claudio Cassinelli (Slave of the Cannibal God), Cosimo Cinieri (The New York Ripper), and featuring a guest appearance from Silvia Collatina (The House by the Cemetery), Vinegar Syndrome proudly brings this late period giallo classic to 4K UHD and Blu-ray, exclusively restored from its 35mm camera negative and boasting an unparalleled selection of new and archival extras, including the first-ever interview with co-writer Gianfranco Clerici (Cannibal Holocaust), amongst many others.
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli, Cosimo Cinieri, Silvia Collatina
1984 / 93 min / 1.66:1 / English Stereo & Italian Dub
Additional info:
- 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region Free Blu-ray
- 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
- Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
- Presented in its original English language theatrical stereo soundtrack as well as its Italian language dub with newly translated English subtitles
- Commentary track with film historian Troy Howarth
- "Ballet in Blood" (28 min) - an interview with actor Robert Gligorov
- "Hellfant Prodige" (10 min) - an interview with actress Silvia Collatina
- "Lucio’s Pet" (13 min) - an interview with actor Al Cliver
- "Lightning Murder" (27 min) - an interview with cinematographer Giuseppe Pinori
- "A Pen in the Dark" (14 min) - an audio interview with co-writer Gianfranco Clerici
- "Augusto’s Empire" (32 min) - an interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
- "The Murder Instigator" (17 min) - interviews with producer Augusto Caminito and film historian Eugenio Ercolani
- "Murder Prog" (32 min) - an interview with music historian Pierpaolo De Sanctis
- "A Pin in the Heart" (8 min) - an interview with make-up artist Franco Casagni
- "Child's Play" (24 min) - an interview with actress Silvia Collatina
- Audio interview with director Lucio Fulci (16 min)
- Interview with actress Geretta Geretta (25 min)
- Original video trailer
- 40-page perfect bound book with essays by Stephen Thrower, Amanda Reyes, Al Cliver
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
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About Vinegar Syndrome
Vinegar Syndrome is a film restoration and distribution company with a catalogue of hundreds of feature films, produced primarily between the 1960s and 1980s.
Founded by Ryan Emerson and Joe Rubin, VS has been acclaimed by The New York Times, Village Voice, Dangerous Minds, The Foglenest Files, and many others as one of the premier independent genre film focused distribution companies in the world, and was noted by Alamo Drafthouse Theatres as “…perhaps the most important home video label in the world for genre film…”
Our ever expanding catalog includes worldwide rights on such exploitation classics as Tammy & the T-Rex, Demon Wind, Spookies, Night Train to Terror, Terminal Island, Blood Harvest, Angel, The Lamp, Death Promise, Don’t Open Till Christmas, and countless others.
We also boast owning one of the largest catalogs of rare and classic X rated films, which can be found on our sister site Mélusine.
Vinegar Syndrome is a film restoration and distribution company with a catalogue of hundreds of feature films, produced primarily between the 1960s and 1980s.
Founded by Ryan Emerson and Joe Rubin, VS has been acclaimed by The New York Times, Village Voice, Dangerous Minds, The Foglenest Files, and many others as one of the premier independent genre film focused distribution companies in the world, and was noted by Alamo Drafthouse Theatres as “…perhaps the most important home video label in the world for genre film…”
Our ever expanding catalog includes worldwide rights on such exploitation classics as Tammy & the T-Rex, Demon Wind, Spookies, Night Train to Terror, Terminal Island, Blood Harvest, Angel, The Lamp, Death Promise, Don’t Open Till Christmas, and countless others.
We also boast owning one of the largest catalogs of rare and classic X rated films, which can be found on our sister site Mélusine.
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