Kino Releasing The Antichrist

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The Antichrist (1974) L'Anticristo

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Brand New 4K Restoration by StudioCanal
Raising Hell: Featurette with Director/Co-Writer Alberto De Martino and Composer Ennio Morricone
NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin and Film Critic Sally Christie
TV Spot
THE TEMPTER Opening Credits (SD)
Reversible THE TEMPTER Art
Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
Trailers
Includes English and Italian 2.0 Audio
Optional English Subtitles
Color 112 Minutes 1.85:1 UNRATED

It's The Exorcist, Italian style, in this Satanic shocker from director Alberto De Martino (Shadows in an Empty Room). In Rome, a beautiful young woman (Carla Gravina, Alfredo, Alfredo) is left paralyzed by the trauma of a horrific childhood accident. But when placed under hypnosis, she is seized by visions of her past life as a heretic and becomes a foul-mouthed seductress with a taste for perversion that leads to her defilement by Satan himself. Now, mankind's only hope for salvation is a harrowing exorcism that will either cast out the Devil forever or open the door for the unspeakable birth of the Antichrist! Mel Ferrer (Nightmare City), Arthur Kennedy (Killer Cop), George Coulouris (Citizen Kane), Alida Valli (Suspiria), Umberto Orsini (Violent City) and Anita Strindberg (Almost Human) round out the cast of this puke-spewing cult classic, with cinematography by Eurosleaze king Joe D'Amato (Beyond the Darkness) and music by maestros Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) and Bruno Nicolai (A Full Day's Work). Experience The Antichrist, also known as The Tempter, in all its uncut—and unholy—glory!

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Coming 9/10/24.

It’s The Exorcist, Italian style, in this Satanic shocker from director Alberto De Martino (Shadows in an Empty Room). In Rome, a beautiful young woman (Carla Gravina) is left paralyzed by the trauma of a horrific childhood accident. But when placed under hypnosis, she is seized by visions of her past life as a heretic and becomes a foul-mouthed seductress with a taste for perversion that leads to her defilement by Satan himself. Now, mankind’s only hope for salvation is a harrowing exorcism that will either cast out the Devil forever or open the door for the unspeakable birth of the Antichrist! Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, George Coulouris, Alida Valli, Umberto Orsini and Anita Strindberg round out the cast of this puke-spewing cult classic, with cinematography by Eurosleaze king Joe D’Amato and music by maestros Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. Experience The Antichrist, also known as The Tempter, in all its uncut—and unholy—glory!

Product Extras:
Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin and Film Critic Sally Christie
Raising Hell: Featurette with Director/Co-Writer Alberto De Martino and Composer Ennio Morricone
TV Spot
THE TEMPTER Opening Credits
Includes English and Italian 2.0 Audio
Optional English Subtitles

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Coming 10/30/24 from Imprint.

Blu-ray Limited Edition set with slipcover, packed with brand NEW Special Features – 1500 copies only.

Italian horror cult hit The Antichrist comes to Blu-ray in a brand NEW 4K restoration.

From the screenwriter of the controversial cult film Cannibal Holocaust, Gianfranco Clerici, this terrifying supernatural story stars Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy and Alida Valli, and features a musical score composed by the legendary Ennio Morricone (A Fistful of Dollars) and Bruno Nicolai.
In Rome, a young woman is left paralyzed by the trauma of a horrific childhood accident, and soon becomes a Satanic seductress with a taste for extreme perversion. Now she must face a harrowing exorcism that will cast out the devil forever or usher the unspeakable birth of The Antichrist!

Special Features and Technical Specs:

1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of a NEW 4K restoration by StudioCanal
NEW Audio Commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine, and visual artist and author Madeleine LeDespencer
Audio Commentary by author/critic Lee Gambin and critic Sally Christie (2022)
NEW Interview with actor Remo Geroni
NEW Video essay on director Alberto De Martino by film critic Rachael Nisbet
NEW Too Vulgar a Display of Power: The Enduring Phenomenon of Exorcist Rip-Offs – Video Essay by film critic Andy Marshall-Roberts
Archival Interview with camera operator Adolfo Troinai
Sacred and Profane: The Audio Recollections of Alberto De Martino – Interview Conducted and Recorded by Eugenio Ercolani, Rome, Italy 2012 – featurette (2023)
The Antichrist: Raising Hell – interview with director Alberto de Martino and composer Ennio Morricone (2002)
The Tempter – Alternate Opening Credits
The Tempter – TV Spot
Theatrical Trailer
Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
Optional English Subtitles

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It's an interesting choice for 4K. Lots of well known people in the cast. Some impressive scenes and some dire ones. Carla Gravina's character is absolutely unengaging; and she's probably miscast. The whole matter of her giving birth to the antichrist seems tacked on to an exorcism tale that did not need to be made any longer.