The Stendhal Syndrome Blu-ray Detailed

U.S. label Blue Underground has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Italian director Dario Argento's film The Stendhal Syndrome (1996), starring Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti, and Paolo Bonacelli. The three-disc set will be available for purchase on July 25.

Synopsis: When beautiful police detective Anna Manni follows the bloody trail of a sophisticated serial murderer/rapist through the streets of Italy, the young woman falls victim to the bizarre "Stendhal Syndrome" - a hallucinatory phenomenon which causes her to lose her mind and memory in the presence of powerful works of art. Trapped in this twilight realm, Anna plunges deeper and deeper into sexual psychosis, until she comes to know the killer's madness more intimately than she ever imagined.

Horror maestro Dario Argento (Suspiria, Opera) reaches new heights of florid fantasy and Grand Guignol with this warped work of art starring Maxim Magazine's "Sexiest Woman in the World" Asia Argento (Land Of The Dead, XXX), Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong, Blade II) and Marco Leonardi (From Dusk Till Dawn 3). Previously edited outside of Italy,

Special Features and Specs:

• NEW 2K RESTORATION and 1.85:1 presentation of the film
• NEW audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse
• NEW "Three Shades of Asia": Interview with star Asia Argento
• NEW "Prisoner of Art": Interview with co-writer Franco Ferrini
• NEW "Sharp as a Razor": Interview with special makeup artist Franco Casagni
• Interview with director Dario Argento
• Interview with psychological consultant Graziella Magherini
• Interview with special effects artist Sergio Stivaletti
• Interview with assistant director Luigi Cozzi
• Interview with production designer Massimo Antonello Geleng
• Theatrical trailer
• Poster and still gallery
• Bonus collectible booklet featuring new writing by author Michael Gingold