The Sect Deluxe Blu-ray Edition Detailed
HomeThe Sect Deluxe Blu-ray Edition Detailed
Posted March 1, 2018 02:55 PM by Webmaster
U.S. label Scorpion Releasing has detailed its upcoming limited Deluxe Edition of Michele Soavi's thriller The Sect (1991), starring Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Mariangela Giordano, Michel Adatte, and Carla Cassola. The release will arrive on the market later this month.
Co-produced and co-written by Dario Argento and directed by Argento protégé Michele Soavi, THE SECT makes its US Blu-ray debut remastered in high definition with more than 45 hours of color correction that includes a new interview with actor Tomas Arana (The Church).
In THE SECT, Kelly Lee Curtis (older sister of iconic scream queen Jamie Lee) stars as Miriam, an American schoolteacher who has been relocated to what appears to be a pleasant town in Germany. One afternoon, Miriam accidentally hits an elderly pedestrian, Moebius (Herbert Lom of The Pink Panther fame) with her car, prompting her to take him back to her house to recuperate. What Miriam doesn't know is that their meeting was no accident and that Moebius is the elder of a dangerous Satanic sect. While at Miriam's home, Moebius secretly drugs her and then secretes a strange insect into her nostril. Moebius's sinister plan triggers a string of bizarre and hallucinogenic events in Miriam's life involving nightmares, a diabolical cult leader named Damon (Tomas Arana), her magic pet rabbit, a dark well filled with mystical water and a plot involving the birth of the son of Satan.
THE SECT is Michele Soavi's third directorial effort, following 1990's The Church (also produced by Dario Argento) and the slasher Stage Fright, his 1987 directorial debut. Prior to sitting in the director's chair, Soavi worked an assistant director and/or 2nd unit director on Argento's films Tenebre, Phenomena and Opera, and on such noteworthy projects as Lamberto Bava's Demons and A Blade in the Dark and Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. With THE SECT's rich visuals, strong set pieces, dreamlike mise-en-scene and overall creepy atmosphere, Soavi came to be considered a horror stylist in his own right, adding a distinctive voice to one of the Italian cinema's most striking genres.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE
Co-produced and co-written by Dario Argento and directed by Argento protégé Michele Soavi, THE SECT makes its US Blu-ray debut remastered in high definition with more than 45 hours of color correction that includes a new interview with actor Tomas Arana (The Church).
In THE SECT, Kelly Lee Curtis (older sister of iconic scream queen Jamie Lee) stars as Miriam, an American schoolteacher who has been relocated to what appears to be a pleasant town in Germany. One afternoon, Miriam accidentally hits an elderly pedestrian, Moebius (Herbert Lom of The Pink Panther fame) with her car, prompting her to take him back to her house to recuperate. What Miriam doesn't know is that their meeting was no accident and that Moebius is the elder of a dangerous Satanic sect. While at Miriam's home, Moebius secretly drugs her and then secretes a strange insect into her nostril. Moebius's sinister plan triggers a string of bizarre and hallucinogenic events in Miriam's life involving nightmares, a diabolical cult leader named Damon (Tomas Arana), her magic pet rabbit, a dark well filled with mystical water and a plot involving the birth of the son of Satan.
THE SECT is Michele Soavi's third directorial effort, following 1990's The Church (also produced by Dario Argento) and the slasher Stage Fright, his 1987 directorial debut. Prior to sitting in the director's chair, Soavi worked an assistant director and/or 2nd unit director on Argento's films Tenebre, Phenomena and Opera, and on such noteworthy projects as Lamberto Bava's Demons and A Blade in the Dark and Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. With THE SECT's rich visuals, strong set pieces, dreamlike mise-en-scene and overall creepy atmosphere, Soavi came to be considered a horror stylist in his own right, adding a distinctive voice to one of the Italian cinema's most striking genres.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER WITH EXTENSIVE COLOR CORRECTION
- Blood Brothers: Dario Argento
- Of Alchemy and Esotericism: Michele Soavi
- Interview with Tomas Arana
- Audio Commentary with author Troy Howarth
- Theatrical Trailer (Italian)
- The Light at the End of the Pit with cinematographer Raffaele Mertes
- Inside the Pit with Set Designer Massimo Antonello Geleng
- Requiem for a Genre with screenwriter Gianni Romoli
- The Dario Argento Experience with composer Pino Donaggio
- The Tell-Tale Heart with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- Miriam's Baby with historian Fabrizio Spuri
