Scorpion Releasing: Dario Argento's The Card Player and The Phantom of the Opera Detailed for Blu-ray

Scorpion Releasing has detailed two upcoming Blu-ray releases: Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera (1998) and The Card Player (2004). The two releases will be available for purchase via Ronin Flix later this month.

The Phantom of the Opera

Synopsis: Dario Argento brings a different take to the classic tale of The Phantom of the Opera. Mysteriously, a series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of the Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a man raised by creatures of the underworld. He tragically falls for the beautiful up and coming opera singer Christine (Asia Argento). He lures her into his underground lair. Will she be saved from his clutches?

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• REMASTERED
• NEW interview with writer/director Dario Argento
• NEW audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• NEW interview with set designer Massimo Antonello Geleng
• NEW interview with producer Guiseppe Colombo
• Italian and English audio with optional English subtitles
• REGION-A "LOCKED"

The Card Player

Synopsis: Dario Argento returns to classic form with this vicious thriller about a serial killer who taunts police with online video poker. But for every round the cops lose, a kidnapped girl is mutilated live via webcam. Now an Italian detective and an Irish forensic expert (Liam Cunningham) must race against time to trap the killer. The stakes are murder and the hunt is on for the psychopath known only as The Card Player.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW audio commentary by film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth
• NEW interview with director/screenwriter Dario Argento
• NEW interview with screenwriter Franco Ferrini
• NEW interview with set designer Massimo Antonello Geleng
• NEW interview with actress Fiore Argento
• Italian and English audio with optional English subtitles
• REGION-A "LOCKED"