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(aka "Creepers" )
directed by Dario Argento
Italy 1985
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a pre-credits murder of a Danish tourist (Fiore Argento)
who has missed her bus and wandered over to an ominous
chalet inhabited by a chained unseen presence, we meet
our heroine Jennifer (Jennifer Connelly) who has been
enrolled at an exclusive Swiss all-girls school while
her actor father works overseas. On the first night, her
unfortunate habit of sleepwalking puts her in the
position of witnessing the violent murder of one of the
schoolgirls. When Jennifer's own roommate disappears, a
firefly leads her to a maggot-infested glove that
possibly belongs to the killer. Although no one at the
school believes Jennifer, local entomologist John
McGregor (Donald Pleasance) identifies Jennifer's
psychic affinity with insects as an advantage in
tracking down the killer. After calling down a horde of
flies on the school after being teased by the other
students, Jennifer follows the tour route of the missing
girl in the pre-credits sequence assisted by a variety
of fly that feeds solely off of human corpses - whose
maggots were in the killer's glove - to the now
abandoned chalet. When McGregor is murdered, it is up to
McGregor's vengeful chimp assistant and millions of
Jennifer's insect friends to save her from the killer. |
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Theatrical Release: 2 August 1985
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DVD Comparison:
Anchor Bay (Anchor Bay Collection) - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Medusa - Region 2 - PAL vs. Anchor Bay (Dario Argento Collection) - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Gary Tooze and Eric Cotenas for the Screen Caps!
(Anchor Bay (Anchor Bay Collection) - Region 1 - NTSC - LEFT vs. Medusa - Region 2 - PAL - MIDDLE vs. Anchor Bay (Dario Argento Collection) - Region 1 - NTSC - RIGHT)
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Anchor Bay Region 1 - NTSC |
Medusa Region 2 - PAL |
Anchor Bay Region 1 - NTSC |
| The new 16X9 Anchor Bay
is also available in the Dario Argento Box Set with Tenebre / Phenomena /
Trauma / The Card Player and Do You Like Hitchcock?
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| Runtime | 149:32 | 1:51:08 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:49:44 |
| Video |
1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 5.1); English (Dolby Digital 2.0 surround); French (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono) |
Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1); Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo) |
English (Dolby Digital 5.1); English (Dolby Digital 2.0 surround); French (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono) |
| Subtitles | None | Italian, English, none | None |
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Release Information: Studio: Anchor Bay Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 20 |
Release Information: Studio: Medusa Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD Release Date: 1
February 2004 Chapters 20 |
Release Information: Studio: Anchor Bay Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD Release Date: March
16, 1999 Chapters 20 |
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The new Anchor Bay transfer looks almost identical to their previous release with the correct blue tinting (absent on the Italian disc) but looks sharper and clearer with anamorphic enhancement (even though the bitrate has been slightly reduced from the older transfer - likely for the addition of the new 17m documentary "A Dark Fairy Tale"). Both Anchor Bay disc present the 110 minute export version of the film (New Line cut the film down to 84 minutes for its US theatrical release).
The English 2.0 mix on the earlier Anchor Bay disc is not the film's original Dolby mix but a downmix of the 5.1 upmix (it would appear the same mixes are carried over to the new disc including the French mono track). The Italian cut runs longer in PAL than the export version because it is an earlier cut of the film (the export version is his approved cut). The Medusa in an anamorphic transfer with Italian audio only and English subtitles (the integral version was released with English audio and Italian snippets on German DVD by Raptor). That transfer lacks the intended blue tone in favor of a warmer look. |
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Report Card:
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Anchor Bay (16:9) |
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| Extras: | Anchor Bay (16:9) |
| Menu: | - |
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| Distribution |
Anchor Bay Region 1 - NTSC |
Medusa Region 2 - PAL |
Anchor Bay Region 1 - NTSC |
| The new 16X9 Anchor Bay
is also available in the Dario Argento Box Set with Tenebre / Phenomena /
Trauma / The Card Player and Do You Like Hitchcock?
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