(Paolo Cavara, 1976, 95 mins)

Release date: 20 October 2025

Limited Edition 4K UHD (World premiere)

Corinne Cléry ( Hitch-Hike ), Michele Placido ( The Pyjama Girl Case ), Tom Skerritt ( Alien ), and Eli Wallach ( The Lineup ) star in Plot of Fear ( E tanta paura ), a dark and perverse thriller from director Paolo Cavara ( Mondo Cane , The Black Belly of the Tarantula ).

Inspector Lomenzo (Placido) investigates a series of bizarre murders, each linked by the fact that pages from the German children’s book Shock-Headed Peter have been left at the scene of the crime. As the bodies pile up, Lomenzo is guided by a model (Cléry) and a surveillance expert (Wallach) to a decadent club frequented by the rich and powerful…

Co-written by long-time Federico Fellini collaborator Bernadino Zapponi (who also co-wrote Dario Argento’s Deep Red ), and incorporating a specially produced erotic animation by Francesco Maurizio Guido aka Gibba (best-known for his comic cartoon King Dick ), Plot of Fear is a disturbing and engrossing giallo .

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES

New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films

4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)

Original Italian and English mono soundtracks

Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth (2025)

Interview with first assistant director Roberto Palmerini (2025)

New presentation of a 2013 interview with actor Corinne Cléry (2025)

Newly edited archival interview with screenwriter Enrico Oldoni (2025)

Newly edited archival interview with actor Michele Placido (2025)

Newly edited archival interview with director Paolo Cavara’s son, Pietro Cavara (2025)

Video essay by Ercolani looking at the cast of Plot of Fear (2025)

Original trailers

New and improved English translation subtitles for the Italian soundtrack

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language soundtrack

Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Adrian J Smith, archival writing on the work of director Paolo Cavara, an archival career-spanning interview with screenwriter Bernadino Zapponi, an archival profile of animator Gibba, and film credits

World premiere on 4K UHD

Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units (4,000 4K UHDs and 1,000 Blu-rays) for the UK

All features subject to change

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BBFC cert: 18 TBC

REGION FREE

EAN: 5060697925050