PLOT OF FEAR

Corinne Clery (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 (Clery) 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 STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films Original Italian and English mono soundtracks Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth (2025) The Fearless AD (2025, 17 mins): interview with first assistant director Roberto Palmerini The Golden Years (2025, 23 mins): new presentation of a 2013 interview with actor Corinne Clery On the Beat (2025, 16 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with actor Michele Placido The Third Man (2025, 14 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with screenwriter Enrico Oldoini Family Plot (2025, 16 mins): newly edited 2012 interview with director Paolo Cavara''''s son, Pietro Cavara The Wild Eye of Fear (2025, 21 mins): Ercolani situates Plot of Fear within the context of Italian cinema and looks at Cavara''''s wider career Plotting the Cast (2025, 36 mins): video essay by Ercolani and film researcher Andrea Meroni looking at the film''''s key players Original Italian and international theatrical trailers Image gallery: promotional and publicity material 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

A man is strangled by a female prostitute in his home at the same time as a woman is killed by a man with a spanner on an empty bus. Both killers leave illustrations from a children's book. Detective Gaspare Lomenzo investigates and uncovers an exclusive club called Wildlife's Friends.