Murderock (Dancing Death) (4K UHD) 88 Films

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Release: 23rd June, 2025
Order: Amazon.co.uk - 88 Films

One of Lucio Fulci’s most over-looked movies, Murder Rock is a gem of giallo which has been polished and finally given the respectful release it deserves. The plot is pretty straight forward; a male model and the head of an acclaimed Dance Academy team up to try and solve the bloody murders of dancers, but both (as you may have expected) hide dark secrets. By relying on suspense rather than blood-splattered set-pieces, Murder Rock allows the viewer to be a voyeur on the deranged behaviour of a damaged mind. Now released for the first time in a brand new 4K Dolby Vision master by those psycho’s at 88 Films…

INCLUDES RIGID SLIPCASE WITH ART BY SEAN LONGMORE
ARTCARD
40-PAGE PERFECT BOUND BOOK WITH NOTES FROM EUGENIO ERCOLANI, GIAN GIACOMO PETRONE, NANNI COBRETTI AND TIM MURRAY

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Brand New 4K remaster from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio
- Presented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR10 Compatible)
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio also included
- English 2.0 LPCM Stereo with Optional SDH Subtitles
- Italian 2.0 LPCM Mono with newly translated English subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Italian Cinema Experts Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- The Girl Who Knew Too Much - An Interview with Silvia Collatina
- The Mask of Lucio - An Interview with Al Cliver
- The Man, The Myth, The Father - An Interview with Antonella Fulci
- Rockin’ For a Murder - An Interview with Eugenio Ercolani and Augusto Caminito
- The “Scena” Of The Crime - An Interview with Massimo Iacobis
- The Stab of Light - An Interview with Giuseppe Pinori
- An Ego To Murder For - An Interview with Giovanni De Nava
- Aerobics, Ambitions and Assassinations - An Video Essay by Rachel Nisbet
- A Different Kind of Producer - A Featurette by Eugenio Ercolani
- An Interview with Geretta Geretta
- Italian Opening and Closing Titles
- Trailers
- Reverse sleeve featuring original Italian Poster

[leoganzi]

GOOOOOOD !!!

[Joppers]

In for more Fulci!

[Brian81]

Now we need Conquest since the Scorpion is loaded with compression artifacts. Happy for this one as the BD was in the wrong AR.

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Updated the OP

[DaylightsEnd]

Wow, is this really happening? Hats off to 88 Films for throwing down some mid-tier Fulci uhd! Mad respect for that. I'm in with my wallet. Hopefully it's a good sign and they'll announce more 4k Fulci soon.

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by DaylightsEnd

Wow, is this really happening? Hats off to 88 Films for throwing down some mid-tier Fulci! Mad respect for that. I'm in with my wallet. Hopefully it's a good sign and they'll announce more 4k Fulci soon.

Dunno what they have the rights to as regards 4K, but I'd get their version of The Devil's Honey or Manhattan Baby.

[DaylightsEnd]

Quite a few solid titles begging a uhd release from that 1978-1988 era, where Fulci was still prolific, still focused, and usually pushing his disjointed fever-dream atmosphere, albeit with mixed results. Not Fulci's greatest hits, but decent, enjoyable catalog filler nonetheless.

I'd love to see 88 Films pick up 4k rights to any of his remaining mid-tier works from this era: The Black Cat, Manhattan Baby, Conquest, Aenigma, Zombi 3, etc. And, of course, there's his one-off mafia crime extravaganza, Contraband. BU put out a very nice blu ray for Manhattan Baby some years back, but any and all of these films are resting on increasingly-dated standard blu ray releases which leave plenty of room for improvement on the uhd platform.

That aside, I can't believe that A Lizard in a Woman's Skin still hasn't made it to uhd. It's an excellent film and potent giallo, all around. A stand-out in Fulci's catalog.

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by DaylightsEnd

Quite a few solid titles begging a uhd release from that 1978-1988 era, where Fulci was still prolific, focused and usually pushing his disjointed fever-dream atmosphere, albeit with mixed results. Not Fiulci's greatest hits, but decent, enjoyable catalog filler nonetheless.

I'd love to see 88 Films pick up 4k rights to any of his remaining mid-tier works from this era: The Black Cat, Manhattan Baby, Conquest, Aenigma, Zombi 3, etc. And, of course, there's his one-off mafia crime extravaganza, Contraband. BU put out a very nice blu ray for Manhattan Baby some years back, but any and all of these films are resting on increasingly-dated standard blu ray releases which leave plenty of room for improvement on the uhd platform.

I feel he fell off after either Murder Rock or Devil’s Honey. Things got cheap and lazy looking after Murder Rock, but Devil’s Honey works because it’s small in scale.

[DaylightsEnd]

I wonder if Arrow will pick up The Black Cat in 4k at some point. Since they rolled out the prior blu ray and have some serious familiarity with the film, they may be the most likely candidate to pump out a uhd eventually. No doubt it would probably be pretty low on their 4k priorities list. Great atmosphere, creepy and bleak, it feels at times like a Hammer film gone to the ugly side of things. And I'm a sucker for harpsichord in the scoring on anything with an even remotely gothic aesthetic.

[Brian81]

Was this previously available from Orbit or Diabolik for preorder? Not there now, wondering if it is a VS thing now. I dislike the VS art immensely, even the ugly 88F artwork is better, sad to say. I was waiting for 88F to list the region status, but now seeing that VS's BD will be region free, gets me hopeful that both releases will be, like A Blade In The Dark was.

[Alexcap]

Originally Posted by drush9999

Dunno what they have the rights to as regards 4K, but I'd get their version of The Devil's Honey or Manhattan Baby.

you can forget manhattan baby getting a blu-ray or 4K UHD release by 88films because that will still be with shameless unless just like the house on the edge of the park they no longer have the rights to it but that sounds unlikely

[raphph]

Vinegar Syndrome are also putting this out and claim they’ve done the transfer themselves? So will this be a different master?

[Driver78]

Terrible artwork

[grahams76]

Originally Posted by Driver78

Terrible artwork

As usual. And £35 too. No chance.

[Joppers]

Originally Posted by Driver78

Terrible artwork

Originally Posted by grahams76

As usual. And £35 too. No chance.

Each to their own of course, but I happen to prefer it to the VS artwork, and being in the UK (which this release is primarily aimed at), it'll be cheaper than importing the US edition.

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by raphph

Vinegar Syndrome are also putting this out and claim they’ve done the transfer themselves? So will this be a different master?

I ordered the VS 4k release as well (as usual). Looking forward to shooting the VS 4k release out against 88's 4k release. I'm gonna guess in advance and say that the VS will have a more saturated color palette with hotter skin tones, and the 88 release will have less saturation and a slightly better encode. Do leopards change their spots?

[Mr. Odessa]

Beautiful artwork. Wanna see this now!

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Special features for the BD release, should be the same for the UHD release

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Brand New 4K Remaster from the Original Negatives presented in High
Definition (1080P) Blu-Ray in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio
English 2.0 LPCM Stereo with Optional SDH Subtitles
Italian 2.0 LPCM Mono with newly translated English subtitles
Audio Commentary by Italian Cinema Experts Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
The Girl Who Knew Too Much - An Interview with Silvia Collatina
The Mask of Lucio - An Interview with Al Cliver
The Man, The Myth, The Father - An Interview with Antonella Fulci
Rockin’ For a Murder - An Interview with Eugenio Ercolani and Augusto Caminito
The “Scena” Of The Crime - An Interview with Massimo Iacobis
The Stab of Light - An Interview with Giuseppe Pinori
An Ego To Murder For - An Interview with Giovanni De Nava
Aerobics, Ambitions and Assassinations - An Video Essay by Rachel Nisbet
A Different Kind of Producer - A Featurette by Eugenio Ercolani
An Interview with Geretta Geretta
Italian Opening and Closing Titles
Trailers
Reverse sleeve featuring new art by Sean Longmore and original Italian Poster

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OP updated with 88's link and specs