Blu-ray

Berberian Sound Studio

Anton van Beek  |  Feb 4, 2013

The spirits of Argento and Fulci haunt this accomplished art-house thriller

This tense psychological thriller stars Toby Jones as an English sound engineer working on the audio mix for a horror film in '70s Italy. Heavily indebted to the films of Argento, Fulci and their ilk, it's an impressive homage, albeit one that can't quite deliver a suitably grandiose pay-off to its escalating build-up. The BD offers satisfyingly rich and warm AVC 1.85:1 1080p visuals, plus plenty of extras, but (fittingly) the real star is the DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack, with its almost fetishistic attention to detail and uncanny ability to unsettle in a way visuals rarely manage.

Artificial Eye, Region B BD, £20 Approx, On sale now
HCC VERDICT: 4/5

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