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Murder Obsession (Follia Omicida) AKA Unconscious AKA Angoisse AKA Fear AKA Satan's Altar AKA The Wailing (1981)
The ultimate journey into terror...Director: Riccardo Freda
Year of Copyright: 1980
Year of Production: 1980
OVERALL: R0-
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Extras:2007 interview with uncredited special effects artist Sergio Stivaletti (in Italian with English subtitles) (10:03)
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Subtitles:None*
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:*Scenes never dubbed into English are in in Italian with English subtitles.
Describes itself as being the English version with scenes from the longer Italian version added in, but it's just the longer Italian version (with Italian opening and closing credits) as on the Raro Italian disc.
Cover states "Italian with English subtitles" and "Cut Scene Footage" but these are not present (the packaging was possibly based on the Italian disc before the disc was produced).
Comes with an 8-page booklet in English. -
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Extras:2007 interview with uncredited special effects artist Sergio Stivaletti (in Italian with English subtitles) (10:03)
DVD Credits -
Subtitles:None*
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:*Scenes never dubbed into English are in in Italian with English subtitles.
Describes itself as being the English version with scenes from the longer Italian version added in, but it's just the longer Italian version (with Italian opening and closing credits) as on the Raro Italian disc.
Cover states "Italian with English subtitles" and "Cut Scene Footage" but these are not present (the packaging was possibly based on the Italian disc before the disc was produced).
Comes with an 8-page booklet in English. -
Special thanks to Rewind user ecc for providing these specifications.
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Extras:2007 interview with uncredited special effects artist Sergio Stivaletti (in Italian with English subtitles) (9:37)
Deleted Scene (0:23) -
Subtitles:None*
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:*During the English soundtrack some scenes are in Italian with English subtitles.
Comes with an 8-page booklet with English and Italian text. -
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OVERALL: R0
The US release for the anamorphic transfer. Do note, the Italian release includes an Italian soundtrack.
GENERAL NOTES:
A number of cuts have appeared on VHS but there are three principal versions on DVD and Blu-ray:
- the Italian version (97:18) featuring a piano-dominated score by Franco Manino including the following scenes:
-- after the opening scene in the film studio, we see Michael at home playing Liszt's "Liebestraum" on the guitar and singing along for a few seconds before the English version resumes with Michael discovering the photograph of him as a child;
-- while Michael and Deborah are driving, Michael's flashback of his father conducting an orchestra is extended to reveal his father having a heart attack;
-- when Oliver shows Deborah to her room and informs her that the room next to hers is Michael's father's study;
-- an entire scene in which Glenda and Hans talk about Michael killing his father as a child (it plays like a redundant deleted scene but it does establish the whereabouts of two people around the time of Beryl's attack);
-- when Glenda and Deborah are having dinner, Oliver tells them that the "mechanical saw" is missing and he does not know where Susan has gone.
- the shorter English export version titled "Unconscious" (91:31) with an uncredited electronic score (although Claudio Simonetti of Goblin is interviewed on the Blu-ray release, he is not the composer), pacing trims, rearrangement of some scenes, and some exclusive shots including a sequence of Beryl (Laura Gemser) wandering the house at night from 25:34 to 28:20 that replaces a scene in which Hans and Glenda discuss the occult (28:17-32:27 in the Italian version);
- Raro Video's English-language version (91:35) which is based on the Italian cut, removing scenes not dubbed into English, and resulting in some poor sound edits to synchronize the dub to the Italian arrangement of scenes (this version does not include the export version-exclusive shots).
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Raro Video - No cuts - Italian Version (97:09 NTSC).
- R0 Canada- Raro Video - No cuts - Italian Version (97:09 NTSC).
- R0 Italy- Raro Video - No cuts - Italian version (93:06 PAL).
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Comparison added by Nigel_Badnell on 20/11/10
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 07/12/23UPDATE LOG:
25/12/11 : Addition of the US release.
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20/11/10 : Initial entry
20/10/19 : Added version notes.
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