OVERALL: Draw

- The 2-Disc Arrow edition offers two versions of the movie and the best soundtrack choice.
- The Anchor Bay/Blue Underground editions have only the International version of the film and the US theatrical soundtrack, but they offer a DTS mix and the best choice of extras. Also note that the LE comes with a soundtrack CD.
- The UK Cult Films release offers a 2K restoration & new extras.

The following versions of the movie are known:
- The International version running ~107min,
- The US version: the film was planned to be released theatrically by Orion but it was never the case. However, in the process, Orion created a ~95min edit, which also appeared on laserdisc/VHS in Japan and on VHS in Holland and Australia (note that the eventual US tape release came in the form of an uncut, unrated version and an R-rated edit from the longer version rather than the Orion cut).

The following dubs of the movie are known:
- The Italian soundtrack,
- The English "original Cannes soundtrack" which was used when the movie was shown in Cannes,
- The English "official soundtrack" in which the redubbing of Urbano Barberini's detective character was done by Argento and co. in Italy, after the reception of the original Cannes dub.

NOTE REGARDING THE ANCHOR BAY/BLUE UNDERGROUND EDITIONS:
The 5.1 and 2.0 stereo surround soundtracks were remixed using Claudio Simonetti's remix of the "Opera" theme recorded in 1991 for his "Simonetti Horror Project" album and clusmily repositioned so that it faded out at the end of the end credits crawl. The original version's track ended with a few seconds of silence over the last credits.

CUTS:

• R0 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts - International version (107:20 NTSC).
• R0 America- Blue Underground - No cuts - International version (107:20 NTSC).
• R0 Limited Edition America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts - International version (107:20 NTSC).
• R0 Italy- Cecchi Gori Home Video - No cuts - International version.
• R0 Korea- SY DVD Movie Entertainment - Yes, International version cut by 1:30 among which:
  - The scene where Betty's lover is killed. It cuts from him standing in front of her to him lying bloody on the floor.
  - The scene where the raven picks out the eye of the policeman/villain. The ravens circle in on the audience and the scene changes to Betty in the dressing room.
• R0 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts - Includes both the International version (102:52 PAL) and the US version (91:30 PAL).
• R0 United Kingdom- Cult Films - No cuts - international version (102:56 PAL)
• R2 Limited Edition France- Le Chat Qui Fume - No cuts (107:18 NTSC to PAL)
• R2 Germany- Koch Media - No cuts - Theatrical Version (102:55 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts - International version - all previous cuts waived (102:48 PAL).
• R2 Limited Edition United Kingdom- Cult Films - No cuts - International version (102:56 PAL).

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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 12/11/02
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 20/01/22

UPDATE LOG:

07/04/10: Comparison clean-up and and addition of the R0 UK 2-Disc edition.
12/07/10: added note about subtitles on both Arrow releases being 'dubtitles'.
29/01/16: Addition of Germany.
22/09/19: R2 UK (Cult Films) added.
20/01/22: Notes, tagline, dates.