Suspiria – 40th Anniversary Leatherbook is gorgeous

Last Updated on July 31, 2021

This a fun article to write. You see this 40th anniversary Blu-ray of SUSPIRIA is only available in Germany – better go ahead and buy that all-region player you’ve been eyeing – and so I had to go to the German company’s Facebook page and translate all the info. 

Forgive me if anything is a tad off here or there.

The point is this is an amazing 40th Anniversary Limited Edition of one of the greatest horror movies ever made, so German, or not, I think this might be worth the buy. Hell it’s not like I don’t already own the movie on VHS, DVD (two versions), and Blu-ray. I’ll just buy this for the box!

Anyhow, here begins the translations. I’m putting this in quotes for visual sake, but bits and pieces may be off here and there.

In May 1977 SUSPIRIA celebrated its cinematic premiere in Germany. Just in time for his 40th birthday ’84 Center celebrates Dario Argento’s Masterpiece, SUSPIRIA for the first time in the authorized 4k restoration of the original camera negative. Suspiria finally shines in new splendor, with many new tools, as well as improved sound tracks.

Best I can translate this line: “One morning, I have two girl murdered in her blood…” WTF…

Dario Argento, the master of the Italian horror movies has one of the most prominent and most impressive horror shocker ever created with SUSPIRIA. A true masterpiece! This new Leather Book is limited to 1111 pieces. The leather book is made from real wood with wood drawer, red leather, deep and silver coinage.

Hope I got most of that… Here is a rundown on the Special Features;

1. Disc Blu-ray:
Picture: 2.35:1 Techno Vision (1080 P / 23.976 p)
Length: 101 minutes (Uncut)
Sound Formats:
• New: German Original Kinofassung (with integral, newly created synchronization with the then cut digits) MONO DTS-HD MA 2.0-Create 2016
• German Original Kinofassung (with English segments are cut at the time) MONO DTS-HD MA 2.0-restored 2013/14
• English original mono dts-HD MA 2.0-restored 2013/14
• New: English Original Multichannel Version Stereo Surround Dts-HD MA 2.0-restored 2016 from the original mix
• Italian *** DTS-HD MA 5.1 multichannel sound version

Extras (approx 270 minutes):
• New: Suspiria: Preserving a work of art (restoration documentation – comparison between the raw scan, Technicolor Color Restoration Phase and the final restoration / Preservation Master; with accompanying commentary by Torsten Kaiser – German / English, CA. 56 minutes)
• New: Interview with Dario Argento
• Audio Commentary with Dr. Marcus Stig
• Re-Release Trailer
Subtitles: German (*** Italian tone with fixed subtitles)

2. Disc DVD:
Picture: 2.35:1 (16:9)
Length: 97 minutes (Uncut)
Sound Formats:
• New: German Original Kinofassung (with integral, newly created synchronization with the then cut digits) Mono Dolby Digital 2.0-Create 2016
• German Original Kinofassung (with English segments are cut at the time) Mono Dolby Digital 2.0-restored 2013/14
• English original Mono Dolby Digital 2.0-restored 2013/14
• New: English Original Multichannel Version Stereo Surround Sound Dolby Digital 2.0-restored 2016 from the original mix
• Italian *** Dolby Digital 5.1 multichannel sound version

Extras (approx 270 minutes):
• New: Suspiria: Preserving a work of art (restoration documentation – comparison between the raw scan, Technicolor Color Restoration Phase and the final restoration / Preservation Master; with accompanying commentary by Torsten Kaiser – German / English, CA. 56 minutes)
• New: Interview with Dario Argento
• Audio Commentary with Dr. Marcus Stig
• Re-Release Trailer
Subtitles: German (*** Italian tone with fixed subtitles)

3. Bonus DVD:
Featurette: Suspiria revisited – a cinephile discussion with Christian Fuchs, Sabrina Mikolajweski, Sebastian Selig and Prof. Dr. Marcus Stig tasty

Content of the leather book:
• Digipack with slipcase and 3-Disc Edition (1 x Blu-Ray & 2 x DVD)
• 84-page booklet with lyrics by Sabrina Mikolajew Ski, leonhard Elias Lemke, Marcus Stig Tasty & Sebastian Selig,
• Supplement: Suspiria: Preserving a work of art – with accompanying texts for the restoration of Torsten Kaiser and exclusive, very rare materials from all over the world
• Numbered certificate
• 1 Poster
• 3 Postcards
• 1 Surprise
• DVD version
• Bonus DVD

Okay, so all that spat, I hope I translated that to a somewhat readable English version. Again, my error if there are strange mix-ups in there. You can check out the full details yourself RIGHT HERE.

Enjoy!