Berberian Sound Studio

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Michael Campbell

Certificate: 15
Running Time: 92mins
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Release Date: 31/12/12
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
It’s 1976 and timid, Dorking-based sound engineer, Gilderoy, has been transplanted to Italy’s run-down Berberian Sound Studio to work on “The Equestrian Vortex”, the latest low-budget horror movie by notorious exploitation maestro Giancarlo Santini. Gilderoy’s task is a seemingly simple one: to create, record and mix the sounds of bloodcurdling screams, limbs being severed and the insertion of red hot pokers into human orifices, mostly using a variety of everyday household items such as old vegetables and a hammer. But Gilderoy is totally unprepared for the graphically grotesque images on show, the effect they have on him and for the unusual working practices of his employers. As he becomes more deeply involved in his work, the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred and, very subtly, Gilderoy’s life begins to imitate art in a nightmare scenario from which he may never escape

Special Features:
Interview with Director Peter Strickland
Making of Documentary
Gilderoy's "Box Hill" Short
Peter Strickland Berberian Short Film
Director's Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Production Design Gallery
Trailer