Rent Macabre (1980)
3.0 of 5 from 69 ratings
1h 29min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Don't open the fridge! Still recovering from a pair of tragic and traumatic bereavements, Jane Baker (Bernice Stegers) moves into a new apartment in New Orleans. The owner's son, Robert (Stanko Molnar), is blind - but that doesn't stop him hearing what Jane gets up to. It sounds like she's resumed her passionate affair with her lover, Fred (Roberto Posse). Except that Fred died a year ago...
- Actors:
- Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny, Roberto Posse, Ferdinando Orlandi, Fernando Pannullo, Elisa Kadigia Bove
- Directors:
- Lamberto Bava
- Producers:
- Antonio Avati, Gianni Minervini
- Voiced By:
- Carolyn De Fonseca
- Writers:
- Antonio Avati, Pupi Avati, Lamberto Bava, Roberto Gandus
- Aka:
- Macabro / The Frozen Terror
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/05/2020
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Don't Lose Your Head - A New Interview with Director Lamberto Bava
- Audio Commentary by Giallo Experts, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- Alternate Italian Opening and End Credit Titles
- Original Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/06/2026
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English, Italian
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Three presentations of the film: Macabro, the Italian theatrical version (91 mins); Macabre, the international theatrical version (90 mins); and Frozen Terror, the re-titled US release (90 mins)
- Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth, and Nathaniel Thompson (2026)
- The Bloody Beginning (2026, 18 mins): director Lamberto Bava revisits his directorial debut
- A Head for Producing (2026, 19 mins): interview with producer Antonio Avati
- New Orleans Gothic (2026, 10 mins): interview with co-writer Pupi Avati
- Danse Macabre (2016, 24 mins): interview with co-writer Roberto Gandus
- Macabre Love (2026, 23 mins): critical appreciation by Italian genre film expert and Macabre aficionado Mark Thompson Ashworth
- Jazzing for a Murder (2026, 23 mins): Pierpaolo De Sanctis, the founder of Italian soundtrack specialists Four Flies Records, explores the work of composer Ubaldo Continiello
- Q&A with Lamberto Bava (2026, 59 mins): onstage interview with the director, filmed after a Macabre screening at the 2025 World Wide Weird cult-cinema event held in London
- Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
