Rent Macabre (1980)
3.0 of 5 from 68 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 / 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:
- 22/06/2026
- 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; Macabre, the international theatrical version; and Frozen Terror, the US theatrical version
- Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth, and Nathaniel Thompson (2026)
- Interview with director Lamberto Bava (2026)
- Interview with producer Antonio Avati (2026)
- Interview with writer Pupi Avati (2026)
- Critical appreciation by Italian genre film expert and Macabre aficionado Mark Thompson Ashworth (2026)
- Pierpaolo De Sanctis, the founder of Italian soundtrack specialists Four Flies Records, explores the oeuvre of composer Ubaldo Continiello (2026)
- Onstage interview with Bava, filmed after a Macabre screening at the 2025 World Wide Weird cult-cinema event held in London
- Original theatrical trailer
- International theatrical trailer
- World premiere on 4K UHD
