“IT REMAINS IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN…
Communist reality merges with horror reality
in the spookiest film to emerge from the former Soviet bloc.”
Blu-ray.com
THE NORTH AMERICAN HOME VIDEO PREMIERE
WITH 5+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
From Juraj Herz – the award-winning writer/director of MORGIANA, THE NINTH HEART, THE CREMATOR and subversive genius of the Czech New Wave – comes the disturbing shocker driven by cultural provocation, political paranoia and a supercharged take on the vampire mythos, now on disc for the first time ever in America: When Ferat Motors introduces a new high-performance sports car, a trauma doctor investigates a bizarre theory that the vehicle is a biological machine fueled by human blood. Jirí Menzel (director of the Oscar®-winning CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS), Dagmar Havlová (former First Lady of the Czech Republic) and the iconic Škoda 110 Super Sport star in this “deeply weird horror thriller with sci-fi overtones and a touch of Cronenberg” (House of Self Indulgence), restored from the best existing 35mm elements by Národní Filmový Archiv and Severin Films with over 5 hours of new & archival Special Features curated exclusively for this release.
Disc 1: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Michael Brooke
- Archival Audio Commentary With Film Critic Lars Dreyer-Winkelmann (Revised/Re-Recorded In English)
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A Person Undergoing A Strange Sequence Of Events – Actress Jana Brezková Remembers FERAT VAMPIRE
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Vampires Ltd. – Screenwriter Jan Fleischer On Adapting FERAT VAMPIRE
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Eat Up The Road: UPĺR Z FERATU And The Legend Of The Blood Car – Video Essay By Filmmaker Stephen Broomer
- Archival interviews With Director Juraj Herz And Actors Jana Brezková And Vít Olmer
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The Iron Vampire – Archival Interview With Auto/Prototype Engineer Stanislav Cinkl
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Ferat Vampire: Close-Up – A Look At The Škoda Prototype That Was Used For The Ferat In The Film
- STRANGE AIRLINES (59 mins) – 1992 Czech TV Movie Based On Vampire Ltd. Author Josef Nesvadba's 1966 Short Story Mordair, Starring Czech Actress Jana Brejchová
- Booklet Featuring The Original Short Story Vampire Ltd. By Josef Nesvadba With A New Introduction By Czech Science Fiction Historian Ivan Adamovič And Illustrations By Drazen Kozjan
Disc Specs:
- Runtime: 94 mins
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Audio: Czech Mono
- English Subtitles
- Region Free
- Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
*All foreign-language featurettes are subtitled in English.
Limited Edition Slipcase
FERAT VAMPIRE restored by the Národní Film Archive, Prague with support from the Czech Audiovisual Fund