| | | "From Dario Argento, Director of Suspira, Opera and Jenifer."
Features: DVD
Meat Loaf Aday stars as Jake Feldman, a shorttempered furrier struggling to build a small-time business while being tormented by his obsession for a sexy stripper. But when a sadistic backwoods trapper (John Saxon of Nightmare on Elm Street and Dario Argento's Tenebre) kills a strange group of pet raccoons, Jake knows their luxurious hides could make a coat that will change his fortunes forever. Only these are no ordinary pelts: Everyone who comes in contact with the cursed furs is soon driven to unspeakable acts of self-mutilation and extreme violence. Even if Jake can now possess the flesh he desperately covets, what horrific final price will he pay for the skin he's in?
"Genuinely frightening!" Star Tribune
"So good, it's scary!" Sun Sentinel
Editor's Note
To win the heart of a woman, Jake Feldman (Meatloaf) attempts to create the world's most beautiful fur coat. But since this is a film in Showtime's MASTERS OF HORROR series, things don't end happily ever after for the couple. The raccoon pelts used by Feldman bear more than just the ire of PETA protesters. The possessed skins have the power to create evil and violence in the lives of people around them. Directed by Italian horror maestro Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA), this is an adaptation of a story written by Bram-Stoker-award-winning author F. Paul Wilson.
| Features | Audio Commentary With Writer Matt Venne | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Stereo | | Dario Argento Bio | | DVD-ROM Feature: Screenplay | | Featurettes: All Sewn Up - Mastering The Effects Sequence & Fleshing It Out - The Making Of Pelts | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Still Gallery | | Storyboard Gallery |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 2/13/2007 |
| Running Time: 59 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 9901 | | UPC: 00013138990181 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Ellen Ewusie | | John Saxon | | Link Baker | | Meat Loaf Aday | | Attila Szalay - Cinematographer | | Claudio Simonetti - Original Music By | | Dario Argento - Director | | Ed Shearmur - Original Music By | | F. Paul Wilson - Writer | | Lisa Richardson - Producer | | Matt Venne - Screenplay | | Mick Garris, et. al. - Executive Producer | | Tom Rowe - Producer |
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| | Professional Reviews | Reel.com 7 of 10
Dario Argento's movies are strictly a hit-and-miss proposition anymore. Acting and coherent story lines have never been his strong suit, and taking him to task over that is misguided. Even his strongest movies (Deep Red, Opera, Inferno) tend to be confused and surreal, relying more on shock factor, style, and design to get their points across. This time around, he turns up the gore quotient and delivers a nasty, not-for-the-squeamish movie-ette hung on a rather slender story. It's not great stuff, but at the same time, it's hard to think of someone who could pull it off better than this auteur of gore. - Jerry Renshaw
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