Cauldron has a new 2K film restoration (from the original camera negative — uncut) of director Ruggero Deodato’s 1987 mixed giallo and horror entry, Off Balance, which is also known widely as Phantom of Death.
You could also label Deodato’s bloody tale a “slasher” film — four stunning beauties meet gruesome — and very bloody — ends. Off Balance could also be a “creature feature” as our villain, Robert (played by Michael York), is suffering from a rare disease that is causing him to rapidly age physically (special effects by Dino Galiano — Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Dune, Red Sonja), which also affects his sanity.
Regardless, the race is on. Can Inspector Datti, played by Donald Pleasence no less, catch Robert (whose description keeps changing), before he can slaughter the fifth beauty Helene, played by the incredible Edwige Fenech.
For starters, Off Balance can be viewed with the original Italian language track or the English-dubbed export track.
There is also a July of 2022 33-minute video session with Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust, House on the Edge of the Park) recorded shortly before his passing. This session is titled “An Uncommon Director.”
Italian film experts/historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth provide commentary.
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