Body Double 4K Ultra HD SteelBook

Brian De Palma invites you to witness a seduction... a mystery... a murder. It’s "Body Double" — a spine-tingling look at voyeurism and sexuality from the modern master of suspense. Jake Scully (Craig Wasson), an unemployed actor, is asked to house-sit at a luxurious hillside apartment. As a bonus, the home offers Jake a telescopic peek into the bedroom of Gloria Revelle (Deborah Shelton), who performs an arousing striptease. When Jake discovers another man is also spying on Gloria, he begins an obsessive surveillance of her. Soon a grisly murder leads him into the world of X-rated ?lm where he meets adult film star Holly Body (Melanie Grif?th), who is a key to the crime. De Palma has created a gripping adult thriller of eroticism and horror! (Gary Reber)

Special features include newly added: Archival EPK Interviews with Brian De Palma, Craig Wasson and Melanie Griffith (SD 10:03; newly added: Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax" music video (Body Double version) (HD 04"02; four featurettes: "The Seduction" (SD 16:56), "The Setup" (SD 17:05), "The Mystery" (SD 12:25) and "The Controversy" (SD 05"30) and a Movies Anywhere digital copy.

The 1.85:1 2160p HEVC/H.265 Ultra HD Dolby Vision/HDR10 picture, reviewed on a VIZIO Quantum X P85QX-JI UHD/HDR display, was photographed on 35 mm film stock in anamorphic Panavision® using the Panavision Panaflex camera system and sourced from a 4K master Digital Intermediate format, Film grain is generally not objectionable though in some frames are quite noticeable. Otherwise, the picture is sharp and clear with a nicely saturated color palette. The color palette exhibits warm and rich hues, Colors often pop with intensity. Flesh tones are naturally healthy. HDR contrast and the color gamut exhibits fine hue shadings, which enhances the realism, HDR contrast is excellent in the bright scene, which are prominent, but poor in the dark night segments,.Black levels are deep and white levels appear natural. Despite the layered film grain, resolution is excellent with facial features revealing skin pores, makeup, lines, complexions, and hair. Urban and interior objects reveal realistic textural composition though grain is often noticeable. This is a colorful and bright picture that displays compelling imagery. (Gary Reber)

The repurposed Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1-channel soundtrack features an extremely active orchestral score with enveloping width and and depth across the soundstage and soundfield with aggressive extension to he surrounds. Atmospherics and sound effects sound realistic. Dialogue is a major element, which is intelligible with generally good spatial integration.

The Immersive Sound element is comprised of an extension of the orchestral score, though generally subtle with moments of intensity, selected atmospherics and occasional dialogue. At times, the height layer is most effective in exciting the dimensionality of the soundfield, though even more could have been done to enhance dimensionality.

This is a satisfying holosonic® spherical surround soundtrack, though dated, that is sure to please fans. (Gary Reber)