Cat O' Nine Tails 4K UHD Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

Arrow's 4K release gives Argento's film intensely deep black levels, absolutely black at all times without relenting. The original cinematography favors some crush, but not to a debilitating degree. Shadows provide tone and tension, keeping areas unseen, cloaked in limited light. It works. Contrast isn't as emboldened, but does find moments to pump out intense light.

Color density brings marvelous heft to primaries. They glow, veering away from natural and taking on an almost surreal beauty. Reds and greens take prominence, truly spectacular in their boldness. There's no loss to flesh tones, which while slightly warmed, never distract.

From a 4K scan, perfect encoding handles a mild grain structure sans problems. Cinematography favors softer focus, although this doesn't dim the detail. Especially in close, definition excels, expertly resolved and crisp. It's clear the resolution makes a difference, and without a spot/scratch anywhere on the print, there's nothing to break up the image's purity.

Audio

Weathered mono does what it can, struggling to maintain the higher octaves in the score. Cat O' Nine Tails doesn't look its age, but it sounds so, unavoidable as it likely is. The dubbed dialog comes through the centered worn and raw, but audible. Fine, but little else.