The Ogre
- Year: 1988
- Country of origin: Italy
- Genre: Horror
- Director: Lamberto Bava
- Length: 94 min
First you were haunted by Poltergeist, now there’s The Ogre.
Film Synopsis
The Ogre (1988) follows an American horror novelist who travels with her husband and young son to an old Italian villa where childhood nightmares about a lurking ogre begin to reappear as real, unsettling events. As eerie phenomena escalate and her husband remains skeptical, the threat from the villa’s dark past and its monstrous presence grows closer and more dangerous. This Italian horror blends creeping supernatural dread with psychological unease in a slow-burn, atmospheric tale of fear confronting memory and menace.
The Ogre Blu-ray & DVD editions
See which disc extras are included across selected editions.
| Disc Extras | Cauldron BD-ALL/US 2025 | Shriek Show DVD-0/US/OOP 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Rachael Nisbet | ||
| Handmade Shivers - Interview with Property Master Roberto Ricci | ||
| Master of Ogres - Interview with Director Lamberto Bava | ||
| The Ogre’s Lair - Interview with Production Designer Massimo Antonello Geleng | ||
| Interview with Director Lamberto Bava | ||
| Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Cauldron’s Blu-ray is included in the “Brivido Giallo” box set with Graveyard Disturbance (1987), Until Death (1988) and Dinner with a Vampire (1989). It includes a soundtrack compilation CD.
- Shriek Show’s DVD includes trailers for Faceless (1988), Zombie 5: Killing Birds (1988), Blood Feast 2 (2002) and Flesh for the Beast (2003). It is also available in the “Demons Triple Feature” box set with The Other Hell (1981) and Black Demons (1991).
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