Zeder
- Year: 1983
- Country of origin: Italy
- Genre: Horror
- Director: Pupi Avati
- Length: 98 min
One man’s search for an ancient secret… and the dead will rise from their graves!
Film Synopsis
Zeder (1983) follows a journalist who, after discovering mysterious writings on a second-hand typewriter’s ink ribbon, becomes obsessed with the vanished scientist Paolo Zeder and his claims that certain terrains called K-Zones can resurrect the dead. As he digs deeper into these forbidden experiments and the shadowy figures who continue them, he finds himself pulled into a growing supernatural mystery where the dead may not stay buried. This horror thriller blends creeping dread and metaphysical speculation in a tense study of life, death, and forbidden knowledge.
Zeder Blu-ray & DVD editions
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| Disc Extras | Code Red BD-A/US 2018 | Code Red BD-A/US 2017 | 88 Films BD-ALL/UK 2022 | X-Rated BD-ALL/DE 2018 | Image DVD-0/US/OOP 1999 | 20th Century Fox DVD-2 PAL/IT 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani and Barry Forshaw | ||||||
| Audio Commentary by Kim Newman and Sean Hogan | ||||||
| Audio Commentary by Christian Kessler | ||||||
| I Percosrsi della Paura (The Perils of Fear) | ||||||
| Visit to the Original Filming Location at Colonia Provincia Varese - With Giorgio Venturi | ||||||
| The Avati Brothers - Interview with Co-Writer/Producer Antonio Avati | ||||||
| Dressing Terror - Interview with Costume Designer Steno Tonelli | ||||||
| Northern Gothic - Interview with Director Pupi Avati | ||||||
| Working with the Avati’s - Interview with Actor Gabriele Lavia | ||||||
| Interview with Actor Gabriele Lavia | ||||||
| Interview with Director Pupi Avati | ||||||
| Stills Gallery | ||||||
| Italian Theatrical Trailer | ||||||
| US Theatrical Trailer | ||||||
| US Theatrical Trailer as “Revenge of the Dead” | ||||||
| Bonus Film: Help me I am Dead - Die Geschichte der Anderen | ||||||
| Bonus Film: The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- 88 Films’ “Limited Edition” Blu-ray includes a 40-page booklet with writing by Chloe Leigh Taylor (“The Bolognese Dead - A Look Back at Pupi Avati’s ‘Zeder’”), Francesco Massaccesi (“Nuclear Faith: Science, Technology and Religion in Pupi Avati’s ‘Zeder’”), and Andrew Graves (“Screen and Scream Again - Unearthing Pupi Avati’s Mesmerising Zombie Feature ‘Zeder’”, 1983); and a double-sided fold-out poster. Reissued as a standard edition without booklet and poster (2024/02/19).
- X-Rated’s Blu-ray is available in four Mediabook editions, each including a 20-page booklet with writing by Christoph N. Kellerbach and Bodo Traber (in German).
- Image’s “The EuroShock Collection” DVD contains no extras.
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Collector’s guide
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| Editions | |
|---|---|
| Extras | Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani and Barry Forshaw 88 Films BD |
| Audio Commentary by Kim Newman and Sean Hogan 88 Films BD | |
| The Avati Brothers - Interview with Co-Writer/Producer Antonio Avati 88 Films BD | |
| Dressing Terror - Interview with Costume Designer Steno Tonelli 88 Films BD | |
| Northern Gothic - Interview with Director Pupi Avati 88 Films BD | |
| Working with the Avati’s - Interview with Actor Gabriele Lavia 88 Films BD | |
| Interview with Actor Gabriele Lavia Code Red BD | |
| Interview with Director Pupi Avati Code Red BD | |
| Italian Theatrical Trailer 88 Films BD | |
| US Theatrical Trailer as “Revenge of the Dead” Code Red BD |