Virtuous - BLU-RAY

In the tradition of classics like Hellraiser and Suspiria, THE PYRAMID is a chilling anthology of four stories linked by a mysterious pyramid that spreads madness and death. Featuring possessions, monstrous creatures, and catastrophic events, this Italian horror showcases five young directors and pays tribute to the legacy of independent Italian horror. In Italian with English subtitles.

When the once highly decorated police officer Walter Koontz (Robert de Niro, Casino) suffers a stroke while attempting to aid a neighbor, an unorthodox form of therapy is prescribed to help him overcome a resulting speech impediment. The suggested therapy becomes even more unorthodox when Walter asks his neighbor, Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote), a flamboyant drag queen with musical talent (and the past recipient of Walter's ire) for help. The unlikely arrangement soon mellows into a grudging friendship in writer/director Joel Schumacher's Flawless. Flawless features supporting performances by Wilson Jermaine Heredia (Rent), Barry Miller (Saturday Night Fever, The Last Temptation of Christ) and Chris Bauer (Face/Off, TV's True Blood).

Compelling and unsettling, independent filmmaker Bette Gordon's feminist-themed drama focuses on Christine (Sandy McLeod), a young woman who starts working as a ticket seller at a seedy Times Square adult theater and becomes increasingly enmeshed in the world of pornography and the theater's bizarre patrons. Will Patton, Richard M. Davidson, Luis Guzman, Nan Goldin also star; score by John Lurie. 97 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; photo gallery; storyboards; theatrical trailers; bonus short InchAnybody's WomanInch (1981).