{"product_id":"dead-mountaineers-hotel-deluxe-limited-edition-4k-uhd-blu-ray-us","title":"Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (Deluxe Limited Edition) [4K UHD + Blu-ray] [US]","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date: March 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDEAD MOUNTAINEER’S HOTEL (“HUKKUNUD ALPINISTI” HOTEL)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – 1979, Tallinnfilm, 84 min.  \"I was on call to drive to a mountain hotel.  The hotel's name was The Dead Mountaineer,\" says police inspector Peter Glebsky (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUldis Pūcītis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) at the beginning of Estonian director \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrigori Kromanov’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003edazzling, paranoid mixture of locked-room mystery, 1970s Euro giallo, classic noir whodunit, and (unbelievably) alien sci-fi ala THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.  Based on a novel by famed Soviet authors \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArkady and Boris Strugatsky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (STALKER, HARD TO BE A GOD), the hall-of-mirrors plot follows Glebsky as he’s trapped by avalanche in the ski lodge with a rogues’ gallery of weird suspects:  tubercular gangster Hinckus (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMikk Mikiver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), creepy hotel owner Snewahr (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJüri Järvet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, KING LEAR), a wall-climbing physicist (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLembit Peterson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), a louche, wig-wearing beauty out of a Bryan Ferry song (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIrena Kriauzaite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) – oh, and the Dead Mountaineer’s faithful St. Bernard.  The interior of the hotel (brilliantly art directed by Tõnu Virve and Priit Vaher, and photographed by Jüri Sillart) is straight out of a Dario Argento or Sergio Martino thriller:  all chrome-and-marble with Space Age modern designs, drenched in champagne and feather boas.  Featuring a stellar electronica \/ prog score by composer Sven Grünberg, the film combines an eerie THE SHINING-like mountain locale with speculative sci-fi straight out of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChariots of the Gods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  “This is the end of the road.  The only way is back,” as the hotel owner cryptically smiles.  Newly restored in 4K by Deaf Crocodile in collaboration with the Estonian Film Institute and Film Archive.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Estonian with English subtitles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBonus Features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew 4K restoration by Craig Rogers and Michael Coronado for Deaf Crocodile and color grade by Tyler Fagerstrom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst-ever Worldwide 4K UHD + Blu-ray release\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew commentary by film historian Michael Brooke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Snow Job: A Routine Investigation in Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel” - new visual essay by Ryan Verrill \u0026amp; Dr. Will Dodson of Someone’s Favorite Prod.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcerpt from the documentary BONUS TRACK (2016, dir. 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