‘American Psycho’ 4K Steelbook Will Allow You To Return Some Videotapes
American Psychowas already released on 4K once, but now the dark comedy is getting a fancy new 4K steelbook available exclusively at Best Buy. Released in 2000 and based on the highly controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis,American Psychohelped makeChristian Balea bigger star and took Ellis' rambling, brutal book and worked it into something a little more digestible for movie audiences.
I’m one of those weirdos clinging to physical media. That said, I’ve never put much stock in steelbooks. However, I have to admit thisAmerican Psycho4K steelbook that’s headed to Best Buy is pretty damn neat. The cover alone – which has a slipcase designed to resemble Patrick Batemen peeling off his facial mask – is very cool.
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From acclaimed director Mary Harron and staring Christian Bale in his career-making performance as Patrick Bateman, comes the exciting re-release of the unhinged cult-classic AMERICAN PSYCHO. American Psycho arrives October 5th on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Lionsgate, exclusively at Best Buy. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status, and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders, and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. Based on the controversial novel, the film offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture in the ’80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling. Featuring all new artwork from artist Justin Erickson, American Psycho will be available on 4K Ultra HD™ Steelbook at Best Buy for the suggested retail price of $27.99.
Released in 2000,American Psychocame to theaters riding a wave of controversy before anyone had even seen it. Bret Easton Ellis' novel is notoriously graphic in its depictions of ultra-violence, and many felt that the movie was going to be a non-stop gorefest. But in the end, director Mary Harron actually found a way to mold Ellis' book into a film that still featured blood and gore but not nearly on the level of the book. It also manged to present a more coherent narrative as opposed to the book, which is really a series of episodic events rather than a story with one throughline (for the record, I love the book despite its reputation).
