This movie was also released with the spelling of Tenebre, which redirects to this page. Tenebre (1982) also redirects to this page.
This film was marketed under the banner, "WARNING: This is one of the best murder mysteries you will ever see, but it's not for the faint-hearted".
There are a total of twenty-one credited cast members in this film.
Filming on Tenebrae began on May 3rd, 1982. The shoot lasted ten weeks and concluded on July 16th, 1982. The movie was filmed on-location in Rome, Italy. Studio shots were filmed at Incir De Paolis Studios in Rome. Shots of the airport were filmed in New York City, New York. Scenes of Christiano Berti's house were filmed at 40 00060 Le Rughe RM in Formello, Rome.
Tenebrae was released on Blu-ray Synapse Films on September 13th, 2016. It was released in 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on September 26th, 2023. A 4K Ultra special edition, which includes two cuts of the film, was released by Synapse on August 2nd, 2022. Only 6,000 copies of this version were released. This is the 40th Anniversary of the release of the film. Includes new artwork, a collector's booklet, a fold-out poster and lobby cards.
On the Internet Movie Database, Tenebrae has a Starmeter score of 7.0 out of 10 based on more than 30,000 viewers.
On The Movie Database, Tenebrae has a user score of 68%.
On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Tenebrae holds a Tomatometer score of 82% based on 28 posted critic reviews. It has 23 positive reviews and 5 negative reviews. The film has a Popcormeter score of 78% based on more than 5,000 user ratings, averaging 3.8 out of 5. There is only a 4% variance between the Tomatometer score and the Popcornmeter score, which is very uncommon.
On Letterboxd, Tenebrae has a weighted average review score of 3.74 out of 5 based on 75,112 user ratings.
The word "Tenebrae" Latin for "darkness" or shadows". It relates to a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by a gradual extinguishing of candles, and the strepitus or "loud noise" in the total darkness at the end of the service.
