Before Annabelle, Billy and M3GAN, Dario Argento's Deep Red terrified viewers with the creepy Mad Puppet, now available to own as a screen-quality replica from Mutant and Unbox Industries.
Argento's 1975 giallo (known as Profondo Rosso in its native Italian) starred David Hemmings as a musician investigating a series of murders perpetrated by a black-gloved killer. The influential work is considered to be one of Argento's best, and one of giallo's definitive works.
According to Variety, who revealed the news earlier today, Mutant and Unbox Industries' Mad Puppet is an officially license soft vinyl perfect recreation of the doll, with “every feature faithfully reproduced”, homed in an exclusive box featuring artwork by Luke Insect and strictly limited to 150 copies worldwide.
Mutant and Unbox Industries are also releasing an exclusive 7-inch single featuring the iconic Deep Red main theme on the A side, and for the first time a version of “Death Dies” on the B side featuring the Mad Puppet laugh intro pressed on transparent green vinyl. The 45 is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.
From Mutant co-founder Spencer Hickman:
“We are thrilled to be diving into the world of collectables with our friends and partners at Unbox Industries and are honoured to start with an official Dario Argento piece […] The Mad Puppet is truly one of the most bizarre things in any Argento film, and we couldn’t be happier to share its madness.”
If you're brave and/or crazy enough to bring the Mad Puppet home to live with you, noth releases go on sale 10/28 on the Mutant website at 12:00pm CST.
