The Corner Penthouse

Sony Pictures recently released the Tarot (2024) Blu-ray. Read on to find out more about it...

[ SYNOPSIS ]

When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else's deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings.

[ SPECIFICATIONS ]

The movie is presented in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio with a runtime of 1:31:57. The movie has been rated PG-13 for horror violence, terror, bloody images, some strong language and drug content. Audio languages include English, English Descriptive, French, French Descriptive, Spanish. Subtitle languages include English, English SDH, French, Spanish.

[ SPECIAL FEATURES ]

All of the content listed below can be found on the Blu-ray disc. I don't normally mention the "Previews" for other movies, but the fourth one shown is the January 29th trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, so there you go :-)

• A Twist of Fate: Making the Film (6:10) - A standard brief making of featurette.
• Circle of Friends (6:41) - A look at the cast.
• Killer Outtakes (2:26) - The cast flubs their lines and goofs around.

[ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ]

A digital copy code voucher is included inside the standard one-disc blue Blu-ray case.

[ NOTES ]

Tarot (2024) is available on Blu-ray and DVD. There is no 4K UHD release. The movie is based on the book "Horrorscope" by Nicholas Adams, which explains why that was the film's working title seen on the clapboards in the outtakes. The clapboards also tell us that the movie was filmed in late 2022, but it was not released until May 2024. Why did it sit on the shelf for so long? Probably because there's really nothing special about it. Despite a very interesting premise, it's a very run-of-the-mill horror movie with all of the usual, tired jump scares and quick cuts. Owing to its PG-13 rating, there is no gore and the death scenes cut away instead of actually showing anything.

What it does have going for it are some great character designs on the baddies, but you never get a good look at any of them due to the quick cuts. That's a shame. At least the movie, which reminded me a bit of the Final Destination series, isn't boring because it moves along at a pretty fast pace. The few times I checked the time on my player, I was surprised by how much of the movie had passed.

Speaking of someone else's Tarot deck, Sony licensed the Ghostbusters property to Insight Editions, who released a real-life Ghostbusters Tarot Deck last month (reviewed here).



This item has been provided by Sony Pictures for review on this site.