Upcoming Non-UK Blu-ray Releases

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Comeing to blu-ray on December 2nd in Germany, Freddy's Nightmares. Says full HD in the descrptions, but at 33hrs for 44 episodes, it has to be SD it's only 2 discs.

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[Susan Foreman]

'Saw: The Ultimate Collection' - 4K + Blu-ray (with exclusive replica REVERSE BEAR TRAP) pre-order available from the Australian Viavision label - AUD$399.95

Release date: November 9

"Featuring an exclusive replica Reverse Bear Trap and collector’s display box!

With its story of a morally obsessed serial killer who forces his victims to play horrific games, Saw shocked audiences, redefined the horror genre, and spawned one of the most successful franchises of all time. Now, it’s time to put the pieces of the puzzle together with Saw, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI, Saw: 3D – The Final Chapter, Jigsaw and Spiral: From the Book of Saw in this ultimate 13-disc collection – featuring an exclusive replica Reverse Bear Trap plus a bonus disc packed with hours of special features – including behind-the-scenes featurettes, cast & crew interviews, and more!"

1500 Copies Only

Replica Reverse Bear Trap Specifications:

WEIGHT: 0.6kg
DIMENSIONS: 150MM (H) x 180MM (W) x 147MM (D)
MATERIAL: Hand painted, sculpted polyresin

Box Specifications:

TOTAL BOX WEIGHT: 1.8KG
DIMENSIONS: 215MM (W) x 240MM (H) x 185MM (D)

Sent in a custom-made shipper!

Special Features:

SAW: 4K

• Audio commentary by director James Wan, writer / actor Leigh Whannell and actor Cary Elwes
• Audio commentary by producers Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman and Oren Koules
• Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
• Dolby Vision, HDR10
• Dolby Atmos

SAW – BLU-RAY

• Audio commentary by director James Wan, writer / actor Leigh Whannell and actor Cary Elwes
• Audio commentary by producers Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman and Oren Koules
• Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
• Saw: The Original Short Film
• Hacking Away at Saw
• Alternate Storyboard Sequence
• Theatrical Trailer

SAW II – BLU-RAY

• Audio commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman, production designer David Hackl and editor Kevin Greutert
• Audio commentary by executive producer James Wan and writer / executive producer Leigh Whannell
• The Scott Tibbs documentary
• The Story Behind the Story – Find Out What Events Led to the Inspiration of Saw
• Gregg Hoffman: In Memoriam – Tribute to producer Gregg Hoffman

SAW III – BLU-RAY

• Audio commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman, writer/executive producer Leigh Wannell, executive producers Peter Block & Jason Constantine
• Audio commentary by producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg
• Audio commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman, editor Kevin Greutert and director of photography David A. Armstrong
• The Traps of Saw III
• The Details of Death: The Props of Saw
• The Writing of Saw III
• Amanda: Evolution of a Killer
• Darren’s Diary: Anatomy of a Director
• Deleted Scenes
• Theatrical Trailers

SAW IV – BLU-RAY

• Audio commentary by producers Oren Koules & Mark Burg and executive producers Peter Block & Jason Constantine
• Audio commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman and actor Lyriq Bent
• Darren’s Video Diary
• The Traps of Saw IV
• The Props of Saw IV
• Music video “I.V.”- performed by X Japan
• Deleted Scene
• Theatrical Trailer

SAW V – BLU-RAY

• Audio commentary by director David Hackl and first assistant director Steve Webb
• Audio commentary by producers Mark Burg & Oren Koules and executive producers Peter Block & Jason Constantine
• The Pendulum Trap
• The Cube Trap
• The Coffin Trap
• The Fatal Five
• Slicing the Cube: Editing the Cube Trap
• Theatrical Trailer

SAW VI – BLU-RAY

• Audio commentary by producer Mark Burg and executive producers Peter Block & Jason Constantine
• Audio commentary by director Kevin Greutert and writers Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton
• Jigsaw Revealed
• The Traps of Saw VI
• A Killer Maze: Making Saw – Game Over
• Music Videos
• Theatrical Trailer

SAW 3D – BLU-RAY

• 3D & 2D versions of the film
• Audio commentary by producers Mark Burg, Oren Koules & Peter Block
• Audio commentary by writers Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Music Videos
• 52 Ways to Die – Recounting the Traps from the Saw films
• Please note this disc is Region B locked

JIGSAW – 4K

• Audio commentary by producers Mark Burg, Oren Koules & Peter Block
• I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Saw – 7-part documentary
• The Choice is Yours: Exploring the Props
• Dolby Vision, HDR10
• Dolby Atmos

JIGSAW – BLU-RAY

• I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Saw – 7-part documentary
• The Choice is Yours: Exploring the Props
• Please note this disc is Region B locked

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SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW – 4K

• Audio commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman, co-screenwriter Josh Stolberg and composer Charlie Clouser
• Audio commentary by producers Oren Koules & Mark Burg
• The Consequences of Your Actions: Creating Spiral
• Drawing Inspiration: Illustrated Trap Breakdowns
• Decoding the Marketing Spiral
• HDR10
• Dolby Atmos

SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW – BLU-RAY [Please note this disc is Region B locked]

• The Consequences of Your Actions: Creating Spiral
• Drawing Inspiration: Illustrated Trap Breakdowns
• Decoding the Marketing Spiral

BONUS DISC – BLU-RAY
SAW

• Behind-the-Scenes – 2 featurettes
• Sawed Off: Inside Sneak Peek at the Making of Saw – featurette
• Billie: The Jigsaw Puppet – featurette
• Full Disclosure Report – featurette
• Cast & crew interviews

SAW II

• The Making Of Saw II – 7 featurettes
• Zombie – short film (with optional director’s commentary)
• Cast & crew interviews
• Bits & Pieces: The Props of Jigsaw – featurette
• The Traps of Jigsaw – 4 featurettes
• Jigsaw’s Game – featurette
• Storyboard to Screen comparisons
• Photo Gallery: The Art of Saw II
• Photo Gallery: The Visual Concept of Saw II

SAW III

• Cast & crew interviews
• Interview with Darren Lynn Bousman
• Discussion with Darren Lynn Bousman before the German premiere
• Saw Make-up Workshop (Looking Tortured)
• Behind-the-Scenes – featurette
• Killer Inside – music video by Hydrovibe
• Choose the Death – 10 featurettes

SAW IV

• Cast & crew interviews
• Behind-the-Scenes – featurette

SAW V

• Cast & crew interviews
• Behind-the-Scenes – featurette

SAW VI

• Cast & crew interviews
• Behind the Machine – featurette
• Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) responds to fan questions

SAW 3D

• Cast & crew interviews
• Behind-the-Scenes – featurette

[Susan Foreman]

'Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster' (2021) - Blu-ray pre-order available from Amazon US - $19:99

Release date: October 18

"Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster is Thomas Hamilton and Ron MacCloskey’s compelling exploration of the life and career of Boris Karloff, the iconic star of such horror classics as Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Black Cat (alongside Bela Lugosi), Bride of Frankenstein, The Body Snatcher, The Raven, Black Sabbath, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Targets.

Providing unique memories of Boris Karloff the man and the legend, Sara Karloff is joined by Roger Corman (Masque of the Red Death, Little Shop of Horrors), Peter Bogdanovich (Paper Moon, Mask), Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth), John Landis (The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London), Joe Dante (Gremlins) Jack Hill (Spider Baby) and Donald F. Glut (Tales of Frankenstein), famed co-stars Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music, All the Money in the World) Orson Bean (Being John Malkovich), Dick Miller (A Bucket of Blood), Ian Ogilvy (TV’s Return of the Saint, Death Becomes Her), Stefanie Powers (TV’s Hart to Hart, TV’s The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.), Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon), Ron Perlman (Hellboy, TV’s Hand of God) and many, many more, giving this film a uniquely intimate flavor.

This All-Region Blu-Ray Edition* contains 140 minutes of previously unreleased bonus material including ""Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story"" with a wealth of extra stories from co-stars Donnie Dunagan (Bambi), Sharyn Moffett (Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House), Lee Grant (Damien: Omen II), Nehemiah Persoff (On the Waterfront, An American Tail), H.M. Wynant (The Twilight Zone), Virginia Bates (Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde) and directors Daniel Haller (The Dunwich Horror) and Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night).""

Specs:

• Configuration: BD
• Rating: NR
• Genre: DOCUMENTARY
• Year of Release: 2021
• Run Time: 103 Minutes
• Region: A*
• Subtitles: ENGLISH
• Original Langauge: ENGLISH
• Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Video Color: COLOR
• Audio: STEREO

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Comeing to blu-ray on December 2nd in Germany, Freddy's Nightmares. Says full HD in the descrptions, but at 33hrs for 44 episodes, it has to be SD it's only 2 discs.

"According to bluray disc dot de in Germany, the upcoming Blu-ray release of "Freddy's Nightmares: The Complete Series" has been cancelled. At this time there hasn’t been an official statement from Pidax as to why the release has been canceled. The release has been removed from the Pidax storefront and other retail outlets like Amazon DE

More information if / when it is made available"

[Rob4]

Thought I'd put this snippet from Blurage here until its known who the release label is going to be. Good news for Cushing fans

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=355046

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Thought I'd put this snippet from Blurage here until its known who the release label is going to be. Good news for Cushing fans

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=355046

I have this on dvd. It's just a bit too creaky and stagey for me to be excited about a Blu-ray.

I'd expect it to be from the BFI as they released the dvd.

I was hoping it may have been his 80's Holmes gig, Masks of Death etc.

[Susan Foreman]

'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1930) - 6-Disc Ultimate Edition (5x Blu-ray) (+ DVD) coming to Blu-ray from the German
'Capelight Pictures' company

Release date: November 4

Bonus Material:
6-Disc Ultimate Edition as a limited and numbered collector's box with the 3-Disc Limited Collector's Edition in a media book with a 46-page booklet and a text by film scholar Professor Hans Beller as well as another; The 3-disc media book available exclusively in this edition also has a 46-page booklet with texts by Ludger Holmenkamm and Professor Hans Beller. For the first time, the edition contains all four dubbings of the film (from 1930; 1952; 1984 and 2005) and also for the first time the eight-minute long version on Blu-ray and DVD with the dubbings from 1984 and 2005 as well as the WDR sound version from 1995. Also on Blu-ray are the censored versions from 1930 and 1952; the International Standard Version; the silent film version as well as the original; contains a tinted ZDF version of the Volkstrauertag broadcast from 1984. Also included is a reprint of an original cinema poster photo set.As bonus material, Professor Hans Beller's documentation "Geschundene Zelluloid"

More info and pre-order can be found here, but it's in the German language!

[Susan Foreman]

'HEARTLAND OF DARKNESS' (1989) [AKA Blood Church] - Coming to Blu-ray from Visual Vengeance

Release date: November 8

"The 1989 never-before-seen Linnea Quigley “Satanic Panic” epic...

In the small town of Copperton, Ohio, Paul Henson, a former big-city journalist, buys a small local newspaper. He quickly falls into a wide-reaching conspiracy of ritualistic murder and cult mind control when he discovers that the entire town may be under the spell of a Satanic reverend and his flock. As the clues and corpses pile up, Henson and his family are thrust into a life-or-death struggle to expose the truth and stop the demonic cabal’s reign of evil

Shot in 1989 by director Eric Swelstad on 16mm film and lost in obscurity and distribution false starts for over 30 years, Heartland of Darkness finally arrives on home video for the very first time and is packed with bonus features that spotlight the original creators and document the film’s long history and final completion"

SPECIAL FEATURES / SUPPLEMENTS:

• First time available in any format
• New director-supervised SD master from original tape and film elements
• Deeper Into the Darkness: New 40-minute BTS documentary
• Three commentary tracks
• Linnea Quigley Remembers: new interview
• Archival TV interviews, TV spots, BTS footage and trailers
• Complete original “Fallen Angels” 1990 workprint
• Blood Church – rare distributor promotional video
• Six-page liner notes by Tony Strauss of Weng’s Chop Magazine
• Limited Edition Heartland of Darkness “Prayer Cloth”
• Limited Edition slipcase - FIRST PRESSING ONLY
• Collectible Linnea Quigley folded mini-poster
• ‘Stick your own’ VHS sticker set
• And much more

[Susan Foreman]

'Alienoid' (2022) Coming to 4K UHD from the German Capelight Pictures company

Release date: January 20, 2023

"In the year 2022, the stoic Guard and his shapeshifting robot Thunder are guardians for alien criminals who have been held captive in the bodies of unsuspecting humans on Earth for centuries. Escapees are mercilessly hunted down by the time-travelling Guardians. At the same time, in 1391, the Tao magician Muruk and the powerful Ean are in a race for the "Golden Blade".

Things come to a head when super villain Controller escapes with nothing less on his mind than the annihilation of humanity..."

Bonus Features:

• 2-Disc Limited Collecto''s Edition Mediabook featuring the film in 4K Ultra HD on UHD Blu-ray and in HD on Blu-ray
• a 24-page booklet
• trailers
• greeting
• Making Of Featurettes

[Susan Foreman]

'Space Monster Wangmagwi' (1967) - Blu-Ray pre-order available from SRS Cinema Store - $24.95

Release date: Late January 2023

"Aliens from another world seeking the conquest of Earth invade with flying saucers. They unleash a gigantic monster called Wangmagwi, who destroys everything in its path. The Air Force, led by ace pilot Ahn Hee, is dispatched, but can do little in such still heavily populated areas. Amidst the carnage, the Space Monster picks up Ahn Hee’s bride, Oh Jeong-hwan, carrying her along as it carries out the alien orders. However, when it tries to crush a young boy, named Spider, the kid evades the monster by scrambling up its arm and hitching a ride in the monster’s ear. He tortures it from within, cutting through its ear drum and, after finding a path to the nostrils, stabbing its inner nasal cavity. Eventually, Wangmagwi deploys a powerful death ray, melting entire buildings, forcing Ahn to finally take action. He executes a risky plan to save his bride and the kid, while hopefully stopping the beast once and for all.

“Space Monster Wangmagwi” is a 1967 South Korean kaiju film. It was the second giant monster film to be made in South Korea (and first feature length one). A holy grail among kaiju fans, it was long thought to be lost until an original print emerged out of the blue a few years ago. It is being released on physical media for the FIRST time EVER - anywhere in the world - thanks to SRS Cinema."

Tentative Extras

• Commentary by Sueng-hoon Jeong (Assistant Professor of Film and Electronic Arts at California State University Long Beach) and Author and Kaiju Historian John Goodrich.
• Fans Speak Up! - Love for the SWM Release
• Kaiju Fan Trailers (Deron Morgan)
• Kaiju Trailers
• Trailer
• SRS Trailer