KINO LORBER THREAD

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Christ ain't seen Times Square since the Thorn Emi tape.

[Susan Foreman]

'The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu' (1929) / 'The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu' (1930) – Double Feature Blu-Ray coming from Kino Lorber

Release date: June 14

The diabolical doctor makes his talkie film debut in The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu, based on the first book in Sax Rohmer’s classic series. During the Boxer Rebellion, Dr. Fu Manchu, deviously played by Warner Oland (Charlie Chan in Paris), saves the life of little Lia Eltham; but soon after, his own wife and child are killed by the allied troops. He takes revenge by hypnotizing the now grown Lia, played by screen great Jean Arthur (A Foreign Affair), to do his evil bidding. The world’s most notorious supervillain is born in this Pre-Code chiller from director Rowland V. Lee (Tower of London). Co-starring Neil Hamilton (Commissioner Gordon of TV’s Batman) as Dr. Jack Petrie and O.P. Heggie (The Bride of Frankenstein) as Inspector Nayland Smith.

The fiendish Dr. Fu is back with a vengeance in The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, as the evil criminal genius continues his campaign of cruelty on the foggy moors of the English estate where Lia Eltham and Dr. Jack Petrie are set to marry. Director Rowland V. Lee (Son of Frankenstein) returns along with Warner Oland (Charlie Chan’s Secret), Jean Arthur (Easy Living), O.P. Heggie (The Count of Monte Cristo) and Neil Hamilton (Tarzan the Ape Man) for this sequel that’s more menacing, more exciting and more bloodcurdling than the first

Special features:

• Brand New 2K Masters
• NEW Audio Commentaries by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
• Optional English Subtitles

[Susan Foreman]

'Ants!' (1977) [AKA 'It Happened at Lakewood Manor'] - Coming to Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Release date: July 5

"A mountain resort is ravaged by a deadly force in this terrifying tale of Mother Nature’s revenge — Ants!, a.k.a. It Happened at Lakewood Manor. Expecting a weekend of luxurious self-indulgence, visitors at the ritzy Lakewood Manor soon discover they’re the entrée of the day for an army of malevolent ants with an appetite for human flesh. When these killer creepy-crawlies eat toxic insecticides, they don’t die — they just get meaner. Vacation is no picnic in this cult eco-horror classic. The delicious cast includes Suzanne Somers (TV’s Three’s Company), Robert Foxworth (The Black Marble), Lynda Day George (TV’s Fear No Evil), Bernie Casey (TV’s The Martian Chronicles), Barry Van Dyke (TV’s Diagnosis Murder), Steve Franken (The Party), Karen Lamm (Trackdown) and Brian Dennehy (F/X) with a special appearance by celluloid great Myrna Loy (Love Me Tonight). Directed by TV veteran Robert Scheerer (TV’s Kolchak: The Night Stalker)."

Special Features And Specs:

• Brand New 2K Master
• Includes Both the 1.33:1 Television and the 1.85:1 Theatrical Versions of the Film
• NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
• NEW Audio Interview with Actress Barbara Brownell
• NEW Audio Interview with Actor Barry Van Dyke
• NEW Audio Interview with Actress Anita Gillette
• NEW Audio Interview with Actor Moosie Drier
• NEW Audio Interview with Production Assistant and Daughter of Producer Alan Landsburg, Valerie Landsburg
• Newly Commissioned Art by Vince Evans
• Reversible Art
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 95 Minutes
• 1.33:1 | 1.85:1
• Not Rated

[Susan Foreman]

'Programmed to Kill' (1987) [aka Retaliator] - coming to Blu-Ray in a brand new 2K master

More details to be announced

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

UHD of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT arrived today!

[Susan Foreman]

'PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES' (1965) - Coming to Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Release date: July 26

Special features and specs:

• Brand New 2K Master
• NEW Audio Commentary by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Journalist Barry Forshaw
• Audio Commentary by Mario Bava Biographer Tim Lucas
• Alternate Music Score Highlights
• Original Italian Opening Credits
• TRAILERS FROM HELL with Joe Dante
• TRAILERS FROM HELL with Josh Olson
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
• Reversible Art
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 88 Minutes
• 1.85:1
• Not Rated

[Susan Foreman]

"Kino Lorber has signed a new deal with Paramount Pictures

The deal includes 65 new titles, 3 Paramount renewals and 3 CBS renewals, 71 in total. This includes 4K UHD titles.

MORE INFO TBA"

[Susan Foreman]

'The Octagon' (1980) - Blu-Ray pre-order available from Kino Lorber direct - $19.92

Release date: August 2nd

"Martial arts superstar Chuck Norris (A Force of One, Code of Silence) teams up with screen legend Lee Van Cleef (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Death Rides a Horse) to take on a terrorist training camp known only as The Octagon in this deadly tale of revenge! Plagued by painful memories as a fighter, Scott James (Norris) has stayed away from the dark side of battle. But when a vengeance-seeking heiress (Karen Carlson, The Candidate) hires him to infiltrate an international terrorist operation run by his adopted brother (Tadashi Yamashita, American Ninja), Scott has no idea what he’s coming up against. Drawn closer and closer to The Octagon, Scott realizes his brother is using his skill in the deadliest manner, training men in the ninja style of killing. Now it’s up to Scott to battle his brother in the ultimate showdown of Good vs. Evil! Directed by Eric Karson (Black Eagle, Angel Town) and co-starring Richard Norton (Force: Five), Art Hindle (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Aaron Norris (Lone Wolf McQuade) and Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), The Octagon is filled with hard-hitting Norris vs. Ninjas action!"

Special features and specs:

• Brand New 2K Master
• NEW Audio Commentary by Action Film Historians Brandon Bentley and Mike Leeder
• Audio Commentary by Director Eric Karson
• The Making of THE OCTAGON (39:24)
• 4 Radio Spots
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Art
• Limited Edition O-Card
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 103 Minutes
• 1.85:1
• Rated R

[Susan Foreman]

'Catch The Heat' (1987) - Blu-Ray pre-order available from Kino Lorber direct - $16.56

Release date: August 2nd

"Tiana Alexandra (The Killer Elite) is Checkers Goldberg. She’s tough and she’s deadly. Like a one-woman strike force, she punches, kicks and shoots her way from the streets of San Francisco to the underbelly of South America in the sizzling, action-packed thrill-ride, Catch the Heat. Following a grisly trail of violence to Buenos Aires, Checkers masquerades as exotic dancer Cinderella Pu and discovers that kingpin Jason Hannibal—deviously played by screen great Rod Steiger (A Fistful of Dynamite)—is smuggling heroin out of the country by surgically implanting the contraband inside the bodies of unsuspecting young women. Pretending to submit to Hannibal’s gruesome operation, Checkers is suddenly plunged into the ultimate confrontation where only her wits and blazing martial arts savvy can save her. Co-starring David Dukes (Rawhead Rex), Professor Toru Tanaka (The Perfect Weapon) and Brian Thompson (Cobra), this explosive ’80s actioner features direction by Joel Silberg (Breakin’, Rappin’, Lambada) from a script by award-winning screenwriter Stirling Silliphant (In the Heat of the Night, Charly, The Towering Inferno)."

Special features and specs:

• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Art
• Limited Edition O-Card
• Optional English Subtitles
• Color
• 87 Minutes
• 1.85:1
• Rated R

[Susan Foreman]

'Leviathan' (1989) - Coming soon to 4K UHD from a brand new HDR Dolby vision master!

"Perched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners led by head oceanographer Steven Beck comes face to face with a mutant creature that's the product of a failed genetic experiment"