Powerhouse Films

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I've seen that cover art previously. I think it's for Invitation to Hell but don't quote me on that.



Not familiar at all but i am contemplating a blind buy as there's something like 34 hours of movies on there.

Not a bad price really when you consider the content. And it will likely hold its value should it be rubbish. One man's poison and all that.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Not a bad price really when you consider the content. And it will likely hold its value should it be rubbish. One man's poison and all that.

Yeah, i was thinking the same regarding holding it's value.

[gag]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Not a bad price really when you consider the content. And it will likely hold its value should it be rubbish. One man's poison and all that.

I was thinking same £69.99 not bad for 10 blu ray films, if you’ve got that spare amount.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by gag

I was thinking same £69.99 not bad for 10 blu ray films, if you’ve got that spare amount.

It's 26 films across ten discs which makes it even better.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

MAGIC, MYTH & MUTILATION
This Halloween in the UK and the USA, INDICATOR releases its grandest, most ambitious collection to date.

Amongst overlooked filmmakers, British director Michael J Murphy ranks as one of the most sorely neglected. Having cut his teeth on a variety of homemade 8mm shorts, he had completed three feature-length productions by the age of eighteen. Over the next five decades, Murphy would go on to make many more films across a variety of genres, dividing his production time between Greece, Portugal, and the UK, with family, friends, and local stage performers becoming his regular cast and crew in exchange for holidays in the sun.

Despite this prolific output – a total of more than thirty completed films over a half-century, of which twenty-six survive – Murphy’s work remains rarely seen and little championed. Fitfully available on videotape, and barely represented on DVD, this comprehensive and long-gestating ten-disc Blu-ray collection, MAGIC, MYTH & MUTILATION: THE MICRO-BUDGET CINEMA OF MICHAEL J MURPHY, 1967–2015, seeks to rectify the situation once and for all. Boasting all-new 2K restorations from archival 16mm and 8mm elements, as well as a number of new digital captures from Murphy’s personal tape masters, this extensive retrospective of the obsessive auteur’s work is bolstered by a wealth of bonus features, including surviving fragments from lost films, and a 120-page book, all of which provides the definitive account of the weird and wonderful worlds of Britain’s great unheralded DIY filmmaker.

MAGIC, MYTH & MUTILATION: THE MICRO-BUDGET CINEMA OF MICHAEL J MURPHY, 1967–2015, will be released on 24 October in the UK, and 25 October in the US and Canada, in a Limited Edition of 6,000 copies worldwide.

There is no multi-product bundle offer this month, as we are only publishing one new-release title, but, if you add the code BUNDLE at checkout, you'll receive a 10% discount on MAGIC, MYTH & MUTILATION: THE MICRO-BUDGET CINEMA OF MICHAEL J MURPHY, 1967–2015, and we'll throw in website-exclusive art cards for good measure (while stocks last). Offer runs until next month's new-release announcement.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 10 x BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES

All-new 2K restorations by Powerhouse Films, using film elements from the Murphy archives, of Tristan and Iseult (1970), Happy Ever After (1974), Secrets (1977), Almost a Movie (1979), The Cell (1980), Stay (1980), Death in the Family (1981), Invitation to Hell (1983), The Last Night (1983), Bloodstream (1985), Moonchild (1989), Torment (1990), Atlantis (1991), Road to Nowhere (1993), Tristan (version one, 1999), ZK3 (2012), Nekros: Isle of the Dead (2014), and The Return of Alan Strange (2015)
Standard Definition presentations, newly digitised from Murphy’s tape masters, of Qualen (1983), Tristan aka Legend of the Hero (1986), Death Run (1987), Avalon (1988), Second Sight (1992), The Rite of Spring (version one, 1995), The Rite of Spring (version two, 1995), Tristan (version two, 1999), Roxi (2004), and Skare (2008)
Original mono soundtracks
Over 34 hours’ worth of film content
Audio commentary with Murphy, and actors Sally Duncan and Phil Lyndon on Invitation to Hell (2008)
Audio commentary with author and arts professor Johnny Walker on Invitation to Hell (2022)
Audio commentary with Murphy, Duncan and Lyndon on The Last Night (2008)
Audio commentary with Murphy, actors June Bunday, Judith Holding and Lyndon on Atlantis (2010)
Audio commentary with Murphy and Holding on Skare (2009)
Murphy’s Lore (2022): three-part documentary assessing Murphy’s five-decade career, featuring interviews with Murphy, Bunday, Holding, Chris Jupp, Stephen Longhurst, Patrick Olliver, filmmakers Jackson Batchelor, Sam Mason Bell and Tom Lee Rutter, film historians Darrell Buxton and Walker, and film programmer Paul Cotgrove
The Horror-on-Sea Interview with Michael J Murphy (2013): the prolific filmmaker in conversation with Bunday and Lyndon, recorded for the British horror festival
The Making of ‘Invitation to Hell’ and ‘The Last Night’ (2008): retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Murphy, Lyndon and Duncan
The Making of ‘Atlantis’ (2010): two-part retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Murphy, Lyndon, Bunday and Holding
The Making of ‘Skare’ (2009): retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Murphy and Holding
The Making of ‘Roxi’ (2004): documentary featuring interviews with actors Mary-Anne Barlow, Bruce Lawrence, Ross Maxwell and Valia Yanarou
The Making of ‘ZK3’ (2012): retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Murphy, Holding and Lyndon
‘The Rite of Spring’: Behind the Scenes (1999)
‘Nekros’: Behind the Scenes (2012)
‘Skare’ Script Readthrough (2008)
Surviving fragments from six lost Murphy films: Atlantis: City of Sin (1967), Boadicea (1968), Gods and Heroes (1971), two versions of Seventh Day (1976/77), and Insight (1978)
Outtakes from Moonchild, Torment, Atlantis, Second Sight, and Skare
Mute rushes from the lost 16mm version of Skare, with optional selected scene commentary with actor Oliver Price
‘The Return of Alan Strange’ Test Footage (2014)
Michael J Murphy on ‘Beast’ (2010): interview with the filmmaker about Chris Jupp’s remake of his lost version of Skare
Video Tour of Michael J Murphy’s Home (2014)
Michael J Murphy Tribute Video (2015): documentary short made for the Murlyn Films International website
Home video footage shot by Murphy
Trailers for Invitation to Hell, The Last Night, Bloodstream, Legend of a Hero, Death Run, Avalon, Moonchild, Torment, Atlantis, Road to Nowhere, The Rite of Spring, Tristan, Roxi, Skare, ZK3, Nekros: Isle of Death, and The Return of Alan Strange
Original ‘Stay’ 7" single needle-drop recording
Image galleries
Script galleries
Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Murphy experts Wayne Maginn, Paul Higson, Darrell Buxton and Johnny Walker, a comprehensive filmography, and film credits
World premieres on Blu-ray
Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units for the UK and US

This has me intruiged

[Mojo]

This has me intruiged [/QUOTE]

Me too.
The only one of these I’ve seen was INVITATION TO HELL, which was years ago and thought it was ok, but I’m curious to see this collection. Another unexpected release from Indicator!

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Me too.
The only one of these I’ve seen was INVITATION TO HELL, which was years ago and thought it was ok, but I’m curious to see this collection. Another unexpected release from Indicator!

I think I have seen Bloodstream and Death Run on a badly edited video on YouTube. Here's hoping HMV store stock it instead of ordering it online

[Susan Foreman]

'Murder By Contract' (1958) - Standard edition Blu Ray pre-order available at PowerHouse Films direct - £9:99

Release date: October 24

"Starring Vince Edwards (City of Fear) and Herschel Bernardi (The Front), Murder by Contract is a bleak investigation into the mind of a professional killer.

Tasked with murdering a witness in a criminal trial, contract killer Claude has second thoughts when the target turns out to be a woman... because women cost double. Killing is just a business to Claude, but when he tries to quit, the hunter become the hunted.

The once-blacklisted writer-director team of Ben Maddow (Framed) and Irving Lerner (City of Fear) bring you this stylish, minimalist, and eccentric film noir, beautifully photographed by Lucien Ballard (Bullfighter and the Lady, The Wild Bunch), and championed by Martin Scorsese who has described it as one of his biggest influences."

Special Features

• High Definition presentation
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film critic and writer Farran Smith Nehme (2021)
• Introduction by Martin Scorsese (2014, 5 mins)
• Swedes in America (1943, 18 mins): Irving Lerner’s Oscar-nominated short film, presented by Ingrid Bergman, detailing the influence of Swedish immigrants on the United States
• Violence Is the Word for Curly (1938, 18 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges, which provided an early cinematography credit for Murder by Contract’s prolific director of photography, Lucien Ballard
• Original theatrical trailer
• Larry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2020, 3 mins): short critical appreciation
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Extras subject to change

[Susan Foreman]

'Tight Spot' (1955) - Standard edition Blu Ray pre-order available at PowerHouse Films direct - £9:99

Release date: October 24

"Screen legends Ginger Rogers (Swing Time), Edward G Robinson (The Whole Town’s Talking) and Brian Keith (5 Against the House) team up for this tense film noir drama.

US attorney Lloyd Hallet offers gangster’s moll Sherry Conley a deal – she will walk free if she testifies in the trial of notorious mobster Benjamin Costain. With Conley hiding out in a hotel, Lieutenant Striker seeks to protect her from Costain’s men... but Striker isn’t all he appears to be.

Loosely based on the real-life case of Virginia Hill, girlfriend of Bugsy Siegel, with a screenplay by William Bowers (Support Your Local Sheriff) and directed by noir specialist Phil Karlson (Scandal Sheet), Tight Spot expertly blends action, romance, and drama. "

Special Features

• High Definition presentation
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with writer and film historian Nora Fiore (2021)
• The Senate Crime Investigations (1951, 62 mins): extracts from unedited telerecordings of the US senate committee’s hearings into organised crime, originally compiled by the British Film Institute and presented in four parts, including footage of Virginia Hill, who partly inspired Tight Spot
• Idiots Deluxe (1945, 18 mins): courtroom comedy short starring the Three Stooges and featuring an isolated hideaway beset by a deadly intruder
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Extras subject to change

[Susan Foreman]

'Affair In Trinidad' (1952) - Standard edition Blu Ray pre-order available at PowerHouse Films direct - £9:99

Release date: October 24

"Six years after their success in film noir classic Gilda, Glenn Ford (The Undercover Man, Experiment in Terror) and Rita Hayworth (The Lady from Shanghai) reunited for Affair in Trinidad.

When Caribbean nightclub dancer Chris learns that her husband has been murdered, she teams with his brother Steve to uncover the truth, and the pair stumble into a treasonous plot involving Nazi rockets...

With its mixture of red-hot calypso and ice-cold murder, Affair in Trinidad was a successful comeback for Hayworth, and another noir hit for director Vincent Sherman (The Garment Jungle)."

Special Features

• High Definition presentation
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film historian and author Lee Gambin (2021)
• The End of the Affair (2012, 24 mins): Peter Ford, son of Glenn Ford, discusses the life and career of his father with the Film Noir Foundation’s Eddie Muller
• Caribbean (1951, 25 mins): documentary by the Crown Film Unit, released the same year as Affair in Trinidad, depicting life and culture in the West Indies, British Guiana, and British Honduras
• Saved by the Belle (1939, 18 mins): island intrigue and Señorita Rita spell trouble for the Three Stooges
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Extras subject to change