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"***WITHNAIL AND I UPDATE*** We have just received the final timeline for this release and we are very sorry to announce that this set will be delayed again as the printers need more time than they original planned to complete the final threading of the hardback books contained in set. The final release date will now be November 3rd. We can only apologise for the delay and hope you all enjoy your sets once they arrive. The Arrow Team." |
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Decembers releases, were upto Novembers releases with Nekromantik and Six Gothic Tales. Arrow usually release a few titles in December plus they must have a slew of titles to get out before Arrow USA kicks in next year. Hopefully in the next few months there'll be Five Dolls, Plant of the Vampires, possibly Nightmare City and whatever US made titles they've got. |
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I've just received a dispatch e-mail for my Stray Cat Rock set from Arrow. :devilbanana: |
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I contacted Zavvi over a fortnight ago and they go back to me, asking for a photo of the Stray Cat Rock box, which I provided exactly 2 weeks ago. Since then, nothing. I'll wait a week and then contact Arrow directly |
Mine shipped from Arrow today. HMV were SUPPOSED to recall all stock.But obviously didn't. |
If it wasn't already, I think now it's pretty obvious that Arrow are the ones to have snagged the rights to Bride of Re-Animator and Society... http://i.imgur.com/XNoxPv2.png |
That should put to bed those who believed Scream Factory would be swallowing up the larger titles leaving little for Arrow. Interestingly I wonder if Scream Factory were bidding on these two, as they cancelled a few planned announcements leading up to Halloween. That's assuming it's international rights they've picked up, which would appear to be the case. I'm a little disappointed for Second Sight though, they put a lot of effort into these, and it's curious how all this happened. |
"***Halloween Announcement*** Halloween is our favourite holiday and we can think of no better way to celebrate than to reveal (or confirm :)) that we will be releasing the Brian Yuzna classics Bride of Re-Animator and Society!!! Both titles will be Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD, Region B releases and arriving in 2015." Incidentally, I'm disappointed that there is not a Halloween flash sale on!! |
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1 Attachment(s) "How’s this for a Halloween treat? A sneak peek at the artwork for the Six Gothic Tales set – and in an hour's time we’ll be revealing all of the individual specs too. Given the sheer wealth of bonus material we’ve had to move the release date to December 8th – but it’ll definitely be worth the wait. As well as the six discs, the boxed-set will also include a 200-page book containing new writing on each of the films, an interview with Roger Corman and reproductions of movie tie-in comic books for Tales of Terror, The Raven and The Tomb of Ligeia that were originally published in the sixties." |
What’s going in the Six Gothic Tales boxed set, you ask? First up: The Fall of the House of Usher EDGAR ALLAN POE’S OVERWHELMING TALE OF EVIL & TORMENT When exploitation maestro Roger Corman decided to raise his game by hiring Vincent Price to star in an adaptation of a classic tale by Edgar Allan Poe, he set in train a series of Poe adaptations that would redefine American horror cinema. When Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) visits his fiancée Madeline Usher (Myrna Fahey) in her crumbling family mansion, her brother Roderick (Price) tries to talk him out of the wedding, explaining that the Usher family is cursed and that extending its bloodline will only prolong the agony. Madeline wants to elope with Philip, but neither of them can predict what ruthless lengths Roderick will go to in order to keep them apart. Richard Matheson’s intelligent, literate script is enhanced by Floyd Crosby’s stylish widescreen cinematography, but it’s Price’s anguished conviction in one of his signature roles that makes the film so chillingly memorable over half a century on. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM • Original uncompressed 2.0 Mono PCM Audio • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary with director and producer Roger Corman • Legend to Legend, an interview with director and former Corman apprentice Joe Dante • Interview with author and Gothic horror expert Jonathan Rigby • Fragments of the House of Usher, a specially-commissioned video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns examining Corman’s film in relation to Poe’s story • Archival interview with Vincent Price • Original Trailer • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys |
Next up in the Six Gothic Tales line-up, it’s The Pit and the Pendulum… DOWN - STILL UNCEASINGLY - STILL INEVITABLY DOWN! A horse-drawn carriage pulls up on a deserted beach. A sombre figure dismounts and gazes up towards his destination – a foreboding cliff-top castle perched high above the crashing waves. Thus the perfect Gothic scene is set for The Pit and the Pendulum, the second of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe adaptations once again starring the ever-reliable Vincent Price (The Fall of the House of Usher, Theatre of Blood) alongside the bewitching Barbara Steele (Black Sunday). Having learned of the sudden death of his sister Elizabeth (Steele), Francis Barnard (John Kerr) sets out to the castle of his brother-in-law, Nicholas Medina (Price), to uncover the cause of her untimely demise. A distraught, grief-stricken Nicholas can offer only the vaguest explanations as to Elizabeth’s death – at first citing “something in her blood”, but later asserting that she quite literally “died of fright”. What sort of unspeakable horrors are buried within the walls of this castle that could cause one’s heart to stop so? With Francis determined to get to the bottom of this mystery, the terrible truth will not stay buried for long. Right from its brooding kaleidoscopic opening titles, The Pit and Pendulum draws you into its world of cobwebs, secret passageways and dusty suits of armour. All the necessary elements are present and correct and, along with one of Price’s most tortured performances, makes The Pit and the Pendulum every inch the Gothic masterpiece. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM • Original uncompressed Mono PCM Audio • Optional isolated music and effects track • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary with director and producer Roger Corman • Audio commentary by critic Tim Lucas • Behind the Swinging Blade, a new documentary on the making of The Pit and the Pendulum featuring Roger Corman, star Barbara Steele, Vincent Price’s daughter Victoria Price and more! • Added TV Sequence – Shot in 1968 to pad out the film for the longer TV time slot, this scene features star Luana Anders • An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe with Vincent Price (1970, 52 mins), Price reads a selection of Poe’s classic stories before a live audience, including The Tell-Tale Heart, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado and The Pit and the Pendulum (with optional SDH subtitles) • Original Trailer • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx |
The third of our Six Gothic Tales…Tales Of Terror TRILOGY OF SHOCK AND HORROR! In his earlier Edgar Allan Poe films, Roger Corman took short stories by the great Gothic master and expanded them into full-length features. Here, by contrast, the stories stay short, the only other thing they have in common being the participation of Vincent Price. In ‘Morella’, Price plays a tormented man forced to confront a dark family secret when his long estranged daughter tracks him down. In ‘The Black Cat’, he’s the rakish lover of the wife of Peter Lorre, who naturally plots a deadly revenge. And in the title role of ‘The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar’, he tries to relieve chronic pain by asking Basil Rathbone to hypnotise him, something that leaves poor Valdemar hovering on the border between the dead and the living. Corman’s previous Poe films were played completely straight, and parts of Tales of Terror are as authentically creepy as any of them. But he also stirred comedy into the Poe brew for the first time, particularly in the scenes between Price and Lorre. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM • Original uncompressed Mono PCM Audio Optional isolated music and effects track • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • The Directors: Roger Corman, an hour-long documentary on the filmmaker featuring contributions from James Cameron, Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard • Kim Newman on Edgar Allan Poe, the novelist and critic looks at Poe’s influence on the big screen • Cats in Horror Films, critic, novelist and Cats on Film blogger Anne Billson discusses the genre contributions of our feline friends • The Black Cat, a 1993 short film adaptation of Poe’s classic tale directed by Rob Green (The Bunker) • Original Theatrical Trailer • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford |
Occupying the fourth spot in our Six Gothic Tales is…The Raven ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY… Although The Raven is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poems, the lack of a narrative hook initially stumped screenwriting legend Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Duel) until he realised that the idea of adapting the poem was so ridiculous that he might as well make it a comedy. And what a comedy! Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff play rival magicians whose paths cross when Dr Craven (Price) hears Dr Bedlo tap-tap-tapping on his windowpane. For Bedlo has been turned into a raven by Dr Scarabus (Karloff), and when transformed back into his old self he naturally vows revenge. But the scripted rivalry is as nothing compared to three great horror masters relentlessly upstaging each other - even a young Jack Nicholson, as Bedlo’s son, barely gets a look-in. If there’s not much authentic Poe in these sorcery shenanigans, the sets and cinematography more than compensate: director Roger Corman was by then a master of conjuring Gothic atmosphere on a very modest budget. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM • Original uncompressed Mono PCM Audio • Optional isolated music and effects track • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • The Two Faces of Peter Lorre (1984, 61 mins), Harun Farocki’s career-spanning portrait from Lorre’s early days in the theatre alongside Brecht to his untimely death • Richard Matheson: Storyteller, an interview with the legendary novelist and screenwriter • Corman’s Comedy of Poe, an interview with Roger Corman about making The Raven • The Trick, a short film about rival magicians by Rob Green (The Bunker) • Promotional Record • Stills and Poster Gallery • Original Theatrical Trailer • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Vladimir Zimakov |
Gothic Tale Number Five: The Haunted Palace ONE BECOMES ACCUSTOMED TO THE DARKNESS… Although recognised as part of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe cycle (its title comes from a Poe poem), The Haunted Palace has a much more significant place in film history for being the first high-profile adaptation of the work of H.P. Lovecraft, in this case his novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Ward is one of two characters played by Vincent Price, the other being Ward’s great-great-grandfather Joseph Curwen, burned as a warlock 110 years before. When Ward returns to the village of Arkham to reclaim the family mansion, his striking resemblance to his ancestor is just the first of many macabre events that proceed to unfold, including the screen debut of Lovecraft’s legendary Necronomicon. As before, Corman and his team worked wonders with their modest budget, with Daniel Haller’s sets amongst the most elaborate in all the Poe cycle, enhanced by genuinely creepy moments such as the crowd of deformed villagers still living under Curwen’s curse. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM Original uncompressed Mono PCM Audio • Optional isolated music and effects track • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary by Vincent Price’s biographer David Del Valle and writer Derek Botelho • Kim Newman on H.P. Lovecraft, a look at the relationship between Lovecraft and the cinema, and the challenges of adapting his work • A Change of Poe, an interview with Roger Corman • Stills and Poster Gallery • Original Theatrical Trailer • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin |
And the last of the Six Gothic Tales is…The Tomb Of Ligeia THE EYES, THEY CONFOUND ME! For the last of his cycle of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, Roger Corman asked screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown) to turn Poe’s story ‘Ligeia’ into another vehicle for Vincent Price, who once again plays a man so haunted by his past that he is unable to function in the present. In this case the past comes in the form of his now-deceased first wife Ligeia, who casts a long shadow over an ill-advised second marriage to a woman who resembles her (Elizabeth Shepherd), particularly when he becomes convinced that Ligeia’s spirit is returning to him in the form of a black cat. But is this actually a delusion on his part? Although the doom-laden narrative and Price’s tormented performance had become well established ingredients in the Corman Poe cycle, the film looks strikingly different from the earlier films, with much of it taking place in broad daylight, and shot in actual English locations (notably Stonehenge and Norfolk’s Castle Acre Priory) instead of Hollywood sets. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM • Original uncompressed Mono PCM Audio • Optional isolated music and effects track • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary by director and producer Roger Corman • Audio commentary by star Elizabeth Shepherd • All-new interviews with crew members including cowriter/ production assistant Paul Mayersberg, first assistant director David Tringham, clapper loader Bob Jordan and composer Kenneth V. Jones • Original Theatrical Trailer • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil |
Here’s the full specs and artwork for The Killers. Release date: December 8th. THE MAN WHO WANTED TO DIE… Ernest Hemingway’s spare, laconic short story about two professional killers and their encounter with a mysteriously unresisting victim was significantly expanded into this all-time film noir classic, which Hemingway said was the first adaptation of his work that he really admired. As washed-up boxer turned hitman victim Ole ‘Swede’ Andreson, Burt Lancaster made his screen debut, and was catapulted to instant stardom, not least for the screen chemistry that he showed opposite sultry Ava Gardner, whose Kitty Collins is the very personification of the femme fatale. German émigré Robert Siodmak was one of the directors who helped create film noir, and Woody Bredell’s high-contrast cinematography, all harsh lighting and long shadows, elevates the film far above a conventional crime drama. But even on that level it’s a first-rate demonstration of how to maintain narrative tension, with the flashback structure withholding crucial details until almost the very end. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • Newly restored High Definition (1080p) presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by Universal • Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 audio • Isolated Music & Effects soundtrack to highlight Miklós Rózsa’s famous score • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired • Frank Krutnik on The Killers, a video piece by the author of In a Lonely Street, which introduces the film and offers a detailed commentary on four key scenes • Heroic Fatalism, a video essay adapted from Philip Booth’s comparative study of multiple versions of The Killers (Hemingway, Siodmak, Tarkovsky, Siegel) • Three archive radio pieces inspired by The Killers: the 1949 Screen Director’s Playhouse adaptation with Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters; a 1946 Jack Benny spoof; the 1958 Suspense episode ‘Two for the Road’ which reunited original killers William Conrad and Charles McGraw • Stills and posters gallery • Trailers for The Killers, Brute Force, The Naked City and Rififi • Reversible sleeve featuring one of the original posters and newly commissioned artwork by Jay Shaw • Collector’s booklet containing new writing by Sergio Angelini and archive interviews with director Robert Siodmak, producer Mark Hellinger and cinematographer Woody Bredell, illustrated with original production stills |
Comparison between the Arrow Video and Uncut Edition of Shivers : Parasiten-Mörder - Schnittberichte.com (Detaillierte Fassungs- und Zensurinformationen zu DVD, Blu-ray, Games ...) |
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Wow that Japanese series looks all kinds of :censored: ed-up. Might have to add that to my shopping list. Good to see the Price, Corman, Poe films getting some love. For anyone who has not seen them, but enjoys Hammer or Amicus films, they are a must see. I reviewed the old MGM discs a while ago if anyone wants more information on the films: House of Usher Pit and the Pendulum Tales of Terror The Raven Haunted Palace Tomb of Ligeia |
Stray cat rock collection has arrived (with 18 cert on box) with the ton of Japanese titles lined up, about time I started making headway into them! |
Likwise! My correct set arrived today as well! |
My personalised Withnail & I set arrived today along with a correct version of Stray Cat. |
1 Attachment(s) "They said it couldn't happen... BUT HERE IT IS!!! Time to feast your eyes on the artwork and full specs for our upcoming 3-disc release of notorious cult classic NEKROMANTIK - and boy, is this one an absolute monster! We've had to move the release date back to December 15th just to allow us time to accommodate all the goodness that's on offer here, but we're sure you won't be disappointed when you read on - seriously, this release is positively GROANING under the weight of all the special features. So without further ado, here goes.... DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING Nekromantik is the one-of-a-kind shock classic from cult director Jörg Buttgereit, weaving the tale of Rob Schmadtke (Daktari Lorenz), a young man who finds himself competing for the affections of his girlfriend with a putrefying cadaver. An employee of Joe’s Streetcleaning Agency, a company which cleans up after grisly accidents, Rob takes advantage of his profession to indulge in his chosen hobby – the collection of body parts. Then, one day, Rob brings home an entire decomposing corpse, much to the delight of girlfriend Betty. There follows a twisted love triangle, resulting in some of the most shocking scenes ever committed to celluloid. Nearly 30 years after its original release, Arrow Video is proud to present this classic of underground horror cinema – finally classified for UK release in its fully unexpurgated form. 3-DISC DIRECTOR-APPROVED LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS - High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of three Buttgereit films: Nekromantik (1987), Hot Love (1985) [29 mins] and Horror Heaven (1984) [23 mins] - Optional English subtitles for all three films - Limited Edition packaging featuring new artwork by Gilles Vranckx - Individually-numbered #/3,000 Certificate - Set of 5 Exclusive Limited Edition Nekromantik “polaroid” postcards - Exclusive Limited Edition 100-page book. DISC 1 [BLU-RAY] & DISC 2 [DVD] – NEKROMANTIK & JÖRG BUTTGEREIT SHORT FILMS - Nekromantik audio commentary with Jörg Buttgereit and co writer Franz Rodenkirchen - Hot Love audio commentary with Buttgereit - Horror Heaven audio commentary with Buttgereit - Director’s introduction to Nekromantik - Alternative “Grindhouse Version” of Nekromantik, newly-transferred for this release from the only existing 35mm print [Blu-ray only] - In Conversation with The Death King – A brand-new 2014 interview with Buttgereit conducted exclusively for this release - Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy – A brand-new 2014 documentary looking at the impact of the film on the horror scene both in the UK and abroad, featuring interviews with genre critic Alan Jones, Marc Morris, producer of Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Parts 1 & 2, and Buttgereit biographer David Kerekes - Q&A with Buttgereit recorded at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (2014) - The Making of Nekromantik – A vintage documentary featuring a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage, newly-transferred in HD and viewable with two different audio tracks: an English commentary with Buttgereit, co-author Franz Rodenkirchen and David Kerekes, and a German-language audio track featuring radio interviews with Buttgereit, Rodenkirchen and producer Manfred Jelinski - Nekromantik Featurette – A look back at the film’s production, featuring interviews with Buttgereit and Jelinski, produced for the film’s 10-year anniversary German VHS release - Nekromantik Premiere – A short featurette comprised of footage from the film’s premiere in Berlin, January 1988 - “Das Letzte” – A short featurette comprising footage from the 1985 premiere of Hot Love - Horror Heaven trailer featuring outtakes from the film - Two Buttgereit-directed music videos: ‘I Can’t Let Go’ by Shock Therapy (1995) and ‘Lemmy, I’m a Feminist’ by Half Girl (2013) - Complete collection of Buttgereit feature film trailers: Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2 and Schramm - Extensive image gallery including behind-the-scenes stills and the rare, surrealist German-language Nekromantik comic by Berlin artist Fil, reproduced in its entirety. DISC 3 [CD] – NEKROMANTIK SOUNDTRACK: ULTIMATE EDITION - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE - 27-track CD featuring the complete Nekromantik soundtrack composed and performed by star Daktari Lorenz and musicians John Boy Walton and Hermann Kopp, plus rare tracks from Hot Love. 100-PAGE BOOK - ‘ROMANCE IS DEAD’ - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE - Exclusive perfect-bound book featuring a new article on Nekromantik from critic Graham Rae, alongside pieces from writers David Kerekes (Sex Murder Art: The Films of Jörg Buttgereit), Kier-La Janisse (House of Psychotic Women), Linnie Blake (The Wounds of Nations ) and an archive interview with real-life necrophile Karen Greenlee, all illustrated with new artwork and original archive stills." |
That is certainly a stacked release! Not one that I'll be buying but it's certainly an excellent release. With the extras and everything confirmed for the Six Gothic Tales I'm seriously thinking of ordering it, I just haven't seen that many Corman / Price films to really sway me. |
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"***Limited Edition Updates*** We have been getting a few queries about the availability of our upcoming and recently released limited edition sets so we thought it would be a good idea to post a quick update to enable you to plan your purchases: Stray Cat Rock: The Collection: 30% left Vincent Price in Six Gothic Tales: 70% left Nekromantik: 60% left Withnail and I: 13% left Our Withnail and I set is now low on stock so if you are planning on ordering this edition we would suggest you do it sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment." |
Wonder if Withnail & I is sold out already? Can't find it on their site at all, Amazon is out too. Must be their fastest sold out release ever? :eek: |
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