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£50 is a bit steep for the Hellraiser box set, but I'll definitely be getting it at some point |
"NEW UK TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: DEEP RED [4K REMASTER] BLU-RAY The quintessential giallo movie from maestro of the macabre Dario Argento, remastered in 4K for the first time. Release Date: 5th October 2015 Region: B WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE REALLY SCARED!!!? From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some the greatest excursions in Italian horror (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), comes Deep Red – arguably the ultimate giallo movie. One night, musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow Up), looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the perpetrator… or does he? As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth, Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery where nothing is what it seems… Aided by a throbbing score from regular Argento-collaborators Goblin, Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso and The Hatchet Murders) is a hallucinatory fever dream of a giallo punctuated by some of the most astonishing set-pieces the sub-genre has to offer. 3-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS -High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of two versions of the film -Fully illustrated packaging by Gilles Vranckx, to be revealed -Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film -Soundtrack CD -Postcards DEEP RED: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT (BLU-RAY DISC 1) -Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative, supervised by cinematographer Luciano Tovoli (Suspiria, Tenebrae) and approved by Dario Argento [127 mins] -English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack -Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack* -Audio Commentary with Argento expert Thomas Rostock -Introduction to the film by Claudio Simonetti of Goblin -Profondo Giallo – An in-depth look at Dario Argento's early films and the road to Deep Red -Rosso Recollections: Dario Argento's Deep Genius – the Deep Red director on the creation of a giallo masterpiece -Lady in Red – Daria Nicolodi Remembers Profondo Rosso -Music to Murder For! – Claudio Simonetti on Deep Red -Rosso From Celluloid to Shop – a Tour of the Profondo Rosso shop in Rome with long time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi -Italian Trailer DEEP RED: THE INTERNATIONAL THEATRICAL CUT (BLU-RAY DISC 2) [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE] -High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the International Version [105 mins] -US Theatrical Trailer PROFONDO ROSSO: THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING (CD DISC 3) [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE] -28-track CD featuring the entire film score from Italian progressive rock band Goblin and composer Giorgio Gaslini, exclusive to this edition" |
Wonder why they felt they needed to announce the Yoshida set again? |
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"NEW UK/US TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: EDGAR ALLAN POE’S BLACK CATS: TWO ADAPTATIONS BY SERGIO MARTINO & LUCIO FULCI DUAL FORMAT BD & DVD Two adaptations of the classic Poe story from two of Italy’s finest genre filmmakers UK Release Date: 12th October 2015 US Release Date: 13th October 2015 Region: A/B+1/2 Edgar Allan Poe’s celebrated story The Black Cat has provided the inspiration for numerous films over the years. But few adaptations are as stylish as those offered up by the twin Italian titans of terror, Sergio Martino and Lucio Fulci. In Martino’s classic giallo Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, teacher Oliviero (Luigi Pistilli, A Bay of Blood) finds himself under suspicion for murder when one of his students – and mistress – is found brutally murdered. As more bodies start to pile up, the arrival of Oliviero’s attractive niece (Edwige Fenech, Five Dolls for an August Moon, All the Colours of the Dark) brings with it complications of its own. In The Black Cat, from that “other” Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci (Zombie), Scotland Yard Inspector Gorley (David Warbeck, The Beyond) find himself summoned to a sleepy English village to investigate the recent murder of a young couple. With no obvious signs of entry at the murder scene, Gorley is forced to start considering the possibility that his suspect may not be human… Finally together on Blu-ray and in stunning new 2K restorations from the original camera negatives, fans can enjoy the double-dose of terror that is Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats – Italian-style! LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: -Brand new 2K restorations of the films from the original camera negatives -High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations -Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) -Newly translated subtitles for the Italian soundtracks -Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks -Brand new interview with director Sergio Martino -Dolls of Flesh and Blood: The Gialli of Sergio Martino – a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring Sergio Martino's unique contributions to the giallo genre -Stephen Thrower, author of Beyond Terror - The Films of Lucio Fulci, on The Black Cat -Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin -Limited Edition 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films, Poe’s original story and more, illustrated with archive stills and posters -Much more to be announced!" |
"NEW UK/US TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVE DUAL FORMAT BD & DVD An unsettling look at the life of German serial killer Fritz Haarmann, aka the Vampire of Hanover UK Release Date: 19th October 2015 US Release Date: 20th October 2015 Region: A+B / 1+2 Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover, was a German serial killer responsible for the murders of two dozen boys and young men during the so-called ‘years of crisis’ between the wars. His case would partly inspire Fritz Lang’s M, and its central character portrayed by Peter Lorre, as well as this forgotten gem from 1973. Tenderness of the Wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks in the company of a killer. Baby-faced and shaven-headed, in a manner that recalls both M and F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, Haarmann is a fascinating, repulsive figure. Using his status as a police informant to procure his victims, he dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight. This isn’t an easy film to watch, but it certainly gets under the skin… Produced by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (who also supplies a shifty cameo), Tenderness of the Wolves provided two of his regular actors with a means of expanding their careers. Ulli Lommel – later responsible for the infamous video nasty The Boogeyman – made his directorial debut, while Kurt Raab wrote the screenplay as well as delivering an astonishing performance as Haarmann. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
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"NEW UK TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: KIJU YOSHIDA: LOVE + ANARCHISM LIMITED EDITION DUAL FORMAT BD & DVD A trio of classics from one of Japanese cinema’s unsung masters UK Release Date: 19th October 2015 Region: ABC/Free The work of Kiju Yoshida is one of Japanese cinema’s obscure pleasures. A contemporary of Nagisa Oshima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses) and Masahiro Shinoda (Pale Flower, Assassination), Yoshida started out as an assistant to Keisuke Kinoshita before making his directorial debut at age 27. In the decades that followed he produced more than 20 features and documentaries, yet each and every one has proven difficult to see in the English-speaking world. This collection brings together three works from the late sixties and early seventies, a loose trilogy united by their radical politics and an even more radical shooting style. Eros + Massacre, presented here in both its 169-minute theatrical version and the full-length 220-minute director’s cut, tells the parallel stories of early 20th-century anarchist (and free love advocate) Sakae Osugi and a pair of student activists. Their stories interact and intertwine, resulting in a complex, rewarding work that is arguably Yoshida’s masterpiece. Heroic Purgatory pushes the dazzling cinematic language of Eros + Massacre even further, presenting a bleak but dreamlike investigation into the political discourses taking place in early seventies Japan. Coup d’état returns to the past for a biopic of Ikki Kita, the right-wing extremist who sought to overthrow the government in 1936. Yoshida considered the film to be the culmination of his work, promptly retiring from feature filmmaking following its completion. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS - Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3,000 copies) - New high definition digital transfers supervised by Kiju Yoshida - High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations for all films - Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio on all films - New translated English subtitles on all films - Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story - a 30-minute documentary on Eros + Massacre with contributions from Yoshida and film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet - Introductions to Heroic Purgatory and Coup d’etat by Yoshida - Newly-filmed discussions of Eros + Massacre, Heroic Purgatory and Coup d’etat by David Desser, author of Eros Plus Massacre: - - An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave, recorded exclusively for this release - Scene-select commentaries by David Desser on all three films - Heroic Purgatory theatrical trailer - Coup d’etat theatrical trailer - Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm - Illustrated 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films by David Desser, Isolde Standish (author of Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s) and Dick Stegewerns (author of Kiju Yoshida: 50 Years of Avant-Garde Filmmaking in Post-War Japan)" |
"NEW UK TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: HELLRAISER: THE SCARLET BOX LIMITED EDITION TRILOGY BLU-RAY The first three instalments of Clive Barker’s terrifying horror franchise in stunning new 2K restorations Release Date: 26th October 2015 Region: B IT WILL TEAR YOUR SOUL APART Stephen King was once quoted as saying: “I have seen the future of horror... his name is Clive Barker.” That future became reality when, in 1987, Barker unleashed his directorial debut Hellraiser – launching a hit franchise and creating an instant horror icon in the formidable figure of Pinhead. Barker’s original Hellraiser, based on his novella The Hellbound Heart, follows Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) as she comes head-to-head with the Cenobites – demonic beings from another realm who are intent on reclaiming the soul of her deviant Uncle Frank. Picking up immediately after the events of the original Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II finds Kirsty detained at a psychiatric institute and under the care of Phillip Channard, a doctor who abuses his position to realise his own dark aims. In Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, a reporter investigating a mysterious death at a nightclub finds herself in the way of Pinhead and the Cenobites, who plan to bring their horrifying world into our own. Coming at a time when the genre was degenerating into self-parody, Hellraiser offered a fiercely unique vision that approached its horrors with a far greater degree of seriousness than many of its contemporaries.. Along with its sequels, the Barker-produced Hellbound and Hell on Earth, Arrow Video is proud to present some of the most terrifyingly original films in the history of horror in brand new 2K transfers. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: -Brand new 2K restorations of Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth -Hellraiser: Evolutions – a brand new documentary looking at the evolution of the hit horror franchise and its enduring legacy, featuring interviews with numerous cast and crew from the series’ later instalments including Scott Derrickson (director, Hellraiser: Inferno), Rick Bota (director, Hellseeker, Deader and Hellworld), alongside genre figures Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (writers Saw IV, Feast) and Stuart Gordon (director, Re-Animator, From Beyond) -Audio commentaries for all 3 films -Hours on archive material including cast/crew interviews, EPK material, storyboards, trailers, TV spots and more -Clive Barker early short films Salome and The Forbidden -Exclusive 200 page hardback book with new writing on Hellraiser and the Barker universe from Barker archivists Phil and Sarah Stokes. Contains chapters looking at Barker’s early work, the genesis and production of the first 3 films in the Hellraiser series, as well as a consideration of the development of the character of Pinhead and a look at Pinhead’s latest literary incarnation The Scarlet Gospels, all illustrated with a wealth of production stills and unseen material from the Barker archive -Exclusive Limited Edition packaging with expansive new artwork from Gilles Vranckx -Much more to be announced!" |
The only way the Hellraiser set is being bought, is if it's individual amarays inside the box, otherwise I'll wait for the eventual standard releases. |
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Shame Barker has no involvement either. |
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