The Arrow Thread

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Audition. Steelbooks are old hat. The market has been saturated so much with every crap film now getting the treatment. Remember when steelbooks were something special? Plus, not bothered about a dvd and never read the booklets anyway. So if I end up getting the film, it's the standard release all the way.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Remember when steelbooks were something special?

Nope!

Personally I prefer how it is now – there is more choice and wider availability meaning that there's more likelihood of one of my favourite films getting the steelbook treatment whereas it used to be the case that only new releases of new films tended to get a steelbook, which didn't interest me at all.

As I said though I'm not a SB collector as such so I can see how it could be worse for the collectors what with the oversaturated market and the constant re-issues of certain titles with different art by different companies in different territories (e.g. the Marvel films). I have and always will just pick and choose and buy what I like though rather than feeling the need to complete a set or 'catch 'em all' so from my perspective everything is fine as it is but I can certainly see both sides.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Nope!



Personally I prefer how it is now – there is more choice and wider availability meaning that there's more likelihood of one of my favourite films getting the steelbook treatment whereas it used to be the case that only new releases of new films tended to get a steelbook, which didn't interest me at all.



As I said though I'm not a SB collector as such so I can see how it could be worse for the collectors what with the oversaturated market and the constant re-issues of certain titles with different art by different companies in different territories (e.g. the Marvel films). I have and always will just pick and choose and buy what I like though rather than feeling the need to complete a set or 'catch 'em all' so from my perspective everything is fine as it is but I can certainly see both sides.

Nah mate, when you see something like Captain Phillips getting a steelbook, or people on Facebook flipping their lids thinking things like the Rambo steelbooks look amazing, you know it's time to give up.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Do i not recall something a while back about Arrow booklets only being included in the first few thousand copies of releases in future anyway?

Yes, it does ring a bell and seems as if they are being phased out or limited to a small number of releases.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Here it is! Round two of our February announcements. First up our US only title…

NEW US ONLY TITLE: Pray for Death (Arrow Video) Blu-ray

Vigilante justice – ninja style!

North American pre-orders links should be live soon!
Release Date: 16th February
Region: A

THEY SHATTERED HIS AMERICAN DREAM.

In Pray for Death, martial arts legend Sho Kosugi (Enter the Ninja, Ninja 3: The Domination) stars as a family man driven to exact vigilante justice – ninja style!

Japanese Restauranteur Akira (Kosugi) has taken his wife and two boys to the United States in search of a better life. But their slice of the American Dream is quickly soured when they fall foul of a group of vicious jewellery thieves. Unfortunately for the bad guys, they didn’t count on Akira being a secret black ninja.

The samurai sword of vengeance falls swift and hard in this classic slice of ‘80s ninja action from director Gordon Hessler (Scream and Scream Again, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad), culminating in an action-packed showdown with a bodycount worthy of Commando.
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SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation from a transfer of original elements by MGM of the unrated version
•Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Brand new interview with star Sho Kosugi
•Archive interview and Ninjutsu demonstration with Kosugi from the film’s New York premiere
•Original Theatrical Trailer
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin
•Collector’s booklet featuring an extract from Sho Kosugi’s upcoming biography

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

And now over to our dual UK/US releases!

NEW UK/US TITLE: ‘Sheba, Baby’ (Arrow Video) Dual Format

Another Pam Grier classic joins the Arrow Video line

Pre-order your UK copy here: Sheba, Baby Dual Format
North American pre-orders links should be live soon!

UK Release Date: 8th February 2016
US Release Date: 8th February 2016
Region: A/B+1/2

HOTTER 'N' COFFY MEANER 'N' FOXY BROWN!

Fresh off her career defining roles for Jack Hill in Coffy and Foxy Brown, Pam Grier returned to pure Blaxploitation (after turns in Blaxploitation-horror and action), in cult filmmaker William Girdler's (The Manitou, Abby) 'Sheba, Baby'...

Grier plays Sheba Shayne, a private eye based in Chicago who is called to her hometown to stop the local mob boss (played by "that bad D'Urville Martin", Black Caesar, Dolemite) from moving in on her father's loan business. Aided by her father's partner, Brick Williams (Austin Stoker, Assault on Precinct 13, Battle for the Planet of the Apes), Sheba finds out that the violent thugs aren't going go away with a fight. Car bombs, gun fights and boat chases ensue whilst armed with her curves, street smarts and a .44, Sheba is in for a bloodbath!

Grier would appear in three Blaxploitation classics in 1975 (the others were Bucktown and Friday Foster), where she was at the top of her game and genre, with the Los Angeles Times calling her "cool, tough and glamorous - a female fantasy Wonder Woman", further cementing her status as the first female action star.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
•Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Audio commentary with producer-screenwriter David Sheldon, moderated by critic Nathaniel Thompson
•Sheldon: Baby - a brand new interview with David Sheldon
•Pam Grier: The AIP Years - a look over the wonder years of the Blaxploitation queen with film historian Chris Poggiali
•Trailer
•Gallery featuring rare publicity images and Lobby Cards
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
•Booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by Patty Breen, webmaster of WilliamGirdler.com, illustrated with archive stills and posters

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

NEW UK/US TITLE: American Horror Project Vol 1 [The Witch Who Came From the Sea + Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood + The Premonition] (Arrow Video) Dual Format Limited Edition

Unique slices of the American Nightmare are brought back into the public consciousness and preserved for all to enjoy.

Pre-order your UK copy here: American Horror Project Vol 1 Dual Format
North American pre-orders links should be live soon!

UK Release Date: 22nd February 2016
US Release Date: 22nd February 2016
Region: A+B / 1+2

Everyone knows the classic American horror titles: Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and A Nightmare on Elm Street, to name but a few. But we want to tell you a different story – a story of the unsung heroes of American terror... Whether it’s a film that has languished in obscurity, or a movie that’s at risk of being lost due to lack of source materials, American Horror Project is here to ensure that these unique slices of the American Nightmare are brought back into the public consciousness and preserved for all to enjoy.

Volume I of this series presents three tales of violence and madness from the 1970s. Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (Christopher Speeth, 1973) sees a family arrive at a creepy, dilapidated fairground in search of their missing daughter, only to find themselves at the mercy of cannibalistic ghouls lurking beneath the park. Meanwhile, The Witch Who Came from the Sea (Matt Cimber, 1976), stars Mollie Perkins (The Diary of Anne Frank) as a young woman whose bizarre and violent fantasies start to bleed into reality – literally. Lastly, every parent’s worst nightmare comes true in The Premonition (Robert Allen Schnitzer, 1976), a tale of psychic terror in which five-year-old Janie is snatched away by a strange woman claiming to be her long-lost mother.

Newly remastered from the best surviving elements and contextualised with brand new supplementary material, with American Horror Project we can re-evaluate an alternative history of American horror and film heritage.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
•Brand new 2K restorations of the three features
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard DVD presentations
•English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil
•American Horror Project Journal Volume I - Limited Edition 60-page booklet featuring new articles on the films from Kim Newman (Nightmare Movies), Kier-La Janisse (House of Psychotic Women) and Brian Albright (Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990)

MALATESTA’S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD - SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
•Brand new interview with director Christopher Speeth
•Brand new interview with writer Werner Liepolt
•Draft Script (BD/DVD-ROM content)
•Production stills gallery

THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA - SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
•Audio commentary with director Matt Cimber, actress Millie Perkins and director of photography Dean Cundey
•Brand new interview with director Matt Cimber
•Brand new interview with Dean Cundey
•Brand new interview with actor John Goff

THE PREMONITION - SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
•Audio commentary with director-producer Robert Allen Schnitzer
•Brand new interview with composer Henry Mollicone
•Interview with actor Richard Lynch
•Three Robert Allen Schnitzer short films: ‘Vernal Equinox’, ‘Terminal Point’ and ‘A Rumbling in the Land’
•4 “Peace Spots”
•Trailers and TV Spots

PLUS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I'll definitely get The American Horror Project.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Definitely up for Prey For Death. Hopefully we get this on the reverse.

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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Meh.

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I want it!

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I really want it!

Shame those second two will be US only and will need to be imported.