The Arrow Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Arrow have updated their FaceBook cover picture



It's 'The Howling 2', but we already know that is being released

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

well we know they are going to announce Tower of London for Feb since the announcement of the announcement... jeeeez had a picture of... the Tower of London

It's flippin' ridiculous isn't it. They'll be announcing the announcing of an announcing of the announcement next.

[JAMIOUSE]

Arrow do like to bang their own drum. In the old days I think people used to get genuinely excited by the prospects of upcoming releases, I do think that has dwindled in the past few years.

[Rik]

I personally think Arrow were better when they were a small company, with here being their main online presence meaning we got an input in the artwork etc. I was certainly more excited about new releases and announcements back then

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

I personally think Arrow were better when they were a small company, with here being their main online presence meaning we got an input in the artwork etc. I was certainly more excited about new releases and announcements back then

This, this and most definitely this.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

I personally think Arrow were better when they were a small company, with here being their main online presence meaning we got an input in the artwork etc. I was certainly more excited about new releases and announcements back then

I completely agree.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

My Howling 2 arrived today.......

[Susan Foreman]

Time for our February announcements! First up our two UK only titles…

NEW UK ONLY TITLE: Tower of London Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD

Vincent Price and Roger Corman unite for this macabre Shakespearean classic.

Pre-order your copy: Tower of London
Release Date: 13th February 2017

MOTHER ENGLAND MEETS FATHER TERROR!

Having made their mark on American horror cinema with three colourful adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe – The Fall of the House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum and Tales of Terror – Vincent Price and director Roger Corman enjoyed a brief hiatus from the macabre author with Tower of London. Shot in black and white, the film was loosely based on the Universal horror picture of the same name as well as two Shakespeare plays: a dash of Macbeth and a dollop of Richard III.

Price plays Richard of Gloucester, brother to a dying king and eager to take his place on the throne. When he is overlooked in favour of their sibling, the Duke of Clarence, things take a murderous turn. Richard goes on a murderous rage, only for the ghosts of those he has slain to return from the grave and haunt him…

Less well-known than the Poe movies, Tower of London is no slouch. Price relishes the opportunity to flex his Shakespearean muscles, just as he would eleven years later with Theatre of Blood, and Corman works wonders, as usual, with his low budget. If you’ve ever wondered what a drive-in Shakespeare film would look like, you’re in the right place!

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM
•Original 1.0 mono audio (uncompressed on the Blu-ray)
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
•Brand-new audio commentary by Vincent Price’s biographer David Del Valle and Tara Gordon, daughter of actor-screenwriter Leo Gordon
•Interview with director Roger Corman
•Producing Tower of London, an archive interview with producer Gene Corman
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully illustrated collector’s booklet containing new writing on the film by Julian Upton

[Susan Foreman]

NEW UK TITLE: Willie Dynamite Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD

Competes with the best of blaxploitation on all levels.

Pre-order your copy direct here: Product not found!
Release Date: 6th February 2017

HE’S TIGHT, TOGETHER, AND MEAN.

“The hands-down winner of the all-out best blaxploitation movie of the seventies,” declares author and artist Darius James in That’s Blaxploitation! Willie Dynamite may not be as well-known as John Shaft, Sweet Sweetback or Super Fly’s Youngblood Priest, but he certainly deserves to be.

Who is Willie Dynamite? He’s the flashiest pimp in New York – he drives a personalised purple-and-gold Cadillac and wears some of the most eye-catching outfits ever seen on a cinema screen. He wants to be number one, but with the police, the D.A., fellow pimps and a tough-talking social worker on his tail, can a man as arrogant and amoral as Willie D avoid a downfall?

Willie Dynamite competes with the best of blaxploitation on all levels. Roscoe Orman dominates with his central performance – a star turn that’s the equal of Richard Roundtree in Shaft or Pam Grier in Coffy. Multi-award-winning director Gilbert Moses balances action and social commentary as deftly as Gordon Parks, Jr. did with Super Fly. And the score by J.J. Johnson featuring Motown legend Martha Reeves is as catchy as anything composed by Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield or James Brown.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM
•Original 1.0 mono audio (uncompressed on the Blu-ray)
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
•Kiss My Baad Asss, a guide to blaxploitation hosted by actor and musician Ice-T, and featuring interviews with Richard Roundtree, Melvin van Peebles, Isaac Hayes and others
•Theatrical trailer
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully illustrated collector’s booklet containing new writing on the film by Cullen Gallagher

[Susan Foreman]

And now over to our only US only release…

NEW US TITLE: Psychomania Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD

Zombie bikers run amok is southern England.

Pre-orders links should be live soon!
Release Date: 21st February 2017

The United States gave motorcycle-mad cinemagoers Easy Rider, The Wild One and The Wild Angels. The United Kingdom gave them Psychomania, the tale of zombie bikers run amok is southern England.

The Living Dead are a delinquent biker gang, fond of causing havoc on British roadways and making out in graveyards. Gang leader Tom (Nicky Henson) also has a Satanist for a mother, and when he discovers the secret of immortality, the name of his motley crew takes on a more literal meaning…

Directed by Hammer veteran Don Sharp (The Kiss of the Vampire, The Devil-Ship Pirates) and co-starring Beryl Reid (Dr. Phibes Rises Again) and George Sanders (Village of the Damned), Psychomania is a wonderfully offbeat gem, outlandish and eccentric in equal measure.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
•2K restoration from preservation negatives
•High Definition (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
•Original 1.0 mono audio (uncompressed on the Blu-ray)
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
•Brand-new interview with star Nicky Henson
•Return of the Living Dead, an archive featurette containing interviews actors Henson, Mary Larkin, Denis Gilmore, Roy Holder and Rocky Taylor
•Sound of Psychomania, an archive interview with composer John Cameron
•Riding Free, an archive interview with ‘Riding Free’ singer Harvey Andrews
•Hell for Leather, a brand-new featurette on the company who supplied the film’s costumes
•Remastering Psychomania, a look at the film’s restoration from the original 35mm black and white separation masters
•Theatrical trailer
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet containing writing by Vic Pratt, William Fowler and Andrew Roberts