The Arrow Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

£90 for that Chucky set?

You can already get it for seventy quid less albeit without the shit artwork.

[Susan Foreman]

NEW UK, US & CAN TITLE: Savage Guns: Four Classic Westerns Vol. 3 - Limited Edition Blu-Ray Arrow pre-order available - £55:00

Release date: December 11

"Maniacal outlaws thirsting for blood! Corrupt capitalists profiting from the suffering of the common folk! Desperate people pushed to violent revenge! The Italian western has never been grittier than in this quartet of later-period cult classics, in which the trademark cynicism of the genre escalates into the radical pessimism of the late 1960s / early 1970s world.

In Paolo Bianchini's I Want Him Dead (1968), American actor Craig Hill (The Bloodstained Shadow) stars as an ex-Confederate soldier who vows revenge after his sister is raped and murdered, in so doing setting him on a collision course with a dastardly plot to disrupt peace talks between the North and South. Next, in Edoardo Mulargia's El Puro (1969; a.k.a. The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine), western icon Robert Woods (My Name is Pecos) gives arguably his greatest performance as a legendary gunfighter forced to emerge from hiding after the bounty hunters on his tail murder the tender-hearted barmaid (Rosalba Neri, Smile Before Death) who offered him a new life.

Then, in Mario Camus' Wrath of the Wind (1970), genre superstar Terence Hill (They Call Me Trinity) shows his darker side as an assassin who finds his conscience when he and his brother (Mario Pardo, Knife of Ice) are hired by a ruthless landholder (Fernando Rey, The French Connection) to kill the leaders of a growing labor movement. Finally, Fabio Testi (What Have You Done to Solange?) and Tomas Milian (Don't Torture a Duckling) star in Lucio Fulci's Four of the Apocalypse (1975), in which a quartet of misfits go from sharing the same jail cell to embarking on a savage odyssey that will lead to torture, rape and cannibalism. Preyed upon by a ruthless bandit, the foursome fight for their lives - until the time comes for revenge.

Four of the Italian western's hardest, cruelest, bloodiest classics erupt from the screen in this feature-packed box set from Arrow Films. Featuring dazzling High Definition restorations and a wealth of brand new bonus materials produced specially for this release, Savage Guns delivers - from both barrels!"

Special Features:

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all four films
• 2K restorations of all four films from the original 35mm camera negatives, with El Puro newly restored by Arrow Films for this release
• Italian and English front and end titles on all four films
• Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks on all four films
• English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
• Brand new introductions to each film by journalist and critic Fabio Melelli
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by author and critic Howard Hughes
• Fold-out double-sided poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original artwork and a slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx

DISC 1 - I WANT HIM DEAD

• Brand new audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
• The Man Who Hated Violence - brand new interview with director Paolo Bianchini
• Cut and Shot - brand new interview with editor Eugenio Alabiso
• Nico Unchained - archival interview with composer Nico Fidenco
• English theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

DISC 2 - EL PURO

• Two versions of the film: the 98-minute cut, presented in Italian and English, and the longer, 108-minute version, assembled from the original camera negative and an archival print and presented in both Italian and a newly created hybrid English/Italian mix*
• Brand new audio commentary by critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• Brand new interview with actor Robert Woods
• Brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composer, Alessandro Alessandroni, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon

DISC 3 - WRATH OF THE WIND

• Alternate, 106-minute Spanish-language version of the film, featuring additional and extended scenes not found in the Italian or English versions
• Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes
• The Days of Wrath - brand new interview with camera operator Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
• They Call It... Red Cemetery! - a short film from 2022 by filmmaker Francisco Lacerda, serving as a love letter to the spaghetti western genre
• Alternate "Revenge of Trinity" opening titles, newly restored for this release
• Image gallery

DISC 4 - FOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE

• Brand new audio commentary by author and producer Kat Ellinger
• It Takes Four - previously unreleased interview with production manager Roberto Sbarigia
• Brand new, in-depth appreciation of the film by author, critic and Lucio Fulci scholar Stephen Thrower
• Brand new, in-depth appreciation of the soundtrack and its composers, Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi and Vince Tempera, by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
• Newly restored theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

* For some scenes and dialogue lines in the long version, the Italian audio is either lost or was never produced. These are presented in Spanish with English subtitles.

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

NEW US/CA TITLE: The Warriors (1979) - Limited Edition Blu-ray - $35:00. Also available as a US only Limited Edition 4K UHD Arrow Store US Exclusive - $45:00 and a Limited Edition 4K UHD - $45:00

Release date: December 12

"THESE ARE THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT.

In 1979, fresh from directing bare knuckle boxing movie Hard Times and supercool crime thriller The Driver, Walter Hill delivered his third stone cold classic in a row: The Warriors, a slam-bang, visually kinetic action movie that mixed a heightened comic-book sensibility with a timeless tale from ancient Greece and set them loose in the streets of modern America.

In New York the gangs outnumber the cops by 5-1. Together, they could rule the city. Gang-leader Cyrus has a dream to do just that and calls a summit. The gangs of New York gather in their thousands, Cyrus takes the stage. From somewhere in the crowd a shot rings out and Cyrus falls down dead. In the chaos that follows, a small gang from Coney Island - the Warriors - are blamed. Now everyone is out to get them. On foot, in enemy territory, can they make it through the night to get back across the city to the safety of home turf?

For all you boppers out there, for all you street people with an ear for the action... the iconic cult classic is back in a brand new 4K restoration approved by director Walter Hill. Can you dig it?"

Special Features:

• Exclusive new 4K restorations of both the Theatrical Cut and the 2005 Alternate Version of the film sourced from the original camera negative, supervised by Arrow Films and approved by director Walter Hill
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of both versions of the film
• Theatrical Cut presented in original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 for the first time on home video
• Original uncompressed mono, plus stereo 2.0 and Dolby Atmos audio options for the Theatrical Cut, plus stereo 2.0 and DTS-HD MA 5.1 for the 2005 Alternate Version
• Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• 100-page perfect-bound collector's book containing new writing by film critic Dennis Cozzalio plus select archival material
• Limited Edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley
• 6 postcard-sized reproduction artcards
• Gang logo stickers

DISC 1: THEATRICAL CUT

• New audio commentary by film critic Walter Chaw, author of A Walter Hill Film
• War Stories, a new interview with director Walter Hill
• A new roundtable discussion in which filmmakers Josh Olson (A History of Violence), Lexi Alexander (Green Street), and Robert D. Kryzkowski (The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot) discuss their love of The Warriors and the work of director Walter Hill
• Battling Boundaries, a new interview with editor Billy Weber
• Gang Style, a new interview with costume designer Bobbie Mannix
• Armies of the Night, a new exclusive look at costume designs and photographs from the archive of designer Bobbie Mannix
• Sound of the Streets, a new appreciation of composer Barry De Vorzon and the music of The Warriors by film historian Neil Brand
• Isolated score option
• Come Out to Play, a new look at the iconic locations of the Warriors' Coney Island home turf
• The Beginning, an archival extra looking back on how The Warriors came to be, featuring interviews with producer Lawrence Gordon, actor James Remar, editor David Holden and writer/director Walter Hill
• Battleground, an archival extra in which director Walter Hill and assistant director David O. Sosna look back at the difficulties of shooting on location in New York City
• The Way Home, an archival extra focusing on the look of film with contributions from director of photography Andrew Laszlo
• The Phenomenon, an archival extra featuring director Walter Hill and the cast of The Warriors
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

DISC 2: 2005 ALTERNATE VERSION

• Archive introduction by director Walter Hill

Give it to me NOOOOOOOW

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

Give it to me NOOOOOOOW

Just ordered the store exclusive version.

[will graham]

That warriors edition looks amazing....except Where's the TV cut or the deleted scenes that were in it? I mean yes it is inferior to the theatrical cut but I bet people would prefer tv version over hill's wtf directors cut.

[Susan Foreman]

Shocktober Sale now on

[Nuno_Miranda]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Shocktober Sale now on

The "shock" part was seeing the Empire of Screams boxed set for only £30, but then I realised it had no book or posters and postcards. Still, it's a huge difference and makes me wonder if I did the right thing to pre-order the limited edition. Live and learn.

[Susan Foreman]

"**NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE COMING!***

Join us this Friday (October 27th) at 3.00pm BST / 7.00am PT / 10.00am ET for our January 2024 new title reveals!"

Suggestions include 'Excalibur', 'First Knight', 'Highlander', 'Masters Of The Universe', 'Sword And The Sorcerer', 'Tombs Of The Blind Dead', Knightriders', 'Ladyhawke' and 'Conan'

[Nuno_Miranda]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

[I]Suggestions include 'Excalibur', 'First Knight', 'Highlander', 'Masters Of The Universe', 'Sword And The Sorcerer', 'Tombs Of The Blind Dead', Knightriders', 'Ladyhawke' and 'Conan'

Well, I believe we can rule out Conan (much wider), Ladyhawke (much thinner), Highlander, Sword and the Sorcerer (the double sword that if memory doesn't fail, shoots out!) and Excalibur (doesn't look like Terry English's work)... Looks like something out of Narnia (but lion on pommel)

(P.S. [Plug, as in Shameless]: I own English's prototype for Mordred's golden helmet in my collection. god I love that film)

P.S. #2 Ok, we can't figure out the movie based on the pictured sword, because googling the image we see it's a stock photo of a sword and is used in countless wallpapers and assorted articles. So all options are still on the table.

[will graham]

It's unlikely to be highlander (at least for uk anyway) since it wasn't that long ago studio canal released it.

Did that fulci film conquest feature swords in it or just glow in the dark arrows?