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#1021
29th January 2021, 02:54 PM
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This is one i'll preorder. Want it for the collection. The Black Room is truly excellent.  |
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#1022
29th January 2021, 06:20 PM
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A trio of classic 1930s horror films (MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE / THE BLACK CAT / THE RAVEN) starring the iconic Bela Lugosi. 'THREE EDGAR ALLAN POE ADAPTATIONS STARRING BELA LUGOSI', will be re-issued as a 2-disc Blu-ray edition as part of The Masters of Cinema Series from 12 April 2021. Pre-order available from Eureka direct - £21.99 "This trio of classic 1930s horror films — Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat, and The Raven — is also distinguished by a trio of factors regarding their production. Most notably, each film is based on a work by master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe. Part of the legendary wave of horror films made by Universal Pictures in the 30s, all three feature dynamic performances from Dracula’s Bela Lugosi, with two of them also enlivened by the appearance of Frankenstein’s Boris Karloff. And finally, all three benefit from being rare examples of Pre-Code studio horror, their sometimes startling depictions of sadism and shock a result of being crafted during that brief period in Hollywood before the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code’s rigid guidelines for moral content. Director Robert Florey, who gave the Marx Brothers their cinema start with The Cocoanuts in 1929, worked with Metropolis cinematographer Karl Freund to give a German Expressionism look to Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), with Lugosi as a mad scientist running a twisted carnival sideshow in 19th-century Paris, and murdering women to find a mate for his talking ape main attraction. Lugosi and Karloff teamed forces for the first time in The Black Cat, a nightmarish psychodrama that became Universal’s biggest hit of 1934, with Detour director Edgar G. Ulmer bringing a feverish flair to the tale of a satanic, necrophiliac architect (Karloff) locked in battle with an old friend (Lugosi) in search of his family. Prolific B-movie director Lew Landers made 1935’s The Raven so grotesque that all American horror films were banned in the U.K. for two years in its wake. Specifically referencing Poe within its story, Lugosi is a plastic surgeon obsessed with the writer, who tortures fleeing murderer Karloff through monstrous medical means. Significant and still unsettling early works of American studio horror filmmaking, these three Pre-Code chillers demonstrate the enduring power of Poe’s work, and the equally continuous appeal of classic Universal horror’s two most iconic stars." Special features:
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#1023
19th February 2021, 02:43 PM
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| "BLU-RAY SALE! For a limited time selected Blu-rays are ON SALE @ the Eureka Store, 2 for £20 OR £12.99 each Sale ends 12pm (BST), Monday 22nd February." https://eurekavideo.co.uk/promotions...6SDV0AOCeDRioM
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#1025
26th February 2021, 05:48 PM
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Are there any more Pulse fans here? Just watched the Eureka edition and it's great. It what a big screen X Files movie should have been. Still no idea why its rated 18 though... it has to be the tamest film to get that rating ever.
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#1026
26th February 2021, 07:55 PM
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#1027
26th February 2021, 08:07 PM
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'One Armed Boxer' (1971) - Blu-ray pre-order available at Eureka direct - £17:99 Release date: May 24 "Jimmy Wang Yu (One-Armed Swordsman, Master of the Flying Guillotine) stars as Yu Tien Lung, a top martial artist who after incurring the wrath of a local gang leader, is attacked by a team of deadly mercenaries and has his right arm violently severed. Yu Tien soon trains his remaining arm to be stronger than ever, and goes on a rip-roaring rampage of revenge! Featuring a multitude of unique and inventive fight scenes against opponents from around the world including Japanese and Okinawan karate experts, Tibetan monks, Thai kick-boxers, and Indian Yoga experts, One Armed Boxer is one of the most influential and exciting martial arts films of the 70s. Eureka Classics is proud to present the worldwide debut of a brand new restoration from the original film elements on Blu-ray." Special features:
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#1028
26th February 2021, 08:20 PM
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'Time And Tide' (2000) - Blu-ray pre-order available at Eureka direct - £16:99 Release date: May 24 "A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He soon befriends a once disillusioned mercenary determined to make a fresh start with his new wife. Although the two men find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, their partnership is short-lived. Through uncontrollable circumstances, they will unknowingly be propelled toward the opposite sides of a deadly confrontation. A noir infused Hong Kong action thriller from Tsui Hark (Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain; Once Upon a Time in China) starring Nicholas Tse and Wu Bai (who would later appear together in New Police Story), Time and Tide was nominated for six Hong Kong film awards and remains one of Tsui’s most acclaimed features." Special features:
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#1029
26th February 2021, 08:23 PM
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'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' (1965) - Blu-ray pre-order available at Eureka direct - £17:99 Release date: May 17 "The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carré, about a Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany, is transmuted by director Martin Ritt (Hud, Norma Rae) into a film every bit as precise and ruthless as the book. Academy Award-nominated Richard Burton (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Becket,1984) is superb as Alec Leamas, whose relationship with the beautiful librarian Nan, played by Claire Bloom (Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire), puts his assignment in jeopardy. Winner of 4 BAFTA Awards (including Best British Film) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a hard-edged and tragic thriller, suffused with the political and social consciousness that defined Ritt’s career. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK." Special features:
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#1030
26th February 2021, 10:50 PM
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But I would have thought that any distributor would have to submit a re-release anyway because what would stop a unscrupulous distributor from adding scenes lol |
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