The Eureka & Masters of Cinema Thread

[Rob4]

The Poe set is tempting but given that the Scream Universal Horrors is now up to volume 7 with Murders in the Rue Morgue also a standalone release I'm thinking it would be better to collect them? All new extras by the looks of things though...

[J Harker]

Anyone know if Eureka take payment up front on pre-orders?

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[Graveyard]

Mr. Vampire, YES!!!!

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Mr. Vampire' - Blu-Ray pre-order available at Eureka direct - £15.99

Release date: July 20th

"One of the most genre-defining (not to mention genre-defying!) horror-comedies imaginable, and one of the key Hong Kong blockbuster hits of the 1980s, the popularity and influence of Mr. Vampirecannot be overstated. Spawning at least four sequels and countless spin-offs and imitations, this Hong Kong horror-comedy to end them all was an understandable crowd-pleasing sensation, and triggered a wave of jiangshi (“hopping vampire”) movies. Produced by the legendary Sammo Hung, the original Mr. Vampire is essential viewing for anyone interested in the 80s golden age of Hong Kong cinema.

In a career-making performance, the late Lam Ching-ying is Master Kau, expert on all matters of the supernatural. When Kau and his two bumbling students, Man Choi (famous comedian Ricky Hui) and Chou (Fist of Legend‘s Chin Siu-ho), exhume a corpse for reburial, things go frighteningly and hilariously awry when the cadaver is revealed to be a hopping vampire. With the undead on the loose, Master Kau is blamed for the chaos, and must work with his students to put the spirits to rest before the vampire’s own granddaughter (80s Hong Kong action icon Moon Lee) gets bitten. Fighting the vampires with everything from sticky rice to filing down the bloodsucker’s fangs, the trio must defeat an increasing number of ghoulish dangers.

Director Ricky Lau would go on to make several more Mr. Vampire successors (as well as the related Sammo Hung sequel Encounters of the Spooky Kind II, with Lam Ching-ying as another vampire-battling master), but nothing tops the original for its classic fusion of screams and laughs, and it has never looked as eye-poppingly, vampire-hoppingly beautiful as this new Blu-ray special edition."

Special features:

• Limited Edition O-CARD with new artwork by Darren Wheeling [2000 units]
• Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film [2000 units]
• 1080p presentation from a brand new 2K restoration
• Original Cantonese audio (original mono presentation)
• English dub track produced for the film’s original European home video release
• English dub track produced for the film’s original American home video release
• Newly translated English subtitles
• Brand new and exclusive feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
• Alternate end credits
• Archival interview with Chin Siu-Hou [40 mins]
• Archival interview with Moon Lee [15 mins]
• Archival interview with Ricky Lau [12 mins]
• Original Hong Kong Trailer

Bout time this film got a decent release

[J Harker]

I don't understand why the Poe set isn't available on Amazon?

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[Rik]

Originally Posted by J Harker

I don't understand why the Poe set isn't available on Amazon?

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It is, I’ve just preordered it from there

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murders-Rue...s%2C176&sr=8-1

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Rik

It is, I’ve just preordered it from there

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murders-Rue...s%2C176&sr=8-1

Ah awesome. Thanks Rik. Its been saying its unavailable. Must have updated it this morning. Ordered.

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[Nostalgic]

Just watched the Eureka release of Woman in the Window....

AMAZING! A solid noir, I was hooked, recommended to all who have yet to see it. The commentary is a bit too academic for me (although still good), but the visual essay by David Cairns is solid! It's worth it for the film alone, and has made me want to collect Lang's other noir offerings.

9/10

[Rob4]

coming soon

New Announcement! Ishirō Honda’s THE H-MAN [Bijo to Ekitai-ningen] and BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE [Uchū Daisensō] will be released as part of The Masters of Cinema Series later this year, as a special edition two-disc Blu-ray release.
Artwork TBC. More details to follow…

[Susan Foreman]

'The Man Who Laughs' - Pre-order available from Amazon UK - £20.41

Release date: August 17

"One of the most visually striking of all the later silent films, The Man Who Laughs reunites German Expressionism director Paul Leni and cinematographer Gilbert Warrenton from their horror hit the previous year, The Cat and the Canary (1927). Both films are often considered to be among the earliest works of legendary horror classics from Universal Studios, yet the undeniably eerie The Man Who Laughs is more accurately described as a Gothic melodrama. However, its influence on the genre and the intensity of the imagery art director Charles Hall and makeup genius Jack Pierce would go on to define the look of those 1930s Universal horror landmarks have redefined it as an early horror classic, bolstered by one of the most memorable performances of the period.

Adapted from the Victor Hugo novel, The Man Who Laughs is Gwynplaine (an extraordinary Conrad Veidt), a carnival sideshow performer in 17th-century England, his face mutilated into a permanent, ghoulish grin by his executed father's royal court enemies. Gwynplaine struggles through life with the blind Dea (Phantom of the Opera's Mary Philbin) as his companion though she is unable to see it, his disfigurement still causes Gwynplaine to believe he is unworthy of her love. But when his proper royal lineage becomes known by Queen Anne, Gwynplaine must choose between regaining a life of privilege, or embracing a new life of freedom with Dea.

The startling makeup on Veidt was the acknowledged direct inspiration for The Joker in the 1940 Batman comic that introduced the character, and film versions of The Joker have been even more specific in their references to Leni's film. While The Man Who Laughs contains powerful elements of tragedy, doomed romance, and even swashbuckling swordplay, its influence on horror cinema is most pronounced. Leni died suddenly at the age of 44 a year after this film (with Veidt also unexpectedly passing away too soon in 1943), and The Man Who Laughs endures as one of the most haunting and stylish American silent films, made just as that era was coming to a close. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film on home video for the first time ever in the UK"

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

• LIMITED EDITION O CARD (2000 UNITS)
• 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from Universal s 4K restoration
• Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 (stereo) score by the Berklee School of Music
• Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 (mono) 1928 movietone score
• A brand new interview with author and horror expert Kim Newman
• A brand new video essay by David Cairns
• Paul Leni and "The Man Who Laughs" featurette on the production of the film
• Rare stills gallery
• A collector s booklet featuring new writing by Travis Crawford, and Richard Combs