Latest Cuts: BBFC and MPA

Thundercrack! is a 1975 US adult comedy by Curt McDowell
Starring Marion Eaton, George Kuchar and Melinda McDowell

A cult film that was notably unreleased in the UK for many years except on the cinema club circuit. The film was finally BBFC 18 rated without cuts for 2024 release. The BBFC noted that it contains strong real sex. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review

With a killer gorilla on the loose, a group of strangers find themselves stranded at a remote mansion of a grieving madwoman one dark and stormy night. They indulge in swapping bizarre personal backstories - and bodily fluids.

Imagine yourself a typical low-budget horror opening, in which random people gather around an old dark mansion during a nightly thunderstorm. They're all slightly eccentric characters with unusual backgrounds and/or odd personalities and, naturally, the female owner of the mansion is the queen of all madness.

Her guests soon begin to physically experiment with themselves and each other and these sexual outbursts become gradually odder. Masturbation and ordinary hetero-sex at first, but before you properly realize it; you're up to your neck in gay sex, voyeurism, sex with peculiar attributes and even bestiality.

This movie is available in two versions, but I can safely say already that even the cut Theatrical Version (120 minutes instead of 150) is more than weird enough for every avid fan of offbeat cinema on this planet.

Versions

uncut run: 159:27s pal: 153:04s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong real sex, nudity: 2024 BFI VoD (rated 05/02/2024) titled Thundercrack! US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for: 2015 Synapse Films 40th Anniversary Edition R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon 2015 Synapse Films 40th Anniversary Edition R0 DVD at US Amazon
cut cut:   run: 125:30s pal: 120:29s		Sweden: There is a cut version running about 120m

Street Law is a 1974 Italy action thriller by Enzo G Castellari.
Starring Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete and Barbara Bach.

There is a significantly shortened US Version titled Street Law. The full length Italian version was released on UK pre-cert VHS and later on 15 rated Blu-ray in 2024. The full length version is MPAA Unrated in the US

Summary Notes

Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, nudity:

• 2024 88 Films [Italian + US Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 26th February 2024

Promotional Material

After Carlo is mugged by thugs he goes to the police, but when they drop the case, he loses faith in the justice system and decides to take on the hoods himself. Teaming up with a young robber, he goes on a mission of vengeance.

This smart poliziotteschi movie directed by Enzo G. Castellari (Inglorious Bastards) and starring legendary spaghetti western favourite Franco Nero (Django), is a cool and entertaining street-level crime pic bursting with Italian flavours.

Extras
2K Restoration From the Original Camera Negative
HD (1080p) Blu-ray® Presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
2.0 English Mono
2.0 Italian Mono with Newly-translated English Subtitles
Audio Commentary with Italian Cinema Experts Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thomson
Shorter US "Grindhouse" Cut
Sniff Around and Find Out - Featurette by Mike Malloy
Enzo's Law - An Interview with Director Enzo G. Castellari
Oliver Onions - An Interview with Composer's Guido and Maurizio De Angelis
Street Stunts - An Interview with Actor and Stuntman Massimo Vanni
Original Trailer
TV Spot

The Conan Chronicles: Conan the Barbarian & Conan the Destroyer is a double bill by John Milius, Richard Fleischer
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones and Sandahl Bergman

Both films have been cut by film censors.

US: Conan the Barbarian is cut and MPAA R rated:
US: Conan the Destroyer is uncut and MPAA PG rated:

• 2024 Arrow Video Conan Chronicles [Conan the Barbarian (3 versions) + Conan the Destroyer] R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video Conan Chronicles [Conan the Barbarian (3 versions) + Conan the Destroyer] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video [Conan the Destroyer] Limited Edition R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video [Conan the Destroyer] Limited Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video [Conan the Barbarian (3 versions)] Limited Edition R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th January 2024

Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 USA action fantasy adventure by John Milius.
With Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones and Max von Sydow.

Originally cut for an MPAA R rating The uncut version has never been released. All British releases were further cut by the BBFC. There is also an Iinternational version and an Extended Verson that exists in a couple of variants.

Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 US action film by Richard Fleischer.
With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones and Olivia d'Abo.

Cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Promotional Material

THIEF. WARRIOR. GLADIATOR. KING.

Ripped from the pages of Robert E. Howard's beloved pulp stories, 1982's Conan the Barbarian and its sequel, 1984's Conan the Destroyer , not only popularized a new subgenre -- the sword-and-sorcery film -- but also made a cinematic icon of the star playing the titular hero, former bodybuilding sensation Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Conan the Barbarian , from maverick filmmaker John Milius, sees the Cimmerian thief and future king rise up from slavery to become an unparalleled and fearsome warrior, intent on vengeance against the evil snake cult that slaughtered his family long ago, led by the shape-shifting sorcerer Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). In the sequel, helmed by action veteran Richard Fleischer, Conan finds himself escorting a young princess on a quest for a mythical horn that will awaken a slumbering god, battling an onslaught of evil beasts, wizards and cannibals along the way.

At long last, these glorious odes to the days of high adventure have been restored in stunning 4K with hours of bonus features and heart-racing Atmos remixes that immerse you in the action, accompanied throughout by electrifying music scores by the late Basil Poledouris ( RoboCop ). If you do not listen... then to hell with you!

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restorations of both films from the original negatives by Arrow Films
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both films
• Three versions of Conan the Barbarian via seamless branching: Theatrical Cut (127 mins), International Cut (129 mins) and Extended Cut (130 mins)
• Newly restored original mono audio and remixed Dolby Atmos surround audio for both films
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both films
• Archive commentary for Conan the Barbarian by John Milius and Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Archive commentaries for Conan the Destroyer by Richard Fleischer and actors Olivia d'Abo, Tracey Walter and Sarah Douglas
• Brand new commentaries for both films by genre historian Paul M. Sammon
• Newly assembled isolated score tracks in lossless stereo for both films
• Newly filmed interviews for Conan the Barbarian with production artist William Stout, costume designer John Bloomfield, special effects crew members Colin Arthur and Ron Hone, actors Jorge Sanz and Jack Taylor, assistant editor Peck Prior, visual effects animators Peter Kuran and Katherine Kean, filmmaker Robert Eggers ( The Northman ) and authors John Walsh and Alfio Leotto
• Newly filmed interviews for Conan the Destroyer with Bloomfield and Walsh, casting director Johanna Ray, art director Kevin Phipps and stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong
• Conan Unchained: The Making of Conan , an archive documentary from 2000 featuring interviews with Schwarzenegger, Milius, Stone, Jones, Lopez, Bergman, Poledouris and several others
• Archive bonus features for both films, including interviews with sword master Kiyoshi Yamasaki, writers Roy Thomas & Gerry Conway and Poledouris, outtakes and more
• A Tribute to Basil Poledouris , a series of videos produced by the Úbeda Film Music Festival, including video of Poledouris conducting a concert of music from Conan the Barbarian in 2006 (remixed in 5.1 surround)
• Theatrical trailers and image galleries for both films
• Double-sided fold-out posters for both films
• Twelve double-sided collectors' postcards
• Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Walter Chaw and John Walsh, and archive set reports for both films by Paul M. Sammon

Nightmares In A Damaged Brain is a 1981 US/Italy horror by Romano Scavolini
Starring Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith and C.J. Cooke

Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1982 cinema release. Famously banned as a video nasty with the distributor being jailed. A cut US R rated version was released in the UK for an 18 rated 2002 DVD. In the US the Unrated 2011 Code Red version is slightly shortened in uncontroversial scenes but is the best available.

An uncut version, or as near as dammit, was released in the UK in November 2015 but was soon withdrawn presumably for a lack of BBFC paperwork. However the BBFC certificate was published shortly after and the DVD went back on sale.

The original UK cinema version was heavily cut by the BBFC with edits made to closeups of throat slitting and repeated stabs during the telephone murder, the pick axe killing, and axe blows (including blood frothing from a man's head) during the climactic flashback. The film was then listed and banned as an official video nasty, and a successful prosecution was brought against the distributing company World of Video 2000 in 1984 for releasing an unauthorized video version (which was 1 min longer than the cut cinema print). The film was finally granted a video certificate in 2002 though the print submitted was an edited U.S version, which restores the ice pick murder and around 1 minute of dialogue scenes but still has edits to the throat slashing/stabbing scene and some brief cuts to the climactic flashback nightmare murder.

Summary Notes

A mental patient embarks on a murder spree upon escaping from an institution.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong bloody violence, horror, strong sex:

• 2024 Severin Films R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 12th February 2024
• 2024 Severin Films R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 26th February 2024

Promotional Material

It's been called "graphic and unapologetic" (SexGoreMutants), "brutally effective" (Screen Rant) and "a forgotten classic" (Horror News). It remains the most reviled, controversial, and misunderstood genre film of the '80s. Now "the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made" (NY Daily News) can be experienced like never before: When a homicidal mental patient (an enduringly disturbing performance by Baird Stafford ) flees an experimental drug program, he'll leave a 5-day trail of psychosexual carnage from the peep shows of 42nd Street to the gore-soaked shores of Florida. Written and directed by Romano Scavolini , this "devastating masterpiece" (Cinefear) -- whose UK release as NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN led to the imprisonment of distributor David Hamilton-Grant -- has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version ever assembled.

Disc Specs:

• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: English 5.1 / English Stereo
• 4K Video: HDR
• Closed Captions
• UHD: Region Free

Special Features:

Disc 1: UHD

• Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford and Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian and David DeCoteau
• Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
• Trailers

Disc 2: Blu-ray

• Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
• Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford and Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian and David DeCoteau
• Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
• Kill Thy Father And Thy Mother -- Interview With Director Romano Scavolini (71 mins)
• Dreaming Up A Nightmare -- Featuring Former President Of 21st Century Distribution Arthur Schweitzer , Actor/Unit Production Manager Mik Cribben , Production Supervisor Simon Nuchtern , Florida Producer/Special Effects Artist William Milling , Uncredited Editor Jim Markovic and Archival Interviews With Actor Baird Stafford and Special Effects Artists Edward French and Cleve Hall
• The Nightmare Of NIGHTMARE -- Interview With Erroneously Credited Special Effects Director Tom Savini
• Deleted Scenes
• Still Gallery
• Trailers

This double disc also includes an 8-page booklet.

Get Carter is a 1971 UK action thriller by Mike Hodges
Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry and Britt Ekland

Cut by the BBFC for 1971 X rated cinema release, then uncut and 18 rated on home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. However the film was partly overdubbed in the US lest Americans couldn't understand British accents.

Summary Notes

A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother's death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle's underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness, Carter exhibits all the unstopability of the cyborg in The Terminator (1984), or Walker in Point Blank (1967), and he and the other characters in this movie are prone to sudden, brutal acts of violence.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated with a trigger warning for strong sex, violence, references to child sex abuse:

• 2024 BFI R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad released on 29th January 2024

Promotional Material

Michael Caine is Jack Carter, the London gangland enforcer who returns to his hometown of Newcastle to avenge his brother's death. Rarely has the criminal underworld been so realistically portrayed as in this 1971 masterpiece. Shot on location, resulting in a devastatingly authentic snapshot of life in the north east of England in the late-industrial period, Get Carter remains arguably the grittiest and greatest of all British crime films. restored in 4K from the original camera negative by the BFI, and approved by director Mike Hodges, Get Carter is back, looking and sounding better than ever.

Special Features:

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Newly recorded introduction by Michael Caine (2022,3 mins)
• Audio commentary featuring Michael Caine, Mike Hodges and Wolfgang Suschitzky (2000)
• Audio commentary featuring Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Isolated score by Roy Budd
• Mike Hodges in Conversation (2022, 60 mins): the director discusses his career in this interview recorded at BFI Southbank
• The Sound of Roy Budd (2022, 17 mins): film music expert Jonny Trunk explores the varied career of Roy Budd, and revisits Budd's iconic, minimalist score for Get Carter
• Roy Budd Plays 'Get Carter' (1971, 4 mins)
• BBC Look North location report (1970, 5 mins): surviving footage of a 1971 report on Get Carter's making, from the BBC'S regional news programme
• Don't Trust Boys (2022, 22 mins): actor Petra Markham reflects upon her career on stage and screen, and recalls her role in Get Carter
• Klinger on Klinger (2022, 24 mins): Tony Klinger recalls and evaluates the career of his father, Michael Klinger, Producer of Get Carter
• The Ship Hotel -- Tyne Main (1967, 33 mins): Philip Trevelyan's wonderful film about a pub on the banks of the River Tyne
• International trailer (1971)
• Release trailer (2022)
• Michael Caine's message to premiere attendees (1971, 1 min)
• Script gallery
• English language with optional descriptive subtitles
• Audio description track

Murphy's War is a 1971 UK war drama by Peter Yates
Starring Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips and Philippe Noiret

The original UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove 2 uses of the word 'fuck' and to edit shots of bloody shootings and dead bodies for an 'A' (PG) certificate. The 12-rated UK DVD release restores the gunshot scenes but also has the swear words blanked out, and an inferior 4:3 transfer.

Summary Notes

A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• 2024 Arrow Video (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

Promotional Material

WORLD WAR TWO IS ENDING, WORLD WAR MURPHY HAS JUST BEGUN...

Iconic actor Peter O'Toole ( Lawrence of Arabia , The Stunt Man ) joins forces with director Peter Yates ( Bullit , The Friends of Eddie Coyle ) in this blisteringly acerbic, wildly entertaining film about the absurdity of war.

During the last days of WWII, the merchant ship 'Mount Kyle' is sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Venezuela and the sailors machine-gunned in the water. Only Murphy (O'Toole) survives, making his way to shore where he is nursed to health by Dr. Hayden (Sian Phillips), a pacifist Quaker who runs a missionary settlement near the mouth of the Orinoco River. When Murphy discovers that the U-boat is now hiding further up the river using the jungle for cover, he becomes obsessed with retribution and begins a one man war to sink the German U-boat, no matter the cost.

With a script by Stirling Silliphant ( In the Heat of the Night , The Poseidon Adventure ), cinematography by the legendary Douglas Slocombe ( The Italian Job , Raiders of the Lost Ark ) and a supporting cast that includes Philippe Noiret ( La Grande Bouffe , Cinema Paradiso ) and Horst Janson ( Captain Kronos -- Vampire Hunter , Shout at the Devil ), Murphy's War is an underseen gem.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Original lossless mono audio

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Running Out of War , a new visual essay by film critic David Cairns
• A Great Adventure , an archive interview with assistant director John Glen
• Dougie, Chic and Me , an archive interview with focus puller Robin Vidgeon
• One Man Army , an archive interview with film critic Sheldon Hall
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critic Philip Kemp

Robot Dreams is a 2023 Spain/France animation drama by Pablo Berger
Starring Ivan Labanda, Tito Trifol and Rafa Calvo

BBFC category cuts were required for a BBFC PG rated cinema release in 2024.

Summary Notes

Based on the popular graphic novel by the North American writer Sara Varon, ROBOT DREAMS tells the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the '80s.

Versions

cut: run: 102:29s pal: 98:23s		UK: BBFC PG rated for mild rude humour for mild rude humour after BBFC cuts: 2024 Artificial Eye Film Co. cinema release (rated 30/01/2024) The BBFC commented: The company obscured rude gestures in order to achieve their preferred category of PG. An uncut 12A classification was available.
uncut run: 102:46s pal: 98:39s		Ireland: Uncut and IFCO G rated for consumer advice: explores themes of friendship and loss with positive resolution: 2024 Curzon cinema release (rated 16/01/2024)

The Demoniacs is a 1973 French/Belgian horror by Jean Rollin.
With Joëlle Coeur, Willy Braque and Paul Bisciglia.

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated UK DVD releases. Later the Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for Blu-ray. There are 2 cut variants in the US with one that claims that it is Director Approved.

Summary Notes

A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, strong sex, nudity:

• 2024 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition (Theatrical + Extended Version + Curse of the Living Dead) R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024
• 2024 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition (Theatrical + Extended Version + Curse of the Living Dead) R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024

Promotional Material

"The Demoniacs (Les Démoniaques) sees director Jean Rollin eschew his regular subject of vampirism for a brutal nautical tale of ritual horror and supernatural vengeance.

A gang of ruthless pirates, known as 'the wreckers', rape two survivors of a shipwreck. The women, now mute, are guided by a mysterious clown to a ruined castle, where they receive magical powers with which to exact their revenge on the gang.

Starring Joëlle Coeur (Schoolgirl Hitchhikers), John Rico (Blood Orgy of the She-Devils), Willy Braque (Lips of Blood), and Mireille Dargent (The Iron Rose), The Demoniacs is one of its director's most shocking and violent tales of the fantastique."

Extras "INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES

• Brand-new 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
• 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Three presentations of the film: the original theatrical version; the longer, explicit export version; and Curse of the Living Dead, the alternative English-language cut
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)
• Selected scenes commentary with Jean Rollin (2005)
• Jean Rollin Introduces 'The Demoniacs' (1998)
• One of the Demoniacs (2024): new presentation of an interview with regular Rollin collaborator Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
• Newly edited archival interview with actor Willy Braque (2024)
• Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024)
• Outtake footage
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
• New and improved English translation subtitles
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for Curse of the Living Dead
• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, an archival piece on the making of the film by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with Rollin, an archival interview with actor Monica Swinn, and full film credits.
• World premiere on 4K UHD

Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US

All extras subject to change"

Trainspotting is a 1996 UK drama by Danny Boyle.
Starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller.

The 1996 UK release was uncut and BBFC 18 rated. However the BBFC asked for cuts for the follow up VHS. The film was also cut in the US for an R rating and this version was released on UK 18 rated DVD without further BBFC cuts. The film was released uncut on 18 rated DVD and Blu-ray in 2009. The uncut version was later released in the US also with an MPAA R rating.

Summary Notes

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2024 The Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 The Criterion Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 30th January 2024

Promotional Material

A jolt of adrenaline shot straight to the heart of 1990s British cinema, this darkly funny adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel was a major breakthrough for director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, and screenwriter John Hodge. With live-wire energy and stylistic verve, Trainspotting bounces across the life and times of Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a Scottish heroin addict who, along with his misfit mates, gets high, gets in trouble, gets clean, and gets high again, all in a bid to outrun the banality of modern existence. Kinetically cut to an iconic soundtrack of techno, rock, and Brit-pop, this indie phenomenon chooses life in all its ugly, beautiful, terrifying exhilaration.

FILMMAKER-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration of the uncut version of the film, supervised by director Danny Boyle, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, screenwriter John Hodge, and actor Ewan McGregor
• Nine deleted scenes with commentary from the filmmakers
• New interview with production designer Kave Quinn and costume designer Rachael Fleming
• Off the Rails: The Making of "Trainspotting," a documentary featuring archival interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage
• Memories of "Trainspotting," a documentary from 2008 featuring the filmmakers as well as actors McGregor, Kelly Macdonald, Ewen Bremner, and Robert Carlyle
• Reflections from soundtrack artists Iggy Pop, Jarvis Cocker, Bobby Gillespie, Damon Albarn, Leftfield, and Underworld
• Theatrical teaser and trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: Essays by critic Graham Fuller and author Irvine Welsh, and Welsh's glossary of terms from the novel

The New Boy is a 2023 Australia historical fantasy drama by Warwick Thornton
Starring Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid and Deborah Mailman

There are no censorship issues beyond noting that the BBFC made a mistake in noting the occurrence of the word 'cunt' requiring a 15 rating. When asked to listen again the BBFC changed its mind and noted just moderate language for a 12A rating.

Summary Notes

A nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.

Versions

uncut run: 96:03s pal: 92:12s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, language, bloody images, discrimination: 2024 Signature Entertainment cinema release (rated 23/02/2024) UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for infrequent very strong language: 2024 Signature Entertainment cinema release (rated 23/02/2024) Thanks to Scott: This Australian film originally appeared on the BBFC's website last month as a 15 for infrequent very strong language. I noticed that it was only a 12A in Ireland and an M (completely unrestricted) in Aus, with no mention of anything higher than moderate language from either, so emailed the BBFC to let them know they'd probably misheard a c-word. Sure enough, a week or two later, the cert was revised to 12A for moderate violence, language, bloody images, discrimination. They subsequently replied to my email: With regard to New Boy, we have already been in conversation with the producers and have since revised the age rating to 12A. Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 12A rated for an aboriginal boy is taken to a christian monastery in 1940`s australia - contains moderate violence with brief injury detail, moderate language: 2024 Signature cinema release (rated 14/02/2024)

The Jungle Bunch World Tour is a 2023 France animation comedy by Laurent Bru, Yannick Moulin, Benoît Somville
Starring Gauthier Battoue, Paul Borne and Wyatt Bowen

BBFC category cuts were required for U rated cinema and VoD release in 2024.

Summary Notes

Sequel to the film The Jungle Bunch (2017).

Versions

category cuts cut: run: 88:49s pal: 85:16s

UK: BBFC U rated for very mild threat, violence, rude humour: 2024 Signature Entertainment cinema release (rated 25/01/2024) UK: BBFC U rated for very mild threat, violence, rude humour after BBFC cuts: 2024 Signature Entertainment VoD (rated 12/01/2024) The BBFC commented: The distributor chose to make cuts to bad language ('ass') in order to achieve a U rating. An uncut PG rating was available.

Nightmare (Nightmares in a Damaged Brain) is a 1981 USA/Italy horror by Romano Scavolini.
With Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith and CJ Cooke.

Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1982 cinema release. Famously banned as a video nasty with the distributor being jailed. A cut US R rated version was released in the UK for an 18 rated 2002 DVD. The most complete version is distributed by 88 Films in the UK (BBFC 18 rated) and Severin in the US (MPAA Unrated).

An uncut version, or as near as dammit, was released in the UK in November 2015 but was soon withdrawn presumably for a lack of BBFC paperwork. However the BBFC certificate was published shortly after and the DVD went back on sale.

Summary Notes

A mental patient embarks on a murder spree upon escaping from an institution.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 Severin (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 30th January 2024

Promotional Material

IF YOU WERE TERRIFIED BY "DAWN OF THE DEAD" & FRIDAY THE 13TH YOU MUST SEE NIGHTMARE!

It's been called "graphic and unapologetic" (SexGoreMutants), "brutally effective" (Screen Rant) and "a forgotten classic" (Horror News). It remains the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre film of the '80s. Now "the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made" (NY Daily News) can be experienced like never before: When a homicidal mental patient (an enduringly disturbing performance by Baird Stafford) flees an experimental drug program, he'll leave a 5-day trail of psychosexual carnage from the peep shows of 42nd Street to the gore-soaked shores of Florida. Written and directed by Romano Scavolini, this "devastating masterpiece" (Cinefear) - whose UK release as NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN led to the imprisonment of distributor David Hamilton-Grant - has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version ever assembled.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford And Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian And David DeCoteau
• Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
• Kill Thy Father And Thy Mother - Interview With Director Romano Scavolini (71 mins)
• Dreaming Up A Nightmare - Cast And Crew Interviews
• The Nightmare Of NIGHTMARE - Interview With Erroneously Credited Special Effects Director Tom Savini
• The Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of - Interview With Makeup Artist Robin Stevens
• A Nightmare On Many Streets - Locations Tour With Rue Morgue Writer Michael Gingold
• Open Matte Peep Show Sequence
• Deleted Scenes
• Still Gallery
• Trailers

The Ice Pirates is a 1984 US action comedy by Stewart Raffill
Starring Robert Urich, Mary Crosby and Michael D. Roberts

BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rated cinema release in 1984. UK home video releases are uncut and 15 rated. The film is uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.

Versions

uncut run: 93:44s pal: 89:59s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong injury detail, sex: 2024 Warner Bros Entertainment UK Blu-ray (rated 11/03/2024) UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated: 1987 MGM Home VHS (rated 12/01/1987) US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated 2016 Warner Archive Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
category cuts cut: 2:11s run: 91:38s pal: 87:58s		UK: Cut and PG rated after 2:11s of BBFC category cuts: 1984 U.I.P. cinema release (rated 02/07/1984) Thanks to Scott. The BBFC cuts list reads: Reel 2 a) During discussion in prison on space ship and in cage after landing remove references to men being castrated. Reel 2 b) When heroes are on conveyor belt remove threats of castration and repeated sight of snapping jaws. Reel 3 a) After Alien creature bites heroes, remove reference to it as Space Herpe - when Jason reads cargo manifest. Reel 3 b) Remove sight of man's head falling off after woman slices sword across man's neck in fight in bar. Reel 4 a) Remove reference to Space Herpe after it emerges from hunk of meat. Reel 4 b) After talking head delivers up ring on tongue, remove head's dialogue want to make a deposit? . Reel 5 Establish only lovemaking between Jason and Princess after they go to the passion chamber with back projection, removing all sex double entendres in their dialogue and implication of oral sex.

 

 

Blood For Dracula is a 1974 Italy / France horror by Paul Morrissey.
Starring Joe Dallesandro and Udo Kier and Vittorio De Sica.

Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1975. Later passed 18 uncut in 1982. In the US the film is uncut and MPAA X rated.

Summary Notes

Udo Kier is without a doubt the sickliest of vampires in any director's interpretation of the Bram Stoker tale. Count Dracula knows that if he fails to drink a required amount of pure virgin's [pronounced "wirgin's"] blood, it's time to move into a permanent coffin. His assistant (Renfield?) suggests that the Count and he pick up his coffin and take a road trip to Italy, where families are known to be particularly religious, and therefore should be an excellent place to search for a virgin bride. They do, only to encounter a family with not one, but FOUR virgins, ready for marriage. The Count discovers one-by-one that the girls are not as pure as they say they are, meanwhile a handsome servant/Communist begins to observe strange behaviour from the girls who do spend the night with the Count. It's a race for Dracula to discover who's the real virgin, before he either dies from malnourishment or from the wooden stake of the Communist!

US: Uncut and MPAA X rated for:

• 2023 Severin Special Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 31st January 2023

Promotional Material

HE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT A VIRGIN'S BLOOD... SO A VIRGIN HAD TO DIE!

Immediately after completing FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, writer/director Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created what remains sumptuously depraved Euroshocker, cunning political allegory and "wickedly funny horror that obliterates the line between art and bad taste" (Pop Culture Beast): Desperate for virgin blood, Count Dracula - Kier in the performance Flavorwire calls "one of cinema's Top 5 Best Draculas" - journeys to an Italian villa only to discover the family's three young daughters are also coveted by the estate's Marxist stud (Joe Dallesandro of Morrissey's FLESH, TRASH and HEAT). Stefania Casini (SUSPIRIA) and BICYCLE THIEVES director Vittorio De Sica co-star - with an unforgettable cameo by Roman Polanski - in "one of the most unique vampire films in history" (Oh! The Horror), now scanned uncut in 4K from the original negative for the first time ever.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Trans-Human Flesh and Blood -- Interview with Director Paul Morrissey
• Rubinia's Homecoming -- Interview & Location Visit with Actress Stefania Casini
• Blood For Udo -- Interview with Actor Udo Kier
• Little Big Joe -- Interview with Actor Joe Dallesandro
• Conversation with a Vampire -- Audio Interview with Actress Milena Vukotic
• Bloodthirsty -- Interview with Assistant Director Paolo Pietrangeli
• Black Cherry -- Interview with Art Director Gianni Giovagnoni
• The Blood of These Whores... -- Interview with 'Murderous Passions' Author Stephen Thrower
• Sad, Romantic Dracula -- Interview with Soundtrack Composer Claudio Gizzi
• The Roman Connection -- Interview with Producer Andrew Braunsberg
• Trailers

The Black Room is a 1983 USA horror thriller by Elly Kenner and Norman Thaddeus Vane.
Starring Stephen Knight and Cassandra Gava and Jimmy Stathis.

Passed X uncut for 1983 cinema release but the follow up pre-cert VHS release from the same year was seized by police. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

A room gets put up for rent following the mysterious murder of its previous tenant. When an apartment-hunting man sees the deal the brother and sister landlords are offering, he immediately puts down the first month's rent and starts spending his days there, even though he has a home to spend his nights at with his wife. When he comes home, he tells his wife about the fantasies he has of having sex with various women each day in his new apartment. His wife goes along with it for a while, but when she discovers that her husband's stories are much more than just fantasies, she starts to do some investigating.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 Vinegar Syndrome (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 30th January 2024

Promotional Material

Looking to inject a little more excitement into his life, family man Larry seizes the opportunity when he happens across a newspaper advert for a "unique and exotic" room for rent in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills. The room, draped in black sheets and filled with candles, pillows and mirrors, seems to be the ideal place in which to carry out his extra-marital affairs - which Larry promptly does, first picking up a young college girl and later a prostitute. The mysterious owners of the property, siblings Jason and Bridget, seem more than happy to accommodate the wayward husband, dutifully preparing the room for each visit. But what Larry doesn't realize is that Jason is deathly in need of regular blood transfusions, and the pair have been abducting each of Larry's carnal conquests to use as victims in Jason's deadly laboratory...

Written and co-directed by Norman Thaddeus Vane (writer/director of 1983's Frightmare) and directed by Elly Kenner, 1982's THE BLACK ROOM is a smart, seductive, and utterly unique horror yarn, offering up a distinctive and modern take on the then-tired vampire mythos, whilst doubling down on all the requisite sex and bloodletting one would expect from the genre - the latter aided in no small part by the talents of special effects guru Mark Shostrom (Evil Dead II, the A Nightmare on Elm Street series). Featuring cinematography from Robert Harmon (who'd go on to helm the 1986 cult classic The Hitcher), Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to resurrect THE BLACK ROOM from its murky VHS grave, pumping fresh blood into this underseen horror gem with a new 4K restoration from 35mm negative elements and an unholy assortment of newly-produced bonus features.

Bonus Features:
1. Region Free Blu-ray
2. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from 35mm negative elements
3. "The Other Side of the Mirror" - an interview with director Elly Kenner
4. "Acting on Impulse" - an interview with actor Jimmy Stathis
5. "Getting Revenge" - an interview with actress Claire Corff (formerly Clara Perryman)
6. "Blood and Black Room" - an interview with special effects artist Mark Shostrom
7. "Working Their Asses Off" - an interview with production assistant Lisa Cronin
8. "Bodies of Work" - Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower on The Black Room and the career of its writer Norman Thaddeus Vane
9. Reversible sleeve artwork
10. English SDH subtitles

The Devil's Brigade is a 1968 USA action war drama by Andrew V McLaglen.
Starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson and Vince Edwards.

BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated 1968 cinema release. Uncut on home video. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 KL Studio Classics (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 16th January 2024
• 2024 KL Studio Classics Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

Promotional Material

They were misfits, rebels...and heroes! Screen greats William Holden (Stalag 17) and Cliff Robertson (633 Squadron) topline this riveting World War II saga based on the true story of the First Special Service Force. Capturing the drama of combat with outstanding cinematography, The Devil's Brigade is a thrilling tribute to this renowned fighting unit. Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick (Holden) takes on the daunting task of melding a renegade group of American and Canadian recruits into a crack team of commando warriors. Frederick's superiors doubt the rookies until Frederick volunteers them for a perilous attack on a Nazi stronghold in the mountains. His men will be outnumbered and outgunned, but that's a fair fight to The Devil's Brigade. Action veteran Andrew V. McLaglen (The Wild Geese, ffolkes) helms this top-notch adventure yarn with a strong cast including Vince Edwards (The Victors), Richard Jaeckel (The Dirty Dozen), Carroll O'Connor (TV's All in the Family), Dana Andrews (Laura), Michael Rennie (The Lost World), Richard Dawson (TV's Hogan's Heroes), Claude Akins (Tentacles) and Harry Carey Jr. (The Rare Breed).

Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English Subtitles

Apostles is a 2022 Hong Kong gay drama by Scud
Starring Amanwithahat, Simon Athena and Gavin Philip Che

The BBFC notes that the film contains strong real sex.

Summary Notes

A scholar claiming to be an apostle to Socrates and Plato, finds it hard to face his end. With the help of his wife and his ex-partner's family, he recruits 12 young men to come to his secluded manor to pursue the exploration of death. Philosophical discussions aside, the practices encompass climbing the volcanic summit of Mt. Fuji, bondage, sexual activities, and even living sacrifice.

Versions

uncut run: 81:48s pal: 78:32s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong real sex, nudity: 2023 Bounty Films Blu-ray (rated 30/10/2023) at UK Amazon on 22nd Janary 2024

Monkey Man is a 2023 US/Canada action thriller by Dev Patel
Starring Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley and Sobhita Dhulipala

MPA rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use after cuts to remove 'rape' from the consumer advice.

Summary Notes

A recently released ex-felon living in India struggles to adjust to a world of corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.

Versions

cut			US: cut and MPA R rated for strong bloody violence throughout, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use after cuts to remove 'rape' from the MPA consumer advice. 2024 theatrical release
uncut			US: Uncut and MPA R rated for strong bloody violence throughout, rape, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use. 2024 theatrical release unreleased in favour of a cut version

Dracula, Prisoner Of Frankenstein is a 1972 Spain / France / Liechtenstein / Portugal horror by Jesús Franco
Starring Dennis Price, Howard Vernon and Paca Gabaldón

A long version was passed X for 1971 cinema release. A clothed Spanish Version has been released on home video and is 15 rated in the UK.

Summary Notes

Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he duly arrives at Castle Dracula.

US: A composite Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 Severin Films (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 26th March 2024
• 2024 Severin Films R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad released on 26th March 2024 

Promotional Material

THE NORTH AMERICAN DISC PREMIERE

Inspired by Universal's 1940s monster mash-ups, writer/director Jess Franco instead delivered "a weird and wonderful masterpiece that transports you to a world like no other" (Scream Magazine): With minimal dialogue and maximum gothic atmosphere, Franco crafts a fever dream of erotic horror in which Count Dracula (Howard Vernon of DELICATESSEN), Dr. Frankenstein (Dennis Price of TWINS OF EVIL), his assistant Morpho and Frankenstein's monster battle gypsies, showgirls, Dr. Seward and a wolfman. Alberto Dalbés (THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN), Carmen Yazalde (A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD) and Geneviève Robert (star of Franco's DEVIL'S ISLAND LOVERS and the future Mrs. Ivan Reitman) co-star in "a fantastic experience for those who respect Franco's demented vision" (Mondo Exploito), now scanned in 4K from Spanish, French and German release prints and presented in 1080p HD on Blu-ray to create the longest and most comprehensive version known to exist.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Prisoner Of Franco-Stein - Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Franco
• In The Land Of Franco Part 10
• Spanish Opening Credit Sequence
• Deleted Scene From English Language Version
• Trailer

High Tension is a 2003 France / Italy / Romania horror by Alexandre Aja
Starring Cécile de France, Maïwenn and Philippe Nahon

The US theatrical releases was cut for an MPAA R rating. US home video releases are uncut and MPAA Unrated. Worldwide cinema releases outside the US are generally uncut but cuts were made in South Korea and Germany.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong bloody violence, gore, sexual violence:

• 2023 Second Sight Films Limited Edition R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd January 2024
• 2023 Second Sight Films R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 22nd January 2024
• 2023 Second Sight Films (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 22nd January 2024

Promotional Material

A weekend away visiting parents becomes a living nightmare for Alex and her best friend Marie when a deranged killer breaks in, slaughters family members and kidnaps Alex. Hiding to evade capture Marie sets off on a white-knuckle pursuit to save her friend.

Special Features

• Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
• UHD presented in HDR10+ approved by Director Alexandre Aja
• New audio commentary by Dr Lindsay Hallam
• An Experiment in Suspense: a new interview with Alexandre Aja
• The Man in the Shadows: a new interview with Writer Grégory Levasseur
• The Darker The Better: an interview with Cinematographer Maxime Alexandre
• The Great French Massacre: an interview with Special Effects Artist Giannetto De Rossi
• Only the Brave: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on High Tension
• Archive 'Making of' featurette
• Archive Interview with Cécile De France
• Archive Interview with Maïwenn
• Archive Interview with Philippe Nahon

Limited Edition Contents:

• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by James Neal
• 70-page book with new essays by Anna Bogutskaya, Prince Jackson, Stacie Ponder and Zoë Rose Smith
• 6 collectors' art cardss

Blood Feast is a 2016 Germany / USA horror by Marcel Walz.
Starring Robert Rusler, Caroline Williams and Sophie Monk.

Cut for a US MPAA R rating on 2018 Blu-ray, but later in 2018 it was announced that the theatrical release would be MPAA Unrated. There is also a cut NC-17 version which is less cut than the R rated version.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 Synapse R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 16th January 2024

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NOTHING SO APPALLING IN THE ANNALS OF HORROR... SINCE THE ORIGINAL!

A REMAKE OF H.G. LEWIS' NOTORIOUS SPLATTER CLASSIC! Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run an American-themed diner. Since business is not going well, Fuad also works the graveyard shift in a museum of ancient Egyptian culture. During these long nights, he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive goddess, Ishtar. As his fascination with Ishtar grows, she begins speaking to him in visions. One night, Fuad succumbs to her deadly charms and begins a new life of murder and cannibalism. He prepares a lavish feast for Ishtar dripping with the blood, organs and intestines of his victims. As the bodies pile up, Fuad slips further into madness until no one... not even his wife and daughter... is safe from the desires of the bloodthirsty goddess!

A fun and ultra-gory homage to H.G. Lewis' original 1963 BLOOD FEAST, this remake is presented uncut and in 4K Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) for the first time ever on home video! Stars genre favorites Robert Rusler (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE), Caroline Williams (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2) and Sophie Monk (THE HILLS RUN RED).

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• 'Making of' featurette
• Indiegogo promotional trailer
• Theatrical trailer
• Chilli Con Curtis 'Tonite' - Music Video
• BLOOD FEAST - Red Carpet Premiere 2018
• BLOOD FEAST - Scare Cam
• English SDH Subtitles

Andy Warhol Presents: Flesh For Frankenstein is a 1973 USA / Italy / France horror by Paul Morrissey and Antonio Margheriti.
Starring Joe Dallesandro and Udo Kier and Dalila Di Lazzaro.

Heavily cut by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release. Then less heavily cut for 1982 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty in 1984. Less cut for 1996 VHS and uncut for 2006 DVD. Uncut and MPAA X rated in the US.

Summary Notes

In Serbia, Baron Frankenstein lives with the Baroness and their two children. He dreams of a super-race, returning Serbia to its grand connections to ancient Greece. In his laboratory, assisted by Otto, he builds a desirable female body, but needs a male who will be super-body and super-lover. He thinks he has found just the right brain to go with a body he's built, but he's made an error, taking the head of a asexual ascetic. Meanwhile, the Baroness has her lusts, and she fastens on Nicholas, a friend of the dead lad. Can the Baron pull off his grand plan? He brings the two zombies together to mate. Meanwhile, Nicholas tries to free his dead friend. What about the Baron's children?

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong bloody violence:

• 2023 Screenbound Pictures Ltd (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 15th January 2024

Promotional Material

The eccentric Baron von Frankenstein (Udo Kier) partners with his peculiar assistant, Otto, to craft a superior master race, with the Baron as its leader. He assembles two flawless 'zombies' from assorted body parts, intending them to produce offspring. Amidst this, a web of complications unfolds as Nicholas, a farmhand, engages in an affair with the Baron's unsatisfied wife. Simultaneously, Nicholas seeks his vanished friend Sacha, whose head and brain have been employed in the creation of Frankenstein's male 'zombie'.

Extras

• Audio Commentary with Samm Deighan, Heather Drain, and Kat Ellinger
• Trans-Human Flesh & Blood (HD -- 50:05)
• The Ecstasy of Frankenstein (HD -- 17:50)
• In the Flesh (HD -- 12:48)
• Dimension in Fear (HD -- 11:15)
• Andy's Shadow (HD -- 15:31)
• Building the World of Frankenstein (HD -- 28:31)
• Don't Say a Word (HD -- 13:00)
• Feed My Frankenstein (HD -- 16:26)
• Original Theatrical Trailer (HD -- 3:21)
• Radio Spots (HD -- 1:06)
• Promotional Still Gallery (HD -- 7:26)
• Audio Recollections with Paul Morrissey (SD -- 23:45)
• Screen Test Footage with Paul Morrissey (SD -- 4:12)
• Raw Q&A Footage with Paul Morrissey (SD -- 33:36)

The Devil's Partner is a 1960 US horror by Charles R. Rondeau
Starring Edgar Buchanan, Jean Allison and Richard Crane

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a TV Version

Summary Notes

An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 Film Masters [Theatrical + TV Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 16th January 2024

Creature From The Haunted Sea is a 1961 US comedy horror by Roger Corman
Starring Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland and Robert Towne

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a TV Version

Promotional Material

Roger Corman and his brother Gene founded The Filmgroup to distribute their own films. Occasionally they picked up projects by other filmmakers, such as The Devil's Partner (1961), a macabre tale of an elderly man who regains his youth after making a deal with Satan. This tale of folk terror from director Charles Rondeau stars Edgar Buchanan and Jean Allison. Special Bonus Feature: Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961), Corman's spoof of crime films where a gangster knocks off his crew members, blaming their deaths on a legendary sea monster. These two were often paired as a double-feature during the summer and fall of 1961. Beware of the creature with ping-pong ball eyes!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• TV Version of Devil's Partner included
• Theatrical Version of Creature from the Haunted Sea included
• Extended TV Version of Creature from the Haunted Sea included
• Full length commentary for Devil's Parter
• Full length commentary for theatrical version of Creature from the Haunted Sea
• Inserted booklet with essays by Tom Weaver and Mark McGee
• Hollywood Intruders: The Filmgroup Story: Part 3 by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures

Blood Simple is a 1984 USA crime thriller by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (uncredited).
Starring John Getz and Frances McDormand and Dan Hedaya.

Uncut by film censors but the film was restored by the director in 1998 who tweeked the dialogue during the process. The BBFC reduced the age rating from the original 18 to 15 in 2017.

Summary Notes

Texas bar owner Julian Marty, who is generally regarded as not a nice person, hires shady private detective Loren Visser, who is able to obtain what Marty requests: evidence - in this instance, photographic - that his wife, Abby, and one of his bartenders, Ray, are having an affair. As Ray and Abby realize that Marty has found out about them, it allows them to plan for their future away from Marty, while be up front with Marty about the situation. Marty, in turn, decides to hire Visser once again, this time to kill Abby and Ray, and dispose of their bodies so that they won't be found. The out in the open affair and the contract hit lead to some actions based on self interest, and a standoff of sorts between the four players, which is compounded in complexity by some wrong assumptions of what has happened, with an innocent bystander, another of the Marty's bartenders, Meurice, potentially and unwittingly adding to the scenario.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2024 The Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 9th January 2024

Promotional Material

Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought. Actor M. Emmet Walsh looms over the proceedings as a slippery private eye with a yellow suit, a cowboy hat, and no moral compass, and Frances McDormand's cunning debut performance set her on the road to stardom. The tight scripting and inventive style that have marked the Coens' work for decades are all here in their first film, in which cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld abandons black-and-white chiaroscuro for neon signs and jukebox colors that combine with Carter Burwell's haunting score to lurid and thrilling effect. Blending elements from pulp fiction and low-budget horror flicks, Blood Simple reinvented the film noir for a new generation, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• Restored 4K digital transfer, approved by cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld and filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Conversation between Sonnenfeld and the Coens about the film's look, featuring Telestrator video illustrations
• Conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coens about the film's production, from inception to release
• Interviews with composer Carter Burwell, sound editor Skip Lievsay, and actors Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh
• Trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich

The Warriors is a 1979 US action thriller by Walter Hill
Starring Michael Beck, James Remar and Dorsey Wright

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2023 Arrow [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 19th December 2023

Promotional Material

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.

2-DISC BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Exclusive new 4K remasters of both the Theatrical Cut and the 2005 Alternate Version of the film sourced from the original camera negative presented in 1080p HD, 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, 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, new interview with editor Billy Weber
• Gang Style, new interview with costume designer Bobbie Mannix
• Armies of the Night, new exclusive look at costume designs and photographs from the archive of designer Bobbie Mannix
• Sound of the Streets, 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, new look at the iconic locations of the Warriors' Coney Island home turf
• The Beginning, archival extra looking back on how The Warriors came to be
• Battleground, 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, archival extra focusing on the look of film with director of photography Andrew Laszlo
• The Phenomenon, archival extra
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

DISC 2: 2005 ALTERNATE VERSION

• Archive introduction by director Walter Hill

JFK - is a 1991 France / USA historical thriller by Oliver Stone.
Starring Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman and Jack Lemmon.

Available in 2 versions, The Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut

Summary Notes

On November 22, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the crime and subsequently shot by Jack Ruby, supposedly avenging the president's death. An investigation concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby acted alone in their respective crimes, but Louisiana district attorney Jim Garrison is skeptical. Assembling a trusted group of people, Garrison conducts his own investigation, bringing about backlash from powerful government and political figures.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2023 SHOUT! FACTORY [Director's Cut] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 19th December 2023
• 2023 SHOUT! FACTORY Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

Promotional Material

Oliver Stone's Academy Award®-winning film about the shots heard round the world and the mystery that still surrounds them is one of the most provocative movies of all time. In addition to its box office success, soaring critical acclaim, and awards, it played a major role in the national debate that led to the passage of the 1992 Assassination Materials Disclosure Act. Packed with a star-studded cast--Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Joe Pesci (Goodfellas), Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men), Kevin Bacon (Mystic River), Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight), Jack Lemmon (The Apartment), Donald Sutherland (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Walter Matthau (A New Leaf) and so many more--JFK will take you through the looking glass and into one of the most controversial events of our time.

Bonus Content:

• 2023 4K UHD Director-Approved Scan of the Original Camera Negative
• Dolby Vision (HDR 10 Compatible)
• Audio commentary with Director, Producer & Co-writer Oliver Stone
• 4K Director-Approved Scan from the Original Camera Negative
• Audio Commentary with Oliver Stone
• One Person Can Make A Difference: Oliver Stone on JFK
• Stone Bold: Cinematographer Robert Richardson on JFK
• Brave New Worlds: Editor Hank Corwin on JFK
• Supporting the Vision: Co-Producer Clayton Townsend on JFK
• Re-Creating the Unthinkable: Special Makeup Effects Artist Gordon J. Smith on JFK
• The Delicate Hands of Time: Dallas Location Manager Patty Doherty Hess on JFK
• 12 Deleted And Extended Scenes/Alternate Ending (with Optional Commentary by Oliver Stone)
• Assassination Updated
• Meet Mr. X: The Personality and Thoughts Of Fletcher Prouty
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer

Murder Obsession is a 1981 Italy France horror by Riccardo Freda.
With Stefano Patrizi, Martine Brochard and Henri Garcin.

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1987. Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for 2023 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

A scandal from Michael's past emerges when he visits his mother's house with the director and others from a recent film project.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, nudity:

• 2023 Raro Video UK R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 18th December 2023
• 2023 Raro Video UK Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

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One of the most acclaimed and influential Brazilian films ever made, Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol) tells the story of Manoel, a young cowherd who murders a wealthy ranch owner and flees to the drought-ridden hinterlands of northern Brazil with his wife Rosa. Now outlawed, they join a religious cult headed by the mystic self-proclaimed saint Sabastião, who condones acts of violence. The couple are plunged into a moral dilemma between embracing religious fanaticism and a life of brutality amongst rural peasant bandits. Meanwhile, the authorities hire a gunman known as Antonio Das Mortes to track them down.

This audacious and fearless award-winning film, celebrated for its fusion of mysticism and folklore and its examination of aspects of religion, violence, and social injustice, was hugely influential in
shaping the Cinema Novo movement and has inspired many filmmakers. Mawu Films is proud to present this milestone of Brazilian filmmaking in a brand new 4K restoration of the original 35mm materials preserved by the Cinemateca Brasileira.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

New 4K restoration from original 35mm materials preserved by the Cinemateca Brasileira
Audio commentary by restoration supervisor Lino Meireles
Video essay by Manuela Lazic and Alessandro Luchetti
Glauber the Movie, Labyrinth of Brazil - a documentary on the filmmaker by Silvio Tendler featuring interviews with colleagues and collaborators (2003, 98 mins)
Cinema Novo - an award-winning documentary by filmmaker and son of Glauber Rocha, Eryk Rocha on the Brazilian filmmaking movement, featuring interviews with noted figures including Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade and Rocha himself (2016, 90 mins)
Optional English subtitles
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho and critic Rafa Sales Ross
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with limited edition booklet and reversible sleeve

Extras subject to change

Eureka is a 1983 UK/US film by Nicolas Roeg
Starring Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell and Rutger Hauer

Cut in the US to achieve an MPAA R rating. This cut version was then distributed worldwide. The cuts are to the murder of Jack McCann (Gene Hackman). Shots of the use of a flamethrower and the after-effects have been cut.

US: Cut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2023 Allied Vaughn (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 19th December 2023
• 2023 Allied Vaughn R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad released on 19th December 2023

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In 1925, a gold prospector (Gene Hackman) strikes it rich beyond his wildest dreams. But twenty years later, arrogant and abusive, he's obsessed with the motives of those around him and suspects that even his own family could be plotting his demise!

The Dead Zone is a 1983 US/Canada Sci-Fi horror thriller by David Cronenberg
Starring Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams and Tom Skerritt

Originally rated 18 uncut for UK cinema release but was cut by the distributors for the 15 rated VHS release in 1986. Home video releases were 18 uncut from 1993 and 15 uncut from 2009. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Johnny Smith wakes from a coma due to a car accident, only to find he has lost five years of his life, and yet gained psychic powers. Foreseeing the future appears to be a 'gift' at first, but ends up causing problems...

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2023 SHOUT! FACTORY R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 19th December 2023
• 2023 SHOUT! FACTORY Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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He can see the future. But can he escape it? School teacher Johnny Smith (Chistopher Walken) had a beautiful fiancée, a rewarding career and a fortunate life--until one tragic accident changed everything. After slamming into an 18-wheeler, Johnny is plunged into a five-year coma. When he awakens, he finds his true collision was with destiny--he now has the remarkable gift (or curse) of seeing into the future. From horror master Stephen King and director David Cronenberg (Scanners, Dead Ringers), this supernatural thriller turns an everyday guy into a reluctant hero...saving children in danger, helping the police and finding a serial killer. But Johnny's next vision may be his most terrifying yet...

Underworld is a 1985 UK action horror by George Pavlou
Starring Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff and Larry Lamb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an extended version titled Transmutations.

Summary Notes

When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her.

US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:
US: The Transmutations Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2023 Kino Cult [Underworld + Transmutations versions] R0 4K Blu-ray/RA Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 19th December 2023

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From the strange imagination of Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed) comes Underworld--a hidden realm of cul-de-sacs, dark, dangerous waters and a labyrinth of tunnels, inhabited by the ghoulish victims of a cruel chemical experiment. When high-class hooker Nicole is kidnapped, businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex-lover, the devil-may-care Roy Bain, to find her. Bain traces her disappearance to the diabolical Dr. Savary, who supplies a weird white powder to a secret cabal of mutant sewer-dwellers. Under the city, out of sight--they wait! Plunge--if you dare--into the spine-tingling and neon-drenched Underworld (a.k.a.Transmutations), directed by George Pavlou (Rawhead Rex) and starring Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff, Larry Lamb, Miranda Richardson, Art Malik, Nicola Cowper, Irina Brook and horror goddess Ingrid Pitt.

Special Features:

DISC 1 (4KUHD):
- Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master -- From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- NEW Audio Commentary with Director George Pavlou, Moderated by Stephen Thrower, the Author of Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents
- Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
- Brand New HD Master -- From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- NEW Audio Commentary with Director George Pavlou, Moderated by Stephen Thrower, the Author of Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents
- Transmutations (103 Minute Alternate Cut) 1080 SDR Hybrid
- Archival Behind-the-Scenes Footage (3:53)
- Image Gallery of Stills, Storyboards, Make-Up Tests and Clive Barker Designs
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles

Django is a 1966 Italy / Spain action western by sergio corbucci...
Starring Franco Nero, José Canalejas and José Bódalo

The BBFC banned the 1969 cinema release. The film was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for 1993 VHS and then passed 15 without BBFC cuts for 2004 Argent DVD. A restored and extended version as been released in the US.

Summary Notes

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for moderate, bloody violence:

• 2023 CultFilms R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 11th December 2023
• 2023 CultFilms Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

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DJANGO 1 ^st ever 4K-UHD [High Definition Restored] Limited, Numbered Edition Collector's Set (Region Free).

Sergio Corbucci's ground-breaking DJANGO is one of the greatest and most influential Westerns ever. Seminal, yet banned for decades, its aesthetics of visual cruelty transcended the genre and shaped today's film-making language. Its major influence is declared by Quentin Tarantino - among many Hollywood directors - and seen in his all films.

Django, played by the legendary Franco Nero, is the mysterious lone gunslinger who, dragging a coffin behind him, arrives in a bleak, mud-drenched town where he'll face two ruthless gangs of sadistic killers.

Presented uncut, from new 4K-restored elements, this definitive version is pristinely faithful to the original filmmakers' vision as attested by Ruggero Deodato (of 'Cannibal Holocaust' fame) who shot several scenes of 'DJANGO' as the then-Assistant to Corbucci.

BONUS FEATURE : DJANGO & DJANGO 80 min with QUENTIN TARANTINO

A riveting feature-length testimonial by Quentin Tarantino complements this edition: showing many clips, he explains how Sergio Corbucci's 'Django' permeates his own films from 'Reservoir Dogs' to his resounding tribute 'Django Unchained'. And whimsically Tarantino tells how, in his 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood', his fictional actor, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, ends up working for the real Sergio Corbucci. (By Steve Della Casa and Luca Rea. Directed by Luca Rea. 2021. 78 Mins).

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• On-disc interviews with Franco Nero on being Django, Ruggero Deodato (of 'Cannibal Holocaust' fame) on being Sergio Corbucci's assistant, Alex Cox (Creator of BBC' Moviedrome & cult-director of RepoMan) defines DJANGO
• New reworked English subtitles & additional SDH
• Perfect-Bound 64 pages booklet with foreword by Franco Nero: "Django The Western Cranked-up!" by Kevin Grant. FAB Press
• ArtCard with original posters
• Slip Case Serial Numbered + reversible inlays with 3 key artworks

Orozco the Embalmer is a 2001 Japan / Colombia horror documentary by Kiyotaka Tsurisaki.
Starring Froilan Orozco.

There are no censorship issues with this release.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 Massacre Video R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 12th March 2024

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Massacre Video presents OROZCO THE EMBALMER - Fully uncut and uncensored, it's an uncompromising exploration not for the faint of heart.

In the heart of Bogota's Rue Morgue, renowned death photographer Tsurisaki Kiyotaka captures the life's work of embalmer Froilan Orozco. Orozco, with decades of handling the deceased, from murder victims to the elderly, offers a raw and unfiltered look into the world of cadaver preparation. This documentary is a stark, unblinking journey into a profession shrouded in mystery and mortality.

Massacre Video proudly unveils the definitive release of OROZCO THE EMBALMER in a stunning new high-definition master. This landmark release, presenting the documentary in its most visceral and unfiltered form, is a bold testament to the unvarnished realities of death. Fully uncut and uncensored, it's an uncompromising exploration not for the faint of heart.

Special Features:
Brand New 1080p HD Master.
Uncompressed Original Spanish PCM Audio.
Removable English Subtitles.
New Interview with Director .
Words with the Director (2011).
Extensive stills gallery with over 140 photos.
Trailers for other Massacre Video Releases.

Count Dracula is a 1970 Spain / West Germany / Italy / Liechtenstein / UK horror drama by Jesús Franco (as Jesse Franco, Jess Franco, Jesus Franco Manera)
Starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski

The US PG rated version is cut. Other versions are uncut except a gypsy scene that is missing from some variants.

Summary Notes

Count Dracula, a gray-haired vampire who regains his youth by dining on the blood of maidens, is pursued in London and Transylvania by Professor Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris after he victimizes them and their loved ones.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2023 Severin R0 4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 28th November 2023

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THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE RESTORED FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE WITH 5+ HOURS OF NEW SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDING THE DOCUMENTARY DRÁCULA BARCELONA PLUS BRUNO NICOLAI SOUNDTRACK CD AND MORE!

In early 2023, a Madrid film archivist made a startling discovery: the uncut camera negative of COUNT DRACULA, in pristine condition and untouched for over 50 years. This gothic masterpiece from writer/director Jess Franco can now be experienced like never before, from its brilliant performances by Christopher Lee as the Count, Herbert Lom as Van Helsing, Soledad Miranda as Lucy, Maria Rohm as Mina and Klaus Kinski as Renfield to its sumptuously unnerving cinematography and eerie Bruno Nicolai score. COUNT DRACULA is newly scanned in 4K with over five total hours of Special Features, including the U.S. Premiere of Carles Prats' 2017 documentary DRÁCULA BARCELONA, which chronicles the simultaneous filming of CUADECUC VAMPIR by Pere Portabella and Franco's horror classic.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

DISC 1: 4K ULTRA HD

• Audio Commentary With Horror Historian David Del Valle And Actress Maria Rohm
• Trailer

DISC 2: BLU-RAY

• Audio Commentary With Horror Historian David Del Valle And Actress Maria Rohm
• Illustrated 1973 Christopher Lee Audio Interview With Filmmaker Donald Glut
• Beloved Count - Interview With Director Jess Franco
• Handsome Harker - Interview With Actor Fred Williams
• An Interview With Actor Jack Taylor
• Stake Holders - An Appreciation By Filmmaker Christophe Gans
• Trailer

DISC THREE: BLU-RAY

• DRÁCULA BARCELONA - 2017 Documentary (90 mins)
• Jess Franco's BRAM STOKER'S COUNT DRACULA - Stephen Thrower On COUNT DRACULA
• In The Land Of Franco Bonus Sequence With Alain Petit And Stephen Thrower
• Alternate Title Sequences

DISC FOUR: CD / COMPACT DISC

• Original "Count Dracula" Soundtrack CD

4K BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE

BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE

Blackhat is a 2015 USA action crime mystery by Michael Mann.
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis and Manny Montana.

Exists as a US Version, a cut International/European Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary's "blackhat" follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence:

• 2023 Arrow Video Limited Edition [US + International Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 27th November 2023
• 2023 Arrow Video Limited Edition [US + International Versions] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 27th November 2023
• 2023 Arrow Video Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

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WE ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL.

Michael Mann ( Thief , Collateral ), the acclaimed auteur celebrated for his action panache and commitment to cinematic realism, turns his hand to depicting the high-stakes world of global cybercrime in Blackhat, a contemporary, ripped-from-the-headlines twist on the espionage thriller.

Chris Hemsworth ( The Avengers , Extraction ) stars as Nick Hathaway, a gifted hacker currently serving a lengthy prison sentence. When a Hong Kong nuclear plant goes into meltdown after its security is penetrated, Chinese army cybersecurity captain Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang, Lust, Caution ) offers his old college roommate a deal: help identify and apprehend the culprit in exchange for his own freedom. What follows is a frenetic, globe-trotting race against time to avert disaster, fraught with hidden agendas and ever-shifting loyalties.

Praised for its unusually accurate portrayal of cybersecurity, Blackhat boasts an impressive international cast, including Tang Wei ( Decision to Leave ), Viola Davis ( The Woman King ) and Yorick van Wageningen ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ), and showcases one of cinema's finest filmmakers bringing the skills he honed during a long and storied career to bear on a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of both the US and international versions of the film
• Original lossless 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by critics Bryan Reesman and Max Evry
• Firewall -- brand new video interview with cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh
• Zero Day Threat -- brand new video interview with production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas
• The Cyber Threat , On Location Around the World and Creating Reality -- three archival behind-the-scenes featurettes on the making of the film
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Doug John Miller
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Andrew Graves

Barbarella is a 1968 France / Italy comedy Sci-Fi fantasy by Roger Vadim.
Starring Jane Fonda and John Phillip Law and Anita Pallenberg.

Cut in the US for an MPAA PG rating but home video releases are uncut even if still claiming to be PG rated.

Summary Notes

The year is 40,000. After peaceful floating in zero-gravity, astronaut Barbarella lands on the frozen planet Lythion and sets out to find renowned scientist Durand Durand in the City of Night, Sogo, where a new sin is invented every hour. There, she encounters such objects as the Excessive Machine, a genuine sex organ on which an expert artist of the keyboard, in this case, Durand Durand himself, can drive a victim to death by pleasure, a lesbian queen who can make her fantasies take form in her Chamber of Dreams, and a group of ladies smoking a giant hookah which dispenses Essence of Man through a poor victim struggling in its glass globe. You can not help but be impressed by the special effects crew and the various ways that were found to tear off what minimal clothes our heroine seemed to possess.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2023 Arrow Video R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 28th November 2023
• 2023 Arrow Video (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 28th November 2023
• 2023 Arrow Video Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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Slip out of your spacesuit and into something more comfortable! It's time to join Barbarella on a series of cosmic adventures in this Dino De Laurentiis production directed by Roger Vadim ( And God Created Woman ) and starring Jane Fonda as the intergalactic glamour puss created by comic book artist Jean-Claude Forest.

It is the year 40,000AD. When evil scientist Durand Durand (Milo O'Shea) creates a deadly weapon with the potential to cause mass devastation, the President of Earth dispatches Barbarella (Fonda) to hunt him down. Crash-landing in an icy wilderness somewhere within the Tau Ceti planetary system, Barbarella is rescued by Mark Hand (Ugo Tognazzi, La Cage Aux Folles ) and guided by the blind angel Pygar (John Phillip Law, Danger: Diabolik ) to Durand's lair in Sogo, a city of corruption and debauchery, where an encounter with the Great Tyrant Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg, Performance ) and her minions throws her mission into jeopardy.

With an all-star cast including David Hemmings and Marcel Marceau, and glorious retro-futuristic costumes and art design dripping with 60s psychedelia, Barbarella defined an era and has never looked better than this brand new 4K restoration, with an HDR/Dolby Vision color grade so rich it can be seen from space, loaded with never-before-seen bonus features!

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tula Lotay
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tula Lotay
• Six double-sided collector's postcards
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson, Paul Gravett, Véronique Bergen and Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, and select archival material

DISC ONE - FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original lossless English mono audio, plus remixed Dolby Atmos surround and lossless French mono (featuring the voice of Jane Fonda)
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
• Alternative opening and closing credits (in 4K with Dolby Vision)
• Isolated score

DISC TWO - EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)

• Another Girl, Another Planet , an appreciation of Barbarella by film critic Glenn Kenny
• Paul Joyce's behind the scenes featurette, Barbarella Forever!
• Love , a two-hour in-depth discussion between film and cultural historians Tim Lucas & Steve Bissette on the impact and legacy of Barbarella
• Dress to Kill , a 30-minute interview with film fashion scholar Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén on Jacques Fonteray's world-changing costume designs
• Framing for Claude , an interview with camera operator Roberto Girometti
• Tognazzi on Tognazzi , actor/director Ricky Tognazzi discusses the life and work of his father and Barbarella star Ugo Tognazzi
• An Angel's Body Double , actor Fabio Testi discusses his early career as a stuntman and body double for John Phillip Law on Barbarella
• Dino and Barbarella , a video essay by Eugenio Ercolani on producer Dino De Laurentiis
• Trailer
• US TV and radio spots
• Image gallery

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 by Peter Bogdanovich.
Starring Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd.

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Directors Cut.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong sex references, sexualised nudity:

• 2023 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/RB Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon released on 27th November 2023
• 2023 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 27th November 2023

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One of the key films of the American Seventies cinema renaissance, The Last Picture Show is set in the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. This aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens--enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybill Shepherd)--and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman's lonely housewife and Ben Johnson's grizzled movie-house proprietor.

Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal work in the career of invaluable film historian and director Peter Bogdanovich.

Death Wish is a 2017 USA action crime thriller by Eli Roth.
Starring Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio and Elisabeth Shue.

BBFC category cuts were required for a 15 rated cinema release in 2018. The UK home video release is uncut and 18 rated. The same version has been rated 15 by Ireland's IFCO. The film was MPAA R rated in the US but is missing dialogue from gun shop sales patter.

US: Cut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2023 SHOUT! FACTORY R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 28th November 2023

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Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his citys violence as its rushed into his ER until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts for his familys assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grab the medias attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angelor a grim reaper.

Bonus Features for UHD/Blu-ray DISC ONE (4K UHD):

• 4K Master In Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)
• Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
• Audio Commentary With Director Eli Roth And Producer Roger Birnbaum

DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):

• Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
• Audio Commentary With Director Eli Roth And Producer Roger Birnbaum
• Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Eli Roth And Producer Roger Birnbaum
• Extended Scenes
• Vengeance And Vision: Directing Death Wish
• Theatrical Trailer
• R-rated Grindhouse-style Trailer
• TV Spots

Blackhat is a 2015 USA action crime mystery by Michael Mann.
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis and Manny Montana.

Exists as a US Version, a cut International/European Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary's "blackhat" follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2023 Arrow Video [US + International Version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 28th November 2023
• 2023 Arrow Video Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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WE ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL.

Michael Mann ( Thief , Collateral ), the acclaimed auteur celebrated for his action panache and commitment to cinematic realism, turns his hand to depicting the high-stakes world of global cybercrime in Blackhat , a contemporary, ripped-from-the-headlines twist on the espionage thriller.

Chris Hemsworth ( The Avengers , Extraction ) stars as Nick Hathaway, a gifted hacker currently serving a lengthy prison sentence. When a Hong Kong nuclear plant goes into meltdown after its security is penetrated, Chinese army cybersecurity captain Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang, Lust, Caution ) offers his old college roommate a deal: help identify and apprehend the culprit in exchange for his own freedom. What follows is a frenetic, globe-trotting race against time to avert disaster, fraught with hidden agendas and ever-shifting loyalties.

Praised for its unusually accurate portrayal of cybersecurity, Blackhat boasts an impressive international cast, including Tang Wei ( Decision to Leave ), Viola Davis ( The Woman King ) and Yorick van Wageningen ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ), and showcases one of cinema's finest filmmakers bringing the skills he honed during a long and storied career to bear on a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of both the US and international versions of the film
• Original lossless 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by critics Bryan Reesman and Max Evry
• Firewall -- brand new video interview with cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh
• Zero Day Threat -- brand new video interview with production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas
• The Cyber Threat , On Location Around the World and Creating Reality -- three archival behind-the-scenes featurettes on the making of the film
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Doug John Miller
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Andrew Graves
• Limited Edition slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Doug John Mille

Mother's Day is a 1980 US comedy horror thriller by Charles Kaufman
Starring Tiana Pierce, Nancy Hendrickson and Deborah Luce

Banned by the BBFC for 1980 cinema release. Passed 18 uncut for 2015 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Two brothers kidnap and brutalize three women for the pleasure of their demented mother.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2023 Vinegar Syndrome R0 4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 28th November 2023
• 2023 Vinegar Syndrome Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s.

Every year, former college roommates Jackie, Abbey and Trina take turns organizing a mystery getaway for the three of them. This year it's Jackie's turn, and she's chosen a weekend of camping in New Jersey's Deep Barons. Despite ominous warnings from a local shopkeeper, the young women set off into the wilderness with high spirits, and it's not long before they're skinny dipping in the nearby lake and generally making the most of the great outdoors - blissfully unaware that they're being watched. As the friends settle in for the night, they're suddenly attacked by a pair of sadistic brothers, Ike and Addley, who drag them in their sleeping bags back to their dilapidated house in the middle of the woods to meet Mother... who turns out to be even more sick and twisted than they are. Subjected to violence, torture and assault beyond their worst nightmares, the women are forced to channel their inner savages in a desperate bid to fight back against these backwoods degenerates.

One of the earliest and best films to come from the then-burgeoning slasher wave, Charles Kaufman's MOTHER'S DAY pre-empted (and arguably transcended) the Friday the 13th-era bodycount craze of the early 1980s with this smart and perversely humorous subversion of the slasher template, which is as intent on unsettling the viewer with its scenes of bloody carnage (which led to the film becoming banned in the United Kingdom) as it is with delivering a biting satire of consumerism and pop culture. Now restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative by the backwoods dwellers at Vinegar Syndrome, fans can celebrate MOTHER'S DAY all over again with this UHD world premiere, packed with archival material and a shockingly extensive array of brand new bonus features sure to make any mother proud!

Bonus Features:
1. 2-disc Region Free Set: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
2. 4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
3. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
4. Commentary track with director Charles Kaufman and assistant art director Rex A. Piano
5. "You're a Sick Woman!" - an interview with actress Nancy Hendrickson
6. "My Brother and Me" - an interview with actor Michael McCleery
7. "Writing to Mother" - an interview with co-writer Warren Leight
8. "The Book of Mother's Day" - an interview with producer Michael Kravitz
9. "The Last House in the Woods" - an interview with production designer Susan Kaufman and costume designer Ellen Lutter
10. "Cutting Mother" - an interview with editor Daniel Loewenthal and assistant editor Richard W. Haines
11. "Celebrating Mother's Day" - an interview with assistant art director Rex A. Piano
12. Director Charles Kaufman interviewed by Lloyd Kaufman
13. Interview with actress Tiana Pierce
14. "Messin' Up In Deep Barons: The Locations of Mother's Day" - a tour of the shooting locations with assistant art director Rex A. Piano and MOTHER'S DAY superfan Brandon Hall
15. Archival interview with director Charles Kaufman
16. Charles Kaufman and Darren Bousman talk MOTHER'S DAY at Comic Con 2010
17. Eli Roth on MOTHER'S DAY
18. 8mm behind-the-scenes with commentary by Charles Kaufman
19. Archival interview with assistant art director Rex A. Piano
20. Theatrical trailer
21. TV spot
22. Multiple radio spots
23. Reversible cover artwork
24. English SDH subtitles

THE POLICE STORY TRILOGY is a film set by Jackie CHAN, Stanley TONG
Starring Jackie CHAN

There are no censorship issues with this release.

UK: Aggregate BBFC 15 rated:

• 2023 Eureka Entertainment [Police Story Trilogy] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 4th December 2023

Police Story is a 1985 Hong Kong crime action comedy thriller by Jackie Chan.
With Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung and Brigitte Lin.

No BBFC or MPAA cuts but the film exists in several versions.

Police Story 2 is a 1988 Hong Kong police comedy by Jackie Chan.
With Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung and Kwok-Hung Lam.

No BBFC or MPAA cuts but the film exists in several versions. A trailer was cut by the BBFC

Police Story 3: Supercop is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy by Stanley Tong
Starring Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung

Exists as the Hong Kong Version and a shortened US Version.

Promotional Material

Featuring some of the most dangerous stunts ever performed on camera, these three films represent the pinnacle of Jackie Chan 's unique style of Hong Kong action filmmaking. A dazzling blend of gritty action cop drama, impeccably choreographed martial-arts sequences, and bone-crunching stuntwork -- this series of films revitalised the Hong Kong action genre and established Jackie Chan as a worldwide superstar.

Police Story (dir. Jackie Chan, 1985) -- considered by Jackie Chan himself to be his best film in terms of pure action, Police Story stars Chan as "super cop" Chan Ka-Kui, who goes up against a notorious crime lord in a series of escalating set-pieces that resulted in many of Jackie's stunt team being hospitalised.

Police Story 2 (dir. Jackie Chan, 1988) -- Demoted to traffic cop after the events of the first film, Chan Ka-Kui is reinstated to the detective unit when a deadly gang of explosive experts blow up a building and threaten to blow up more if their demands are not met. Featuring yet more bravura stunt work, and even more injuries to its cast and crew, Police Story 2 is to this day considered one of the best action films ever made.

Police Story 3: Supercop (dir. Stanley Tong, 1992) -- Action superstar Michelle Yeoh ( Everything Everywhere All at Once ) joins the series as Inspector Yang Chien-Hua, who teams up with Chan Ka-Kui to take down an international drug ring. With some of the most outrageous stunt sequences ever committed to film, Police Story 3: Supercop is an action masterpiece that must truly be seen to be believed.

All three films consistently appear on lists of the best action films ever made, and Eureka Classics is proud to present them on Ultra HD Blu-ray from stunning 4K restorations !

Poor Things is a 2023 Ireland/UK/US comedy romance by Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe

The BBFC required cuts under its interpretation of child protection law for a BBFC 18 rating and these cuts have been applied to all worldwide versions.

Summary Notes

The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Versions

cut:   run: 141:38s pal: 135:58s

UK: BBFC 18 rated for strong sex, nudity, very strong language for strong sex, nudity, very strong language after BBFC cuts: 2024 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK cinema release (rated 01/01/2024) The BBFC commented: We originally saw this film for advice. We informed the distributor we would be likely to classify the film 18 on condition that changes be made to one short sequence depicting sexual activity in the presence of children. This is in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978. When the distributor submitted the film for formal classification, the scene had been re-edited, and we were able to classify the film 18. Thanks to Scott: An employee of Disney's UK arm confirmed that the cuts were made months ago to an unfinished version of the film, with Lanthimos' consent, and the cut version is the definitive, being released worldwide. Ireland: IFCO 18 rated with a trigger warning for frequent strong scenes of a sexual nature including male and female nudity, very strong and sexually explicit language throughout, some gory scenes of dead and dismembered bodies, references to drug use and suicide: 2024 Disney cinema release (rated 22/11/2023)

 

Duel is a 1971 USA action thriller by steven spielberg
Starring Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott and Eddie Firestone

Originally made as a TV movie. Recognising the director's talent, producers commissioned extra material to bring the film to feature length for a theatrical release. This theatrical version was later shortened for DVD and Blu-ray

Originally a made-for-TV movie, this Spielberg film was re-edited and lengthened for theatrical release in Europe, at the request of CIC (the distributor).

Summary Notes

While traveling through the desert for an appointment with a client, the businessman David Mann from California passes a slow and old tanker truck. The psychotic truck driver feels offended and chases David along the empty highway trying to kill him.

US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• 2023 Universal [Theatrical + TV Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 14th November 2023
• 2023 Universal Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

Promotional Material

Steven Spielberg directs this high-velocity thriller about a motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg's first full-length movie, Duel, helped jumpstart the director's big-screen career, with a gripping, action-packed story hailed by critics as a film that "belongs on the classics shelf reserved for top suspensers" (Daily Variety). Dennis Weaver stars as the traveling salesman waging a desperate battle for survival after he is mysteriously singled out. Praised for its deft use of relentlessly mounting psychological tension, Duel features one of the most uniquely terrifying "characters" in movie history: a massive, roaring, 40-ton truck with sheer menace. A few years later, the action of Spielberg's blockbuster hit Jaws would echo Duel's tale of a lone hero in a heart-stopping fight to the finish against a monstrous, inhuman foe.

Bonus Content:

• Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of Duel (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
• Features Dolby Vision and HDR10 for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color
• Duel TV Movie (HD only)
• A Conversation with Steven Spielberg
• Steven Spielberg and the Small Screen
• Richard Matheson: The Writing of Duel
• Photograph and Poster Gallery
• Trailer
• A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg