The Chronicles of Riddick

 

release date: 16th september 2024

 

Following the sleeper success of their breakthrough sci-fi/horror smash Pitch Black, writer-director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel reunited for 2004’s action-packed The Chronicles of Riddick, an expansive and ambitious sequel that took their eponymous antihero to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. Riddick (Diesel) is an intergalactic fugitive whose dark past catches up with him when he is lured out of hiding by Imam (Keith David, The Thing), another survivor of the planet of horrors they barely escaped from five years earlier. Now out of the shadows, Riddick is identified by an ethereal emissary (Academy Award winner Dame Judi Dench) as the descendant of an ancient race of warriors who may be the universe’s last hope against the Necromongers, an evil army of fanatics intent on bending the world to their will. As enemies close in on all sides, including the ruthless Lord Marshal (Colm Feore, Thor) and his scheming lieutenant Vaako (Karl Urban, The Boys), Riddick finds himself a reluctant saviour of the cosmos, with only his razor-sharp wits and cunning killer instinct standing in the way of total annihilation.

 

• Brand new 4K restorations by Arrow Films of the Theatrical and Director’s Cuts of the film, approved by David Twohy

• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio on both cuts, plus remixed Dolby Atmos for the Theatrical Cut

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on both cuts

• Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford

• Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Walter Chaw, original production notes and the ‘Chronicles Compendium’, an overview of the characters and planets featured in the film

• Realizing Riddick, a new interview with Twohy on the creation of the character

• Back to Black, a new interview with Murray on his continuing work within the Riddick saga

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The Hitcher

 

release date: 30th september 2024

 

A would-be samaritan picks up a hitchhiker and soon discovers the man is a relentless serial killer. Framed by the cold-blooded murderer for a string of slayings, his only help comes from a caring waitress as they attempt to flee from both the law and the hitcher.

 

• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Adam Stothard

• 200-page hardback book with exclusive Robert Harmon interview by Lou Thomas, exclusive Eric Red interview by Matt Thrift, new essays by Heather Drain, David Kittredge, Craig Ian Mann, Rebecca McCallum, Meagan Navarro and Jon Towlson, archival Fangoria article and Behind-the-Scenes photo gallery

• Soft cover book of Eric Red’s original screenplay for The Hitcher

• Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs

• A new 4k restoration by Second Sight Films from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Robert Harmon

• UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision

• Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo audio mixes

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Love, Death & Apocalpse: Three Films By Alex De La Iglesia Limited Edition

 

release date: 23rd september 2024

 

Outrageous, absurdist, grotesque! Often hilarious, always stylish, and utterly unpredictable, the films of Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia are an exhilarating shock to the cinematic system. Packed with a wealth of new and archival extras, Arrow Video welcomes you to the delirious, diabolical and demented world of Álex de la Iglesia. Not for the faint of heart!

 

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all three films 

• Original lossless Spanish stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos audio options for Acción Mutante 

• Original lossless Spanish and English stereo 2.0, and Spanish 5.1 audio options for The Day of the Beast

• Original lossless English stereo 2.0, and English and Spanish 5.1 audio options for Perdita Durango 

• Optional English subtitles for all three films 

• Double-sided fold-out posters for all three films 

• 9 postcard-sized reproduction art cards 

• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by film critics Kat Ellinger, Xavier Aldana Reyes and Valeria Villegas Lindvall 

• Limited Edition Deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Heather Vaughan

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Curse of the Crimson Altar

 

release date: 9th september 2024

 

When Robert Manning goes in search of his missing brother, his trail leads him to a remote country house owned by the mysterious Morley. There, he finds himself dragged into a nightmarish plot of witchcraft, black magic, and murder. Directed by Vernon Sewell (Blood Beast Terror) and starring horror royalty Barbara Steele, Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff, Curse of the Crimson Altar is another wickedly creepy tale from the house of Tigon. Visually arresting and tense and it’s not only a satisfying slice of Technicolor gothic, it’s also a fan-favourite and cult classic.

 

 

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation in original 1.66:1 Aspect
  Ratio

• Original English Mono

• On the Cutting Room Floor – Howard Lanning on Editing Tigon Films

• The Altar of Sacrifice – Sean Hogan on H.P. Lovecraft & Curse of the Crimson Altar

• Creating the Curse of the Crimson Altar – Making Of

• Original Trailer

• Crimson Cult Trailer

• Stills Gallery

• Reversible sleeve featuring new artwork by Sean Longmore & original US “The Crimson Cult” poster

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The Threat

 

release date: 23rd september 2024

 

Misawa (Rentarō Mikuni, Fugitive from the Past, Vengeance is Mine) appears to lead a charmed life, the very model of Japan’s post-war economic miracle. His position as the account manager of a prestigious advertising agency is enough to pay the mortgage on the spacious modern house he shares with his wife (Masumi Harukawa, Intentions of Murder) and their two young boys, kitted out with all the latest mod-cons. Then one day, the fragility of his existence is revealed when two violent jail-breakers turn up on his doorstep seeking refuge and threatening to embroil Misawa in their criminal activities.

 

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation 

• Original uncompressed mono audio 

• Optional newly translated English subtitles 

• Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film expert Tom Mes 

• Warning Warning Danger Danger, a brand new 20-minute video appreciation by critic and Japanese film specialist Mark Schilling 

• Original theatrical trailer 

• Image gallery

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Hayley Scanlon 

• Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

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A man on his knees

 

release date: 23rd september 2024

 

Mistaken as a witness to a crime, Nino (Giuliano Gemma, The Iron Prefect), learns from a friend he has been put on a Mafia hit list and is being stalked by an assassin (Michele Placido, Romanzo Criminale). A man with a troubled past, Nino knows only too well what he faces and uses all his strength and cunning to keep himself and his family alive. Featuring stunning performances from both leads, Damiano Damiani (The Day of the Owl) applies his trademark realism and socio-political commentary to A Man on His Knees, charting Nino’s desperation as he refuses to kneel before the power of organised crime. Newly restored in 4K, Radiance Films is proud to present one of Damiani’s finest films on Blu-ray for the first time in the world.

 

• New 4K restoration from the original negative

• Uncompressed mono PCM audio

• Archival interviews with stars Giuliano Gemma, Tano Cimarosa and assistant director Mino Giarda

• New interview with Alberto Pezzotta, author of Regia Damiano Damiani

• Trailer

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista

• Booklet featuring new writing by Roberto Curti

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Death Game

 

release date: 23rd september 2024

 

THE OBJECT IS TO STAY ALIVE! John Cassavetes veteran Seymour Cassel stars as George Manning, a family man whose perfect life is turned into a nightmare of sex and torture when he allows himself to be seduced by two nubile young strangers (Sondra Locke and Colleen Camp) who show up at his door on a rainy night.

 

• Booklet

• Commentary:

• Colleen Camp and Eli Roth (Filmmaker)

• Larry Spiegel and David Worth

• Image Gallery

• Interviews:

• Colleen Camp (Actor)

• Larry Spiegel (Producer)

• David Worth (Cinematographer/Editor)

• Michael Ronald Ross (Screenwriter)

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We still kill the old way

 

release date: 23rd september 2024

 

After two men are killed on a hunting trip, a lonely professor (Gian Maria Volonté, The Working Class Goes to Heaven), takes it upon himself to investigate what he believes was not a simple honour killing. As his search intensifies, politics and the Church become implicated in a complex conspiracy orchestrated by a powerful criminal organisation. Elio Petri’s We Still Kill the Old Way, based on the novel by Leonardo Sciascia (The Day of the Owl), is a tense paranoid thriller that features Volonté in one of his finest performances and a superb score by Luis Bacalov (Django). Winner of awards for Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival and Best Actor at the Italian Golden Globes, the film is made available on home video for the first time in the UK.

 

• 2K restoration of the film by Movietime in association with Museo Nazionale del Cinema Torino, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK

• Alternate presentation with English language title sequence and audio

• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio

• Archival documentary featuring interviews with writer Ugo Pirro, composer Luis Bacalov and Paola Petri (32 mins)

• Trailer

• Newly translated English subtitles  for Italian audio and English SDH for English audio

• Reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on irigial posters

• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film by scholar David Melville and a statement by Petri

• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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