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[Ghostdude]

Lucio Fulci's trio of his US & UK based films, released together for the 1st time ever in this must-have "Godfather of Gore" definitive collector's set.

Titles Comprise:

New York Ripper: Do you like your horror films nice 'n' nasty? Then brace yourself for this notorious 1982 gem of depravity that is every bit as vile and stylishly shocking as you've been led to believe.

Directed by the old scalp-ripper himself, Lucio Fulci, he's in full flesh tearing form as the cops of New York hunt down a psychopath with a penchant for slicing his victims to the bone but not before he has his fun with them first... "Quack! Quack! Quack!"

If you've recently revisited old video nasties only to be disappointed then this is the ultimate sex 'n' slash fest to test your nerve with a realistic sadistic streak that will have you begging for mercy!

Manhattan Baby: From Lucio Fulci, the director of New York Ripper, comes his utterly bizarre descent into a surreal world of creepy kids, Egyptology, flesh tearing birds, walls that bleed, creepy tombs and much more!

A succinct plot synopsis is frankly near impossible but here goes: There's a possessed Egyptian amulet, what looks like a gate to hell and rip-off moments from a variety of classic genre films including The Exorcist, The Awakening, The Birds, The Omen and most notably Rosemary's Baby.

Despite the dubious plotting Fulci was at the height of his powers when he made this highly atmospheric and stunningly shot horror film that makes up in classic set pieces and pierced eyeballs what it lacks in coherence!

Black Cat: We all know director Lucio Fulci for his depraved nasties like New York Ripper, but if you're wondering why in France he's held in the same esteem as Hitchcock, then the deliciously eerie The Black Cat is a great place to start.

Inspired by the Edgar Allen Poe tale, this black cat is a malevolent moggy that stalks through a sleepy English town appearing to fulfil the murderous wishes of its owner, the sinister psychic medium Professor Miles (Patrick Magee in fine deranged form). What Professor Miles has not reckoned on is his cat turning him into the next mouse to slowly kill!

High on gothic atmospheric thanks to the moody cinematography of Sergio Salvati, this unusual Fulci tale of claustrophobic terror is a little seen gem that compares to the best output of the Hammer and Amicus studios.



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Suitable for 18 years and over.
* Containing a booklet adapted by Stephen Thrower from his definitive, highly acclaimed book, "Beyond Terror - The Films Of Lucio Fulci
* Each DVD with Reversible Sleeve featuring original artwork
* The artwork of this limited edition set has been exclusively created for Shameless by top British film poster artist Graham Humphrey
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DVD Release Date: 25 Oct 2010

[zwoti]

Originally Posted by Ghostdude

New York Ripper: Do you like your horror films nice 'n' nasty? Then brace yourself for this notorious 1982 gem of depravity that is every bit as vile and stylishly shocking as you've been led to believe.

still cut though

[zwoti]

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Releasing on October 19th, 2010...



35th Anniversary Edition

Blu-ray Specs: (Catalog # 2270701)
* Restored Picture - Brand New 4K/2K Master From The Original Camera Negatives
* The Midnight Experience: The Late Night, Double Feature, Picture-in-Picture Show, Vintage Callback Track (Unrated), Prop Box, Trivia Track
* BD-LIVE: Live Lookup(tm) Powered by IMDb®
* Rocky-oke : Sing It!
* Don't Dream It, Be It: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast, Part I
* An-tic-i-pation: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast, Part II
* Mick Rock (A Photographer)
* Mick Rock's Picture Show (A Gallery)
* Pressbook and Poster Gallery
* Audio Commentary by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn
* Deleted Musical Scenes and Outtakes
* Alternate Credit Ending and Misprint Ending
* Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
* Beacon Theater, New York City "Time Warp" Music Video


...on Blu-Ray.

[Ghostdude]

3 DISC LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SET FEATURES:

- BRAND NEW RESTORED TRANSFER IN GLORIOUS HIGH DEFINITION 1080P OF BOTH FILMS

- BRAND NEW SUBTITLE TRANSLATION ON BOTH FEATURES

- LIMITED EDITION PACKAGING NUMBERED #/5000 WITH CERTIFICATE

- LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL FEATURES

DISC 1 – THEATRICAL CUT: SPECIAL FEATURES

- ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER

- THE MAKING OF BATTLE ROYALE: THE EXPERIENCE OF 42 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

- CONDUCTING BATTLE ROYALE WITH THE WARSAW NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

DISC 2 – SPECIAL EDITION [DIRECTOR’S CUT]: SPECIAL FEATURES

- SPECIAL EDITION TRAILER

- TV SPOT: TARANTINO VERSION

- SHOOTING THE SPECIAL EDITION

- TAKESHI KITANO INTERVIEW

- THE CORRECT WAY TO MAKE BATTLE ROYALE [BIRTHDAY VERION]

- TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTATION

DISC 3 – SPECIAL FEATURES

- OPENING DAY AT MARU NO UCHI TOEI MOVIE THEATRE

- THE SLAUGHTER OF 42 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

- PREMIERE PRESS CONFERENCE

- THE CORRECT WAY TO FIGHT IN BATTLE ROYALE

- ROYALE REHEARSALS

- MASAMICHI AMANO CONDUCTS BATTLE ROYALE

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPARISON

- BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURETTE

- FILMING ON SET

- TV SPOTS, PROMOS AND COMMERCIALS

- KINJI FUKASAKU TRAILER REEL

36 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDING:

- ‘A BATTLE WITHOUT AN END’ BY TOM MES, AUTHOR OF ‘THE MIDNIGHT EYE GUIDE TO NEW JAPANESE FILM’

- PRINTED INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR KINJI FUKASAKU

- ‘TODAY’S LESSON IS... YOU KILL EACH OTHER’ BY JAY MCROY, AUTHOR OF ‘JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA’ [LE EXCLUSIVE]

- EXTRACT FROM KOUSHUN TAKAMI’S ORIGINAL NOVEL [LE EXCLUSIVE]

- ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL INCLUDING DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT, CAST AND CREW BIOGS [LE EXCLUSIVE]

16 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDING:

- CONCEPT ARTWORK AND DRAWINGS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION SET [LE EXCLUSIVE]

5X7” POSTCARDS OF STILLS FROM THE FILM [LE EXCLUSIVE]

FOLD-OUT REVERSIBLE POSTER OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK


And now for the DVD:


DVD 3 DISC LIMITED EDITION SET FEATURES:

- BRAND NEW RESTORED HIGH DEFINITION TRANSFER OF BOTH FILMS

- BRAND NEW SUBTITLE TRANSLATION ON BOTH FEATURES

- LIMITED EDITION PACKAGING NUMBERED #/5000 WITH CERTIFICATE

- LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL FEATURES

DISC 1 – THEATRICAL CUT: SPECIAL FEATURES

- ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER

- THE MAKING OF BATTLE ROYALE: THE EXPERIENCE OF 42 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

- CONDUCTING BATTLE ROYALE WITH THE WARSAW NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

DISC 2 – SPECIAL EDITION [DIRECTOR’S CUT]: SPECIAL FEATURES

- SPECIAL EDITION TRAILER

- TV SPOT: TARANTINO VERSION

- SHOOTING THE SPECIAL EDITION

- TAKESHI KITANO INTERVIEW

- THE CORRECT WAY TO MAKE BATTLE ROYALE [BIRTHDAY VERION]

- TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTATION

DISC 3 – SPECIAL FEATURES

- OPENING DAY AT MARU NO UCHI TOEI MOVIE THEATRE

- THE SLAUGHTER OF 42 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

- PREMIERE PRESS CONFERENCE

- THE CORRECT WAY TO FIGHT IN BATTLE ROYALE

- ROYALE REHEARSALS

- MASAMICHI AMANO CONDUCTS BATTLE ROYALE

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPARISON

- BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURETTE

- FILMING ON SET

- TV SPOTS, PROMOS AND COMMERCIALS

- KINJI FUKASAKU TRAILER REEL

36 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDING:

- ‘A BATTLE WITHOUT AN END’ BY TOM MES, AUTHOR OF ‘THE MIDNIGHT EYE GUIDE TO NEW JAPANESE FILM’

- PRINTED INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR KINJI FUKASAKU

- ‘TODAY’S LESSON IS... YOU KILL EACH OTHER’ BY JAY MCROY, AUTHOR OF ‘JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA’ [LE EXCLUSIVE]

- EXTRACT FROM KOUSHUN TAKAMI’S ORIGINAL NOVEL [LE EXCLUSIVE]

- ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL INCLUDING DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT, CAST AND CREW BIOGS [LE EXCLUSIVE]

16 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDING:

- CONCEPT ARTWORK AND DRAWINGS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION SET [LE EXCLUSIVE]

5X7” POSTCARDS OF STILLS FROM THE FILM [LE EXCLUSIVE]

FOLD-OUT REVERSIBLE POSTER OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK


So in essence the specs and extras are EXACTLY the same but only the Blu-ray has the HD materials.



DVD will be region free and the BD - All Regions


Arrow Video's Limited Edition release of Battle Royale is released on both Blu Ray and DVD - both out 29th November 2010.

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Available from October 19th on Criterion Blu-Ray...



Special Features -

# Full 208-minute version
# Restored, high-definition digital transfer
# Audio commentaries by film scholars
# Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck
# Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai
# My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation with Oshima and Kurosawa
# "Seven Samurai": Origins and Influences, a documentary
# Theatrical trailers and teaser
# Gallery of rare posters and behind-the-scenes and production stills
# PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie and more

The full frame (1.33:1) transfer is cleaner, brighter, and more vivid than the previous standard def edition, and though there are moments of brief picture damage, the transfer is the absolute best one could hope for. Along with the restored picture, the audio has been remastered with a new Dolby 2.0 stereo track (not DD 4.0, as it was previously listed), along with the original mono (DD 1.0), both in Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

A two-disc set, the film is now presented on one disc, and the supplements on the other. The feature film disc contains two commentaries: the original Jeck track (still a high-water mark in cinematic commentaries) and a critics’ roundtable with Stephen Prince, David Desser, Tony Rayns, Donald Richie, and Joan Mellen.

Disc Two kicks off with “Akira Kurosawa: It is Fun to Create” (49 min.), a multi-episode Japanese TV series that highlighted the films of Akira Kurosawa, episodes of which are also available on the Criterion releases of Ikiru, Kagemusha, The Lower Depths, Ran, and Stray Dog. This one is specifically about Samurai and features comments from Kurosawa, co-writer Shinobu Hashimoto, set decorator Koichi Hamamura, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, and actors Seiji Miyaguchi and Yoshio Tsuchiya.
This is followed by “My Life in Cinema: Akira Kurosawa” (116 min.), which has fellow director Nagisa Oshima in conversation with Kurosawa about his films and career, but focuses mainly on his rise in the ranks.
The featurette “Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences” (55 min.) enlists Stephen Prince, Joan Mellen, Tadao Sato, David Desser, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie to talk about the film and where it came from.
The second disc finished out its supplements with three trailers and the film’s teaser, and two still galleries for behind-the-scenes stills and poster images.
The set also comes with a booklet with essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Phillip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith IV, directors Sidney Lumet and Arthur Penn, and from Mifune himself.

Few Blu-rays have been as essential as this one.

[Ghostdude]

THIS AMAZING BLU-RAY EDITION CONTAINS:

- 4 Panel reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned art work

- Two-sided fold-out poster with new art work

- Exclusive collector’s booklet featuring brand new writing on Deep Red by Alan Jones, author of ‘Profondo Argento’

DISC 1 CONTAINS:

- Brand new transfer of the Director’s Cut in High Definition (1080p)

- Optional Dolby 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio/Stereo Italian Audio and Mono/Stereo English* Audio

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Introduction by composer Claudio Simonetti (1080p)

- Rosso Recollections – Dario’s Deep Genius (1080p)

- Lady in Red: Daria Nicolodi remembers Profondo Rosso (1080p)

- Music to Murder For! Claudio Simonetti on Deep Red (1080p)

- Original US Trailer (1080p) (TBC)

- Original International Trailer (1080p) (TBC)

DISC 2 CONTAINS:

- Brand new transfer of the International Theatrical Cut in High Definition (1080p)

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- A Tour of the Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) shop in Rome with long time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi (1080p)


*The English Audio track on the Director’s Cut has some portions of English audio missing. This was either never recorded or has been lost. The English audio has been painstakingly assembled from various audio sources and represents the most complete audio available in a Mono/Stereo audio mix.

The DVD Edition contains exactly the same versions of the film and extras but of course these are not in HD.

The BD is all-region and the DVD is region free.



Deep Red will be released on Blu-ray and DVD by Arrow Video late November/early Dec 2010.

[zwoti]

Originally Posted by Ghostdude

LIMITED EDITION PACKAGING NUMBERED #/5000 WITH CERTIFICATE

Arrow Video's Limited Edition release of Battle Royale is released on both Blu Ray and DVD - both out 29th November 2010.

now there are 10,000 being released as the pre-orders are doing very well

might as well throw in the link back to the announcement

http://cult-labs.com/a/RoyalewithSpecs

[Ghostdude]

Arrow Video - A Bay of Blood - The BD and DVD Specs
Mario Bava's masterful A Bay of Blood is about to get the Arrow Video treatment finally doing justice to a great director not accorded enough respect in the UK.

22nd November will change all this with the title available on both Blu-ray and DVD.



Blu-ray:

THIS AMAZING EDITION CONTAINS:

- Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned art work

- Double-sided fold-out poster

- Collector’s Booklet by Jay Slater, critic and author of Eaten Alive!

- Brand new high definition transfer of the English version of the film (1080p)

- Italian cut of the film

- Original Mono Audio

- Twitch of the Death Nerve Radio Spots

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Argento! Bava! Fulci! The Giallo Gems of Dardano Sacchetti (1080p)

- Joe Dante on Mario Bava (1080p)

- Shooting a Spaghetti Splatter Classic: Cameraman Gianlorenzo Battaglia on A Bay of Blood (1080p)

- Audio discussion with Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark

- A Bay of Blood Trailers: ‘Carnage’ and ‘Twitch of the Death Nerve’ with commentary by Edgar Wright, director of Shaun of the Dead.


DVD:

THIS AMAZING EDITION CONTAINS:

- Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned art work

- Double-sided fold-out poster

- Collector’s Booklet by Jay Slater, critic and author of Eaten Alive!

DISC 1 CONTAINS:

- Brand new transfer of the English version

- Original Mono Audio

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Joe Dante on Mario Bava

- Shooting a Spaghetti Splatter Classic: Cameraman Gianlorenzo Battaglia on A Bay of Blood

- Audio discussion with Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark

- A Bay of Blood Trailers: ‘Carnage’ and ‘Twitch of the Death Nerve’ with commentary by Edgar Wright, director of Shaun of the Dead.

- Twitch of the Death Nerve Radio Spots

DISC 2 CONTAINS:

- Italian Cut

- Original Mono Audio

SPECIAL FEATURES:

- Argento! Bava! Fulci! The Giallo Gems of Dardano Sacchetti

A Bay of Blood will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on 22nd November 2010.

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Released on November 16th, on Criterion (DVD & Blu-Ray)...




Special Features

# New, restored high-definition digital transfer
# Night of the Hunter - a treasure trove of outtakes from the film (2.5 hrs)
# Audio commentary with assistant director Terry Sanders, F. X. Feeney, and more
# Interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Jones, and Jeffrey Couchman
# New video interview with Simon Callow
# Clip from the The Ed Sullivan Show
# Fifteen-minute episode of the BBC show "Moving Pictures"
# Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez
# Gallery of sketches by author Davis Grubb
# New video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin
# Original theatrical trailer
# PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Hunter-C...0407331&sr=8-2


and, also on the same date on Kino International...



Studio: Kino International
Release Date: 11/16/2010
Run time: 148 minutes

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Metro..._bxgy_d_text_b