I'm pretty sure one of the titles will be Baron Blood, it's odd how there seems to be a fair amount of Bava on Blu and not so much Fulci, Lenzi or Mattei and there much more 'generally known' directors. I remember having a forum discussion with Marc Morris a few years ago about Bava and how unlikely it was that many Bava titles would get released in the UK. Now we certainly have two titles coming and possibly more not only in the US but also in the UK.
I think Arrow are probably going down the route of releasing titles that have already had US releases, this does make sense as they can just license the HD master that's already been prepared and saves them having to pay for a full remastering job. We know the labs in Italy are already remastering film prints in HD for future sales so it makes sense really.
I still hope to see more Fulci and even some Mattei on Blu, imagine Conquest in HD or Zombie Creeping Flesh!
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