[Susan Foreman]

For those who missed the announcements, specs and pictures...

"Time for our December title reveals! Before we kick things off, we wanted to let you all know that this month will be quite light with only one brand new UK only title being unleashed. December has historically been a quieter month for us with many of Team Arrow taking some well-earned rest – something that will certainly be needed with some of the amazing titles we have lined up in 2018!

US fans – although we have don’t have any brand new titles to share with you in December you may be pleased to hear that we are currently working on a VERY special US exclusive release. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite ready for today’s announcements but we hope to have some news on this soon…

Now, without further ado, over to our announcements!

NEW UK/US TITLES: The Witch Who Came From the Sea/ Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood/ The Premonition
(Blu-ray and DVD releases)

The American Horror Project Vol 1 films are now available to pick up as separate releases.

Release Dates: 4/5 December

The Witch Who Came From the Sea

MOLLY REALLY KNOWS HOW TO CUT MEN DOWN TO SIZE!!!

Representing something of an anomaly in the career of director Matt Cimber (whose other credits include such blaxploitation fare as The Candy Tangerine Man) The Witch Who Came from the Sea is an unnerving journey into madness and murder starring Millie Perkins (The Diary of Anne Frank).

Molly (Perkins) experiences violent fantasies in which she ties muscular men up before bloodily dispatching them with a razor. But when a news report announces the shocking double-murder of two football players which strongly echoes one of Molly’s most recent depraved flights of fancy, the fantasy starts to bleed into reality – literally.

Written by Perkins’ late husband Robert Thom (Death Race 2000), The Witch Who Came from the Sea features early cinematography from DOP Dean Cundey, who would go on to expand his genre credentials with his work on Escape from New York and The Thing.

BLU-RAY DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• 2K restoration from original vault materials
• High Definition Blu-ray presentation
• Original Mono Audio
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
• Audio commentary with producer-director Matt Cimber, actress Millie Perkins and director of photography Dean Cundey
• Tides and Nightmares – brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with Cimber, Perkins, Cundey and actor John Goff
• A Maiden’s Voyage – archive featurette comprising interviews with Cimber, Perkins and Cundey
• Lost at Sea – director Cimber reflects on his notorious cult classic
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

DVD DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• 2K restoration from original vault materials
• Standard Definition DVD presentation
• Original Mono Audio
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
• Audio commentary with producer-director Matt Cimber, actress Millie Perkins and director of photography Dean Cundey
• Tides and Nightmares – brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with Cimber, Perkins, Cundey and actor John Goff
• A Maiden’s Voyage – archive featurette comprising interviews with Cimber, Perkins and Cundey
• Lost at Sea – director Cimber reflects on his notorious cult classic
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil



Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood

YOU’LL SHRIEK WITH HORROR!

Roll up, roll up! Step right up for Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood – the grisliest, freakiest show in town! Virtually impossible to find until its revival on DVD in the early 2000s, this 1973 cult oddity, from late director Christopher Speeth, is a cinematic experience like no other.

Arriving at a creepy, dilapidated fairground under the premise of looking for work, the Norris family are hoping to track down their missing son, who, they believe, is somewhere in the park. But it’s not long before they find themselves at the mercy of the fairground’s fiendish proprietors and the cannibalistic ghouls lurking in the caverns below.

Filmed at the Willow Grove amusement park in Pennsylvania, Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood is a mind-melting phantasmagoria of carnie craziness which blends elements of Night of the Living Dead and Carnival of Souls, adding an (un)healthy dose of Herschell Gordon Lewis-style gore for good measure.

BLU_RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• 2K restoration from original vault materials
• Standard Definition DVD presentation
• Original Mono Audio
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
• Audio Commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith
• The Secrets of Malatesta – an interview with director Christopher Speeth
• Crimson Speak – an interview with writer Werner Liepolt
• Malatesta’s Underground – art directors Richard Stange and Alan Johnson discuss the weird, mysterious world of Malatesta’s underground
• Outtakes • Draft script (DVD-ROM content)
• Stills gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

DVD SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• 2K restoration from original vault materials
• Standard Definition DVD presentation • Original Mono Audio
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
• Audio Commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith
• The Secrets of Malatesta – an interview with director Christopher Speeth
• Crimson Speak – an interview with writer Werner Liepolt
• Malatesta’s Underground – art directors Richard Stange and Alan Johnson discuss the weird, mysterious world of Malatesta’s underground
• Outtakes
• Draft script (DVD-ROM content)
• Stills gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil



The Premonition

BEYOND THE POWER OF AN EXORCIST

The mid-1970s saw the rise in popularity of films centering on the subject of parapsychology, led by Carrie – Brian De Palma’s classic tale of telekinetic terror. Precognition, or future sight, would be the topic under exploration in Robert Allen Schnitzer’s contribution to the psychic craze: the chilling and much-overlooked The Premonition.

Mother Sheri Bennett (Sharon Farrell, Night of the Comet, Sweet Sixteen) is assailed by terrifying visions in which a strange woman attempts to steal away her five-year-old daughter Janie. Are these bizarre occurrences the result of some sort of mental disturbance, or is something much more sinister afoot?

Featuring a haunting score from accomplished classical composer Henry Mollicone, The Premonition has remained unjustly obscure over the years but is heralded as a true classic of ’70s US horror moviemaking by genre aficionados.

BLU-RAY DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• 2K restoration from original film elements
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original Mono Audio
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
• Isolated Score
• Audio commentary with producer-director Robert Allen Schnitzer
• Pictures from a Premonition – brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with Schnitzer, composer Henry Mollicone and cinematographer Victor Milt
• Archive interviews with Schnitzer and star Richard Lynch
• Trailers and TV Spots
• Three Robert Allen Schnitzer short films: Vernal Equinox, Terminal Point and A Rumbling in the Land
• 4 “Peace Spots”
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

DVD DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• 2K restoration from original film elements • Standard Definition DVD presentation
• Original Mono Audio
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
• Isolated Score
• Audio commentary with producer-director Robert Allen Schnitzer
• Pictures from a Premonition – brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with Schnitzer, composer Henry Mollicone and cinematographer Victor Milt
• Archive interviews with Schnitzer and star Richard Lynch
• Trailers and TV Spots
• Three Robert Allen Schnitzer short films: Vernal Equinox, Terminal Point and A Rumbling in the Land
• 4 “Peace Spots”
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil"