Other than Cooking with Vinnie these two are also coming out.
A folk horror starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark and an actual Vincent Price horror classic.
Starve Acre
Daniel Kokotajlo?s impressive follow-up to his award-winning Apostasy is a brilliant adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley?s acclaimed novel.
In 1970s Yorkshire, Richard and Juliette relocate to Richard?s childhood home, hoping the idyllic country surroundings will benefit their young son. However, a sudden tragic event drives a wedge through the family, which triggers Richard, an academic archaeologist, to bury himself in obsessively exploring a local folkloric myth.
Kokotajlo?s mysterious slow-burn folk horror feels tangibly of the moist Yorkshire earth, while evoking the spellbinding nature of great supernatural and occult horror films from the 70s. It is a wildly eerie piece, tightly stitched together with genuine chills and two bold, unflinching performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.
Extras:
Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
Newly recorded audio commentary by director Daniel Kokotajlo, production designer Francesca Massariol and sound designer Ben Baird
Newly recorded interview with composer Matthew Herbert (2024)
Newly recorded interview with author Andrew Michael Hurley (2024, 20 mins)
Interviews with stars Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark (2023, 10 mins)
Interview with the ?Hare Team? (2023, 19 mins): creature effects supervisor Sharna Rothwell and lead puppeteer Aidan Cook discuss their work
Behind-the-scenes footage (2023, 5 mins)
Deleted scene (2023, 1 min)
Actor Sean Gilder reads ?The Hare, a folk song? from the original Starve Acre novel by Andrew Michael Hurley (2024, 1 min, audio), accompanied by a selection of stills from the film
Stills galleries
Theatrical trailer
Newly created audio description track for the blind and visually impaired
Newly created optional English descriptive subtitles
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Professor Catherine Spooner, new writing on contemporary folk horror by Dr Adam Scovell and a text by director Daniel Kokotajlo
The Oblong Box:
Masters of terror Vincent Price and Christopher Lee are both at their spine-chilling best in this grisly Gothic tale of the macabre, inspired by an Edgar Allan Poe story.
In shadow-shrouded Victorian England, Sir Julian Markham (Price) is a landowner hiding a terrible family secret, while Dr Neuhartt (Lee) is a surgeon carrying out dreadful experiments upon stolen cadavers. When their disparate destinies entwine ? and a mysterious murderer in a red mask begins a mission of vengeance ? a series of brazen, bloody atrocities ensue.
Actors and crew that worked on the horror classic Witchfinder General were brought together again for this stylishly shot, fast paced slice of Grand Guignol ? featuring customarily powerful performances from its charismatic cast.
Extras:
Presented in High Definition
Audio commentary by film historian Steve Haberman (2022)
Interview with Victoria Price (2024): the daughter of the legendary Vincent Price recalls the period in his career when he starred in The Oblong Box
The Pit (1962, 27 mins): experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allen Poe?s The Pit and the Pendulum
The Bells (1913, 14 mins): a poignant poem by Edgar Allan Poe underpins this rare short silent film which tells a melodramatic tale of love and death
Prelude (1927, 7 mins): Rachmaninoff's wonderfully disturbing ?Prelude in C Sharp Minor? sets the tone for Castleton Knight's silent, nightmarish reverie on Poe's The Premature Burial
Roger Corman on Edgar Allen Poe (2013, 9 mins): the legendary director and producer discusses his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, including The Pit and the Pendulum and The Masque of the Red Death
Original trailer
Optional English descriptive subtitles
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring a new writing by Peter Fuller and Benjamin Halligan
Both released 21st October 2024