The Arrow Thread

[MuckyFunster]

Last night I watched the VHS version of “Don’t Go in the House”, as included in the third disc of the Arrow store exclusive edition. Was pretty good fun! It’s amazing the difference in picture quality between this VHS version and the blu ray version. So dark. Even had some lines of static at a couple of bits. I don’t know if these were added for effect or whatever, but they looked real! I like to think they simply added a scan from a real old VHS tape. All the releases of these old nasties should come with this!


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[peter alex]

that's why I wanted the three disc edition because what's on the third disc sound far more interesting than any of the special features on disc 1&2' to me the special features are not interesting enough to watch again just find them boring they are a once only watch. as for the tv version never again and why did they need the second disc could have just put all the special features onto disc 1 and not have the 2nd disc at all.

[Nuno_Miranda]

Originally Posted by MuckyFunster

I like to think they simply added a scan from a real old VHS tape. All the releases of these old nasties should come with this!

I agree! And not only old nasties -- I'm thinking of films like Zone Troopers where an open matte version exists (I have a file of it), that was used in VHS, but is not in any DVD or Blu-ray edition. It would be a fun version to watch. Wouldn't even need a really high bitrate, so it could be just an extra, instead of a whole disk.

[Trashforcash]

Is it just me, or is anyone annoyed at Arrow releasing Bruce Lee's films individually so soon after the box set? I've preordered Coffin Joe, but might cancel I if they're getting individual releases.

Arrow are a bunch of cowboys, no wonder they put out so many Spaghetti Westerns.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Trashforcash

Is it just me, or is anyone annoyed at Arrow releasing Bruce Lee's films individually so soon after the box set?

Wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the new Limited Edition individual releases are repackaged returned discs from Dingegate.

[Susan Foreman]

"***NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE COMING!***

Join us this Friday (September 29th) at 3.00pm BST / 7.00am PT / 10.00am ET for our December new title reveals!"

It looks like Arrow aren't even trying with this one - it's obviously Chucky / 'Child's Play'!

[Susan Foreman]

NEW US/CA TITLE: The Day of the Locust (1975) - Limited Edition Blu-ray - $28:00

Release date: December 5

"Academy Award-winner John Schlesinger (Marathon Man) reunites with Midnight Cowboy screenwriter Waldo Salt (Coming Home), a victim of the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklist, to adapt Nathanael West's acid satire of Hollywood decadence and broken dreams.

Painter Tod Hackett (William Atherton, Looking For Mr. Goodbar), working in the art department of a movie studio during the 1930s 'golden age' of Hollywood, falls in unrequited love with aspiring starlet Faye Greener (Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces). He competes for her affections against other men: a pair of cowboys (Bo Hopkins, American Graffiti and Pepe Serna, Scarface), and a forlorn accountant (Donald Sutherland, Invasion of the Body Snatchers). As Faye's career fails to take her beyond roles as an extra, her life becomes increasingly desperate and her relationships with men take a darker turn, reaching fever pitch at a red-carpet movie premiere that explodes into barbaric chaos.

A bitter critique of tinsel-town's empty promises and the lost souls cheated by them, featuring lush, dreamlike cinematography by Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood), and stunning performances by its talented cast, The Day of the Locust remains a relevant and shattering experience."

Special Features:

• Brand new 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-rayTM presentation
• Original restored lossless mono audio
• Optional restored lossless 5.1 and 2.0 stereo audio options
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on all films
• Brand new oral history audio commentary conducted by writer and film historian Lee Gambin, featuring assistant directors Leslie Asplund and Charles Ziarko, production associate Michael Childers, actors Grainger Hines and Pepe Serna, title designer Dan Perri, costume designer Ann Roth, assistant editor Alan L. Shefland and assistant camera operator Ron Vidor
• Welcome to West Hollywood - brand new appreciation of the film by critic Glenn Kenny
• Days of the Golden Age - costume historian and film historian Elissa Rose discusses the film's costumes in this brand new visual essay
• Jeepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Peepers? - brand new visual essay on the film and its themes by writer and film historian Lee Gambin
• Image galleries, including exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs from the archives of production associate Michael Childers and assistant camera operator Ron Vidor
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Pamela Hutchinson

[Susan Foreman]

NEW US/CA TITLE: The Warriors (1979) - Limited Edition Blu-ray - $35:00. Also available as a US only Limited Edition 4K UHD Arrow Store US Exclusive - $45:00 and a Limited Edition 4K UHD - $45:00

Release date: December 12

"THESE ARE THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT.

In 1979, fresh from directing bare knuckle boxing movie Hard Times and supercool crime thriller The Driver, Walter Hill delivered his third stone cold classic in a row: The Warriors, a slam-bang, visually kinetic action movie that mixed a heightened comic-book sensibility with a timeless tale from ancient Greece and set them loose in the streets of modern America.

In New York the gangs outnumber the cops by 5-1. Together, they could rule the city. Gang-leader Cyrus has a dream to do just that and calls a summit. The gangs of New York gather in their thousands, Cyrus takes the stage. From somewhere in the crowd a shot rings out and Cyrus falls down dead. In the chaos that follows, a small gang from Coney Island - the Warriors - are blamed. Now everyone is out to get them. On foot, in enemy territory, can they make it through the night to get back across the city to the safety of home turf?

For all you boppers out there, for all you street people with an ear for the action... the iconic cult classic is back in a brand new 4K restoration approved by director Walter Hill. Can you dig it?"

Special Features:

• Exclusive new 4K restorations of both the Theatrical Cut and the 2005 Alternate Version of the film sourced from the original camera negative, supervised by Arrow Films and approved by director Walter Hill
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of both versions of the film
• Theatrical Cut presented in original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 for the first time on home video
• Original uncompressed mono, plus stereo 2.0 and Dolby Atmos audio options for the Theatrical Cut, plus stereo 2.0 and DTS-HD MA 5.1 for the 2005 Alternate Version
• Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• 100-page perfect-bound collector's book containing new writing by film critic Dennis Cozzalio plus select archival material
• Limited Edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley
• 6 postcard-sized reproduction artcards
• Gang logo stickers

DISC 1: THEATRICAL CUT

• New audio commentary by film critic Walter Chaw, author of A Walter Hill Film
• War Stories, a new interview with director Walter Hill
• A new roundtable discussion in which filmmakers Josh Olson (A History of Violence), Lexi Alexander (Green Street), and Robert D. Kryzkowski (The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot) discuss their love of The Warriors and the work of director Walter Hill
• Battling Boundaries, a new interview with editor Billy Weber
• Gang Style, a new interview with costume designer Bobbie Mannix
• Armies of the Night, a new exclusive look at costume designs and photographs from the archive of designer Bobbie Mannix
• Sound of the Streets, a new appreciation of composer Barry De Vorzon and the music of The Warriors by film historian Neil Brand
• Isolated score option
• Come Out to Play, a new look at the iconic locations of the Warriors' Coney Island home turf
• The Beginning, an archival extra looking back on how The Warriors came to be, featuring interviews with producer Lawrence Gordon, actor James Remar, editor David Holden and writer/director Walter Hill
• Battleground, an archival extra in which director Walter Hill and assistant director David O. Sosna look back at the difficulties of shooting on location in New York City
• The Way Home, an archival extra focusing on the look of film with contributions from director of photography Andrew Laszlo
• The Phenomenon, an archival extra featuring director Walter Hill and the cast of The Warriors
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

DISC 2: 2005 ALTERNATE VERSION

• Archive introduction by director Walter Hill

[Susan Foreman]

NEW UK TITLE: Child's Play 1-3, Bride, Seed, Curse, Cult of Chucky, Living With Chucky - Arrow pre-order available as a Blu-ray Limited Edition Collection - £90:00 or 4K UHD + Blu-ray Arrow Store Exclusive LE Collection - £100:00 or 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition Collection - £100:00

Release date: December 11

"YOU JUST CAN'T KEEP A GOOD GUY DOWN!

From his very first outing in 1988, Chucky the pint-sized, plastic 'Good Guy' doll has managed to carve out a unique and enduring legacy while trying his (plastic) hand at some truly creative, blood-soaked mayhem!

In Tom Holland (Fright Night)'s Child's Play, a young Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) receives his very own Good Guy doll. Unluckily for both him and his mother Karen (Catherine Hicks), "Chucky" happens to contain the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), and causes chaos for Andy and those around him, leaving a trail of corpses in his wake. In Child's Play 2, Chucky returns in full mini-monster mode, terrorising Andy further in a sinister game of hide-and-seek. Child's Play 3 sees a teenaged Andy (Justin Whalin) dealing with both military school and a recently resurrected Chucky.

In Ronny Yu's Bride of Chucky, the doll with a killer personality returns and continues his murderous spree alongside his love, Tiffany Valentine (Jennifer Tilly). Series creator Don Mancini makes his directorial debut in Seed of Chucky, where Chucky and Tiffany continue their wicked antics after being resurrected by their living-doll child, Glen (Billy Boyd). Nine years later, Chucky chooses Nica (Fiona Dourif) and her family to torture in Mancini's Curse of Chucky, followed swiftly by Cult of Chucky, in which Nica faces the Good Guy once more with a little help from a grown-up Andy Barclay (Vincent).

Featuring brand new 4K restorations of the sequels with recent cast and crew interviews as well as Kyra Elise Gardner's behind the scenes documentary Living with Chucky, you don't want to miss this toybox of terror from Arrow Video! Wanna play?"

Special Features:

• Limited edition deluxe packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Mark Bell
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by John-Paul Checkett, Kat Ellinger, Barry Forshaw, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Cerise Howard, and select archival material
• Three double sided fold-out posters featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Mark Bell

DISC 1: CHILD'S PLAY

• 2012 High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray from MGM Home Entertainment
• Original English stereo 2.0 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio
• 5.1 Spanish and Portuguese audio, and stereo 2.0 French audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Optional French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean subtitles
• Audio commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and "Chucky" designer Kevin Yagher
• Audio commentary with producer David Kirschner and screenwriter Don Mancini
• Scene specific Chucky commentary
• Evil Comes in Small Packages, three-part featurette: The Birth of Chucky, Creating the Horror and Unleashed
• Chucky: Building a Nightmare featurette
• A Monster Convention featurette
• Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play vintage featurette
• Image gallery

DISC 2: CHILD'S PLAY 2

• 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Shout Factory
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray presentation
• Original stereo 2.0 and Dolby Atmos audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with director John Lafia
• Puppet Master, an interview with writer Don Mancini
• Under Pressure, an interview with actor Alex Vincent
• The Family Expands, an interview with producer Don Kirschner
• In Kyle We Trust, an interview with actress Christine Elise
• School's Out, an interview with actress Beth Grant
• The Second Dance, an interview with executive producer Robert Latham Brown
• Extra scenes from the broadcast TV version
• Original promotional featurettes
• Theatrical trailer
• TV spot
• Image gallery

DISC 3: CHILD'S PLAY 3

• 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Shout Factory
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray presentation
• Original stereo 2.0 and Dolby Atmos audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio Commentary with director Jack Bender
• Audio Commentary with producer Robert Latham Brown
• Ride the Frightening, an interview with writer Don Mancini
• War Games, an interview with actress Perrey Reeves
• Chucky Goes East, an interview with producer David Kirschner
• Carnivals and Campouts, an interview with producer Robert Latham Brown
• Midway Centurions, an interview with actor Michael Chieffo
• Shear Terror, an interview with makeup artist Craig Reardon
• Unholy Mountain, an interview with production designer Richard Sawyer
• Extra scenes from the Broadcast TV version
• Theatrical trailer
• TV spot
• Image gallery

DISC 4: BRIDE OF CHUCKY

• 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Shout Factory
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray presentation
• Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with director Ronny Yu
• Audio commentary with actors Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif and screenwriter Don Mancini
• Archival introduction by Jennifer Tilly
• Spotlight on Location featurette
• The Making of Bride of Chucky featurette
• Extra scenes from the Broadcast TV version
• Theatrical trailer
• TV spots
• Image gallery

DISC 5: SEED OF CHUCKY

• 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Shout Factory
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray presentation of both the Theatrical Version and the Unrated Version of the film
• Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 audio on both versions
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with writer/director Don Mancini and special makeup effects artist Tony Gardner
• Audio commentary with writer/director Don Mancini and Jennifer Tilly
• Off With the Head, Tony Gardner on Seed of Chucky
• Chucky Be Demented, John Waters on Seed of Chucky
• Slashed Scene with commentary by writer/director Don Mancini and Debbie Carrington
• Heeeeere's Chucky, Jim Moret interviews Chucky
• Family Hell-Day slide Show
• Conceiving the Seed of Chucky featurette
• Jennifer Tilly on The Tonight Show
• FuZion Up Close with the stars of Seed of Chucky
• Storyboard to final feature comparison featurette
• DVD easter eggs
• Teaser trailer
• Theatrical trailer
• TV spots
• Image gallery

DISC 6: CURSE OF CHUCKY

• 4K restoration from the original digital intermediate by Shout Factory
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray presentation of the Unrated Version of the film
• Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with writer/director Don Mancini, special makeup effects artist Tony Gardner and actor Fiona Dourif
• Andy's Secret Return, actor Alex Vincent on Curse of Chucky
• It's Got A Death Curse, animatronic effects supervisor Tony Gardner on Curse of Chucky
• Twist of Jill, actor Danielle Bisutti on Curse of Chucky
• Playing with Dolls: The Making of Curse of Chucky featurette
• Living Doll: Bringing Chucky to Life featurette
• Voodoo Doll: The Chucky Legacy featurette
• Storyboard comparisons featurette
• Deleted scenes
• Gag reel
• Trailer
• TV spot
• Image gallery

DISC 7: CULT OF CHUCKY

• 4K restoration from the original digital intermediate by Shout Factory
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray presentation
• Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with writer/director Don Mancini and special effects makeup artist Tony Gardner
• Doll in the Family, animatronic effects supervisor Tony Gardner on Cult of Chucky
• Do the Chucky Stomp, actor Alex Vincent on Cult of Chucky
• A look inside Alex Vincent's recording studio
• Inside the Insanity of Cult of Chucky featurette
• Good Guy Gone Bad: The incarnations of Chucky featurette
• The Dollhouse, filmmaker Kyra Elise Gardner talks with her father Tony and the Chucky family about working on the franchise
• Deleted scenes
• Trailers
• TV spot
• Image gallery

DISC 8: LIVING WITH CHUCKY

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of Kyra Elise Gardner's definitive documentary on the Child's Play franchise
• English lossless stero audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with director Kyra Elise Gardner
• Candid Conversations, Favorite Death Scenes and Strange Families featurettes

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Easy pass for the Chucky 4K set since they weren't allowed to include Child's Play in 4K.