The Arrow Thread

[Buboven]

As a fan of Jack Hill films, is Blood Bath worth picking up? is it actually any good?

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

However,hard to dig Arrow for owt just now.

We're only at February and we've had the superb;

THE MUTILATOR
DEEP RED
HELLRAISER BOX
FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON

[michal]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

THE MUTILATOR arrived yesterday.

99% Perfect package.

Anyone guess what my only gripe was?

Cover art?

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I feel your pain.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

...

***AMERICAN HORROR PROJECT VOL ONE: FINAL SPECS***

Everyone knows the classic American horror titles: Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and A Nightmare on Elm Street, to name but a few. But we want to tell you a different story: a story of the unsung heroes of stars-and-stripes terror, films that have remained on the fringes of the genre either through lack of availability or else sheer obscurity. This is where American Horror Project comes in.

Volume One of this series presents three tales of violence and madness from the 1970s. Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (Christopher Speeth, 1973) sees a family arrive at a creepy, dilapidated fairground in search of their missing son, only to find themselves at the mercy of the cannibalistic ghouls lurking beneath the park. Meanwhile, The Witch Who Came from the Sea (Matt Cimber, 1976), stars Millie Perkins (The Diary of Anne Frank) as a young woman whose bizarre and violent fantasies start to bleed into reality – literally. Lastly, every parent’s worst nightmare comes true in The Premonition (Robert Allen Schnitzer, 1976), a tale of psychic terror in which five-year-old Janie is snatched away by a strange woman claiming to be her long-lost mother.

Newly remastered from the best surviving elements and contextualised with brand new supplementary material, American Horror Project proudly presents an alternative history of American horror and film heritage.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

- Brand new 2K restorations of the three features
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard DVD presentations
- Original Mono 1.0 audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays)
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil
- American Horror Project Journal Volume I – Limited edition 60-page booklet featuring new articles on the films from writers Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents), Kim Newman (Nightmare Movies), Kier-La Janisse (House of Psychotic Women) and Brian Albright (Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews)

MALATESTA’S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD

- Introduction to the film by 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 (BD/DVD-ROM content)
- Stills gallery

THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA

- Introduction to the film by Stephen Thrower
- Audio commentary with director-producer 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

THE PREMONITION

- Introduction to the film by Stephen Thrower
- Isolated score
- Audio commentary with director-producer 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 Robert Allen Schnitzer and star Richard Lynch
- Three Robert Allen Schnitzer short films: ‘Vernal Equinox’, ‘Terminal Point’ and ‘A Rumbling in the Land’
- 4 Peace Spots
- Trailers and TV Spots

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Also, not sure if it's true or not but High Rising have leaked that Arrow are apparently releasing Phantasm.

[Rik]

Saw that, I expect it to be another Hellraiser style set

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Buboven

As a fan of Jack Hill films, is Blood Bath worth picking up? is it actually any good?

If its the one I'm thinking of then I have it under the title track of the vampire.
I really enjoyed it.

Who spoiled Phantasm?! Bloody good news, given that anchor bay in the uk were able to license all 4 (something American labels couldn't ) hopefully Arrow should be able to bring them all out in a set. I know JJ abrams has been assisting in getting a new 4k scan of the first film. Getting the rest remastered and as uncut as possible would be ideal. Sadly the uncut footage for part 2 was either destroyed or used to line the studios bins, so the likelihood of 2 ever getting decent treatment is remote. That said I know people were unhappy with the Scream factory blu-ray so another go at putting it out might please fans.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Also, not sure if it's true or not but High Rising have leaked that Arrow are apparently releasing Phantasm.

About bloody time.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Deep Red standard edition announced for those who missed out on/didn't want the LE:

Deep Red Blu-Ray

Also, Arrow Academy announcement of The Human Condition Trilogy:



The Human Condition Trilogy Limited Edition Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD