88 Films spooks up THE HAUNTED COP SHOP (review)

A police station is attacked by poltergeist vampires during the Hungry Ghosts Festival in this Hong Kong horror comedy from Jeffrey Lau co-written and produced by Wong Kar Wai.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.S.) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE HAUNTED COP SHOP Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• "Hauntings and Hollerings: James Mudge on THE HAUNTED COP SHOP"
• Deleted and Extended Shots
• Image Gallery
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with an O-ring slipcover featuring new artwork by Sean Longmore, removable O-ring, a reversible sleeve, and a double-sided foldout poster.

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Eureka's Masters of Cinema look BENEATH THE TREES: FOLK TALES AT DEFA II (review)

While West Germany's film industry was competing with Hollywood and primarily Disney, East Germany was adapting folk tales and fairy tales with socialist ideals with adaptations of Hans Christian Andersen's THE TINDERBOX and THE ROBE (a zany take on "The Emperor's New Clothes" shot in 1961 but banned until 1991), the Brothers Grimm's SNOW WHITE, SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED, and THE FROG KING.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Entertainment (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

BENEATH THE TREES: FOLKTALES AT DEFA Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• The Tinderbox (1959):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by socialist cinema expert Ally Pitts, host of A Russian and Soviet Movie Podcast 
• 1964 U.K. Television English-Dubbed Version
• "An Enchanted Land" interview with German cinema expert Rachel Palfreyman
• Puppet Animations:
• "The Emperor’s New Clothes (Herbert K. Schulz, 1956)
• "The Fisherman and his Wife (Werner Krauße, 1975)
• "Beauty and the Beast (Katja Georgi, 1976) 
• Disc Two:
• Snow White (1961):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Snow White and Rose Red (1979):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• "Mirror, Mirror" video essay by film and animation scholar Sam Summers 
• Disc Three:
• The Frog King (1988):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• The Robe (1961/1991): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• German LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke 
• Limited collector's edition box set of 2,000 copies includes hardbound slipcase featuring new artwork by Carly A-F and a 60-page book featuring a new essay on the production design of DEFA’s folktales by Märchenfilme expert Corinna Alexandra Rader, new notes on each film in this set by DEFA historians Sebastian Heiduschke and Qinna Shen, plus the original Hans Christian Andersen and Brothers Grimm stories that inspired The Tinderbox, Snow White, Snow White and Rose Red, The Frog King and The Robe. 

Toy Robot Video enters the NINJA WARS (review)

Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Noriko Watanabe star in the visually-stunning eighties fusion of Japanese history and martial arts fantasy as pawns in murderous intrigue between warlords battling for control and using ninjas as their secret weapon.

REVIEW LINK: Toy Robot Video/Arrow Video (U.S./U.K.) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

NINJA WARS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Jonathan Clements
• "A Japanese Ninja: author Matt Alt on Ninja Wars"
• "The Way of the Ninja: author and academic Daisuke Miyao on the ninja in Japanese Cinema"
• Three Theatrical Trailers
• VHS Transfer of the English-dubbed Version
• "Dark Magic Fantasy of Ninja Sword and Sorcery" text essay by Zack Davisson
• First pressing comes with a slipcover. 

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Cult Films and Tinto Brass expose MIRANDA (review)

Serena Grandi is discovered in the film that crowned Tinto Brass the "Maestro of Eroticism" as MIRANDA, a woman running an Italian guesthouse in the aftermath of World War II.  With her husband missing and presumed dead, she moves on with life with a series of lovers, looking for one who will take her without trying to possess her.

REVIEW LINK: Cult Films (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MIRANDA Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English, Italian, and Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles (for English) and English (for Italian)
• Viewing options with either English or Italian opening and closing credits
• "The Innkeeper's Secrets" interview with director Tinto Brass
• English Export Trailer
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover
• First Pressing Slipcover

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Radiance Films' tragic UNE FEMME DOUCE (review)

Robert Bresson strips down the high emotion of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella of a domineering husband reflecting on his wife's suicide in LA FEMME DOUCE, the debut of actress Dominique Sanda and Bresson's first film in color.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

UNE FEMME DOUCE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke
• 1969 television interview with director Robert Bresson by composer Pierre Boulez
• 1985 television interview with actress Dominique Sanda
• "Over Her Dead Body" visual essay by film historians Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin
• Comes with a reversible cover. 

Radiance Films checks into NEW ROSE HOTEL (review)

Two corporate espionage agents set up a honey trap to lure away a scientist from a ruthless corporation but love and money make deadly bedfellows in this techno noir from Abel Ferrara starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, and Asia Argento.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

NEW ROSE HOTEL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter Christ Zois
• "Abel Ferrara on NEW ROSE HOTEL" interview
• "Asia Argento on NEW ROSE HOTEL" interview
• "Wild and Woolly" interview with actor Willem Dafoe
• "Beatrice Loayza on NEW ROSE HOTEL" critic interview
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited edition of 4,000 copies, presented in and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings including a reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original promotional materials and booklet featuring new writing on the film by Brad Stevens, author of "Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision". 

88 Films recruits Jackie Chan for the MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARDS in 3D (review)

Jackie Chan, James Tin, and Bruce Leung are the MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARDS escorting a beautiful lady, her sick brother, and lethal twin swords women across deadly mountain terrain teeming with bandits and witches in the first Hong Kong 3D production.  Directed by Lo Wei.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.S./U.K.) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARDS Blu-ray specs:

• Two-disc set featuring Real3D 1080p24 MVC 2.35:1 widescreen and 2D 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen versions of the Film
• Cantonese, Mandarin, and English LPCM 2.0 Mono Tracks
• Alternate English LPCM 2.0 Mono Track with alternate music cues
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by NY Asian Film Festival's Frank Djeng and filmmaker F.J. DeSanto
• "Punching Into the 3rd Dimension - James Mudge on Magnificent Bodyguards"
• "Magnificent Bodyguards - A New Dimension in Action?" visual essay by film historian Steve Lawson
• Mandarin Theatrical Trailer
• English Theatrical Trailer  
• Comes with a reversible cover.

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Arrow Video exposes the corruption of SHOGUN'S NINJA (review)

Sonny Chiba passes the torch to Hiroyuki Sanada and takes the villainous role in this tale of intrigue and betrayal as a young man returns to Japan from China to avenge the massacre of his ninja clan.  This mix of historical fact and fictional liberties includes famous characters like the rebel thief Goemon Ishikawa and the notorious Hattori Hanzo, from the director of ROARING FIRE, SEX AND FURY, and SCHOOL OF THE HOLY BEAST.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (U.S.) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SHOGUN'S NINJA Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese and English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Chris Poggiali
• "The Rebirth of Japanese Action Cinema" interview with Japanese cinema expert Clément Rauger
• Comes in a slipcover with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Skinner, and a collectors’ booklet featuring "The Double Agents of SHOGUN'S NINJA" by Earl Jackson.

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Eureka Classics shudders from THE SCREAMING SKULL (review)

A mentally-fragile young bride is haunted by the memory of her husband's first wife which takes the form of a malevolent ghost.. or does it in THE SCREAMING SKULL, an AIP B-movie that anticipates the Roger Corman Poe Gothics to come.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE SCREAMING SKULL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Optional introduction by film historian Stephen Laws
• "Shrouded in Mystery" video essay by film and literature scholar Mary Going
• Theatrical Trailers
• The first 2,000 copies come with a limited edition O-card slipcase and interior packaging featuring new artwork by John Dunn and a collector’s booklet featuring "It May Kill You! Promotional Gimmickry and The Screaming Skull" by film historian Jon Towlson, author of "Subversive Horror Cinema" and "The Screaming Skull Conquers America: An Account of the Film's US Release History" by Christopher Stewardson. 

Cult Films celebrates at SALON KITTY (review)

THE DAMNED's Helmut Berger and Ingrid Thulin star with CALIGULA's Teresa Ann Savoy in this big-budget piece of Nazisploitation about the use of the brothel SALON KITTY by the Nazis to spy on their own soldiers with a team of twenty women trained in prostitution and espionage.  From director Tinto Brass.

REVIEW LINK: Cult Films (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SALON KITTY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles (for English) and English (for Italian)
• Interview with director Tinto Brass
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• International Trailer
• Foldout Poster
• Reversible Cover
• Postcard
• First Pressing Slipcover

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Unearthed Films summons up BAKEMONO (review)

A dank, dark Airbnb hosts various Tokyo visitors and a flesh-eating demon in this practical effects-loaded indie gore flick.

REVIEW LINK: Unearthed Films (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

BAKEMONO Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.90:1 Widescreen
• English/Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles (foreign dialogue only) or full English SDH subtitles
• "Making the Practical FX: Bringing a Gruesome Monster to Life"
• "The Dark Side of Tokyo: The Meaning Behind the Film"
• "Principal Photography"
• "Bakemono Unleashed: Reactions and Surprises"
• German festival Q and A with director Doug Roos
• Photo Gallery
• Teaser #1
• Teaser #2
• Trailer for THE SKY HAS FALLEN
• First Pressing Slipcover

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Second Run pulls the strings for JIRI TRNKA: PUPPET MASTER (review)

Dubbed the "father of Czech animation" Jiří Trnka created imaginative and sophisticated works of animation that challenged the talents of Disney and influenced other Czech artists including Karel Zeman and Jan Svankmajer (along with the British Brothers Quay).

REVIEW LINK: Second Run (U.K.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

JIRI TRNKA: PUPPET MASTER Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Old Czech Legends:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "A Beginner’s Guide to Jiří Trnka" video essay by film historian Evan Chester
• "Badly Painted Hen [Špatně namalovaná slepice]" 1963 animated short by Trnka collaborator Jiří Brdečka 
• Disc Two - The Czech Year:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Loutky Jiřího Trnky [The Puppets of Jiří Trnka]" 1955 documentary by Bruno Šefranka
• "A Beginner’s Guide to Czechoslovak Animation" video essay by film historian Evan Chester (27:58) 
• "The Hand [Ruka]" 1965 short by Jiří Trnka
• Restoration Theatrical Trailer 
• Come with a 32-page booklet with writing by experts on Czechoslovak cinema Peter Hames and Jonathan Owen. 
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies comes with a limited edition slipcase. 

Radiance Films schemes with TEN WOMEN IN BLACK (review)

A handsome television producer gets paranoid when he discovers that ten women in his life want him dead, and one of them is his wife in this bitter comedy drama from Kon Ichikawa.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.S./U.K.) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

TEN WOMEN IN BLACK Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Appreciation by musician Yasuharu Konishi (Pizzicato Five)
• "The Kon Ichikawa Story" 2006 documentary directed by Shunji Iwai
• Theatrical Trailer
• 1997 Re-Release Trailer
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, with a reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters and a booklet featuring new writing by Yuka Kimbara, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.

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Cult Epics unmasks KRIMINAL in 4K! (review)

After stealing the Crown Jewels, master thief Kriminal evades the gallows and takes off for Istanbul on the trail of a cache of diamonds exchanging hands through various double crosses in this comic strip adaptation from Umberto Lenzi.

REVIEW LINK: Cult Epics (U.S.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

KRIMINAL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.39:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• Italian Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "Armed to the Teeth: The Cinema of Umberto Lenzi" feature-length documentary by Eugenio Ercolani and Andrea Moroni
• "Camera Nostalgia" interview with actor Glenn Saxson
• "The Sound of Krime" interview with film music historian Pierpaolo De Sanctis 
• Isolated Score (28 tracks)
• Italian Credits
• Promotional Gallery 
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Cult Epics Trailers 
• Comes with a reversible cover and slipcover.

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Also available as a five-hundred copy limited edition with exclusive slipcover direct from CULT EPICS! 

88 Films takes a bite out of AMAZONIA: THE CATHERINE MILES STORY in 4K (review)

English schoolgirl Catherine Miles travels down to the Amazon to spend the holidays on her parents' rubber plant.  On a birthday trip up the Amazon river, their boat is ambushed and her parents are killed.  Abducted by a headhunting tribe, Catherine plots her escape even as she is ritually initiated into the tribe and develops a murderous hunger for revenge against her parents murderers.  Released by Charles Band's Empire Pictures in the United States as WHITE SLAVE.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

AMAZONIA: THE CATHERINE MILES STORY 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critics Eugenio Ercolani and Nanni Cobretti
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critics Eugenio Ercolani and Nanni Cobretti
• "Nothing to be Ashamed Of" interview with composer Franco Campanino 
• "The Man from the High Crane" interview with camera operator Federico del Zoppo
• "Capitalizing on Cannibals" interview with expert Eugenio Ercolani 
• "Body Trade in Amazonia" visual essay by film historian Rachael Nisbet 
• "No Meat on These Bones" visual essay by film historian Mike Foster 
• "Ecological with the Truth" visual essay by The Nasty Pasty
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring new art by Chris Barnes and alternate original artwork. 
• The limited edition also includes a slipcover with artwork by Chris Barnes, a U-card leaving the slipcover free of certificates and markings, and booklet notes by Francesco Massaccesi. 

88 Films frames Serena Grandi in 4K with DELIRIUM (review)

Tinto Brass starlet Serena Grandi plays Gloria, the top-heavy former model and owner of Pussycat Magazine.  When she recreates one of her own layouts with a new model, she triggers the psychotic impulses of a killer who starts stalking her models and presenting their corpses in photographs as a macabre tribute to Gloria.  David Brandon, Daria Nicolodi, George Eastman, and Capucine also star.  Directed by Lamberto Bava.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DELIRIUM 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• DISC ONE (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the English dub and English subtitles for the Italian dub
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Nanni Cobretti
• English Opening and Closing Titles 
• DISC TWO (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the English dub and English subtitles for the Italian dub
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Nanni Cobretti
• "Mixed Feelings for Gioia" interview with director Lamberto Bava
• "The Belittling Giant" interview with actor Luigi Montefiori a.k.a. George Eastman
• "Suspicious Cheekbones" interview with actor David Brandon
• "Latex Magrittian Visions" interview with production designer Massimo Antonello Geleng
• "Gioia's Emotional Curves" interview with first assistant director Roberto Palmerini
• "Crime and Passion Back in Fashion" interview with costume designer Nicoletta Ercole
• "Bees and Wulruses" interview with cinematographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia
• English Opening and Closing Titles
• The limited edition includes a slipcover with artwork by Ilan Sheady, a removable U-card leaving the slipcover free of certificates and markings, and booklet notes by James Oliver. 

Radiance Films exposes THE INUGAMI FAMILY (review)

A quirky private detective is called is hired to look into the mysterious Inugami family who have been turned against one another by the very peculiar terms of their patriarch's will that gives someone or more than one persona motives for murder in this Kon Ichikawa box office hit based on the novel by Seishi Yokomizo.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.S./U.K.) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE INUGAMI FAMILY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.50:1 Pillarboxed Widescreen
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with film historian Aaron Girow
• "The Secret of Kon Ichikawa's Visual Style" 1991 documentary featuring an interview with director Kon Ichikawa
• "Off Shots: The Day of Filming THE SECRET OF KON ICHIKAWA'S VISUAL STYLE" featurette
• "Verification: How THE INUGAMI FAMILY  Was Made" behind the scenes retrospective documentary
• "The Birth of Kosuke Kindaichi" interview with actor Koji Ishizaka
• "The Path of the 4K Digital Restoration" featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Theatrical Teaser
• Includes a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow. 
• First pressing includes a booklet featuring new writing by Midori Suiren and Akihiko Ito, in a in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, limited to 3000 copies.

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Radiance Films deciphers THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT in 4K (review)

Based on the labyrinthine gothic novel by Jan Potocki, THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT follows the travails of a French soldier in the Sierra Morena mountains of Spain, his supernatural encounter with a strange pair of sisters, the web of events that prevent him from trying to escape his uncertain fate.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.K.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC Dolby Vision and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.38:1 Widescreen Presentations of the film as a single feature (184 minutes) or in two parts (103 minutes and 81 minutes)
• Extras on the Blu-ray copy of the film:
• "The Saragossa Labyrinth" visual essay by Polish film expert Michael Brooke (69 minutes)
• "Saragossa" 1998 making-of documentary made for Polish television 
• Limited edition of 5,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings including a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and a booklet featuring new writing by author David Hering and archival writing by Annette Insdorf. 

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Troma slashes its way through GRADUATION DAY (review)

"The Class of '81 is getting fitted for caps and gowns... and coffins!" in Herb Freed's memorable eighties slasher.  Just before graduation, the members of the varsity track team start dying in grisly manners.  Is it related to the accidental death of the team's star four months earlier, or is someone on the faculty just sick of the obnoxious seniors?  Christopher George, Michael Pataki, and Vanna White star.

REVIEW LINK: Troma (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

GRADUATION DAY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by producer David Baughn
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues Podcast
• Introduction by Troma's Lloyd Kaufman
• "Acting Out in School" interview with actress Patch MacKenzie
• "Surviving the Class of '81" interview with director Herb Freed
• "Graduation Day Blues" interview with producer David Baughn
• "Cutting Class" interview with editor Martin Jay Sadoff
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Sgt. Kabukiman Interview with Scream Queen Linnea Quigley"
• "The Cannibal Lesbian Hoedown" Music Video
• INNARDS! Music Video
• Radiation March
• Troma in Time Square
• Troma in 4K!
• Coming Distractions

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88 Films sees double Jackie Chan in THE ARMOUR OF GOD COLLECTION (review)

In two of his biggest screen adventures, Jackie Chan plays soldier of fortune The Asian Hawk who teams up with his old buddy to save his lost lady love from an evil cult who want him to find ancient holy armour for them in ARMOUR OF GOD while he goes after Nazi gold hidden in the desert in ARMOUR OF GOD II: OPERATION CONDOR.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE ARMOUR OF GOD COLLECTION Blu-ray specs:

• ARMOUR OF GOD Disc One:
• Hong Kong Version (98 minutes)
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 original and home video mono mixes each with the choice of either "Flight of the Dragon" or "Lorelei" end credits songs
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono classic export version dub with the choice of either "Lorelei" in English or "High Upon High" (the English version of "Flight of the Dragon")
• Hybrid English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono with choice of either Cantonese end credits song
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Fortune Star DVD-era dub with "Lorelei" in Cantonese
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto
• Audio Commentary by Kenneth Brorsson & Phil Gillon of the Podcast On Fire Network
• "The Art of Action" featurette with actor/stuntman Scott Adkins and filmmaker Matt Routledge
• "Celebrity Talk Show" season 2, episode 2 from 1989 featuring Jackie Chan
• "Rise of the Phoenix: Radek Sienski on Armour of God" filmmaker appreciation
• "Hong Kong Movie Tours - Then & Now"
• "Jackie Chan on VHS: The VPD Years" visual essay by filmmaker Steve Lawson
• Archival interview with actor Jackie Chan
• Archival interview with Jackie Chan's manager Willie Chan
• Archival interview with in-house Golden Harvest editor Peter Cheung
• "Playing with Dynamite" interviews with assistant directors Stanley Kwan and Alexander Chan
• "Police Story" Promotional Trailer
• "High Upon High – The Armour of Funk" 2016 30th Anniversary Tribute: 
• Music Video
• Behind the Scenes
• Split Screen
• Cantonese Theatrical Trailer
• Mandarin Theatrical Trailer
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer
• English Theatrical Trailer
• 88 Films Blu-ray Trailer
• ARMOUR OF GOD Disc Two:
• International Version (88 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Japanese Version (98 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• ARMOUR OF GOD 2: OPERATION CONDOR Disc Three:
• Hong Kong Theatrical Version (107 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Theatrical Mono and Home Video Stereo
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono (classic dub)
• Hybrid Cantonese/English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by NY Asian Film Festival's Frank Djeng and filmmaker FJ DeSanto
• Audio Commentary by film historians Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• "Fighting with the Condor" two-part interview with actor Vincent Lyn
• "Magnificent Bodyguard" interview with actor Ken Lo
• "Martial Arts Mercenary For Hire" interview with actor Bruce Fontaine
• "Broader Horizons: Victor Fan on Operation Condor" interview
• "Project Eagle" Credits Sequence
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Re-mastered Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• English Export Trailer
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer
• Japanese TV Spot
• Stills Gallery
• ARMOUR OF GOD 2: OPERATION CONDOR Disc Four:
• *The Film - Extended Version (117 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles