Criterion compiles the TRILOGIA DE GUILLERMO DEL TORO (review)

Criterion combines in a sumptuous boxed set Guillermo del Toro's three pre-CRIMSON PEAK works of Gothic horror: the Mexican CRONOS in which an antiques dealer becomes infected with vampirism through an alchemical device, the Spanish THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE in which a young boy discovers the dark secrets of a remote orphanage during the Spanish civil war, and the Spanish PAN'S LABYRINTH in which a young girl discovers a portal to an underground kingdom that offers escape from her war torn childhood.

REVIEW LINK: Criterion Collection (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

TRILOGIA DE GUILLERMO DEL TORO Blu-ray specs:

• Cronos (1997):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English/Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Surround
• Optional English subtitles
• Optional Spanish or English opening voiceover
• Audio Commentary with director Guilermo del Toro
• Audio Commentary with producers Arthur H. Gorson and Bertha Navarro and co-producer Alejandro Springall
• "Geometria" short (6:53)
• Interview with director Guillermo del Toro (6:27)
• "Welcome to Bleak House" featurette (10:14)
• Interview with Guilermo del Toro (17:36)
• Interview with cinematographer Guillermo Navarro (12:36)
• Interview with actor Ron Perlman (7:25)
• Interview with actor Federico Luppi (5:25)
• Stills Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer (1:29)
• The Devil's Backbone (2001):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary with director Guillermo del Toro
• Introduction by Guillermo del Toro
• "Summoning Spirits" interview with Guillermo del Toro
• "Spanish Gothic" interview with Guillermo del Toro
• "Designing THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE" interview with Guillermo del Toro
• "¿Que es un fantasma?" featurette
• "Director’s Notebook" interactive feature
• Deleted Scenes with optional audio commentary by Guillermo del Toro
• "A War of Value" interview with scholar Sebastiaan Faber
• "Sketch, Storyboard, Screen" featurette
• "Del Toro's Thumbnails" interactive bonus view feature
• Theatrical Trailer
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 7.1 tracks
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary with director/writer Guillermo del Toro
• Director's Introduction
• "Del Toro and Funke" interview with Guillermo del Toro and writer Cornelia Funke
• "Director's Notebook" interactive feature
• Documentaries:
• "The Power of Myth"
• "Pan and the Fairies"
• "The Color and the Shape"
• "The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale"
• Interview with actor Doug Jones
• Ivana Baquero Audition
• Prequel Comics
• Video Comparisons
• Trailers and TV Spots
• 100-page hardcover book featuring an introduction by author Neil Gaiman, essays by critics Michael Atkinson, Mark Kermode, and Maitland McDonagh, production notes, and original sketches by Guillermo del Toro and illustrators Carlos Giménez and Raúl Monge.

Criterion Collection purrs for CAT PEOPLE (review)

Val Lewton's and Jacques Tourneur's classic of suggestive horror CAT PEOPLE comes to Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.  A young woman fears that physical intimacy will change her into a panther woman who will kill those she loves, but it seems as though jealousy over another woman pursuing her husband can just as easily bring out the animal inside.

REVIEW LINK: Criterion Collection (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

CAT PEOPLE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary from 2005 by historian Gregory Mank with excerpts from an audio interview with actress Simone Simon
• "Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows" feature-length documentary
• 1979 Interview with director Jacques Tourneur
• CAT PEOPLE remake cinematographer John Bailey on the look of the film
• Theatrical Trailer
• Fold-out poster and liner notes

The Criterion Collection spawns ROSEMARY'S BABY (review)

The birth of Rosemary's baby was not a happy event, but you can pass out the cigars for The Criterion Collection's brand new Blu-Ray edition of Roman Polanski's classic.  This new edition features an eye-popping new transfer and brand new special features (including interviews with Roman Polanski, producer Robert Evans and actress Mia Farrow).

REVIEW LINK: The Criterion Collection (US) Region A Blu-Ray (DVD Drive-In)

ROSEMARY'S BABY Blu-Ray specs:

• 1080p MPEG-4 AVC widescreen 1.85:1
• English LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• "Remembering ROSEMARY'S BABY" featurette
• Radio Interview with author Ira Levin
• "Komeda, Komeda" feature-length documentary on the composer
• Collector's Booklet