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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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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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 Blu-ray single-disc edition. 

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

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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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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Wild Eye Releasing takes Visual Vengeance on THE NINE DEMONS (review)

When his lord and his father are murdered, Zuo Qi escapes and stumbles into the portal to Hell where the Prince of Darkness offers him supernatural powers in the form of nine demons to avenge his father and save his best friend who is under threat by various scheming and double-crossing parties in this odd late-period fantasy film from Chang Cheh.

REVIEW LINK: Wild Eye Releasing (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE NINE DEMONS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.19:1 Widescreen
• English or Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by martial arts film historians Justin Decloux and Dylan Cheung
• "Dirty VHS Version" under the title THE NINE VENOMS
• "The Discovery of James Wu Kuo-Ren" video essay by Justin Declous
• "The Late Period Chang Cheh" video essay by Justin Decloux
• Actor Yu Tai-Ping Interview
• Unsung Horrors Podcast: "The Nine Demons" episode
• Image Gallery
• Visual Vengeance Trailer
• Comes with a folded mini-poster featuring original theatrical art and reversible sleeve featuring original alternate art. 
• The first pressing also includes a ‘Stick Your Own’ VHS sticker set, "Enter: The Venom Mob" liner notes booklet by C.J. Lines, and O-card featuring art by Uncle Frank.

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Visual Vengeance drops bodies with the FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINE (review)

Carter Wong is a young martial artist who gets entangled with royal intrigue and the Shaolin temple monks on the hunt for the master of the Flying Guillotine, a powerful weapon and its reclusive master in this Taiwanese rarity.

REVIEW LINK: Wild Eye Releasing (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen
• English or Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary on the 2K Restoration by Justin Decloux of the Important Cinema Club Podcast
• "A Brief History of Flying Guillotine Movies" visual essay by Justin Decloux
• "Chan Siu-Pang Was There" visual essay by Justin Decloux
• Actor Carter Wong Interview
• "Chan Siu-Pang: 10 Styles of Tamo Demonstration"
• Image Gallery
• Visual Vengeance Trailer
• Start-up Trailers
• Includes a reversible sleeve.  
• The first pressing also includes a double sided poster, "Stick Your Own" VHS stickers, a liner notes booklet with writing by C.J. Lines, a lobby card reproduction set, and a slipcover.

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Blue Underground plays the silent flute in the CIRCLE OF IRON (review)

A lone warrior travels across dangerous terrain to battle the wizard Zetan and obtain the Book of Knowledge in CIRCLE OF IRON, a martial arts fantasy that was originally supposed to be a star vehicle for Bruce Lee.  David Carradine, Christopher Lee, Jeff Cooper, and Eli Wallach star. 

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

CIRCLE OF IRON 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.66:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Richard Moore, moderated by David Gregory
• Audio Commentary by film historians Frank Djeng and Chris Poggiali
• Alternate Opening
• U.S. and International Theatrical Trailers 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Richard Moore, moderated by David Gregory
• Audio Commentary by film historians Frank Djeng and Chris Poggiali
• "Playing The Silent Flute" interview with star David Carradine
• "Circle Of Success" interview with co-star Anthony De Longis
• "The Producer" interview with co-producer Paul Maslansky
• "Karate Master" interview with martial arts coordinator Joe Lewis
• 1980 audio interview with co-screenwriter Stirling Silliphant, conducted by John Corcoran for "Kick" magazine
• Alternate Opening
• U.S. and International Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spots
• Poster and Still Gallery
• Easter Egg 
• Comes in steelbook packaging with a transparent plastic slipcover.

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Film Masters plants THE TERROR in the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (review)

Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson star in a Gothic horror film ostensibly directed by Roger Corman but featuring the contributions of the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hill, Monte Hellman, as well as Nicholson himself in the director's chair.

REVIEW LINK: Film Masters (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE TERROR Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - The Terror (1963):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Maste Audio and Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians C. Courtney Joyner and Dr. Steve Haberman
• "Ghosts in the Machine: Art and Artiface in Roger Corman's Celluloid Castle" visual essay by film historian C. Courtney Joyner
• 2023 Re-cut Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two - Little Shop of Horrors (1960):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Maste Audio and Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film star Jonathan Haze, moderated by author Justin Humphreys
• "Hollywood Intruders: The Filmgroup Story - Part 2" documentary
• 2023 Re-cut Theatrical Trailer
• 22-page collector's booklet featuring essays by C. Courtney Joyner and Mark McGee.

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Arrow Video lands on the FORBIDDEN PLANET in 4K (review)

A space crew's investigation on a planet in a distant star system where a scientific expedition disappeared twenty years ago uncovers technological wonders and invisible terrors in this science fiction take on Shakespeare's "The Tempest" starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, and Robby the Robot!

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (U.S./U.K.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

FORBIDDEN PLANET 4K UltraHD specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.55:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0 Perspecta Stereo, English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• "Unearthly Aura" appreciation of Bebe & Louis Barron's pioneering electronic score by historian and composer Neil Brand
• "Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, The 1950s and Us" 2005 documentary by Richard Schickel
• "Amazing!: Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet" 2006 documentary
• "Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon" 2006 documentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Lost Footage
• Bonus Film: THE INVISIBLE BOY, 1956 film starring Robby the Robot
• "The Robot Client" episode of THE THIN MAN guest starring Robby the Robot
• Two Excerpts from MGM PARADE
• Theatrical Trailers
• Image Galleries:
• Original Screenplay
• Posters and Lobby Cards
• Black and White Promotional Stills
• Color Promotional Stills 
• Comes with a slipcover, reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options, double-sided fold-out poster, and collectors' booklet featuring essays by Frank Collins, Johnny Mains, and Bob Furmanek.

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Wild Eye Releasing and Visual Vengeance unleash a SCREAM DREAM (review)

Hounded by reporters and church groups, fired by her manager, devil-worshiping heavy metal singer Michelle Shock possesses her new replacement in the band to take demonic revenge in this SOV horror from Donald Farmer starring Melissa Moore.

REVIEW LINK: Wild Eye Releasing (U.S.) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SCREAM DREAM Blu-ray specs:

• 1080i60 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Donald Farmer, moderated by Heath Holland
• Interview with producer/director Donald Farmer
• "Heavy Metal Horror Primer" conversation with podcasters Justin Decloux and Adam 'Riot' Thorn
• Actor Nick Riggins Interview
• Actress Jesse Raye Interview
• "The Art of the Scream" interview with special effects artist Rick Gonzales
• Behind the Scenes Image Gallery
• Donald Farmer Theatrical Q&A Excerpts
• Visual Vengeance Trailer
• Start-up Trailers
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original VHS art and a folded mini-poster. 
• The first pressing also includes a Scream Dream Guitar Pick, and slipcover.

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Wild Eye Releasing and Visual Vengeance gaze into the eye of CYCLOPS (review)

A schoolgirl starts to question her brother's past involvement in secret experiments involving birth defects and her sister-in-law's very unusual pregnancy in this Japanese eighties gore horror direct-to-video flick CYCLOPS from the creator of NIGHT HEAD and the director of ANOTHER HEAVEN and RINGU: SPIRAL.

REVIEW LINK: Wild Eye Releasing (U.S.) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CYCLOPS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Justin Decloux of The important Cinema Club and Patrick Macias, author of Tokyoscope: the Japanese Cult Film Companion
• "No Compliance" interview with director Joji “George” Iida
• "Not In The Way Your Expect: The Films of Joji “George” Iida" video essay by Justin Decloux of The important Cinema Club
• "All the Monsters Are Here: The Japanese DTV Market of the Mid-80s" video essay by Justin Decloux of The important Cinema Club
• Image Gallery
• Koji Yamamura Sketch Gallery
• Visual Vengeance Trailer
• Start-up Trailers
• Comes with a folded mini-poster featuring original pressbook art and reversible sleeve featuring original Japanese VHS art. 
• The first pressing includes "The Creation of Cyclops" 16-page liner notes booklet, "A (Short) Horror Trip" 8-page liner notes booklet, and limited Edition slipcover art by The Dude.

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MVD Visual signs a DEATH WARRANT for JCVD in 4K (review)

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Canadian cop who goes undercover in a Los Angeles prison to find a killer in DEATH WARRANT.  Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Kilpatrick, and Art LaFleur also star.

REVIEW LINK: MVD Visual (U.S.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DEATH WARRANT 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Deran Sarafian 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Deran Sarafian
• Interview with actor Patrick Kilpatrick
• Interview with actor Art LaFleur
• "Defender of Death" interview with actress Cynthia Gibb
• Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers 
• Comes with a slipcover, reversible cover, and collectible "4K LaserVision" mini-poster.

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MVD Visual beats in 4K with Jean-Claude Van Damme's LIONHEART (review)

When his brother is brutally murdered by drug dealers, Lyon escapes from the French Foreign Legion and travels from Africa to Los Angeles to help his sister-in-law and her daughter but he also becomes involved in illegal street fighting rings with high stakes players in this early Jean-Claude Van Damme action flick with heart.

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

LIONHEART 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10) of the International Version
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Sheldon Lettich, moderated by Heath Holland 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• U.S. Theatrical Cut:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles 
• Hybrid Extended Cut:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Audio Commentary by director Sheldon Lettich and actor Harrison Page 
• "The Story of LIONHEART" documentary
• "Inside LIONHEART with the Filmmakers and Cast" featurette
• "LIONHEART: Behind the Fights" featurette
• 1991 Making-of Featurette
• Interview with director Sheldon Lettich
• Interview with actor Harrison Page
• Behind the Scenes of the Audio Commentary
• Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
• Promotional Clips
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers 
• Comes with a collectible "Lionheart" 4K LaserVision mini-poster, a reversible cover featuring the 4K LaserVision cover and the 2018 MVD Rewind Collection Blu-ray artwork (with new 4K/BD combo sticker), and a slipcover.

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Arrow Video will never leave THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (review)

THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS' Lino Capolicchio is an art restorer called to a remote village in the Po Valley to restore a rotting fresco that depicts a macabre rendition of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and gradually discovers that something is very wrong in the village related to the fresco's mysterious painter in this rural giallo from ZEDER director Pupi Avati.

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

THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• Audio Commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "Painted Screams" 2025 documentary by Federico Caddeo featuring interviews with co-writer/director Pupi Avati, co-writer Antonio Avati, assistant director Cesare Bastelli, actors Lino Capolicchio, Fancesca Marciano, Giulio Pizzirani, and Pietro Brambilla, production designer Luciana Morosetti, assistant camera operation Toni Scaramuzza, sound mixer Enrico Blasi, and Emanuele Taglietti (son of assistant production designer Otello Taglietti (94 minutes)
• "La Casa e Sola" visual essay by critic Chris Alexander
• "The Art of Suffering" visual essay by critic Kat Ellinger
• Italian Theatrical Trailer 

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Cult Epics exposes the smutty letters of P.O. TINTO BRASS in 4K (review)

Having built up a reputation as a master of erotica, director Tinto Brass is inundated daily with letters, photos, and videos charting the erotic imaginations of his female fans.  With his sexy secretary, he probes these fantasies in search of inspiration in this erotic anthology film.

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

P.O. BOX TINTO BRASS 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• English Subtitles for scenes never dubbed into English
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Jeremy Richey, Nathaniel Thompson, Eugenio Ercolani, and Heather Drain
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• English Subtitles for scenes never dubbed into English
• Audio Commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Jeremy Richey, Nathaniel Thompson, Eugenio Ercolani, and Heather Drain
• Interview with director Tinto Brass
• Image Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a 20-page booklet and slipcover.

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Also available directly from CULT EPICS with a website-exclusive alternate slipcover, four lobby card reproductions, and a bonus disc featuring the documentary ISTINTOBRASS. 

Deaf Crocodile tucks us in for DEFA FAIRY TALES (review)

After World War II, West Germany embraced capitalist ideals and Hollywood-style cinema while Soviet-controlled East Germany took a Utopian approach to their cinema through DEFA studio using film to instill communist ideals including fairy tales whose moral lessons stressed the value of hard work and the corruption of greed with familiar-yet-unfamiliar tellings of SNOW WHITE and LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD along with the less-familiar stateside MOTHER HULDA in which a put-upon stepdaughter dives into a well to retrieve a lost spindle and finds herself high above in the clouds, THE DEVIL'S THREE GOLDEN HAIRS in which a young man travels to Hell to trick the devil in order to win the hand of a princess and save his death-ridden village, and SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED in which two sisters fight an evil mountain spirit to free the princes they love from a curse.

REVIEW LINK: Deaf Crocodile (U.S.) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DEFA Fairy Tales Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Snow White:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan 
• Mother Hulda:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke 
• Disc Two:
• Little Red Riding Hood:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.36:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Shelagh Rowen-Lagg and Anne Golden 
• Disc Three:
• The Devil's Three Golden Hairs:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles 
• Disc Four:
• Snow White and Rose Red:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan 
• "Socialist Fantasies, the Bros. Grimm and DEFA Studios: Fairytale Filmmaking in East Germany" visual essay by film historian Evan Chester
• Interview with comics artist, film historian, and author Stephen R. Bissette by Deaf Crocodile's Dennis Bartok (94 minutes)

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