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Black Mask is a 1996 Hong Kong action comedy by Daniel Lee
Starring Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau and Karen Mok

Cut in Hong Kong for its theatrical release. This was then shortened for the export version which was passed 18 by the BBFC for UK home video. The uncut Hong Kong version was later released. The restored Hong Kong cuts were also restored to the Export Version resulting in the Extended Export Version. The longest version is the Taiwan Version which restores deleted scenes from a Workprint.

Summary Notes

A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.

US: The US Version is MPAA R rated for:

• 2024 Eureka Limited Edition [Uncut Hong Kong + US Export + Taiwan Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 23rd April 2024

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THE SUPERHERO MARTIAL ARTS CLASSIC FROM WRITER / PRODUCER TSUI HARK (ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, KNOCK OFF) NOW AVAILABLE IN A 2-DISC LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY!

Tsui Chik (Li) is a librarian who leads a quiet, unassuming life - or, at least, that's what he wants people to believe. In truth, he was once a member of the 701 Squad, a group of elite combatants produced by a failed super-soldier project. In kind with his former comrades, his central nervous system has been altered to render him impervious to pain. When several of his fellow test subjects resurface and embark on a crimewave under the leadership of their former commander Hung Kuk (Patrick Lung), Tsui is forced to use his extraordinary abilities once more. Donning a costume, he sets out to face his past - as the vigilante known as the Black Mask.

Adapted from the manhua by Pang Chi-ming and Li Chi-tak and heavily influenced by Bruce Lee's turn as Kato in The Green Hornet, Black Mask is one of the most entertaining movies in Jet Li's filmography and boasts action orchestrated by Yuen Woo-ping, who would later win an Academy Award for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its rarely seen uncut version on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration!

LIMITED EDITION TWO-DISC BLU-RAY SET FEATURES:

Limited Edition of 2000 copies only | O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) | Limited Edition bonus disc featuring an extended version of the film | PLUS: A Limited- edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver

DISC ONE

• Fully uncut Hong Kong version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration
• Original US version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration
• Original Cantonese Stereo and optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 (Hong Kong Version)
• Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release
• Brand new audio commentary on the Hong Kong version by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
• Brand new audio commentary on the US export version by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Brand new interview with stuntman Mike Lambert
• Brand new interview with film critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks.com)
• Brand new interview with Leon Hunt, author of Kung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger
• Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork
• Archival Making of featurette
• Trailers

DISC TWO (LIMITED EDITION BONUS DISC)

• Extended version of Black Mask featuring all the unique footage from the various releases of the film re-inserted

Voices is a 1973 UK horror thriller by Kevin Billington
Starring David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt and Lynn Farleigh

Cut by the BBFC for an AA rated cinema release in 1973. Presumably it was the cinema version that was released on pre-cert VHS in 1982. Uncut for 15 rated Blu-ray in 2022.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for suicide references, bloody images:

• 2024 Powerhouse Films R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024

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Real-life husband and wife David Hemmings (Blowup, Deep Red) and Gayle Hunnicutt (Eye of the Cat, Fragment of Fear) star in this tense British shocker from director Kevin Billington (The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer).

After a tragic family accident, Claire (Hunnicutt) suffers a mental breakdown. In an effort to help her recovery, Robert (Hemmings), her husband, takes her to convalesce in a grand country house, but her already fragile sanity is soon threatened by ghostly apparitions and terrifying visions.

Extras "INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

New restoration from a 4K scan of the original separation masters by Powerhouse Films
Authentic presentation of this unique mixed-media production, which combines film-shot and video-captured material
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (2022)
Wide Boys (2022, 18 mins): film historian Vic Pratt charts the ups and downs of John Daly and David Hemmings' production company, Hemdale
Mon Brave! (2022, 8 mins): filmmaker Peter Crane recalls his personal and professional relationship with Hemmings
Voices from the Past (2022, 4 mins): a look at the challenges of restoring Voices
Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing"

Action Jackson is a 1988 US action comedy by Craig R. Baxley
Starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson and Vanity

Cut by the BBFC for 1988 cinema release and VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

UK cinema and video versions were cut by 9 secs to remove shots of a butterfly knife being twirled and a topless woman's stabbed body due to the BBFC's strict guidelines on knife violence at that time. Only in 2024 was the uncut version granted a 15 rating from the BBFC.

Summary Notes

Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, nudity, language, drug misuse:

• 2024 Warner Bros R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 17th June 2024
• 2024 Warner Bros Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

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Like a blast from a .44 magnum, Carl Weathers (Predator, Rocky) makes Action Jackson a hero who delivers the goods with charisma and excitement. He plays Detroit police Sergeant Jericho Jackson, pitted against the brutal thugs of ruthless auto tycoon Peter Dellaplane (Craig T. Nelson), who's out to murder his way to political power. Jackson's also involved with Dellaplane's beautiful wife, Patrice (Sharon Stone) -- and his mistress, Sydney (singer Vanity). Framed and hunted by his fellow officers, Jackson sets up a desperate showdown that hurls Action Jackson toward a heart-stopping climax.

Goodbye Uncle Tom is a 1971 Italy drama by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi.
With Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi.

The original Italian Version was significantly cut and reworked for the English Version. The English Version was heavily cut for a BBFC X rated cinema release in 1973. Not released in the UK since. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 Blue Underground Limited Edition [Italian + English Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 23rd April 2024
• 2024 Blue Underground Limited Edition [Italian + English Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 23rd April 2024
• 2024 Blue Underground Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE BASED ON HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT THE RISE AND REVOLT OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA!

The film considered too shocking for the world! Written, edited, produced and directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi of MONDO CANE fame, this epic recreation of the American slave trade atrocities was both condemned as depraved exploitation and acclaimed as an unprecedented cry of Black anguish and rage. The Detroit Chronicle hailed it as "a graphic, moving, nerve-paralyzing film." Legendary film critic Pauline Kael called it "the most specific and rabid incitement of the race war." It became one of the most reviled and misunderstood films of its time. Five decades cannot diminish GOODBYE UNCLE TOM's impact or quiet its controversy as it has become even more relevant TODAY!

In 1971, distributors forced the filmmakers to completely re-cut the film and radically re-write its extreme narration, removing more than 13 minute of race-war politics and inserting alternate scenes - creating what would become an entirely different film - before it could be released. Now more than 50 years later, both versions of GOODBYE UNCLE TOM can finally be seen in brand-new restorations, scanned in 4K 16-bit from their original negatives, with Dolby Vision HDR & newly restored DTS-HD Master Audio, and packed with over 5 hours of Extras!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Ultra HD Blu-ray (2160p) Widescreen 2.40:1 feature presentations
• Audio: 1.0 DTS-HD MA (English); 1.0 DTS-HD MA (Italian)
• English Version (123 Mins.) with Optional English SDH and Espanol Subtitles + English Trailer
• Italian Version (136 Mins.) with Optional English and English SDH Subtitles + Italian Trailer
• THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOCKING: GUALTIERO JACOPETTI -- A feature-length documentary by Director Andrea Bettinetti (94 Mins.)
• THE GODFATHERS OF MONDO -- A feature-length documentary by Director David Gregory (89 Mins.)
• Goodbye Cruel Mondo - Interviews with Writers/Directors Gualtiero Jacopetti & Franco Prosperi, and Composer Riz Ortolani (20 Mins.)
• Behind-the-Scenes 8mm Footage with Audio Commentary by Production Manager Giampaolo Lomi (50 Mins.)
• Mondo Mercenaries - Interview with Author & Academic Mark Goodall (27 Mins.)
• Abjection Under Authoritarianism - Interview with Professor Matthew J. Smith (20 Mins.)
• Extensive Still Galleries, including Giampaolo Lomi's Behind-the-Scenes Photos
• BONUS! GOODBYE UNCLE TOM Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD by Riz Ortolani
• BONUS! Collectible Booklet with new essay by Dan Madigan

The Beast In The Cellar is a 1971 UK horror thriller by James Kelley
Starring Beryl Reid, Flora Robson and John Hamill

BBFC cuts were required for X rated cinema release in 1970. Later uncut and 15 rated on 2004 DVD.

Summary Notes

Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two sisters living nearby realize they might understand what's happening.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for moderate bloody violence:

• 2024 88 Films (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024
• 2024 88 Films Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

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When soldiers stationed in the local community are mauled to death in the local woods, a wild cat is thought to be the culprit. However, two sisters, begin to suspect that their brother who has been locked in their cellar for 30 years may be responsible. This creepy early 70s horror starring Beryl Reid (Psychomania) and Flora Robson (Eye of the Devil, Fragment of Fear) carries a brooding tension that is both claustrophobic and horrible. A bonafide cult classic.

2K Remaster from 4K Scans of the Original Negatives presented in High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio Original Uncompressed Mono Optional English SDH Audio commentary by associate producer Christopher Neame and executive producer Tony Tenser, moderated by author John Hamilton Audio Commentary By Film Critics David Flint and Allan Bryce Beats in the Cellar - An Interview with Composer Tony Macaulay Beast in the Cells - An Interview with Editor Nicholas Napier-Bell Sound From the Cellar - An Interview with Sound Camera Operator Graham V. Hartstone Getting in the Cellar - An Interview with Actor Christopher Chittell Original Trailer

Carry On Spying is a 1964 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas
Starring Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Cribbins

BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1964. The BBFC cuts have persisted into all releases since.

Summary Notes

Agent Simpkins and trainees chase STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) for a stolen chemical formula, using gadgets and disguises to defeat villains The Fat Man, Dr Milchman, and Dr Crow.

Versions

category cuts cut:   run: 87:02s pal: 83:33s

UK: The cinema version was BBFC U rated for mild language, innuendo and comic violence: 2007 Studiocanal R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad 2006 TPC / The Portman Consultancy DVD (rated 15/03/2006) UK: The cinema version was BBFC U rated: 2001 Warner Home DVD (rated 12/09/2001) 1988 Warner Home VHS (rated 11/07/1988) UK: BBFC A (PG) rated after BBFC category cuts: 1964 Anglo Amalgamated cinema release (rated 04/06/1964) Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read: Reel 5 - Remove the words "more than enough for a fat man with a very small dossier." Reel 6 - Remove Daphne's line "Most men find her very exciting" and ensuing conversation in which she whispers to the fat man and he replies, resuming on "Let me see your shimmy." From IMDb: A scene - apparently now lost - shows Agent Bind stopping to feed money into a fruit machine as the other recruits are escaping the fun house. It would seem that all existing prints of "Spying" now fade out just before this occurs but there is anecdotal evidence suggesting that this full version had been shown on British TV at least once during the 70s.

Rolling Thunder is a 1977 action revenge film by John Flynn.
With William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Haynes.

Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1977. Uncut and 18 rated on DVD and Blu-ray. The film was banned in New Zealand from 1978-1989.

Summary Notes

Major Charles Rane comes back from the war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver dollars from him. In the process they also manage to kill his wife and son and destroy his hand. The Major wants revenge so he enlists the help of his war buddy Johnny to meet the thugs in a final showdown.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2024 SHOUT! FACTORY R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 23rd April 2024
• 2024 SHOUT! FACTORY Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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When Major Charles Rane (William Devane, Marathon Man, Interstellar) returns home to San Antonio, Texas, he is given a hero's welcome. He and his friend John Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive) had endured eight years of physical and mental torture in a POW camp.

Adjusting to his old life isn't going to be easy for Rane. His wife Janet has fallen in love with another man, and his son doesn't remember him. The publicity he receives as a returning hero has attracted the attention of a group of hoodlums. When the group kills Rane's wife and son and leaves him for dead, he and Vohden team up to hunt them down.

Bonus Content:

• 4K Transfer from the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• In Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)
• Audio Commentary with Screenwriter/Novelist Heywood Gould and Author/Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner
• Audio Commentary with Filmmakers Jackson Stewart and Francis Galluppi
• Lean And Mean: The Early Films of John Flynn: An Interview with Author/Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner
• Coming Home to War: Scoring Rolling Thunder: An Interview with Composer Barry De Vorzon
• The Making of Rolling Thunder: Featuring Interviews with Actors William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones and Writers Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould
• Trailers from Hell: Filmmaker Eli Roth on Rolling Thunder
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot
• Radio Spots
• Still Gallery

Black Mask is a 1996 Hong Kong action comedy by Daniel Lee.
With Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau and Karen Mok.

Cut in Hong Kong for its theatrical release. This was then shortened for the export version which was passed 18 by the BBFC for UK home video. The uncut Hong Kong version was later released. The restored Hong Kong cuts were also restored to the Export Version resulting in the Extended Export Version. The longest version is the Taiwan Version which restores deleted scenes from a Workprint.

Summary Notes

A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.

UK: The US Export Version is BBFC 18 rated:

• 2024 Eureka Limited Edition [Uncut Hong Kong + US Export + Taiwan Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024

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Jet Li stars in an action-packed superhero spectacle produced by the legendary Tsui Hark !

Tsui Chik (Li) is a librarian who leads a quiet, unassuming life -- or, at least, that's what he wants people to believe. In truth, he was once a member of the 701 Squad, a group of elite combatants produced by a failed super-soldier project. In kind with his former comrades, his central nervous system has been altered to render him impervious to pain. When several of his fellow test subjects resurface and embark on a crimewave under the leadership of their former commander Hung Kuk ( Patrick Lung ), Tsui is forced to use his extraordinary abilities once more. Donning a costume, he sets out to face his past -- as the vigilante known as the Black Mask.

Adapted from the =manhua by Pang Chi-ming and Li Chi-tak and heavily influenced by Bruce Lee's turn as Kato in =The Green Hornet , Black Mask is one of the most entertaining movies in Jet Li's filmography and boasts action orchestrated by Yuen Woo-ping, who would later win an Academy Award for his work on =Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its rarely seen uncut version on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration!

LIMITED EDITION TWO-DISC BLU-RAY SET FEATURES:

Limited Edition of 2000 copies only | O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) | Limited Edition bonus disc featuring two alternate versions of the film | PLUS: A Limited- edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver

DISC ONE

Fully uncut Hong Kong version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration | Original US version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration | Original Cantonese Stereo and optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 (Hong Kong Version) | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentary on the Hong Kong version by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new audio commentary on the US export version by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Brand new interview with stuntman Mike Lambert | Brand new interview with film critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks.com) | Brand new interview with Leon Hunt, author of Kung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger | Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork | Archival Making of featurette | Trailers

DISC TWO (LIMITED EDITION BONUS DISC)

Alternate Taiwanese cut of the film | Extended version of Black Mask featuring all the unique footage from the various releases of the film re-inserted

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker is a 1981 US horror mystery thriller by William Asher
Starring Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell and Bo Svenson

Banned as Video Nasty in 1983. Banned again by the BBFC for video in 1987. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

UK: Butcher: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated with a trigger warning for strong bloody violence, domestic abuse, sexual violence references:

• 2024 Severin Films R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad released on 13th May 2024
• 2024 Severin Films (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 13th May 2024
• 2024 Severin Films Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

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It remains the most joltingly violent, psychosexual grindhouse shocker of the '80s, directed by a veteran of I Love Lucy and starring a frequently shirtless former teen idol with an epically demented performance by an Oscar® nominee. And now it can be experienced for the first time ever in UHD : Jimmy McNichol stars as an orphaned high-school student raised by his strangely overprotective aunt ( Susan Tyrrell of FAT CITY fame) who becomes implicated in a grisly murder investigated by a psychotic police detective (an equally unhinged Bo Svenson of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS). 7x Emmy® nominee Julia Duffy ( Newhart ) and Bill Paxton (in one of his first film roles) co-star in this "jaw-dropping hunk of genre insanity" ( Pop Culture Beast ) and former DPP 39 Video Nasty -- also known as NIGHT WARNING -- now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with 6 hours of new and archival Special Features.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary With Star Jimmy McNichol
• Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Producer Steve Breimer And Co-Writer Alan Jay Glueckman, Moderated By Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary With Co-Producer And Unit Production Manager Eugene Mazzola
• Extreme Prejudice - Interview With Actor Bo Svenson
• Point And Shoot - Interview With Director Of Photography Robbie Greenberg
• Family Dynamics - Interview With Editor Ted Nicolaou
• Cast And Crew Interviews With Actors Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell And Steve Eastin, Make-Up Artist Allan A. Apone And Producer Steve Breimer
• Trailer
• TV Spot

The Slave of the Cannibal God is a 1978 Italy horror adventure by Sergio Martino.
Starring Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach and Claudio Cassinelli.

All UK releases have been cut for animal cruelty. The film was banned as a video nasty in 1983. There is an uncut extended version released in the US. This Extended Version was passed 18 for 2018 UK video but was still cut for animal cruelty.

Summary Notes

Susan Stevenson and her brother Arthur get off a plane in Papua New Guinea, looking for her missing husband. They team up with, Dr. Edward Foster. The three head into the jungle, get in more than a few fights amongst themselves, and view lots of gratuitous animal cruelty, notable an iguana getting eviscerated.

UK: The Extended Version was passed 18 for strong violence, gore, sex after 2:01s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:

• 2024 Shameless Films (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 15th April 2024

The BBFC commented in the annual report covering 2017:

Required cuts to remove sight of real animal cruelty that appeared to be orchestrated and directed for the purposes of the film (a crocodile attacking other animals and a fight between a snake and a bird)

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Also known as 'The Mountain Of The Cannibal God'. Sergio Martino (the director of All The Colours Of The Dark, The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh, Torso ) invites you on the trip of a lifetime to The Mountain of The Cannibal God - for tropical sun, wildlife and... flesh munching natives!

Ursula Andress (voted the Top Bond Girl of all time in Dr No - The Nurse) here stars as 'THE SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD'. The film follows her as she travels to the New Guinea jungle in search of her scientist husband who's vanished in the untamed Green Inferno. Soon, giant spiders, killer crocodiles and deadly giant snakes bare their teeth as her expedition, led by cult-favourite Stacy Keach , journeys towards the sacred mountain of the Cannibal God! There a flesh-eating tribe will enslave her in an eruption of frenzied orgiastic climax...

Banned as a 'Video Nasty', Shameless now reinstates the original dramatic gore and the extended - and here complete - explicit scenes to serve up this 2K-sharp restoration of this ferocious unflinching exploitation treat, to be savoured in all its blood-soaked glory!

Special Features:

• 2K Restored and Regraded
• Sergio Martino interview on the Making of "Slave of the Cannibal God"
• Sergio Martino interview on Animal Cruelty
• Theatrical Trailer
• Alternative Italian Credits

IRaH is a 2024 UK thriller by Sam Bhattacharjee
Starring Rohit Roy, Ameet Chana and Fagun Thakrar

BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2024.

Summary Notes

Everybody wants a piece of Hari Singh and his revolutionary new app: the IRAH 5.10. Sadly, this extends to kidnappers, Police, Cyber Security Agencies and international hackers.

Versions

cut: run: 131:28s pal: 126:12s

UK: BBFC 12A rated for moderate threat, violence, injury detail, sexual threat, strong language for moderate threat, violence, injury detail, sexual threat, strong language after BBFC cuts: 2024 Do It Creative cinema release (rated 26/03/2024) The BBFC commented: The distributor chose to remove scenes of violence in order to achieve their desired 12A rating. An uncut 15 classification was available.

Killer Nun is a 1979 Italy horror mystery thriller by Giulio Berruti
Starring Anita Ekberg, Alida Valli and Massimo Serato

The 1981 pre-cert VHS release briefly appeared on the Video Nasties List. Later released with BBFC cuts for 18 rated VHS release in 1993. Uncut and 18 rated on DVD since 2006. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Legendary Swedish sex bomb Anita Ekberg stars as Sister Gertrude, a cruel nun who discovers depraved pleasure in a frenzy of drug addiction, sexual degradation and sadistic murder.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong bloody violence:

• 2024 Shameless Films R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 15th April 2024
• 2024 Shameless Films Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

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Dubbed the sex symbol of the silver screen, Anita Ekberg , renowned for her iconic frolicking in the Trevi Fountain in Fellini's La Dolce Vita , delivers an amazing powerhouse performance in THE KILLER NUN . In an interview exclusive to this edition, Ekberg reveals her frustration with subsequent "bombshell" typecasting, expressing a preference for working on films like Killer Nun and boldly declaring, "This is the kind of film I like!"

Originally banned as a Video Nasty , Killer Nun is a true "Nunsploitation" great, which uniquely crosses into the Giallo genre. Presented here uncut and pristinely restored from a 2K scan of the camera negative, this release finally does justice to the uninhibited and frenzied vision of its creator. With impressive high-style photography and vivid, deliciously surreal murders, it is superbly enhanced by the dreamy yet dystopian score of Alessandro Alessandroni (immortalised by his twangy guitar and his legendary whistling in Sergio Leone's westerns ). The music itself is a manic masterpiece.

Based on a true story, Ekberg's tour-de-force performance portrays a nun who turns junkie and engages in robbery, possibly torture and murder of pensioners in a Church-run Elderly Care Home - all while luring young nuns with her sapphic desires! The Nun is abetted by a hunky doctor played by Andy Warhol's superstar protégé, Joe D'Alessandro (lionised as "Little Joe" in Lou Reed's famed Walk On The Wild Side ).

Special Features:

• Interview with Fellini's muse and iconic Sex-Symbol Anita Ekberg - "After La Dolce Vita"
• Interview with director Giulio Berruti - "God is the Drug"
• Audio commentary by UK Film-Critic and Genre-Expert Rachael Nisbet
• English + separate alternative Original Audio versions.
• New English Subtitles & additional SDH
• New Full 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen Blu-ray Encode

Picnic At Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australia mystery drama by Peter Weir
Starring Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert and Vivean Gray

The Director's Cut released in 1998 (available on Criterion DVD) is seven minutes shorter than the original International Version. There is also an Australian Theatrical Version that has the longest running time.

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA PG rated for:

• 2024 The Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/RA Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 9th April 2024

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This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock is set at the turn of the twentieth century and concerns a small group of students from an all-female college who vanish, along with a chaperone, while on a St. Valentine's Day outing. Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in Australian society, Weir's gorgeous, disquieting film is a work of poetic horror whose secrets haunt viewers to this day.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Peter Weir and director of photography Russell Boyd, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Interview with Weir
• Program on the making of the film, featuring interviews with executive producer Patricia Lovell, producers Hal McElroy and Jim McElroy, and cast members
• Introduction by film scholar David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
• On-set documentary hosted by Lovell and featuring interviews with Weir, actor Rachel Roberts, and source-novel author Joan Lindsay
• Homesdale (1971), a black comedy by Weir
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by author Megan Abbott and an excerpt from film scholar Marek Haltof's 1996 book Peter Weir: When Cultures Collide

Black Mask is a 1996 Hong Kong action comedy by Daniel Lee.
With Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau and Karen Mok.

Cut in Hong Kong for its theatrical release. This was then shortened for the export version which was passed 18 by the BBFC for UK home video. The uncut Hong Kong version was later released. The restored Hong Kong cuts were also restored to the Export Version resulting in the Extended Export Version. The longest version is the Taiwan Version which restores deleted scenes from a Workprint.

Summary Notes

A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.

UK: The US Export Version is BBFC 18 rated:

• 2024 Eureka Entertainment Limited Edition [Uncut Hong Kong + US Export + Taiwan Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 22nd April 2024

Promotional Material

Jet Li stars in an action-packed superhero spectacle produced by the legendary Tsui Hark !

Tsui Chik (Li) is a librarian who leads a quiet, unassuming life -- or, at least, that's what he wants people to believe. In truth, he was once a member of the 701 Squad, a group of elite combatants produced by a failed super-soldier project. In kind with his former comrades, his central nervous system has been altered to render him impervious to pain. When several of his fellow test subjects resurface and embark on a crimewave under the leadership of their former commander Hung Kuk ( Patrick Lung ), Tsui is forced to use his extraordinary abilities once more. Donning a costume, he sets out to face his past -- as the vigilante known as the Black Mask.

Adapted from the manhua by Pang Chi-ming and Li Chi-tak and heavily influenced by Bruce Lee's turn as Kato in The Green Hornet , Black Mask is one of the most entertaining movies in Jet Li's filmography and boasts action orchestrated by Yuen Woo-ping, who would later win an Academy Award for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its rarely seen uncut version on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration!

LIMITED EDITION TWO-DISC BLU-RAY SET FEATURES:

Limited Edition of 2000 copies only | O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) | Limited Edition bonus disc featuring two alternate versions of the film | PLUS: A Limited- edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver

DISC ONE

Fully uncut Hong Kong version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration | Original US version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration | Original Cantonese Stereo and optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 (Hong Kong Version) | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentary on the Hong Kong version by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new audio commentary on the US export version by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Brand new interview with stuntman Mike Lambert | Brand new interview with film critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks.com) | Brand new interview with Leon Hunt, author of Kung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger | Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork | Archival Making of featurette | Trailers

DISC TWO (LIMITED EDITION BONUS DISC)

Alternate Taiwanese cut of the film | Extended version of Black Mask featuring all the unique footage from the various releases of the film re-inserted

Dracula, Prisoner Of Frankenstein is a 1972 Spain / France / Liechtenstein / Portugal horror by Jesús Franco
Starring Dennis Price, Howard Vernon and Paca Gabaldón

A long version was passed X for 1971 cinema release. A clothed Spanish Version has been released on home video and is 15 rated in the UK.

Summary Notes

Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he duly arrives at Castle Dracula.

US: A composite Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2024 Severin Films (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 26th March 2024

Reviews

• See review from mcbastardsmausoleum.blogspot.com : " A monster mash-up from Jess Franco inspired by the Universal monster flicks from the 1940's - heck yeah! "

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THE NORTH AMERICAN DISC PREMIERE

Inspired by Universal's 1940s monster mash-ups, writer/director Jess Franco instead delivered "a weird and wonderful masterpiece that transports you to a world like no other" (Scream Magazine): With minimal dialogue and maximum gothic atmosphere, Franco crafts a fever dream of erotic horror in which Count Dracula (Howard Vernon of DELICATESSEN), Dr. Frankenstein (Dennis Price of TWINS OF EVIL), his assistant Morpho and Frankenstein's monster battle gypsies, showgirls, Dr. Seward and a wolfman. Alberto Dalbés (THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN), Carmen Yazalde (A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD) and Geneviève Robert (star of Franco's DEVIL'S ISLAND LOVERS and the future Mrs. Ivan Reitman) co-star in "a fantastic experience for those who respect Franco's demented vision" (Mondo Exploito), now scanned in 4K from Spanish, French and German release prints and presented in 1080p HD on Blu-ray to create the longest and most comprehensive version known to exist.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Prisoner Of Franco-Stein - Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Franco
• In The Land Of Franco Part 10
• Spanish Opening Credit Sequence
• Deleted Scene From English Language Version
• Trailer

Bloodmoon is a 1990 Australia horror thriller by Alec Mills.
Starring Leon Lissek and Christine Amor and Ian Williams.

Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for 1991 VHS. Later cut and 15 rated for 2005 DVD.

Summary Notes

People are getting murdered down under via a barbed wire noose and then their eyes are gouged out. There are a variety of suspects at a nearby girls boarding school including students, teachers, and a nun. We also follow a rivalry between the local surfer townies and a group of preppy guys from a local all-boys school.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2024 Severin Films (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 26th March 2024

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THE NORTH AMERICAN HD PREMIERE

Though it arrived near the end of the cycle, it remains the most satisfyingly depraved - yet least-seen - old-school slasher in Ozploitation history: Someone is butchering students at St. Elizabeth's Girls School, complete with gratuitous nudity, graphic gore, obnoxious teens, creepy cuckolds, barbed wire garroting, '80s Aussie glam-metal band Vice, an acid-flinging nun and heaps more. Leon Lissek (COUNTESS DRACULA), Christine Amor (SNAPSHOT) and Helen Thomson (ELVIS) star in the directorial debut of acclaimed UK cameraman/cinematographer Alec Mills (Polanski's MACBETH, RETURN OF THE JEDI, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS) with a standout score by Brian May (THE ROAD WARRIOR, PATRICK), now scanned uncut in 4K from the negative at The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and complete with 'The BLOODMOON Fright Break Challenge' presented in 1080p Blu-rayfor the first time ever in America.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Film Buffs Forecast Audio Interview With Actor Leon Lissek Conducted In 2000 By Paul Harris And Mark Hartley
• Interview With Actress Christine Amor From NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD
• Trailer
• Fright Break Trailer

All Ladies Do It is a 2003 Italy romance by Tinto Brass
Starring Sara Cosmi, Massimiliano Caroletti and Guglielmo Aru

The English language version was pre-cut for a BBFC 18 rated video release in 2001 and then uncut and BBFC 18 rated since 2013. The Director's Cut was released MPA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Tinto Brass - The maestro of Italian erotica is back! Lies, subterfuge, betrayal and mischief - FALLO! is a collection of six stories based on the joys of sexuality and the eroticism of a new generation of women.

US: The Director's Cut is MPA Unrated for:

• 2024 Cult Epics R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 2nd April 2024
• 2024 Cult Epics (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 26th March 2024

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THE EROTIC MASTERPIECE FROM TINTO BRASS, THE DIRECTOR OF CALIGULA.

After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship with her husband through betrayal. From Tinto Brass, the director of "Caligula" and "Salon Kitty" comes the stylish, erotic comedy / drama ALL LADIES DO IT, starring the sexy Claudia Koll (Miracolo Italiano). Cult Epics proudly presents the uncut and uncensored newly restored director's cut with vintage and brand new bonus features.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• New 4K Transfer (from the original negative) and Restoration, presented in 1080p HD
• New DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo English and Italian
• New Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• Theatrical Trailers
• Interview with director Tinto Brass (2001)
• Outtakes All Ladies Do It
• Photo Gallery
• Double-sided sleeve with original uncensored Italian poster art
• 20-Page illustrated booklet with liner notes by Eugenio Ercolani and Domenico Monetti
• Slipcase

The Nurse is a 1975 Italy comedy by Nello Rossati
Starring Ursula Andress, Duilio Del Prete and Mario Pisu

Never cut by the BBFC but has been released in a long and shortened versions. In the UK, there are at least two versions around: 'Secrets of a Sensuous Nurse' runs 73 min 4 sec, 'I Will If You Will' is 86 min 34 sec. long.

Summary Notes

As an aging widower begins suffering from cardiac trouble, his greedy heirs hire a super-seductive nurse in the hopes of inducing a heart attack, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with him.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated:

• 2024 Shameless Films (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 26th February 2024
• 2024 Shameless Films Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad

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From the producers of 'Doctor Zhivago' comes a film that finally reveals URSULA ANDRESS in all her glory!

Voted the TOP BOND GIRL of all time, Ursula Andress made cinematic history when she emerged from the sea in that bikini. Not only was this iconic scene crowned "No1 of the 100 Greatest Sexy Screen-Moments" and earned Andress a Golden Globe, but it

heralded a new generation of women who wanted and expected more: the 'sexual revolution' had started.

Ever wondered what she looks like without that bikini? Well, wonder no more and reach for The Nurse! Andress stars as The Sensuous Nurse, spending most of this romp-com undressed.

Screen legend Jack Palance (City Slickers) plays an American tycoon aiming to buy a vineyard in the beautiful Italian Veneto. But the

hitch is that the aging owner won't sign, despite his madcap family's eagerness to sell and get rich.

The old man, recovering from a bonk-induced heart attack, is a randy lecher. So, the family's outrageous stratagem is to hire Nurse

Andress, not to cure the old boy, but for her to... ahem... undress and, hopefully, induce another - this time fatal - cardiac arrest.

It's all barmy, fizzy fun, and the clincher? A SECOND Bond Girl! Luciana Paluzzi, the one in skin-tight black leathers on the rocket launching motorbike in 'Thunderball'. Here without leathers. Or anything.

Special Features:

• Complete and Uncut, restored from 2K scan
• Interview with Director Nello Rossati and Set & Costume Designer on working with Bond lovelies
• New English subtitles on the alternative Italian track

Carry On Regardless is a 1961 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas
Starring Sidney James, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey  

BBFC category cuts were required for U rated 1961 cinema release and presumably the same cuts have applied to all releases since.

Summary Notes

The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs. Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff.

Versions

cut run: 90:14s pal: 86:37s

UK: Cut and BBFC PG rated: 2007 Studiocanal R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad 2007 Studiocanal Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad 2006 Optimum Releasing DVD (rated 19/09/2006) 2001 Warner Home DVD (rated 12/09/2001) 1988 Warner Home VHS (rated 14/07/1988) UK: Cut and BBFC U rated: 1961 Anglo Amalgamated cinema release (rated 01/03/1961) Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read:  Reel 2 - In the 'Penny Panting' scene, remove shots of Sam lowering his trousers. Reel 3 - Remove "Oh no, there is nothing wrong with my knockers." Reel 4 - Remove "Do you now" and the accompanying visual. Reel 6 - Remove the final shot of Gabriel as he faints in the boxing ring. Reel 7 - Remove "What is it you like doing most of all in bed" and "The bed of the century helps you do it better." Reel 9 - The scene between Delia and a bachelor who is seeking a wife should be sortened to remove as much as possible of the innuendo.

One From The Heart is a 1981 US music romance by Francis Ford Coppola
Starring Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr and Raul Julia

Exists as an Original Version and a Reprise Version.

Summary Notes

A couple has a fight after living together 5 years in Las Vegas. They go out and celebrate 4th of July, each with a new partner. Breakup?

UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated with a trigger warning for infrequent strong language, moderate sex references, nudity, domestic abuse:

• 2024 Studiocanal [Original + Reprise Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 4th March 2024
• 2024 Studiocanal [Original + Reprise Versions] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 4th March 2024
• 2024 Studiocanal [Reprise Versions] (R2) DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 4th March 2024

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ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE is a spectacular 4K restoration and reimagining of the 1982 cult classic from Francis Ford Coppola. Six minutes of footage have been added to replace the original negative, previously thought to be destroyed, resulting in a brand-new REPRISE version, approved by Coppola himself.

ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE tells the story of a Las Vegas couple (Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest) whose break-up on the 4th of July leads them both to a night on the strip in pursuit of their romantic fantasies (Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski). But in this town of gamblers and dreamers should they bet it all on dreams, or give true love another roll of the dice

Featuring breathtaking design, show-stopping set pieces, the stunning photography of Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor) and accompanied by the wonderful Oscar nominated* music of the one and only Tom Waits, this neon explosion of colour, sound and innovation is a cinematic valentine for all movie lovers.

UHD Disc 1 / Blu-Ray Disc 1: One From The Heart: Reprise * NEW The Look of One From The Heart * NEW The Cast of One From The Heart * NEW Reinventing the Musical: Baz Luhrmann on One From The Heart* NEW The Choreography of One From The Heart * NEW One From The Heart: Reprise, Restoration Comparison * NEW 2024 Trailer * Francis Ford Coppola feature commentary

UHD Disc 2 / Blu-Ray Disc 2: One From The Heart: 1982 Cut * The Making Of One From The Heart * The Dream Studio * The Electronic Cinema * Tom Waits and the Music From One From The Heart * Deleted Scenes * Videotaped Rehearsals * Francis Ford Coppola speaks to the Exhibitors * Press Conference at the Studio * This One's From The Heart Music Video * Stop Motion Demo * Tom Waits Score - Alternate Tracks * 2003 Theatrical trailer * 1982 Theatrical trailer

Thundercrack! is a 1975 US adult comedy by Curt McDowell
Starring Marion Eaton, George Kuchar and Melinda McDowell

A cult film that was notably unreleased in the UK for many years except on the cinema club circuit. The film was finally BBFC 18 rated without cuts for 2024 release. The BBFC noted that it contains strong real sex. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review

With a killer gorilla on the loose, a group of strangers find themselves stranded at a remote mansion of a grieving madwoman one dark and stormy night. They indulge in swapping bizarre personal backstories - and bodily fluids.

Imagine yourself a typical low-budget horror opening, in which random people gather around an old dark mansion during a nightly thunderstorm. They're all slightly eccentric characters with unusual backgrounds and/or odd personalities and, naturally, the female owner of the mansion is the queen of all madness.

Her guests soon begin to physically experiment with themselves and each other and these sexual outbursts become gradually odder. Masturbation and ordinary hetero-sex at first, but before you properly realize it; you're up to your neck in gay sex, voyeurism, sex with peculiar attributes and even bestiality.

This movie is available in two versions, but I can safely say already that even the cut Theatrical Version (120 minutes instead of 150) is more than weird enough for every avid fan of offbeat cinema on this planet.

Versions

uncut run: 159:27s pal: 153:04s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong real sex, nudity: 2024 BFI VoD (rated 05/02/2024) titled Thundercrack! US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for: 2015 Synapse Films 40th Anniversary Edition R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon 2015 Synapse Films 40th Anniversary Edition R0 DVD at US Amazon
cut cut:   run: 125:30s pal: 120:29s		Sweden: There is a cut version running about 120m

Street Law is a 1974 Italy action thriller by Enzo G Castellari.
Starring Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete and Barbara Bach.

There is a significantly shortened US Version titled Street Law. The full length Italian version was released on UK pre-cert VHS and later on 15 rated Blu-ray in 2024. The full length version is MPAA Unrated in the US

Summary Notes

Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, nudity:

• 2024 88 Films [Italian + US Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 26th February 2024

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After Carlo is mugged by thugs he goes to the police, but when they drop the case, he loses faith in the justice system and decides to take on the hoods himself. Teaming up with a young robber, he goes on a mission of vengeance.

This smart poliziotteschi movie directed by Enzo G. Castellari (Inglorious Bastards) and starring legendary spaghetti western favourite Franco Nero (Django), is a cool and entertaining street-level crime pic bursting with Italian flavours.

Extras
2K Restoration From the Original Camera Negative
HD (1080p) Blu-ray® Presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
2.0 English Mono
2.0 Italian Mono with Newly-translated English Subtitles
Audio Commentary with Italian Cinema Experts Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thomson
Shorter US "Grindhouse" Cut
Sniff Around and Find Out - Featurette by Mike Malloy
Enzo's Law - An Interview with Director Enzo G. Castellari
Oliver Onions - An Interview with Composer's Guido and Maurizio De Angelis
Street Stunts - An Interview with Actor and Stuntman Massimo Vanni
Original Trailer
TV Spot

The Conan Chronicles: Conan the Barbarian & Conan the Destroyer is a double bill by John Milius, Richard Fleischer
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones and Sandahl Bergman

Both films have been cut by film censors.

US: Conan the Barbarian is cut and MPAA R rated:
US: Conan the Destroyer is uncut and MPAA PG rated:

• 2024 Arrow Video Conan Chronicles [Conan the Barbarian (3 versions) + Conan the Destroyer] R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video Conan Chronicles [Conan the Barbarian (3 versions) + Conan the Destroyer] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video [Conan the Destroyer] Limited Edition R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video [Conan the Destroyer] Limited Edition (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video [Conan the Barbarian (3 versions)] Limited Edition R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th January 2024

Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 USA action fantasy adventure by John Milius.
With Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones and Max von Sydow.

Originally cut for an MPAA R rating The uncut version has never been released. All British releases were further cut by the BBFC. There is also an Iinternational version and an Extended Verson that exists in a couple of variants.

Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 US action film by Richard Fleischer.
With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones and Olivia d'Abo.

Cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

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THIEF. WARRIOR. GLADIATOR. KING.

Ripped from the pages of Robert E. Howard's beloved pulp stories, 1982's Conan the Barbarian and its sequel, 1984's Conan the Destroyer , not only popularized a new subgenre -- the sword-and-sorcery film -- but also made a cinematic icon of the star playing the titular hero, former bodybuilding sensation Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Conan the Barbarian , from maverick filmmaker John Milius, sees the Cimmerian thief and future king rise up from slavery to become an unparalleled and fearsome warrior, intent on vengeance against the evil snake cult that slaughtered his family long ago, led by the shape-shifting sorcerer Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). In the sequel, helmed by action veteran Richard Fleischer, Conan finds himself escorting a young princess on a quest for a mythical horn that will awaken a slumbering god, battling an onslaught of evil beasts, wizards and cannibals along the way.

At long last, these glorious odes to the days of high adventure have been restored in stunning 4K with hours of bonus features and heart-racing Atmos remixes that immerse you in the action, accompanied throughout by electrifying music scores by the late Basil Poledouris ( RoboCop ). If you do not listen... then to hell with you!

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restorations of both films from the original negatives by Arrow Films
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both films
• Three versions of Conan the Barbarian via seamless branching: Theatrical Cut (127 mins), International Cut (129 mins) and Extended Cut (130 mins)
• Newly restored original mono audio and remixed Dolby Atmos surround audio for both films
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both films
• Archive commentary for Conan the Barbarian by John Milius and Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Archive commentaries for Conan the Destroyer by Richard Fleischer and actors Olivia d'Abo, Tracey Walter and Sarah Douglas
• Brand new commentaries for both films by genre historian Paul M. Sammon
• Newly assembled isolated score tracks in lossless stereo for both films
• Newly filmed interviews for Conan the Barbarian with production artist William Stout, costume designer John Bloomfield, special effects crew members Colin Arthur and Ron Hone, actors Jorge Sanz and Jack Taylor, assistant editor Peck Prior, visual effects animators Peter Kuran and Katherine Kean, filmmaker Robert Eggers ( The Northman ) and authors John Walsh and Alfio Leotto
• Newly filmed interviews for Conan the Destroyer with Bloomfield and Walsh, casting director Johanna Ray, art director Kevin Phipps and stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong
• Conan Unchained: The Making of Conan , an archive documentary from 2000 featuring interviews with Schwarzenegger, Milius, Stone, Jones, Lopez, Bergman, Poledouris and several others
• Archive bonus features for both films, including interviews with sword master Kiyoshi Yamasaki, writers Roy Thomas & Gerry Conway and Poledouris, outtakes and more
• A Tribute to Basil Poledouris , a series of videos produced by the Úbeda Film Music Festival, including video of Poledouris conducting a concert of music from Conan the Barbarian in 2006 (remixed in 5.1 surround)
• Theatrical trailers and image galleries for both films
• Double-sided fold-out posters for both films
• Twelve double-sided collectors' postcards
• Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Walter Chaw and John Walsh, and archive set reports for both films by Paul M. Sammon

Nightmares In A Damaged Brain is a 1981 US/Italy horror by Romano Scavolini
Starring Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith and C.J. Cooke

Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1982 cinema release. Famously banned as a video nasty with the distributor being jailed. A cut US R rated version was released in the UK for an 18 rated 2002 DVD. In the US the Unrated 2011 Code Red version is slightly shortened in uncontroversial scenes but is the best available.

An uncut version, or as near as dammit, was released in the UK in November 2015 but was soon withdrawn presumably for a lack of BBFC paperwork. However the BBFC certificate was published shortly after and the DVD went back on sale.

The original UK cinema version was heavily cut by the BBFC with edits made to closeups of throat slitting and repeated stabs during the telephone murder, the pick axe killing, and axe blows (including blood frothing from a man's head) during the climactic flashback. The film was then listed and banned as an official video nasty, and a successful prosecution was brought against the distributing company World of Video 2000 in 1984 for releasing an unauthorized video version (which was 1 min longer than the cut cinema print). The film was finally granted a video certificate in 2002 though the print submitted was an edited U.S version, which restores the ice pick murder and around 1 minute of dialogue scenes but still has edits to the throat slashing/stabbing scene and some brief cuts to the climactic flashback nightmare murder.

Summary Notes

A mental patient embarks on a murder spree upon escaping from an institution.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong bloody violence, horror, strong sex:

• 2024 Severin Films R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 12th February 2024
• 2024 Severin Films R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 26th February 2024

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It's been called "graphic and unapologetic" (SexGoreMutants), "brutally effective" (Screen Rant) and "a forgotten classic" (Horror News). It remains the most reviled, controversial, and misunderstood genre film of the '80s. Now "the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made" (NY Daily News) can be experienced like never before: When a homicidal mental patient (an enduringly disturbing performance by Baird Stafford ) flees an experimental drug program, he'll leave a 5-day trail of psychosexual carnage from the peep shows of 42nd Street to the gore-soaked shores of Florida. Written and directed by Romano Scavolini , this "devastating masterpiece" (Cinefear) -- whose UK release as NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN led to the imprisonment of distributor David Hamilton-Grant -- has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version ever assembled.

Disc Specs:

• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: English 5.1 / English Stereo
• 4K Video: HDR
• Closed Captions
• UHD: Region Free

Special Features:

Disc 1: UHD

• Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford and Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian and David DeCoteau
• Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
• Trailers

Disc 2: Blu-ray

• Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
• Audio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford and Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian and David DeCoteau
• Audio Commentary With Producer William Paul
• Kill Thy Father And Thy Mother -- Interview With Director Romano Scavolini (71 mins)
• Dreaming Up A Nightmare -- Featuring Former President Of 21st Century Distribution Arthur Schweitzer , Actor/Unit Production Manager Mik Cribben , Production Supervisor Simon Nuchtern , Florida Producer/Special Effects Artist William Milling , Uncredited Editor Jim Markovic and Archival Interviews With Actor Baird Stafford and Special Effects Artists Edward French and Cleve Hall
• The Nightmare Of NIGHTMARE -- Interview With Erroneously Credited Special Effects Director Tom Savini
• Deleted Scenes
• Still Gallery
• Trailers

This double disc also includes an 8-page booklet.

Robot Dreams is a 2023 Spain/France animation drama by Pablo Berger
Starring Ivan Labanda, Tito Trifol and Rafa Calvo

BBFC category cuts were required for a BBFC PG rated cinema release in 2024.

Summary Notes

Based on the popular graphic novel by the North American writer Sara Varon, ROBOT DREAMS tells the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the '80s.

Versions

cut: run: 102:29s pal: 98:23s		UK: BBFC PG rated for mild rude humour for mild rude humour after BBFC cuts: 2024 Artificial Eye Film Co. cinema release (rated 30/01/2024) The BBFC commented: The company obscured rude gestures in order to achieve their preferred category of PG. An uncut 12A classification was available.
uncut run: 102:46s pal: 98:39s		Ireland: Uncut and IFCO G rated for consumer advice: explores themes of friendship and loss with positive resolution: 2024 Curzon cinema release (rated 16/01/2024)

Get Carter is a 1971 UK action thriller by Mike Hodges
Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry and Britt Ekland

Cut by the BBFC for 1971 X rated cinema release, then uncut and 18 rated on home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. However the film was partly overdubbed in the US lest Americans couldn't understand British accents.

Summary Notes

A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother's death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle's underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness, Carter exhibits all the unstopability of the cyborg in The Terminator (1984), or Walker in Point Blank (1967), and he and the other characters in this movie are prone to sudden, brutal acts of violence.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated with a trigger warning for strong sex, violence, references to child sex abuse:

• 2024 BFI R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad released on 29th January 2024

Promotional Material

Michael Caine is Jack Carter, the London gangland enforcer who returns to his hometown of Newcastle to avenge his brother's death. Rarely has the criminal underworld been so realistically portrayed as in this 1971 masterpiece. Shot on location, resulting in a devastatingly authentic snapshot of life in the north east of England in the late-industrial period, Get Carter remains arguably the grittiest and greatest of all British crime films. restored in 4K from the original camera negative by the BFI, and approved by director Mike Hodges, Get Carter is back, looking and sounding better than ever.

Special Features:

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Newly recorded introduction by Michael Caine (2022,3 mins)
• Audio commentary featuring Michael Caine, Mike Hodges and Wolfgang Suschitzky (2000)
• Audio commentary featuring Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Isolated score by Roy Budd
• Mike Hodges in Conversation (2022, 60 mins): the director discusses his career in this interview recorded at BFI Southbank
• The Sound of Roy Budd (2022, 17 mins): film music expert Jonny Trunk explores the varied career of Roy Budd, and revisits Budd's iconic, minimalist score for Get Carter
• Roy Budd Plays 'Get Carter' (1971, 4 mins)
• BBC Look North location report (1970, 5 mins): surviving footage of a 1971 report on Get Carter's making, from the BBC'S regional news programme
• Don't Trust Boys (2022, 22 mins): actor Petra Markham reflects upon her career on stage and screen, and recalls her role in Get Carter
• Klinger on Klinger (2022, 24 mins): Tony Klinger recalls and evaluates the career of his father, Michael Klinger, Producer of Get Carter
• The Ship Hotel -- Tyne Main (1967, 33 mins): Philip Trevelyan's wonderful film about a pub on the banks of the River Tyne
• International trailer (1971)
• Release trailer (2022)
• Michael Caine's message to premiere attendees (1971, 1 min)
• Script gallery
• English language with optional descriptive subtitles
• Audio description track

Murphy's War is a 1971 UK war drama by Peter Yates
Starring Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips and Philippe Noiret

The original UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove 2 uses of the word 'fuck' and to edit shots of bloody shootings and dead bodies for an 'A' (PG) certificate. The 12-rated UK DVD release restores the gunshot scenes but also has the swear words blanked out, and an inferior 4:3 transfer.

Summary Notes

A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• 2024 Arrow Video (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 30th January 2024
• 2024 Arrow Video Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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WORLD WAR TWO IS ENDING, WORLD WAR MURPHY HAS JUST BEGUN...

Iconic actor Peter O'Toole ( Lawrence of Arabia , The Stunt Man ) joins forces with director Peter Yates ( Bullit , The Friends of Eddie Coyle ) in this blisteringly acerbic, wildly entertaining film about the absurdity of war.

During the last days of WWII, the merchant ship 'Mount Kyle' is sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Venezuela and the sailors machine-gunned in the water. Only Murphy (O'Toole) survives, making his way to shore where he is nursed to health by Dr. Hayden (Sian Phillips), a pacifist Quaker who runs a missionary settlement near the mouth of the Orinoco River. When Murphy discovers that the U-boat is now hiding further up the river using the jungle for cover, he becomes obsessed with retribution and begins a one man war to sink the German U-boat, no matter the cost.

With a script by Stirling Silliphant ( In the Heat of the Night , The Poseidon Adventure ), cinematography by the legendary Douglas Slocombe ( The Italian Job , Raiders of the Lost Ark ) and a supporting cast that includes Philippe Noiret ( La Grande Bouffe , Cinema Paradiso ) and Horst Janson ( Captain Kronos -- Vampire Hunter , Shout at the Devil ), Murphy's War is an underseen gem.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Original lossless mono audio

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Running Out of War , a new visual essay by film critic David Cairns
• A Great Adventure , an archive interview with assistant director John Glen
• Dougie, Chic and Me , an archive interview with focus puller Robin Vidgeon
• One Man Army , an archive interview with film critic Sheldon Hall
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
• Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critic Philip Kemp