Sebastiane is a 1976 UK romance by Paul Humfress and Derek Jarman.
Starring Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James and Neil Kennedy.
The film includes an erect penis in such away that it stays hidden for some screen ratios, most notably that shown to the BBFC. The hidden material stayed hidden for VHS but reappeared for 2014 cinema release and 2018 Blu-ray.
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and nudity:
2019 Bfi R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 18th March 2019
Promotional Material
Jarman's first feature, directed with Paul Humfress, presents the controversial, sensual and sexualised story of the 4th century Praetorian Guard whose human goodness leads to humiliation and martyrdom.
The heat of the Sardinian desert is powerfully captured on film - both cast and crew go through their paces, sweating it out Herzog-style while Brian Eno's distinctly moving score beautifully compliments the superb framing and stunning
slow-motion photography.
Sebastiane is a glorious hymn to the very real, living, breathing, male body and is presented here in a new digital version remastered from the original camera negative by the BFI National Archive.
Special Features:
Jazz calendar (1968, 36 mins): footage of the Royal Ballet in rehearsal with scenery and costumes by Derek Jarman
Sebastiane: A Work in Progress (c1976, 62 mins): an incomplete, black and white and un-subtitled work-in-progress cut featuring alternative music
The Making of Sebastiane (1975, 25 mins): Super 8 making-of document shot by the film's sound assistant Hugh Smith and Jarman himself
John Scarlett-Davis Remembers Sebastiane (2018, 7 mins): artist filmmaker John Scarlett-Davis talks about his experiences on the set of Sebastiane
Fully illustrated booklet with writing by William Fowler and full film credits
Prince of Darkness is a 1987 US horror by John Carpenter.
With Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount and Jameson Parker.
Mostly uncut and 18 rated in the UK except a 2000 release VHS which was cut for a 15 rating. By 2002 the film was passed 15 uncut. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
UK: Passed 15 uncut for:
2019 Studiocanal RB 4k Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 18th March 2019
Promotional Material
Synopsis
John Carpenter's 1987 cult classic Prince of Darkness has been stunningly restored in 4K.
Deep in the basement of an abandoned church, once run by a sinister religious sect, lies a strange bottle of green liquid being investigated by a group of local theoretic physics students. But as the night draws in the students soon realise that
the relic holds a dark and powerful force beyond their control. A force that could well be the essence of pure evil: the remains of Satan himself.
The 2018 restoration of Prince of Darkness was made from the original camera negative. A full 4k 16bit Dolby Vision workflow was applied to create a 4K DCP, UHD version and a new HD version which were produced with the same high technological
standards as today's biggest international film releases.
The restoration and new UHD version was colour graded and approved in Los Angeles by the Cinematographer, Gary B. Kibbe (ASC).
Extras include:
Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's PRINCE OF DARKNESS: A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with Cinematographer Gary Kibbe, actor Peter Jason, actor Alice
Cooper, composer Alan Howarth, script supervisor Sandy King, visual effects supervisor Robert Grasmere, stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, Carpenter biographer John Muir, film historian C. Courtney Joyner, music historian Daniel Schweiger and
Producer Larry Carpenters. Intro by John Carpenter - an interview with director John Carpenter originally recorded for a French DVD release in 2003 Scene Analysis by John Carpenter - Director John Carpenter analyses key scenes from Prince of Darkness, in an interview from 2003 Audio commentary with John Carpenter and Peter Jason Sympathy for the Devil: Interview with John Carpenter - from 2013 Horror's Halloween Hallowed Grounds with Sean Clark - a fun tour of the film's locations hosted by Sean Clark Trailer
Photo gallery incl. Behind the Scenes
The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 USA crime sport biography by Scott Kalvert.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco and Marilyn Sokol.
Generally passed 18 uncut but was pre-cut and 18 rated for a VHS release in 1996 when there were censorship sensitivities about the Dunblane killings. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
2019 4Digital Media (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 18th March 2019
Promotional Material
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centres around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukaemia, a coach ("Swifty")
who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin - all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star.
Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the
help of Reggie, an older neighbourhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
UK: Passed 15 for strong violence, sexualised nudity after 5s of compulsory BBFC cuts ( 93:36s ):
2019 Arrow Video (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 6th May 2019
The BBFC commented:
Compulsory cut required to remove sight of a horse being tripped and falling onto its head and neck.
Promotional Material
The Grand Duel is an archetypal spaghetti western which boasts many of the genre s classic hallmarks including action-packed gunfights, wild stunts and an impressive climactic showdown...
Genre stalwart Lee Van Cleef (The Big Combo, Day of Anger) stars as a gnarled ex-sheriff called Clayton who comes to the aid of young Philipp Wermeer (Alberto Dentice), a fugitive framed for the murder of a powerful figure called The Patriarch.
Clayton helps Philipp fend off attacks from bounty hunters in a series of thrilling shootouts before the two make their way to Jefferson to confront three villains known as the Saxon brothers, and reveal who really killed The Patriarch.
A complex tale of revenge penned by prolific giallo writer Ernesto Gastaldi (Torso, The Case of the Scorpion's Tail), The Grand Duel benefits from a beguiling central performance from Lee Van Cleef and assured helmsmanship from Giancarlo Santi
(assistant director to Sergio Leone on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West). Add to this brew a memorable and tuneful score by composer Luis Bacalov (Django, Milano Calibro 9) and the stage is set for one of the
grandest of all the Italian westerns.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
New 2K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative
High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation
Uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio
Original English and Italian soundtracks, titles and credits
Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
New audio commentary by film critic, historian and theorist Stephen Prince
An Unconventional Western, a newly filmed interview with director Giancarlo Santi
The Last of the Great Westerns, a newly filmed interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
Cowboy by Chance, an interview with the actor Alberto Dentice AKA Peter O'Brien
Out of the Box, a newly filmed interview with producer Ettore Rosboch
The Day of the Big Showdown, a newly filmed interview with assistant director Harald Buggenig
Saxon City Showdown, a newly filmed video appreciation by the academic Austin Fisher
Original Italian and international theatrical trailers
Extensive image gallery featuring stills, posters, lobby cards and home video sleeves, drawn from the Mike Siegel Archive and other collections
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kevin Grant and original reviews
Irma La Douce is a 1963 USA comedy romance by Billy Wilder.
Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Lou Jacobi.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1963. Uncut and 15 rated on home video. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
UK: Passed 15 uncut:
2019 Eureka Entertainment (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 18th March 2019
2019 Eureka Entertainment R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 18th March 2019
2019 Eureka Entertainment Amazon Prime VoD [UK only]
at UK Amazon
Promotional Material
One of director Billy Wilder 's biggest box office hits following his landmark comedies Some Like It Hot and The Apartment , the spectacular Irma La Douce -- adapted from the 1956 musical
for the French theatre -- reunites Wilder with his Apartment stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine , providing the latter with one of her most fondly remembered (and Oscar®-nominated) early roles.
MacLaine is Irma, a popular Parisian prostitute whose new pimp is an unlikely procurer: Nestor (Lemmon) is a former honest cop who was just fired and framed by his boss after Nestor inadvertently had him arrested in a raid. However, Nestor's
love for Irma is making his newfound vocation impossible, so he poses as a phoney British lord who insists on being Irma's one and only "client." But when "Lord X" appears to have become the victim of foul play...further
comedic complications ensue!
Irma La Douce offers many of the same sardonic observations on human nature as Wilder's earlier comedies -- in addition to the same riotous humour and touching romance -- but on an even broader, more colourful canvas. Collaborating again
with his regular screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond , Wilder delivers one of his most purely entertaining crowd-pleasers of the 1960s.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
Stunning 1080p presentation from a brand new 4K restoration
LPCM Mono audio
Optional English SDH subtitles
Brand New and Exclusive Interview with film scholar Neil Sinyard
Feature Length Audio Commentary by critic and film historian Kat Ellinger
Feature Length Audio Commentary by film historian Joseph McBride
PLUS: A Collector s booklet featuring a new essay by Richard Combs, alongside a wide selection of rare archival imagery.
Showdown is a 1993 USA action film by Robert Radler.
Starring Billy Blanks, Kenn Scott and Christine Taylor.
Originally released uncut and MPAA R rated but this was cut in the UK for an 18 rating for 1994 VHS. There is also a cut PG-13 rated version in the US.
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2019 MVD Rewind Collection (RA) Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 12th March 2019
Promotional Material
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.
Ken Marks (Kenn Scott, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze) finds a dangerous enemy on his first day at his new school; an enemy who makes his living as the champion of an illegal fighting operation. School janitor and ex-cop
Billy Grant (Billy Blanks, The Last Boy Scout) trains Ken to defend himself. What Billy doesn't know is that the man behind it all is the one man from his past who wants him dead.
This classic martial arts blockbuster from the director of Best of the Best features an all-star supporting cast that includes Christine Taylor (The Wedding Singer), Patrick Kilpatrick (Death Warrant), James Lew (Best of the Best) and Brion
James (Blade Runner) in the movie the proves there's not a problem in the world that a good roundhouse kick to the face can't solve.
SPECIAL FEATURES
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the main feature in 1.78:1 aspect ratio
Audio: English 5.1 Surround, 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: English
NEW! ''The Making of Showdown'' (new feature length documentary with director Robert Radler, writer Stuart Gibbs and stars Billy Blanks, Kenn Scott, John Asher, Patrick Kilpatrick and Michael Genovese) (HD, 98 mins)
NEW! Robert Radler: Portrait of a Director featurette (HD, 12 mins)
NEW! Billy Blanks: Martial Arts Legend featurette (HD, 15 mins)
NEW! The Fights of ''Showdown'' featurette (HD, 47 mins)
NEW! ''Showdown'': Anatomy of a Scene featurette (HD, 7 mins)
Photo Gallery
Original Theatrical Trailer (SD)
Collectible Mini- Poster
Special Features May Not Be Rated, Closed Captioned Or In High Definition.
Cannibal Holocaust 2 is a 1988 Italy action crime horror by Antonio Climati.
Starring Marco Merlo, Fabrizio Merlo and May Deseligny.
Cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty for 15 rated 2002 DVD. Uncut and 15 rated for 2018 Blu-ray
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, injury detail with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
2019 88 Films (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th March 2019
Promotional Material
For years fans waited for the release of a sequel to Ruggero Deodato's trendsetting CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980) yet it would take almost a decade for THE GREEN INFERNO, also known as CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2, to arrive... and it
was not, perhaps, what followers of the cycle in Italian nasty native movies were expecting! Whilst Deodato's original benchmark critiqued the mondo film pseudo-documentary phenomenon, partly instigated by cinematographer and director Antonio
Climati (MONDO CANE/ SAVAGE MAN, SAVAGE BEAST), here the focus turns to satirising the hypocrisy and complexity of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST itself! Directed by Climati, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 sees some enterprising adventurers traipsing into the Amazon
jungle in search of a missing professor and, in the interim, the youngsters encounter some indications that slavery and European colonialism is still robbing the Colombian rain forest blind! A mix of macabre images, scenic locations, castrations
and sly in-jokes, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 introduces some belated bad taste humour into familiar jungle territory and requires immediate reappraisal from tribal terror completists - which is a meal best served in glorious HD by the video nasty
enthusiasts at 88 Films!!
Extras:
Scenes From Banned Alice: The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Audio Commentary by Genre Expert and Director of Me Me Lai Bites Back Dr Calum Waddell
The Grinch is a 2018 China / USA family animation comedy by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated cinema releases in 2018 and video in 2019. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
UK: Passed U for mild slapstick, very mild bad language after compulsory BBFC cuts:
2019 Universal Pictures UK R0 4k Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th March 2019
2019 Universal Pictures UK R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th March 2019
2019 Universal Pictures UK R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 11th March 2019
Promotional Material
Illumination and Universal Pictures present The Grinch, based on Dr. Seuss' beloved classic. The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl's generous
spirit. Funny, heartwarming and visually stunning, The Grinch is fun for the whole family
Double bill by Dimi Dadiras and Christos Kefalas.
Starring Kostas Prekas, Gisela Dali and Maria Foka.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2019 Mondo Macabro [The Wild Pussycat, Export + Greek versions + The Deserter] (RA) Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 12th March 2019
The Wild Pussycat (Kafti ekdikisis) is a 1969 Greece crime film by Dimis Dadiras.
Starring Kostas Prekas, Gisela Dali and Maria Foka.
Exists as a cut Greek version and an uncut Export Version
The Deserter (O lipotaktis) is a 1970 Italy / Greece romance by Christos Kefalas.
Starring Hristos Politis, Franca Parisi and Stephanos Stratigos.
There are no censorship issues save that there is a shorter TV version.
Promotional Material
Mondo Macabro's Exploitation Double Bill Release THE WILD PUSSYCAT plus THE DESERTER
The WILD PUSSYCAT is an unsung classic of exploitation cinema. Produced in Greece in 1968, it was not officially released there until 1972 and then only in a cut and compromised version. The simple plot concerns a women whose sister was
exploited and driven to suicide by a sleazy pimp. In order to get revenge on him the woman seduces the man, drugs him and imprisons him in a sound proofed room, tormenting him through a large one way mirror (he can see out, no-one can see in) by
performing sultry strip tease dances and having sex with men and women while he can only look on, helpless to stop it or join in. Her final vengeance on him is so shocking it raises eyebrows even today.
In spite of its lurid subject matter and explicit visuals, THE WILD PUSSYCAT was not a low budget quickie with a cast of unknowns and a first time film maker. It was directed by Dimi Dadiras, one of the most successful director/producers of the
period, and it features one of the big stars of Greek cinema - Gisela Dali, known in her day as "the Greek Bardot".
The Blu-ray includes both the 1972 Greek version (with much of the sex removed and a plot featuring a drug dealing con inserted) and the full on, uncut export version. So essentially there are three films on the disc.
THE DESERTER, a rarely seen Greek production from 1970, is a fascinating and powerful film about a young soldier who escapes from a seemingly endless war only to find himself trapped in an emotional and sexual battle between two desperate women.
One of them, Ermina (played by Italian star Franca Parisi), is stuck in a loveless marriage with a boorish farmer who plans to make his fortune by selling cheap hootch to soldiers. The other - much younger - woman, seems to live in a bizarre and
dangerous fantasy world. She is played by famous Greek singing star Alexandra Kyriakaki. The great Gisela Dali "the Greek Brigitte Bardot" also stars in this production, in a small but unforgettable role as a witch who casts a love
spell on the soldier.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Brand new HD transfers from negative.
Newly created English subtitles.
Greek version and uncut export version (WILD PUSSYCAT).
Trailers.
Promo art video presentation.
Mondo Macabro previews.
Cannibal Terror is a 1980 Spain / France crime horror thriller by Alain Deruelle (as AW Steeve), Olivier Mathot (uncredited)...
Starring Silvia Solar, Gérard Lemaire and Pamela Stanford.
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Passed 18 uncut in 2003 for DVD
UK: Previously passed 18 uncut for:
2019 88 Films (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th March 2019
Promotional Material
First there was CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980)... Then came CANNIBAL FEROX (1981)... But somewhere in France, someone was already hatching a plot to cash-in on the Italian intestinal classics with CANNIBAL TERROR (1981). With no
budget, no professional actors and no flights to Amazonia, CANNIBAL TERROR instead gives us Deodato and Lenzi on a cash-strapped level and the end result is THE ROOM of cannibal movies!! Brilliant, banal and blood-soaked late night
entertainment, CANNIBAL TERROR was also one of the infamous 'video nasties' in the UK - showing that our beloved censors and moral guardians have little in the way of a sense of humour! However, this torrid tale of stranded tourists being hunted
by hungry natives is a work of demented genius that words can barely do service to - and it is our great pleasure to offer audiences another chance to see CANNIBAL TERROR, this time in a delirious HD special edition!
US: The Uncut version is MPAA Unrated: US: The US version is cut and MPAA R rated:
2019 Shout! Factory Collector's Edition [US Theatrical + Uncut versions] RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 5th March 2019
Promotional Material
When urban intellectuals Brian (Duchovny) and Carrie (Forbes) set out on a cross-country trip to research a book about serial killers, they share the ride with a couple they barely know Early Grayce (Pitt) and his
girlfriend Adele (Lewis). Locked in a car hurtling westward, the four travelers struggle to find some common ground. But when they finally do connect, Early's violent nature abruptly emerges and the terrified Brian and Carrie realize that they
don't need to go very far to learn about ruthless killers ... because they are already face-to-face with one!
Bonus Features
NEW Interview With Director Dominic Sena
Includes Both The Theatrical Cut And The Unrated Cut
Sister Street Fighter Collection is a film set by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi and Shigehiro Ozawa.
Starring Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shiomi and Asao Uchida.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2019 Arrow Video (RA) Blu-ray released on 5th March 2019
There is also a UK release that has been cut for reasons of child protection
Sister Street Fighter is a 1974 Japanese film by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi.
With Etsuko Shihomi, Emi Hayakawa and Sanae Ôhori.
The US R rated version was further cut by the BBFC for 1986 18 rated VHS. The film was passed 18 uncut for 2019 18 rated home video.
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By a Thread is a 1974 Japan action crime film by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi.
Starring Etsuko Shiomi, Tamayo Mitsukawa and Michiyo Bandô.
Rightfully cut by the BBFC for 18 rated Blu-ray in 2019. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US but surely not a good idea to import it into the UK.
BBFC Cuts required to remove potentially indecent images of a child.
Thanks to James:
The villain of the movie has a large framed photo of a reclining naked pre-pubescent girl hung up on their wall in the background of a scene and is pretty prominent throughout, probably talking up half of the screen space.
So it's not really a surprise that it's been cut. In fact I'm curious how they have handled the cuts because it's prolonged and prominent enough that removing all frames with it in would render the scene un-watchable. I'm assuming they will
have to mask it out rather than remove the footage (which is probably why they haven't mentioned the length of the cuts).
Arrow commented:
We would like to take this opportunity to let UK fans know that our upcoming release of Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By A Thread, will be censored (not cut) in one scene. This is due to a potentially indecent image of a minor used as set
decoration in the lair of one of the villains - visible in one shot for approximately 31 seconds which the BBFC advised breached the Protection of Children Act 1978.
As this scene features important expository dialogue, instead of cutting it out completely we have decided to zoom into the other half of the frame, cropping out the offending part of the image entirely. The US edition will be unaffected.
Apart from this, all four films in the set will be released for the first time in the UK in all their bloody, bone-snapping uncut glory, including the gore and weapons scenes cut from previous UK releases of the first film! The US edition will
be unaffected.
Arrow also noted that the company originally intended to implement the cuts by blurring the picture. However the BBFC would not allow this and so the company implemented the cuts by reframing.
Promotional Material
After the massive success of The Street Fighter , the Toei Company decided to build a new karate series around a female lead, and cast a young actress who had appeared in a cameo role alongside her mentor Sonny Chiba. Still a teenager at
the time, Etsuko Shihomi exploded onscreen in her first leading role and created a new character type: a tough fighter who was fierce, fearless, good-hearted, and decidedly non-sexualised, a departure from Toei s typical formula.
In 1974 s Sister Street Fighter , Shihomi is the half-Chinese, half-Japanese Li Koryu, who travels to Yokohama to investigate the disappearance of her brother, an undercover cop. Li discovers a smuggling ring run by a drug lord with his
own personal army of deadly fighters, and must penetrate his evil lair with the help of a fellow karate master (played by Chiba). Shihomi and director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi ( Wolf Guy ) made two additional films based on the same character
over the next year, Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By A Thread and Return Of The Sister Street Fighter , with a final unrelated follow-up ( Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist ) helmed by original Street Fighter director Shigehiro Ozawa appearing in 1976.
Genre entertainment of the highest order, the Sister Street Fighter films are a wild ride through some of the best exploitation cinema Japan produced in the 1970s. Funky and over-the-top, filled with wall-to-wall action, and featuring
some of the craziest villains ever depicted onscreen, the series embodies female power in a male-dominated genre and is a magnificent showcase for the physical presence and martial arts skills of its lead star.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
High Definition digital transfers of all four films
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations
Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio
Original English dubbed audio for Sister Street Fighter
New optional English subtitle translation for all four films
English SDH subtitles for the English dub for Sister Street Fighter
New video interviews with actor Shinichi Sonny Chiba, director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, and screenwriter Masahiro Kakefuda
Original Japanese theatrical trailers for all four films
Original U.S. theatrical trailer for Sister Street Fighter , plus original English opening titles to the film
Original German theatrical trailer for Sister Street Fighter , plus original German opening titles to the film
Stills and poster gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Kungfubob O Brien
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated booklet featuring writing on the series by Patrick Macias and a new essay on the U.S. release of Toei s karate films by Chris Poggiali
BBFC rating reduced from 15 to 12 for a 2019 cinema release
10th March 2019
Monty Python's Life of Brian is a 1979 UK comedy by Terry Jones.
Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Michael Palin.
Passed AA uncut by the BBFC for 1979 cinema release. Some local authorities overruled the BBFC rating and banned the cinema release in their areas. Passed 15 uncut for home video. Later the BBFC rating was reduced to 12A for 2019 cinema
release.
Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Banned from 1979 cinema release in Ireland, Singapore and Norway.
UK: Passed 12A uncut for infrequent strong language, moderate sex references, nudity, comic violence ( 93:42s ) :
2019 cinema release
Summary Notes
The story of Brian of Nazareth, born on the same day as Jesus of Nazareth, who takes a different path in life that leads to the same conclusion. Brian joins a political resistance movement aiming to get the Romans out of Judea. Brian scores a
victory of sorts when he manages to paint political slogans on an entire wall in the city of Jerusalem. The movement is not very effective but somehow Brian becomes a prophet and gathers his own following. His fate is sealed however and he lives
a very short life.
Sister Street Fighter Collection is a film set by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi and Shigehiro Ozawa.
Starring Etsuko Shihomi, Shin'ichi Chiba and Asao Uchida. Consisting of:
Sister Street Fighter
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By A Thread
Return Of The Sister Street Fighter
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
UK: Passed with an aggregate 18 with BBFC cuts for:
2019 Arrow Sister Street Fighter Collection (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 4th March 2019
Sister Street Fighter is a 1974 Japanese film by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi.
With Etsuko Shihomi, Emi Hayakawa and Sanae Ôhori.
The US R rated version was further cut by the BBFC for 1986 18 rated VHS. The film was passed 18 uncut for 2019 18 rated home video.
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By a Thread is a 1974 Japan action crime film by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi.
Starring Etsuko Shiomi, Tamayo Mitsukawa and Michiyo Bandô.
Rightfully cut by the BBFC for 18 rated Blu-ray in 2019. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US but surely not a good idea to import it into the UK.
BBFC Cuts required to remove potentially indecent images of a child.
Thanks to James:
The villain of the movie has a large framed photo of a reclining naked pre-pubescent girl hung up on their wall in the background of a scene and is pretty prominent throughout, probably talking up half of the screen space.
So it's not really a surprise that it's been cut. In fact I'm curious how they have handled the cuts because it's prolonged and prominent enough that removing all frames with it in would render the scene un-watchable. I'm assuming they will
have to mask it out rather than remove the footage (which is probably why they haven't mentioned the length of the cuts).
Arrow commented:
We would like to take this opportunity to let UK fans know that our upcoming release of Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By A Thread, will be censored (not cut) in one scene. This is due to a potentially indecent image of a minor used as set
decoration in the lair of one of the villains - visible in one shot for approximately 31 seconds which the BBFC advised breached the Protection of Children Act 1978.
As this scene features important expository dialogue, instead of cutting it out completely we have decided to zoom into the other half of the frame, cropping out the offending part of the image entirely. The US edition will be unaffected.
Apart from this, all four films in the set will be released for the first time in the UK in all their bloody, bone-snapping uncut glory, including the gore and weapons scenes cut from previous UK releases of the first film! The US edition will
be unaffected.
Promotional Material
After the massive success of The Street Fighter , the Toei Company decided to build a new karate series around a female lead, and cast a young actress who had appeared in a cameo role alongside her mentor Sonny Chiba. Still a teenager at
the time, Etsuko Shihomi exploded onscreen in her first leading role and created a new character type: a tough fighter who was fierce, fearless, good-hearted, and decidedly non-sexualised, a departure from Toei s typical formula.
In 1974 s Sister Street Fighter , Shihomi is the half-Chinese, half-Japanese Li Koryu, who travels to Yokohama to investigate the disappearance of her brother, an undercover cop. Li discovers a smuggling ring run by a drug lord with his
own personal army of deadly fighters, and must penetrate his evil lair with the help of a fellow karate master (played by Chiba). Shihomi and director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi ( Wolf Guy ) made two additional films based on the same character
over the next year, Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By A Thread and Return Of The Sister Street Fighter , with a final unrelated follow-up ( Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist ) helmed by original Street Fighter director Shigehiro Ozawa appearing in 1976.
Genre entertainment of the highest order, the Sister Street Fighter films are a wild ride through some of the best exploitation cinema Japan produced in the 1970s. Funky and over-the-top, filled with wall-to-wall action, and featuring
some of the craziest villains ever depicted onscreen, the series embodies female power in a male-dominated genre and is a magnificent showcase for the physical presence and martial arts skills of its lead star.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
High Definition digital transfers of all four films
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations
Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio
Original English dubbed audio for Sister Street Fighter
New optional English subtitle translation for all four films
English SDH subtitles for the English dub for Sister Street Fighter
New video interviews with actor Shinichi Sonny Chiba, director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, and screenwriter Masahiro Kakefuda
Original Japanese theatrical trailers for all four films
Original U.S. theatrical trailer for Sister Street Fighter , plus original English opening titles to the film
Original German theatrical trailer for Sister Street Fighter , plus original German opening titles to the film
Stills and poster gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Kungfubob O Brien
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated booklet featuring writing on the series by Patrick Macias and a new essay on the U.S. release of Toei s karate films by Chris Poggiali
The House That Jack Built is a 2018 Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden horror thriller by Lars von Trier.
Starring Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz and Uma Thurman.
The Director's Cut was shown at Cannes but an R rated US Theatrical Version was distributed in the US. All UK releases are the Director' Cut.
[ Spoilers! hover or click text below]
A particularly controversial moment was Jack as a young boy snipping off the leg of a duck. But even that got a mixed response as animal rights campaigners PETA defended the film i praising its accurate portrayal of the link between adolescent
animal abuse and psychopathy. Of course the effect was achieved in CGI and no ducks were harmed in the making of the film.
UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
2019 Curzon Artificial Eye (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 4th March 2019
2019 Curzon Artificial Eye R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 4th March 2019
Promotional material promises that the UK home video release will be the Director's Cut.
Promotional Material
Lars von Trier's upcoming drama follows the highly intelligent Jack (Matt Dillon) over a span of 12 years and introduces the murders that define Jack s development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack s
point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention is drawing nearer, he is taking greater and greater risks in his attempt to create the ultimate artwork.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
FULLY UNCUT VERSION OF THE FILM SCREENED AT CANNES
Introduction by Lars von Trier
Making of featurette
Interview with Lars von Trier
Trailer
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 tracks
The House That Jack Built is a 2018 Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden horror thriller by Lars von Trier.
Starring Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz and Uma Thurman.
The Director's Cut was shown at Cannes but an R rated US Theatrical Version was distributed in the US. All UK releases are the Director' Cut.
[ Spoilers! hover or click text below]
A particularly controversial moment was Jack as a young boy snipping off the leg of a duck. But even that got a mixed response as animal rights campaigners PETA defended the film i praising its accurate portrayal of the link between adolescent
animal abuse and psychopathy. Of course the effect was achieved in CGI and no ducks were harmed in the making of the film.
UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
2019 Curzon Artificial Eye (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 4th March 2019
2019 Curzon Artificial Eye R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 4th March 2019
Promotional material promises that the UK home video release will be the Director's Cut.
Promotional Material
Lars von Trier's upcoming drama follows the highly intelligent Jack (Matt Dillon) over a span of 12 years and introduces the murders that define Jack s development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack s
point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention is drawing nearer, he is taking greater and greater risks in his attempt to create the ultimate artwork.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
FULLY UNCUT VERSION OF THE FILM SCREENED AT CANNES
Introduction by Lars von Trier
Making of featurette
Interview with Lars von Trier
Trailer
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 tracks
Demonlover is a 2002 France mystery thriller by Olivier Assayas.
Starring Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon and Chloë Sevigny.
The Director's Cut is 18 rated in the UK. The film wa cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. There was also a longer version screened at festivals prior to theatrical release.
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong sexual images, violence, sexual violence:
2019 Arrow Academy (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 27th May 2019
Promotional Material
Twenty years after David Cronenberg prophesised the dark side of the Internet age in Videodrome, acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep) updated it for the New Millennium in his startlingly prescient Demonlover, a chilling
exploration of the nexus between sex and violence available at the click of a button.
Up-and-coming executive Diane (Connie Nielsen, One Hour Photo) lets nothing stand in her way when it comes to landing the lucrative Tokyo Anime contract for the Volf Corporation, guaranteeing worldwide exclusive rights to the latest in
cutting-edge hentai. Despised by her assistant (Chloe Sevigny, American Psycho) and engaged in a risky game of corporate espionage, her ruthless ambition meets its match in Elaine (Gina Gershon, Bound), the charismatic representative of an
American Internet porn company called Demonlover. However, the company is only the front for an online portal to the Hellfire Club, which gives its users control over the next big thing in interactive extreme pornography: real women, tortured
according to subscribers whims, in real time. Diane wants a piece of the action, and will stop at nothing to get it; but as she delves deeper into the twisted world of the Hellfire Club, reality slips away and the stakes of the game are raised
to the point of no return.
Armed with an iconic score by art-rock pioneers Sonic Youth, Assayas neo-noir/cyberhorror masterpiece is finally unleashed for the first time on Blu-Ray, with revealing extras and a new director-approved restoration.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
Brand new 2K restoration of the 121-minute director s cut, approved by Olivier Assayas
High Definition Blu-Ray (1080p) presentation
Original 5.1 DTS-HD master audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Audio commentary by writer/director Olivier Assayas
New visual essay written and narrated by critic Jonathan Romney
Peripherie de Demonlover, an hour-long behind-the-scenes documentary directed by Yorick Le Saux
Archive interviews with Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen, Chloe Sevigny and Charles Berling
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the recording of the music score by Sonic Youth
Q&A with Olivier Assayas filmed at the Wexner Center for the Arts in 2003
Extended version of the Hellfire Club sequence
Original theatrical trailers
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson
Evil Dead II is a 1987 US horror by Sam Raimi With Bruce Campbell and Sarah Berry.
Cut for an MPAA R rating. Further cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema and VHS releases. UK DVD and Blu-ray is the same as the cut US release although the rating was downgraded to 15 in 2003. An extended version was released in Germany in
September 2013.
After the shocking and notorious cult classic THE EVIL DEAD impaled its way into the minds of a whole generation, visionary maverick director Sam Raimi decided to elaborate on its twisted scenario. Featuring B-movie legend Bruce Campbell in his
most iconic role, EVIL DEAD 2 is a gore-fuelled, splatstick masterpiece that gleefully stomps on the entrails of good taste whilst puking in the face of Hollywood with no apologies.
Special Features:
Audio commentary with Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel, Bruce Campbell and Greg Nicotero
Bloody and Groovy, Baby! - Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Shallowed Souls: Making of Evil Dead 2
Cabin Fever: A "Fly on the Wall"
Road to Wadesboro: Revisiting the Shooting Location with Filmmaker Tony Elwood
Class of 1999 is a 1990 USA action Sci-Fi horror by Mark L Lester.
Starring Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind and Malcolm McDowell.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1990 but the cuts were waived for 18 rated DVD in 2001. Passed 15 uncut for 2019 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong language, violence, gore, scene of sexual assault:
2019 Lionsgate RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 25th February 2019
See
review from horrorcultfilms.co.uk : " An entertaining slice of 80's inspired sci-fi action that may feel a little dated but still left this viewer satisfied "
Promotional Material
The time is the future and youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become free fire zones, into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the principal of Kennedy High
School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides tactical education units. These human-like androids have been programmed to teach and are supplied with weapons to discipline problems. These
kids will get a lesson... in staying alive!
Cannibal Terror is a 1980 Spain / France crime horror thriller by Alain Deruelle (as AW Steeve), Olivier Mathot (uncredited)...
Starring Silvia Solar, Gérard Lemaire and Pamela Stanford.
Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Passed 18 uncut in 2003 for DVD
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
2019 88 Films (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th March 2019
Promotional Material
First there was CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980)... Then came CANNIBAL FEROX (1981)... But somewhere in France, someone was already hatching a plot to cash-in on the Italian intestinal classics with CANNIBAL TERROR (1981). With no
budget, no professional actors and no flights to Amazonia, CANNIBAL TERROR instead gives us Deodato and Lenzi on a cash-strapped level and the end result is THE ROOM of cannibal movies!! Brilliant, banal and blood-soaked late night
entertainment, CANNIBAL TERROR was also one of the infamous 'video nasties' in the UK - showing that our beloved censors and moral guardians have little in the way of a sense of humour! However, this torrid tale of stranded tourists being hunted
by hungry natives is a work of demented genius that words can barely do service to - and it is our great pleasure to offer audiences another chance to see CANNIBAL TERROR, this time in a delirious HD special edition!
Stranger in the House is a 1967 UK crime drama by Pierre Rouve.
Starring James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin and Bobby Darin.
Cu by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1967. Presumably it was the UK cinema version that was passed 15 for 2019 DVD/Blu-ray
UK: Presumably the cut cinema version was passed 15 for strong sex references:
2019 Bfi R2 Blu-ray/DVD Combo
at UK Amazon released on 25th February 2019
Promotional Material
Stranger in the House (DVD + Blu-ray) Directed by Pierre Rouve Once an eminent barrister, cynical drunkard John Sawyer (James Mason) leads a reclusive life, out of touch with the burgeoning youth movement of the mid-1960s.
But when his daughter Angela's (Geraldine Chaplin) boyfriend is wrongfully accused of murder, Sawyer decides to confront his demons and the changing world around him in order to defend him. Featuring striking camera work from Academy
Award-winner Kenneth Higgins and co-starring music legend Bobby Darin, this intergenerational drama (based on a novel by George Simenon) is a cult British classic ripe for rediscovery.
Special Features:
Original trailer, Other extras TBC, Fully illustrated booklet
Psyche 59 is a 1964 UK romance by Alexander Singer.
Starring Curd Jürgens, Patricia Neal and Samantha Eggar.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1963. BBFC 12 rated for 2019 Blu-ray.
It is unconfirmed but the running time is pretty close to the version originally submitted to the film censor in 1963.
UK: Passed 12 for moderate sex references, threat, violence, discriminatory references after compulsory BBFC cuts:
2019 Powerhouse Films R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 25th February 2019
There is also a US release.
Promotional Material
Patricia Neal (fresh from her 1963 award-winning role in Martin Ritt's Hud) stars as a woman suffering from hysterical blindness, and a blank in her memory which may hide the cause of her affliction. When she and her sex-addict husband (Curt
Jurgens - The Enemy Below, The Spy Who Loved Me) move in with her younger sister (Samantha Eggar - The Collector, The Brood), she begins to piece together the events leading to her psychological trauma.
Ahead of its time in its discussion and depiction of all manner of taboo subjects (rape, child abuse, nymphomania, psycho-sexual disorder, masochism), Psyche 59 is one of British cinema's most daring and provocative adult dramas.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
High Definition remaster
Original mono audio
The BEHP Interview with Walter Lassally (1988): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the renowned cinematographer in conversation with Roy Fowler
Interview with Samantha Eggar (2019): the award-winning actor recalls her work on the film in this new and exclusive interview
Richard Combs on Psyche 59 (2019): a new appreciation by the renowned critic, lecturer and broadcaster
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Josephine Botting, an overview of contemporary critical responses, archival articles, and film credits
Devil Hunter is a 1980 Spain / France / West Germany horror adventure thriller by Jesús Franco (as Clifford Brown).
Starring Ursula Buchfellner, Al Cliver and Antonio Mayans.
A short version was banned as a video nasty in 1984. The BBFC later passed the complete film 18 uncut on 2008 DVD.
UK: The Complete Spanish Version was passed 18 uncut for:strong nudity, sex and sexual violence:
2019 88 Films (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 8th April 2019
Much-missed by fans of quick-jack cinema, the late Jess Franco had a career in fear that veered between arty outings such as VAMPYRO LESBOS (1971) and the cheap and cheerful projects that includes the official 'video nasty'
DEVIL HUNTER (1980). Featuring a leading man turn from the Italian horror legend Al Cliver (ZOMBIE FLESH-EATERS/ THE BEYOND), DEVIL HUNTER is part Indiana Jones, part CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980) and all outrageous insanity as Franco throws-in
babes, bare-boobs and blood and native-battles in an attempt to keep audiences glued to the screen. For fans of cheese and sleaze, it does not get any better than DEVIL HUNTER - finally available for Franco enthusiasts and video nasty lovers to
reappraise in HD!
Class of 1984 is a 1982 Canada action crime thriller by Mark L Lester (as Mark Lester).
Starring Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross and Timothy Van Patten.
The cut MPAA R rated version has the director's seal of approval. This was further cut by the BBFC for UK cinema release and banned for VHS. The BBFC cuts were waived when the R rated version was resubmitted for 2005 DVD. The uncut version is
available in Germany.
UK: Passed 18 after 4:14s of BBFC compulsory BBFC cuts:
2019 101 Films (RB) Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo
at UK Amazon released on 25th February 2019
Reviews
See
review from flickeringmyth.com : " Class of 1984 does a good job in keeping the viewer glued to the screen to see what happens next as escalation is the name of the game "
See
review from frontrowreviews.co.uk : " It is uncompromising. It is difficult. It is punk mixed with sleaze, mixed with the perceived rejections of state and society "
Promotional Material
101 Films presents Class of 1984 (1982), title 007 on our Black Label and a UK Blu-ray debut. Extras include a brand new career-retrospective interview with writer Tom Holland (Fright Night), a commentary from director Mark
L. Lester (Commando) and interviews with cast and crew. The first 3,000 copies of each title will come complete with a slipcase, and a Limited Edition booklet, including a new interview with the director.
An idealistic and naive music teacher (Perry King) moves to the inner city with his pregnant wife to find that his new school is plagued by drugs and violence. Determined to bring a semblance of order to his classroom, he
soon clashes with the school's dominant gang, setting off a chain of escalating events, with potentially fatal consequences. Brand New Extras
Life is Pain... An interview with writer Tom Holland
Limited edition booklet: Includes 'Future Retro: The Punk Culture and 1980s SciFi' by Scott Harrison and 'And Pain is Everything: An interview with director Mark L. Lester'
Additional Extras
Commentary with director Mark L. Lester
Do What You Love - A career retrospective of Perry King
History Repeats Itself - An interview with director Mark Lester and composer Lalo Schifrin
Blood and Blackboards - Interviews with cast and crew
Girls Next Door - Interviews with actors Erin Noble and Lisa Langlois
La Vérité is a 1960 France / Italy drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Starring Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1961. The cuts were waived for 15 rated Blu-ray in 2019. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
UK: Passed 15 uncut for suicide scenes and references with previous BBFC cuts waived:
2019 Sony/Criterion RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 25th February 2019
There is also a US release
Promotional Material
Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau (Brigitte Bardot) came to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her lover (Band of
Outsiders' Sami Frey). As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique's fate, the Oscar-nominated La vérité, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot (Diabolique), delves into her past, reconstructing her struggle to find a
foothold in the city. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of an impulsive young woman misunderstood and mistreated by those around her, and of her ultimately tragic affair with an up-and-coming conductor. With an astonishing performance by
Bardot, Clouzot's affecting and intricately constructed film--a huge late-career success for the French master--renders a harsh verdict against a hypocritical and moralistic society.
Special Edition Features
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Le scandale Clouzot, a sixty-minute documentary from 2017 on director Henri-Georges Clouzot
Interview from 1960 with Clouzot
Interview with actor Brigitte Bardot from the 1982 documentary Brigitte Bardot telle qu'elle
The Unholy is a 1988 USA horror by Camilo Vila.
Starring Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook and Ruben Rabasa.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1988 cinema release and follow up VHS. Uncut on 18 rated DVD since 2002.
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, horror :
2019 Lionsgate RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 25th February 2019
Promotional Material
In New Orleans, a city with a dark underside of black magic and satanic worship, two priests have been brutally murdered at St. Agnes Church. Now THE UNHOLY reigns, only to be challenged by the purest of mortal souls. Father Michael (Ben Cross),
believed to be spiritually blessed, is appointed to the ungodly parish. Is he really the chosen one, strong enough to fight such ravishing temptation, such raw evil? Or is he simply the third to die? Some say Father Michael hasn't got a prayer.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary with Director Camilo Vila
Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview with Composer Roger Bellon
Audio Interview with Production Designer and Co-Writer Fernando Fonseca, featuring Isolated Selections from his Unused Score
Sins of the Father with Ben Cross
Demons In The Flesh: The Monsters of The Unholy
Prayer Offerings with Production Designer and Co-Writer Fernando Fonseca
Original Ending featuring Optional Audio Commentary with Producer Mathew Hayden
The Third Secret is a 1964 UK crime mystery thriller by Charles Crichton.
Starring Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins and Richard Attenborough.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1964. These cuts seem to have persisted into home video releases.
UK: Passed PG for mild violence and threat after compulsory BBFC cuts:
2019 Powerhouse Films RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 25th February 2019
Promotional Material
The apparent suicide of an eminent psychologist prompts his teenage daughter (Pamela Franklin - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Legend of Hell House) and one of his patients (Stephen Boyd - Ben-Hur, Fantastic Voyage) to investigate. Convinced
he was murdered, the two begin a journey into the lives and twisted psychoses of the doctor's disturbed patients.
Directed by the great Charles Crichton (Dead of Night, The Lavender Hill Mob, A Fish Called Wanda), stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe (The Italian Job, Raiders of the Lost Ark), and starring an incredible cast which includes Jack
Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento and Judi Dench in one of her earliest screen roles, The Third Secret is a dark and elegant psychological thriller which has long been overlooked, but is now ripe for rediscovery.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
High Definition remaster
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with film historians Dean Brandum and Eloise Ross
The BEHP Interview with Charles Crichton (1988): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated filmmaker in conversation with Sidney Cole
The BEHP Interview with Douglas Slocombe (1988): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the renowned cinematographer in conversation with Sidney Cole
Neil Sinyard on The Third Secret (2019): a new appreciation by the author and film historian
Crichton on Crichton (2019): filmmaker David Crichton gives a fascinating biographical overview of his father's life and work.
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Robert Murphy, an overview of contemporary critical responses, archival articles, and film credits
Invasion of the Blood Farmers is a 1972 USA horror by Ed Adlum.
Starring Norman Kelley, Tanna Hunter and Bruce Detrick.
The film has only seen UK release on pre-cert VHS. The title was seized by police during the Video Nasties moral panic
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2019 Severin Films RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 26th February 2019
2019 Severin Films R1 DVD
at US Amazon released on 26th February 2019
Promotional Material
Severin Films presents INVASION OF THE BLOOD FARMERS - The '70s grindhouse classic now scanned from the original negative with new bonus materials!
In 1972, a team of New York City exploitation outlaws that included Ed Adlum (SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED), Ed Kelleher (PRIME EVIL) and Michael & Roberta Findlay (THE TOUCH OF HER FLESH, SNUFF) - along with first-time assistant cameraman and
future award-winning cinematographer Frederick Elmes (ERASERHEAD, BLUE VELVET) - descended on bucolic Westchester County with 8˝ bottles of stage blood to make a movie about a Druid cult seeking to resurrect their dead queen. The budget was
$24,000. The cast was paid in beer. And the result remains one of the greatest achievements in schlock/shock cinema history. Severin Films is proud to present this "accidental masterpiece" (Horror News) like you've never seen it
before, now scanned from the original negative for the first time ever and spurting with all-new Special Features.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Audio commentary with director Ed Adlum and actress Ortrum Tippel, moderated by Kier-La Janisse, author of House of Psychotic Women . Nothing You'd Show Your Mom : Eddie Adlum's journey through exploitation, coin-op & rock n' roll.
Interview with actor Jack Neubeck. Painful Memories : An interview with cinematographer Frederick Elmes.
Trailer.
Mausoleum is a 1983 USA horror by Michael Dugan.
Starring Marjoe Gortner, Bobbie Bresee and Norman Burton.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating and this version was then passed 18 by the BBFC for VHS. Released uncut in the US in 2019 and is MPAA Unrated.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2019 Vinegar Syndrome RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo
at US Amazon released on 26th February 2019
2019 Vinegar Syndrome Amazon Prime VoD [US only]
at US Amazon
Promotional Material
The Nomed Family has been the victim of an ancient curse in which the first born daughter of each generation has gone violently mad and then suspiciously dies. No one can explain the Nomed madness, but some say it's because of the possession of
a terrible demonic force. By way of an unnatural urge during her mother's funeral, Susan entered her family's mausoleum, and ever since an evil presence has been lurking inside of her, waiting for a chance to come out. Now an adult, something is
hiding inside Susan's body, coming out to grotesquely murder anyone who comes too close to uncovering her terrifying secret.
A consummate blending of early 80s supernatural horror and slasher film tropes, Michael Dugan's ( SUPER SEAL ) MAUSOLEUM is a stylish, sleazy, and outrageously gory production, featuring a series of imaginative death scenes
orchestrated by effects wizard John Carl Buechler ( REANIMATOR , TROLL ). Starring Bobbie Bresee ( GHOULIES ) and Marjoe Gortner ( WHEN YOU COMIN' BACK RED RYDER? ) and featuring a moody orchestral score
from Jamie Mendoza-Nava ( BOYS OF COMPANY C ), Vinegar Syndrome is pleased to bring MAUSOLEUM to Blu-ray, fully uncut and newly restored from its camera negative, with its 'explosive' opening sequence completely intact.
Bonus Features:
1. Region free Blu-ray/DVD combo
2. Newly scanned & restored in 4k from its 35mm original camera negative
3. "Making Monsters" - a video interview with special fx makeup artist John Carl Buechler
4. Original theatrical trailer
5. Multiple tv spots
6. Promotional still gallery
7. Reversible cover artwork
8. English SDH subtitles
Cannibal Holocaust 2 is a 1988 Italy action crime horror by Antonio Climati.
Starring Marco Merlo, Fabrizio Merlo and May Deseligny.
Cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty for 15 rated 2002 DVD. Uncut and 15 rated for 2018 Blu-ray
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence, injury detail with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
2019 88 Films (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th March 2019
Promotional Material
For years fans waited for the release of a sequel to Ruggero Deodato's trendsetting CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980) yet it would take almost a decade for THE GREEN INFERNO, also known as CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2, to arrive... and it
was not, perhaps, what followers of the cycle in Italian nasty native movies were expecting! Whilst Deodato's original benchmark critiqued the mondo film pseudo-documentary phenomenon, partly instigated by cinematographer and director Antonio
Climati (MONDO CANE/ SAVAGE MAN, SAVAGE BEAST), here the focus turns to satirising the hypocrisy and complexity of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST itself! Directed by Climati, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 sees some enterprising adventurers traipsing into the Amazon
jungle in search of a missing professor and, in the interim, the youngsters encounter some indications that slavery and European colonialism is still robbing the Colombian rain forest blind! A mix of macabre images, scenic locations, castrations
and sly in-jokes, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 introduces some belated bad taste humour into familiar jungle territory and requires immediate reappraisal from tribal terror completists - which is a meal best served in glorious HD by the video nasty
enthusiasts at 88 Films!!
Extras:
Scenes From Banned Alice: The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Audio Commentary by Genre Expert and Director of Me Me Lai Bites Back Dr Calum Waddell
Barb Wire is a 1996 USA action Sci-Fi film by David Hogan.
Starring Pamela Anderson, Amir AboulEla and Adriana Alexander.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. An extended version was later released uncut and MPAA Unrated. The cut R rated version initially rated 15 by the BBFC for 1995 cinema release but was 18 rated for home video. In the UK the uncut version was
released on 1996 18 rated VHS but hasn't been seen since.
The running time on Amazon suggests that this release will be the cut Theatrical Version. It seems that the extra nude scenes in the Unrated Version are only available in standard definition and so would not look good in a Blu-ray.
US: Cut and MPAA R rated for:
2019 Mill Creek Entertainment RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 19th February 2019
Promotional Material
No Laws. No Limits. No Turning Back!
Pamela Anderson is Barb Wire; the sexiest, toughest woman in Steel Harbor - a city marked by chaos and crime - providing a home for a new kind of mercenary. If you've got a problem, Barb Wire is the solution. She'll use any dangerous
weapon (including her body) to take what she wants, crossing the line for no man. When her ex-boyfriend, Axel Hood, hits town, Barb is the only one who can get him out alive. Will Barb help the man who once betrayed her? There's only one thing
you can be sure of... she can get anything you want, for a price. Are you ready to pay...?
Skinner is a 1993 USA horror by Ivan Nagy.
Starring Ted Raimi, Ricki Lake and David Warshofsky.
Cut for an MPAA R rating but the uncut version was later released MPAA Unrated. Not released in the UK.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2019 Severin Films RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 19th February 2019
2019 Severin Films R1 DVD
at US Amazon released on 19th February 2019
Promotional Material
Severin Films presents SKINNER - Uncut. Unrated. Unconscionable. The notorious '90s shocker scanned in 4k for the first time ever!
It's been called "sleaze-oozing" (Flick Attack), "gut-churning" (The Bedlam Files) and "incredibly tasteless" (Cult Reviews). It featured the most intensely graphic scenes yet by KNB EFX Group (THE WALKING DEAD).
Uncut, it remains perhaps the most disturbing and rarely seen shocker of the '90s.
Ted Raimi (XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS) delivers an unnerving performance as psycho drifter Dennis Skinner who wears flesh-suits he slices from doomed prostitutes, falls for a lonely young housewife (Ricki Lake of HAIRSPRAY fame), and is himself
hunted by a horribly scarred survivor (an equally unhinged performance by Traci Lords). Richard Schiff (THE WEST WING) co-stars in this still-potent sickie from veteran television director and one-time Heidi Fleiss boyfriend, Ivan Nagy. Now
scanned in 4k from the original camera negative and including the complete hooker-flaying sequence.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
A Touch of Scandal - Interview with Director Ivan Nagy. Under His Skin - Interview with Star Ted Raimi. Bargain Bin VHS For A Buck - Interview with Screenwriter Paul Hart-Wilden. Cutting Skinner - Interview with Editor Jeremy Kasten.
Flaying sequence out-takes and extended takes.
Trailer.
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is a 1989 USA horror thriller by Dominique Othenin-Girard (as Dominique Otherin-Girard).
Starring Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris and Ellie Cornell.
Cut in the US to obtain an MPAA R rating. The same cut version was passed 18 for all UK releases since.
UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2019 Lionsgate Home Entertainment R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 18th February 2019
Promotional Material
Synopsis MICHAEL LIVES. AND THIS TIME, THEY'RE READY! Because Hell would not have him, Michael Myers survived the mine explosion thought to have killed him. One year later, his traumatized young niece Jamie (Danielle Harris
of HALLOWEEN 4) is horrified to discover she has a telepathic bond with her evil Uncle...and that Uncle Michael is on his way back to Haddonfield. But Dr. Loomis (the late, great Donald Pleasence) has a new plan to destroy The Boogey Man in his
childhood home using Jamie as bait. Tonight, the carnage begins again: Michael Myers is back with a vengeance! Ellie Cornell and Beau Starr return for this hit sequel that features grisly gore by K.N.B. EFX Group (ARMY OF DARKNESS, SCREAM,
HOSTEL).
Aquaman is a 2018 Australia / USA action Sci-Fi fantasy by James Wan.
Starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard and Dolph Lundgren.
BBFC advised category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2018. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.
UK: Passed 12 for moderate violence, scenes of sustained threat after BBFC category cuts( 143:17s ) :
2019 Warner Bros R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 8th April 2019
The BBFC commented:
This work was originally seen for advice. The company was advised the film was likely to be classified 15 but that their preferred 12A classification could be achieved by removing bloody detail. When the film was submitted for formal
classification the bloody detail had been removed and the film was classified 12A.
Summary Notes
Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.
Uncut Version
US: Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for some language:
2019 WarnerBrothers RA 4k Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 26th March 2019
2019 WarnerBrothers RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 26th March 2019
2019 WarnerBrothers R1 DVD
at US Amazon released on 26th March 2019
Smallfoot is a 2018 USA family musical animation by Karey Kirkpatrick and Jason Reisig (co-director).
Starring Zendaya, Channing Tatum and Danny DeVito.
Passed PG uncut but the distributors preferred a cut U rated cinema release. Home video releases are the uncut PG version.
UK: Passed PG uncut for infrequent mild bad language for:
2019 Warner Bros RB 3D Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 18th February 2019
2019 Warner Bros RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 18th February 2019
An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, ""Smallfoot"" turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti (Channing Tatum) finds something he thought didn't exist-a human. News
of this ""smallfoot"" (James Corden) throws the simple Yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an all new story about friendship, courage and the joy of
discovery.
DVD Extra Content: Yeti or Not, Here They Come! Imagining Smallfoot.
The Stray is a 2017 USA family drama by Mitch Davis.
Starring Sarah Lancaster, Michael Cassidy and Connor Corum.
BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rated video release in 2018. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
UK: Passed PG for mild threat, sex references after 39s of BBFC category cuts ( 83:27s ) :
2019 Universal Pictures UK R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 11th February 2019
Previously passed 12 uncut for moderate threat, sex references:
2018 4Digital Media video not released
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to reduce two scenes of moderate threat in order to obtain a PG classification. An uncut 12 classification was available.
Promotional Material
Young Christian Davis finds a stray dog named Pluto and decides to bring it home to his parents and two siblings. Christian's father, Mitch, works long hours and his mother Michelle just wants a husband who's there for the family. In just a
short time with the Davis clan, Pluto manages to rescue a lost toddler, bring comfort Christian and help save Mitch and Michelle's struggling marriage.
The Poison Ivy Collection is a film set by Various.
Starring Drew Barrymore, Alyssa Milano and Jaime Pressly.
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2019 Shout! Factory [Poison Ivy Collection with all Unrated and R rated versions] RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 12th February 2019
Poison Ivy is a 1992 USA thriller by Katt Shea (as Katt Shea Ruben).
Starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert and Tom Skerritt.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating which was then passed 18 by the BBFC. The film was later released uncut in the US and was MPAA Unrated. This version was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC.
Poison Ivy 2 is a 1996 USA thriller by Anne Goursaud.
Starring Alyssa Milano, Johnathon Schaech and Xander Berkeley.
Cut for an MPAA R rating which was passed 18 in the UK. The US MPAA Unrated version is uncut.
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is a 1997 USA thriller by Kurt Voss.
Starring Jaime Pressly, Megan Edwards and Michael Des Barres.
Cut for an MPAA R rating which was passed 18 in the UK. The US MPAA Unrated version is uncut.
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society is a 2008 USA / Canada thriller by Jason Hreno.
Starring Miriam McDonald, Shawna Waldron and Ryan Kennedy.
Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. Uncut and 18 rated in the UK.
Promotional Material
All four Poison Ivy films in one collection and in high definition!
Tempestuous young Ivy (Drew Barrymore) befriends introverted teen Sylvie (Sara Gilbert) and seduces her way into the lives of Sylvie's wealthy family in Poison Ivy. In the piquant follow-up, Poison Ivy 2: Lily, a sheltered art student (Alyssa
Milano) finds Ivy's diaries and, after reading them, is lured into uninhibited risk-taking to become a wild woman! Then Ivy's sister (Jaime Pressly) visits the Greer residence in Poison Ivy: The New Seduction, and it doesn't take long for her to
use her skills of manipulation to throw the household into a slate of panic and deceit. A college freshman (Miriam McDonald) is invited to join an exclusive campus sisterhood, where cold blooded ambition causes the group to seduce, blackmail or
do away with anyone that gets in their way in Poison Ivy: The Secret Society. Bonus Features Disc One: Poison Ivy
R-Rated Version Of The Film
Unrated Version (With Standard Definition Inserts)
NEW Audio Commentary With Co-writer/Director Katt Shea (Theatrical Version)
Trailer
Disc Two: Poison Ivy 2: Lily
R-Rated Version Of The Film
Unrated Version (With Standard Definition Inserts)
Trailer
Disc Three: Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
R-Rated Version Of The Film
Unrated Version (With Standard Definition Inserts)
Climax is a 2018 France musical horror mystery by Gaspar Noé.
Starring Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic and Souheila Yacoub.
There are no censorship issues with this release in the US and UK but it was banned by Lebanese film censors from showing at the Maskoon Film Festival
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong threat, violence, sex references, drug misuse, very strong language:
2019 Arrow Video (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th February 2019
2019 Arrow Video R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 11th February 2019
Promotional Material
Birth and death are extraordinary life experiences.
Life is a fleeting pleasure.
Following a successful and visually dazzling rehearsal, a dance troupe celebrates with a party. But when it becomes apparent that someone has spiked the Sangria, the dancers soon begin to turn on each other in an orgiastic frenzy.
A Black Veil for Lisa is a 1968 Italy / West Germany thriller by Massimo Dallamano.
Starring John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi and Robert Hoffmann.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1969. Uncut and 15 rated for 2018 home video.
UK: Passed 15 uncut for brief sexualised nudity with previous BBFC cuts waived:
2019 88 Films (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th February 2019
Promotional Material
The giallo was still finding its feet when A BLACK VEIL FOR LISA came along in 1968, and along with such earlier murder-mysteries as BLACK AND BLOOD LACE (1964) and SO SWEET... SO
PERVERSE (1969), this classic outing proved important to the genre that later filmmakers such as Dario Argento and Sergio Martino would helped to define. Featuring an assured leading man turn from the legendary British
Oscar winner John Mills ( GANDHI ), A BLACK VEIL FOR LISA was overseen by the iconic Massimo Dallamano ( WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? ) and offers an engrossing tale of sex
and assassination as a frustrated detective plans to murder his cheating wife via a hired hand only for the entire plot to become more and more muddled, macabre and messy... Coloured by all number of crafty giallo twists that only the Italian
could do during the heyday of Hitchcockian horror, A BLACK VEIL FOR LISA makes it to British Blu-ray in this outstanding HD transfer from 88 Films!!
Features Include
1080p Presentation of the Film on Blu-ray
Uncompressed LPCM Audio
Optional English SDH Subtitles
Yellow is the New Black - Rachael Nisbet on A Black Veil For Lisa: An Interview with Film Journalist Rachel Nisbet
Lifting the Veil - Remembering Massimo Dallamano's A Black Veil For Lisa: An Interview with Film Journalist John Martin
Theatrical Trailer
Reversible Sleeve with alternative Italian artwork
Night School is a 2018 comedy by Malcolm D Lee.
Starring Tiffany Haddish, Keith David and Kevin Hart.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.
UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language: UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references, infrequent strong language:
2019 Universal RB 4k Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th February 2019
2019 Universal RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th February 2019
2019 Universal R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 11th February 2019
Promotional Material
When accidentally destroying his workplace gets successful salesman Teddy (KEVIN HART) fired, he can't find another decent job unless he finally gets his GED. But two major things stand in his way: Carrie (TIFFANY HADDISH), a teacher with no
time for grownup class clowns, and Stewart (TARAN KILLAM), Teddy's high school nemesis-turned-principal who will do anything to see him fail. Now every school rule is about to be broken when they all go head-to-head in a wild battle of wits,
pranks, and lessons you can't learn in books. Night School is in session!
La Vérité is a 1960 France / Italy drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Starring Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1961. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2019 Criterion Collection RA Blu-ray
at US Amazon released on 12th February 2019
2019 Criterion Collection R1 DVD
at US Amazon released on 12th February 2019
Summary Notes
Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ambitious conductor freshly graduated from the
conservatory. Was it passion, vengeance, desperation, an accident? The acquaintances of Gilbert testify, as well as Dominique's former lovers, and her sister, Annie, the studious violin player engaged to Gilbert. The evidence they give
progressively paints a more finely-shaded picture of the personalities of Dominique and Gilbert, and of their relationship, than the eloquent and convincing justifications of the counsels.
The Boys In The Band is a 1970 USA gay drama by William Friedkin.
Starring Kenneth Nelson, Peter White and Leonard Frey.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1970. Later uncut and 15 rated for home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
The film is reported as the first US studio film to feature the word 'cunt' in Michael's line Donald, you are a real card-carrying cunt. The BBFC were still censoring the word in 1970, eg in Ulysses , so presumably t was the word
'cunt' that was cut by the BBFC for this cinema release.
UK: Passed 15 for very strong language, strong sex references, discrimination, drug misuse after compulsory BBFC cuts:
2018 Second Sight (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon released on 11th February 2019
Promotional Material
A group of thirty-something gay men gather to celebrate a birthday, but before long, tensions rise, secrets emerge and the insults begin to fly.
Director William Friedkin reassembled the original cast for his film adaption of the ground-breaking Broadway hit. Playwright Mart Crowley adapted his own play, creating a script full of acerbic speeches and cutting one liners for his cast of
unforgettable characters.
Released 50 years after its Broadway debut – a year before the Stonewall riots - The Boys in the Band still has the power to shock.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
Audio Commentary with Director William Friedkin and Writer Mart Crowley
Sister Street Fighter Collection is a film set by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi and Shigehiro Ozawa. 
