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The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 UK Sci-Fi horror thriller by Terence Fisher
Starring Peter Cushing, Hazel Court and Robert Urquhart  

Cut by the BBFC for 1957 cinema release. These cuts persisted into home video until the 2012 restoration on Blu-ray when of the cuts was restored. Meanwhile the film has dropped down the BBFC age ratings from X in 1957 to 15 in 1989 to 12 in 2003. The cut UK version is MPAA R rated but the 2020 restored Blu-ray release is MPA Unrated and so is presumably the uncut version.

Summary Notes

While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2025 Warner Archive R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 14th October 2025
• 2025 Warner Archive Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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Driven by obsession and defying the laws of nature, Baron Victor Frankenstein dares to reanimate the dead, creating not just life, but a monstrous force beyond his control. As his experiments spiral into madness, Frankenstein must confront the consequences of playing God in a world unprepared for the horrors he unleashes. A milestone in cinema, The Curse of Frankenstein launched Hammer's iconic Gothic horror cycle and redefined the genre with shocking colour, psychological intensity, and unforgettable performances. This new 4K UHD Deluxe Collector's Edition boasts a new 4K HDR restoration from Hammer Films in association with the Warner Archive Collection. The film is presented in 3 different aspect ratios, and is accompanied by hours and hours of new special features.

Daughters of Darkness is a 1971 Belgium / France / West Germany horror by Harry Kümel.
Starring Delphine Seyrig and John Karlen and Danielle Ouimet.

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1971. Later uncut and 18 rated on home video. The original release was also cut in the US for an MPAA R rating but was later uncut and MPAA Unrated on home video.

Summary Notes

A newlywed couple are passing through a vacation resort. Their paths cross with a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong horror and sexualised nudity:

• 2025 Radiance Films R0 4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad released on 27th October 2025
• 2025 Radiance Films R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 27th October 2025

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Newlyweds Stefan and Valerie are travelling through Europe when they make a detour to a deserted seaside hotel. Their romantic idyll takes a dark turn when they meet the enigmatic countess Báthory (Delphine Seyrig, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles) and her mysterious companion Ilona, whose unsettling charm and aristocratic poise mask a deadly intent. A Euro-horror classic, Daughters of Darkness is an opulent fever dream, weaving a sapphic subtext and feminist undercurrent beneath its baroque surface. Thematically rich. Harry Kümels vampire tale transcends convention and is presented in a stunning 4K restoration for the first time in the UK.

4K UHD & BLU-RAY DUAL FORMAT LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K restoration from the original negative by Blue Underground, supervised by director Harry Kümel
• 4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR and Blu-ray presentation of the feature
• Audio commentary authors Virginie Sélavy and Lindsay Hallam (2025)
• New interview with director Harry Kümel and critic Anne Billson (2025)
• Archival interview with Delphine Seyrig in which the actor discusses her career (1989)
• On set footage with Harry Kümel and stuntman Thierry Hallaert (1970)
• Behind-the-scenes footage of Delphine Seyrig shooting a scene from the film and an interview with Harry Kümel (1971)
• Interview with critic and author Kim Newman (2025)
• Immoral Tales: Daughters of Darkness, Class, Cruelty, and the Cinematic Legacy of Bathory - a visual essay by Kat Ellinger, author of the monograph on the film (2025, 25 mins)
• Anna the Maid - Harry Kümels short film based on a Jean Cocteau poem about a murderous maid (1958)
• Aether - Harry Kümels short film about the surreal visions of a man following an accident (1960, co-directed by Herman Wuyts)
• Limited edition 80-page perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by Suzanne Boleyn, Martyn Conterio, Joseph Dwyer, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Mairéad Roche
• Limited edition of 5000 copies, presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS is a 1975 Canada war horror thriller by Don Edmonds
Starring Dyanne Thorne, Gregory Knoph and Tony Mumolo  

Banned by the BBFC for 1975 and 1976 cinema release. Not submitted since. Uncut and Unrated in the US

Summary Notes

A sadistic warden at a Nazi death camp conducts "medical experiments" to prove that women are more resilient than men, all while a revolt is being plotted by a prisoner she takes a fancy to.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2025 Kino Cult R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 14th October 2025

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The textbook example of Nazisploitation, and a cornerstone of the 1970s sexploitation cinema, Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS dramatizes the atrocities performed by a sadistic commandant (Dyanne Thorne) at a German concentration camp. Ilsa uses male prisoners as sexual playthings and women as subjects of medical torture, then brutally executes all who fail to satisfy her unholy desires. Despite being condemned by film critic Gene Siskel as the most degenerate picture I have seen... a textbook for rapists and mutilation freaks, Don Edmonds's orgy of violence became a runaway success, immortalizing Thorne as a grindhouse goddess and inspiring three sequels and a host of imitations, none of which could rival the shocking depravity of the original.

 

Eyes Without a Face is a 1960 France/Italy horror drama by Georges Franju
Starring Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli and Juliette Mayniel

Cut for both UK and US cinema release. Uncut in the US from 2003

Summary Notes

A surgeon causes a car accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2025 The Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 14th October 2025
• 2025 The Criterion Collection Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad

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At his secluded château in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor (Pierre Brasseur) attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughters disfigured countenance--at a horrifying price. Eyes Without a Face, directed by the supremely talented Georges Franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. There are images here--of terror, of gore, of inexplicable beauty--that once seen are never forgotten.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Blood of the Beasts, Georges Franjus 1949 documentary about the slaughterhouses of Paris
• Archival interviews with Franju on the horror genre, cinema, and the making of Blood of the Beasts
• Interview with actor Edith Scob
• Excerpts from Les grand-pères du crime, a 1985 documentary about screenwriters Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
• Trailers
• PLUS: Essays by novelist Patrick McGrath and film historian David Kalat

The Shoot is a 1964 West Germany/France/Italy/Yugoslavia/Spain/US adventure by Robert Siodmak
Starring Lex Barker, Marie Versini and Ralf Wolter

According to the BBFC: There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as son of a bitch, bastard, God and hell.

According to publicity blurb Eureka appear to have created new subtitles for this release. Maybe they did this with an AI tool and no-one checked the finished product?  Or maybe the BBFC were using an AI censor, or maybe a BBFC examiner was hearing things.

Summary Notes

When a villain named "the Shoot" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules. Heroic Kara Ben Nemsi (Lex Barker), and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him

Versions

uncut run: 118:24s pal: 113:40s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for very strong language: 2026 Eureka Entertainment Blu-ray (rated 27/04/2026)  The BBFC comments about the strong language: There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as son of a bitch, bastard, God and hell.

Sorcerer is a 1977 US/Mexico adventure thriller by William Friedkin
Starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer and Francisco Rabal

The European version titled Wages of Fear was shortened. The US version titled Sorcerer is complete

Summary Notes

Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.

UK: The US Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail:

• 2025 Spirit Entertainment R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 6th October 2025

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A hallucinatory journey into the heart of darkness, William Friedkin's pulse-pounding reimagining of the suspense classic The Wages of Fear was dismissed upon its release, only to be recognized decades later as one of the boldest auteur statements of the New Hollywood. In a remote Latin American village, four desperate fugitives-a New Jersey gangster (Roy Scheider), a Mexican assassin (Francisco Rabal), an unscrupulous Parisian businessman (Bruno Cremer), and an Arab terrorist (Amidou)-take on a seemingly doomed mission: transporting two trucks full of highly explosive nitroglycerin through the treacherous jungle. Aided by Tangerine Dream's otherworldly synth score, Friedkin turns each bump in the road into a tour de force of cold-sweat tension-conjuring a hauntingly nihilistic vision of a world ruled by chance and fate.

Black Sunday is a 1960 Italy horror by Mario Bava
Starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson and Andrea Checchi  

Banned by the BBFC in 1961. The European Version (Mask of Satan) was uncut but the US Version (Black Sunday) was cut.

Summary Notes

Decades after being executed for witchcraft, vengeful Princess Asa Vajda and her fiendish servant are resurrected and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of Asa Vajda's beautiful look-alike descendant Princess Katia.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2025 SHOUT! FACTORY Collector's Edition [European + US versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 7th October 2025

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A Bavarian princess, burned at the stake with her lover for being a witch, comes to life after three hundred years to enact the curse of revenge on her remaining family members.

Bonus Content:

• 4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative
• International Version
• Audio Commentary with Writer Dr. Rebekah King
• Audio Commentary with Dr. Karen Stallznow, Matt Baxter and Blake Smith
• Audio Commentary with Film Critic Brian Keiper
• Audio Commentary with Film Critic Meagan Navarro
• Trailers from Hell: Interview with Filmmaker Larry Cohen
• International Trailer
• US Trailer
• Poster Gallery
• TV Spot

Zombie Flesh Eaters is a 1979 Italy zombie horror by Lucio Fulci
Starring Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch and Richard Johnson

Heavily cut by the BBFC for 1979 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Cut by the BBFC from 1992 to 1999. BBFC uncut since 2005. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong gory violence and horror:

• 2025 Arrow Video Special Edition R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 6th October 2025

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THEY WILL RISE TO SUCK THE BLOOD OF THE LIVING!

From the sleazy video nasty vaults comes a movie so stained with controversy and moral indignation that the very mention of its name sends shudders down the spines of the weak-stomached and censorious -- Zombie Flesh Eaters . A gut-munching, shark-wrestling, eye-gouging orgy of mud-caked undead terror and Italian splatter from the dark imagination of horror genius Lucio Fulci ( The House by the Cemetery , City of the Living Dead ).

An abandoned boat in New York Harbour unleashes a dead flesh-crazed Zombie cargo... A young American woman and a journalist investigate a tropical island where a deadly disease is making the dead walk... Soon, thoughts of getting to the bottom of the murderous curse will be forgotten, as Fulcis walking corpses overwhelm the living and reports come in that the Big Apple is swarming with the living dead...

After over 45 years, Zombie Flesh Eaters still has the power to shock and offend the unwilling. Check out this classic sadist video and revel in a wonderfully tasteless movie that once helped usher in a moral panic!

4K ULTRA HD SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• 4K restoration from the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original English and Italian front and end titles
• Restored original lossless English and Italian mono audio
• Optional remixed lossless English Dolby Atmos audio
• Optional remixed lossless Italian DTS-HD MA 7.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• New audio commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio commentary by screenwriter Elisa Briganti, moderated by Calum Waddell
• Audio commentary by Fulci biographer Stephen Thrower and horror expert Alan Jones
• Sound and Fury: Listening to Zombie Flesh Eaters , a new visual essay by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Repellent: Memories of Zombie Flesh Eaters , a new visual essay by author and critic Chris Alexander
• Archival introduction by actor Ian McCulloch
• From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Film , a 2012 documentary featuring screenwriters Dardano Sacchetti and Antonio Tentori, critic Kim Newman and filmmakers Luigi Cozzi, Ruggero Deodato and Russ Streiner
• Aliens, Cannibals and Zombies: A Trilogy of Italian Terror , an archival interview with McCulloch
• The Meat-Munching Movies of Gino de Rossi , an archival interview with the celebrated special effects artist
• Zombie Flesh Eaters: From Script to Screen , an archival featurette featuring Dardano Sacchetti showing key pages from his original Island of the Living Dead screenplay
• Music for a Flesh-Feast , a 2012 Q&A with composer Fabio Frizzi at the Glasgow Film Theatre
• Original English language Nightmare Island screenplay
• Theatrical trailers and TV spots
• Easter eggs
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch

The Dollman Toybox: Dollman X Demonic Toys Collection is a film set by Albert Pyun, Charles Band, Peter Manoogian
Starring Jackie Earl Hayley and Tim Thomerson  

UK: Aggregate BBFC 18 rated:

• 2025 101 Films The Dollman Toybox Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 6th October 2025

Demonic Toys is a 1992 USA comedy horror mystery by Peter Manoogian.
Starring Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum and Daniel Cerny.  

The US version was cut for an R rating and seems to have found its way onto 18 rated UK video. The film is uncut in Germany.

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101 Films presents The Dollman Toybox: Dollman X Demonic Toys Collection featuring Dollman (1991), Demonic Toys (1992) & Dollman Vs Demonic Toys (1993). This limited edition 4-disc set brings together Dollman, Demonic Toys and their many spin offs for the very first time, and includes the complete Dollman Kills the Full Moon Universe comic book.

Dollman: Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson - Trancers) is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as are the enemy forces who have landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guys enlist the help of a local gang. When word leaks out to his location all hell breaks loose. Brick is besieged by an onslaught of curious kids, angry gang members, and his own doll-sized enemies. Now he must protect the family who has helped him and get off the planet alive.

Demonic Toys: Theyre cute and cuddly by day, lethal demons by night. Ruthless killing machines come out alive for just one purpose...death. And for five adults in an abandoned warehouse, every childs worst nightmare has become a deadly reality. While on a stakeout, Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins), a beautiful, tough cop, is trapped inside a warehouse full of toys. But these are no ordinary playthings - they have been awakened to murderous life by a strange child of darkness, The Kid (Daniel Cerny). Each toy feeds on blood: Jack Attack heads straight for the throat, Grizzly Teddy is not afraid to show its claws, and Baby Oopsie Daily is truly to die for. Now its up to Gray and a passing delivery boy, Mark Wayne (Bentley Mitchum), to stop the Demonic Toys!

Dollman Vs Demonic Toys: All is not well in Toyland! When undercover cop Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins, reprising her original role) discovers the murderous Demonic Toys have returned to the Toyland warehouse, she has only one thought in mind: destroy the hideous playthings at all costs. But she needs help. She turns to the only man on Earth who can measure up to these toy chest terrors, Brick Bardo aka Dollman (Tim Thomerson). Joined by his girlfriend, the equally diminutive Ginger (reduced to 11 inches in Bad Channels), future cop Bardo teams with Judith to battle the mutant toys. Now Bardo must fight to save his life and his love as Baby Oopsie develops a large 'crush' on the luscious Ginger...

Also included: Demonic Toys 2 AKA Demonic Toys: Personal Demons, Demonic Toys: Jack Attack, and the Baby Oopsie Trilogy

Brand New Extras:

• 'Playing With His Toys'-Charles Band on Demonic Toys
• 'Strike Up the Band'-Composer Richard Band on Demonic Toys
• 'Here Comes Baby Oopsie' - Director Billy Butler on Demonic Toys

Archive Extras:

Dollman: - Charles Band & Tim Thomerson Vidcast (2013) - Videozone Featurette (SD) - Pulse Pounders (1988) Original trailer (SD)

Demonic Toys: - Videozone Featurette (SD) - Original trailer (SD)

Dollman Vs Demonic Toys: - Commentary with Charles Band & Tim Thomerson - Behind the scenes footage from the Full Moon vault (SD) - Videozone Featurette (SD) - Original trailer (SD)

• Available for the first time in the UK as a full set
• New interviews with crew and critics
• Newly commissioned artwork
• Limited edition includes UK debut of the Dollman kills comics
• All existing extras included