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Black Christmas, Emmanuellle, Night of the Sharks


Link Here 12th June 2026

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Black Christmas

Black Christmas is a 1974 Canada slasher horror thriller by Bob Clark
Starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea and Margot Kidder BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1975 cinema release. Uncut and 18 rated on home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
  • 2025 SHOUT! FACTORY Steelbook R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 9th December 2025

Promotional Material

Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder star among an ill-fated houseful of sorority sisters celebrating the holiday season. Festivities turn fatal when obscene phone calls break the serenity, and it becomes clear that a psychopath is stalking the house.


Bonus Content:
  • 2022 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
  • Presented in Dolby Vision
  • 2022 Restoration of the Original Mono Track
  • 2022 5.1 Mix Restoring the Missing Sound Effects
  • Audio Commentary with Director Bob Clark
  • Audio Commentary with Actors John Saxon and Keir Dullea
  • Audio Commentary with Actor Nick Mancuso
  • Audio Interview with Bob Clark
  • 2022 Restoration of the 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music and Sound Effects
  • Audio Commentary with Billy (Actor Nick Mancuso)
  • Audio Interview with Director Bob Clark
  • Film and Furs: Remembering Black Christmas with Art Hindle
  • Victims and Virgins: Remembering Black Christmas with Lynne Griffin
  • Black Christmas Legacy
  • 40th Anniversary Panel at FanExpo 2014 Featuring John Saxon, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin & Nick Mancuso
  • On Screen!: Black Christmas
  • 12 Days of Black Christmas Documentary
  • Black Christmas Revisited
  • Archival Interviews with Olivia Hussey, Art Hindle, Margot Kidder, Bob Clark, & John Saxon
  • Midnight Screening Q&A with Bob Clark, John Saxon and Carl Zittrer
  • Two Scenes with a New Vocal Soundtrack
  • Theatrical Trailers (English and French)
  • TV Spots
  • Radio Spots
  • Alternative Title Sequences
  • Still Gallery
  • Original Script (BD-Rom)

Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle is a 1974 French erotic film by Just Jaekin.
With Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny and Marika Green. Melon Farmers link   BBFC link 2020   IMDb

Cut by the BBFC until 18 rated DVD in 2007. In the US the uncut was MPAA X rated and then released Unrated. The MPAA R rated version is heavily cut.

Summary Notes

The wife of a French diplomat in Bangkok embarks on a voyage of self-discovery.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2025 Severin Films [uncut version + cut US R rated version] R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 9th December 2025
  • 2025 Severin Films [uncut version + cut US R rated version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 9th December 2025

Promotional Material

THE ORIGINAL THEATRICAL VERSION & DIRECTOR'S CUT PLUS 3+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES

It launched the iconic careers of director Just Jaeckin and star Sylvia Kristel, redefined cultural perceptions of 'adult entertainment' and transformed female sexuality on screen forever. Now "the seminal film of '70s erotic cinema" (DVD Talk) can be experienced like never before: Based on the bestselling memoir by Emmanuelle Arsan, a diplomat's wife (Kristel) unlocks her deepest carnal desires in the bedrooms and back rooms of Bangkok. This presentation includes the Original Theatrical Version and Director's Cut - which removes the one sequence filmed without Jaeckin's permission - both scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal and approved by camera operator Robert Fraisse, with over 3 hours of Special Features.

Special Features

  • Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell (Director's Cut Only)
  • A Slightly Scandalous Character - Interview With Actress Marika Green
  • Producing EMMANUELLE - Interview With Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
  • Filming EMMANUELLE - Interview With Camera Operator Robert Fraisse
  • Fabric & Fantasy: Costume As Character Development - Video Essay By Fashion And Costume Historian Elissa Rose
  • The Channel - Actress Liane Curtis On Her Mother, Dubbing Artist Paulette Rubinstein
  • Interview With Marayat Rollet-Andriane (aka Emmanuelle Arsan) On The Set Of THE SAND PEBBLES (1966)
  • The Joys Of Emmanuelle, Part 1 - Interviews With Star Sylvia Kristel, Director Just Jaeckin And Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
  • French Trailer
  • U.S. Trailer
  • Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell (Director's Cut Only)
  • A Slightly Scandalous Character -- Interview With Actress Marika Green
  • Producing EMMANUELLE -- Interview With Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
  • Filming EMMANUELLE -- Interview With Camera Operator Robert Fraisse
  • Fabric & Fantasy: Costume As Character Development -- Video Essay By Fashion And Costume Historian Elissa Rose
  • The Channel -- Actress Liane Curtis On Her Mother, Dubbing Artist Paulette Rubinstein
  • Interview With Marayat Rollet-Andriane (aka Emmanuelle Arsan) On The Set Of THE SAND PEBBLES (1966)
  • The Joys Of Emmanuelle, Part 1 -- Interviews With Star Sylvia Kristel, Director Just Jaeckin And Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
  • French Trailer
  • U.S. Trailer

Night Of The Sharks

Night Of The Sharks is a 1988 Italy/Mexico/Spain action film by Tonino Ricci
Starring Treat Williams, Janet Agren and Antonio Fargas IMDb

A US cut PG-13 rated version has been widely distributed. The running time suggest that this was submitted for BBFC 15 rated DVD in 2004. The US MPAA R rated is uncut.

Summary Notes

David must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets possession of the CD they go down to Mexico where David lives as a shark hunter. Who will get David first, the gangsters or the shark...

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

Promotional Material

Three-time Golden Globe nominee Treat Williams of HAIR and PRINCE OF THE CITY fame took the Italian Sharksploitation plunge in this "insane and weirdly good-natured" (Oh, The Horror!) action thriller, now officially licensed on North American disc for the first time ever: Life in a quiet Mexican fishing village is ripped to pieces when a laidback guide (Williams) and his business partner (Blaxploitation legend Antonio Fargas) become entangled with international assassins, $2 million in diamonds and a local shark named Cyclops with an insatiable hunger for foolish divers. John Steiner (CALIGULA), Janet Agren (EATEN ALIVE) and Christopher Connelly (RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS) in his final film role co-star in this "unique and fun" (DTV Connoisseur) obscurity directed by Tonino Ricci (CAVE OF THE SHARKS) from a screenplay by Tito Carpi (TENTACLES) with jaw-dropping man vs. shark stunts by Ramón Bravo (ZOMBIE) and a deliriously '80s synth score by Stelvio Cipriani (THE GREAT ALLIGATOR), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative and featuring a Bonus Soundtrack CD.

Special Features

  • Trailer
  • Stelvio Cipriani Soundtrack CD

 

 

Weekly UK DVD and Blu-ray Releases...

Barbarella, The Shrouds


Link Here 12th June 2026

 

 

Weekly US DVD and Blu-ray Releases...

The Ninja Trilogy, The Killer


Link Here 18th May 2026

US flag Released on 2nd December 2025

The Ninja Trilogy

The Ninja Trilogy is a film set by Sam Firstenberg
Starring Franco Nero, Lucinda Dickey and Shô Kosugi

There are no censorship issues with this release.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2025 KL Studio Classics [Ninja Trilogy] R0 4K Blu-ray/RA Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 2nd December 2025

Enter the Ninja is a 1981 US action film by Menahem Golan
With Franco Nero and Susan George. BBFC link 2020   IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for violence and cock fighting for cinema release and VHS. Just cut for animal cruelty for DVD. Uncut in the US.
Revenge of the Ninja is a 1983 US action film by Sam Firstenberg.
With Shô Kosugi, Keith Vitali and Virgil Frye.   Melon Farmers link   BBFC link 2020   IMDb
The film was significantly cut by the BBFC for X rated 1983 cinema release and 18 rated 1986 VHS. The BBFC waived its cuts for 2011 DVD. In the US the R rated version is cut, but the Unrated Version is uncut.
Ninja 3: The Domination is a 1984 USA action horror by Sam Firstenberg.
With Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett. BBFC link 2020   IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1984 cinema release. Uncut for 15 rated 2015 DVD/Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Promotional Material

This collection includes the original three Ninja movies starring martial arts legend Shô Kosugi (Pray for Death, Rage of Honor).

Enter the Ninja (1981) tells the story of Cole (Franco Nero), a steely-eyed westerner who has been inducted into the secret fighting rituals of the Ninja. Coming to the aid of his friends against land-grabbing oil barons, he easily takes on all opponents until a masterful Ninja assassin, Hasegawa (Kosugi), is brought into the fray, prompting one of the most sensational battle-to-the-death sequences ever captured on celluloid. Director Menahem Golan fires off a fast-paced, high-quality, tough-as-nails martial arts extravaganza with style and poise.

Kosugi returns in Revenge of the Ninja (1983), delivering a heart-pounding display of strength, speed and lethal Ninja know-how. When a band of Ninja assassins slaughters his family, Cho Osaki (Kosugi) flees to America in the hope of building a new life. A former Ninja himself, Osaki soon discovers he has become the pawn of a ruthless drug trafficker--an American Ninja intent on killing anyone who crosses his path...including Osaki. Director Sam Firstenberg ignites the screen with slam-bang action scenes, mind-blowing stunts and legendary villains.

In Ninja III: The Domination (1984), aerobics instructor Christie Ryder (Lucinda Dickey) suddenly finds herself possessed by the diabolical spirit of a Ninja assassin. Dominated by the killers relentless rage, she sets out to brutally destroy his enemies. In a life-threatening exorcism and ultimate fight to the death, the good Ninja Yamada (Kosugi) proves that he is Christies only chance for survival...and that only a Ninja can kill a Ninja. Director Sam Firstenberg delivers an insanely entertaining action/horror hybrid, bursting with phantasmagorical feats of strength and bone-cracking stunts.

Special Features:

DISC 1 (ENTER THE NINJA - 4KUHD):
- Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master -- From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Action Film Historians Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (ENTER THE NINJA - BLU-RAY):
- Brand New HD Master -- From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Action Film Historians Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Theatrical Trailer
- 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles

DISC 3 (REVENGE OF THE NINJA - 4KUHD):
- Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master -- From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Director Sam Firstenberg and Stunt Coordinator Steven Lambert
- Audio Commentary by Action Film Historians Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles

DISC 4 (REVENGE OF THE NINJA - BLU-RAY):
- Brand New HD Master -- From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Director Sam Firstenberg and Stunt Coordinator Steven Lambert
- Audio Commentary by Action Film Historians Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Intro by Sam Firstenberg
- Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
- 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles

DISC 5 (NINJA III: THE DOMINATION - 4KUHD):
- Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master -- From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Director Sam Firstenberg and Stunt Coordinator Steve Lambert, Moderated by Robert Galluzo
- Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interviews with Composer Misha Segal and Production Designer Elliot Ellentuck
- 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles

DISC 6 (NINJA III: THE DOMINATION - BLU-RAY):
- Brand New HD Master -- From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Director Sam Firstenberg and Stunt Coordinator Steve Lambert, Moderated by Robert Galluzo
- Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interviews with Composer Misha Segal and Production Designer Elliot Ellentuck
- Dancing With Death: Interview with Actress Lucinda Dickey (18:24)
- Secords Struggle: Interview with Actor Jordan Bennett (10:25)
- Birth of the Ninja: Interview with Producer and Stuntman Alan Amiel (11:47)
- Theatrical Trailer
- 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles

The Killer

The Killer is a 1989 Hong Kong action thriller by John Woo
Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee and Sally Yeh BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Exists as the Original Version, an Extended French Version and an Extended Taiwan Version.

Summary Notes

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded.

US: The Original Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

Promotional Material

A Hong Kong hitman (Chow Yun-Fat, Hard Boiled) accidentally blinds an innocent woman during a hit. He is determined to get her surgery to help her regain her sight but he needs to complete one more hit first. He completes the job but then is ambushed as he tries to escape: someone wants him dead. Meanwhile a resourceful, unorthodox police detective is hot on his trail.

Bonus Content:
  • 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
  • Presented in Dolby Vision
  • Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
  • Audio Commentary with Director John Woo and Film Journalist Drew Tayler
  • Audio Commentary with Critic and Author David West
  • Audio Commentary with Director John Woo and Producer Terence Chang (Recorded by the Criterion Collection)
  • The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary--Feature Length Documentary on the Cinema of Hong Kong's Iconic Director, Featuring New Interviews with John Woo, Stuntman Bruce Law, Producer Michael Colleary, Writer Mike Werb, Producer Lori Tilkin de
  • A Bullet Ballet: Interview with Director John Woo
  • My Kind of Hero: Interview with Producer Terence Chang
  • Editing the Killer: Interview with Editor David Wu
  • Hong Kong Confidential: Inside The Killer with Author Grady Hendrix
  • Deleted and Extended Scenes
  • Trailers
  • Image Gallery

 

 

Weekly UK DVD and Blu-ray Releases...

Thriller: A Cruel Picture, The Big Blue


Link Here 18th May 2026



 


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