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Incubus, Shaw Brother Volume 5
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17th January 2025
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 Released on 14th January 2025
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Incubus is a 1966 US horror by Leslie Stevens
Starring William Shatner, Allyson Ames and Eloise Hardt
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.
US:
Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Promotional Material It is often said that films about the Devil are cursed with bad luck, but Leslie Stevens' Incubus might be the most cursed of them all. By the time it premiered in 1966, two of its
stars had tragically taken their own lives; the eccentric director's insistence on filming in the obscure Esperanto language ensured it failed to receive any distribution; and it was nearly lost forever when the original elements were believed lost in a
fire. Decades passed until it was finally saved and unveiled to the public in all its unholy glory! Wounded in battle, soldier Marc (William Shatner, just prior to being cast in Star Trek) ventures to the remote village of Nomen Tuum to find a well where
the waters are said to be blessed with healing powers. Little does he suspect that the inhabitants of Nomen Tuum are demonic seductresses who entice interlopers and lead them to damnation, and one such succubus, Kia (Allyson Ames) has her sights on Marc.
As an eclipse shrouds the sun and darkness falls over the village, Marc and Kia's relationship becomes more passionate... will his soul survive? Now restored in 4K from the last known surviving 35mm print, this eerie and unforgettable American
folk horror from the creator of The Outer Limits survives to chill a new generation as never seen before. Stylishly filmed in Big Sur and other California locations by cinematographer (and future Academy Award winner) Conrad L. Hall, Incubus is a film
unlike any other, now accompanied by hours of bonus features delving into the mysteries of this once-thought-lost cult classic.
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Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Five Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Five is a film set
Starring Yi Chang, Lieh Lo and Ping Lu There are no censorship issues with this release.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Promotional Material Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 5 [Blu-ray]
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Rippy is a 2024 Australia horror mystery thriller by Ryan Coonan
Starring Tess Haubrich, Michael Biehn and Angie Milliken
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes Obsessed with living up to her dead father's legacy, a young sheriff finds her mettle tested when locals are
found ripped to shreds.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong injury detail, horror, violence, language:
Promotional Material A series of gruesome murders is terrifying the inhabitants of the Australian outback settlement of Axehead. The town's only law enforcement
officer and sheriff (Maddy), searches for clues. However, her investigations lead nowhere -- until her uncle mentions a massive, seven-foot zombie kangaroo that he is convinced is responsible for the bloodshed. Determined to end the nightmare and
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Incubus Incubus is a 1966 US horror by Leslie Stevens
Starring William Shatner, Allyson Ames and Eloise Hardt
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.
UK:
Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for sexual threat:
Promotional Material EVIL HAS NEVER BEEN SO SEDUCTIVE. It is often said that films about the Devil are cursed with bad luck, but Leslie Stevens' Incubus might be
the most cursed of them all. By the time it premiered in 1966, two of its stars had tragically taken their own lives; the eccentric director's insistence on filming in the obscure Esperanto language ensured it failed to receive any distribution; and it
was nearly lost forever when the original elements were believed lost in a fire. Decades passed until it was finally saved and unveiled to the public in all its unholy glory! Wounded in battle, soldier Marc (William Shatner, just prior to being
cast in Star Trek ) ventures to the remote village of Nomen Tuum to find a well where the waters are said to be blessed with healing powers. Little does he suspect that the inhabitants of Nomen Tuum are demonic
seductresses who entice interlopers and lead them to damnation, and one such succubus, Kia (Allyson Ames) has her sights on Marc. As an eclipse shrouds the sun and darkness falls over the village, Marc and Kia's relationship becomes more passionate...
will his soul survive? Now restored in 4K from the last known surviving 35mm print, this eerie and unforgettable American folk horror from the creator of The Outer Limits survives to chill a new generation as
never seen before. Stylishly filmed in Big Sur and other California locations by cinematographer (and future Academy Award winner) Conrad L. Hall, Incubus is a film unlike any other, now accompanied by hours of bonus features delving into the mysteries
of this once-thought-lost cult classic. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
- 4K restoration from the last surviving 35mm print by Le Chat Qui Fume
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless
Esperanto mono audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Optional Esperanto subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- New audio
commentary by writer and genre historian David J. Schow, author of The Outer Limits: The Official Companion
- Archive audio commentary by star William Shatner
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Archive audio commentary by producer Anthony Taylor, cinematographer Conrad L. Hall and camera operator William Fraker
- Alternate 1.37:1 presentation of the film
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Words and Worlds: Incubus and Esperanto in Cinema , a newly filmed interview with genre historian Stephen Bissette
- Internacia Lingvo: A History of Esperanto
, a newly filmed interview with Esther Schor, author of Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language
- An Interview with the
Makers of Incubus , an archive interview by Schow with Taylor, Hall and Fraker
- Video trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Richard
Wells
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Frank Collins and Jason Kruppa
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Oddity, Rampo Noir
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6th January 2025
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Released on 6th January 2025 |
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Starring Carolyn Bracken, Johnny French and Steve Wall
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister's murder at the site of the crime.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong horror, threat, injury detail:
Promotional Material A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister's murder at the site of the crime.
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Beezel is a 2024 US horror thriller by Aaron Fradkin
Starring Bob Gallagher, LeJon Woods and Nicolas Robin
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes Over 60 years, three guests of a cursed home discover an eternal witch who lives beneath it with an
insatiable thirst for living souls.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong gore:
Promotional Material In the heart of Western Massachusetts lies a house steeped in darkness, a place where unimaginable horrors unfold over the course of six decades.
A horrifying incident involving a child unravels a tapestry of terror that reveals the malevolent presence of an ancient witch who resides within the basement.
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Rampo Noir Rampo Noir is a 2005 Japan anthology horror fantasy by Akio Jissôji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Satô
Starring Tadanobu Asano, Yûko Daike and Chisako Hara
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes This four-part anthology takes its cue from the short fiction of legendary horror writer Edogawa Rampo.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sex:
Promotional Material Four filmmakers from completely different backgrounds bring their radically personal takes to the stories of Japan's celebrated master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (
Horrors of Malformed Men , Blind Beast ). In Mars's Canal , by music video director and visual
artist Suguru Takeuchi, a lone man encounters the other side of his psyche beyond the reflective surface of a circular pond set in a desolate landscape. Japanese New Wave auteur and longtime director of the Ultraman
series Akio Jissoji ( This Transient Life , Mandala ) harnesses his distinctive stylistic sheen in his story of a mad mirror maker,
Mirror Hell . Caterpillar sees the singular vision of cult director Hisayasu Sato ( The Bedroom ,
Naked Blood ) at its most grotesque, in his portrait of a wounded war veteran who returns from the frontline as little more than a bloody torso, helpless to defend himself against the increasingly perverted
caprices of an embittered wife. Finally, a famous actor is subjected to the obsessive attentions of her limo driver in Crawling Bugs , the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed manga artist Atsushi
Kaneko ( Bambi and Her Pink Gun ). Produced by the same team behind Ichi the Killer and Uzumaki
, and with a cast featuring some of Japan's top stars, including Tadanobu Asano ( Maboroshi , Silence ) and Ryuhei Matsuda (
Blue Spring , Gohatto ), Rampo Noir is a stylistic tour-de-force that vividly evokes the "erotic grotesque" worlds
created by Japan's pioneering proponent of horror and mystery fiction. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition Blu-ray® (1080p) presentation
- Original lossless Japanese stereo audio
- Optional newly
translated English subtitles
- Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film experts Jasper Sharp and Alexander Zahlten
- Another World
, a new interview with Suguru Takeuchi, director of Mars's Canal
- A Moving Transformation , a new interview with
Hisayasu Sato, director of Caterpillar
- Butterfly Queen , a new interview with Atsushi Kaneko, manga artist and director of
Crawling Bugs
- Hall of Mirrors , a new interview with cinematographer Masao Nakabori about working with Akio Jissoji and
Mirror Hell
- The Butterfly Effect , a new interview with Akiko Ashizawa, the cinematographer of Caterpillar
- Looking in the Mirror , a new interview with actor Yumi Yoshiyuki about Mirror Hell
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Archive stage greeting footage with the cast and directors from the Japanese premiere of Rampo Noir
- Crossing
the Lens , a feature-length making-of documentary by Tatsuya Fukushima from 2006
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original
and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Eugene Thacker and Seth Jacobowitz
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Seven Seven is a 1995 US crime mystery thriller by David Fincher
Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey
Reportedly cut for an MPAA R rating. Alternate endings have been released as disk extras.
Summary Notes Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran,
hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence references, strong violence, disturbing scenes:
Promotional Material GLUTTONY. GREED. SLOTH. WRATH. PRIDE. LUST. ENVY. Two cops (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) track a brilliant and elusive killer who orchestrates a string of horrific murders,
each kill targeting a practitioner of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Gwyneth Paltrow also stars in this acclaimed thriller set in a dour, drizzly city sick with pain and blight. David Fincher (Fight Club, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
guides the action -- physical, mental and spiritual -- with a sure understanding of what terrifies us, right up to a stunning denouement that will rip the scar tissue off the most hardened soul. On-Disc Special Features
- 4x Commentaries Featuring Director David Fincher, Actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, and Other Collaborators on the Film
- Additional/Extended Scenes
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Alternate Endings
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Speak No Evil
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24th December 2024
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Released on 9th December 2024 |
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Starring Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch and Fedja van Huêt
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong violence, injury detail:
- 2024 Universal Pictures (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 9th
December 2024
- 2024 Universal Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 9th December 2024
Promotional Material After befriending a British couple with a mute son, Americans Ben and Louise accept an unusual invitation to bring their daughter for a weekend at an idyllic country estate. Yet when
they discover their hosts are hiding sinister motives, Ben and Louise fear their family may be pawns in a disturbing plot. Led by a riveting performance from James McAvoy (Split, Glass) as a charismatic man masking unspeakable darkness, a dream
holiday warps into an unnerving nightmare in this shocking thriller from Blumhouse, producers of The Black Phone. Bonus Features:
- Nuclear Families
- A Horrifying Crescendo
- The Farmhouse of Horrors
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Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon is a 1971 Japan drama by Shôgorô Nishimura
Starring Kazuko Shirakawa, Tatsuya Hamaguchi and Makiko Tsunoda
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes A working-class housewife is sexually unsatisfied by her husband, and seeks fulfillment through extramarital
relationships. Her affairs are discovered by a female brothel-owner who then blackmails the woman into prostitution.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sex, nudity, sexual violence:
Promotional Material Japan's oldest film studio Nikkatsu scandalised the nation when it launched its lavish Roman Porno brand of high-class sex films in 1971 with Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon.
Directed by Shogoro Nishimura, this sensuously shot classic of eroticism made a star out of the sensational Kazuko Shirakawa as the bored suburban housewife, Ritsuko, who embraces paid sex work in order to spice up her married life.
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Alien Romulus, The Crow
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11th December 2024
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Released on 2nd December 2024 |
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horror thriller by Fede Alvarez
Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson and Archie Renaux
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
UK: Uncut and
BBFC 15 rated for strong horror, gore, language:
- 2024 The Walt Disney Company R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on
2nd December 2024
- 2024 The Walt Disney Company R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
#ad released on 2nd December 2024
- 2024 The Walt Disney Company R0 DVD
at UK Amazon #ad released on 2nd December 2024
Promotional Material Horror master Fede Alvarez takes the phenomenally successful Alien franchise back to its iconic roots. In this truly terrifying sci-fi horror-thriller, a group of young colonizers,
scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, come face-to-face with the most relentless and deadly life form in the universe. Special features: Return to Horror: Crafting Alien: Romulus 4-Part Look: The Director's Vision/Creating The
Story/Casting The Faces/Construncting The World, Featurettes: Inside The Xenomorph Showdown/Alien: A Conversation, Extended and Alternate Scenes. Languages: 7.1 DTS-HDMA english, 2.0 Dolby Digital english AD, 7.1 Dolby Digital Plus german. Subtitles:
english for the hearing impaired, danish, dutch, finnish, german, norwegian, swedish.
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Released on 25th November 2024 |
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Starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs and Danny Huston
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered. Given a chance to save the love of his life, Eric must
sacrifice himself and traverse the worlds of the living and the dead, seeking revenge.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong bloody violence, injury detail\n:
Promotional Material Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgård) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by
sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right. BONUS FEATURES: True Love Never Dies: Making The Crow - Deleted Scenes
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End of Days is a 1999 US action horror by Peter Hyams
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne and Robin Tunney
There are no censorship issues with this release beyond noting that the film was BBFC 18 rated until it was downrated to 15 in 2024.. Allegedly the film was reworked after test screenings and before theatrical release.
Summary Notes At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.
UK: Uncut and
BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, horror, sex, language, sexual threat:
- 2024 Icon Film Distribution (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on
25th November 2024
Promotional Material The hit 90's action thriller arrives in the UK for the first time on Blu-Ray! With the millennium approaching, a series of disturbing signs suggests that Satan has returned to
Earth and is walking the streets of New York City. The fate of the Earth is left in the hands of ex-cop turned bodyguard, Jericho (Schwarzenegger), who not only must prevent Armageddon, but must also try and protect a young woman whose death - according
to the Church - is the only way to avert disaster. Directed by Peter Hyams (2010, Timecop, Outland), and written by Andrew W. Marlowe (Hollow Man, Air Force One), Arnols Schwarzenegger stars alongside Emmy nominees Gabriel Byrne (The Usual
Suspects, Miller's Crossing) and Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad, Pi), and Oscar winner Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night, On the Waterfront).
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Dawn of the Great Steppe is a 2022 Kazakhstan/Mongolia action
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Starring Berik Aytzhanov, Yerik Zholzhaksynov and Altynai Nogherbek
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes The story of Kasym Khan, whose time of coverage is considered to be the heyday of the Kazakh Khanate
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail:
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