Arrow Video’s October lineup includes four Hellraiser films in all-new 4K restorations from the original camera negatives, and a limited edition UHD of Fulci’s The House by the Cemetery.
The releases feature outstanding restorations in incredible UHD quality, previously unseen alternative versions, unmissable commentaries and video essays, newly-commissioned documentaries, limited edition packaging, perfect-bound books, fold-out posters, art cards and reversible sleeves.
First, in October, experience the sublime agony of Hellraiser Quartet of Torment. In the 1980s, Clive Barker changed the face of horror fiction, throwing out the rules to expose new vistas of terror and beauty – and with Hellraiser, his first feature film as director, he did the same for cinema. The film was a smash hit and led to three extraordinary sequels, collected here for the first time in UHD.
The set, available a UHD Limited Edition four-disc set and a Blu-ray Limited Edition, features a wealth of extras (including the newly uncovered workprint version of Hellraiser: Bloodline), including new and archival commentaries, and a 200-page book on the films. There is also an Arrow Store Exclusive UHD release, featuring a Chatterer cover. Hell has never looked better!
October also sees the release of The House by the Cemetery on Limited Edition UHD. As the 1970s gave way to the 1980s, director Lucio Fulci (Don’t Torture a Duckling, City of the Living Dead) increasingly specialised in the dark, ultraviolent horror movies which would earn him the affectionate moniker “the Godfather of Gore”. The third and final instalment in his “Gates of Hell” trilogy, 1981’s The House by the Cemetery showcases the malevolent maestro at his blood-drenched best.
Featuring a cast of Italian horror royalty, including Catriona MacColl, The Beyond), Norman (Paolo Malco, The New York Ripper), Ania Pieroni (Tenebrae) and Dagmar Lassander (Fulci’s The Black Cat), sumptuous widescreen cinematography by long-term Fulci collaborator Sergio Salvati (Zombie Flesh Eaters) and a nerve-jangling soundtrack by Walter Rizzati (1990: Bronx Warriors), this feature-packed new edition resurrects Fulci’s gore-soaked classic in a stunning 4K restoration from the original camera negative.
The set includes a limited edition 60-page perfect bound book featuring new writing on the film, a fold-out double-sided poster and six double-sided collector’s postcards. It will also be available as an Arrow Store Exclusive Arte Originale Limited Edition UHD, and a Limited Edition Blu-ray.
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