This November, Arrow Video is set to release Tomie on Limited Edition Blu-ray.
Based on the smash-hit series of the same name by cult manga artist Junji Itō (Uzumaki), the story of an evil high-school seductress identifiable by a beauty mark beneath her left eye, whose bewitching kiss drives men to madness. A creepy supernatural chiller directed by Ataru Oikawa (screenwriter of the pioneering Japanese horror Door) and featuring a chilling turn by the sensational Miho Kanno (Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness, Dolls), Arrow Video is proud to present this key title from the J-Horror boom of the late 1990s, which spawned a string of sequels. Tomie is making its Blu-ray debut outside of Japan, with a host of newly produced extras, including a commentary and interviews, as well as an illustrated collector’s booklet and reversible sleeve.
Arrow Video is also releasing At Close Range on Limited Edition Blu-ray, James Foley’s intense, criminally underseen crime drama, inspired by real life events that occurred in 1970s Philadelphia. With riveting lead performances by Sean Penn (Mystic River) and Christopher Walken (True Romance), a stacked supporting cast including Kiefer Sutherland (Flatliners), Crispin Glover (River’s Edge) and Mary Stuart Masterson (Daniel Isn’t Real), and a haunting soundtrack by frequent Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard which includes the original song “Live to Tell” performed by Madonna, At Close Range is an atmospheric thriller ripe for rediscovery. The Blu-ray release includes commentaries and interviews, and comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original artwork, a double-sided foldout poster, six postcard sized artcards and a booklet featuring new writing.
Also in November, she’s back! Elvira (played by Cassandra Peterson), Horrorland’s hostess with the mostest, finally busts out on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with this long-awaited, positively bursting-at-the-seams special edition of her big screen debut, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark! Campy, quirky and stuffed to the brim with more double entendres than your average Carry On movie, the 1988 film helped solidify the Elvira as a major pop culture icon, here owning every inch of the screen with her quick wit, sass, and of course, cleaving-enhancing gown! With a brand new 4K restoration by Arrow Films, the release includes commentaries, a feature-length documentary on the making of the film, a reversible sleeve, double-sided foldout poster, and an illustrated collector’s booklet.
Next in November, the edge-of-your-seat thriller The Invasion starring Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Northam makes its debut on 4K UHD. Ahead of the curve, with its eerily predictive shift toward a virus-like contagion more frighteningly resonant in a post-pandemic world, the film is based on Jack Finney’s classic 1955 sci-fi/horror novel The Body Snatchers. Produced by Joel Silver, and also starring Daniel Craig, Jeffrey Wright, and Veronica Cartwright, this release includes a wealth of new and archival extras, including a brand new commentary and video essays, and comes with an illustrated collector’s booklet, reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork, and a double-sided fold-out poster. It is also available on a Limited Edition Blu-ray.
Finally in November Shawscope Volume Three on Limited Edition Blu-ray. Before Hong Kong’s mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video’s best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion.
The films included are the iconic One-Armed Swordsman trilogy; The Lady Hermit; Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan; The 14 Amazons; The Magic Blade; Clans of Intrigue; Jade Tiger; The Sentimental Swordsman; The Avenging Eagle; Killer Constable; Buddha’s Palm; and Bastard Swordsman. Beautifully packaged, this ten disc set (including a music CD) features all-new exclusive restorations and hours of insightful bonus material – if you thought the previous two Shawscope sets showed the Shaw Brothers at its strongest, you ain’t seen nothing yet!
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