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Release Date March 27th, 2017 (UK) /March 28, 2017 (US)
Although less celebrated than some of his better known giallo peers such as Dario Argento, Mario Bava and Sergio Martino, late producer-turned-director Luciano Ercoli contributed three hugely entertaining and memorable entries to the genre – including this, his 1971 sophomore effort, Death Walks on High Heels.
Spanish-born model and actress Nieves Navarro stars as Nicole, an exotic dancer who finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father’s stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England only to discover that death stalks her at every corner.
With the scene-stealing Navarro at its center, Death Walks on High Heels manages to subvert the conventions of the giallo film by having a ballsy, well-rounded female protagonist to root for – representing a welcome departure from the neurotic stereotypes found elsewhere within the genre.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
-2K restoration from the original camera negative
-Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio
-Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
-Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
-Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
-From Spain with Love – featurette comprising newly-edited archive footage of director Luciano Ercoli and actress Nieves Navarro, interviewed at their home in Barcelona
-Master of Giallo – screenwriter Gastaldi on Death Walks on High Heels and how to write a successful giallo
-Death Walks to the Beat – a career-spanning interview with High Heels composer Stelvio Cipriani
-Original Italian and English Trailers
-Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
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March 27th, 2017 (UK) / March 28th, 2017 (US)
The second film in Luciano Ercoli’s Death Walks series (and his third directorial effort to feature his wife Nieves Navarro, aka Susan Scott), Death Walks at Midnight is arguably the director’s masterpiece – aided in no small part by the screenwriting talents of giallo master Ernesto Gastaldi (Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, Torso).
Navarro stars as Valentina – a model who, in the midst of a drug-fuelled photoshoot, witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers. But when the authorities refuse to believe that a crime has been committed, Valentina is forced to assume the role of amateur sleuth in order to unravel the mystery.
Although Ercoli only made a small number of giallo films during his time as director, Death Walks at Midnight (with its ultra-stylized set-pieces and grisly murder sequences) would serve to forever cement his reputation within the genre.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
-2K restoration from the original camera negative
-Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio
-Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
-Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
-Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
-Extended TV version of the feature
-Crime Does Pay – screenwriter Gastaldi reflects on his career in the crime film-writing business, including a look at Death Walks at Midnight
-Desperately Seeking Susan – visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the distinctive giallo collaborations between director Luciano Ercoli and star Nieves Navarro
-Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
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Dead or Alive Trilogy (US + UK)
Release Date: March 13th, 2017 (UK) / March 14th, 2017 (US)
Beginning with an explosive, six-minute montage of sex, drugs and violence, and ending with a phallus-headed battle robot taking flight, Takashi Miike's unforgettable Dead or Alive Trilogy features many of the director's most outrageous moments set alongside some of his most dramatically moving scenes. Made between 1999 and 2002, the Dead or Alive films cemented Miike's reputation overseas as one of the most provocative enfants terrible of Japanese cinema, yet also one of its most talented and innovative filmmakers.
In Dead or Alive, tough gangster Ryuichi (Riki Takeuchi) and his ethnically Chinese gang make a play to take over the drug trade in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by massacring the competition. But he meets his match in detective Jojima (Show Aikawa), who will do everything to stop them. Dead or Alive 2: Birds casts Aikawa and Takeuchi together again, but as new characters, a pair of rival yakuza assassins who turn out to be childhood friends; after a botched hit, they flee together to the island where they grew up, and decide to devote their deadly skills to a more humanitarian cause. And in Dead or Alive: Final, Takeuchi and Aikawa are catapulted into a future Yokohama ruled by multilingual gangs and cyborg soldiers, where they once again butt heads in the action-packed and cyberpunk-tinged finale to the trilogy.
Each of them unique in theme and tone, the Dead or Alive films showcase Miike at the peak of his strengths, creating three very distinct movies connected only by their two popular main actors, each film a separate yet superb example of crime drama, character study, and action filmmaking.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
(Blu-ray Special Features)
-High Definition digital transfers of all three films
-Original uncompressed stereo audio
-Optional English subtitles for all three films
-New interview with actor Riki Takeuchi
-New interview with actor Sho Aikawa
-New interview with producer and screenwriter Toshiki Kimura
-New audio commentary for Dead or Alive by Miike biographer Tom Mes
-Archive interviews with cast and crew
-Archive making-of featurettes for DOA2: Birds and DOA: Final
-Original theatrical trailers for all three films
-Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Orlando Arocena
(DVD Special Features)
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
-High Definition digital transfers of all three films
-Original stereo audio
-Optional English subtitles for all three films
-New interview with actor Riki Takeuchi
-New interview with actor Sho Aikawa
-New interview with producer and screenwriter Toshiki Kimura
-New audio commentary for Dead or Alive by Miike biographer Tom Mes
-Archive interviews with cast and crew
-Archive making-of featurettes for DOA2: Birds and DOA: Final
-Original theatrical trailers for all three films
-Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Orlando Arocena
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Kat Ellinger
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House I+II Blu-Ray (US ONLY)
Release Date: March 21st, 2017
Step inside, we’ve been expecting you! At long-last, Arrow Video is proud to present the first two instalments of hit horror franchise House on Blu-ray for the first time!
In the original House, William Katt (Carrie) stars as Roger Cobb, a horror novelist struggling to pen his next bestseller. When he inherits his aunt’s creaky old mansion, Roger decides that he’s found the ideal place in which to get some writing done. Unfortunately, the house’s monstrous supernatural residents have other ideas…
Meanwhile, House II: The Second Story sees young Jesse (Arye Gross) moving into an old family mansion where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. Plans for turning the place into a party pad are soon thwarted by the appearance of Jesse’s mummified great-great-grandfather, his mystical crystal skull and the zombie cowboy who’ll stop at nothing to lay his hands on it!
From the team that brought you Friday the 13th, House and House II are era-defining horror classics – now newly restored and loaded with brand new extras!
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
Brand new 2K restorations of House and House II: The Second Story
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
The House Companion – limited edition 60-page book featuring new writing on the entire House Franchise by researcher Simon Barber, alongside a wealth of archive material
HOUSE:
-Audio commentary with director Steve Miner, producer Sean S. Cunningham, actor William Katt and screenwriter Ethan Wiley
-Ding Dong, You’re Dead! The Making of House – brand new documentary featuring interviews with Steve Miner, Sean S. Cunningham, Ethan Wiley, story creator Fred Dekker, stars William Katt, Kay Lenz, and George Wendt, composer Harry Manfredini, special make-up and creature effects artists Barney Burman, Brian Wade, James Belohovek, Shannon Shea, Kirk Thatcher, and Bill Sturgeon, special paintings artists Richard Hescox and William Stout, and stunt coordinator Kane Hodder
-Stills Gallery
-Theatrical Trailers
HOUSE II: THE SECOND STORY:
-Audio commentary with writer-director Ethan Wiley and producer Sean S. Cunningham
-It’s Getting Weirder! The Making of House II: The Second Story – brand new documentary featuring interviews with Ethan Wiley, Sean S. Cunningham, stars Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Lar Park Lincoln, and Devin DeVasquez, composer Harry Manfredini, special make-up and creature effects artists Chris Walas, Mike Smithson, visual effects supervisor Hoyt Yeatman, and stunt coordinator Kane Hodder
-Stills Gallery
-Theatrical Trailer
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House I, II, III, IV Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD (UK ONLY)
Arrow Video is proud to present the complete House saga, brought together on Blu-ray for the first time!
Release Date: March 20th, 2017
Step inside, we’ve been expecting you! At long-last, Arrow Video is proud to present the complete House saga, brought together on Blu-ray for the first time!
In the original House, William Katt (Carrie) stars as Roger Cobb, a horror novelist struggling to pen his next bestseller. When he inherits his aunt’s creaky old mansion, Roger decides that he has found the ideal place in which to get some writing done. Unfortunately, the house’s monstrous supernatural residents have other ideas…
House II: The Second Story sees young Jesse (Arye Gross) moving into an old family mansion where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. Plans for turning the place into a party pad are soon thwarted by the appearance of Jesse’s mummified great-great-grandfather, his mystical crystal skull and the zombie cowboy who’ll stop at nothing to lay his hands on it!
In House 3 (released domestically as The Horror Show) Lance Henriksen (Aliens) stars as a detective who sends a sadistic serial killer to the electric chair, only to find himself stalked by the maniac from beyond the grave.
Meanwhile, House IV: The Repossession has William Katt returning to the fold for one last terrifying tale that mixes seedy mobsters, Native American spirits and a singing pizza in perhaps the barmiest House entry of all!
From the team that brought you Friday the 13th, the House films are era-defining horror classics – now newly restored and loaded with brand new extras!
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
-Brand new 2K restorations of all four films
-High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
-The House Companion – limited edition 60-page book featuring new writing on the entire House franchise by researcher Simon Barber, alongside a wealth of archive material
HOUSE:
-Audio commentary with director Steve Miner, producer Sean S. Cunningham, actor William Katt and screenwriter Ethan Wiley
-Ding Dong, You’re Dead! The Making of House – brand new documentary featuring interviews with Steve Miner, Sean S. Cunningham, Ethan Wiley, story creator Fred Dekker, stars William Katt, Kay Lenz, and George Wendt, composer Harry Manfredini, special make-up and creature effects artists Barney Burman, Brian Wade, James Belohovek, Shannon Shea, Kirk Thatcher, and Bill Sturgeon, special paintings artists Richard Hescox and William Stout, and stunt coordinator Kane Hodder
-Stills Gallery
-Theatrical Trailers
HOUSE II: THE SECOND STORY:
-Audio commentary with writer-director Ethan Wiley and producer Sean S. Cunningham
-It’s Getting Weirder! The Making of House II: The Second Story – brand new documentary featuring interviews with Ethan Wiley, Sean S. Cunningham, stars Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Lar Park Lincoln, and Devin DeVasquez, composer Harry Manfredini, special make-up & creature effects artists Chris Walas, Mike Smithson, visual effects supervisor Hoyt Yeatman, and stunt coordinator Kane Hodder
-Stills Gallery
-Theatrical Trailer
HOUSE III: THE HORROR SHOW:
-Uncut Version, for the first time on Blu-ray!
-Audio commentary with producer Sean S. Cunningham
-The Show Must Go On – interview with actor/stuntman Kane Hodder
-House Mother – interview with actress Rita Taggart
-Slaughter Inc. – brand new featurette with special make-up effects creators Robert Kurtzman, Greg - Nicotero and Howard Berger
-Behind-the-Scenes Footage
-Stills Gallery
-Theatrical Trailer
HOUSE IV: THE REPOSSESSION:
-Audio commentary with director Lewis Abernathy
-Home Deadly Home: The Making of House IV – brand new documentary featuring interviews with director Lewis Abernathy, producer Sean S. Cunningham, stars Terri Treas and William Katt, actor/stunt coordinator Kane Hodder, and composer Harry Manfredini
-Stills Gallery
-Theatrical Trailer
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Pieces Limited Edition Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD
Pieces is the original sickening slasher classic, now restored in glorious 4K!
Release Date: March 27th, 2017
IT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS!
From Juan Piquer Simón, director of the equally unhinged Slugs, Pieces is the original sickening slasher classic, now restored in glorious 4K!
A Boston college campus is being terrorised by a black-clad maniac who collects body parts from his unfortunate co-ed victims. As the corpses (and red herrings) begin to pile up, can Professor Brown (genre veteran Jack Taylor) unmask the murderer before his morbid puzzle is complete?
Boasting some of the most outrageous gore set-pieces ever to splash their way across the screen (including a particularly memorable slow-motion evisceration atop a waterbed), Pieces is an essential slice of Spanish splatter and more gruesome than ever on Blu-ray.
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
-Brand new 4K transfer from the original camera negative
-Two versions of the feature: Pieces, the US theatrical version, and Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche, the original uncensored director's cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor [Blu- ray exclusive]
-High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
-Original English and Spanish Mono Audio
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
-5.1 Vine Theater Experience
-Alternate Re-score by composer Umberto
-Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues
-It’s Exactly What You Think It Is! – brand new featurette offering up an appreciation of Pieces by various filmmaker fans
-Brand new interview with art director Gonzalo Gonzalo
-Pieces of Juan – a career-spanning interview with director Juan Piquer Simón
-The Reddest Herring – extensive interview with actor Paul Smith, including a discussion of Pieces
-Audio Interview with producer Steve Minasian
-Image Galleries
-Theatrical Trailer
-Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach
-Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Michael Gingold
-Soundtrack CD featuring the entire original score
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Pieces Deluxe Limited Edition (Dual Format, CD, Vinyl, Puzzle) ARROW STORE EXCLUSIVE (UK ONLY)
Pieces is the original sickening slasher classic, now restored in glorious 4K!
Release Date: March 27th, 2017
IT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS!
From Juan Piquer Simón, director of the equally unhinged Slugs, Pieces is the original sickening slasher classic, now restored in glorious 4K!
A Boston college campus is being terrorised by a black-clad maniac who collects body parts from his unfortunate co-ed victims. As the corpses (and red herrings) begin to pile up, can Professor Brown (genre veteran Jack Taylor) unmask the murderer before his morbid puzzle is complete?
Boasting some of the most outrageous gore set-pieces ever to splash their way across the screen (including a particularly memorable slow-motion evisceration atop a waterbed), Pieces is an essential slice of Spanish splatter and more gruesome than ever on Blu-ray.
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
-Limited to 500 - 1,000 pieces
-Brand new 4K transfer from the original camera negative
-Two versions of the feature: Pieces, the US theatrical version, and Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche, the original uncensored director's cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor [Blu- ray exclusive]
-High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
-Original English and Spanish Mono Audio
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
-5.1 Vine Theater Experience
-Alternate Re-score by composer Umberto
-Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues
-It’s Exactly What You Think It Is! – brand new featurette offering up an appreciation of Pieces by various filmmaker fans
-Brand new interview with art director Gonzalo Gonzalo
-Pieces of Juan – a career-spanning interview with director Juan Piquer Simón
-The Reddest Herring – extensive interview with actor Paul Smith, including a discussion of Pieces
-Audio Interview with producer Steve Minasian
-Image Galleries
-Theatrical Trailer
-Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach
-Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Michael Gingold
-Soundtrack CD featuring the entire original score
-Limited Edition 180 gram 12” Vinyl of the original score, featuring expanded artwork by Marc Schoenbach
-100-piece jigsaw puzzle replica
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