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Welcome to the Pre-Book Club!
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Hello! You're receiving this email because you signed up for our
Pre-Book Club.
As you probably already know, this is a new program specifically design to help those who are interested in building their own collection instead of borrowing from ours. Here's how it works:
Every Monday you will receive an email with a list of titles that will street two to three weeks later (for example, this email includes titles that will street on 5/28 and 6/4.
By replying to this email, you can let us know if there are any titles you would like to order.
Your order will be placed and your credit card on file will be charged.
When the titles arrive, we will email you and they will be ready and waiting on the street date (or we can ship them to you for an additional shipping fee).
From time to time, we will also send out emails about special sales or unique buying opportunities that we will make available to our Club.
One last thing: Release dates are subject to change, so there may be delays or items that you are expecting to see on this list may not appear. If there's anything specific, either a new release or even a catalog title you've been looking for or holding off on, let us know and we'll look into it. Thanks, and happy browsing!
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Releases for the week of 5/28
Please reply to this email by 5/17 to order any of the following titles.
The Criterion Collection
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023, Justine Triet)
The closer we look, the less we know in Justine Triet’s masterful, Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall, an eerily riveting courtroom thriller that examines the line where truth becomes fiction and fiction becomes truth. When Sandra Voyter (a transfixing Sandra Hüller), a writer who turns the material of her life into autofiction, is put on trial for the suspicious death by defenestration—or was it suicide?—of her husband, it opens up an inquiry that will turn a troubled home inside out. Tapping into the minimalist intensity of a chamber drama—and using intricate, elliptical editing—Triet constructs a mystery that is ultimately less about a death than about the hidden lives we lead.
Special Features:
- 2K digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with director Justine Triet
- Deleted and alternate scenes with commentary by Triet
- Audition footage of actors Milo Machado Graner and Antoine Reinartz and rehearsal footage of Machado Graner and actor Sandra Hüller
- Short program about the dog who plays Snoop, featuring trainer Laura Martin
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
- PLUS: An essay by critic Alexandra Schwartz
Blu-ray $26.95
DVD $22.95
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Girlfight (2000, Karyn Kusama)
Bullied by her father at home and feeling adrift at school, Diana Guzman (Michelle Rodriguez) finds refuge in an unexpected pocket of her native Brooklyn—a timeworn boxing gym, where she learns to channel her strength, discovers a sense of community, and falls for a rival fighter. In Karyn Kusama’s raw, understated feature debut, Rodriguez commands the screen with both tightly coiled intensity and deep wells of vulnerability as a young woman hitting back at society’s expectations and her own personal demons. Capturing the full emotional weight of Diana’s journey and the kinetic thrill of bodies in motion, Kusama crafts a singularly uncompromising story of self-realization.
Special Features:
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Karyn Kusama and director of photography Patrick Cady, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Kusama
- New interviews with Kusama, editor Plummy Tucker, and composer Theodore Shapiro
- Storyboard-to-film comparison with commentary from Kusama
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author Carmen Maria Machado
Blu-ray $26.95
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Sasquatch Sunset (2024, David and Nathan Zellner)
In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind— embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These shaggy and noble giants fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the ever-changing world around them. Starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, acclaimed directors David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter) bring you the greatest Bigfoot story ever told.
Special Features:
- Sasquatch Birth Journal #2 - The Zellner Bros' first foray into Sasquatch filmmaking, a short film that was presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011.
Blu-ray $19.95
DVD $17.95
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Eureka / Masters of Cinema
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Prison Walls: Abashiri Prison Hill (1965, Teruo Ishii)
Constructed in the late nineteenth century to house political prisoners, Japan's infamous Abashiri Prison served as the inspiration for a popular and prolific run of yakuza movies released between 1965 and 1972. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present the first three entries in this landmark series, directed by the "King of Cult" Teruo Ishii (Shogun's Joy of Torture) and starring a titan of Japanese genre cinema, Ken Takakura (The Bullet Train).
In Abashiri Prison, Takakura stars as Shinichi Tachibana, a yakuza sent to Abashiri as punishment for an attack on a rival gangster. He intends to serve his time as a model prisoner until he is shackled to the bullish Gonzo Gonda (Kōji Nanbara), unwittingly roped into an escape attempt orchestrated by Heizo Yoda (Tōru Abe) and forced to face the frozen wilderness of Hokkaidō. In Another Abashiri Prison Story, Tachibana has just been released when he stumbles across a stash of diamonds recently stolen in a bank heist - and attracts unwanted attention from criminals and cops alike. Finally, in Abashiri Prison: Saga of Homesickness, Tachibana reunites with his former yakuza associates, who are trying to go straight. That is, at least, until old rivals come looking for trouble...
Ken Takakura would reprise the role of Tachibana in another seven films under the Abashiri Prison banner - all of them helmed by Teruo Ishii - before the series was rebooted as New Abashiri Prison in 1968, leading to a further eight instalments with Takakura in the lead. It all began with these early entries, presented here for the first time ever on Blu-ray from brand new restorations of the original film elements by Toei.
Special Features:
- Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Tony Stella (First Pressing Only)
- 1080p HD presentation of all three films from restorations of the original film elements supplied by Toei
- Optional English subtitles newly translated for this release
- Original Japanese audio (uncompressed LPCM mono)
- Brand new audio commentary tracks by Tom Mes, Chris Poggiali and Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
- Tony Rayns on Abashiri Prison – brand new interview with critic and Asian cinema expert Tony Rayns
- Brand new video appreciation by Jasper Sharp and Mark Schilling
- Trailers
- Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Mark Schilling (First Pressing Only)
Blu-ray $39.95
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All that Breathes (2022, Shaunak Sen)
Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes reinvents the environmental documentary by portraying, in incisive yet lyrical fashion, the reciprocal influence of animals and humans. For more than a year, Sen followed New Delhi brothers Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad as they rescued birds of prey from the increasingly destructive effects of urban pollution. While charting the siblings’ daily struggles and successes, he also documented their poetic reflections on humankind’s relationship to the environment, the interaction of wildlife with the city, and India’s explosions of anti-Muslim violence. Suffused with beauteous, sobering, and contemplative imagery, All That Breathes ponders the delicate bonds of interconnectivity among humans and between species.
Special Features:
- Meet the Flimmakers, a new interview with director Shaunak Sen
Blu-ray $22.95
DVD $19.95
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Arthur Dong's Asian American Stories
With over 150 international film awards to his name, the full scope of Arthur Dong’s storytelling mastery is brought to light in this Blu-ray collection of films that explore the Asian American experience. This illuminating anthology includes four films spanning over 30 years that showcase Dong’s historically acute focus on Asian Americans at the crossroads with Hollywood, pop culture, tradition, immigration, racism, and genocide. The Academy Award®-nominated short documentary Sewing Woman (1982) is based on the life of Dong’s mother, a bittersweet journey of one woman’s determination to survive: from an arranged marriage in old China to the working class comforts of America. Forbidden City, U.S.A. (1989) profiles the groundbreaking entertainers from the renowned all-Chinese Forbidden City Nightclub in 1940s San Francisco. Hollywood Chinese (2007) is a smart and lively look at the ways the Chinese have been imagined in the movies, from silent classics to contemporary blockbusters. The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor (2015) chronicles the journey of a Cambodian doctor from his imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge to a harrowing escape to America, and from his Academy Award®-winning performance in The Killing Fields (1985) to his mysterious murder in Los Angeles Chinatown.
Special Features:
- Alternate Khmer audio for The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor
Blu-ray $22.95
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Bad Lieutenant (1992, Abel Ferrara)
He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He’s a gambler. A thief. A junkie. A killer. A cop. Now he’s investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in. NYC auteur/provocateur Abel Ferrara (The Driller Killer, King of New York) and co-writer Zoë Lund (Ms. 45) gaze unflinchingly into the life of a Bad Lieutenant. Starring screen legend Harvey Keitel (Mean Streets, Reservoir Dogs) at his most brilliant and brutal in what is perhaps the most incendiary and notorious film of the 1990s. The stellar supporting cast includes Victor Argo (Taxi Driver) and Paul Calderon (The Last Castle).
Special Features:
DISC 1 (4KUHD):
- Brand New HDR Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Director Abel Ferrera and Cinematographer Ken Kelsch
DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
- Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Director Abel Ferrera and Cinematographer Ken Kelsch
- NEW Interview with Cinematographer Ken Kelsch
- Bad Neighborhoods: The Locations of Bad Lieutenant - NEW Featurette
- Retrospective Documentary: Featuring Exclusive Interviews with the Cast and Crew
- Theatrical Trailer
4K UHD / Blu-ray Combo $32.95
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Cry-Baby (1990, John Waters)
Eisenhower is President. Rock ’n’ Roll is king. And Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker is the baddest hood in his high school. Screen idol Johnny Depp heads up a divine cast as the irresistible bad boy whose amazing ability to shed one single tear drives all the girls wild—especially Allison Vernon-Williams (Amy Locane), a rich, beautiful “square” who finds herself uncontrollably drawn to the dreamy juvenile delinquent and his forbidden world of rockabilly music, fast cars and faster women. It’s the hysterical high-throttle world of 1954 in this outrageous musical comedy from the marvelously maniacal mind of John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray). Also starring Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Stephen Mailer and Polly Bergen, with appearances by Troy Donahue, Mink Stole, Joe Dallesandro, Joey Heatherton, David Nelson, Willem Dafoe and Patricia Hearst.
Special Features:
DISC 1 (4KUHD):
- Brand NEW HDR/Dolby Vision Master (Theatrical Cut) – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Writer/Director John Waters
DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
- Brand NEW HD Master (Director’s Cut) – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Theatrical Cut Original Camera Negative, 4K Scan of the Director’s Cut Interpositive (7 Minutes) and Uprez of the SD Master for the Additional Missing Parts
- NEW Audio Commentary by Writer/Director John Waters, Moderated by Black Mansion Films Producer Heather Buckley
- Bringing Up Baby: NEW Featurette with Writer/Director John Waters, Associate Producer /Casting Director Pat Moran, Cinematographer David Insley and Actress Mink Stole (38:10)
- Pop Icons: NEW Interview with Actress Amy Locane (14:12)
- Part of a Collection: NEW Interview with Actress Traci Lords
- A Few Yucks: NEW Interview with Actor and Rock Legend Iggy Pop
- All These Misfits: NEW Interview with Actress Ricki Lake (8:16)
- So Tired of Being Good: NEW Interview with Actress Patricia Hearst (9:00)
- In The Sandbox: NEW Interview with Actor Darren E. Burrows
- Hip To Be Square: NEW Interview with Actor Stephen Mailer (9:15)
- Talking Hair: NEW Interview with Barber Howard ‘Hep” Preston (10:03)
- It Came from… Baltimore!: 1990 Documentary with Cast and Crew (47:40)
- 5 Deleted Scenes (7:03)
- Theatrical Trailer
4K UHD / Blu-ray Combo $32.95
Blu-ray $22.95
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The French (1982, William Klein)
William Klein, the legendary American photographer and filmmaker, has put together a body of work as thrillingly eclectic as any living artist. In his 1969 film Muhammad Ali, the Greatest, Klein found a subject that combined his interest in sport and social criticism, and much the same combination can be seen at work, in a very different cultural context, in The French. Klein was the first person to be granted full, exclusive access to the tournament in its 90-year history, and using that doorway into locker rooms, TV studios, and players’ boxes, he shot the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the 1981 French Open—a crucial moment in a crucial year in the history of a game, and its iconic players Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, Yannick Noah, and Ivan Lendl. With Klein’s customary eagle eye and whirlwind energy, The French captures the noisy bedlam that accompanies any major sporting event, while also revealing a level of candor from his subjects that is impossible to imagine in today’s secretive media-trained world.
Special Features:
Blu-ray $22.95
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Shinobi (1962, Kazuo Mori)
It's the 16th century and Japan is in chaos. Samurai clans engage each other in battle over who gets to rule the nation, while warlords call upon the ninja to spy on and assassinate their rivals. Goemon, an ambitious young member of a ninja family, is thrown into the turmoil of Japanese history when his village is wiped out by the forces of leading warlord Oda Nobunaga, who has sworn to eradicate the ninja in his quest for absolute power. Fueled by vengeance, Goemon uses every weapon in his arsenal to bring down Oda and to prove that a ninja is an army of one. Starring "the Japanese James Dean" Raizo Ichikawa (Sleepy Eyes of Death, Conflagration) alongside Tomisaburo Wakayama (Lone Wolf and Cub, the Bounty Hunter trilogy) and Ayako Wakao (Elegant Beast, Red Angel), the Shinobi series was an epoch-making success and became a social phenomenon that left deep marks on Japan of the 1960s, from children's playgrounds to the leftist counter-culture. Packed with spectacular and oft-copied action scenes, it also established the ground rules for all ninja movies that followed, introducing such classic tropes as the shuriken throwing star and the iconic black mask and suit.
Special Features:
- High-Definition digital transfer of each film presented on two discs, made available on Blu-ray (1080p) for the first time outside of Japan
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Interview with Shozo Ichiyama, artistic director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, about director Satsuo Yamamoto
- Visual essay on the ninja in Japanese cinema by film scholar Mance Thompson Interview with film critic Toshiaki Sato on star Raizo Ichikawa
- Trailers
- New and improved optional English subtitles
- Six postcards of promotional material from the films
- Reversible sleeves featuring artwork based on original promotional materials
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jonathan Clements on the Shinobi no mono series and Diane Wei Lewis on writer Tomoyoshi Murayama
- Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
Blu-ray $44.95
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Cemetery Man (1994, Michele Soavi)
It's been called "stylish and gruesome" (Washington Post), "grotesque and touching" (AV Club) and "an experience unlike any other" (Bloody Disgusting). Now this magnum opus by director Michele Soavi - "the best Italian horror film of the '90s" (Fangoria) - can be experienced fully restored in UHD for the very first time: Rupert Everett stars as cemetery watchman Francesco Dellamorte, tasked with dispatching the recently deceased when they rise from their graves. But when he falls in love with a beautiful young widow (Anna Falchi), will his resurrected lust for life become greater than his bond with death? François Hadji-Lazaro (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN) co-stars in the finest erotic romantic existential black comedy zombie gorefest of our time, with a Soavi-approved 4K scan from the Cinecittà negative and over 3 hours of Special Features - including new interviews with Soavi and Everett.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary By Director Michele Soavi And Screenwriter Gianni Romoli
- At The Graves - Interview With Michele Soavi
- Of Love And Death - Interview With Actor Rupert Everett
- She - Interview With Actress Anna Falchi
- Archival Making-Of
4K UHD / Blu-ray Combo $32.95
Blu-ray $22.95
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Also arriving 5/28 from OCN and partner labels
Please reply to this email by 5/13 to order any of the following titles.
Note: Special Slipcover releases are VERY limited, so please respond ASAP for those. They're not guaranteed, but we'll confirm all orders within 24 hours.
Dark Star
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The Old Ones (2023, Chad Ferrin)
In 1930, sea captain Russel Marsh saw the light, and for 93 years his body was not his own. Inhabited by a Great Old One, he committed unspeakable acts in the name of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Now free, he is in search of a way to go back in time to reverse the horrors wrought upon the world. But the cult has other plans and will stop at nothing to destroy him.
Special Features:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Director Commentary
- Making Of
- Deleted Scenes
- Special Effects & Makeup Test Footage
- English SDH subtitles
Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover $26.95
Standard Blu-ray $23.95
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Streetwise (2021, Jiazuo Na)
A bracingly bleak neo-noir soaked in sinister atmosphere, Na’s feature debut focuses on Dong Zi (Li Jiuxiao), a 21-year-old debt collector making a dishonest living in the bustling criminal economy in the Sichuan Province city of Zhenwu, all while aspiring to a better life than that which his ailing, ex-gangster father (an excellent Qi Zhi) has lived. Boasting a crack ensemble cast, brooding nocturnal cinematography courtesy of DP Li Jianeng, and an insider’s understanding of small-town claustrophobia, Na’s sleek neo-noir established him as one of Mainland China’s undeniable emerging talents during its lauded festival run.
Special Features:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Interview with filmmaker Jiazuo Na
- Theatrical Trailer
- Booklet essay by Panos Kotzathanasis of Asian Movie Pulse
- Booklet interview with filmmaker Jiazuo Na and actress Miyi Huang
- English subtitles
Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover $26.95
Standard Blu-ray $23.95
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Slope's Game Room: Cult Movies, Shows, and Classic Comics (2024, Daniel Ibbertson aka DJ Slope)
Originally created on the YouTube channel Slope’s Game Room, these popular short films look at how classic horror franchises such as Friday the 13th™, SAW™ and The Evil Dead™ began their gruesome journeys. We look at the creation of classic comics such as The Mask™, Howard The Duck™ and Scott Pilgrim™. Ever wondered how Robocop vs Terminator™ and Alien vs Predator™ began their timelines? What about the creation of classic cartoons shows such as Beavis & Butthead™?
We take a look at all of them. And, we dig deep searching for every video game too, some of which have never been officially released. It’s all here and it’s cut into 9 separate episodes for your enjoyment, bringing the total run time to just under 5 hours (plus an extra 3 hours of bonus features and easter eggs too).
This Blu-ray also includes the world’s 1st Blu-ray 3D Maze Game. A throwback to the classic 1980’s maze games of old where you will need to find your way through the maze searching for characters based on the classic franchises featured on this disc. Can you make your way out of the maze and discover what reward lies at the end?
Episodes Included:
- Friday the 13th Timed exclusively for this release
- SAW
- The Evil Dead
- The Mask Re-Recorded exclusively for this release
- Howard The Duck Re-Recorded exclusively for this release
- Scott Pilgrim vs The World
- Robocop vs Terminator
- Alien vs Predator
- Beavis & Butthead Re-Recorded and extended exclusively for this release
Special Features:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- SLOPE'S MAZE GAME - The world's 1st blu ray 3D MAZE GAME
- The 1st HD Video Game Ever
- Disney's Best Selling Video Game
- Richard Leinfellner (Evil Dead game) Interview
- Chris Neary (Evil Dead game) Interview
- 7 Stolen Trademarks Part 1
- 7 Stolen Trademarks Part 2
- GAME OVER! The worst video game movie EVER!
- English SDH subtitles
Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover $26.95
Standard Blu-ray $23.95
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Vacation! (2011, Zach Clark)
Vacation! is an existential beach party movie about life, death, sex and drugs. When four college friends reunite for a girls’ week at the beach, it’s all bikinis, piña coladas and dance parties at first. But the fun soon fades away… After procuring a psychotropic drug from a sketchy surfer dude, the girls take a very strange trip into the abyss.
Special Features:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Deleted scenes
- Miracle Bowel Cleanse infomercial
- Commentary by Zack Clark
- 20 page booklet
- English subtitles
Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover $29.95
Standard Blu-ray $24.95
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Ultramegalopolis (1996, Larry Wessel)
Ultramegalopolis presents a 2 and a half hour psychogeographic tour through the vast, post-riot, urban sprawl of Los Angeles, California circa the early ‘90s. Explore the war zone from within its graffiti-covered walls as director Larry Wessel trains his camcorder lens on a dizzying display of the city's most peculiar niches and residents including disabled street performers, junkies, sidewalk religious zealots, ex-cons, celebrity impersonators, and living mannequins. Visit the site of the infamous McMartin pre-school, hear the confessions of Charles Manson’s former cellmate, and experience the subterranean boxing gyms, wrestling rings, graffiti yards, and bullfighting arenas of America’s smog infested City of Angels.
Like an analog Frederick Wiseman, legendary cinéma vérité documentarian Larry Wessel has tackled a wide array of eccentric subjects and captured some of underground cinema’s most striking and unforgettable visuals; equipped solely with his camcorder and a nearly non-existent budget. An aesthetic terrorist of the highest order, Wessel’s simplistic, fly on the wall approach has allowed his subjects to reveal their stories and actions in the most candid and uninhibited means conceivable. Saturn’s Core is proud to present Ultramegalopolis in its superlative, director approved Blu-Ray edition, accompanied by a bounty of new supplements compiled and curated under the supervision of director Larry Wessel.
Special Features:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- Audio commentary with director Larry Wessel
- Larry Wessel: The Walkertown Report -a career spanning interview with director Larry Wessel conducted by Dwayne Walker
- “King of the Underground” -director Larry Wessel reads an excerpt from his upcoming memoir
- “Boy Scout” -Paul Roessler music video directed by Larry Wessel
- Larry Wessel short films:
- Lust for Knife (Super 8mm / 1980)
- Santeria! (2012)
- The Sugar Weasel Story (2013)
- Summer (2013)
- Let’s Talk About Chemtrails (2012)
- Trigger Happy (2012)
- Have a Nice Day! (2012)
- Oil! (2012)
- "Larry’s Little Wonders": a collection of animated shorts
- Larry Wessel trailer vault
- English SDH subtitles
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Rebekah Porter
- English SDH subtitles
Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover $29.95
Standard Blu-ray $26.95
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Brooklyn 45 (2021, Ted Geohegan)
Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together in a Brooklyn brownstone several months after the end of World War II, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.
Special Features:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Feature length audio commentary by writer/director Ted Geoghegan
- Ghosts of the Past: The Making of Brooklyn 45 - A 30-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, featuring director and cast
- The full, feature length film professionally recolored in glorious black-and-white
- Detailed production notes chronicling the film from concept to release
- English SDH subtitles
Blu-ray $24.95
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Houseboat Horror (1989, Kendal Flanagan & Ollie Martin)
Before Tommy Wiseau entered THE ROOM and James Nguyen took flight with BIRDEMIC, Ollie Martin welcomed audiences aboard HOUSEBOAT HORROR. Shot on video, banned in Queensland and distributed with the world's first 'Gratuitous Violence & Blood Gush Guarantee', HOUSEBOAT HORROR is pure homegrown hilarity and quite possibly the most quotable film in (SOV) cinematic history!
Starring a veritable who's who of 80s Australian talent including Alan Dale (NEIGHBOURS), Christine Jeston (THE YOUNG DOCTORS), Gavin Wood (COUNTDOWN), Des 'Animal' Mckenna (HEY HEY, IT'S SATURDAY) and John Michael 'Hollywood’ Howsen, HOUSEBOAT HORROR also features a slew of knockout song hits by THE UNCANNY X-MEN's Brian Mannix!
When a music video shoot on the seemingly tranquil Lake Infinity turns into smorgasbord of horror, death and blood-gushing mayhem, it can only mean one thing... ACID HEAD, a horribly scarred axe-wielding maniac with a grudge against interlopers, is loose!
Special Features:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- 1080p master upscaled and color corrected from producer Ollie Martin's original archival materials
- Booklet with new essay by Dan Budnik
- Audio Commentary with comedian Tony Martin and film historian Jarret Gahan
- 30th Anniversary Monster Fest Q&A with Clayton Jacobson (editor), Brian Mannix (score), Don Bridges (cast), Stephen Whittaker (cast), Craig Alexander (cast), Christopher Young (cast), Warren Master (production) & Boyd Martin
- You’ll Bar Up - Interview with actor Gavin Wood
- A Hell Of A Lot Of Grunting - Interview with actor Zlatko Kasumovic
- You Should Be Getting Some Of This On Film - Interview with actor Craig Alexander
- You Don’t Have To Hate The Film People Forever - Interview with actress Louise Siversen
- They Were Film People - Interview with actor Don Bridges
- 52 Pick Up - Interview with editor/second unit director Clayton Jacobson
- The First Girl - Interview with actress Alisa Meadow
- A Fatal Vision - Interview with film critic and journalist Michael Helms
- KILLER ZOMBIES [SD] - Short Film directed By Zlatko ‘Acid Head’ Kasumovic starring Ollie Martin & ‘Film Buff ‘ Paul Harris
- THE MAD DAREDEVILS DOWNUNDER [SD] - Feature-length documentary on Australian Stunt Men directed by Ollie Martin and featuring HOUSEBOAT HORROR segment with Billy ‘Super’ Smith
- Digital Remaster Comparison
- ‘Undiscovered Masterpieces of the Cinema’ - Sketch from THE LATE SHOW
- Trailer
- English SDH subtitles
Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover $29.95
Standard Blu-ray $24.95
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Riddle of Fire (2023, Weston Razooli)
Brothers Hazel (Charlie Stover) and Jodie A'Dale (Skyler Peters), along with their good friend Alice (Phoebe Ferro), pull off a daring heist to steal the latest and greatest in video game technology. Upon arriving back at the A'Dale household, and assembling a bespoke buffet of carefully arranged snacks, they plug in their newly grifted entertainment hardware to discover something even more insidious than a controller-smashing boss battle: a TV that has been password protected by the A'Dale brothers’ mother Julie (Danielle Hoetmer), who is sick in bed. Intent on having her children spend the summer outdoors, she makes the motley crew a condition for the TV password: one blueberry pie. These words set the three leads out on a magical quest full of speckled eggs, nefarious villains (including the Enchanted Blade Gang), dance sequences and a precocious young girl named Petal (Lorelei Olivia Mote) who may or may not be a fairy.
The feature debut of Weston Razooli who, in addition to directing, wrote, produced, edited and stars in the film, RIDDLE OF FIRE is an evocative throwback to the coming-of-age adventure films of the 80s. Lushly photographed on location in Utah on 16mm film and featuring a luminous dungeon synth soundtrack, RIDDLE OF FIRE is a rousing, tactile fantasy for adventurous cinephiles of all ages. Vinegar Syndrome Pictures is proud to bring this singular experience home following rapturous festival and theatrical runs, including its premiere in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival in 2023.
Special Features:
- Region A Blu-ray
- "Overexposing" - an interview with cinematographer Jake L. Mitchell
- "Best Grilled Cheese" - an interview with actress Phoebe Ferro
- "At the Top" - an interview with actor Charlie Stover
- "A Big Roll of Tape" - an interview with actress Lorelei Olivia Mote
- "Very Surprised" - an interview with actor Skyler Peters
- Commentary with director Weston Razooli
- Theatrical trailer
- Behind-the-scenes still gallery
- Behind-the-scenes video clips
- 24-page booklet with an essay by film curator and writer Ariel Esteban Cayer
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover $29.95
Standard Blu-ray $23.95
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Without Name (2016, Lorcan Finnegan)
Follows a land surveyor on an assignment to measure an ancient forest for a developer but soon loses his reason in a supernatural environment that has its own plans.
Special Features:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Introduction by Director Lorcan Finnegan
- Three Story Board to Scenes Featurette
- Six Deleted Scenes
- Behind the Scenes Slideshow
- Commentary with Director Lorcan Finnegan, Writer Garret Shanley and Actor Alan McKenna
- Devoy’s Notebook Read by Eric
- Lorcan Finnegan’s Short Film FOXES
- Behind the Scene Footage: Eric is Hiding in the Water Stream
- Trailer
- Essay by Laura Kern: writer, editor, and horror programmer
- New Poster by Rafa Orrico
- English SDH subtitles
Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover $29.95
Standard Blu-ray $23.95
DVD $19.95
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Releases for the week of 6/4
Please reply to this email by 5/24 to order any of the following titles.
The Criterion Collection
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, Terry Gilliam)
It is 1971, and journalist Raoul Duke barrels toward Las Vegas—accompanied by a trunkful of contraband and his slightly unhinged Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo—to cover a motorcycle race. What should be a cut-and-dried journalistic assignment quickly descends into a feverish psychedelic odyssey. Director Terry Gilliam and an all-star cast, headlined by Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, show no mercy in bringing Hunter S. Thompson’s excoriating dissection of the American way of life to the screen, creating a film both hilarious and savage.
Special Features:
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Terry Gilliam, presented in the aspect ratio of 2.39:1, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Three audio commentaries: one with Gilliam, one with actors Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro and producer Laila Nabulsi, and one with author Hunter S. Thompson
- Deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Gilliam
- Selection of Thompson correspondence, read on camera by Depp
- Hunter Goes to Hollywood, a short documentary
- Program about the controversy over the screenwriting credit
- Profile of Oscar Zeta Acosta, the inspiration for Dr. Gonzo
- Collection of artwork by illustrator Ralph Steadman
- Excerpt from a 1996 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas audio recording featuring filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and actor Maury Chaykin
- Documentary from 1978 featuring Thompson and Steadman
- Storyboards, production designs, stills, and trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman and two pieces by Thompson
4K UHD / Blu-ray Combo $32.95
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Typhoon Club (1985, Shinji Somai)
Winner of the Grand Prix at the first Tokyo International Film Festival in 1985, Typhoon Club is widely regarded as the seminal film of director Shinji Somai's career. A work of raw, elemental power, it follows an ensemble of junior high students in a provincial town, beset by a summer-y malaise as a typhoon looms. When the storm makes landfall, the teens find themselves holed up in their school unsupervised, while another classmate (Yuki Kudo) disappears alone on a harrowing trek to the big city. Set adrift in a world suddenly unmoored, the students let loose their pent-up angst and burgeoning passions in a series of propulsive, phantasmic scenes—part apocalypse, part utopia—as the deluge rages on into the night.
Special Features:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Interview with filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Interview with actress Yuki Kudo
- Original Japanese Theatrical Release Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- Booklet featuring essay by Chris Fujiwara
- Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
4K UHD / Blu-ray Combo $29.95
Blu-ray $24.95
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The Old Oak (2023, Ken Loach)
The final film from British master Ken Loach (Sorry We Missed You, Kes), The Old Oak is a deeply moving drama about loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope. The Old Oak is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times. There is growing anger, resentment, and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor TJ are a fond presence to their customers. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering village, a decisive rift fueled by prejudices develops between the community and its newest inhabitants. The formation of an unexpected friendship between TJ and a young Syrian woman named Yara opens up new possibilities for the divided village.
Special Features:
- Deleted Scenes
- Theatrical Trailer
Blu-ray $22.95
DVD $19.95
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That's all for this week's list. Once again, please reply to this email with your selections by the dates indicated above. Thanks for your orders!
If you have any further questions, email prebookclub@scarecrow.com.
You'll receive another list next week for titles releasing on 6/4 and 6/11.
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