Next of Kin (1982) coming from Umbrella

[Cujo]

Huge news, as the Australian masterwork is finally hitting Blu-ray. Fingers crossed for a release the caliber of which this haunting mood piece deserves.

https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaEnt...type=3&theater

[Leslie Dame]

The German DVD wasn't too shabby but yeah, Next of Kin certainly deserves the Blu-ray treatment.

[FarewelltotheFlesh]

This is fantastic news! 4k scan to boot!

[RedHarvest]

Have not seen or heard of this for some reason. Any fans?

[Leslie Dame]

Originally Posted by BrianJoynt

Have not seen or heard of this for some reason. Any fans?

If anything, Quentin Tarantino is a huge fan of the movie.
It's been a fave of mine since VHS rental days.

[Cujo]

Originally Posted by FarewelltotheFlesh

This is fantastic news! 4k scan to boot!

No doubt! A guy from another forum and I tried tracking down the rights owner a while back. We found him, but he was dealing with a lot of copyright and business issues that he was trying to get worked out at the time. This was over four years ago, so it's sweet to finally see it coming. Williams himself was actually posting on the IMDB message board for the film at one point and described a longer cut. The omitted footage wasn't minor, including

[Show spoiler]the eye stab not being the last we see of the aunt.

I assume it's lost.

[FarewelltotheFlesh]

Originally Posted by Cujo

No doubt! A guy from another forum and I tried tracking down the rights owner a while back. We found him, but he was dealing with a lot of copyright and business issues that he was trying to get worked out at the time. This was over four years ago, so it's sweet to finally see it coming. Williams himself was actually posting on the IMDB message board for the film at one point and described a longer cut. The omitted footage wasn't minor, including

[Show spoiler]the eye stab not being the last we see of the aunt.

I assume it's lost.

That's fantastic! Glad everything got sorted as this is one of the most highly requested 80s titles I've seen in awhile. I have faith Umbrella will do this title justice. This and Razorback were high on my wishlist so I'm excited for these announcements.

[RiFiFi1955]

Anyone hear any rumors of a release date for Next of Kin?

[RiFiFi1955]

Umbrella confirmed they shall have a release date coming very shortly.

[indravayu]

Pre-order up and release date of October 3:

https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/comin...s-blu-ray.html

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by Umbrella Entertainment

Here's a selection of stills from NEXT OF KIN to whet your appetite ahead of the upcoming Blu-ray release of Tony Williams' Ozploitation classic, remastered in 4K from the original 35mm interpositive!

https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaEnt...56556888693781

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Extras:

• Audio commentary with Director Tony Willams and Producer Tim White
• Audio commentary with cast members John Jarratt, Jackie Kerrin, Robert Ratti and Not Quite Hollywood Director, Mark Hartley.
• Return to Montclare: Next of Kin Shooting locations revisited
• Extended interviews from Not Quite Hollywood
• Deleted Scenes
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• VHS Trailer
• German Trailer
• German Opening Credits
• Before the Night is Out - Complete ballroom dancing footage from 1978
• Image Gallery
• Tony Williams shorts from 1971: Getting Together + The Day We Landed on the Most Perfect Planet in the Universe

https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/comin...s-blu-ray.html

HD trailer:

Next of Kin Trailer (HD) - YouTube

[PowellPressburger]

Never heard of this one... I’m thinking this maybe a blind buy

[Impossible]

I can remember seeing this on VHS in my teens and being so scared I was literally shaking with fear.

I am sure it'd be different watching it as an adult, but it was very scary all those years ago.

[Davidian]

Awesome art on the flipside!

[fuzzymctiger]

Picked this up today and watched it tonight. Blu Ray looks fantastic, especially daytime shots outside. Night scenes can be really dark at points but definitely appeared to be natural. Can’t judge audio very well on my system but was clear and consistent.

What a slow burn that really ramps it up at the end

[dullboy]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

Picked this up today and watched it tonight. Blu Ray looks fantastic, especially daytime shots outside. Night scenes can be really dark at points but definitely appeared to be natural. Can’t judge audio very well on my system but was clear and consistent.

What a slow burn that really ramps it up at the end

Any way you can check region compatibility? Since they pulled it from certain US webstores due to Severin's future release, I'm curious if they locked the discs to region B.

[tictacjak]

Originally Posted by dullboy

Any way you can check region compatibility? Since they pulled it from certain US webstores due to Severin's future release, I'm curious if they locked the discs to region B.

The cover art a couple posts back says “Region ABC”. Hopefully it really is. I have it preordered from Amazon (which lists a release date of October 5th) but it says “delivery date pending”. Hmmmm. Wondering if it will actually ship now.

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by dullboy

Any way you can check region compatibility? Since they pulled it from certain US webstores due to Severin's future release, I'm curious if they locked the discs to region B.

My player can only be set to a single region at a time, and was playing Criterion and Scream Factory discs the previous two nights. Put in Next of Kin without even thinking about it and it played, so it must be all regions

[dullboy]

Originally Posted by tictacjak

I have it preordered from Amazon (which lists a release date of October 5th) but it says “delivery date pending”. Hmmmm. Wondering if it will actually ship now.

I'm in the same boat.

[tictacjak]

Originally Posted by dullboy

I'm in the same boat.

Yeah - still says delivery date pending and now Amazon lists it as “Temporarily out of stock”. Did they ever even have it to begin with?