Arrow Video / Arrow Academy USA Discussion Thread

[painiac]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Would be interesting if this was a double clue for Bucket of Blood (tenuous I know), but then Arrow don't usually do that anyway.

i thought if they wanted to be more opaque it could be a Devil's Rain clue as well

[BarnDoor]

That one is coming from Severin (in the US at least). They've already interviewed Tom Skerritt. Looking forward to it.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

My CD copy doesn't have the Parental Advisory warning.

I guess I have this crappy reissue:

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/5633

[Cinema84]

Originally Posted by painiac

i thought if they wanted to be more opaque it could be a Devil's Rain clue as well

Lol I also thought it could be Devil's Rain . Severin usually does good work so I hope this one turns out great. There's some great cinematography in Devil's Rain that could benefit from a good remaster.

[BarnDoor]

New interview with Arrow here. This is probably the highlight:

Originally Posted by Arrow Video

We’re incredibly pleased to do THE SLAYER, which we’ve technically announced this weekend, so we’ve had the first screening of it at Frightmare. We haven’t officially announced it, but it’s kind of gotten out there that THE SLAYER is coming up. And as a huge slasher fan there’s that. I’m just trying to think of there’s anything that we can give away that we haven’t revealed yet. There’s a couple of the Romero films are coming down the pipeline. That’s probably all I can say at the moment, but we’ve got some great, great stuff lined up and lots and lots of US titles so we’re looking to do as many US releases per month as we’re doing in the UK.

[dissention]

Arrow needs to rescue Litan from obscurity. I can't picture any other label tackling it.

[20th Century Boy]

[quote=BarnDoor;13576887]Sounds very plausible. We have 5 releases months of the year left and there's a lot for the Arrow Video line to get through providing nothing is delayed or scheduled for 2018:

Sister Street Fighter Trilogy

[JoelGoodsen]

Bring on some more slashers, Arrow!

The Slayer has been long overdue. Really pumped for that one.

[bsend]

Originally Posted by JoelGoodsen

Bring on some more slashers, Arrow!

The Slayer has been long overdue. Really pumped for that one.

100% agree. We need a few more slashers including some that have never been on DVD before!

[Worship.my.wreck]

Originally Posted by bsend

100% agree. We need a few more slashers including some that have never been on DVD before!

A few? We need them all!

[bsend]

Originally Posted by Worship.my.wreck

A few? We need them all!

Fair enough!

Let's go with Mirage (1990), Corpse Mania (1981), Whodunit? (1982), The Prey (1980), Iced (1988), The Ghost Dance (1980), Silent Madness (1983) and Cheerleader Camp (1987) first. Then the rest.

[Cinema84]

Originally Posted by bsend

Fair enough!

Let's go with Mirage (1990), Corpse Mania (1981), Whodunit? (1982), The Prey (1980), Iced (1988), The Ghost Dance (1980), Silent Madness (1983) and Cheerleader Camp (1987) first. Then the rest.

I believe The Prey was from a little later, maybe 1983? I was really wanting to see this one but now I'm not so sure. I know there's a lot of nature footage used as padding. Last night I learned the film was made by a husband and wife team who had previously only dabbled in porn films so I'm not sure what I'll be getting into with this one By the way, I learned that tidbit from the featurette on 88 Film's Return To Horror High Blu-ray. Lori Lethin, the lead in Horror High, was also in The Prey.

As for today's announcements, I've never been as excited as I am this go-round. Looking forward to the specs and art reveal for The Slayer. Another movie ripped from the clutches of Code Red limbo.

[schlockvalue]

Originally Posted by bsend

Fair enough!

Let's go with Mirage (1990), Corpse Mania (1981), Whodunit? (1982), The Prey (1980), Iced (1988), The Ghost Dance (1980), Silent Madness (1983) and Cheerleader Camp (1987) first. Then the rest.

Would love CORPSE MANIA, but that's something that 88 would probably snatch up.

[tenia]

EDIT : thought I was posting in the UK thread. These are product pages from Amazon.co.uk. There are no product pages on Amazon.com yet past Re Animator.

Some product pages are already up on Amazon :

[Show spoiler]The Slayer
Ronin
Don't Torture a Duckling
and 2 LEs of Shock Treatment : a Cosmo one and a Nation one (can't find the differences between them)

[Show spoiler]The Slayer :

Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original Uncompressed Mono Audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Brand new interviews with cast and crew
Original Theatrical Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Lee Gambin

[Show spoiler]Ronin :
Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release, supervised and approved by director of photography Robert Fraisse
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original English 5.1 audio (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer
Brand new video interview with director of photography Robert Fraisse
Paul Joyce documentary on Robert De Niro
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane, an archival behind-the-scenes featurette
Through the Lens, an archival interview with Robert Fraisse
The Driving of Ronin, an archival featurette on the film s legendary car stunts
Natascha McElhone: An Actor s Process, an archival interview with the actress
Composing the Ronin Score, an archival interview with composer Elia Cmiral
In the Ronin Cutting Room, an archival interview with editor Tony Gibbs
Venice Film Festival interviews with Robert De Niro, Jean Reno and Natascha McElhone
Alternate ending
Theatrical trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector s booklet illustrated by Chris Malbon, featuring new writing on the film by critic Travis Crawford

[Show spoiler]Don't Torture a Duckling :
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original mono Italian and English soundtracks (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
The Blood of Innocents, a new video discussion with Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film
Every (Wo)man Their Own Hell, a new video essay by critic Kat Ellinger
Interviews with co-writer/director Lucio Fulci, actor Florinda Bolkan, cinematographer Sergio D Offizi, assistant editor Bruno Micheli and assistant makeup artist Maurizio Trani
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Timothy Pittides
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector s booklet with new writing on the film by Barry Forshaw and Howard Hughes

[Show spoiler]Shock Treatment :
Digital transfer from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
5.1 and Mono audio options
Isolated Music and Effects Track
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary by Shock Treatment Fan Club presidents "Mad Man" Mike and Bill Brennan
35 Years of Shock Treatment live panel filmed at British Film Insitute
DTV Presents: A Shockumentary featurette
Let's Rock 'n Roll: Shock Treatment's Super Score featurette
Theatrical and International Trailers
Exclusive Digipak Packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Collector s Booklet featuring new writing on the film by festival programmer Michael Blyth
Set of Exclusive Shock Treatment Mix n Match Cards!
Exclusive double-sided DENTON poster

[Cinema84]

You've got to be kidding me What a crazy awesome lineup!!

No 2K resto for Duckling?

[bsend]

Originally Posted by cine74

I believe The Prey was from a little later, maybe 1983? I was really wanting to see this one but now I'm not so sure. I know there's a lot of nature footage used as padding. Last night I learned the film was made by a husband and wife team who had previously only dabbled in porn films so I'm not sure what I'll be getting into with this one By the way, I learned that tidbit from the featurette on 88 Film's Return To Horror High Blu-ray. Lori Lethin, the lead in Horror High, was also in The Prey.

The Great Owl has been mentioning this recently. I trust his taste in films (or at least they seem to align with mine), so I am interested in catching The Prey. I agree with you that maybe it was 1983 or 1984. I ended up just quickly scanning the slasher site database "A slash above".

[tenia]

Originally Posted by cine74

No 2K resto for Duckling?

I think it has to be a mistake. A new 2K resto definitely has been used in Germany and in the very soon to be released French release.

[PrestonXI]

Does anyone have a BLOOD RAGE booklet they would be willing to part with? If so, please PM me to work out a deal.

[Cujo]

Blood Frenzy and Demented are from porn directors, and they're two of my favorites. The nature footage in The Prey is just something people latch onto to bash the film. I've never found it remotely boring, and I'd rank it as one of the better camping slashers out there. It's certainly far more enjoyable than something like The Final Terror or Body Count. It'd be great to get the original cut.

The Slayer is easily announcement of the year from Arrow, and it'll remain that way barring any surprises. I want more stuck in VHS or bootleg hell on Blu, and it's a genuinely eerie picture. As for the spoiler announcements, only two of those for me. Pity about another Troy Howarth commentary. Had my fill of him back in the DVDManiacs days, but the other extras sound most enticing. Hoping for a problem-free transfer.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by tenia

I think it has to be a mistake. A new 2K resto definitely has been used in Germany and in the very soon to be released French release.

Yep, there have been plenty of screenshots, it looks gorgeous.