Arrow Video Announces New Title For The U.S. + Updates

Today Arrow Video made their announcement on the titles they will be putting out in April 2015. The announcement featured 1 new title for release in the U.S. and updates on two other previously announced U.S. titles. First the new title announcement:

Arrow Video has announced the release of Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace. It will be released April 15th. It comes loaded with special features, here is the whole list:

• New 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative.
• Brand new audio commentary by Mario Bava's biographer Tim Lucas
• Psycho Analysis - A new documentary on Blood and Black Lace and the origins of the giallo genre featuring interviews with directors Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava, screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi, critics Roberto Curti and Steve Della Casa, crime novelist Carlo Lucarelli, and others.
• An appreciation by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, the creative duo behind Amer and The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears.
• Gender and Giallo - A visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the giallo's relationship with the social upheavals of the 1960s and 70s.
• Panel Discussion on Mario Bava featuring Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, and Steve Della Casa recorded at the 201 Courmayeur Film Festival.
• The Sinister Image: Cameron Mitchell - An episode of David Del Valle's television series, devoted to the star of Blood and Black Lace and presented in full.
• The alternate U.S. opening titles, sourced from Joe Dante's private print and scanned in 2K especially for this release.
• Original theatrical trailer, with optional English and Italian audio
• Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Howard Hughes, author of Cinema Italiano and Mario Bava: Destination Terror, and an interview with Joe Dante, David Del Valle on Cameron Mitchell and more, all illustrated with archive stills and posters.

Next Arrow Video gave updates on two of their previously announced titles, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne and Massacre Gun. They announced their release dates and special features.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne will be released on April 21st and will come with the following special features:

• Brand new 2K restoration, scanned from the original camera negative and supervised by cinematographer Noël Véry.
• Introduction by critic and long-term Borowczyk fan Michael Brooke.
• Audio commentary featuring archival interviews with Valerian Borowczyk, Udo Kier, Marina Pierro and producer Robert Kuperberg, and new interviews with cinematographer Noël Véry, editor Khadicha Bariha, assistant Michael Levy and filmmaker Noël Simsolo, moderated by Daniel Bird.
• Interview with Marina Pierro.
• Himorogi (2012), a short film by Marina and Alessio Pierro, made in homage to Borowczyk.
• Interview with artist and filmmaker Alessio Pierro.
• Video Essay by Adrian Martin and Christina Alvarez Lopez.
• Eyes That Listen, a featurette on Borowczyk's collaborations with electro-acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani.
• Jouet Joyeux (1979), a short film by Borowczyk based on Charles-Émile Reynaud's praxinoscope.
• Introduction to Jouet Joyeux by production assistant Sarah Mallinson.
• Returning to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema, a featurette by Daniel Bird.
• Revirsible sleeve with artwork based on Borowczyk's own poster design.
• Booklet with new writing on the film by Daniel Bird and archive materials, illustrated with rare stills.
• More to be announced!

Massacre Gun will be released on April 7th. It will come with the following special features:

• Limited Edition Blu-ray (3000 copies only).
• Newly translated English subtitles.
• Brand new interview with star Jô Shishido.
• Interview with renowned critic and historian Tony Rayns
• Original theatrical trailer.
• Gallery featuring rare promotional images
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ian MacEwan.
• Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp, newly illustrated by Ian MacEwan and featuring original archive stills.

That is all of the updates from Arrow Video USA at this time. Some really cool stuff here, but the good news to me is that their next announcement will hopefully feature multiple unannounced titles for the U.S.

So what do you think of these announcements and updates? Will you be picking up any of these releases?