Arrow Video has announced their March 2016 release slate. Check out the details below:
Arrow Video has announced 3 new releases, including 2 US only titles, + a book. Here they are:
Limited
Edition boxed-set (3000 copies) containing Death Walks on High Heels and Death
Walks at Midnight. Released 3/29/16.
- Brand new 2K restorations of the films from the original camera negatives
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays)
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
- Limited Edition 60-page booklet containing new writing from authors Danny Shipka (Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France), Troy Howarth (So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films) and writer Leonard Jacobs, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
DEATH
WALKS ON HIGH HEELS
- Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
- Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
- Newly-edited archive interview with director Luciano Ercoli and actress Nieves Navarro
- Master of Giallo – brand new interview in which Gastaldi discusses Death Walks on High Heels and offers up his thoughts as to what constitutes a good giallo
- An interview with composer Stelvio Cipriani
- Original Italian trailer
- Original English trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
DEATH
WALKS AT MIDNIGHT
- Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
- Introduction to the film by screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi
- Extended TV version of the feature [105 mins]
- Crime Does Pay – brand new interview in which Gastaldi discusses Death Walks at Midnight and a career script-writing crime films
- Desperately Seeking Susan – a 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
Black Mama, White Mama will be released on 3/22/15 and will contain the following special features:
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Commentary by filmmaker Andrew Leavold, director of The Search for Weng Weng
- White Mama - An interview with star Margaret Markov
- Sid’s Filipino Adventure - An interview with star Sid Haig
- The Mad Director of Blood Island - A previously unseen archive interview with director Eddie Romero
- Trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
- The first pressing also includes a booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by Temple of Schlock’s Chris Poggiali and extracts from the original press book, illustrated with archive stills and posters
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation from a transfer of original elements by MGM
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Sho and Tell Part 2: The Domination – brand new interview with star Sho Kosugi on Rage of Honor and the later stages of his film career
- Sho Kosugi Trailer Gallery: Enter the Ninja (1981), Revenge of the Ninja (1983), Pray for Death (1985) and Rage of Honor (1987)
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin
- The first pressing includes a collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film and an extract from Kosugi’s upcoming book
Along with those Blu-ray releases Arrow Video announced a limited edition hardcover book titled Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companion. The book will be released on 3/29/16. For more information on the book check Here. Here are a couple of looks at the book:
That is Arrow Video's Full March 2016 release slate. What are you picking up?
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