Thursday 31 August 2023

Graboids tunnel onto UHD and a Coffin Joe BD boxset - Coming from Arrow Video

Arrow Video’s November lineup includes the UHD debut of the fantastic horror comedy TREMORS 2: AFTERSHOCKS and INSIDE THE MIND OF COFFIN JOE, with all-new restorations of bizarre and incredible films of legendary Brazilian horror auteur José Mojica Marins.

The releases feature brand new restorations, in-depth commentaries and video essays, fascinating documentaries, limited edition packaging, booklets, fold-out posters, art cards and reversible sleeves.

First in November, TREMORS 2: AFTERSHOCKS - six years after Tremors first tunnelled its way into audiences’ affections, the original creative team returned for an equally edge-of-your-seat sequel that would pave the way for a long-running franchise by adding some new twists to everyone’s favourite slimy subterranean slitherers! 

Starring Fred Ward, Helen Shaver and Christopher Gartin, the film reprises the same mix of nail-biting horror and rib-tickling humour that made the original film so beloved. 

The brand new 4K restoration makes this creature feature pop like never before, on Limited Edition UHD, as well as an Arrow Store Exclusive UHD Limited Edition, and Limited Edition Blu-ray which all come with a booklet, posters and highly-desirable packaging.

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

- New 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director S.S. Wilson
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original lossless 2.0 and 4.0 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Brand new feature commentary by director/co-writer S.S. Wilson and co-producer Nancy Roberts
- Brand new feature commentary by Jonathan Melville, author of Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors
- Graboid Go Boom, a newly filmed interview with special effects designer Peter Chesney
- Critical Need-to-Know Information, a newly filmed interview with CG supervisor Phil Tippett
- The Making of Tremors 2, an on-set featurette with the cast and crew
- Outtakes
- Trailers for Tremors and Tremors 2: Aftershocks
- Image gallery
- Illustrated perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by Jonathan Melville on the Tremors 2 scripts that never got made, and Dave Wain & Matty Budrewicz on the history of Universal’s DTV sequel division
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank
- Small fold-out poster featuring new Shrieker X-ray art by Matt Frank
- Limited Edition packaging featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank

Also available on BD in High Definition (1080p)

Pre-order the UK 4K UHD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk 


November also sees the release of the unmissable box set INSIDE THE MIND OF COFFIN JOE. With his iconic long fingernails, top hat and cape, Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008. 

Collected here are At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse, The Strange World of Coffin Joe, The Awakening of the Beast, The End of Man, When the Gods Fall Asleep, The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures, Hellish Flesh, Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind and Embodiment of Evil

Newly restored from the best available elements and packed with new and archival extras, This lavish and lurid six-disc collection includes commentaries, interviews, alternative film titles and endings, an illustrated collector’s book featuring new writing, reversible sleeves with newly commissioned artwork, a double-sided fold-out poster and 12 postcard-sized double-sided art cards. 

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS

- Brand new 4K restorations from the best available elements
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all films
- Original lossless mono audio for all films (except Embodiment of Evil)
- Optional English subtitles on all films
- Coffin Joe: Against the World!, an illustrated collector’s book featuring new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paula Sacramento
- Reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Butcher Billy
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Butcher Billy
- 12 postcard-sized double-sided art cards

DISC 1: AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL

- Brand new 4K restoration from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm print
- Archive audio commentary with writer, director and star José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
- Coffin Joe’s Sadean Underworld, a new video essay by film scholar Lindsay Hallam
- Damned: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins, the definitive documentary on the life and work of José Mojica Marins by André Barcinski and Ivan Finotti
- Bloody Kingdom, José Mojica Marins’ first short film with director’s commentary
- The Adventurer’s Fate and My Destiny in Your Hands, excerpts from early works by José Mojica Marins
- Theatrical trailer

DISC 2: THIS NIGHT I’LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE / THE STRANGE WORLD OF COFFIN JOE

- Brand new 4K restoration of This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse from the original 35mm camera negative and 35mm interpositive
- Brand new 4K restoration of The Strange World of Coffin Joe from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm print
- Archive audio commentaries for both films with José Mojica Marins, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
- Eccentric of Cinema, a new interview with author Stephen Thrower examining the early life and influences of José Mojica Marins
- On Tonight’s Horror Show!, a new video essay by film scholar Miranda Corcoran looking at the mythic figure of Coffin Joe within the canon of horror hosts
- Alternative ending for The Strange World of Coffin Joe with commentary by José Mojica Marins
- Theatrical trailers

DISC 3: THE AWAKENING OF THE BEAST / THE END OF MAN

- Brand new 4K restoration of The Awakening of the Beast from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm print
- Brand new 4K restoration of The End of Man from the original 35mm camera negative
- Archive audio commentaries for both films with José Mojica Marins, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
- The Strange Mind of Coffin Joe, a new interview with author Guy Adams exploring the esoteric aspects of José Mojica Marins
- A Woman for Joe, a new video essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas exploring the complex gender politics of Marins’ filmography
- Alternate opening titles for The Awakening of the Beast
- Theatrical trailers

DISC 4: WHEN THE GODS FALL ASLEEP / THE STRANGE HOSTEL OF NAKED PLEASURES

- Brand new 4K restoration of When the Gods Fall Asleep from a 35mm film print, the only known existing element
- Brand new 4K restoration of The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures from the original 35mm camera negative
- The Demonic Surrealism of Coffin Joe, a new interview with scholar and filmmaker Virginie Sélavy exploring the parallels between the work of José Mojica Marins and the European and South American surrealist movements
- Delirium, Surrealism, and Vision, a new interview with author Jack Sargeant
- Apostle of Evil, a new interview with Dennison Ramalho (co-writer of Embodiment of Evil) about his early connection to Coffin Joe
- Mojica in the Snow: Tonight I Incarnate at Sundance!, footage of Marins attending the Sundance Film Festival in 2001
- A Blind Date for Coffin Joe, a short film by Raymond “Coffin Ray” Castile
- Theatrical trailer for The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures

DISC 5: HELLISH FLESH / HALLUCINATIONS OF A DERANGED MIND

- Brand new 4K restorations of both films from the original 35mm camera negatives
- Archive audio commentary for Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind with José Mojica Marins, editor Nilcemar Leyart, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
- Aesthetics of Garbage: José Mojica Marins, a Complicated Icon, a new interview with filmmaker Andrew Leavold (The Search for Weng Weng) examining Marins' place in the Marginal Cinema movements of the 60s and 70s
- Beyond Good and Evil, a new video essay by film critic Kat Ellinger
- Theatrical trailers

DISC 6: EMBODIMENT OF EVIL

- Original lossless DTS-HD MA 2.0 and 5.1 audio options
- Archive audio commentary with producer Paulo Sacramento and co-screenwriter Dennison Ramalho (Portuguese with English subtitles)
- Learning from the Master, a new interview with screenwriter Dennison Ramalho
- Fantasia Film Festival Premiere Footage, archival footage of José Mojica Marins at the film's premiere
- Apprenticeship of Evil, an archival interview in which Ramalho pays tribute to José Mojica Marins and looks back on their friendship
- Official Making Of and Experimental Making Of, two archival featurettes about the production
- Deleted scenes with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
- Visual Effects: Purgatory, an archival featurette with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
- Storyboards, an archival featurette with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
- Theatrical trailer

Pre-order the UK BD Box-Set from Amazon.co.uk

 



 

 

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