"White of the Eye" comes to UK disc from Arrow

Arrow Video is excited to announce the UK Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD and Steelbook release of the 1987 British thriller, White of the Eye, which will be making its worldwide Blu-ray debut, and UK DVD debut from 31st March 2014.

 

 Described by the distinguished critic David Thomson as “one of the great secret works in cinema”, White of the Eye is one of the most bizarre and unforgettable thrillers ever made.

 

A serial killer is on the loose in and around the small community of Globe, Arizona, and housewife Joan White (Cathy Moriarty) gradually comes to suspect that her opera-loving hi-fi engineer husband Paul (David Keith) might know more than he’s letting on…

 

So far so familiar, but in the hands of British visionary Donald Cammell (who wrote and co-directed Performance with Nicolas Roeg), the film becomes a dazzling kaleidoscope of images and ideas, spanning everything from Apache folklore, desert landscapes and stylish murder set-pieces that recall Dario Argento to a painfully vivid dissection of the emotional fissures undermining a modern marriage. It’s all set to an equally eclectic score co-written by Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason.

 

Featuring a bumper crop of bonus features such as documentary 'Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance' (1998), Donald Cammell’s short film, The Argument, an audio commentary by Donald Cammell's biographer Sam Umland, deleted scenes, original opening credits and the theatrical trailer.

Special Features

- Feature-length (73-minute) documentary, 'Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance' (1998)

- Commentary by Donald Cammell's biographer Sam Umland
- Donald Cammell's short The Argument (1972) with an optional commentary by Sam Umland
- Into the White - an interview with co-cinematographer and Steadicam wizard Larry McConkey
- Deleted scenes, with an optional commentary by Sam Umland
- Flashback scenes before the bleach bypass process was applied
- Original opening credits featuring John Diehl, an actor cut from the final film
- Theatrical trailer

The case also features reversible sleeve artwork, with original and newly commissioned art by Nathanael Marsh and also contains a special collector’s booklet, featuring new writing on the film by Brad Stevens and Sam Umland.

Buy the UK BD/DVD combo pack at Amazon.co.uk

Buy the UK BD/DVD Steelbook at Amazon.co.uk

"House of Good and Evil" clip

New clips released from the forthcoming horror "House of Good and Evil"...



More clips can be viewed on YouTube at...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLHw_LcHTsE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSL8OWjB0Ug

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Z3JLSe5wk

The film is released to US DVD April 1st and is available to order from Amazon.com

New image from "Let the Right One In" stage production

The producers of the stage version of "Let the Right One In" have just released the following image from their production.

 

The critically-acclaimed South Bank Sky Arts award-winning production will transfer to London’s West End on 26 March for a strictly limited season.

 

Based on the Swedish novel and cult-hit film by John Ajvide Lindqvist, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN will be the first show to play the recently refurbished and re-opened Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.

 

The production marks the National Theatre of Scotland’s West End debut, and follows the show’s sell out success at the Royal Court Theatre.

 

For more info and to book tickets visit the Apollo Theatre Website.

 

Rotary Tower Records presents "Archivio Giallo Volume One"

Horror themed record label "Rotary Tower Records" recently got in touch to tell us about their new release "Archivio Giallo - Volume One" by Giallo's Flame.

 

Ron Graham, aka Giallos Flame, is a man immersed in the sights and sounds of vintage horror films with a particular penchant for Italian Giallo. However, this multi-instrumentalist traverses genres. His music would sound equally at home in Napoli's Quartiere Spagnoli circa 1972 as on the streets of New York in the early 80's.

 

He spans hard-hitting psych rock, break-driven funk and synth-heavy ambient atmospheres that usually share a dark, brooding theme in common.

 

Over the past decade he has produced an acclaimed catalogue most of which was self released in limited numbers and has since become unavailable. Now, Graham steps out of the shadows and delves deep into his archive to compile three volumes of Archivio Giallo.

 

The first volume focuses on Graham's synth-heavy productions. The scene is set by the analog pulse of the opening track and what follows is a profusion of beat-driven, bass-heavy grooves and psyched-out soundscapes that form a cohesive soundtrack that seduces the listener into the night.

 

The tracks featured in the Archivio Giallo series have been remastered from the dusty tapes in the Giallo vaults bringing the sound of the past into the future.

 

The next transmission of terror in the Archivio Giallo series will be Volume Two in June.

 

This 15 track compilation, along with other Rotary Tower releases, can be downloaded from the Rotary Tower Records website

 

 

 

"Blue Ruin" - in selected UK cinemas May 2nd.

Dwight Evans (Macon Blair) is a mysterious outsider whose quiet life on the margins is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

 

BLUE RUIN is a classic American revenge story that won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Directors’ Fortnight program at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and is released to selected UK cinemas May 2nd. Checkout the trailer below...

For more info, visit the official Facebook and Twitter pages.


 

The Axeman cometh to US DVD

Some of horror's most prominent Scream Queens come together for the razor-sharp fright flick "Axeman", available across the US & Canada on DVD and VOD starting May 6th, 2014.

 

A group of Twenty-somethings get more than they bargained for when they go on Vacation to the aptly named 'Cutter's Creek', only to come up against an axe-wielding local legend.

 

Tiffany Shepis, Brinke Stevens, Elissa Dowling and Jamie Bernadette join former NBA star Scot Pollard in Joston Theney's blood-stained love letter to classic slasher movies.

 

Axeman will be available on all major and minor US Cable VOD channels as well as major internet platforms including iTunes, Amazon Instant, Vudu, Google Play, Xbox Video, Sony Entertainment Network, and more, beginning May 6 through Midnight Releasing.
 

View the trailer on YouTube.

 

No news yet on when this will be available in the UK.

 

VMI acquires James Cullen Bressack's Thai horror "PERNICIOUS".

Vantage Media International (VMI) has acquired the worldwide rights to the much buzzed about horror title "Pernicious".

Ciara Hanna (Power Rangers), Jackie Moore (100 Ghost Street) and Emmy-nominated Emily O’Brien (Young and the Restless) star in the film directed by James Cullen Bressack ("To Jennifer", "Hate Crime" and "13/13/13").

In the vein of "Hostel" and "The Grudge", "Pernicious" follows the plight of three American beauties whose dream summer adventure in Thailand quickly turns into a nightmare when they unleash the spirit of a murdered child with only one thing on her mind...revenge.

“VMI is thrilled to acquire the worldwide rights to Pernicious and to further diversify our slate with such an intriguing and beautifully shot feature film,” said Relis.  “We look forward to sharing Pernicious with an eager global audience.”

“We are proud that Pernicious was one of the first films to be produced under the newly formed Benetone Hillin Entertainment banner,” said Hillin referring to the recent merging of Hillin Entertainment USA and Benetone Films, the largest foreign film production company in Thailand.  “The film reflects the high quality, universally marketable feature films shot in breathtaking and unique locations that BHE is committed to producing.  We are excited that Pernicious is now in the extremely capable hands of VMI.”

The film will be released to disc and on-demand shortly.