Cauldron Films Reveals New Releases
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Posted May 12, 2023 06:42 PM by Webmaster
Cauldron Films has announced that it will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: The Last Match (1991), Off Balance (1988), and Top Line (1988). The three releases will be available for purchase in August.
The Last Match
Description: Get ready for the most important game of your life where one mistake means Game Over!
What do you do when your daughter is framed for drug smuggling during a Caribbean vacation while being held in jail by a sadistic warden (Henry Silva - Escape from the Bronx)? If you are football star Cliff Gaylor (Oliver Tobias - Cobra Mission), you call an audible and do whatever you can to get her out! But when the American Consulate (Charles Napier - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) doesn't want to be involved and the local attorney (Martin Balsam - Psycho) only wants you to grease his palm with no guarantees, your only choice is to take matters into your own hands. Before he can even call the next play, his coach (Ernest Borgnine - Code Name: Wild Geese) and the rest of the football team (in full uniform!) are on a plane packed with weapons and money aimed to free his daughter or die trying!
Veteran Italian Producer and Director Fabrizio De Angelis' (Ratman) The Last Match starts as an engaging exploitation drama about a father's frustration of trying to free his daughter from the evils of another country's prison that quickly escalates into a jaw-dropping, action packed showdown where no helicopter is safe! With a screenplay co-written by Gianfranco Clerici (The New York Ripper) and his frequent collaborator Vincenzo Mannino (The Sweet House of Horrors) and shot by Giuseppe Ruzzolini (Duck, You Sucker!), The Last Match is a classic early '90s action spectacle making its US home video and worldwide Blu-ray debut from a new 4k restoration struck from the camera negative and featuring all new special features!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: The Rage of a Man Forced to Die has No Limits!
When a mysterious disease befalls young, virtuosic pianist, Robert Dominici (Michael York — Austin Powers) he begins a violent, murderous rampage taunting authorities with his whereabouts. As Robert's brain and body rapidly decay, Inspector Datti (Donald Pleasence — Halloween, American Rickshaw) must race to find him before he kills again!
Directed by Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), co-starring Edwige Fenech (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh) and Giovanni Lombardo Radice (City of the Living Dead), with Special Effects by Dino Galiano (Four Flies on Grey Velvet) and written by Gianfranco Clerici (The House of Clocks), Off Balance is an '80s Giallo-infused, carnal ride of violence and body-horror seen through the mind of a genius driven mad by a cruel and unstoppable disease. Cauldron Films presents Off Balance for the first time ever on Blu-ray, uncut and restored in 2K from the camera negative. Featuring one of the final interviews with controversial director Ruggero Deodato, commentary by Troy Howarth and Eugenio Ercolani, and CD soundtrack with music by Pino Donaggio (Blow Out), this release is a must have for Italian Horror maniacs!
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Description: Down and out author Ted Angelo (Franco Nero - Django) finds a U.F.O. while searching a cave for treasure. When he tries to warn the media, he soon becomes hunted by various clandestine organizations, but with the help of his new friend, June (Deborah Moore - Warriors of the Apocalypse), they search for the truth while evading certain death. Have the Aliens taken over the world? I want to believe!
Co-starring George Kennedy (Creepshow 2), William Berger (Keoma), and Mary Stavin (Howling V), Directed by Nello Rossati (Django Strikes Again), with gooey practical effects by Francesco and Gaetano Paolocci (Silver Bullet), Top Line is a late '80s, mind melting sci-fi adventure! With all new special features including an interview with the legend himself, Franco Nero, and sourced from a 2K scan of the camera negative, Cauldron Films is out-of-this-world pleased to present this future classic for the first time ever on Blu-ray. Top Line is here to win hearts and take over minds!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Last Match
Description: Get ready for the most important game of your life where one mistake means Game Over!
What do you do when your daughter is framed for drug smuggling during a Caribbean vacation while being held in jail by a sadistic warden (Henry Silva - Escape from the Bronx)? If you are football star Cliff Gaylor (Oliver Tobias - Cobra Mission), you call an audible and do whatever you can to get her out! But when the American Consulate (Charles Napier - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) doesn't want to be involved and the local attorney (Martin Balsam - Psycho) only wants you to grease his palm with no guarantees, your only choice is to take matters into your own hands. Before he can even call the next play, his coach (Ernest Borgnine - Code Name: Wild Geese) and the rest of the football team (in full uniform!) are on a plane packed with weapons and money aimed to free his daughter or die trying!
Veteran Italian Producer and Director Fabrizio De Angelis' (Ratman) The Last Match starts as an engaging exploitation drama about a father's frustration of trying to free his daughter from the evils of another country's prison that quickly escalates into a jaw-dropping, action packed showdown where no helicopter is safe! With a screenplay co-written by Gianfranco Clerici (The New York Ripper) and his frequent collaborator Vincenzo Mannino (The Sweet House of Horrors) and shot by Giuseppe Ruzzolini (Duck, You Sucker!), The Last Match is a classic early '90s action spectacle making its US home video and worldwide Blu-ray debut from a new 4k restoration struck from the camera negative and featuring all new special features!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- EXLCUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Original English audio and optional English subtitles
- Blown Away: An Interview with Special Effects artist Roberto Ricci (16 min)
- American Actors in a Declining Italian Cinema: Minidoc by EUROCRIME! director Mike Malloy (29 mins)
- Understanding the Cobra: A video-essay by Italian film expert Eugenio Ercolani (17 min)
- Commentary by Italian exploitation movie critic Michael A. Martinez
- Trailer
- Image Gallery
- Booklet with writings from Jacob Knight and David Zuzelo - Limited edition only
- Double-sided poster - Limited edition only
- High-quality slipcase featuring original artwork - Limited edition only
- Reversible Blu-ray wrap with alternate artwork
- Limited to 1500 copies
- REGION-FREE
Description: The Rage of a Man Forced to Die has No Limits!
When a mysterious disease befalls young, virtuosic pianist, Robert Dominici (Michael York — Austin Powers) he begins a violent, murderous rampage taunting authorities with his whereabouts. As Robert's brain and body rapidly decay, Inspector Datti (Donald Pleasence — Halloween, American Rickshaw) must race to find him before he kills again!
Directed by Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), co-starring Edwige Fenech (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh) and Giovanni Lombardo Radice (City of the Living Dead), with Special Effects by Dino Galiano (Four Flies on Grey Velvet) and written by Gianfranco Clerici (The House of Clocks), Off Balance is an '80s Giallo-infused, carnal ride of violence and body-horror seen through the mind of a genius driven mad by a cruel and unstoppable disease. Cauldron Films presents Off Balance for the first time ever on Blu-ray, uncut and restored in 2K from the camera negative. Featuring one of the final interviews with controversial director Ruggero Deodato, commentary by Troy Howarth and Eugenio Ercolani, and CD soundtrack with music by Pino Donaggio (Blow Out), this release is a must have for Italian Horror maniacs!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- EXLCUSIVE NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Original English audio with optional English subtitles
- Italian audio with optional English subtitles
- An Uncommon Director - An interview with Ruggero Deodato, one of the final interviews with the controversial director filmed July 2022 (33 min)
- Audio Commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
- Trailer - Italian
- Trailer - English
- CD soundtrack w/ music by Pino Donaggio - limited edition only
- Double-sided poster - limited edition only
- High-quality slipcase featuring artwork by Eric Adrian Lee - limited edition only
- Reversible Blu-ray wrap with alternate artwork
- Limited to 1500 copies
- REGION-A "LOCKED"
Description: Down and out author Ted Angelo (Franco Nero - Django) finds a U.F.O. while searching a cave for treasure. When he tries to warn the media, he soon becomes hunted by various clandestine organizations, but with the help of his new friend, June (Deborah Moore - Warriors of the Apocalypse), they search for the truth while evading certain death. Have the Aliens taken over the world? I want to believe!
Co-starring George Kennedy (Creepshow 2), William Berger (Keoma), and Mary Stavin (Howling V), Directed by Nello Rossati (Django Strikes Again), with gooey practical effects by Francesco and Gaetano Paolocci (Silver Bullet), Top Line is a late '80s, mind melting sci-fi adventure! With all new special features including an interview with the legend himself, Franco Nero, and sourced from a 2K scan of the camera negative, Cauldron Films is out-of-this-world pleased to present this future classic for the first time ever on Blu-ray. Top Line is here to win hearts and take over minds!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- EXLCUSIVE NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Original English audio with optional English SDH subtitles
- Italian audio with optional English subtitles
- Black Top! An Interview with Franco Nero (22 minutes)
- The Strange Case of Ted Archer: An interview with Eugenio Ercolani (33 minutes)
- Alien Terminated: The Alien theories of Top Line by parapolitics researcher Robert Skvarla (12 mins)
- In-depth audio commentary by film historian Eric Zaldivar including audio interviews from cast members, Deborah Moore and Robert Redcross, with additional insight on Italian cult films with actors Brett Halsey and Richard Harrison.
- Booklet - Limited edition only
- Double-sided poster - Limited edition only
- High-quality slipcase w/ artwork by Ghanaian artist Farika in conjunction with Deadly Prey Gallery - Limited edition only
- Reversible Blu-ray wrap with alternate artwork
- Limited to 1500 copies
- REGION-A "LOCKED"