Umbrella Entertainment Announces July Releases
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Posted March 13, 2024 08:03 PM by Webmaster
Australian label Umbrella Entertainment has announced its July batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: Ozploitation Rarities: Volume One (1981-1982), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971), and The Raid (2011).
Ozploitation Rarities: Volume One
Introducing OZPLOITATION RARITIES VOL 1, three BRAND NEW restorations of lost and overlooked Australian thrillers slathered in sleaze, salacious secrets, and cold-blooded murder, featuring over FOUR HOURS of NEW extras including interviews and commentaries with key cast and crew!
Featuring the sun-soaked terror LADY STAY DEAD, the seductive schlock FINAL CUT (AKA DEATH GAMES), and the Hitchcockian sci-fi CROSSTALK, this irresistible set also includes NEW outer and disc art and three cases with original artwork. The Collector's Edition also includes a rigid case, two reversible posters, artcards, and a 48-page book with written content from Paul Harris, John Hipwell, David Stratton, and Stephen Vagg.
BOX SET CONTENT
CROSSTALK
Confined by his mysterious employers to a luxury high-rise apartment, wheelchair-bound computer programmer Ed Ballinger (Gary Day), attempts to correct a malfunction in the I-500 – the world's most sophisticated surveillance system. Confronted by increasingly bizarre readouts, he discovers that not only is the computer's intelligence growing – but it has witnessed a vicious murder! Ed becomes obsessed with solving the crime – and soon both man and machine are plunged into a vortex of technological horror…
Boasting a pulse-pounding, blood-soaked finale and one of Ozploitation cinema's most iconic jolt moments (featuring a severed head in a washing machine), CROSSTALK is a stylish cinematic blend of Hitchcock, Kubrick and Italian giallo shocks.
CROSSTALK is presented in a new 2K transfer approved by the film's cinematographer, Vincent Monton (LONG WEEKEND, ROADGAMES), showcasing all of its neon lit anamorphic widescreen visuals – and cementing its reputation as Ozploitation's premiere hi-tech thriller of the 1980s.
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From maverick filmmaker Terry Bourke (NIGHT OF FEAR) comes one of the most unapologetically brutal, nasty and flesh-filled films in Ozploitation cinema.
Living in a luxury villa on a deserted Sydney beach, millionairess pop singer Marie Coleby (Deborah Coulls) makes the grave mistake of antagonizing her unhinged peeping Tom gardener (Chard Haywood) – leading to a vicious rape and a macabre murder. The unexpected arrival of Marie's sister Jenny (Louise Howitt) hinders the disposal of the body – so she is added to the insane handyman's kill list. With Jenny equally determined to stay alive, so begins a cat-and-mouse battle of wits climaxing in an after dark assault that violently showcases garden shears, a chainsaw and homemade petrol bombs.
Branded "distasteful and sleazy" by the UK press – and featuring one of the most visceral set-pieces in Ozploitation cinema (death by aquarium) – LADY, STAY DEAD is presented here in a newly scanned and restored 2K master from the 35mm interpos, making it an essential re-discovery for slaughter-seeking film fans.
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In the fast lane world of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, Dominic Black (David Clendinning), a millionaire entrepreneur, reins supreme. Bored with the usual showbiz diversions, he prefers to indulge in playing elaborate mind games – and making movies where the performers end up dead!
After a documentary cameraman (Lou Brown) and his journalist girlfriend (Jennifer Cluff) witness one of Dominic's party guests being hunted and killed in a chilling, hallucinatory chase, the immoral tycoon fears they may have captured the shocking event on film.
He lures the inquisitive pair to his luxury Surfers Paradise penthouse for a weekend of cat-and-mouse games where there are blood splattered bodies in the pool, on the balcony and in the cupboards… but in this complex, deadly nightmare, nothing is what it seems.
Set against the tranquil backdrop of sundrenched beaches and glittering blue seas, this little seen psychological thriller (from the writer of FANTASM) delivers non-stop twists and turns in a violent, flesh-filled tale of voyeurism, pornography, snuff films and complex human manipulation. Special Features and Technical Specs:
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
This thriller from Lucio Fulci (Perversion Story, The Eroticist) is acclaimed as a masterpiece of the Italian giallo thriller genre and its psychedelic Ennio Morricone score ranks among the best of il maestro's work. Presented fully uncut.
Carol Hammond (Florinda Bolkan,) is a sophisticated politician's daughter who experiences a series of vivid, psychedelic nightmares drenched in depraved sex orgies and LSD. The dreams culminate in a nightmare featuring the death of her neighbour, Julia Dürer (Anita Strindberg, The Eroticist). The next day Julia is found brutally murdered in her own apartment.The investigation, conducted by Inspector Corvin (Stanley Baker, The Guns of Navarrone, Zulu), leads to Carol's arrest, however she is released after a mysterious man confesses to Scotland Yard that he is the murderer. Not convinced of Carol's innocence, Corvin continues to investigate the murder and unearths new disturbing clues … Did Carol really do it or is she being framed? Where do her dreams end and reality begin?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin Collector's Edition
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The Raid
The throat-cutting, arm-snapping, non-stop action flick THE RAID has arrived in 4K HDR with Dolby Vision and Atmos in collaboration with director Gareth Evans, including a NEW audio commentary, a NEW fight co-ordinator reacts, NEW written content, NEW Q&A with the director, a behind-the-scenes, experiences and art book plus the FULL hardback graphic novel of the film from Titan Comics!
Praised for its innovative approach to martial arts cinema, with its breathtaking choreography and gritty realism, the film has earned acclaim from audiences and critics alike. THE RAID is pulse-pounding action and intense character-driven drama, standing as a modern classic in the genre and solidifying Gareth Evans' reputation as a master of action filmmaking.
THE RAID follows a special forces team as they launch a daring raid on a rundown Jakarta apartment complex controlled by a ruthless crime lord named Tama Riyadi. The team's mission to apprehend Tama and dismantle his criminal empire quickly goes awry when they are discovered by Tama's henchmen, who seal off the building and trap the officers inside. Amid the chaos, rookie officer Rama emerges as the protagonist. Showcasing remarkable combat skills, he forms uneasy alliances with tenants and confronts Tama's enforcers, including the fearsome Mad Dog, as the body count rises.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
The Raid Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
Ozploitation Rarities: Volume One
Introducing OZPLOITATION RARITIES VOL 1, three BRAND NEW restorations of lost and overlooked Australian thrillers slathered in sleaze, salacious secrets, and cold-blooded murder, featuring over FOUR HOURS of NEW extras including interviews and commentaries with key cast and crew!
Featuring the sun-soaked terror LADY STAY DEAD, the seductive schlock FINAL CUT (AKA DEATH GAMES), and the Hitchcockian sci-fi CROSSTALK, this irresistible set also includes NEW outer and disc art and three cases with original artwork. The Collector's Edition also includes a rigid case, two reversible posters, artcards, and a 48-page book with written content from Paul Harris, John Hipwell, David Stratton, and Stephen Vagg.
BOX SET CONTENT
CROSSTALK
Confined by his mysterious employers to a luxury high-rise apartment, wheelchair-bound computer programmer Ed Ballinger (Gary Day), attempts to correct a malfunction in the I-500 – the world's most sophisticated surveillance system. Confronted by increasingly bizarre readouts, he discovers that not only is the computer's intelligence growing – but it has witnessed a vicious murder! Ed becomes obsessed with solving the crime – and soon both man and machine are plunged into a vortex of technological horror…
Boasting a pulse-pounding, blood-soaked finale and one of Ozploitation cinema's most iconic jolt moments (featuring a severed head in a washing machine), CROSSTALK is a stylish cinematic blend of Hitchcock, Kubrick and Italian giallo shocks.
CROSSTALK is presented in a new 2K transfer approved by the film's cinematographer, Vincent Monton (LONG WEEKEND, ROADGAMES), showcasing all of its neon lit anamorphic widescreen visuals – and cementing its reputation as Ozploitation's premiere hi-tech thriller of the 1980s.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION APPROVED BY CINEMATOGRAPHER VINCENT MONTON
- NEW REAR WINDOW MEETS 2001 – a visual essay from screenwriter and author Stephen Vagg
- NEW SHOOTING HITCHCOCK DOWNUNDER – an interview with cinematographer Vincent Monton
- NEW NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD interview with executive producer Ross Matthews
- NEW The VHS Experience
- Archival interviews with director Mark Egerton, executive producer Ross Matthews and composer Chris Neill
- Archival interview with original writer/director Keith Salvat conducted by film critic David Stratton (audio only)
- Theatrical Trailer
- Extended Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
From maverick filmmaker Terry Bourke (NIGHT OF FEAR) comes one of the most unapologetically brutal, nasty and flesh-filled films in Ozploitation cinema.
Living in a luxury villa on a deserted Sydney beach, millionairess pop singer Marie Coleby (Deborah Coulls) makes the grave mistake of antagonizing her unhinged peeping Tom gardener (Chard Haywood) – leading to a vicious rape and a macabre murder. The unexpected arrival of Marie's sister Jenny (Louise Howitt) hinders the disposal of the body – so she is added to the insane handyman's kill list. With Jenny equally determined to stay alive, so begins a cat-and-mouse battle of wits climaxing in an after dark assault that violently showcases garden shears, a chainsaw and homemade petrol bombs.
Branded "distasteful and sleazy" by the UK press – and featuring one of the most visceral set-pieces in Ozploitation cinema (death by aquarium) – LADY, STAY DEAD is presented here in a newly scanned and restored 2K master from the 35mm interpos, making it an essential re-discovery for slaughter-seeking film fans.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- NEW NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD interview with actor Roger Ward
- NEW 2024 interview with actor Chard Haywood (audio only)
- NEW The VHS Experience
- THE D.W. GRIFFITH OF OZPLOITATION – a visual essay on the career of filmmaker Terry Bourke by filmbuff Paul Harris
- Archival interview with co-producer John Hipwell conducted by filmbuff Paul Harris (audio only)
- Terry Bourke trailer reel
- Stills Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
In the fast lane world of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, Dominic Black (David Clendinning), a millionaire entrepreneur, reins supreme. Bored with the usual showbiz diversions, he prefers to indulge in playing elaborate mind games – and making movies where the performers end up dead!
After a documentary cameraman (Lou Brown) and his journalist girlfriend (Jennifer Cluff) witness one of Dominic's party guests being hunted and killed in a chilling, hallucinatory chase, the immoral tycoon fears they may have captured the shocking event on film.
He lures the inquisitive pair to his luxury Surfers Paradise penthouse for a weekend of cat-and-mouse games where there are blood splattered bodies in the pool, on the balcony and in the cupboards… but in this complex, deadly nightmare, nothing is what it seems.
Set against the tranquil backdrop of sundrenched beaches and glittering blue seas, this little seen psychological thriller (from the writer of FANTASM) delivers non-stop twists and turns in a violent, flesh-filled tale of voyeurism, pornography, snuff films and complex human manipulation. Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio commentary with producer Mike Williams moderated by screenwriter Shayne Armstrong (Acolytes, Bait 3D)
- NEW OZ VOYEURS – a visual essay from Author and TV historian Andrew Mercado
- NEW NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD interview with director Ross Dimsey
- NEW The VHS Experience
- Stills Gallery
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
- 48-page book with written content from Paul Harris, John Hipwell, David Stratton, and Stephen Vagg
- Custom designed outer rigid slipcase
- 8 poster cards
- 2 x A3 reversible posters
- Limited Edition Numbered release
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
This thriller from Lucio Fulci (Perversion Story, The Eroticist) is acclaimed as a masterpiece of the Italian giallo thriller genre and its psychedelic Ennio Morricone score ranks among the best of il maestro's work. Presented fully uncut.
Carol Hammond (Florinda Bolkan,) is a sophisticated politician's daughter who experiences a series of vivid, psychedelic nightmares drenched in depraved sex orgies and LSD. The dreams culminate in a nightmare featuring the death of her neighbour, Julia Dürer (Anita Strindberg, The Eroticist). The next day Julia is found brutally murdered in her own apartment.The investigation, conducted by Inspector Corvin (Stanley Baker, The Guns of Navarrone, Zulu), leads to Carol's arrest, however she is released after a mysterious man confesses to Scotland Yard that he is the murderer. Not convinced of Carol's innocence, Corvin continues to investigate the murder and unearths new disturbing clues … Did Carol really do it or is she being framed? Where do her dreams end and reality begin?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Feature-length Audio Commentary with Howard S. Berger and Troy Howarth
- NEW Lucio In A Woman's Skin - A Video Essay by The Flying Maciste Brothers
- NEW One, No One and One Hundred Fulcis - A Visual Essay by Howard S Berger and Francesco Massaccesi
- NEW Down Dangerous Roads - Kim Newman on Stanley Baker
- NEW Lucio Fulci Trailer Reel
- Shedding The Skin- A Documentary By Kris Gavin
- When World's Collide - Stephen Thrower on A Lizard In A Woman's Skin
- From Burton To Baker - An Interview with actor Tony Adams
- Alternate Italian Opening Credits
- Trailers
- Italian audio, with English subtitles
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Feature-length Audio Commentary with Howard S. Berger and Troy Howarth
- NEW Lucio In A Woman's Skin - A Video Essay by The Flying Maciste Brothers
- NEW One, No One and One Hundred Fulcis - A Visual Essay by Howard S Berger and Francesco Massaccesi
- NEW Down Dangerous Roads - Kim Newman on Stanley Baker
- NEW Lucio Fulci Trailer Reel
- Shedding The Skin- A Documentary By Kris Gavin
- When World's Collide - Stephen Thrower on A Lizard In A Woman's Skin
- From Burton To Baker - An Interview with actor Tony Adams
- Alternate Italian Opening Credits
- Trailers
- Italian audio, with English subtitles
- A 48-page book featuring essays from Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Kris Gavin, behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
- Original poster art rigid slipcase
- Original poster art slipcase
- 8 artcards
- A3 reversible poster
- Limited Edition Numbered release
The Raid
The throat-cutting, arm-snapping, non-stop action flick THE RAID has arrived in 4K HDR with Dolby Vision and Atmos in collaboration with director Gareth Evans, including a NEW audio commentary, a NEW fight co-ordinator reacts, NEW written content, NEW Q&A with the director, a behind-the-scenes, experiences and art book plus the FULL hardback graphic novel of the film from Titan Comics!
Praised for its innovative approach to martial arts cinema, with its breathtaking choreography and gritty realism, the film has earned acclaim from audiences and critics alike. THE RAID is pulse-pounding action and intense character-driven drama, standing as a modern classic in the genre and solidifying Gareth Evans' reputation as a master of action filmmaking.
THE RAID follows a special forces team as they launch a daring raid on a rundown Jakarta apartment complex controlled by a ruthless crime lord named Tama Riyadi. The team's mission to apprehend Tama and dismantle his criminal empire quickly goes awry when they are discovered by Tama's henchmen, who seal off the building and trap the officers inside. Amid the chaos, rookie officer Rama emerges as the protagonist. Showcasing remarkable combat skills, he forms uneasy alliances with tenants and confronts Tama's enforcers, including the fearsome Mad Dog, as the body count rises.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
- NEWLY REMASTERED IN 4K
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY ATMOS INDONESIAN AND INTERNATIONAL SOUND MIXES
- Optional English subtiltes for the main feature
- NEWLY REMASTERED IN 4K
- NEW Audio Commentary with filmmakers Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce
- NEW The Raid fight reaction video with fight choreographer David Chea
- Audio Commentary by writer/director Gareth Evans
- Audio Commentary by writer/director Gareth Evans and actor Joe Taslim
- Behind the Scenes video blogs
- Inside the Score
- In conversation with Gareth Evans and Mike Shinoda
- An Evening with Gareth Evans, Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese
- Anatomy of a Scene with Gareth Evans
- Claycat's The Raid
- The Raid TV Show Ad (circa 1994)
- Inside The Raid documentary
- Q&A with Director and Cast
- Optional English subtiltes for the main feature
The Raid Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray Collector's Edition
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
- NEWLY REMASTERED IN 4K
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY ATMOS INDONESIAN AND INTERNATIONAL SOUND MIXES
- Optional English subtiltes for the main feature
- NEWLY REMASTERED IN 4K
- NEW Audio Commentary with filmmakers Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce
- NEW The Raid fight reaction video with fight choreographer David Chea
- Audio Commentary by writer/director Gareth Evans
- Audio Commentary by writer/director Gareth Evans and actor Joe Taslim
- Behind the Scenes video blogs
- Inside the Score
- In conversation with Gareth Evans and Mike Shinoda
- An Evening with Gareth Evans, Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese
- Anatomy of a Scene with Gareth Evans
- Claycat's The Raid
- The Raid TV Show Ad (circa 1994)
- Inside The Raid documentary
- Q&A with Director and Cast
- Optional English subtiltes for the main feature
- The original Titan graphic novel in hardback
- A softback book with new Q&A with director Gareth Evans, behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
- Custom artwork outer rigid slipcase by Shannon Trottman
- Custom artwork slipcase by Shannon Trottman
- 8 artcards
- A3 reversible poster
- Limited Edition numbered release
