Indicator/Powerhouse Films Announce December Releases
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Posted September 20, 2024 02:19 AM by Webmaster
British distributors Indicator/Powerhouse Films have announced their December batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: Requiem for a Vampire (1972) and The Escapees (1981).
Requiem for a Vampire 4K Blu-ray
Jean Rollin continues his unique exploration of the vampire genre with Requiem for a Vampire (Requiem pour un vampire), featuring a cast of Rollin regulars including Marie-Pierre Castel (The Shiver of the Vampires), Mireille Dargent (Lips of Blood), and Louise Dhour (The Escapees).
When Marie (Castel) and Michelle (Dargent), two enigmatic women travelling through the countryside in clown costumes, stumble across a mysterious château, they uncover a sadistic vampire sect, the leader of which offers them eternal life to continue his bloodline.
Also released as Virgins and Vampires and Caged Vampires, Rollin's pulp-inspired fourth feature boasts an abundance of surreal and erotic imagery, and is accompanied by an eccentric free-rock score by composer Pierre Raph (The Iron Rose, The Demoniacs).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
Requiem for a Vampire
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
The Escapees 4K Blu-ray
Between the dystopian paranoia of The Night of the Hunted and the visceral excesses of The Living Dead Girl, director Jean Rollin takes a surreal detour into the Parisian demi-monde with The Escapees (Les Echappées, also known as Les Paumées du petit matin).
When two young women, the wayward Michelle (Laurence Dubas) and the withdrawn Marie (Christiane Coppé), escape from an asylum, they find themselves drifting through a nightmarish world of burlesque troupes, lascivious sailors, and hardened criminals. After a violent confrontation, the police close in...
With its supporting cast of key collaborators, including actors Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination), Louise Dhor (Requiem for a Vampire), Bernard Papineau (The Night of the Hunted), Jean-Loup Philippe (Lips of Blood), Natalie Perry (The Nude Vampire) and composer Philippe D'Aram (Two Orphan Vampires), The Escapees is at once atypical, yet unmistakeably Rollin.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
The Escapees
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
Requiem for a Vampire 4K Blu-ray
Jean Rollin continues his unique exploration of the vampire genre with Requiem for a Vampire (Requiem pour un vampire), featuring a cast of Rollin regulars including Marie-Pierre Castel (The Shiver of the Vampires), Mireille Dargent (Lips of Blood), and Louise Dhour (The Escapees).
When Marie (Castel) and Michelle (Dargent), two enigmatic women travelling through the countryside in clown costumes, stumble across a mysterious château, they uncover a sadistic vampire sect, the leader of which offers them eternal life to continue his bloodline.
Also released as Virgins and Vampires and Caged Vampires, Rollin's pulp-inspired fourth feature boasts an abundance of surreal and erotic imagery, and is accompanied by an eccentric free-rock score by composer Pierre Raph (The Iron Rose, The Demoniacs).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE BY POWERHOUSE FILMS
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- TWO PRESENTATIONS OF THE FILM: Requiem pour un vampire, Jean Rollin's original French-language version; and Requiem for a Vampire, the English-language version
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2024)
- Selected scenes audio commentary with Jean Rollin (2005)
- Jean Rollin Introduces 'Requiem for a Vampire' (1998)
- In a Silent Way (2024): newly edited archival interview with Rollin, in which he discusses Requiem for a Vampire, one of his personal favourite films
- Queen of the Underworld (2024): newly edited archival interview with actor Louise Dhour
- A Pastoral Dalliance (2024): newly edited archival interview with actor Paul Bisciglia
- Les Frissons d'un requiem (2024): in-depth documentary on the making of Requiem for a Vampire by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, featuring interviews with key Rollin associates Jean-Noël Delamarre and Natalie Perrey, and film expert Daniel Bird
- The Poetry of Strangeness (2024): critical appreciation by author and film historian Virginie Sélavy
- The Last Book (2005): Rollin talks about his work as a novelist and reads from one of his short stories
- Alternative sequences
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles for the French soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Maria J Pérez Cuervo, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, an extract from the film's pressbook, an English translation of Rollin's story 'The Last Book', and full film credits
- REGION-FREE
UK STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
Requiem for a Vampire
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE BY POWERHOUSE FILMS
- TWO PRESENTATIONS OF THE FILM: Requiem pour un vampire, Jean Rollin's original French-language version; and Requiem for a Vampire, the English-language version
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2024)
- Selected scenes audio commentary with Jean Rollin (2005)
- Jean Rollin Introduces 'Requiem for a Vampire' (1998)
- In a Silent Way (2024): newly edited archival interview with Rollin, in which he discusses Requiem for a Vampire, one of his personal favourite films
- Queen of the Underworld (2024): newly edited archival interview with actor Louise Dhour
- A Pastoral Dalliance (2024): newly edited archival interview with actor Paul Bisciglia
- Les Frissons d'un requiem (2024): in-depth documentary on the making of Requiem for a Vampire by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, featuring interviews with key Rollin associates Jean-Noël Delamarre and Natalie Perrey, and film expert Daniel Bird
- The Poetry of Strangeness (2024): critical appreciation by author and film historian Virginie Sélavy
- The Last Book (2005): Rollin talks about his work as a novelist and reads from one of his short stories
- Alternative sequences
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles for the French soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Maria J Pérez Cuervo, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, an extract from the film's pressbook, an English translation of Rollin's story 'The Last Book', and full film credits
- REGION-FREE
UK STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
The Escapees 4K Blu-ray
Between the dystopian paranoia of The Night of the Hunted and the visceral excesses of The Living Dead Girl, director Jean Rollin takes a surreal detour into the Parisian demi-monde with The Escapees (Les Echappées, also known as Les Paumées du petit matin).
When two young women, the wayward Michelle (Laurence Dubas) and the withdrawn Marie (Christiane Coppé), escape from an asylum, they find themselves drifting through a nightmarish world of burlesque troupes, lascivious sailors, and hardened criminals. After a violent confrontation, the police close in...
With its supporting cast of key collaborators, including actors Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination), Louise Dhor (Requiem for a Vampire), Bernard Papineau (The Night of the Hunted), Jean-Loup Philippe (Lips of Blood), Natalie Perry (The Nude Vampire) and composer Philippe D'Aram (Two Orphan Vampires), The Escapees is at once atypical, yet unmistakeably Rollin.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE BY POWERHOUSE FILMS
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- TWO PRESENTATIONS OF THE FILM: Les Échappées, Jean Rollin's original version; and Les Paumées du petit matin, the alternative version with re-ordered scenes
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)
- One Day in Paris (2008): far-reaching interview with Rollin in which he discusses The Escapees and his other films
- Quant à Louise (2024): regular Rollin collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou remember actress Louise Dhour
- Previously unseen interview with actor Jean-Loup Phillipe (2024)
- Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024)
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, archival writing on the film by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director, an archival interview with composer Philippe D'Aram, a tribute to Rollin by fantastique cinema expert Nicolas Stanzick, and full film credits
- REGION-FREE
UK STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
The Escapees
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE BY POWERHOUSE FILMS
- TWO PRESENTATIONS OF THE FILM: Les Échappées, Jean Rollin's original version; and Les Paumées du petit matin, the alternative version with re-ordered scenes
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)
- One Day in Paris (2008): far-reaching interview with Rollin in which he discusses The Escapees and his other films
- Quant à Louise (2024): regular Rollin collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou remember actress Louise Dhour
- Previously unseen interview with actor Jean-Loup Phillipe (2024)
- Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024)
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, archival writing on the film by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director, an archival interview with composer Philippe D'Aram, a tribute to Rollin by fantastique cinema expert Nicolas Stanzick, and full film credits
- REGION-FREE
UK STREET DATE: DECEMBER 9.
