Posted November 25, 2024 12:34 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of November 18th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Mike Flanagan's Hush (2016), starring John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan and Emma Graves.
Description: HUSH is a gripping horror thriller that centers on a deaf writer who has retreated into the woods to live a solitary life. She must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, HUSH received critical acclaim following its debut at SXSW in 2016 and its initial launch on a major streaming platform.
Shout presents Hush in two versions, the original version and a new black-and-white version called the "Shush Cut," with a new audio mix. Both cuts are presented on one Blu-ray and two 4K UHD discs (supervised and approved by Mike Flanagan), with Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio options and HDR on the 4K UHD discs. Extras include filmmaker commentary on both versions, while a dedicated second Blu-ray of extras includes a feature-length picture-in-picture video commentary on the original version, and new interviews with Mike Flanagan, actors Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, John Gallagher Jr. and Samantha Sloyan, composers The Newton Brothers and cinematographer James Kniest. In addition to standard packaging, a Shout Factory Exclusive with Alternate Artwork, Posters and Slipcovers will also be available.
Coming to Blu-ray from Shout is The Stephen Chow Collection (1990-1995), a four-disc Blu-ray box set which includes the films Look Out, Officer! (1990), Justice, My Foot! (1992), The Mad Monk (1993) and Out of the Dark (1995). All four films come with Cantonese: DTS-HD MA Mono audio tracks and optional, newly-translated English subtitles. Extras include commentaries for each film by James Mudge (veteran Hong Kong film critic at easternKicks), additional audio commentary on The Mad Monk by Frankie Balboa AKA Shogun Supreme & Peter Glagowski (writer at FLIXIST), the feature-length documentary Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey of Stephen Chow, an interview with author Daniel O'Brien (Spooky Encounters - A Gwaillo's Guide To Hong Kong Horror) and trailers and image galleries for all four films.
Also coming from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for Rob Cohen's Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), starring Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly, Robert Wagner, Michael Learned, Nancy Kwan and Ric Young. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Shout presents Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story with DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include filmmaker commentary, an introduction by Linda Lee Cadwell, a making of featurette, behind-the-scenes footage, Jason Scott Lee's screen test, an archival interview with Bruce Lee, storyboards, photo galleries and a theatrical trailer.
Finally from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All. starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, André Holland, Chloë Sevigny and Mark Rylance. Shout presents Bones and All with its Dolby Atmos audio, as well as DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio options and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras on the Blu-ray include five short featurettes: A Look Inside, Luca Guadagnino: The Vision of Bones and All, Meet Lee, Meet Maren and Outsiders in Love.
New on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll is Attack on Titan: The Final Season - THE FINAL CHAPTERS - Part 3 (2023). The release features two specials, both with original Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 (with English subtitles) or dubbed English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio options. Extras include textless ending songs.
New on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment is Ultraman Blazar Series + Movie (2023-2024), starring Tomoya Warabino, Himena Tsukimiya, Yûki Itô, Konomi Naito, Hayate Kajihara and Hideyoshi Iwata. The four-disc set contains all episodes of Ultraman Blazar (ウルトラマンブレーザー) along with the film Ultraman Blazar The Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown (ウルトラマンブレーザー THE MOVIE 大怪獣首都激突), with Japanese and English: DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio tracks and English subtitles. For a full set breakdown, read Martin Liebman's Blu-ray review.
New on Blu-ray from Epic Pictures is Aaron Fradkin's Beezel, starring Bob Gallagher, LeJon Woods, Nicolas Robin, Caroline Quigley, Victoria Fradkin and Kimberly Salditt Poulin.
Description: Three successive visitors of a New England home unknowingly step into the nightmarish realm of Beezel, an ageless witch who dwells beneath it and whose existence is intricately entwined with the earth itself. Each new occupant discovers the harrowing truth that lies within the walls of the house. Spanning 60 years, the ill-fated inhabitants succumb to a chilling spiral of tragedy. The unimaginable death of a child acts as a catalyst, unraveling their sanity and inviting malevolence into their lives. Haunting encounters, demonic manifestations, and macabre rituals drive them to the brink of madness, revealing the true extent of Beezel's power and the depths of her depravity.
New on Blu-ray from Cinedgm is Samuel Gonzalez Jr.'s Night of the Missing, starring Meredith Thomas, Jill Awbrey, Philip Estrin, Joseph JoJo Martinez, Amber Medina and Gigi Gustin.
Description: On a stormy Christmas Eve night, a secretive, small-town sheriff gets a visit from a mysterious woman who recounts a series of bizarre stories involving missing persons. Both disturbing and unsettling, the most terrifying realization may be that the monster behind them is much closer than anyone thinks.
Turning to catalog titles, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Warner Archive Collection have a number of Blu-rays to offer. They are:
The Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4, which features a further 25 more remastered cartoon shorts, with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include two additional remastered cartoon shorts. For a full disc breakdown of, including a list of the included shorts, read Randy Miller's Blu-ray review. On the same day, Warner Archive will also release the box set Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volumes 1- 4, which collects the four Blu-rays released so far.
Jean Negulesco's Humoresque (1946), starring Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish, Peggy Knudsen and Joan Chandler. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original nitrate camera negative, Warner Archive presents Humoresque with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio. Extras include the featurette The Music of Humoresque (2005), the Looney Tunes shorts Racketeer Rabbit and Rhapsody Rabbit (both 1946) along with the film's original theatrical trailer.
A newly remastered version of Jack Haley, Jr.'s That's Entertainment (1974), starring Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli and Donald O'Connor. Originally released on Blu-ray in 2007, Warner Archive presents That's Entertainment from a "new 2024...remaster, re-constructed from original negatives and preservation elements", with a DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio track. Extras include the TV special 50 Years of MGM and the short film Just One More Time (both 1974) along with the film's original theatrical trailer.
Gary David Goldberg's Must Love Dogs (2005), starring Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins, Christopher Plummer, Dermot Mulroney and Stockard Channing. Originally released on Blu-ray in 2007, Warner Archive presents Must Love Dogs with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio. Extras include deleted scenes (with optional commentary), "Pass the Beef", a gag reel and the film's original theatrical trailer.
Also this week, Kino Lorber have several titles coming to Blu-ray and two titles coming to 4K UHD. They are:
Steve Sekely's Revenge of the Zombies (1943), starring John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele, Mantan Moreland and Veda Ann Borg. Kino presents Revenge of the Zombies with a new audio commentary by film historians Tom Weaver and Gary D. Rhodes.
Henry Levin's The Lonely Man (1957), starring Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Robert Middleton, Elisha Cook Jr. and Claude Akins. Sourced from a new 6K scan of the original VistaVision camera negative by Paramount, Kino presents The Lonely Man with a new audio commentary by film historian Toby Roan.
Umberto Lenzi's Battle of the Commandos (1969), starring Jack Palance, Thomas Hunter, Claudio Undari, Wolfgang Preiss, Helmuth Schneider and Guido Lollobrigida. Sourced from a 2023 4K scan by Paramount Pictures, Kino presents Battle of the Commandos with a new audio commentary by film historians Troy Howarth, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson.
Ray Austin's 1,000 Convicts and a Woman (1971), starring Alexandra Hay, Sandor Elès, Harry Baird, Neil Hallett, Robert Brown and Fredric Abbott. Kino presents 1,000 Convicts and a Woman with audio commentary by Alexandra Hay biographer Dylan Dean Staley (featuring archival interviews with Ray Austin) and the featurette Having Fun Playing Games.
Lindsay Shonteff's No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977), starring Nicky Henson, Richard Todd, Aime Macdonald, Geoffrey Keen, Dudley Sutton and Sue Lloyd. Sourced from a 2K scan of an interpositive, Kino presents No. 1 of the Secret Service with audio commentary by Alan Spencer (creator of Sledge Hammer!) and author Alger Griffiths (The Other Spies: The Many Imitators of James Bond), a video interview with editor John Luton, a video essay by filmmaker / historian Chris O'Neill, deleted scenes and a theatrical trailer.
A special edition of the miniseries The Martian Chronicles (1980), starring Rock Hudson, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bernie Casey, Christopher Connelly, Nicholas Hammond and Darren McGavin. Previously released by Kino in 2018, this new edition includes audio commentary by TV historians Amanda Reyes and Heath Holland (Episode 1), Reyes and Justin Kerswell (Episode 2) and Reyes and Daniel Budnik (Episode 3). Also included is an interview with actor James Faulkner.
Bob Rafelson's Mountains of the Moon (1990), starring Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, John Savident and James Villiers. Kino presents Mountains of the Moon with audio commentary by film historian Adrian Martin, a making of featurette and a theatrical trailer.
Élie Chouraqui's Harrison's Flowers (2000), starring Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, David Strathairn and Alun Armstrong. Kino presents Harrison's Flowers with audio commentary by film critic Manuela Lazic and a theatrical trailer.
A 4K UHD and remastered Blu-ray for William Friedkin's The Hunted (2003), starring Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, Ron Canada and José Zúñiga. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents The Hunted with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary by William Friedkin, four featurettes, six deleted scenes and a theatrical trailer.
A Blu-ray and 4K UHD for William Friedkin's Bug (2006), starring Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins, Brian F. O'Byrne and Neil Bergeron. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, Kino presents Bug with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary by William Friedkin, the featurettes A Discussion with William Friedkin and Bug - An Introduction and a theatrical trailer.
Finally this week, the Criterion Collection has two films coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD. First up is Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon (1973), starring Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, Noble Willingham and Randy Quaid. Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents Paper Moon in a 1.66:1 aspect ratio, with LPCM Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include a 2003 audio commentary with Peter Bogdanovich, a 1989 introduction by Bogdanovich, a new video essay by Bogdanovich biographer Peter Tonguette, a three-part making-of documentary, a 2002 interview with production designer Polly Platt, excerpts from a 1973 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson featuring Bogdanovich, Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal, location scouting footage with audio commentary by associate producer Frank Marshall and a traller. Also included is an essay by critic Mark Harris. For full release breakdowns, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review and 4K UHD review.
Also coming from Criterion is a new 4K UHD edition of Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water (2017), starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones. Sourced from a 4K master supervised by Guillermo del Toro, Criterion presents The Shape of Water with DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and HDR on the 4K UHD disc. New extras on the Blu-ray include a conversation between del Toro and filmmaker David Lowery, while additional extras include the documentary A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times, Anatomy of a Scene: Prologue, Anatomy of a Scene: The Dance, Shaping the Waves, a 2017 masterclass with del Toro and trailers. Also included is an essay by film critic Carlos Aguilar.