Arrow Video Announces March Releases
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Posted December 18, 2025 08:50 PM by Webmaster
Arrow Video has announced its March slate of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: Red Sonja (1985), Eiichi Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy (1963-1967), Hard Boiled (1992), Spaceballs (1987), Salem's Lot (1979), The Birthday (2004), Black Sunday (1977), and Calvaire (2004).
Red Sonja 4K Blu-ray
From the mythical world of Robert E. Howard comes Red Sonja, a fierce, fireforged fantasy adventure from director Richard Fleischer (Soylent Green), starring Brigitte Nielsen (Cobra) in her iconic debut as the legendary warrior, joined by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the height of his sword-and-sorcery powers.
When her family is slain and her homeland destroyed by the tyrannical Queen Gedren (Sandahl Bergman, Conan the Barbarian), Sonja is chosen by the goddess Scáthach and gifted with extraordinary strength and skill in battle. Sworn to vengeance, she embarks on a perilous quest to stop Gedren from wielding a deadly talisman with the power to annihilate the world.
A thrilling tale of high adventure packed with stunning spectacle and steel-clashing action, backed by an epic score by maestro Ennio Morricone (The Mission), Red Sonja is a bold, larger-than-life epic where destiny is forged in fire and blood.
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Eiichi Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy
Throughout Japanese cinema, the image of the noble samurai righting wrongs katana in hand remains a fixture of the jidaigeki genre, with the authoritarianism and corruption of the country's medieval past often attenuated for the sake of spectacle and entertainment. But in the 1960s, director Eiichi Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy shattered this idealised conception of the samurai, providing an authentic and scathing portrayal of Japan's tyrannical past to question the social and political landscape of his day.
Beginning in 1963 with 13 Assassins (remade in 2010 by Takashi Miike), followed by The Great Killing in 1964 and 11 Samurai in 1967, the Samurai Revolution trilogy depicts the rot at the heart of the Tokugawa shogunate: despotic lords oppress their people and abuse their power with impunity, loyalty to the Shogun is valued above compassion and righteousness, and samurai have shed any trace of nobility in favor of their own self-interest, which they pursue with gleeful cruelty. Each film portrays a group of honorable samurai driven to plan the political assassination of a corrupt lord, hoping to light the fuse that will eventually destroy the regime. But the rebels must understand the fatal consequences of their mission. Should the Shogun falter, then their lives and the entire samurai class will be forfeit.
Eiichi Kudo masterfully deploys expressive black and white cinematography, spectacular swordfights and compelling performances to paint a rich visual and narrative tapestry, using each film to further explore questions of ethics and morality. Featuring a who's who of iconic jidaigeki actors including Chiezo Kataoka (Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji), Ko Nishimura (Lady Snowblood), Kei Sato (Hara-Kiri) and Toru Abe (Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman), Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy rank among the most important samurai films ever made and are a must-have for chanbara connoisseurs.
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UK STREET DATE: MARCH 30.
Hard Boiled 4K Blu-ray
In the 80s and 90s, director John Woo would cement his reputation as a master of action films with classics like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Bullet in the Head. This would culminate in 1992 with the release of his masterpiece Hard Boiled, the hyperkinetic, hyperviolent exemplar of the Heroic Bloodshed genre.
Iconic actor Chow Yun-Fat (City on Fire) stars as Tequila, a gung-ho cop working to bring down Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong, Infernal Affairs), the villainous triad boss who maintains a stranglehold on Hong Kong's illegal gun trade. Johnny attempts to recruit Ah-Long (Tony Leung, Bullet in the Head), an assassin from a rival syndicate, just as the insubordinate Tequila gets taken off the case. Taking justice into his own hands, Tequila tracks Ah-Long down and uncovers an intricate web of deception that threatens to boil over into all-out war.
A fiery coalescence of electrifying performances, elaborate narrative and operatic gunfights, Hard Boiled has rightly been exalted as the undisputed champion of Hong Kong action films, ready to unleash a hail of bullets anew in this stunning restoration exploding with extras.
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Spaceballs 4K Blu-ray
In 1987, comedy legend Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) set his satirical sights on the sci-fi blockbusters of the era, resulting in Spaceballs – a deliriously funny send-up of Star Wars, Star Trek and every intergalactic adventure in between.
When the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis, Ghostbusters) plots to steal the air supply of peaceful planet Druidia, it's up to roguish space pilot Lone Starr (Bill Pullman, Independence Day), his sidekick Barf (John Candy, Planes, Trains and Automobiles), and the resourceful Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) to save the galaxy – and deliver laughs light-years wide.
Packed with hysterical one-liners, gleeful sight gags and nods to every sci-fi trope imaginable, Spaceballs remains a riotous interstellar romp. Endlessly quotable and effortlessly rewatchable, it's Brooks at his most irreverent – in this or any other galaxy.
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Salem's Lot 4K Blu-ray
From Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist, comes the mini-series that scarred a generation. Based on Stephen King's all-time classic of small town terror, welcome to Salem's Lot. Population two-thousand and thirteen, but falling fast!
Author Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to the town of Salem's Lot after 25 years to write about the Marsten House, an old mansion with a bad reputation that has haunted the writer since childhood. But the sleepy town of Ben's youth is beginning to change. There's an antiques store about to open, run by the mysterious Richard Straker (James Mason) and his unseen partner Mr. Barlow (Reggie Nalder), and they're living in the Marsten House. A series of deaths and disappearances leads Ben to believe that a vampire is feeding on the town. But how can he stop them, and will anyone believe him?
With a script by Paul Monash (producer of De Palma's Carrie, writer of Peyton Place and The Friends of Eddie Coyle) and a superb cast that includes Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard), Fred Willard (Best in Show), Geoffrey Lewis (Every Which Way But Loose) and Elisha Cook Jr. (The Killing), Tobe Hooper breathes vivid life and chilling un-death into the characters of King's novel. The children of the night await… in Salem's Lot.
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UK STREET DATE: MARCH 30.
The Birthday 4K Blu-ray
Unreleased for nearly twenty years, The Birthday has achieved near-mythic status among cult film enthusiasts. Shot on a single, meticulously designed location, Eugenio Mira's deliriously offbeat dark comedy offers a career-best turn from Corey Feldman (The Lost Boys), playing wildly against type.
Painfully awkward Norman Forrester (Feldman) chooses the opulent birthday party of his girlfriend Alison's (Erica Prior) wealthy father (Jack Taylor, Conan the Barbarian) as the perfect moment to propose. But between bizarre encounters with guests and unnervingly polite hotel staff, Norman stumbles into a nightmarish occult conspiracy that threatens not just his relationship but the fate of the world itself.
Rediscovered at last, The Birthday blends screwball comedy, cosmic horror and feverish style into an unforgettable cinematic experience. Restored from the original negative, Arrow Video is proud to present this one-of-a-kind descent into madness in the release it's always deserved.
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UK STREET DATE: MARCH 15.
Black Sunday
Throughout the 1970s, a wave of daring disaster movies gripped cinemagoers with their combination of bravura spectacle and "ripped from the headlines" plotlines. Among these, John Frankenheimer's (The Manchurian Candidate, Ronin) Black Sunday endures to this day as among the cream of the crop.
Robert Shaw (Jaws, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three) stars as Major Kabakov, an Israeli agent attempting to avert a terrorist atrocity on US soil. The weapon: a blimp laced with explosives and piloted by Michael Lander (Bruce Dern, Silent Running), a troubled Vietnam vet driven to strike back against the nation he believes has betrayed him. The target: the Orange Bowl stadium, Miami. What follows is a nail-biting race against time culminating in a spectacular aerial climax that will determine the fate of 80,000 spectators.
Adapted from the best-selling debut novel by Thomas Harris (The Silence of the Lambs) and featuring virtuoso performances by a cast headlined by Dern, Shaw and Marthe Keller (Marathon Man), Black Sunday is a nerve-shredding, best-in-class suspense thriller from a filmmaker at the top of his game.
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Calvaire
In the early 21st century, as European art and horror films began to push the boundaries of extremity and endurance, Calvaire emerged as one of the standout entries. A shattering debut from Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz, Calvaire's ability to subvert genre and wrong-foot its audience marked the arrival of a major new talent.
Travelling cabaret singer Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) finds himself stranded when his van breaks down in a remote mountain region in France, but is rescued by local innkeeper Mr. Bartel (Jackie Berroyer) who offers to help Marc fix his van and give him shelter for the night. But Bartel is fragile and unstable, and Marc reminds him of his long lost wife. Soon, Bartel is refusing to let Marc leave. With his van sabotaged and no means of calling for help, Marc's ordeal is about to begin…
A terrifying, darkly comic tale that drew comparisons to Deliverance, Straw Dogs and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Calvaire is a gripping, utterly involving thriller that will put you through the wringer.
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Red Sonja 4K Blu-ray
From the mythical world of Robert E. Howard comes Red Sonja, a fierce, fireforged fantasy adventure from director Richard Fleischer (Soylent Green), starring Brigitte Nielsen (Cobra) in her iconic debut as the legendary warrior, joined by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the height of his sword-and-sorcery powers.
When her family is slain and her homeland destroyed by the tyrannical Queen Gedren (Sandahl Bergman, Conan the Barbarian), Sonja is chosen by the goddess Scáthach and gifted with extraordinary strength and skill in battle. Sworn to vengeance, she embarks on a perilous quest to stop Gedren from wielding a deadly talisman with the power to annihilate the world.
A thrilling tale of high adventure packed with stunning spectacle and steel-clashing action, backed by an epic score by maestro Ennio Morricone (The Mission), Red Sonja is a bold, larger-than-life epic where destiny is forged in fire and blood.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION FROM THE CAMERA NEGATIVE with new HDR grading by Arrow Films
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original lossless mono audio and optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
- Brand new audio commentary with comic book expert Dave Baxter
- The Prince and Me, a newly filmed interview with actor Ernie Reyes Jr.
- Swords, Stunts and Sonja, a newly filmed interview with action unit supervisor Vic Armstrong
- The Last of the Invincibles, a newly filmed interview with Schwarzenegger's stunt double Pietro Torrisi
- The Danish Girl, a newly filmed interview with stuntman Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
- The 12 Labors of Red Sonja, a newly filmed interview with assistant production manager Stefano Spadoni
- The Marvel of Primitive Technology, a newly filmed interview with FX artist Domingo Lizcano discussing the work of Emilio Ruiz del Río
- Moulding Fantasies, a newly filmed interview with make-up FX assistant Adriano Carboni
- Bodybuilding the Imagery, an archival unreleased interview with poster artist Renato Casaro
- The Man Who Raised Hollywood, an archive featurette on Schwarzenegger's career featuring filmmakers Peter Hyams and Arthur Allan Seidelman, producer Edward Pressman and others
- Red Sonja vs. Kalidor: The Making of a Misunderstanding, an archive interview with assistant director Michel Ferry
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options by Renato Casaro
- Collectors' perfect-bound booklet featuring new writing on the film by John Walsh, Nanni Cobretti and Barry Forshaw
- Double-sided foldout poster featuring two original artwork options by Renato Casaro
- Six postcard-sized reproduction artcards
Eiichi Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy
Throughout Japanese cinema, the image of the noble samurai righting wrongs katana in hand remains a fixture of the jidaigeki genre, with the authoritarianism and corruption of the country's medieval past often attenuated for the sake of spectacle and entertainment. But in the 1960s, director Eiichi Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy shattered this idealised conception of the samurai, providing an authentic and scathing portrayal of Japan's tyrannical past to question the social and political landscape of his day.
Beginning in 1963 with 13 Assassins (remade in 2010 by Takashi Miike), followed by The Great Killing in 1964 and 11 Samurai in 1967, the Samurai Revolution trilogy depicts the rot at the heart of the Tokugawa shogunate: despotic lords oppress their people and abuse their power with impunity, loyalty to the Shogun is valued above compassion and righteousness, and samurai have shed any trace of nobility in favor of their own self-interest, which they pursue with gleeful cruelty. Each film portrays a group of honorable samurai driven to plan the political assassination of a corrupt lord, hoping to light the fuse that will eventually destroy the regime. But the rebels must understand the fatal consequences of their mission. Should the Shogun falter, then their lives and the entire samurai class will be forfeit.
Eiichi Kudo masterfully deploys expressive black and white cinematography, spectacular swordfights and compelling performances to paint a rich visual and narrative tapestry, using each film to further explore questions of ethics and morality. Featuring a who's who of iconic jidaigeki actors including Chiezo Kataoka (Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji), Ko Nishimura (Lady Snowblood), Kei Sato (Hara-Kiri) and Toru Abe (Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman), Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy rank among the most important samurai films ever made and are a must-have for chanbara connoisseurs.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High-definition transfers
- Original lossless Japanese mono audio on all three films
- Optional newly translated English subtitles for all three films
- Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Fournier
- Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the films by Chris D., Earl Jackson and Alain Silver
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
- The Samurai Variations, a brand new video essay by music supervisor and Japanese cinema expert James Balmont on legendary composer Akira Ifukube's score for the film
- Samurai Guerilla Part 1, an archival interview where Eiichi Kudo's former assistant director Misao Arai and filmmaker Dirty Kudo discuss Eiichi Kudo and Toei's role in the Japanese film landscape of the 1960s
- Theatrical trailers
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic David West
- Magician of Light and Shadow, a brand new video essay by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Daisuke Miyao on the cinematography seen in the film
- Samurai Guerilla Part 2, an archival interview where Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo discuss the jidaigeki genre and expand on the political dimension of The Great Killing
- Masaaki Ito Remembers Eiichi Kudo, a tribute to the director by his former assistant and brother-in-law
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic David West
- Fighting the Poison, a brand new video essay by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Jonathan Clements on the historical setting and context of the film
- Samurai Guerilla Part 3, an archival interview where Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo discuss some of the filming techniques seen in the film and the conception of the Samurai as seen in Eiichi Kudo's jidaigeki films
- Eiichi Kudo: The Art of Realism, an archival interview with Fabrice Arduini, filmmaker and programmer for the House of Culture of Japan in Paris, where he discusses jidaigeki and the films of Eiichi Kudo
UK STREET DATE: MARCH 30.
Hard Boiled 4K Blu-ray
In the 80s and 90s, director John Woo would cement his reputation as a master of action films with classics like A Better Tomorrow, The Killer and Bullet in the Head. This would culminate in 1992 with the release of his masterpiece Hard Boiled, the hyperkinetic, hyperviolent exemplar of the Heroic Bloodshed genre.
Iconic actor Chow Yun-Fat (City on Fire) stars as Tequila, a gung-ho cop working to bring down Johnny Wong (Anthony Wong, Infernal Affairs), the villainous triad boss who maintains a stranglehold on Hong Kong's illegal gun trade. Johnny attempts to recruit Ah-Long (Tony Leung, Bullet in the Head), an assassin from a rival syndicate, just as the insubordinate Tequila gets taken off the case. Taking justice into his own hands, Tequila tracks Ah-Long down and uncovers an intricate web of deception that threatens to boil over into all-out war.
A fiery coalescence of electrifying performances, elaborate narrative and operatic gunfights, Hard Boiled has rightly been exalted as the undisputed champion of Hong Kong action films, ready to unleash a hail of bullets anew in this stunning restoration exploding with extras.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Priscilla Page and archival writing and an interview with John Woo by Stéphane Moïssakis
- Six postcard-sized artcards
- 4K RESTORAITON OF THE FILM
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original lossless Cantonese mono and Dolby Atmos audio, and English mono audio
- Optional newly translated English subtitles for the Cantonese soundtracks and optional English for the deaf and hard of hearing subtitles for the English soundtrack
- Brand new audio commentary with director John Woo and film journalist Drew Taylor
- Brand new audio commentary with film historian Frank Djeng
- Archival audio commentary with John Woo and producer Terence Chang
- Archival audio commentary with John Woo, Terence Chang, film critic Dave Kehr and filmmaker Roger Avary
- Deleted and extended scenes
- Original trailers
- Image gallery
- Violent Night, a brand new interview with John Woo
- Boiling Over, a brand new interview with actor Anthony Wong
- No Room for Failure, a brand new interview with Terence Chang
- Hard To Resist, a brand new interview with screenwriter Gordon Chan
- Boiled to Perfection, a brand new interview with screenwriter Chan Hing-Ka
- Body Count Blues, a brand new interview with composer Michael Gibbs
- Hong Kong Confidential: Inside Hard Boiled, a brand new interview with author and Hong Kong cinema expert Grady Hendrix
- Gun-Fu Fever, a brand new interview with author Leon Hunt
- Chewing the Fat, a brand new interview with academic Lin Feng
- American Cinematheque 2025 Q&A with John Woo
- The Test of Time, an archival documentary featuring interviews with John Woo, Terence Chang, editor David Wu and actor/stunt coordinator Philip Kwok
- Archival interviews with actors Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung
Spaceballs 4K Blu-ray
In 1987, comedy legend Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) set his satirical sights on the sci-fi blockbusters of the era, resulting in Spaceballs – a deliriously funny send-up of Star Wars, Star Trek and every intergalactic adventure in between.
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original lossless 2.0 stereo audio
- Original 70mm 6-track mix in DTS-HD MA 4.1 surround
- Optional remixed 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by writer/producer/director/actor Mel Brooks
- Spaceballs: The Documentary, an in-depth look at the making of the film
- Farce Yourself! Spaceballs and the Skroobing of Sci-fi, a featurette in which Mel Brooks looks back on the making of the film
- In Conversation: Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan, a conversation between the two writers about the film's genesis
- John Candy: Comic Spirit, a retrospective look at the life and career of the late comedian
- Archival behind-the-scenes featurette
- Storyboard-to-film comparison
- Film Flubs, a humorous look at the film's goofs and continuity errors
- Watch Spaceballs in Ludicrous Speed
- Mawgese and Dinkese alien soundtrack extracts
- Exhibitor trailer, with introduction by Mel Brooks
- Theatrical and teaser trailer
- Spaceballs: The Behind-the-Movie Photos
- Spaceballs: The Costume Gallery
- Spaceballs: The Art Gallery
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of original artwork
- Double-sided foldout poster
- Four postcard-sized artcards
Salem's Lot 4K Blu-ray
From Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist, comes the mini-series that scarred a generation. Based on Stephen King's all-time classic of small town terror, welcome to Salem's Lot. Population two-thousand and thirteen, but falling fast!
Author Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to the town of Salem's Lot after 25 years to write about the Marsten House, an old mansion with a bad reputation that has haunted the writer since childhood. But the sleepy town of Ben's youth is beginning to change. There's an antiques store about to open, run by the mysterious Richard Straker (James Mason) and his unseen partner Mr. Barlow (Reggie Nalder), and they're living in the Marsten House. A series of deaths and disappearances leads Ben to believe that a vampire is feeding on the town. But how can he stop them, and will anyone believe him?
With a script by Paul Monash (producer of De Palma's Carrie, writer of Peyton Place and The Friends of Eddie Coyle) and a superb cast that includes Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard), Fred Willard (Best in Show), Geoffrey Lewis (Every Which Way But Loose) and Elisha Cook Jr. (The Killing), Tobe Hooper breathes vivid life and chilling un-death into the characters of King's novel. The children of the night await… in Salem's Lot.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATIONS of both the original two-part miniseries and the shorter theatrical cut distributed internationally
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATIONS OF BOTH CUTS
- Original lossless mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
- Collectors' perfect-bound booklet containing new writing on the film by critics Sean Abley, Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, and Richard Kadrey, plus select archival material including interviews with director Tobe Hooper, and stars Lance Kerwin and Julie Cobb
- Salem's Lot town sign sticker
- Double-sided foldout poster featuring two original artwork options
- Two viewing modes: Play as miniseries in two parts as per the original broadcast or as extended movie
- Brand new audio commentary by film critics Bill Ackerman and Amanda Reyes
- Archive audio commentary by director Tobe Hooper
- Alternate TV footage: commercial bumpers and original broadcast version of the antlers death
- Original shooting script gallery
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Chris Alexander
- King of the Vampires, a new interview with Stephen King biographer Douglas Winter
- Second Coming, a new appreciation by author and critic Grady Hendrix
- New England Nosferatu, a new interview with filmmaker Mick Garris
- Fear Lives Here, a new featurette looking at the locations of Salem's Lot today
- We Can All Be Heroes, a new featurette with film critic Heather Wixson, co-author of In Search of Darkness
- A Gold Standard for Small Screen Screams, a new featurette with film critics Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman, co-hosts of the podcast Horror Queers
- Trailer
- Image gallery
UK STREET DATE: MARCH 30.
The Birthday 4K Blu-ray
Unreleased for nearly twenty years, The Birthday has achieved near-mythic status among cult film enthusiasts. Shot on a single, meticulously designed location, Eugenio Mira's deliriously offbeat dark comedy offers a career-best turn from Corey Feldman (The Lost Boys), playing wildly against type.
Painfully awkward Norman Forrester (Feldman) chooses the opulent birthday party of his girlfriend Alison's (Erica Prior) wealthy father (Jack Taylor, Conan the Barbarian) as the perfect moment to propose. But between bizarre encounters with guests and unnervingly polite hotel staff, Norman stumbles into a nightmarish occult conspiracy that threatens not just his relationship but the fate of the world itself.
Rediscovered at last, The Birthday blends screwball comedy, cosmic horror and feverish style into an unforgettable cinematic experience. Restored from the original negative, Arrow Video is proud to present this one-of-a-kind descent into madness in the release it's always deserved.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION from the original negative
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by actor Corey Feldman and co-writer/director Eugenio Mira
- The Shape of a Miracle, a brand new interview with Mira, shot exclusively for this release
- Pathology, an in-depth breakdown of a scene from the film by Mira, featuring archival behind-the-scenes footage, storyboards and rushes
- 2024 Q&A with Feldman and Mira from the film's 20th anniversary screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas
- Original trailer
- 20th anniversary trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
- Collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Bryan Reesman
UK STREET DATE: MARCH 15.
Black Sunday
Throughout the 1970s, a wave of daring disaster movies gripped cinemagoers with their combination of bravura spectacle and "ripped from the headlines" plotlines. Among these, John Frankenheimer's (The Manchurian Candidate, Ronin) Black Sunday endures to this day as among the cream of the crop.
Robert Shaw (Jaws, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three) stars as Major Kabakov, an Israeli agent attempting to avert a terrorist atrocity on US soil. The weapon: a blimp laced with explosives and piloted by Michael Lander (Bruce Dern, Silent Running), a troubled Vietnam vet driven to strike back against the nation he believes has betrayed him. The target: the Orange Bowl stadium, Miami. What follows is a nail-biting race against time culminating in a spectacular aerial climax that will determine the fate of 80,000 spectators.
Adapted from the best-selling debut novel by Thomas Harris (The Silence of the Lambs) and featuring virtuoso performances by a cast headlined by Dern, Shaw and Marthe Keller (Marathon Man), Black Sunday is a nerve-shredding, best-in-class suspense thriller from a filmmaker at the top of his game.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High Definition presentation
- Original restored lossless mono audio, presented for the first time on Blu-ray
- Optional restored lossless 5.1 and 2.0 stereo audio options
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by film scholar Josh Nelson
- It Could Be Tomorrow, a visual essay by critic Sergio Angelini, exploring the film's adaptation and production, and its place within the pantheon of 70s terrorism thrillers
- The Directors: John Frankenheimer, an hour-long portrait of the director from 2003, including interviews with Frankenheimer, Kirk Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Roy Scheider, Rod Steiger and others
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
- Collectors' booklet featuring writing on the film by Barry Forshaw
Calvaire
In the early 21st century, as European art and horror films began to push the boundaries of extremity and endurance, Calvaire emerged as one of the standout entries. A shattering debut from Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz, Calvaire's ability to subvert genre and wrong-foot its audience marked the arrival of a major new talent.
Travelling cabaret singer Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) finds himself stranded when his van breaks down in a remote mountain region in France, but is rescued by local innkeeper Mr. Bartel (Jackie Berroyer) who offers to help Marc fix his van and give him shelter for the night. But Bartel is fragile and unstable, and Marc reminds him of his long lost wife. Soon, Bartel is refusing to let Marc leave. With his van sabotaged and no means of calling for help, Marc's ordeal is about to begin…
A terrifying, darkly comic tale that drew comparisons to Deliverance, Straw Dogs and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Calvaire is a gripping, utterly involving thriller that will put you through the wringer.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High Definition presentation
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround and lossless stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Archive audio commentary by director Fabrice Du Welz (2005)
- Archive audio commentary by Fabrice Du Welz and production designer Manu de Meulemeester (2023)
- Brand new audio commentary by film critics BJ and Harmony Colangelo
- Introduction by director Fabrice Du Welz
- 2005 and 2023 archive interviews with Fabrice Du Welz
- The Feminine Mystique of Calvaire, a brand new appreciation by film scholar Willow Catelyn Maclay
- Autour de Calvaire, an archive making-of featurette previously unreleased in English speaking territories
- Theatrical Grade version
- Storyboard-to-scene comparisons
- Casting tapes
- Production bible
- A Wonderful Love, a short film by Fabrice Du Welz
- Trailers
- Image galleries
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by John Pearson
- Collectors' booklet featuring new writing by film scholars Anton Bitel, Simon Hobbs, Cerise Howard, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
