Cult Epics Celebrates 35th Anniversary, Unveils New Releases
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Posted February 16, 2026 10:13 PM by Webmaster
This year, Cult Epics celebrates its 35th anniversary, and its owner, Nico B., has informed us that he is preparing several 4K Blu-ray premieres and additional Blu-ray releases. Among the upcoming releases are Umberto Lenzi's cult film Kriminal (1966), Tinto Brass's P.O. Box Tinto Brass (1996), and a box set with early Ornella Muti films.
Description: Nico B, founder of the legendary Cult Videotheek, started Cult Epics in 1991 in the Netherlands by demand. Cult Epics' first releases were The Exotic Dances of Bettie Page, Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer, Cannibal Holocaust, The Beast and Tokyo Decadence.
After relocating to the U.S. in 1998, Nico B. continued releasing arthouse, horror and erotic films in North America, while having a personal relationship with directors such as Walerian Borowczyk, Tinto Brass, Fernando Arrabal, Radley Metzger, Jorg Buttgereit, Abel Ferrara, Agusti Villaronga, Dutch filmmakers Rene Daalder, Pim de la Parra, and Nouchka van Brakel, among others, as well as cult icons such as Bunny Yeager, Bettie Page and Rozz Williams, who inspired his filmmaking.
Today, Cult Epics' catalog includes over 250 releases in definitive editions on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD.
UPCOMING 4K BLU-RAY RELEASES
February: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time with Tomoyo Harada by Nobuhiko Obayashi
March: The Key with Stefania Sandrelli by Tinto Brass
April: Girls with Anne Parillaud by Just Jaeckin
Late 2026: Kriminal by Umberto Lenzi
Late 2026: P.O. Box Tinto Brass
Late 2026: The Ornella Muti 1970s Collection featuring:
The Most Beautiful Wife
Summer Affair
First Love and Nest of Vipers
*4K Encoding: Fidelity in Motion & LSP Medien
UPCOMING BLU-RAY AND DVD RELEASES
May: VD by Wim Verstappen
June: Don't Play with Fire aka Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind by Tsui Hark
UPCOMING THEATRICAL RELEASES
Rozz Williams: Romeo's Distress by Nico B + Christian Death reunion, premieres at the United Theater on Broadway, Los Angeles April 18, 2026.
Since 2019, Cult Epics has also been publishing deluxe coffee-table books, such as Cult Epics: Comprehensive Guide to Cult Cinema (out of print), Christian Death: Only Theatre of Pain, Women of the Sun: Bunny Yeager in Mexico, Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol, and Tinto Brass: From the Avant-garde to Erotica, related to its releases and beyond.
Description: From Just Jaeckin (Emmanuelle), one of the most influential French directors of the last century, comes Girls, a 1980s coming-of-age cult classic featuring a young Anne Parillaud (Luc Besson's Nikita) and soundtrack by Eric Stewart (10cc).
Four teenage friends explore the busy disco clubs of their city, meeting and exchanging different 'boyfriends' while quickly evolving into young women, fully aware of their sex appeal.
Special Fetaures and Techncial Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
Description: Nico B, founder of the legendary Cult Videotheek, started Cult Epics in 1991 in the Netherlands by demand. Cult Epics' first releases were The Exotic Dances of Bettie Page, Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer, Cannibal Holocaust, The Beast and Tokyo Decadence.
After relocating to the U.S. in 1998, Nico B. continued releasing arthouse, horror and erotic films in North America, while having a personal relationship with directors such as Walerian Borowczyk, Tinto Brass, Fernando Arrabal, Radley Metzger, Jorg Buttgereit, Abel Ferrara, Agusti Villaronga, Dutch filmmakers Rene Daalder, Pim de la Parra, and Nouchka van Brakel, among others, as well as cult icons such as Bunny Yeager, Bettie Page and Rozz Williams, who inspired his filmmaking.
Today, Cult Epics' catalog includes over 250 releases in definitive editions on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD.
UPCOMING 4K BLU-RAY RELEASES
February: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time with Tomoyo Harada by Nobuhiko Obayashi
March: The Key with Stefania Sandrelli by Tinto Brass
April: Girls with Anne Parillaud by Just Jaeckin
Late 2026: Kriminal by Umberto Lenzi
Late 2026: P.O. Box Tinto Brass
Late 2026: The Ornella Muti 1970s Collection featuring:
The Most Beautiful Wife
Summer Affair
First Love and Nest of Vipers
*4K Encoding: Fidelity in Motion & LSP Medien
UPCOMING BLU-RAY AND DVD RELEASES
May: VD by Wim Verstappen
June: Don't Play with Fire aka Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind by Tsui Hark
UPCOMING THEATRICAL RELEASES
Rozz Williams: Romeo's Distress by Nico B + Christian Death reunion, premieres at the United Theater on Broadway, Los Angeles April 18, 2026.
Since 2019, Cult Epics has also been publishing deluxe coffee-table books, such as Cult Epics: Comprehensive Guide to Cult Cinema (out of print), Christian Death: Only Theatre of Pain, Women of the Sun: Bunny Yeager in Mexico, Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol, and Tinto Brass: From the Avant-garde to Erotica, related to its releases and beyond.
Description: From Just Jaeckin (Emmanuelle), one of the most influential French directors of the last century, comes Girls, a 1980s coming-of-age cult classic featuring a young Anne Parillaud (Luc Besson's Nikita) and soundtrack by Eric Stewart (10cc).
Four teenage friends explore the busy disco clubs of their city, meeting and exchanging different 'boyfriends' while quickly evolving into young women, fully aware of their sex appeal.
Special Fetaures and Techncial Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- NEW Audio Commentary by Jeremy Richey and Peter Verstraten
- In French, with English subtitles
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- NEW Audio Commentary by Jeremy Richey and Peter Verstraten
- NEW Interview with actress Isabelle Mejias (2025)
- NEWWho is Just Jaeckin - Essay by Jeremy Richey
- Last Interview with director Just Jaeckin (2022)
- Archival interview with Just Jaeckin, Anne Parrilaud, Zoé Chaveau, Charlotte Walior (TFI, 1982)
- Girls: The German Cut
- Trailers
- In French, with English subtitles
