New Cult Releases January 15th - February 1st

Here are all the releases that have come out between January 15th - February 1st

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Shout! Factory Releases

Follows Captain Alexi Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) who, at the height of the Cold War, is ordered to take over command of the nuclear missile submarine K-19, pride of the Soviet Navy. His assignment: Prepare the K-19 for sea and take her out on patrol -- no matter what the cost. But problems with the K-19 arise that may lead to a core meltdown and explosion that will certainly kill all aboard, and possibly trigger a nuclear war. Vostrikov must choose between his orders and the lives of his men.

With only a recreation center to distract them, most of the teenagers in the drab planned community of New Granada have turned to drugs and delinquency. Carl (Michael Kramer), the son of a town councilman, is an exception, but he can't seem to help falling in with a charismatic and troubled classmate, Richie (Matt Dillon). Soon after, a trigger-happy sheriff (Harry Northrup) shoots Richie, and sole witness Carl has to go on the run, eventually inciting a dramatic teenage riot.

  • Audio Commentary With Director Jonathan Kaplan, Producer George Litto, And Writers Tim Hunter & Charlie Haas

  • Audio Commentary With Actor Michael Kramer And Journalist Mike Sacks

  • Isolated Music And Effects Track

  • NEW “Watch Out For Children – Making Over The Edge” – An Interview With Director Jonathan Kaplan

  • NEW “Coming Of Age – Writing Over The Edge” – An Interview With Screenwriter Charlie Haas

  • NEW “My Father Told Me – Scoring Over The Edge” – An Interview With Jonathan Kaplan About His Father, Composer Sol Kaplan

  • “Wide Streets + Narrow Minds” A 7-Part Retrospective Documentary

  • “Destruction: Fun or Dumb?” – The Full Educational Video Excerpted Within The Film

  • German Theatrical Trailer

  • UK VHS Promo

  • TV Spots

Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) is an American rifleman who travels to the Australian outback to answer a help wanted ad calling for a sharpshooter. When Quigley meets his employer, Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman), he's appalled to discover the job involves killing Aboriginal Australians. The two men fight, and when Quigley is knocked out, Marston leaves him and a local crazy woman (Laura San Giacomo) to die in a remote part of the Outback. They're rescued, however, and plot their revenge.

Jack Torrance (Steven Weber) and his family (Rebecca De Mornay and Courtland Mead) move into the sprawling, vacant Overlook Hotel to get away from it all. Away from the alcoholism that derails Jack's writing career. Away from the violent outbursts that mar Jack's past. But Jack's young son Danny knows better. He possesses a psychic gift called the shining — a gift the hotel's vile spirits desperately want.

37,000 peasants perished in the Shimabara Revolt; among them, the leader of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. More than a decade later, Amakusa rises from the dead, hell-bent on revenge. Resurrecting a ghastly army of living dead master swordsmen by way of an occult art called "Makai Tensho" (demonic transmigration), he sets his sights on overthrowing the Shoganate. Standing in their way is legendary samurai Jubei Yagyu, who will have to fight the reincarnation of his own father before the fierce final confrontation with Shiro Amakusa himself!

Kunisada is on a violent and surreal road trip as he searches for those responsible for the death of his gang boss. But with a violent temper and mouthy demeanor, he's quick to find trouble with enemies and Yakuza allies alike! Can he track down those enemies and avenge his fallen master before he's taken out by his allies?

THE RING
This cinematic thrill ride will keep you on the edge of your seat, from the stunning opening to the astonishing conclusion! It begins as just another urban legend – the whispered tale of a nightmarish videotape that causes anyone who watches it to die seven days later. But when four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape, investigative reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive) tracks down the video ... and watches it. Now, the legend is coming true, the clock is ticking, and Rachel has just seven days to unravel the mystery of The Ring.

THE RING TWO - INCLUDES BOTH THEATRICAL & UNRATED CUTS
A terrifying legacy haunts a single mother in this sequel to the frightening box-office hit, The Ring. Hoping to leave their terrifying experiences in Seattle behind them, Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son, Aidan (David Dorfman, Zombie Roadkill), move to the small town of Astoria, Oregon. When Rachel learns of an unexplained murder which occurred after a teenager watched a strange videotape with his girlfriend, she suspects her past is following her.

RINGS
Discover the terrifying new chapter in the groundbreaking Ring franchise. When a radical college professor (Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory) finds the mysterious video rumored to kill viewers seven days after watching it, he enlists his students in a dangerous experiment to uncover the secrets behind the Samara legend. When the deadly video goes viral, they must figure out a way to break the curse and defeat Samara before her evil is unleashed upon the world. But how do you stop her when she's everywhere?

Bonus Features for UHD/Blu-ray

DISC ONE: THE RING (2002) (4K UHD):

  • NEW 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative Supervised And Approved By Gore Verbinski

  • In Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)

  • Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 

DISC TWO: THE RING (2002) (BLU-RAY):

  • NEW 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative Supervised And Approved By Gore Verbinski

  • Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 

  • NEW "Ghost Girl Gone Global"

  • “Don’t Watch This” – Collection Of Deleted Footage

  • Rings – Short Film That Uncovers The Terrifying And Secret Connection Between The Ring And Its Sequel

  • “The Origin Of Terror”

  • Cast And Crew Interviews

DISC THREE: THE RING TWO (2005) (4K UHD):

  • NEW Theatrical Version – 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative

  • In Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)

  • Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 

  • NEW Audio Commentary With Film Critics Emily Higgins And Billy Dunham 

DISC FOUR: THE RING TWO (2005) (BLU-RAY):

  • Unrated Version Of The Film

  • Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0

  • NEW Audio Commentary With Film Critics Emily Higgins And Billy Dunham (Theatrical Version Only)

  • Rings – Short Film That Uncovers The Terrifying And Secret Connection Between The Ring And Its Sequel

  • Deleted Scenes

  • “Fear Of Film: Special Effects”

  • “Faces Of Fear: The Phenomenon”

  • “Samara: From Eye Of Icon”

  • “The Power Of Symbols”

  • The Making Of The Ring Two

DISC FIVE: RINGS (2017) (4K UHD):

  • NEW 4K Master

  • In Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)

  • Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 & 2.0

DISC SIX: RINGS (2017) (BLU-RAY):

  • NEW 4K Master

  • Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 & 2.0

  • Deleted/Extended Scenes

  • “Terror Comes Full Circle”

  • “Resurrecting The Dead: Bringing Samara Back”

  • “Scary Scenes”

Vinegar Syndrome Releases

Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them.

  • 3-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray x2

  • The 84-minute Theatrical Version is available on both the UHD and Blu-ray discs

  • The 89-minute Preview Version with multiple soundtrack options is included on a Blu-ray disc

  • Commentary track for the Theatrical Version with film historian Matthew Asprey Gear

  • "Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV" (48 min) - a brand new documentary by Elijah Drenner featuring interviews with Jeffrey Bass, co-star Michael Murphy, screenwriter Mayo Simon, archivist Sean Savage and design historian/Saul Bass biographer Pat Kirkham

  • "Formicidae Sinfonia: The Music and Sounds of Phase IV" (15 min) - a brand new featurette with composer Brian Gascoigne and electronic music artist David Vorhaus

  • Deleted shots and sequences (2 min)

Night Of The Skull

After the unexpected death of a rich relative, the reading of his will brings a motley crew of greedy family members (including William Berger, Lina Romay and Evelyne Scott) to a mansion by the sea to collect. Night of the SkullDirected by Jesús Franco.

Violent Blood Bath

A magistrate judge and his young beautiful wife are on holiday at a sea-side resort where mysteriously some of the guests and locals are being brutally murdered in the same fashion as several killers the judge had previously sentenced to death.

The Fish With The Eyes Of Gold

Wal Davis takes turn as detective after a series of brutal murders rock a small town. He even wakes up next to the bloody corpse of the girl he spent the night with.

  • Presented in their original Spanish mono soundtracks with newly translated English subtitles as well as an English mono dub soundtrack for VIOLENT BLOOD BATH

  • An interview with actor Antonio Mayans for NIGHT OF THE SKULL (13 min)

  • An interview with Sitges Festival director Ángel Sala for NIGHT OF THE SKULL (10 min)

  • An interview with Carlos Grau, son of director Jorge Grau for VIOLENT BLOOD BATH (20 min)

  • An interview with actor José Lifante for VIOLENT BLOOD BATH (11 min)

  • An interview with Sitges Festival director Ángel Sala for VIOLENT BLOOD BATH (10 min)

  • An interview with Sitges Festival director Ángel Sala for THE FISH WITH THE EYES OF GOLD (14 min)

  • 5 Spanish Giallo Recommendations by Ángel Sala

  • Newly translated English subtitles

Five beautiful showgirls are trapped by a storm and find refuge in a creepy old castle. The owner of the castle, a strange nobleman, has a secret laboratory in the basement and has his own plans for the girls.

  • Presented in its original Italian language mono soundtrack with newly translated English subtitles as well as an English dub mono soundtrack

  • "Striptease Gothic" (26 min) - a conversation with Mark Thompson Ashworth

  • Alternate “The Playgirls and the Vampire” opening title sequence

  • Alternate “Curse of the Vampire” opening title

  • Alternate “Des filles pour un vampire” French title sequence

  • Newly translated English subtitles

A martial arts expert flees to New York after carrying out a violent vendetta against his parents' murderers. Sixteen years later, the man must repay a debt of honour to the people who he has wronged.

  • Presented in its original Cantonese language 5.1 surround soundtrack with newly translated English subtitles, an English language dub 2.0 stereo soundtrack and a Mandarin language dub 2.0 stereo soundtrack

  • Brand new commentary track with film historian Frank Djeng

  • "A Blood Sword in the Road: A Man Called Hero’s Place in Hong Kong Cinema’s Action Movie Landscape" (17 min) - a video essay by Justin Decloux of The Important Cinema Club

  • Newly translated English subtitles

After a cardsharp is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging. Who will be killed next and who is responsible? Is it one of the original party seeking to cover their accursed deed, or perhaps the mysterious Rev Jonathan Rudd, who has recently arrived in town?

  • Commentary track with author and film historian Brian Hannan

  • "Jack of All Trades" (21 min) - film critic Walter Chaw on the films of Henry Hathaway

  • "A Woman of True Grit" (14 min) - Lizzie Francke on screenwriter Marguerite Roberts’ legacy

  • English SDH subtitles

When Tony, a successful businessman, receives a call informing him that he has inherited his late aunt's vast estate, he uproots himself and his wife, Annie, from New York to Mexico City. While adjusting to and exploring their new gothic home, Tony and Annie come upon a mysterious clown doll. Although merely unnerved by the doll’s strange appearance at first, Annie soon becomes concerned as it begins turning up out of nowhere in every corner of the house. When a series of fatal 'accidents’ occur on or near the couple’s property, with the doll always at the scene, Tony and Annie come to the terrifying realization that a sinister force has possessed it, and begin a race against time to figure out how to bring the carnage to an end!

  • Newly transferred and restored from the best quality archival tape master

  • Commentary track with film critic & historian Hugo Lara

  • "Memorias diabólicas: The Mexican Chucky" (11 min) - an interview with actor Roberto Guinar

  • Newly translated English subtitles

Arrow Films Releases

Duane Bradley seems like a pretty ordinary guy. His formerly conjoined twin Belial, on the other hand, is a deformed creature who lives in a wicker basket. Arriving in the Big Apple and taking up a room at a seedy hotel, the pair set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation.

  • Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin VanHentenryck

  • Archival audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar Ievins, actor Beverly Bonner and filmmaker Scooter McRae

  • Basket Case 3-1/2: An Interview with Duane Bradley - short film by Frank Henenlotter

  • Me and the Bradley Boys - interview with actor Kevin VanHentenryck

  • A Brief Interview with Director Frank Henenlotter - a strange 2017 interview with the director

  • Seeing Double: The Basket Case Twins - interview with actors Florence and Maryellen Schultz

  • Blood, Basket and Beyond - interview with actor Beverly Bonner

  • The Latvian Connection - featurette including interviews with producer Edgar Ievins, casting person/actor Ilze Balodis, associate producer/special effects artist Ugis Nigals and Belial performer Kika Nigals

  • Belial Goes to the Drive-In - interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs

  • Basket Case at MoMA - footage from the 2017 restoration premiere

  • What's in the Basket? - feature-length documentary covering the three films in the Basket Case series

  • In Search of the Hotel Broslin - archival location featurette

  • The Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and 'Freaks' in Cinema - video essay by Travis Crawford

  • Slash of the Knife (1976, 30 mins) - short made by Frank Henenlotter featuring many of the same actors from Basket Case, including optional audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter and playwright Mike Bencivenga

  • Basket Case and Slash of the Knife outtakes

  • Belial's Dream (2017, 5 mins) - animated short by filmmaker Robert Morgan

  • Collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Michael Gingold and a Basket Case comic strip by artist Martin Trafford

When veteran bounty hunter Morg Hickman (Henry Fonda, My Darling Clementine) rolls into town, he finds the population paralyzed by fear. The local sheriff has been killed, leaving the inexperienced Ben Owens (Anthony Perkins, Psycho) to fill the void with the hope of securing a permanent position. Morg discovers that the newly appointed young sheriff is having difficulty facing the provocations of a notorious bully, Bart Bogardus (Neville Brand, Riot in Cell Block 11). Morg, a former sheriff, takes it upon himself to teach Owens how to assert himself and maintain order.

  • Original lossless mono audio, and optional 2.0 stereo and 5.1 surround audio

  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on all films

  • Brand new audio commentary by film historian Toby Roan

  • Apprenticing a Master - a brand new appreciation of the film by author and critic Neil Sinyard

  • Beyond the Score - a brand new interview with Peter Bernstein, son of Elmer Bernstein, on his father's timeless musical mastery

Chicago, 1929. Al Capone's ruthless gang of thugs are dealing in bootleg booze in blatant defiance of Prohibition laws, and paying off corrupt cops and crooked politicians to stay out of their way. That is, until Federal Investigator Eliot Ness is tasked with bringing down Capone's criminal empire. To aid him in this task, he assembles a crack team of men he is sure will be incorruptible, to identify and sabotage the Capone gang's distilleries. But when Capone, Scarface himself, gets wind that his operation is under threat, he decides to take matters into his own hands.

  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation

  • Original uncompressed dual mono 2.0 audio

  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

  • Gang Busters, a brand new video essay on the film and the career of director Phil Karlson by film critic David Cairns

  • Philip Kemp on The Scarface Mob, a brand new video essay on the career of Eliot Ness and his depictions on film, including The Scarface Mob, by film critic Philip Kemp

American Genre Film Archive Releases

THE ROCK-AFIRE EXPLOSION is the true story behind one of the strangest pop culture phenomenons of the 1980s. Before being mysteriously replaced by Chuck-E-Cheese, the ShowBiz Pizza chain (and its animatronic rock band, the Rock-Afire Explosion) took the U.S. by storm and eventually inspired the hit video game FIVE NIGHT'S AT FREDDY'S. This documentary chronicles the rise and fall of ShowBiz Pizza, the Rock-Afire Explosion, and the obsessive fans who have kept the dream alive.

• Preservation from the original digital master
• Commentary with filmmakers Brett Whitcomb and Bradford Thomason
• Outtakes
• Vintage Creative Engineering promo video
• Vintage "Tune Machine" skit
• Vintage "Willy Rabbit" news broadcast
• Vintage “Pizza Party” promo video
• Vintage “Uncle Klunk” promo video
• Original home video trailer

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