Among the films that will be included are Erik Blomberg’s The White Reindeer (1952), John Llewellyn Moxey’s The City of the Dead (1960), Yoshihiro Ishikawa’s Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968), John Newland’s Who Fears the Devil (1972), Don Sharp’s Psychomania (1973), Leonardo Favio’s Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975), Mike de Leon’s The Rites of May (1976), Kim Ki-young’s Io Island (1977), Juraj Herz’s Beauty and the Beast (1978), Juraj Herz’s The Ninth Heart (1979), Sisworo Gautama Putra’s Sundelbolong (1981), Will Aaron’s From the Old Earth (1981), Jean-Pierre Mocky’s Litan (1982), Pedro Olea’s Akelarre (1984), Carter Lord’s The Enchanted (1984), Jamil Dehlavi’s Born of Fire (1987), Nonzee Nimibautr’s Nang Nak (1999), Christiane Cegavske’s Blood Tea and Red String (2006), Marcin Wrona’s Demon (2015), Rainer Sarnet’s November (2017), Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s Edge of the Knife (2018), Shahad Ameen’s Scales (2019), Sean Hogan’s To Fire You Come at Last (2023), and David Gregory’s Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic (2024). And if I misspelled any of those, my apologies!
That’s a pretty extraordinary list of unique international films that I would wager most people haven’t seen. Tip of the hat to Severin for what looks like a great release. Here’s what it looks like (clicking on the image will take you directly to Severin's online store)…
Also today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just set The Crown: Season 6 for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 9/17. A Complete Series Collector’s Box Set will also be available on Blu-ray on 10/15. Extras on Season 6 will include a trio of featurettes (A Family Saga, Royal Weddings, and A Lasting Legacy).
Shout! Studios and Scream Factory will release Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers (2008) on 4K Ultra HD on 9/10.
Per retail sources, Paramount will release Reacher: Season 2 on 4K Ultra HD on 9/17. The Blu-ray and DVD SKUs are already announced to street that day.
Here’s something interesting: It appears that European retailers are starting to hint that Michael Curtiz’s White Christmas (1954) is coming to 4K Ultra HD in time for the holidays. However, it’s important to keep in mind that this is a Paramount title and we don’t know if it might be impacted by the recent cuts in Home Entertainment at the studio.
Here’s something else that’s interesting for TV fans: Universal’s own website suggests that the early aughts NBC TV drama Las Vegas: The Complete Series (2003-2008) is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on 10/8. However, the retail listings I can find thus far only suggest DVD.
Crunchyroll will release Gorō Taniguchi’s One Piece Film: Red (2022) on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook on 11/5.
Film Movement is about to release new 4K restorations of Lee Chang-dong films to Digital platforms, including Green Fish (1996), Peppermint Candy (1999), Oasis (2002), and Poetry (2010).
And for you music fans, Mercury Studios will release Def Leppard: One Night Only Live at the Leadmill Sheffield – May 19, 2023 on CD, DVD + CD, Blu-ray + CD, and 2-disc LP on 10/11.
Finally today, the Criterion November slate of 4K Ultra HD titles (and the CC40 Blu-ray box set) are finally starting to become live for pre-order on Amazon.com, so here’s the cover artwork for those again (plus a few other titles, all with the relevant pre-order links)...
That’s all for now. Have a great weekend everyone!
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