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High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
Optional English subtitles
Brand new audio commentary with co-writer/directors Timothée Hochet & Lucas Pastor, recorded exclusively for Arrow Video in 2025
Eight never-before-seen deleted scenes with optional commentary by co-writer/directors Timothée Hochet & Lucas Pastor
Original trailer
Arrow Video trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Beth Morris
Collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Sean Hogan and Jennie Kermode

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray™ presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Theatrical and Extended Cuts
Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Archival audio commentary by director James Mangold
Archival audio commentary by screenwriter Michael Cooney
I Met a Man That Wasn’t There, a brand new interview with actor Pruitt Taylor Vince
Producing Identity, a brand new interview with producer Cathy Konrad
On The Set, an archival behind the scenes featurette
Deleted scenes
Storyboard comparisons
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of original artwork
Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Andrew Cardno and original production notes

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork
Collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Miloš Forman expert Andreas Halskov, an archival essay by screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and an archival Forman interview conducted by director Adam Davidson

DISC 1 – FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD)
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original lossless stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio option
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Archival audio commentary with cast members Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton
Archival audio commentary with screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
DISC 2 – SPECIAL FEATURES (BLU-RAY)
Hail Larry, a brand new interview with lead actor Woody Harrelson
Satire in Satin, a brand new interview with Columbia Pictures’ ex-production president Lisa Henson and producer Janet Yang
Only in America, a brand new interview with screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
À la lumière de l’évidence, an archival interview with cinematographer Philippe Rousselot
Miloš Forman on The Charlie Rose Show, a 1997 interview with the director
Free Speech or Porn?, an archival featurette about the making of the film
Larry Flynt Exposed, an archival featurette narrated by Dennis Hopper
Deleted Scenes with optional audio commentary by Woody Harrelson and Larry Karaszewski
Theatrical trailer
TV spots
Image galleries, including the original script

domino harvey wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:22 amKiller Party (William Fruet 1986)
Sorority sisters and frat brothers decide to throw their April Fools Day shindig in an abandoned house where a former pledge died twenty years earlier, and, well, you may have already guessed how that will work out for them in this slasher that nevertheless prides itself on faking-out the audience regardless. To start with, the film opens with two head-fakes (which is two too many). And then it seems like the film has arrived on a comparatively novel idea

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in that it appears that the nice girl who is being set up as our Final Girl is actually the killer,

which is a fun riff on the conventions of these movies; but then, while that turns out to be technically accurate, the film decides to complicate it by

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making her demon-possessed, with the film then turning into one of those bad post-Exorcist horror movies.

The weirdness and uneasy jigsaw construction of several different ideas is no doubt down to this being one of the slashers with a big studio backing it, MGM. It’s not hard to see a dozen different executives contributing notes that actually got used, to the film’s detriment. I will say that it takes a certain kind of perversity and/or cluelessness to go almost the entire film barely killing anyone and then offing everyone one right after another in a five minute span with no suspense even attempted. This is a royal mess, but a memorable one, for whatever that’s worth.

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The cover is a spoiler…

swo17 wrote: Fri May 29, 2026 4:03 pm The Mangold/Liotta film I'd like someone to put out is Cop Land

Swift wrote:Hmm, I've long considered this movie to be the worst I've ever watched in a cinema, but oddly the Letterboxd reviews range from average to positive. Looks like I may have to revisit this at some point. If it turns out this isn't the worst, then FearDotCom may take that crown.

In 1986, a chance encounter between producer Tsui Hark and director John Woo led both men to collaborate on the revolutionary A Better Tomorrow, an unexpected smash hit that spawned sequels, remakes and legions of imitators, gave birth to a new genre - the "heroic bloodshed" film - and firmly established Woo as a master of action cinema. In the first film, money-launderer Ho (Ti Lung) keeps his criminal endeavours a secret from his younger brother, police officer Kit (Leslie Cheung); but when Ho and his loyal friend Mark (Chow Yun-Fat in an effortlessly cool breakthrough performance) turn the tables on their triad boss, the brothers must put aside their differences to defeat the gang once and for all. Woo and his cast return for the sequel, in which the brothers unite to bring down another gang and save Ho's former mentor from droves of hitmen, presented in its original theatrical cut and the recently unearthed workprint cut. Finally, Tsui's prequel A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon focuses on Mark's past during the final days of the Vietnam War, laying the foundations of the gangster he will become.


Special Features

Booklet, Commentary: 'A Better Tomorrow'/'A Better Tomorrow II' theatrical cut: Frank Djeng and FJ DeSanto (Hong Kong cinema experts); James Mudge (film critic); 'A Better Tomorrow III' theatrical cut: David West (film critic), Deleted Scenes, Image Gallery, Interviews: John Woo (director); Terence Chang (producer); Chan Hing-Ka and Gordon Chan (writers); Gareth Evans (film-maker); Grady Hendrix (author); Kenneth Tsang (actor); Waise Lee (actor); Ti Lung (actor); Frank Djeng (Hong Kong cinema expert); Tsui Hark (director); Jason Lam Kee-To and Lau Tai-Muk (writers); Aurélie Basha i Novosejt (historian), Isloated Score, Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork for each film by Tony Stella; Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella; 'A Better Tomorrow': Introduction to the film by John Woo, filmed at Beyond Fest at the American Cinematheque in 2025; Alternate English credits; 'A Better Tomorrow II': Theatrical cut and extended workprint cut (viewable either in raw unrestored form or with inserts from the restored Theatrical Cut, via seamless branching) included; Fantasia Festival 2022 Artist Talk and Q&A with John Woo; Alternate English credits; 'A Better Tomorrow III': theatrical cut and extended Taiwanese preview cut included; Alternate English credits, Trailers

One of the all-time greats of science-fiction cinema, Forbidden Planet elevated the genre to a whole new level, transposing Shakespeare's The Tempest into deepest space and breaking new ground with its iconic designs, elaborate sets, and pioneering electronic score. In the 23rd century, a United Planets starship is dispatched to the distant planet of Altair IV to determine the fate of an earlier expedition. Warned not to land, Commander John Adams (Leslie Nielsen) does so anyway and discovers Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaira (Anne Francis), and a robot named Robby; the only survivors of the former crew, all of whom perished at the hands of an unseen force that also destroyed their ship. Now that unseen force is moving again, but what is it? Where does it come from? And how is it connected to the long dead civilization that once inhabited Altair IV?


Special Features

Booklet, Commentary: Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw (film historians), Deleted Scenes, Documentaries: 'Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-FiIcon'; 'Amazing!: Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet'; 'Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us'; 'Unearthly Aura', Image Gallery, Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options; Double-sided fold-out poster; Original shooting script; Two excerpts from MGM Parade; 'Robot Client': An episode of 'The Thin Man' featuring Robby the Robot; 'The Invisible Boy': Bonus movie featuring Robby the Robot; Lost footage, Trailers

A BUSINESS ON THE LINE. A FRIENDSHIP ON THE EDGE. A WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. In 1974 Robert Towne wrote Chinatown, the film that redefined film noir for a new generation with its peerless portrayal of corruption in pre-war Los Angeles. Fourteen years later, he returned to the genre as writer and director with Tequila Sunrise, bringing a distinctly 80s flair to this Casablanca-inspired neo-noir. Dale McKussic (Mel Gibson) and Nick Frescia (Kurt Russell) are two close friends separated by a legal divide. While Dale is a former drug dealer trying to shake the shackles of his past, Nick is a detective investigating a Mexican kingpin smuggling cocaine. Their contrasting loyalties are brought to a head through a shared romantic interest in restaurateur JoAnn (Michelle Pfeiffer) - an attraction that unknowingly drives their friendship toward insurmountable strain. See Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Mel Gibson light up the screen at the peak of their powers, all set against the pristine warmth of the Californian sun and masterfully shot by Conrad Hall (American Beauty).


Special Features

Booklet, Commentary: Thom Mount, Documentaries: 'From Chinatown to Manhattan Beach', Image Gallery, Interviews: Thom Mount (producer); Robert Roda (2nd AD); Lala Sloatman (actor), Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options, Trailers

From the mind of horror legend Clive Barker, director of Hellraiser and Nightbreed, comes Underworld, a chilling exploration of human transformation and the price of ambition. Beneath the city lies a secret world inhabited by mutants addicted to a terrifying new drug created by the mysterious Dr Savary (Denholm Elliott). Their only hope of salvation lies in Nicole (Nicola Cowper), forced to work in a high-class brothel by Savary but, for reasons unknown, unaffected by the drug's mutations. When the mutants kidnap Nicole, private investigator Roy Bain (Larry Lamb) is hired by the brothel's owner (Steven Berkoff) to bring her home. But, as he descends deeper into the subterranean labyrinth, what starts as a rescue mission soon spirals into a frantic battle for survival. Blending noir sensibilities with extreme body horror, this atmospheric thriller - released in the US as Transmutations - offers an intriguing glimpse into Barker's early cinematic explorations of transformation and the grotesque.


Special Features

Booklet, Commentary: George Pavlou (director) moderated by Stephen Thrower (author), Image Gallery, Interviews: Syd Macartney (director of photography); Brian Croucher (actor); Nicholas Vince (long-term Clive Barker collaborator), Theatrical cut (92 min.) and extended cut (103 min.) included; Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Heather Vaughan; Makeup tests and Clive Barker designs; Storyboards, Trailers

Most famous for his role as the stoic Ogami Itto in the legendary Lone Wolf and Cub series, Tomisaburo Wakayama shows a different side in the ebullient martial arts comedy series Wicked Priest, where a devout man of the cloth doesn't let a little thing like his vows keep him away from women, booze and brawls! Wakayama plays Shinkai, a Buddhist monk with a penchant for drinking and gambling, setting sinners straight with judo throws rather than sermons. In the first film, he's placed on probation for fighting off a gang of thugs, but when he hears of rogue priests in his order consorting with yakuza, he returns to punch them towards enlightenment. The first sequel sees Shinkai run afoul of local mobsters who then hire his nemesis, the Zatoichi-inspired fighting monk Ryotatsu (Bunta Sugawara, Battles Without Honor and Humanity), hellbent on revenge against Shinkai for blinding him. In the third film, Shinkai joins the fight to defend a coastal village against pirate revolutionaries, whilst still finding the time for bawdy misadventures and fighting off the tenacious Ryotatsu. Shinkai returns to his snowy hometown for his mother's memorial in the fourth film and is shocked to discover his childhood friend has become a ruthless yakuza, and must encourage the local community to fight back against his gang. Finally, Shinkai must face off against the vengeful Ryotatsu one last time in the series' thrilling concluding installment. Wakayama shines as the rascally Shinkai whose roguish ways attract the ire of his superiors before they're won over by his righteousness and affinity for roundhouse-kicking ruffians. A thrilling blend of raunchy humor and explosive karate fights, the Wicked Priest series is the nirvana of Japanese 60s action comedy!


Special Features

Booklet, Documentaries: 'Priest Or Monk', Interviews: Patrick Macias and Matt Alt (Japanese cinema experts); James Mudge (Asian cinema expert), Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon; 'Taisho Troubles': Video essay by Jonathan Clements (Japanese cinema expert); 'Composing the Gospel': Video essay by James Balmont (music supervisor/Japanese cinema expert), Trailers