Now then… in order to start catching you all up on recent release news, let’s start with Criterion.
The company has now announced their October Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD release slate, which is set to include: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) (Spine #898 – 4K UHD + Blu-ray) on 10/7, Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face (1960) (Spine #260 – 4K UHD + Blu-ray) on 10/14, Ken Russell’s Altered States (1980) (Spine #1284 – 4K UHD + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds (2024) (Blu-ray and DVD) and A History of Violence (2005) (Spine #1283 – 4K UHD + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 10/21, and Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley (2021) (Spine #1286 – 4K UHD + Blu-ray) and Arturo Ripstein’s Deep Crimson (1996) (Spine #1285 – 4K UHD + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 10/28!
That’s a tremendous slate of titles—you can read more on each of them and pre-order them here from Criterion. And here’s a sampling of the cover artwork (click to pre-order each on Amazon)…
Meanwhile, our friends at the Warner Archive Collection have announced their August slate, which is set to include Mike Hodges’ Get Carter (1971) in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, along with Norman Taurog’s That Midnight Kiss (1949), John Ford’s Seven Women (1966), Clarence Brown’s Intruder in the Dust (1949), Vincent Sherman’s The Hard Way (1943), and Hanna-Barbera’s The Huckleberry Hound Show: The Complete Series (1958-61) all on Blu-ray on 8/26! Here’s a look at Get Carter…
And just today, the good people over at Arrow Video have announced their October slate of titles, which is set to include the following:
In the UK only, look for Ron Jabbaz’s The Sadness (2021) on 4K Ultra HD on 20 October and Dan O’Bannon’s The Return of the Living Dead (1985) on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on 13 October.
In the UK and US, look for Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 (1981) on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on 10/28.
And in the UK, US, and Canada, look for Mark A.Z. Dippé’s Spawn (1997) in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on 10/7, Michael Dougherty’s Trick r Treat (2007) on Blu-ray on 10/28, the pan-Asian anthologies Three / Three… Extremes (2002) on Blu-ray on 10/21, and John Carpenter’s In the Mouth or Madness (1994) in 4K Ultra HD on 10/28.
Here’s a look at the cover art for all of those (pre-order them here in the UK and here in the US)…
And finally today, I promised you something special and I’ve definitely saved the best news for last: If you’re down at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend and you’re a fan of director Kevin Smith, you may want to attend his Hall H panel on Saturday night (from 7:15 to 8:45 PM). Why you may ask? Well, because I’m hearing that he’s going to talk about the long-awaited and forthcoming physical media release of his newly-remastered Dogma (1999) in 4K Ultra HD! “Snootch to the motherf***ing nootch!”
Rest assured, I’ll have more information for you all very soon!
All right, that’s it for today!
Be sure to check our social media on Saturday night for more Dogma details, and we’ll be back here with more announcement news, catch-up announcement news, and disc reviews on Monday.
Until then… peace out!
- Bill Hunt
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