Folks, you know me: I don't trouble the readership with the usual riffraff.
If I post something, then I'm giving you the SciFiHistory.Net guarantee that you definitely need to know about it. And when it comes to promoting forthcoming home video releases, I'm trying to do more of it in this space especially when it comes to slates that dabble in the realms of the Fantastic that we take so seriously around these parts ... namely Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Film Noir, Thrillers, and the occasional Western. In that respect, I'm aiming to do my part to keep you up-to-speed with practical releases; and I've just received notice for some fabulous titles coming down the pike from the good folks at Kino Lorber, a personal and longtime favorite of mine.
Just take a gander at some of the goodness that'll be 'streeting' in August, 2024 from their catalogue; and I'd find it hard -- very hard -- for you to not find notice something of interest. It's one of the best listings from them that I've seen in quite some time; and -- with my excitement boiling over -- I wanted to get up a post post-haste on the MainPage.
Read it and weep, my friends ... with tears of joy!
If I post something, then I'm giving you the SciFiHistory.Net guarantee that you definitely need to know about it. And when it comes to promoting forthcoming home video releases, I'm trying to do more of it in this space especially when it comes to slates that dabble in the realms of the Fantastic that we take so seriously around these parts ... namely Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Film Noir, Thrillers, and the occasional Western. In that respect, I'm aiming to do my part to keep you up-to-speed with practical releases; and I've just received notice for some fabulous titles coming down the pike from the good folks at Kino Lorber, a personal and longtime favorite of mine.
Just take a gander at some of the goodness that'll be 'streeting' in August, 2024 from their catalogue; and I'd find it hard -- very hard -- for you to not find notice something of interest. It's one of the best listings from them that I've seen in quite some time; and -- with my excitement boiling over -- I wanted to get up a post post-haste on the MainPage.
Read it and weep, my friends ... with tears of joy!
BOB LE FLAMBEUR (4KUHD) (4K UHD)
Directed by : Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast : Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble, Gérard Buhr, Claude Cerval
Available Date : 08/13/2024
Release Year : 1956
Running Time : 98
UPC : 738329267407
Country : France
Language: French with optional English subtitles
Genre : Thriller, Film Noir, Crime, World Cinema, 4K UHD DISC
From Jean-Pierre Melville, the legendary director of Le Doulos, Le Samouraï, Army of Shadows and Un Flic, comes this classic heist film noir, in the tradition of Rififi. Suffused with wry humor, Bob Le Flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler (Roger Duchesne) navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen and naïve associates while plotting one last score—the heist of the Deauville casino. This underworld comedy of manners possesses all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize. Boasting a beautifully written screenplay by Melville and Auguste Le Breton (Razzia Sur la Chnouf) and stunning black-and-white cinematography by Henri Decaë (The 400 Blows, Purple Noon).
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Directed by : Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast : Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble, Gérard Buhr, Claude Cerval
Available Date : 08/13/2024
Release Year : 1956
Running Time : 98
UPC : 738329267407
Country : France
Language: French with optional English subtitles
Genre : Thriller, Film Noir, Crime, World Cinema, 4K UHD DISC
From Jean-Pierre Melville, the legendary director of Le Doulos, Le Samouraï, Army of Shadows and Un Flic, comes this classic heist film noir, in the tradition of Rififi. Suffused with wry humor, Bob Le Flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler (Roger Duchesne) navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen and naïve associates while plotting one last score—the heist of the Deauville casino. This underworld comedy of manners possesses all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize. Boasting a beautifully written screenplay by Melville and Auguste Le Breton (Razzia Sur la Chnouf) and stunning black-and-white cinematography by Henri Decaë (The 400 Blows, Purple Noon).
Product Extras :
- UHD SDR Master by StudioCanal – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton
- Diary of a Villain: Documentary by Dominique Maillet (25:45)
- Theatrical Trailer
- In French with Optional English Subtitles
LE DOULOS (4KUHD) (4K UHD)
Directed by : Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast : Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Michel Piccoli, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Fabienne Dali, Monique Hennessy
Available Date : 08/13/2024
Release Year : 62
Running Time : 108
UPC : 738329267414
Country : France
Language: French with optional English subtitles
Genre : Thriller, Film Noir, Crime, Action, World Cinema, 4K UHD DISC
From Jean-Pierre Melville, the legendary director of Bob Le Flambeur, Le Deuxième Souffle, Le Cercle Rouge and Un Flic, comes this highly influential film noir classic. The backstabbing criminals in the shadowy underworld of Le Doulos have only one guiding principle: “Lie or die.” A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo (Classe Tous Risques) stars as enigmatic gangster Silien, who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani, Army of Shadows), just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisty, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust? Shot and edited with Melville’s trademark cool and featuring masterfully stylized dialogue and performances, Le Doulos (slang for an informant) is one of the filmmaker’s most gripping crime films. Co-starring Jean Desailly (Un Flic) and Michel Piccoli (Max and the Junkmen), written by Melville, from the best-selling novel by Pierre Lesou (The Cop) and beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by Nicolas Hayer (Le Corbeau).
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Directed by : Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast : Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Michel Piccoli, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Fabienne Dali, Monique Hennessy
Available Date : 08/13/2024
Release Year : 62
Running Time : 108
UPC : 738329267414
Country : France
Language: French with optional English subtitles
Genre : Thriller, Film Noir, Crime, Action, World Cinema, 4K UHD DISC
From Jean-Pierre Melville, the legendary director of Bob Le Flambeur, Le Deuxième Souffle, Le Cercle Rouge and Un Flic, comes this highly influential film noir classic. The backstabbing criminals in the shadowy underworld of Le Doulos have only one guiding principle: “Lie or die.” A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo (Classe Tous Risques) stars as enigmatic gangster Silien, who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani, Army of Shadows), just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisty, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust? Shot and edited with Melville’s trademark cool and featuring masterfully stylized dialogue and performances, Le Doulos (slang for an informant) is one of the filmmaker’s most gripping crime films. Co-starring Jean Desailly (Un Flic) and Michel Piccoli (Max and the Junkmen), written by Melville, from the best-selling novel by Pierre Lesou (The Cop) and beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by Nicolas Hayer (Le Corbeau).
Product Extras :
- UHD SDR Master by StudioCanal – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan
- Melville - The Demon Within Him: Interview with First Assistant Director Volker Schlöndorff (29:34)
- Birth of the Detective Story Melville Style: Documentary (32:46)
- Theatrical Trailer
- In French with Optional English Subtitles
99 RIVER STREET (SPECIAL EDITION) (BLU-RAY)
Directed by : Phil Karlson
Cast : John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Peggy Castle, Jay Adler, Frank Faylen, Jack Lambert
Available Date : 08/13/2024
Release Year : 1953
Running Time : 83
UPC : 738329267421
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Film Noir, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
In this classic film noir, a down-on-his-luck former boxing contender (John Payne, Larceny, The Boss), turned cab driver has to hide from the police when he’s accused of murdering his badgering wife when her lifeless body turns up in the back of his cab. On the run and out of time, he needs to bring the real killer to justice before the cops and the thugs responsible for the set-up get their hands on him. Top-notch direction by the great Phil Karlson (Kansas City Confidential, The Phoenix City Story) and featuring a great cast that includes Evelyn Keyes (Iron Man), Brad Dexter (Run Silent, Run Deep), Frank Faylen (The Looters), Peggie Castle (Back from the Dead) and Jay Adler (The Killing).
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Directed by : Phil Karlson
Cast : John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Peggy Castle, Jay Adler, Frank Faylen, Jack Lambert
Available Date : 08/13/2024
Release Year : 1953
Running Time : 83
UPC : 738329267421
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Film Noir, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
In this classic film noir, a down-on-his-luck former boxing contender (John Payne, Larceny, The Boss), turned cab driver has to hide from the police when he’s accused of murdering his badgering wife when her lifeless body turns up in the back of his cab. On the run and out of time, he needs to bring the real killer to justice before the cops and the thugs responsible for the set-up get their hands on him. Top-notch direction by the great Phil Karlson (Kansas City Confidential, The Phoenix City Story) and featuring a great cast that includes Evelyn Keyes (Iron Man), Brad Dexter (Run Silent, Run Deep), Frank Faylen (The Looters), Peggie Castle (Back from the Dead) and Jay Adler (The Killing).
Product Extras :
- 2016 HD Master by Kino Lorber – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm Fine Grain
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Host of TCM's Noir Alley Eddie Muller
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English Subtitles
THE FOOD OF THE GODS (SPECIAL EDITION) (BLU-RAY)
Directed by : Bert I. Gordon
Cast : Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino, Jon Cypher, John McLiam, Belinda Balaski
Available Date : 08/20/2024
Release Year : 1976
Running Time : 88
UPC : 738329267469
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Adventure
Get ready for a taste of HELL! B-movie maestro Bert I. Gordon (Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants)—the godfather of the “gigantic creature” genre—delivers the biggest Midnight Movie of all with this spine-tingling tale of ecology gone berserk. Based on H.G. Wells’ classic tale of sci-fi terror, The Food of the Gods predicts a future where animals are suddenly at the top of the food chain…and eager to get their fill! On a remote island, a mysterious substance is oozing from the ground. A farmer sees that it acts as a growth hormone and thinks his fortune is made. But when rats, chickens, worms and wasps begin sampling the potent substance, they morph into bloodthirsty giants! Now, it’s up to the island’s few residents and visitors (including Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher and Ida Lupino) to destroy “the food of the gods”…before the animals take over for good!
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Directed by : Bert I. Gordon
Cast : Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino, Jon Cypher, John McLiam, Belinda Balaski
Available Date : 08/20/2024
Release Year : 1976
Running Time : 88
UPC : 738329267469
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Adventure
Get ready for a taste of HELL! B-movie maestro Bert I. Gordon (Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants)—the godfather of the “gigantic creature” genre—delivers the biggest Midnight Movie of all with this spine-tingling tale of ecology gone berserk. Based on H.G. Wells’ classic tale of sci-fi terror, The Food of the Gods predicts a future where animals are suddenly at the top of the food chain…and eager to get their fill! On a remote island, a mysterious substance is oozing from the ground. A farmer sees that it acts as a growth hormone and thinks his fortune is made. But when rats, chickens, worms and wasps begin sampling the potent substance, they morph into bloodthirsty giants! Now, it’s up to the island’s few residents and visitors (including Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher and Ida Lupino) to destroy “the food of the gods”…before the animals take over for good!
Product Extras :
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Lee Gambin and John Harrison, Author of WILDCAT!: The Films of Marjoe Gortner
- Audio Commentary by Writer/Producer/Director Bert I. Gordon
- Interview with Actress Belinda Balaski
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English Subtitles
EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (SPECIAL EDITION) (BLU-RAY)
Directed by : Bert I. Gordon
Cast : Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi, Robert Pine, Jacqueline Scott, Pamela Susan Shoop, Tom Fadden
Available Date : 08/20/2024
Release Year : 1977
Running Time : 89
UPC : 738329267476
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Adventure
It’s no PICNIC! From sci-fi mastermind H.G. Wells and B-movie bigwig Bert I. Gordon (Village of the Giants, The Food of the Gods)—brace yourself for mutant mayhem and pestilent payback in this cult classic creature feature about good bugs gone BAD! Starring queen of mean Joan Collins (The Stud), this incredible insect extravaganza is swarming with flesh-crawling chills, hair-raising thrills and spine-tingling terror...with a venge-ANTS! A heavenly paradise becomes a hellish nightmare when a toxic spill turns harmless ants into rampaging, radioactive reprobates! Stumbling into their creepy lair, a sleazy land developer (Collins) and her clients (including Robert Lansing and John David Carson) are horrified to realize that the ants are having a picnic...and humans are on the menu! Fleeing for their lives—only to be squashed underfoot—they soon discover that these bad-boy bugs are hell-bent on exterminating mankind, and building an evil empire where humans check in...but they can’t check out!
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Directed by : Bert I. Gordon
Cast : Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi, Robert Pine, Jacqueline Scott, Pamela Susan Shoop, Tom Fadden
Available Date : 08/20/2024
Release Year : 1977
Running Time : 89
UPC : 738329267476
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Adventure
It’s no PICNIC! From sci-fi mastermind H.G. Wells and B-movie bigwig Bert I. Gordon (Village of the Giants, The Food of the Gods)—brace yourself for mutant mayhem and pestilent payback in this cult classic creature feature about good bugs gone BAD! Starring queen of mean Joan Collins (The Stud), this incredible insect extravaganza is swarming with flesh-crawling chills, hair-raising thrills and spine-tingling terror...with a venge-ANTS! A heavenly paradise becomes a hellish nightmare when a toxic spill turns harmless ants into rampaging, radioactive reprobates! Stumbling into their creepy lair, a sleazy land developer (Collins) and her clients (including Robert Lansing and John David Carson) are horrified to realize that the ants are having a picnic...and humans are on the menu! Fleeing for their lives—only to be squashed underfoot—they soon discover that these bad-boy bugs are hell-bent on exterminating mankind, and building an evil empire where humans check in...but they can’t check out!
Product Extras :
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Filmmaker/Historian Michael Varrati
- Audio Commentary by Producer/Director Bert I. Gordon
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English Subtitles
FROGS (SPECIAL EDITION) (BLU-RAY)
Directed by : George McCowan
Cast : Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace, Lynn Borden, Mae Mercer, David Gilliam
Available Date : 08/20/2024
Release Year : 1972
Running Time : 91
UPC : 738329267483
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Today the pond…Tomorrow the world! A shocker reminiscent of Hitchcock’s The Birds, this amphibious horror flick is teeming with thousands of nasty-tempered creatures that are hopping mad—and murderous. Jumping with action, suspense, revenge and Southern Gothic charm, Frogs’ stars Ray Milland (The Thing with Two Heads), Sam Elliott (The Legacy) and Joan Van Ark (The Last Dinosaur) are constantly a lily pad away from croaking! Jason Crockett (Milland) is an aging, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday party. The old man is more than crotchety…he’s crazy! Hating nature, Crockett poisons anything that crawls on his property. But on the night of his shindig, it’s nature’s payback time, and thousands of frogs whip up every bug and slimy thing into a toxic frenzy until the entire environment goes environ-mental. Directed by George McCowan (H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come).
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Directed by : George McCowan
Cast : Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace, Lynn Borden, Mae Mercer, David Gilliam
Available Date : 08/20/2024
Release Year : 1972
Running Time : 91
UPC : 738329267483
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Today the pond…Tomorrow the world! A shocker reminiscent of Hitchcock’s The Birds, this amphibious horror flick is teeming with thousands of nasty-tempered creatures that are hopping mad—and murderous. Jumping with action, suspense, revenge and Southern Gothic charm, Frogs’ stars Ray Milland (The Thing with Two Heads), Sam Elliott (The Legacy) and Joan Van Ark (The Last Dinosaur) are constantly a lily pad away from croaking! Jason Crockett (Milland) is an aging, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday party. The old man is more than crotchety…he’s crazy! Hating nature, Crockett poisons anything that crawls on his property. But on the night of his shindig, it’s nature’s payback time, and thousands of frogs whip up every bug and slimy thing into a toxic frenzy until the entire environment goes environ-mental. Directed by George McCowan (H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come).
Product Extras :
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Film Historian/Producer Dan Marino (son of NFL legend)
- Interview with Actress Joan Van Ark
- 4 TV Spots and 3 Radio Spots
- Theatrical Trailer
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles
KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (SPECIAL EDITION) (BLU-RAY)
Directed by : John 'Bud' Cardos
Cast : William Shatner, Woody Strode, Tiffany Bolling, Lieux Dressler, David McLean, Natasha Ryan, Altovise Davis, Joe Ross, Roy Engel, Hoke Howell
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1977
Running Time : 97
UPC : 738329267506
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Adventure
A living, crawling HELL ON EARTH! This classic 1977 creepshow stars the legendary William Shatner (Star Trek, The Devil’s Rain) as veterinarian “Rack” Hansen, faced with the puzzling death of a number of local farm animals. As even greater numbers of the helpless animals meet their deaths it is discovered that hundreds of tarantulas occupy the farm land. This is strange indeed! Tarantulas don’t live in colonies…or do they? An attractive entomologist (brilliantly portrayed by Tiffany Bolling, The Candy Snatchers) is called to the dusty little Arizona town to explain the sudden arrival of the spiders and their usual behavior. But is it too late? Time seems to be running out as the new species of eight-legged freaks now number in the thousands! Is it even possible to halt this arachnid explosion? The spiders are everywhere—and man is their prey! Directed by John “Bud” Cardos (The Dark, Mutant) and featuring Woody Strode (The Violent Breed), Lieux Dressler (Truck Stop Women) and Altovise Davis (Can’t Stop the Music).
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Directed by : John 'Bud' Cardos
Cast : William Shatner, Woody Strode, Tiffany Bolling, Lieux Dressler, David McLean, Natasha Ryan, Altovise Davis, Joe Ross, Roy Engel, Hoke Howell
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1977
Running Time : 97
UPC : 738329267506
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Adventure
A living, crawling HELL ON EARTH! This classic 1977 creepshow stars the legendary William Shatner (Star Trek, The Devil’s Rain) as veterinarian “Rack” Hansen, faced with the puzzling death of a number of local farm animals. As even greater numbers of the helpless animals meet their deaths it is discovered that hundreds of tarantulas occupy the farm land. This is strange indeed! Tarantulas don’t live in colonies…or do they? An attractive entomologist (brilliantly portrayed by Tiffany Bolling, The Candy Snatchers) is called to the dusty little Arizona town to explain the sudden arrival of the spiders and their usual behavior. But is it too late? Time seems to be running out as the new species of eight-legged freaks now number in the thousands! Is it even possible to halt this arachnid explosion? The spiders are everywhere—and man is their prey! Directed by John “Bud” Cardos (The Dark, Mutant) and featuring Woody Strode (The Violent Breed), Lieux Dressler (Truck Stop Women) and Altovise Davis (Can’t Stop the Music).
Product Extras :
- NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
- Audio Commentary by Director John "Bud" Cardos, Producer Igo Kantor, Spider Wrangler Jim Brockett, Cinematographer John Morrill, Moderated by Lee Christian and Scott Spiegel
- Audio Commentary by Producer Igo Kantor, Actress Tiffany Bolling, Moderated by Marc Edward Heuck
- Interview with actress Tiffany Bolling
- Interview with Writer Steve Lodge
- Radio Spot
- Theatrical Trailer
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles
SQUIRM (SPECIAL EDITION) (BLU-RAY)
Directed by : Jeff Lieberman
Cast : Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow, Joan Sullivan, Peter MacLean
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1976
Running Time : 92
UPC : 738329267490
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out…and to their ravenous intent, they leave no doubt! A truly frightening account of an infestation of biting worms, Squirm is guaranteed to make you do just that! When a powerful storm knocks Fly Creek, Georgia’s power lines down onto wet soil, the resulting surge of electricity drives large, bloodthirsty worms to the surface—and then out of their soil-tilling minds! Soon, the townspeople discover that their sleepy fishing village is overrun with worms that burrow right into their skin! Inundated by hundreds of thousands of carnivorous creatures, the terrorized locals race to find the cause of the rampage—before becoming tilled under themselves! Try to sit still for Squirm, the cult eco-horror classic from director Jeff Lieberman (Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn) and makeup F/X legend Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London)!
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Directed by : Jeff Lieberman
Cast : Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow, Joan Sullivan, Peter MacLean
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1976
Running Time : 92
UPC : 738329267490
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out…and to their ravenous intent, they leave no doubt! A truly frightening account of an infestation of biting worms, Squirm is guaranteed to make you do just that! When a powerful storm knocks Fly Creek, Georgia’s power lines down onto wet soil, the resulting surge of electricity drives large, bloodthirsty worms to the surface—and then out of their soil-tilling minds! Soon, the townspeople discover that their sleepy fishing village is overrun with worms that burrow right into their skin! Inundated by hundreds of thousands of carnivorous creatures, the terrorized locals race to find the cause of the rampage—before becoming tilled under themselves! Try to sit still for Squirm, the cult eco-horror classic from director Jeff Lieberman (Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn) and makeup F/X legend Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London)!
Product Extras :
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Critics/Authors Lee Gambin and John Harrison
- Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Jeff Lieberman
- Digging In - The Making of Squirm: Documentary with Jeff Lieberman, Actor Don Scardino and Special Effects Artist Bill Milling (33:11)
- Eureka: A Tour of Locations with Jeff Lieberman
- TV and Radio Spots
- Theatrical Trailer
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles
ALPHAVILLE (4KUHD) (4K UHD)
Directed by : Jean-Luc Godard
Cast : Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Valérie Boisgel, László Szabó, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1965
Running Time : 99
UPC : 738329267391
Country : France
Language: French, with English subtitles
Genre : Science Fiction, Mystery, World Cinema, Film Noir, 4K UHD DISC, RT Certified Fresh
From Jean-Luc Godard, the influential filmmaker behind the French New Wave classics, Breathless, Contempt, Band of Outsiders and Pierrot Le Fou, comes this futuristic noir masterpiece. American secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine, Attack of the Robots) is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60. Anna Karina (The Nun) and Akim Tamiroff (Touch of Evil) co-star in this cockeyed fusion of science-fiction with pulp characters and surrealist poetry. Godard’s irreverent journey to the mysterious Alphaville remains one of the least conventional films of all time. Beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by Raoul Coutard (Jules and Jim, First Name: Carmen).
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Directed by : Jean-Luc Godard
Cast : Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Valérie Boisgel, László Szabó, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1965
Running Time : 99
UPC : 738329267391
Country : France
Language: French, with English subtitles
Genre : Science Fiction, Mystery, World Cinema, Film Noir, 4K UHD DISC, RT Certified Fresh
From Jean-Luc Godard, the influential filmmaker behind the French New Wave classics, Breathless, Contempt, Band of Outsiders and Pierrot Le Fou, comes this futuristic noir masterpiece. American secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine, Attack of the Robots) is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60. Anna Karina (The Nun) and Akim Tamiroff (Touch of Evil) co-star in this cockeyed fusion of science-fiction with pulp characters and surrealist poetry. Godard’s irreverent journey to the mysterious Alphaville remains one of the least conventional films of all time. Beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by Raoul Coutard (Jules and Jim, First Name: Carmen).
Product Extras :
- 2023 HDR/Dolby Vision Master by StudioCanal – From 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas
- Anna Karina Interview (4:31)
- Colin McCabe Introduction (5:26)
- Includes Both Original French and English Audio with Optional English Subtitles
- Theatrical Trailer
FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA XX
[CAPTAIN CAREY USA / APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER / MAKE HASTE TO LIVE]
(BLU-RAY)
Directed by : Mitchell Leisen, Lewis Allen, William A. Seiter
Cast : Alan Ladd, Dorothy McGuire, Jack Webb, Stephen McNally, Jan Sterling, Wanda Hendrix, Joseph Calleia, Francis Lederer, Russ Tamblyn, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Harry Morgan, Mary Murphy, Edgar Buchanan, Carolyn Jones, John Howard
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1950-1954
Running Time : 263
UPC : 738329267056
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Film Noir
This collection features three film noir classics.
CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A. (1950) – Screen legend Alan Ladd (Lucky Jordan) plays the title role in this outstanding noir tale of a former OSS operative who returns to Italy after the war to avenge the death of resistance worker Giulia (Wanda Hendrix, Sierra)—only to find out that his “deceased” lover is not only still alive, but also now the wife of a powerful Italian baron (Francis Lederer, Midnight). Carey decides to stick around, hoping to flush out the traitor who had caused the wartime deaths of several of his OSS colleagues and resistance fighters. Enhanced by the musical number “Mona Lisa,” which won an Academy Award (Best Original Song, 1950) and later became an all-time classic. Directed by Hollywood great Mitchell Leisen (No Man of Her Own).
APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER (1951) – Ladd is back as the U.S. Mail’s Ace Agent Smashes the Biggest Mail Robbery Plan in History! Screen legend Alan Ladd (Chicago Deadline) is Postal Inspector Al Goddard, assigned to investigate the murder of a fellow officer. The only witness to the crime is Sister Augustine (Phyllis Calvert, Time Out of Mind), who identifies the photograph of one of the assailants. This leads Goddard to a seedy hotel where he learns that the assailant is a member of a gang headed by Earl Boettiger (Paul Stewart, Kiss Me Deadly), and he soon discovers that the gang is planning a million-dollar mail robbery. This taut and thrilling film noir also features Jan Sterling (Female on the Beach) and future Dragnet stars, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, as Stewart’s henchmen. Directed by noir master Lewis Allen (So Evil My Love).
MAKE HASTE TO LIVE (1954) – Only a Gangster Killer Knew the Secret of Her Past! In this taut noir melodrama, Crystal (Dorothy McGuire, The Spiral Staircase) has unknowingly married a murderer. She knew Steve (Stephen McNally, The Raging Tide) was handsome and charming. But by the time she discovered he was a cold-blooded killer, it was too late: he had already become her husband. So she ran like never before, and built herself a new life together with her daughter. And years later, when she learns that Steve had been jailed for murder, Crystal thought she was safe. But when Steve is released from prison, he has a deadly reunion in mind. With Mary Murphy (The Wild One) and Edgar Buchanan (Human Desire), Make Haste to Live was the final feature film by veteran director William A. Seiter (Hot Saturday).
Product Extras :
[CAPTAIN CAREY USA / APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER / MAKE HASTE TO LIVE]
(BLU-RAY)
Directed by : Mitchell Leisen, Lewis Allen, William A. Seiter
Cast : Alan Ladd, Dorothy McGuire, Jack Webb, Stephen McNally, Jan Sterling, Wanda Hendrix, Joseph Calleia, Francis Lederer, Russ Tamblyn, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Harry Morgan, Mary Murphy, Edgar Buchanan, Carolyn Jones, John Howard
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1950-1954
Running Time : 263
UPC : 738329267056
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Genre : Film Noir
This collection features three film noir classics.
CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A. (1950) – Screen legend Alan Ladd (Lucky Jordan) plays the title role in this outstanding noir tale of a former OSS operative who returns to Italy after the war to avenge the death of resistance worker Giulia (Wanda Hendrix, Sierra)—only to find out that his “deceased” lover is not only still alive, but also now the wife of a powerful Italian baron (Francis Lederer, Midnight). Carey decides to stick around, hoping to flush out the traitor who had caused the wartime deaths of several of his OSS colleagues and resistance fighters. Enhanced by the musical number “Mona Lisa,” which won an Academy Award (Best Original Song, 1950) and later became an all-time classic. Directed by Hollywood great Mitchell Leisen (No Man of Her Own).
APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER (1951) – Ladd is back as the U.S. Mail’s Ace Agent Smashes the Biggest Mail Robbery Plan in History! Screen legend Alan Ladd (Chicago Deadline) is Postal Inspector Al Goddard, assigned to investigate the murder of a fellow officer. The only witness to the crime is Sister Augustine (Phyllis Calvert, Time Out of Mind), who identifies the photograph of one of the assailants. This leads Goddard to a seedy hotel where he learns that the assailant is a member of a gang headed by Earl Boettiger (Paul Stewart, Kiss Me Deadly), and he soon discovers that the gang is planning a million-dollar mail robbery. This taut and thrilling film noir also features Jan Sterling (Female on the Beach) and future Dragnet stars, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, as Stewart’s henchmen. Directed by noir master Lewis Allen (So Evil My Love).
MAKE HASTE TO LIVE (1954) – Only a Gangster Killer Knew the Secret of Her Past! In this taut noir melodrama, Crystal (Dorothy McGuire, The Spiral Staircase) has unknowingly married a murderer. She knew Steve (Stephen McNally, The Raging Tide) was handsome and charming. But by the time she discovered he was a cold-blooded killer, it was too late: he had already become her husband. So she ran like never before, and built herself a new life together with her daughter. And years later, when she learns that Steve had been jailed for murder, Crystal thought she was safe. But when Steve is released from prison, he has a deadly reunion in mind. With Mary Murphy (The Wild One) and Edgar Buchanan (Human Desire), Make Haste to Live was the final feature film by veteran director William A. Seiter (Hot Saturday).
Product Extras :
- 2020-2022 HD Masters by Paramount Pictures - From 4K Scans
- NEW Audio Commentary for CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A. by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani
- NEW Audio Commentary for APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH by Heath Holland, Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast with Max Allan Collins, the Author of Road to Perdition
- NEW Audio Commentary for MAKE HASTE TO LIVE by Film Historian Samm Deighan
- Theatrical Trailers
- Optional English Subtitles
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (4K UHD)
Directed by : Alain Resnais
Cast : Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1961
Running Time : 94
UPC : 738329267377
Country : France
Language: French
Subject : Film and Media Studies - Classic Cinema
Genre : Drama, World Cinema, Academy Award Nominees
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1961 Venice Film Festival, Last Year at Marienbad is a hypnotically beautiful puzzle box of a film, and one of the most influential in history. Alain Resnais’s sensuous tracking shots and Delphine Seyrig’s iconic Chanel gowns have become part of the cinematic lexicon, and can now be seen in a gorgeous 4K restoration from StudioCanal. In a large international hotel in the European resort town of Marienbad, with a sumptuous but austere décor—a marble universe with gold paneling, statues, and stiff servants—the rich, anonymous clientele circulates. A man (Giorgio Albertazzi) is convinced he met an enigmatic woman (Seyrig, Jeanne Dielman) the previous year at the same location, and perhaps had a flirtation. A second man (Sacha Pitoëff, Inferno), possibly the woman’s lover or husband, repeatedly intimidates the first man. Their relations unfold through flashback shards that never quite fit into place, their lives a hall of mirrors that never reflect a true self.
Product Extras :4K UHD (DISC 1):
Directed by : Alain Resnais
Cast : Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff
Available Date : 08/27/2024
Release Year : 1961
Running Time : 94
UPC : 738329267377
Country : France
Language: French
Subject : Film and Media Studies - Classic Cinema
Genre : Drama, World Cinema, Academy Award Nominees
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1961 Venice Film Festival, Last Year at Marienbad is a hypnotically beautiful puzzle box of a film, and one of the most influential in history. Alain Resnais’s sensuous tracking shots and Delphine Seyrig’s iconic Chanel gowns have become part of the cinematic lexicon, and can now be seen in a gorgeous 4K restoration from StudioCanal. In a large international hotel in the European resort town of Marienbad, with a sumptuous but austere décor—a marble universe with gold paneling, statues, and stiff servants—the rich, anonymous clientele circulates. A man (Giorgio Albertazzi) is convinced he met an enigmatic woman (Seyrig, Jeanne Dielman) the previous year at the same location, and perhaps had a flirtation. A second man (Sacha Pitoëff, Inferno), possibly the woman’s lover or husband, repeatedly intimidates the first man. Their relations unfold through flashback shards that never quite fit into place, their lives a hall of mirrors that never reflect a true self.
Product Extras :4K UHD (DISC 1):
- Audio commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
- Interview with filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff
- Last Year at Marienbad A to Z, a visual essay by film historian James Quandt
- Memories of Last Year at Marienbad
- Toute la mémoire du monde (1957, short film by Alain Resnais)
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