New from Arrow Video US and Arrow Academy US
DEEP RED [Blu-ray] (9/4)
BLOODY SPEAR AT MOUNT FUJI [Blu-ray] (9/4)
THE HIRED HAND [Blu-ray] (9/18)
HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN [Blu-ray] (9/18)
THE PYJAMA GIRL CASE [Blu-ray] (9/18)
DAY OF THE JACKAL [Blu-ray] (9/25)
THE BABY [Blu-ray] (9/25)
via MVD Entertainment Group
Fall into Autumn with a Wonderful Selection of Films from Arrow!
The hot, hot summer heat is finally starting to come to a close with the cool, crisp days of autumn right around the corner. To help you deal with the seasonal shift and welcome in the colors of fall, Arrow is giving viewers seven new films to keep you nice and cozy.
The slate begins with a couple of new entries from Arrow Academy starting with Tomu Uchida’s Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji. This road adventure set during the Edo period is equal parts comedic and dramatic. A samurai and his two servants go on an epic journey is this hidden gem finally getting out to a wider audience. From the Far East to the far west we shift with the release of the Peter Fonda directed western, The Hired Hand. Initially disregarded by critics and audiences, the film experienced a bit of a renaissance in 2001 thanks to a release from the Sundance Channel and is now considered a western classic. The film stars Fonda alongside Warren Oates.
The Arrow Video side brings out the reds of the season with two new horror titles starting with a brand new 4K restoration of Dario Argento’s horror masterpiece Deep Red. Long regarding as one of the greatest Italian horror films of all time, this edition comes fully loaded with bonus features to cure your Argento fever. Joining Deep Red is the extremely bizarre horror entry, The Baby. This strange look at an eccentric family and the social worker assigned to deal with them is sure to leave an impression. This release of the film includes a new retrospective from film professor Rebekah McKendry.
If you’re looking for a different brand of cult, Arrow has you covered with Horrors of Malformed Men and The Pyjama Girl Case. The former is a Japanese horror film from 1969 about a medical student that is perfectly sane but somehow ends up in an asylum. This classic is praised for its stylistic approach that lands all over the map. The latter comes from director Flavio Mogherini and is the only giallo to take place in Australia. Following the true story of an unsolved Australian murder about a young girl that turned up dead on the beach in distinctive pajamas, this haunting giallo is sure to send a chill up your spine.
Arrow brings September to a close with Fred Zinnemann’s classic, The Day of the Jackal. Based on a novel written by Frederick Forsyth, this political thriller was nominated for 6 BAFTA awards, winning for best editing, and earn an Oscar nod. The Day of the Jackal received a 4-star review from legendary critic Roger Ebert, who wrote that the film is “not just a suspense classic, but a beautifully executed example of filmmaking.”
Day Of The Jackal, The
In 1971, Frederick Forsythe shot to bestseller status with his debut novel, The Day of the Jackal – taut, utterly plausible, almost documentarian in its realism and attention to detail. Two years later, director Fred Zinnemann (High Noon) turned a gripping novel into a nail-biting cinematic experience.
SKU: AV168
UPC: 760137149583
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 09/25/18
PreBook Date: 08/21/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Action/Adventure
Language: English
Run Time: 143 mins
Deep Red
One night, musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow-Up), looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the perpetrator… or does he’ As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth, Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery where nothing is what it seems…
SKU: AV169
UPC: 760137154884
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 09/04/18
PreBook Date: 07/31/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Horror
Language: Italian
Run Time: 127 mins
Baby, The
45 years after its original release, this film remains one of the most bizarre horror movies ever committed to celluloid. Directed by Ted Post (Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Magnum Force) and co-starring Marianna Hill (Blood Beach, Messiah of Evil), The Baby is a twisted, psychedelic nightmare of suburban depravity.
SKU: AV153
UPC: 760137166184
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 09/25/18
PreBook Date: 08/21/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Run Time: 84 mins
Hired Hand, The
Having been at the forefront of America’s here-and-now with Easy Rider and the counterculture movies of Roger Corman, Peter Fonda retreated to the past and the American West for his directorial debut, The Hired Hand.
SKU: AA035
UPC: 760137142287
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 09/18/18
PreBook Date: 08/14/18
Label: Arrow Academy
Genre: Western
Language: English
Run Time: 90 mins
Bloody Spear At Mount Fuji
Set during the Edo period, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a tragicomic road movie of sorts, following a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi (Chiezô Kataoka) – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.
SKU: AA036
UPC: 760137162087
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 09/04/18
PreBook Date: 07/31/18
Label: Arrow Academy
Genre: Cult
Language: Japanese
Run Time: 94 mins
Horrors Of Malformed Men
Cult director Teruo Ishii (Shogun’s Joy of Torture, Blind Woman’s Curse) presents a nightmarish, hallucinogenic tale drawn from the feverish pen of Japan’s celebrated pioneer ofero-guro (“erotic grotesque”) literature, Edogawa Rampo.
SKU: AV162
UPC: 760137166283
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 09/18/18
PreBook Date: 08/14/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Cult
Language: Japanese
Run Time: 99 mins
Pyjama Girl Case, The
Throughout the late 1960s and into the 70s, the Italian giallo movement transported viewers to the far corners of the globe, from swinging San Francisco to the Soviet-occupied Prague. Only one, however, brought the genre’s unique brand of bloody mayhem as far as Australia: director Flavio Mogherini (Delitto passionale)’s tragic and poetic The Pyjama Girl Case.
SKU: AV164
UPC: 760137166382
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 09/18/18
PreBook Date: 08/14/18
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Cult
Language: Italian
Run Time: 102 mins
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