New from Arrow Video US and Arrow Academy US
THE POSSESSED [Blu-ray] (2/5)
THE FIFTH CORD [Blu-ray] (2/5)
AUDITION [Blu-ray] (2/12)
HORROR EXPRESS [Blu-ray] (2/12)
COLOR ME BLOOD RED [Blu-ray] (2/19)
MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS [Blu-ray] (2/19)
SO DARK THE NIGHT [Blu-ray] (2/19)
via MVD Entertainment Group
Arrow Spreads the Love this February!
Arrow wants to be your Valentine and they plan to win your heart with seven brand new releases! On February 5th bring home two films from legendary director Luigi Bazzoni. First up is The Possessed, co-directed by Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini. The film follows a novelist that investigates the disappearance of an old lover and ends up unwrapping a mysterious web of murder, madness and perversion. This classic slice of Italian cinema, known for wonderfully combining film noir and giallo, features a new 2K restoration. The second Bazzoni title is The Fifth Chord starring Franco Nero and Edmund Purdom. Following in the footsteps of Dario Argento, The Fifth Chord is a stunning giallo worthy of competing with the best the maestro has to offer. This release features a new 2K restoration and a number of special features including a new interview with Nero.
On February 12th, Arrow offers up to classics from different eras, starting with 1972’s Horror Express. Starring horror icons Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, this tale of terror takes horror fans on a first class trip that’s just as chilling today as it was forty plus years ago. This new 2K restoration includes plenty of special features and has an intro from Horror Express super fan and horror journalist, Chris Alexander. For something a bit more modern, Arrow is proud to release Takashi Miike’s Audition. This shocking J-horror entry exploded on the festival circuit nearly two decades ago and continues to be a favorite today.
Arrow will round out their February slate on February 19th with three more titles beginning with Color Me Blood Red from The Godfather of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis. This final chapter in the infamous “blood trilogy” features all the signature sleaze fans love Lewis for. Included in the multitude of bonus features is 1967’s Something Weird. The final two releases are a pair of mid-40s classics from director Joseph H. Lewis and come courtesy of Arrow Academy with My Name is Julia Ross and So Dark the Night. The former is a Hitchcockian film noir about mistaken identity, while the latter is about a Paris detective that finds love and then suddenly disappears.
Possessed, The
The Possessed is a wonderfully atmospheric proto-giallo based on one of Italy’s most notorious crimes, the Alleghe killings. Novelist Bernard sets off in search of his old flame Tilde, a beautiful maid who works at a remote lakeside hotel. But when Tilde disappears under suspicious circumstances, he is soon plunged into a disturbing drama of familial secrets, perversion, madness and murder…
BLU-RAY
SKU: AV183
UPC: 760137218982
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 02/05/19
PreBook Date: 01/01/19
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Horror
Language: Italian
Run Time: 95 mins
Fifth Cord, The
When a man barely survives a brutal assault, washed-up, whisky-swilling journalist Andrea Bild is assigned to report on the case. Once the maniac strikes again, this time with fatal results, Andrea falls under suspicion himself, making it even more imperative that he crack the case. His clue lies in a series of black gloves found at the location of every attack, each with a finger cut off…
BLU-RAY
SKU: AV184
UPC: 760137220381
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 02/05/19
PreBook Date: 01/01/19
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Language: Italian
Run Time: 93 mins
Audition
One of the most shocking J-horror films ever made, Audition exploded onto the festival circuit at the turn of the century to a chorus of awards and praise. The film would catapult Miike to the international scene and pave the way for such other genre delights as Ichii the Killer and The Happiness of the Katakuris.
BLU-RAY
SKU: AV187
UPC: 760137220282
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 02/12/19
PreBook Date: 01/08/19
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Horror
Language: Japanese
Run Time: 115 mins
Horror Express
Renowned anthropologist Saxton (Christopher Lee) boards the Trans-Siberian Express with a crate containing the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid which, he believes, may prove to be the missing link in human evolution. But all hell breaks loose when the creature thaws out, turning out to be not quite as dead as once thought!
BLU-RAY
SKU: AV179
UPC: 760137220480
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 02/12/19
PreBook Date: 01/08/19
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Run Time: 84 mins
Color Me Blood Red
For the third and final instalment in his infamous ‘Blood Trilogy’, Color Me Blood Red, splatter movie pioneer Herschell Gordon Lewis turned to the world of fine art for this tortured tale of a troubled artist turned homicidal maniac.
BLU-RAY
SKU: AV186
UPC: 760137211983
SRP: 34.95
Street Date: 02/19/19
PreBook Date: 01/15/19
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Run Time: 79 mins
My Name Is Julia Ross
After a promising start on Poverty Row quickies, Joseph H. Lewis (The Big Combo) made his first film at Columbia and established himself as a director to watch with this Gothic-tinged Hitchcockian breakout hit, which later proved so popular that Columbia promoted it to A-feature status.
BLU-RAY
SKU: AA037
UPC: 760137211587
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 02/19/19
PreBook Date: 01/15/19
Label: Arrow Academy
Genre: Film Noir
Language: English
Run Time: 65 mins
So Dark The Night
Like his contemporaries Howard Hawks and Billy Wilder, Joseph H. Lewis (Gun Crazy) dabbled in many genres, but excelled in the film noir tradition. A Hitchcockian tale of mystery and intrigue, So Dark the Night was one of his finest pictures.
BLU-RAY
SKU: AA040
UPC: 760137211488
SRP: 39.95
Street Date: 02/19/19
PreBook Date: 01/15/19
Label: Arrow Academy
Genre: Film Noir
Language: English
Run Time: 71 mins
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