ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS Blu-ray update

As the ZOMBIE Blu-ray release date, October 25th 2011, gets closer take a look at the restoration process undertaken by Blue Underground for this Fulci classic...

ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS Blu-ray at last!

Fulci fans can now celebrate all over again... hot on the heels of HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY comes Blue Underground's Special 2-Disc Ultimate Blu-ray Edition of ZOMBIE (aka: ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS / ZOMBI 2) on 25th October 2011 (also on 2-disc DVD). As well as stunning picture and sound quality the sets are rammed with bonus features. Here's a run-down of the extra material...

Disc 1 Extras:
Audio Commentary with Star Ian McCulloch and Diabolik Magazine Editor Jason J. Slater; Theatrical Trailers; TV Spots; Radio Spots; Poster & Still Gallery; Guillermo del Toro Intro.

Disc 2 Extras:
Zombie Wasteland – Interviews with Stars Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson & Al Cliver, and Actor/Stuntman Ottaviano Dell'Acqua; Flesh Eaters on Film – Interview with Co-Producer Fabrizio De Angelis; Deadtime Stories – Interviews with Co-Writers Elisa Briganti and (Uncredited) Dardano Sacchetti; World of the Dead – Interviews with Cinematographer Sergio Salvati and Production & Costume Designer Walter Patriarca; Zombi Italiano – Interviews with Special Make-Up Effects Artists Gianetto De Rossi & Maurizio Trani and Special Effects Artist Gino De Rossi; Notes on a Headstone – Interview with Composer Fabio Frizzi; All in the Family – Interview with Antonella Fulci; Zombie Lover – Award-Winning Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro talks about one of his favorite films.

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HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY coming to Blu-ray

September 27th 2011 sees Lucio Fulci's splatter masterpiece HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY arriving on the Blu-ray format from cult US label Blue Underground. The features-packed disc (also on standard definition DVD) sports a host of new extra material, some of it being exclusive to the BD.

The print utilised is a brand new HD transfer from the original uncut and uncensored camera negative, It's presented in full 1080p HD Resolution with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen. The sound is presented in English DTS HD stereo and Italian mono. There are subtitle choices in English, Spanish and French.

Here's a run-down of the bonus material:

* Meet the Boyles – Interviews with Stars Catriona MacColl and Paolo Malco
* Children of the Night – Interviews with Stars Giovanni Frezza and Silvia Collatina
* Tales of Laura Gittleson – Interview with Star Dagmar Lassander
* My Time With Terror – Interview with Star Carlo De Mejo
* A Haunted House Story – Interviews with Co-Writers Dardano Sacchetti and Elisa Briganti
* To Build a Better Death Trap – Interviews with Cinematographer Sergio Salvati, Special Make-Up Effects Artists Giannetto De Rossi & Maurizio Trani, Special Effects Artist Gino De Rossi, and Actor Giovanni De Nava
* Deleted Scene
* Theatrical Trailers
* TV Spot
* Poster & Still Gallery

APOCALYPSE NOW - Blu-ray Competition

On 13th June 2011 Francis Ford Coppola's stunning APOCALYPSE NOW is released onto UK Blu-ray as a lavish 3-disc Special Edition.

Heralded by many as the film that crystallizes most perfectly the experience of the Vietnam War, Francis Ford Coppola’s hallucinatory masterpiece APOCALYPSE NOW has been painstakingly restored by his own Zoetrope studios under his close supervision, and has recently enjoyed a re-release in cinemas.

Martin Sheen (TV’s The West Wing) stars as Army Captain Willard, a troubled man sent on a dangerous top-secret mission into Cambodia to assassinate a rogue Green Beret, Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando, The Godfather, On the Waterfront, Last Tango in Paris), who has barricaded himself in a remote outpost. As Willard ventures deeper and deeper into the wilderness of the jungle, he embarks on a strange journey that leads him to Kurtz – but also forces him to come face to face with the terrifying vision of the heart of darkness in us all.



With an all-star critically acclaimed cast that also includes Robert Duvall (The Road, Crazy Heart, The Godfather Pt I & II), Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider, Blue Velvet), Harrison Ford (The Indiana Jones series) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix Trilogy), APOCALYPSE NOW so impressed the Cannes jury when shown as only a work in progress that it won the Palme D’Or that year (tied with Tin Drum). Vittorio Storaro’s stunning cinematography and masterful sound editing from the genius Walter Murch won the film deserved Oscars and were just two of many awards the film has won over the years.



This highly anticipated Blu-ray Disc premieres in 1080P High Definition Widescreen in a 3-Disc Full Disclosure Edition. Also for the first time, these movies will be presented for home entertainment audiences in their original theatrical aspect ratios (2.35:1). The 3-Disc Full Disclosure Edition will include Apocalypse Now and Apocalypse Now Redux with more than nine hours of bonus material including new interviews with on-screen and behind-the-scenes talent, as well as the acclaimed making-of feature documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. In addition, this version features a 24-page collectible printed booklet and includes an introductory letter written by Coppola with personal accounts about the making of the film.

The Collector’s edition also features extracts of the original screenplay with handwritten notes by the legendary director, original drawings of the film’s storyboard, never-seen-before photos and memos sent to the cast and crew during shooting, and also the 1979 original Theatrical Program.

Moreover, this edition contains 5 Exclusive postcards including behind-the-scenes photos taken by famed American photographer, Mary Ellen Mark.



Disc 1: Apocalypse Now feature / Apocalypse Now Redux feature / Audio commentary by Francis Ford Coppola

Disc 2: Interview with John Milius (49 mins) / Interview with Fred Roos (casting Apocalypse) (12 mins) / A Conversation with Martin Sheen and Francis Ford Coppola (60 mins) / The Mercury Theatre on Air: Hearts of Darkness Nov 6 1938 (37 mins) / The Hollow Men (17 mins) / Monkey Sampan “Lost Scene” (3 mins) / Additional Scenes (27 mins) / Kurtz Compound Destruction with credits (6 mins) / The Birth of 5.1 sound (6 mins) / Ghost Helicopter Flyover (4 mins) / Apocalypse Now: The Synthesizer Soundtrack by Bob Moog (still images) / A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now (18 mins) / The Music of Apocalypse Now (15 mins) / The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now (15 mins) / The Final Mix (3 mins) / Apocalypse Then & Now (4 mins) / 2001 Cannes Film Festival: Francis Ford Coppola (39 mins) / PBR Streetgang (4 mins) / The Colour Palette of Apocalypse Now (4 mins) / Disc credits

Disc 3: Hearts of Darkness feature / Audio commentary by Francis and Eleanor Coppola / John Milius script excerpt with Francis Ford Coppola notes / Storyboard Collection / Photo Archive: unit photography, Mary Ellen Mark photography / Marketing Archive: original trailer, radio spots, theatrical program, lobby card and press kit, photos



Now here's your chance to win one of these very special Blu-ray sets. Thanks to Optimum Home Entertainment we have 3 copies to offer as prizes. To be in with a chance of winning you need to answer the following question correctly:

Name the composer and the piece of music that accompanies the famous helicopter attack footage?

Update 30th June 2011. The competition is now closed. The winners are: E. Wright (Derbyshire), Sam Love (Shropshire) and Alex Palmer (Belfast). Expect your Blu-ray in the mail very soon.

Here's the trailer:

ICE COLD IN ALEX - Blu-ray Competition

On 13th June 2011 another digitally restored British Classic War movie, ICE COLD IN ALEX, is released onto UK Blu-ray disc. This award-winning film was directed by J. Lee Thompson and famously stars John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Harry Andrews & Anthony Quayle. The movie is based on the novel by Christopher Landon.



WWII, North Africa. When the Germans begin an attack on the Allied held town of Tobruck in Libya, an evacuation is ordered. A fatigued transport pool Officer Captain Anson (John Mills) and his loyal MSM Tom Pugh (Harry Andrews) commandeer a battered old ambulance, and taking aboard two nurses left behind, they decide to cross the desert back to British lines. They soon encounter a South African officer, Captain Van der Poel (Anthony Quayle) whose two large bottles of gin persuade Anson to let him travel with them. All manner of obstacles threaten to curtail their progress through the desert - a minefield, a broken suspension spring, some quick-sand – and Van der Poel quickly arouses suspicion with his obsessive attachment to his large and mysterious backpack, and lack of knowledge of South African tea-brewing techniques. All the while, all that sustains them is Captain Anson’s promise of the tall, frothy, ice-cold glasses of beer that await them upon their arrival in Alexandria (the “Alex” of the title. Adapted by Christopher Landon from his own classic novel and based on his own experiences serving in North Africa, ICE COLD IN ALEX is a rip-roaring tale of determination, courage and ingenuity in the most unforgiving of environments, and the friendships that are born out of such endurance.

Blu-ray Extras: Interview with Sylvia Syms / John Mills’ home movie footage / Trailer / Photo Gallery.


Now here's your chance to win a new Blu-ray of this classic British film. Thanks to Optimum Home Entertainment we have 3 copies to offer. To be in with a chance of winning you need to answer the following question correctly:

Name the UK comedian who appeared in a spoof of this film for a well-known beer commercial?

Update 30th June 2011. The competition is now closed. The winners are: Robert Strong (Cambridgeshire), Lisa Meadows (Dundee) and T. Hunter (Hampshire). Expect your Blu-ray in the mail very soon.

If you would like to catch this movie on the big screen then head over to The Odeon, Panton Street, London where it will be showing from June 17th.

Here's the trailer:

THE CRUEL SEA - Blu-ray Competition

On 13th June 2011 the British Classic War epic THE CRUEL SEA is launched onto digitally restored UK Blu-ray disc. Directed by Charles Frend. Based on the best-selling book by Nicholas Monsarrat with a screenplay by Eric Ambler. The film stars Jack Hawkins, Sir Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Stanley Baker, Virginia McKenna & Denholm Elliot.


The novel THE CRUEL SEA by Nicholas Monsarrat was an unflinching portrayal of life at sea during WWII on a boat tasked with protecting convoys and seeking and destroying U-boats. A runaway success, the novel had already sold over 4 million copies in just 2 years when Ealing decided to make the film version. Filmed aboard an actual Royal Navy corvette, THE CRUEL SEA tells the story of the sailors aboard the HMS Compass Rose: the bonds that form between them, the daily pressures they face and their epic struggle to overcome the enemy. Nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Film, THE CRUEL SEA is a gripping insight into the lives of unsung heroes at sea during the war, and the agonizing decisions and incredible peril they faced on a daily basis.

Blu-ray Extras: Interview with Donald Sinden / Stills gallery


Now here's your chance to win a new Blu-ray of this classic British film. Thanks to Optimum Home Entertainment we have 3 copies to offer. To be in with a chance of winning you need to answer the following question correctly:

Name the year that the film of THE CRUEL SEA was released?

Update 30th June 2011. The competition is now closed. The winners are: Keith Armstrong (Bedfordshire), James Nelmes (Stirling) and Harry Brightman (Lancashire). Expect your Blu-ray in the mail very soon.

You can view the trailer by clicking here

CROSS OF IRON Blu-ray Competition

On 6th June 2011 Sam Peckinpah's brutal war epic CROSS OF IRON is released on UK Blu-ray digitally restored for the first time. Based on the novel by Willi Heinrich the film stars James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner & Senta Berger.


WWII, 1943, the Russian front. An arrogant aristocratic Prussian Officer named Stransky (Maximilian Schell) is assigned as the new commander of a German platoon, his only ambition to win the Iron Cross to maintain his family honour. When Stransky falsely claims credit for bravely leading the squad into a bloody battle against the Russians in order to be awarded the medal he craves, he names gutsy Sergeant Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) as his witness. When Steiner refuses to be complicit, a battle of wills between the two men from very different backgrounds ensures. Then Stransky purposefully fails to relay an order to the squad to fall back from their position, leaving them surrounded by Russian troops and suffering heavy bombardment. Knowing that defeat is inevitable their only goal is survival...

Heralded as the most 'anti-war' war film ever made, CROSS OF IRON is a bloody and thought-provoking depiction of the horrors of war and Peckinpah has served as an inspiration for everyone from Tarantino to Kathryn Bigelow.

Blu-ray Extras (all new): Passion & Poetry - Sam Peckinpah's War (46:00): A documentary by Mike Siegel featuring James Coburn, Senta Berger, David Warner, Vadim Glowna, Roger Fritz, Katy Haber & Sam Peckinpah. 5 featurettes with 1976 on set audio interviews: Sam Peckinpah (5:06) / James Coburn (5:30) / James Mason (6:05) / Maximilian Schell (4:35) / David Warner (3:14) / Featurette KRÜGER KISSES KERN (8:27) / Letters From Vadim & Sam Featurette (3:48) / Vadim & Sam - Son & Dad Featurette (5:55) / Cutting Room Floor Featurette (4:19) / Mike's Homemovies Featurette - Steiner meets Kiesel again (7:16) / Steiner In Japan (2-3 mins) / Before & After Restoration Comparison / German Trailer (3:10) / USA TV-Spot (0:30) / USA/UK Trailer (3:42).



Now here's your chance to win a new Blu-ray of this powerful film. Thanks to Optimum Home Entertainment we have 3 copies to offer. To be in with a chance of winning you need to answer the following question correctly:

Name the last movie that Sam Peckinpah directed?

Update 16th June 2011. The competition is now closed.

If you would like to catch this movie on the big screen then head over to The Odeon, Panton Street, London where it will be showing from June 17th.

Here's the trailer:

THE DOORS - BLU-RAY COMPETITION

On 18th April 2011 Oliver Stone's sensational bio-pic of THE DOORS is released on UK Blu-ray as a stunning 20th Anniversary Special Edition.

2011 marks the 40th Anniversary of the death of legendary Doors front man Jim Morrison. With their legend intact and music as popular as ever, THE DOORS has been restored and is released here for the first time on Blu-ray. Oliver Stone’s epic portrayal of the hugely influential 1960's rock band and its charismatic, controversial lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, features Val Kilmer in a career-defining role and also stars Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Billy Idol and Michael Madsen. Featuring music from The Doors themselves and electrifying recreations of their most infamous on-stage performances, Stone captures perfectly the tumultuous, psychedelic journey of one of the late 60s most exciting and influential bands.

The Doors were a distillation of their time. The music they made was raw yet poetic, angry yet seductive. The stage show at its best was dramatic, brilliant theatre – artistic expression transcending all form. Jim Morrison’s sensual stage presence, charged with strength and energy, capable of projecting a sense of danger, spoke to young audiences’ fantasies and became a catalyst for an era. Their songs have kept The Doors in that rare pantheon of groups whose music evokes the memory of the turbulent ‘60’s and continues to make fans not only of those who lived during that time but also of following generations as well.

Extras: Jim Morrison: a poet in Paris, Back to the roots.



Now here's your chance to win a new Blu-ray of this quality film. Thanks to Optimum Home Entertainment we have 3 copies to offer. To be in with a chance of winning you need to answer the following question correctly:

How old was Jim Morrison when he died?

Update 4th May 2011. The competition is now closed.

Here's the trailer:

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH - BLU-RAY COMPETITION

On 4th April 2011 the brilliant science-fiction thriller THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH is released on UK Blu-ray.

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH is Nic Roeg's cult classic starring David Bowie. Crash landing on Earth from his dying planet, an alien humanoid traveling by the name of Thomas Jerome Newton uses his superior intelligence to build a vast business empire. As he takes on, and beats, every US corporation people can only guess his true purpose - to save his dying world from agonizing death by drought. Newton's ageless fall from grace, as he becomes prey to lust, alcohol, business rivals, and the US Government makes THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH not only a bitingly caustic indictment of the modern world but also a poignant commentary on the loneliness of the outsider.

Extras: Interview with Nic Roeg / Watching the Alien documentary feature / Theatrical Trailer / Clip from Walter Tevis audio interview by Don Swain / Interview with Tony Richmond new / Interview with Paul Mayersberg - new / Interview with Candy Clark - new / HOH subtitles



Update 12th April 2011. The competition is now closed.

Here's the trailer:

THE WALKING DEAD Season 1 - DVD & Blu-ray arrives soon

March the 8th 2011 sees the release of the entire first season of AMC's excellent THE WALKING DEAD onto US DVD and Blu-ray - here's the trailer for the box set...

GAINSBOURG - Blu-ray Competition

On 10th January 2011 the eagerly awaited GAINSBOURG is released on UK Blu-ray and DVD.

From visionary graphic artist and director Joann Sfar comes a completely original take on one of France’s greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Serge Gainsbourg.
GAINSBOURG is an enchanting glimpse at his early life, growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris, and through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s until his death in 1991.
Taking the best from LA VIE EN ROSE and AMELIE, GAINSBOURG is brought to us by one of the most beloved graphic artists of our time and the team behind the magical creatures of PAN’S LABYRINTH.

Extras: Behind the scenes, Cinemoi exclusive interview with Joann Sfar and Eric Elmosnino, Interview with director Joann Sfar, Trailer



Now here's your chance to win a pristine new Blu-ray of this stylish bio-pic. Thanks to Optimum Home Entertainment we have 3 copies to offer. To be in with a chance of winning you need to answer the following question correctly:

Name the English actress/singer that Gainsbourg married?

UPDATE 1st FEBRUARY 2011. THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.

Here's the trailer:

THE LAST EXORCISM - Blu-ray Competition

'BELIEVE IN HIM'

On 27th December 2010 THE LAST EXORCISM arrives on UK Blu-ray and DVD in features packed editions.

From producer Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) THE LAST EXORCISM is a terrifying horror film in the tradition of THE EXORCIST and shot in the unique style of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT.


After a career spent helping the devout through prayer and trickery, Reverend Marcus (Patrick Fabian) invites a film crew to document his final fraudulent days as an exorcist. Soon his faith is truly tested when a desperate plea from the father of a possessed girl (Ashley Bell) brings him face to face with evil itself.

Extras on the disc include: Audio Comm with Producers Eli Roth, Eric Newman, Marc Abraham and Tom Bliss / Audio Comm with Director Daniel Stamm and Actors Ashley Bell, Patrick Fabian and Louis Herthum / Audio Comm with Witnesses to an Exorcism: Haunting Victim, Deliverance Minister and Clinical Psychologist / The Devil You Know: The Making of The Last Exorcism / Real Stories of Exorcism / Interview with Daniel Stamm and Patrick Fabian / Interview with Eli Roth and Ashley Bell / Ashley Bell Audition Footage / Patrick Fabian Audition Footage / Caleb Landry Jones Audition Footage / Louis Herthum Audition Footage / Protection Prayer / 2009 Cannes Film Festival / Teaser Trailer / Theatrical Trailer.


Now here's your chance to win a brand-spanking new Blu-ray of this chilling horror film. Thanks to Optimum Home Entertainment we have 3 copies to offer. To be in with a chance of winning you need to answer the following question correctly:

Name the demon in William Friedkin's THE EXORCIST?

UPDATE 1st FEBRUARY 2011. THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.

Here's the trailer:

DONNIE DARKO - Blu-ray Competition

“Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?”

On 19th July 2010, for the first time in the UK, DONNIE DARKO comes to Blu-ray in a spellbinding 2-disc special edition featuring the original feature film and the director’s cut.

Enter Donnie’s world like never before with crystal clear visuals and a bewildering array of extra features highlighting this most mysterious of modern cult classics.

Whether you’ve experienced Director Richard Kelly’s influential, time-travelling masterpiece before or you have yet to follow ‘Frank’ down the wormhole, DONNIE DARKO on Blu-ray offers an astonishing experience like never before.

Extra Features include:

● FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR RICHARD KELLY
● FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH CAST & CREW
● FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR RICHARD KELLY AND KEVIN SMITH
● THEY MADE ME DO IT FEATURETTE
● THEY MADE ME DO IT TOO FEATURETTE
● THEY MADE ME DO IT ART GALLERY
● PRODUCTION DIARY - OPTIONAL COMMENTARY BY STEVEN POSTER, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
● B-ROLL FOOTAGE
● CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS
● ADDITIONAL SCENES: 20 SCENES WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY BY RICHARD KELLY - DELETED & EXTENDED SCENES FROM THE ORIGINAL THEATRICAL CUT
● CUNNING VISIONS INFORMERCIALS WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY
● THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL
● ORIGINAL TV SPOTS x 5
● ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER
● THE DIRECTOR'S CUT TRAILER



Thanks to Metrodome we have 3 copies of the Blu-ray as prizes - to be in with a chance of winning please answer the following question:

Who directed the 2009 sequel S.DARKO?

UPDATE 21st JULY 2010. THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.

Here's the trailer: