ARROW VIDEO JUNE 2018 RELEASE SCHEDULE

Arrow Video have released their schedule for June 2018 and we have details on all the DVD, Blu-ray and dual format releases. Below you will find the June 2018 release schedule for U.K., U.S.A. and Canada releases.

If you missed what Arrow Video released in May 2018 you can find all the details HERE.

JAKE SPEED

Release Date: 4th June 2018 (U.K. Release Only)

Format: Blu-ray

Directed by: Andrew Lane

When her sister is taken by a gang of white slavers, Margaret (Karen Kopins, Troop Beverly Hills) knows she needs a hero with a difference to bring her home. Enter Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford, Barracuda), leaping from the pages of pulp thriller novels and into the real world. With Margaret in tow and his trusty sidekick Desmond Floyd (Dennis Christopher, Chariots of Fire) in tow, Jake arrives hot on the heels of the kidnappers in a southern African country gripped by civil war. But it soon turns out Jake got more than he bargained for when he discovers that the ringleader of the slavers is none other than his own arch-nemesis: the wicked, criminally insane Sid (John Hurt, Alien, The Osterman Weekend)…

A ripe slice of ’80s action cheese in the tradition of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Romancing the Stone, Jake Speed has it all: romance, death-defying stunts, spellbinding scenery shot on location in Zimbabwe… and best of all, a wickedly off-the-wall performance by the late John Hurt, proving the old adage that a hero is nothing without a worthy foe.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:


• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original lossless 2.0 stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Paperback Wishes, Cinematic Dreams, a new interview with co-writer/producer/director Andrew Lane
• The Hard Way Reads Better, a new interview with producer William Fay
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys

First Pressing Only: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Mark Cunliffe

DETAILS:


Region: B
Rating: TBC
Genre: Action/Adventure
Duration: 100 mins
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: 2.0 Mono
Colour
Discs: 1

VIGIL

Release Date: 11th June 2018 (U.K. Release)

12th June 2018 (U.S.A./Canada Release)

Format: Blu-ray

Directed by: Vincent Ward

Vincent Ward – once described as “the Antipodean Werner Herzog” – made his feature debut with Vigil, heralding his status as one of New Zealand’s most distinctive filmmaking talents and paving the way for such equally remarkable and unclassifiable efforts as The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey and Map of the Human Heart.

A stranger appears in a remote New Zealand farmland at the exact time a farmer accidentally falls to his death. The mysterious outsider grows close to some of the dead man’s family, to the point where he and the widow become lovers. But her eleven-year-old daughter, Toss, struggling to come to terms with the death of her father as well as her impending womanhood, believes the intruder to be the devil and sets about protecting her family and their homestead.

Propelled by Fiona Kay’s outstanding performance by as Toss, she would earn a standing ovation when Vigil screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival – the first time ever that a New Zealand feature played in the main competition.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:


• High Definition (Blu-ray) presentation
• Original mono audio (uncompressed LPCM)
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Brand-new appreciation by film critic Nick Roddick, recorded exclusively for this release
• On-set report from the long-running New Zealand television programme Country Calendar
• Extract from a 1987 Kaleidoscope television documentary on New Zealand cinema, focusing on Vigil and Vincent Ward
• Theatrical trailer

First Pressing Only: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Carmen Gray

DETAILS:


BD Region: B
Rating: 15
Genre: Drama
Duration: 90 mins
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: Mono 1.0
Colour
Discs: 1

THE QUIET EARTH

Release Date: 18th June 2018 (U.K. Release Only)

Format: Blu-ray

Directed by: Geoff Murphy

Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence, As Time Goes By), a scientist working on a pioneering energy project, wakes up one morning to find that the technology has malfunctioned, leaving him as seemingly the only man left on earth. As Zac wanders the deserted city of Hamilton, New Zealand, hoping to find some remnant of life besides himself, his mind begins to disintegrate until fantasy and reality blur together in a heady, terrifying cocktail.

Directed by Geoff Murphy (Under Siege 2, Freejack) and adapted from the 1982 novel of the same name, The Quiet Earth has attained cult status as one of the most distinctive post-apocalyptic sci-fi movies of the 1980s. By turns haunting, surreal and inscrutable, the film asks questions about humankind’s insatiable appetite for destruction that are arguably as prescient today as they were at the time of its release thirty years ago.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:


• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Lossless 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo audio options
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• New audio commentary by critic Travis Crawford
• New video essay on the film by critic Bryan Reesman
• New interview with critic Kim Newman on the post-apocalyptic movies of the 1980s
• Original theatrical trailer
• Stills gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Laz Marquez

First Pressing Only: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Amy Simmons


DETAILS:


Region: B
Rating: TBC
Genre: Science Fiction
Duration: 91 mins
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: 5.1, 2.0 Stereo
Colour
Discs: 1

THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT

Release Date: 18th June 2018 (U.K. Release)

3rd July 2018 (U.S.A. Release)

Format: Limited Edition Blu-ray

Directed by: Wes Craven

MARI, SEVENTEEN, IS DYING. EVEN FOR HER THE WORST IS YET TO COME!

The directorial debut of Wes Craven, the man behind such horror favourites as A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes and Scream, The Last House on the Left justly retains its reputation as one of the most harrowing cinematic experiences of all time, nearly half a century on from its original release.

On the eve of her 17th birthday, Mari and friend Phyllis set off from her family home to the big city to attend a concert by shock-rockers Bloodlust. Attempting to pick up some marijuana on the way, the pair run afoul of a group of vicious crooks, headed up by the sadistic and depraved Krug (David Hess). Gagged and bound, the young women are bundled into a car trunk and driven to the woods, where the gang subject them to a terrifying ordeal of sexual humiliation, torture and murder.

Unleashed on an unsuspecting public in 1972, The Last House on the Left shocked audiences with its graphic and unflinching portrayal of interpersonal violence, paving the way for a whole host of cheap imitators looking to capitalise on its success. It is Wes Craven’s original alone, however, that remains one of the true watershed moments in horror (and indeed, film) history.

LIMITED 2 X BLU-RAY EDITION CONTENTS:

• Three cuts of the film newly restored in 2K from original film elements 
• Original Uncompressed Mono Audio 
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 
• Double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork 
• 6 x lobby card reproductions 
• Limited edition perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the film by author Stephen Thrower 
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper

DISC ONE – THE UNCUT VERSION

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the Uncut Version 
• Brand new audio commentary by podcasters Bill Ackerman and Amanda Reyes 
• Archival audio commentary with writer/director Wes Craven and producer Sean S. Cunningham 
• Archival audio commentary with stars David Hess, Marc Sheffler and Fred Lincoln
• Junior’s Story, a brand new interview with actor Marc Sheffler 
• Marc Sheffler in Conversation at the American Cinematheque
• Brand new interview with wardrobe and make-up artist Anne Paul 
• Songs in the Key of Krug, never-before-seen archive interview with David Hess
• Celluloid Crime of the Century, archival documentary featuring interviews with Wes Craven, Sean S. Cunningham, actors David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, Marc Sheffler and Martin Kove 
• Still Standing: The Legacy of The Last House on The Left, archival interview with Wes Craven 
• Scoring Last House on the Left, archival interview with actor/composer David Hess
• It’s Only a Movie: The Making of The Last House on the Left, archival documentary
• Forbidden Footage, the cast and crew of Last House on the film’s most controversial sequences 
• Deleted Scene 
• Outtakes and Dailies 
• Trailers, TV Spot & Radio Spots
• Image Gallery

DISC TWO – THE ‘KRUG & COMPANY’ & R-RATED CUTS

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the Krug and Company and R-rated cuts of the film 
• The Craven Touch, brand new featurette bringing together interviews with a number of Wes Craven’s collaborators, including Sean S. Cunningham, composer Charles Bernstein, producer Peter Locke, cinematographer Mark Irwin and actress Amanda Wyss
• Early Days and “Night of Vengeance”, filmmaker Roy Frumkes remembers Wes Craven and Last House on the Left 
• Tales That’ll Tear Your Heart Out – excerpts from an unfinished Wes Craven short
• Q&A with Marc Sheffler from a 2017 screening of the film at The American Cinematheque
• Krug Conquers England – archival featurette charting the theatrical tour of the first ever uncut screening of the film in the UK

DISC THREE [CD] – ‘THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT’ ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

• CD featuring the complete, newly remastered film score

DETAILS:

Region: B
Rating: 18

Genre: Horror

Duration: 84 mins

Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Audio: Mono

Colour

Discs: 2

THE ADDICTION

Release Date: 25th June 2018 (U.K. Release)

26th June 2018 (U.S.A./Canada Release)

Format: Blu-ray

Directed by: Abel Ferrara

The Addiction is one of the most powerful vampire movies ever made, with everything from its grainy black and white aesthetic to its raw central performance, combining to position vampirism as a hedonistic addiction above all else. Whether you’re already a convert or completely new to the film, Abel Ferrara’s take on vampire mythology, on a specially restored director-approved 4K Blu-ray, will have you craving more.

The mid-nineties were a fertile period for the vampire movie. Big-name stars such as Tom Cruise and Eddie Murphy flocked to the genre, as did high-calibre filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola, veterans Wes Craven and John Landis, independents Michael Almereyda and Jeffrey Arsenault, and up-and-comers Quentin Tarantino and Guillermo del Toro. Amid the fangs and crucifixes, Abel Ferrara reunited with his King of New York star Christopher Walken for The Addiction, a distinctly personal take on creatures of the night.

Philosophy student Kathleen (Lili Taylor, The Conjuring) is dragged into an alleyway on her way home from class by Casanova (Annabella Sciorra, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) and bitten on the neck. She quickly falls ill but realises this isn’t any ordinary disease when she develops an aversion to daylight and a thirst for human blood…

Having made a big-budget foray into science fiction two years earlier with Body Snatchers, Ferrara’s approach to the vampire movie is in a lower key. Shot on the streets of New York, like so many of his major works – including The Driller Killer, Ms. 45 and Bad Lieutenant – and beautifully filmed in black and white, The Addiction sees the filmmaker on his own terms and at his very best: raw, shocking, intense, intelligent, masterful.

The Addiction is a stripped back, raw and intense feature that exudes the sophistication most ‘90s vampire films invariably lacked.

It sees Abel Ferrara return from big budget Hollywood (Body Snatchers), coming back to the gritty, intelligent and shocking cinema he’s best known for. Positioning vampirism as something akin to a drug addiction, the film was on the pulse of the mid-90s when heroin chic was on the rise and fears about AIDS were prominent in the media.

The always wonderful Lili Taylor delivers a hell of a performance as The Addiction’s victim and anti-hero, struggling to deal with her thirst for human blood before fully embracing it – all with life-altering consequences.

This Arrow Video special edition features a brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negatives, made especially for this release and approved by Abel Ferrara himself and director of photography Ken Kelsch. It also includes a host of extras, not least of which is a brand new documentary on The Addiction, made by Ferrara for this release.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Director-approved special edition contents:

•  New restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Abel Ferrara and director of photography Ken Kelsch
•  High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
•  Restored 5.1 audio
•  Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by Abel Ferrara, moderated by critic and biographer Brad Stevens
•  Talking with the Vampires (2018) A new documentary about the film made by Ferrara especially for this release, featuring actors Christopher Walken and Lili Taylor, composer Joe Delia, Ken Kelsch, and Ferrara himself
•  New interview with Abel Ferrara
•  New interview with Brad Stevens 
•  Abel Ferrara Edits The Addiction, an archival piece from the time of production
•  Original trailer
•  Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain

DETAILS:


Genre: Horror
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD MA
Black & White
Discs: 1

THE COMPLETE SARTANA

Release Date: 25th June 2018 (U.K. Release)

26th June 2018 (U.S.A./Canada Release)

Format: Limited Edition Blu-ray

Directed by: Gianfranco Parolini, Giuliano Carnimeo

Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name spawned imitations, variations and shameless rip-offs keen to emulate his success at the box office. Within months of A Fistful of Dollars’ release, Giuliano Gemma was playing Ringo, who was then followed by Franco Nero’s Django, Tony Anthony’s The Stranger and Gianni Garko’s Sartana – each providing their own twist on the Eastwood antihero, and each of them then subject to their own spate of unofficial sequels, spoofs and cash-ins.

Sartana tapped into more than just his Spaghetti Western predecessors – a mysterious figure, he has a spectral quality, aided by his Count Dracula-alike cloak which also nods towards comic strip figure Mandrake the Magician, with whom he shares he shares a penchant for card tricks. He takes pride in his appearance unlike the Eastwood’s dusty wanderer or Nero’s mud-caked drifter. And there’s a dose of James Bond too in his fondness for gadgetry and the droll sense of humour.

Unsurprisingly, this unique figure in the genre was treated to four official follow-ups. The Complete Sartana collects all five films, presented here in brand-new restorations: If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death, I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, Have a Good Funeral My Friend… Sartana Will Pay, Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming, and Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, in which George Hilton replaced Garko in the lead role.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:


• Limited Edition Blu-ray collection of all five official Sartana films (2,500 copies)
• Brand-new 2K restoration of If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death from original film materials, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
• Brand-new 2K restorations of I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, Have a Good Funeral My Friend… Sartana Will Pay, Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming, and Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin from original camera negatives, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
• Original Italian and English soundtracks on all five films
• Uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio
• Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• Audio commentary on If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death by filmmaker Mike Siegel
• Audio commentaries on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Have a Good Funeral My Friend… Sartana Will Pay by Spaghetti Western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke
• Gianfranco Parolini on If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death, a brand-new interview with the writer-director
• Fabbio Piccioni on If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death, a brand-new interview with the writer
• Sal Borgese on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming, two brand-new interviews with the actor
• Ernesto Gastaldi on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming, two brand-new interviews with the writer
• Roberto Dell’Acqua on Have a Good Funeral My Friend… Sartana Will Pay, a brand-new interview with the actor
• Sartana Lives, an archive featurette on Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming featuring interviews with actor Gianni Garko and director Giuliano Carnimeo
• Sartana Shoots First, a brand-new interview with George Hilton on Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
• Erika Blanc on Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, a brand-new interview with the actor
• Tony Askin on Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, a brand-new interview with the actor
• Brand-new video essay on the major actors and supporting players in the official Sartana films
• Galleries of original promotional images from the Mike Siegal Archive for all five films
• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Roberto Curti and an extensive Spaghetti Western timeline by Howard Hughes

DETAILS:


BD Region: B
Rating: TBC
Genre: Western
Duration: TBC
Language: Italian / English
Subtitles: English / English SDH
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 & 1.85:1
Audio: 1.0 Mono
Colour
Discs: 5