The Tenderness of the Wolves, amongst others.



Please note that the announcement includes upcoming UK and U.S. releases.



Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box



Stephen King was once quoted as saying: "I have seen the future of horror... his name is Clive Barker." That future became reality when, in 1987, Barker unleashed his directorial debut Hellraiser  launching a hit franchise and creating an instant horror icon in the formidable figure of Pinhead.



Barker's original Hellraiser, based on his novella The Hellbound Heart, follows Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) as she comes head-to-head with the Cenobites  demonic beings from another realm who are intent on reclaiming the soul of her deviant Uncle Frank.



Picking up immediately after the events of the original Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II finds Kirsty detained at a psychiatric institute and under the care of Phillip Channard, a doctor who abuses his position to realise his own dark aims. In Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, a reporter investigating a mysterious death at a nightclub finds herself in the way of Pinhead and the Cenobites, who plan to bring their horrifying world into our own.



Coming at a time when the genre was degenerating into self-parody, Hellraiser offered a fiercely unique vision that approached its horrors with a far greater degree of seriousness than many of its contemporaries.. Along with its sequels, the Barker-produced Hellbound and Hell on Earth, Arrow Video is proud to present some of the most terrifyingly original films in the history of horror in brand new 2K transfers.



LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: Brand new 2K restorations of Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

Hellraiser: Evolutions  a brand new documentary looking at the evolution of the hit horror franchise and its enduring legacy, featuring interviews with numerous cast and crew from the series' later instalments including Scott Derrickson (director, Hellraiser: Inferno), Rick Bota (director, Hellseeker, Deader and Hellworld), alongside genre figures Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (writers Saw IV, Feast) and Stuart Gordon (director, Re-Animator, From Beyond)

Audio commentaries for all 3 films

Hours on archive material including cast/crew interviews, EPK material, storyboards, trailers, TV spots and more

Clive Barker early short films Salome and The Forbidden

Exclusive 200 page hardback book with new writing on Hellraiser and the Barker universe from Barker archivists Phil and Sarah Stokes. Contains chapters looking at Barker's early work, the genesis and production of the first 3 films in the Hellraiser series, as well as a consideration of the development of the character of Pinhead and a look at Pinhead's latest literary incarnation The Scarlet Gospels, all illustrated with a wealth of production stills and unseen material from the Barker archive

Exclusive Limited Edition packaging with expansive new artwork from Gilles Vranckx

Much more to be announced! UK RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 26.



Kijū Yoshida: Love + Anarchism



The work of Kiju Yoshida is one of Japanese cinema's obscure pleasures. A contemporary of Nagisa Oshima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses) and Masahiro Shinoda (Pale Flower, Assassination), Yoshida started out as an assistant to Keisuke Kinoshita before making his directorial debut at age 27. In the decades that followed he produced more than 20 features and documentaries, yet each and every one has proven difficult to see in the English-speaking world.



This collection brings together three works from the late sixties and early seventies, a loose trilogy united by their radical politics and an even more radical shooting style. Eros + Massacre, presented here in both its 169-minute theatrical version and the full-length 220-minute director's cut, tells the parallel stories of early 20th-century anarchist (and free love advocate) Sakae Osugi and a pair of student activists. Their stories interact and intertwine, resulting in a complex, rewarding work that is arguably Yoshida's masterpiece.



Heroic Purgatory pushes the dazzling cinematic language of Eros + Massacre even further, presenting a bleak but dreamlike investigation into the political discourses taking place in early seventies Japan. Coup d'état returns to the past for a biopic of Ikki Kita, the right-wing extremist who sought to overthrow the government in 1936. Yoshida considered the film to be the culmination of his work, promptly retiring from feature filmmaking following its completion.



LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3,000 copies)

New high definition digital transfers supervised by Kiju Yoshida

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations for all films

Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio on all films

New translated English subtitles on all films

Yoshida or: The Explosion of the Story - a 30-minute documentary on Eros + Massacre with contributions from Yoshida and film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet

Introductions to Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by Yoshida

Newly-filmed discussions of Eros + Massacre, Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by David Desser, author of Eros Plus Massacre: - - An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave, recorded exclusively for this release

Scene-select commentaries by David Desser on all three films

Heroic Purgatory theatrical trailer

Coup d'etat theatrical trailer

Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm

Illustrated 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films by David Desser, Isolde Standish (author of Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s) and Dick Stegewerns (author of Kiju Yoshida: 50 Years of Avant-Garde Filmmaking in Post-War Japan) UK RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 19.



Tenderness of the Wolves



Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover, was a German serial killer responsible for the murders of two dozen boys and young men during the so-called 'years of crisis' between the wars. His case would partly inspire Fritz Lang's M, and its central character portrayed by Peter Lorre, as well as this forgotten gem from 1973.



Tenderness of the Wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks in the company of a killer. Baby-faced and shaven-headed, in a manner that recalls both M and F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, Haarmann is a fascinating, repulsive figure. Using his status as a police informant to procure his victims, he dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight. This isn't an easy film to watch, but it certainly gets under the skin



Produced by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (who also supplies a shifty cameo), Tenderness of the Wolves provided two of his regular actors with a means of expanding their careers. Ulli Lommel  later responsible for the infamous video nasty The Boogeyman  made his directorial debut, while Kurt Raab wrote the screenplay as well as delivering an astonishing performance as Haarmann.



Special Features: New high definition digital transfer prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations

Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio

New translated English subtitles

The Tender Wolf - a brand-new in-depth interview with director Ulli Lommel

Brand-new interview with director of photography Jürgen Jürges

Newly-filmed appreciation by film historian and expert on European horror cinema Stephen Thrower

Theatrical trailer

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil

Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Tony Rayns UK RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 19.

U.S. RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 20.



Edgar Allan Poes Black Cats: Two Adaptations by Sergio Martino & Lucio Fulci



Edgar Allan Poe's celebrated story The Black Cat has provided the inspiration for numerous films over the years. But few adaptations are as stylish as those offered up by the twin Italian titans of terror, Sergio Martino and Lucio Fulci.



In Martino's classic giallo Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, teacher Oliviero (Luigi Pistilli, A Bay of Blood) finds himself under suspicion for murder when one of his students  and mistress  is found brutally murdered. As more bodies start to pile up, the arrival of Oliviero's attractive niece (Edwige Fenech, Five Dolls for an August Moon, All the Colours of the Dark) brings with it complications of its own.



In The Black Cat, from that "other" Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci (Zombie), Scotland Yard Inspector Gorley (David Warbeck, The Beyond) find himself summoned to a sleepy English village to investigate the recent murder of a young couple. With no obvious signs of entry at the murder scene, Gorley is forced to start considering the possibility that his suspect may not be human



Finally together on Blu-ray and in stunning new 2K restorations from the original camera negatives, fans can enjoy the double-dose of terror that is Edgar Allan Poe's Black Cats  Italian-style!



LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: Brand new 2K restorations of the films from the original camera negatives

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations

Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)

Newly translated subtitles for the Italian soundtracks

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks

Brand new interview with director Sergio Martino

Dolls of Flesh and Blood: The Gialli of Sergio Martino  a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring Sergio Martino's unique contributions to the giallo genre

Stephen Thrower, author of Beyond Terror - The Films of Lucio Fulci, on The Black Cat

Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin

Limited Edition 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films, Poe's original story and more, illustrated with archive stills and posters

Much more to be announced! UK RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 12.

U.S. RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 13.



Deep Red



From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some the greatest excursions in Italian horror (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), comes Deep Red  arguably the ultimate giallo movie.



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



Aided by a throbbing score from regular Argento-collaborators Goblin, Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso and The Hatchet Murders) is a hallucinatory fever dream of a giallo punctuated by some of the most astonishing set-pieces the sub-genre has to offer.



3-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of two versions of the film

Fully illustrated packaging by Gilles Vranckx, to be revealed

Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film

Soundtrack CD

Postcards DEEP RED: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (BLU-RAY DISC 1) Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative, supervised by cinematographer Luciano Tovoli (Suspiria, Tenebrae) and approved by Dario Argento [127 mins]

English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack*

Audio Commentary with Argento expert Thomas Rostock

Introduction to the film by Claudio Simonetti of Goblin

Profondo Giallo  An in-depth look at Dario Argento's early films and the road to Deep Red

Rosso Recollections: Dario Argento's Deep Genius  the Deep Red director on the creation of a giallo masterpiece

Lady in Red  Daria Nicolodi Remembers Profondo Rosso

Music to Murder For!  Claudio Simonetti on Deep Red

Rosso From Celluloid to Shop  a Tour of the Profondo Rosso shop in Rome with long time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi

Italian Trailer DEEP RED: THE INTERNATIONAL THEATRICAL CUT (BLU-RAY DISC 2) [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE] High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the International Version [105 mins]

US Theatrical Trailer PROFONDO ROSSO: THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING (CD DISC 3) [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE] 28-track CD featuring the entire film score from Italian progressive rock band Goblin and composer Giorgio Gaslini, exclusive to this edition UK RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 5.



Thieves' Highway



Thieves' Highway was made during a remarkable run of noir pictures that confirmed its director, Jules Dassin, as one of the genre's major forces. Following on from Brute Force and The Naked City, with Night and the City and Rififi soon to follow, it more than deserves its place in such hallowed company.



Returning from the war to discover his father has been crippled in an altercation with a brutish mob-connected kingpin, Nick Garcos puts aside thoughts of settling down and instead focuses them on revenge. He buys an old army surplus truck and hits the road  a 36-hour non-stop to San Francisco and, he hopes, a little justice



Starring Richard Conte as Garcos and Lee J. Cobb as the object of his hate-filled intentions, Thieves' Highway is as tough as film noir gets. Adapting his own novel, A.I. Bezzerides (who would later bring Kiss Me Deadly to the big screen) created a slice of pure pulp poetry.



Special Features: New 4K digital restoration by Twentieth Century Fox

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations

Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides, a 55-minute documentary portrait of Thieves' Highway author and screenwriter, featuring contributions from Bezzerides, director Jules Dassin and writers George P. Pelecanos (The Wire), Mickey Spillane (Kiss Me Deadly) and Barry Gifford (Lost Highway)

The Fruits of Labour, a new video essay about the genesis, production, reception and politics of Thieves' Highway by Frank Krutnik, author of In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity

Selected scene and character commentaries by Frank Krutnik

Theatrical trailer

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys

Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Alastair Phillips (co-author of 100 Film Noirs), illustrated with original production stills UK RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 5.



The Beast



Walerian Borowczyk's most notorious and controversial film wildly re-works the classic Beauty and the Beast story into a very adult fairy tale, a parody of pornographic tropes and an assault on notions of 'good taste'.



Bestial dreams interrupt the venal plans of a French aristocrat attempting to save a crumbling mansion by marrying off his deformed son, Mathurin, to a horny American heiress, Lucy. Yet Mathurin seems more interested in his horses than in his bride-to-be, and when Lucy finds out about the story of his 18th-century ancestor Romilda (Sirpa Lane) copulating with the titular beast it sparks to life one of the most outrageous dream sequences in cinema history.



A huge hit in France that was extensively censored and banned elsewhere, The Beast broke new ground in sexual explicitness and remains a truly startling experience even today.



Special Features: New high definition digital transfer of the uncut 98-minute version

Uncompressed Mono 2.0 PCM Audio

Optional English subtitles

Introduction by film critic Peter Bradshaw

The Making of The Beast: camera operator Noël Véry provides a commentary on footage shot during the film's production

Frenzy of Ecstasy, a visual essay on the evolution of Borowczyk's beast and the sequel that never was, Motherhood

The Profligate Door, a documentary about Borowczyk's sound sculptures featuring curator Maurice Corbet

Boro Brunch, a reunion meal recorded in February 2014 reuniting members of Borowczyk's crew

Commercials by Borowczyk: Holy Smoke (1963), The Museum (1964) and Tom Thumb (1966)

Gunpoint, a documentary short by Peter Graham produced and edited by Borowczyk (11:04)

Behind Enemy Lines - The Making of Gunpoint (5:16)

Theatrical trailer

Reversible sleeve featuring Borowczyk's own original poster design

Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Daniel Bird and an archive piece by David Thompson, illustrated with original stills U.S. RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 15.



Immoral Tales



Walerian Borowczyk's first explicitly erotic feature, Immoral Tales presents a veritable cavalcade of depravity: cosmic fellatio, transcendental masturbation, blood-drenched lesbianism and papal incest.



It tells four stories, each delving back further in time, as if to suggest that the same issues recur constantly throughout human civilization, whether involving notorious historical figures like Lucrezia Borgia and Erzsébet Báthory, or present-day teenagers.



Capitalising on the relaxation of censorship laws, Immoral Tales would transform Borowczyk's image from brilliant but obscure avant-garde artist to one of Europe's most confrontational filmmakers when it came to trampling on sexual taboos.



Special Features: New high definition digital transfers of two versions of the feature, the familiar four-part edition and the original five-part conception including the short film The Beast of Gévaudan (which later became the feature The Beast)

Uncompressed Mono 2.0 PCM Audio

Optional English subtitles

Introduction by Borowczyk expert Daniel Bird

Love Reveals Itself, a new interview programme featuring production manager Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin and cinematographer Noël Véry

Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk, a newly-edited archival interview in which the filmmaker discusses painting, cinema and sex

Blow Ups, a visual essay by Daniel Bird about Borowczyk's works on paper

Theatrical trailer

Reversible sleeve featuring Borowczyk's own original poster design

Illustrated booklet containing new writing on the film by by Daniel Bird and an archive piece by Philip Strick U.S. RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 15.



