Arrow Video is bringing that eighties video store feel back with their latest blu-ray boxset offering titled, Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams. Basically it consists of five sci-fi / horror films from the 1980’s that Arrow has restored.
The films included are:
- The Dungeonmaster (1984)
- Dolls (1987)
- Cellar Dweller (1988)
- Arena (1989)
- Robot Jox (1989)
It looks pretty interesting release which I’m sure will sell very well.
You can pre-order now, the Blu-ray boxset is due out on the 26th June 2023 in the UK.
Table of Contents
I’ve added Arrow’s boxset trailer at the bottom of the page so you can see what it’s all about for yourself.
Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams Blu-ray (LE)
Blu-ray Technical Specs
- Discs: 5
- Region: B
- Video: 1080p High Definition
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: Various (See Below)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Running Time: 427 mins approx
- Rating: 18
Special Features
- Limited Edition Packaging (Featuring newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley)
- Reversible Sleeves (Featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady)
- Double Sided Posters for Each Film (Featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady)
- 15 Postcard-sized Reproduction Artcards
- Arrow Video Store “Membership Card”
- 80 Page Perfect Bound Book
DISC ONE: THE DUNGEONMASTER (1984)
- New 2K Restoration by Arrow Films From The Original Negative
- 3 Different Versions of the Film Via Seamless Branching: The US Theatrical Version, Pre-release Version & International Version
- Original Lossless Mono Audio
- New Audio Commentary & Interview with Star Jeffrey Byron
DISC TWO: DOLLS (1987)
- New 2K Restoration by Arrow Films From The Original Interpositive
- Original Lossless Stereo Audio
- New Audio Commentary by David Decoteau
- Archive Audio Commentary with Director Stuart Gordon & Writer Ed Naha
- Archive Audio Commentary with Cast Members Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Stephen Lee, Carrie Lorraine & Ian Patrick Williams
- New Interview with Editor Lee Percy
- Archive Featurette with Gordon, Yuzna, Purdy-Gordon, Williams, Brian Yuzna, Charles Band & Gabe Bartalos
- Film-to-storyboard Comparison
DISC THREE: CELLAR DWELLER (1988)
- Additional Picture Restoration by Arrow Films
- Original Lossless Stereo Audio
- New Audio Commentary by Special Make-up Effects Artist Michael Deak
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies (New Appreciation of Director John Carl Buechler by Film Critics Matty Budrewicz & Dave Wain)
- Inside the Cellar (New Interview with Special Make-up Effects Artist Michael Deak)
- Original Sales Sheet
- Original Production Notes
- VHS Trailer
- Empire Pictures Trailer Reel
- Image Galleries
DISC FOUR: ARENA (1989)
- New 2K Restoration by Arrow Films From the Last Known Surviving 35mm Elements
- Original Lossless Stereo Audio
- New Audio Commentary with Director Peter Manoogian
- Alternative Fullframe Presentation
- New Interview with Co-screenwriter Danny Bilson
- New Interview with Special Make-up Effects Artist Michael Deak
DISC FIVE: ROBOT JOX (1989)
- New 2K Restoration by Arrow Films From the Original Negative
- Original Lossless Stereo Audio
- Archive Audio Commentary with Director Stuart Gordon
- Archive Audio Commentary with Associate Effects Director Paul Gentry, Mechanical Effects Artist Mark Rappaport & Stop-motion Animator Paul Jessell
- New Interview with Actor Gary Graham
- New Interview with Actor Anne-Marie Johnson
- New Appreciation of Stop Motion Animator David Allen
- Archival Interview with Actor Paul Koslo
- Original Sales Sheet
- Original Production Notes
You can pre-order now on Blu-ray £54.99 from Amazon or Arrow’s website for £55. (Prices correct as of 1st June 2023).
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Blu-ray releases on 26th June 2023 in the UK.
Watch The Trailer
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What You Do Think?
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