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Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy, The Punch And Judy Man


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Bangkok Dog

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Bangkok Dog is a 2024 Thailand action film by Chaya Supannarat
Starring Elliott Allison, Byron Bishop and Sahajak Boonthanakit BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

The story focuses on an American agent sent to a dangerous undercover mission in Thailand to dismantle a sadistic crime lord.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sadistic violence\n:

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Agent Andrew Kang is sent to Thailand on a dangerous undercover mission to take down the human trafficking ring run by the sadistic crimelord Dominick Mesias. His street smarts and fighting skills win over the local gangsters and he rises up the Bangkok underworld but the closer he gets to cracking the case, the more he loses himself in the role.

Erotic Ghost Story Trliogy

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Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy is a film set
Starring Amy Yip, Hitomi Kudo and So Man

There are no censorship issues with this release beyond noting that there are shorter Mandarin versions
UK: BBFC aggregate 18 rated:

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This triple-bill of paranormal perversion delivers everything you'd want from a Category III movie, plus a bit more besides. In the first tale from Story of Ricki director Ngai Choi Lam, a trio of sexy spirits fall for the same hunk. The second movie, the directorial debut of Peter Ngor has the God of Carnal Desire, God Wu Tung on a quest for revenge after his favourite conquest is zapped by other god like beings and in the third piece from Kai-Ming Lai, a man journeys into the afterlife only to be greeted by a very powerful woman. A trilogy like no other, this one hits the spirited saucy spot.

The Punch And Judy Man

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The Punch And Judy Man is a 1963 UK comedy by Jeremy Summers
Starring Tony Hancock, Sylvia Syms and Ronald Fraser IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a U rated cinema release in 1962. a shortened version was released on VHS and DVD. Uncut and 12 rated for 2025 Blu-ray but the BBFC notes that it required the removal of an old BBFC U rating card.

Summary Notes

Dark comedy about a seaside Punch and Judy man driven to distraction by his social climbing wife and his hatred for the snobbery of local government. He is persuaded to go to the Mayor's gala evening but it's all too much for him.

UK: Passed Universal, suitable for all uncut for:

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Appearing in his second feature film-starring role, comedy legend Tony Hancock gives a memorable performance in this bittersweet comedy of small-town snobbery and one-upmanship.

Content to scratch out a living in the faded seaside town of Piltdown, puppeteer Wally Pinner (Hancock) is unhappily married to Delia (Sylvia Syms), a gift-shop owner with social pretensions. When Wally is invited to perform at the town's anniversary gala reception, however, Delia scents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to raise the couples social standing...

EXTRAS:

  • NEW Hard Knocks: Paul Merton on The Punch and Judy Man
  • Excerpt from ABC Series HANCOCK'S
  • BEHP Audio interview extract with Jeremy Summers
  • Blackpool Show: Season 1 Episode 7 (1966)
  • Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
  • Theatrical trailer
 

 

 

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Link Here6th April 2025

US flagReleased on 25th February 2025

The Mask Of Satan

The Mask Of Satan is a 1960 Italy horror by Mario Bava.
Starring Barbara Steele and John Richardson and Andrea Checchi. IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

In the Seventeenth Century, in Maldavia, Princess Asa Vajda and her lover Javutich (Arturo Dominici) are killed by the local population, accused of witchcraft. A mask of Satan is attached to their faces. Princess Asa curses her brother, promising revenge to his descents. The body of Javutich is buried outside the cemetery, and the coffin of Princess Asa is placed in the family's tomb with a cross over it for protection. Two hundred years later, Professor Thomas Kruvajan and his assistant, Dr. Andre Gorobec, are going to a congress in Russia and they accidentally find the tomb. Dr. Thomas breaks the cross, releasing the evil witch. When they are leaving the place, Dr. Andre meets Princess Katia Vajda, descendant of Princess Asa, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Katia is threatened by the witch, who wants to use her body to live again.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

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THE NORTH AMERICAN BLU-RAY PREMIERE From writer/director Lamberto Bava (DEMONS) comes a modern-day reimagining of his father's classic BLACK SUNDAY featuring FX by Sergio Stivaletti (CEMETERY MAN), music by Simon Boswell (SANTA SANGRE) and hailed as an impressive evolution of '80s Italian horror that not enough fans have seen (At The Mansion Of Madness): When a group of skiers becomes trapped in a crevasse, their discovery of a long-frozen female corpse will unmask an ancient evil, unlock a portal of the damned and unleash a nightmare of Satanic vengeance. Mary Sellers (STAGEFRIGHT), Debora Caprioglio (Klaus Kinski's PAGANINI) and Michele Soavi (director of THE CHURCH and THE SECT) star in this visual roller coaster (Ninja Dixon) - also known as DEMONS 5: THE DEVIL'S VEIL - now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative for the first time ever in North America.

Special Features The Curse Of The Mask - Interview With Director Lamberto Bava Una Americana A Roma - Interview With Actress Mary Sellers Sabina The Teenage Witch - Interview With Actress Debora Caprioglio

Performance

Performance is a 2025 UK crime drama by Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
Starring James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg BBFC link 2020 IMDb

The film has a history of censorship at the hands of the BBFC and Its own distributor, Warner. BBFC cuts wre later waived but the extensive footage removed by Warners is still missing.

Summary Notes

A violent East London gangster undergoes a transformation of identity while hiding from his former colleagues in the home of a jaded Bohemian rock star and his two girlfriends.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2025 The Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 25th February 2025
  • 2025 The Criterion Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th February 2025

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The grimy criminal underworld and hedonistic rock-and-roll counterculture of late-1960s London collide in this mind-scrambling, kaleidoscopic freak-out. On the run from his vengeful boss, a ruthless gangster (James Fox) hides out in the Notting Hill home of a reclusive rock star (Mick Jagger) and his companions (Anita Pallenberg and Michele Breton), who open the doors of his perception as the lines between reality and fantasy, male and female, persona and self, dissolve in a hallucinogenic haze. Built around Jaggers most magnetic narrative-film performance, this visionary collaboration between enigmatic artist Donald Cammell and first-time director Nicolas Roeg is a daringly transgressive, endlessly influential journey to the dark side of bohemia.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by producer Sandy Lieberson, with uncompressed monaural original-UK-version soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (1998), a documentary by Kevin Macdonald and Chris Rodley
  • Influence and Controversy: Making 'Performance' (2007), a documentary about the making of the film
  • The True Story of David Litvinoff, a new visual essay by Keiron Pim, biographer of dialogue coach and technical adviser David Litvinoff
  • Performers on 'Performance,' a documentary featuring actors James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and others
  • The Two Cockneys of Harry Flowers, a program on the dialogue overdubbing done for the U.S. version of the film
  • Memo from Turner, a program featuring behind-the-scenes footage
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Ryan Gilbey and a 1995 article by filmmaker and scholar Peter Wollen
 

 

 

Weekly UK DVD and Blu-ray Releases...

Sex and Zen, Nomad, Blackhat, Dragon Fist


Link Here4th March 2025

UK flagReleased on 24th February 2025

Sex And Zen

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Sex and Zen is a 1991 Hong Kong comedy mystery fantasy by Michael Mak.
Starring Amy Yip, Lawrence Ng and Kent Cheng. Melon Farmers link  Youtube link  BBFC link 2020  IMDb

Heavily cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1997 VHS. Less cuts were required for 2007 DVD and in 2024 the film was uncut and BBFC 18 rated for Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

A man marries a beautiful wife, but decides to go out and experience as many sexual conquests as possible, with unusual and often hilarious results. Meanwhile, his wife is forced to enter a brothel and work as a prostitute.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sex, sexual violence, nudity:

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"Banned for 400 years!" screamed the original poster and you can see why as this erotic comedy is brilliantly bizarre, pretty sleazy and downright weird. Also known as The Carnal Prayer Mat's Stash of Illicit Love and slightly based on the seventeenth century novel The Carnel Prayer Mat, we follow a desperate man who is convinced by his mentor that he needs to be "well equipped" to pleasure his wife, so he has a horses appendage transplanted onto him! From here on in it gets really strange! A box-office hit in Hong Kong, this Category III movie is an erotic experience like no other and presented here UNCUT and remastered for the very first time.

Dragon Fist

Dragon Fist is a 1979 Hong Kong/Taiwan action kung fu drama by Wei Lo
Starring Jackie Chan, Nora Miao and James Tien BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for cinema and video. There is also a shortened version released in the US.

Summary Notes

Tong Huo-wan seeks redress from the man responsible for his master's death, but becomes entangled in a feud between a local clan and gangsters.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong violence:

Promotional Material

Director Wei Lo and martial arts legend Jackie Chan are back together in a kung-fu saturated story of revenge and justice. Tong Huo-wan (Chan) is on the hunt for retribution for the death of his mentor whilst also balancing out the power between locals and violent gangsters as well as dealing with the devastating news that his masters family are joining a rival school! Chan is on red-hot form here, as a seemingly indestructible man determined to right all wrongs, even if that means going against his teachings.

HERETIC

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HERETIC is a 2024 US/Canada horror thriller by Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, bloody images, threat, sex references:

Promotional Material

Two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant). Made to choose between belief and disbelief, they find themselves plunged into the darkest labyrinths of Reed's mind and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse in this twisted horror from writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods ("A Quiet Place").

BONUS FEATURES: Commentary with Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

Nomad

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Nomad is a 1982 Hong Kong romance by Patrick Tam, Terry Kay-Ming Tong
Starring Patricia Ha, Kent Tong and Cecilia Yip BBFC link 2020 IMDb

The film was recut after original release version brought complaints over sex scenes in mall and on tram.

Summary Notes

Two young couples, from the wealthy and working class of Hong Kong, form and soon become inseparable. They start living an idle life, dreaming of traveling far away, when an ex-revolutionary friend in hiding arrives from Japan.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 92:33s
pal: 88:51s
15UK: The Director's Cut is uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong sex, violence, suicide, brief drug misuse, sexual harassment:
  • 2024 Radiance Films Limited Edition [Nomad + My Heart is that Eternal Rose] RB Blu-ray (rated 02/12/2024) at UK Amazon #ad released on 24th February 2025

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Re-cut shortened version
run: 91:35s
pal: 87:55s
  Hong Kong: A shortened version was released

The film was recut after original release version brought complaints over sex scenes in mall and on tram.

BBFC uncut
Original Release Version
run: 98:36s
pal: 94:39s
BBFC 15 1982UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated:
  • 1983 Sino Cine Co cinema release (rated 26/04/1983)

Promotional Material

An icon of the Hong Kong New Wave and mentor to Wong Kar-wai, Patrick Tam worked with icons including Tony Leung (In the Mood for Love), Leslie Cheung (Days of Being Wild), Kenny Bee (Armour of God) and others in these two inimitable classics. In Nomad two couples, equal parts rich and working class, bond and experience the frolics of youth. The arrival of a Red Army deserter brings violence and disruption prompting incredible plot twists and inspired set-pieces.

My Heart is That Eternal Rose finds Tam in the more familiar Heroic Bloodshed genre. A young couple are torn apart by a botched Triad job that forces Rick to relocate to the Philippines and Lap to become a gangster's moll. Six years later they meet again but their reunion only reignites the danger that drove them apart.

Stunningly shot by David Chung (Once Upon a Time in China) and Christopher Doyle (Chungking Express) both films are newly restored and made available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

  • 4K restoration of the Nomad director's cut, 2K restoration of My Heart is That Eternal Rose, UK premieres on Blu-ray presented on two discs
  • Interview with critic Tony Rayns on Nomad (2024)
  • Interview with assistant director Stanley Kwan on Nomad (2024)
  • Interview with Nomad producer Dennis Yu (2024)
  • A visual essay on Patrick Tam and the Hong Kong New Wave by author David Desser (2024)
  • Audio commentary on My Heart is That Eternal Rose by Frank Djeng (2024)
  • Interview with producer John Sham (2019)
  • Two episodes of C.I.D. directed by Tam (1976, 49 mins each)
  • Trailer
  • Newly improved English subtitle translations by Dylan Cheung
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
  • Limited edition booklet featuring an archival career-spanning interview with Patrick Tam by Arnaud Lanuque and a new essay by Kambole Campbell
  • Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
Cronos

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Cronos is a 1992 Mexico horror fantasy drama by Guillermo del Toro
Starring Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman and Claudio Brook BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release. From IMDb: Some explicit nudity was added in the US video release.

Summary Notes

A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong language, bloody images:

Promotional Material

Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro's ( Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water ) directorial debut offers a unique take on the classic vampire story and went on to win the Critics' Week award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993.

When antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) discovers an ancient artifact in the form of a golden mechanical scarab, he is unaware of the power it holds. Whilst the parasite inside the device grants eternal life to its new host, it also causes an extreme aversion to daylight and an unquenchable thirst for human blood. Desperate to claim the device for himself, a dying millionaire (played by Claudio Brook) and his brutish nephew (Ron Perlman, Hellboy ) are in hot pursuit.

Newly restored in 4K, the BFI is delighted to be bringing Cronos back to UK audiences, in an extras packed limited edition 4K UHD.

Extras

  • Newly recorded audio commentary by Jason Wood
  • Audio commentary with Guillermo del Toro (2002)
  • Audio commentary with producers Arthur H Gorson and Bertha Navarro and co-producer Alejandro Springall (in English and Spanish with optional English subtitles)
  • Optional original Spanish-language voice-over introduction
  • Cronos - An Introduction (2024, 34 mins): director Guillermo del Toro in conversation with the former head of the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes film festival and current managing director of Arte France Cinéma, Olivier Pčre (2024, 34 mins)
  • Geometria (1987, 7 mins): a short film by Guillermo del Toro about a young man who pays dearly to have his dreams come true
  • Guillermo del Toro on Geometria (7 mins): a short interview with the director about Geometria
  • BFI Screen Talk: Guillermo del Toro (2017, 74 mins): filmed around the release of The Shape of Water , the writer and director discusses his career with journalist, author and screenwriter Mark Salisbury and the BFI London Film Festival
  • The Making of Cronos: An Interview with Federico Luppi (2006, 5 mins): a short archival interview with the actor
  • Interview with the director (2010, 60 mins): an archival interview with Guillermo del Toro
  • Interview with Guillermo del Toro (2010, 18 mins): an interview with the writer and director
  • Interview with Guillermo Navarro (2010, 13 mins): an interview with the film's cinematographer
  • Interview with Ron Perlman (2010, 7 mins): an interview with the actor who since Cronos has gone on to become one of Del Toro's regular collaborators
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Stills gallery
  • 60-page book featuring new essays by Michelle Kisner, Rich Johnson, Barry Forshaw, and Michael Leader. Also includes and edited version of 'Guillermo del Toro: The origins of horror and Cronos ', an interview that originally appeared in The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema , by Jason Wood and an original Sight & Sound review by John Kraniauskas
  • Fold-out poster featuring the new artwork for the film
Blackhat

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Blackhat is a 2015 USA action crime mystery by Michael Mann.
Starring Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis and Manny Montana. BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Exists as a US Version, a cut International/European Version and a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary's "blackhat" follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence:

Promotional Material

WE ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL.

Michael Mann ( Thief , Collateral ), the acclaimed auteur celebrated for his action panache and commitment to cinematic realism, turns his hand to depicting the high-stakes world of global cybercrime in Blackhat , a contemporary, ripped-from-the-headlines twist on the espionage thriller.

Chris Hemsworth ( The Avengers , Extraction ) stars as Nick Hathaway, a gifted hacker currently serving a lengthy prison sentence. When a Hong Kong nuclear plant goes into meltdown after its security is penetrated, Chinese army cybersecurity captain Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang, Lust, Caution ) offers his old college roommate a deal: help identify and apprehend the culprit in exchange for his own freedom. What follows is a frenetic, globe-trotting race against time to avert disaster, fraught with hidden agendas and ever-shifting loyalties.

Praised for its unusually accurate portrayal of cybersecurity, Blackhat boasts an impressive international cast, including Tang Wei ( Decision to Leave ), Viola Davis ( The Woman King ) and Yorick van Wageningen ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ), and showcases one of cinemas finest filmmakers bringing the skills he honed during a long and storied career to bear on a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

  • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of both the US and international versions of the film
  • Original lossless 5.1 audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Audio commentary by critics Bryan Reesman and Max Evry
  • Firewall -- video interview with cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh
  • Zero Day Threat -- video interview with production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas
  • The Cyber Threat , On Location Around the World and Creating Reality -- three archival behind-the-scenes featurettes on the making of the film
  • Image gallery
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Doug John Miller
 

 

UK flagReleased on 17th February 2025

The Baby In The Basket

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The Baby In The Basket is a 2025 UK horror mystery drama by Andy Crane, Nathan Shepka
Starring Amber Doig-Thorne, Michaela Longden and Elle O'Hara BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

A baby in a basket is left on the steps of an isolated monastery on a Scottish island. The nuns take it in, planning to care for it until a storm passes. Soon though, strange and unexplained events begin to happen at the convent.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sex, disturbing scenes:

Promotional Material

A baby in a basket is left on the steps of an isolated monastery on a Scottish island. The nuns take it in, planning to care for it until a storm passes. Soon though, strange and unexplained events begin to happen at the convent.

Constantine

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Constantine is a 2005 USA / Germany action horror mystery by Francis Lawrence.
Starring Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz and Djimon Hounsou. IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

John Constantine is approached by Det. Angela Dodson who needs his help to prove that her twin sister Isabel's death was not a suicide. The dead woman was a devout Catholic and Angela refuses to accept she would have taken her own life. She's asked Constantine for help because he has a reputation for dealing with the mystical. In fact, he is a demon hunter whose sole purpose on Earth is to send demons back to the nether regions. John himself has been to Hell and knows that he is destined to return there on his death - but hopes his good deeds may find him a place in Heaven. As he looks into Isabel's death, he realizes demons are trying to break through to the human world, and his battles lead him into a direct conflict with Satan.

UK: Passed Suitable for 15 years and over uncut for:

Promotional Material

Just beneath the streets of modern-day Los Angeles lies a world of demons and angels. Globetrotting misfit and renegade occultist John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man who has literally been to hell and back, enters this world to help a skeptical policewoman investigate the mysterious suicide of her twin sister in Constantine.

Based on the long-running, adult DC Comics/Vertigo comic book series "John Constantine: Hellblazer.

On-Disc Special Features and Extra Content

  • Commentary: Commentary with director Francis Lawrence and producer Akiva Goldsman
  • Commentary: Commentary with writers Kevin Brodbin and Frank A. Cappello
  • Featurette: Two Decades of Damnation
  • Featurette: Channeling Constantine-Examines the uniqueness of the John Constantine character and the casting of several other roles in the film.
  • Featurette: Conjuring Constantine-Focuses on the adaptation from the graphic novels on which the film is based.
  • Featurette: Director's Confessional-Features Francis Lawrence discussing the expectations and pressures of directing a major studio film.
  • Featurette: Collision With Evil-A look at Constantine's original opening sequence that was never filmed and the creation of the impressive effect that now opens the film.
  • Featurette: Holy Relics-An examination of the film's props and the deliberately old, worn look given to many of them, and offering a brief history on the ones that receive the most attention in the film.
  • Featurette: Shotgun Shootout-A Look at the making of one of the film's primary action sequences.
  • Featurette: Hellscape-Focus on the special effects and the creation of the visuals for the film's Hell-centric sequences.
  • Featurette: Visualizing Vermin-The evolution of a demon made of various insects and small creatures.
  • Featurette: Warrior Wings-A glimpse at the creation of the angel wings seen in the film.
  • Featurette: Unholy Abduction-Another behind-the-scenes look at the making of yet another of the film's major effects sequences.
  • Featurette: Demon Face-The process of applying the demon make-up to the Balthazar character, and the piece also features an interview with actor Gavin Rossdale.
  • Featurette: Constantine's Cosmology-A look at how Constantine fits into the mythos of hero tales.
  • Featurette: Foresight: The Power of Pre-Visualization-An in-depth look at these animated storyboards that help the filmmakers more easily create the look they desire.
  • Featurette: A Writer's Vision-A series of pre-visualization images, created by Frank Cappello, to help him better get a feel for the story.
  • Deleted Scenes + Alternate Ending: Thirteen deleted scenes and an alternate ending."
 

 

 

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Latest releases


Link Here22nd February 2025

US flagReleased on 11th February 2025

The Last Match

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The Last Match is a 1991 Italy / USA action film by Fabrizio De Angelis (as Larry Ludman).
Starring Oliver Tobias and Ernest Borgnine and Charles Napier. IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Somewhere on an island in the Caribean a girl is imprisoned for owning drugs. As she is the daughter of a football team coach help is soon on the way: the entire team mounts an expedition to set her free

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

Promotional Material

Get ready for the most important game of your life where one mistake means Game Over! What do you do when your daughter is framed for drug smuggling during a Caribbean vacation while being held in jail by a sadistic warden (Henry Silva - Escape from the Bronx)? If you are football star Cliff Gaylor (Oliver Tobias - Cobra Mission), you call an audible and do whatever you can to get her out! But when the American Consulate (Charles Napier - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) doesn't want to be involved and the local attorney (Martin Balsam - Psycho) only wants you to grease his palm with no guarantees, your only choice is to take matters into your own hands. Before he can even call the next play, his coach (Ernest Borgnine - Code Name: Wild Geese) and the rest of the football team (in full uniform!) are on a plane packed with weapons and money aimed to free his daughter or die trying! Veteran Italian Producer and Director Fabrizio De Angelis' (Ratman) The Last Match starts as an engaging exploitation drama about a father's frustration of trying to free his daughter from the evils of another country's prison that quickly escalates into a jaw-dropping, action packed showdown where no helicopter is safe! With a screenplay co-written by Gianfranco Clerici (The New York Ripper) and his frequent collaborator Vincenzo Mannino (The Sweet House of Horrors) and shot by Giuseppe Ruzzolini (Duck, You Sucker!), The Last Match is a classic early '90s action spectacle making its US home video and worldwide Blu-ray debut from a new 4k restoration struck from the camera negative and featuring all new special features!

 



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