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New on Video: 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (The Criterion Collection)


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This sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath put director Peter Weir on the map and helped usher in a new era of Australian cinema. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock is set at the turn of the twentieth century and concerns a small group of students from an all-female college who vanish, along with a chaperone, while on a St. Valentine’s Day outing. Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in Australian society, Weir’s gorgeous, disquieting film is a work of poetic horror whose secrets haunt viewers to this day.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Peter Weir and director of photography Russell Boyd, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Interview with Weir
  • Program on the making of the film, featuring interviews with executive producer Patricia Lovell, producers Hal McElroy and Jim McElroy, and cast members
  • Introduction by film scholar David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
  • On-set documentary hosted by Lovell and featuring interviews with Weir, actor Rachel Roberts, and source-novel author Joan Lindsay
  • Homesdale (1971), a black comedy by Weir
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author Megan Abbott and an excerpt from film scholar Marek Haltof’s 1996 book Peter Weir: When Cultures Collide

New on Video: 'Dr. Crippen'


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In this true-life horror thriller Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN) stars as Doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen, the most notorious murderer of the Edwardian Age. 

Constantly insulted and humiliated by his vulgar, overbearing wife (Coral Browne), and in love with the much younger and lovelier Ethel Le Veve (Samantha Egger), the mild-mannered doctor plots 'the crime of the century'. 

And what a plan! He's going to poison his wife, dismember her and bury the remains in the basement of their boarding house. 

Was Dr Crippen a crafty, cold-blooded killer or simply a man blinded by mad passion? You can decide as one of the most famous trials in British legal history unfolds in this underrated true-crime gem that boasts atmospheric black and white cinematography courtesy of Nicolas Roeg and a chilling character study from Pleasence.

EXTRAS:

  • The Standard Edition includes a limited numbered slipcase until sold out
  •  Audio commentary by English Gothic author Jonathan Rigby and Encyclopaedia of Fantastic Film & Television Editor Kevin Lyons
  • Author and Film Historian Kim Newman Discusses Actor Donald Pleasance
  • Murder Maps Episode: Finding Dr. Crippen
  • Stills Gallery

 

New on Video: 'Conquest of Space'


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From a space wheel 500 miles above the Earth, commander Samuel Merritt (Walter Brooke) and his men (including Eric Fleming and Benson Fong) construct a sleek rocket, then receive orders providing their new craft's destination: Mars!

Five-time Oscar Winner George Pal (The War of the Worlds) produced this adventure rooted in the '50s understanding of space exploration. And heightened by the awareness that no matter how advanced science becomes, human weaknesses remain."

A fascinating relic" - Time Out

Special Features and Technical Specs:

  • 1080p high-definition presentation by Paramount Pictures
  • Audio Commentary by George Pal author Justin Humphreys
  • Audio Commentary by film historians Barry Foreshore & Kim Newman
  • A Fellow Journeyman: Byron Haskin at Paramount - featurette
  • The Conquest of Space: From the Book to the Screen - featurette with NASA illustrator Vincent Di Fate
  • Aspect Ratio 1.78:1Audio English LPCM MonoOptional Subtitles: English

New on Video: 'Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose' and 'Yogi's Great Escape'

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Yogi Bear and his friends take an amazing, airborne adventure around the world aboard the legendary Spruce Goose in Yogi And The Magical Flight Of The Spruce Goose. Yogi, Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, Auggie Doggie and more take a trip from Jellystone Park to see the Spruce Goose, the largest aircraft ever built. While touring the airplane, the ever-curious Yogi wanders into an off-limits area and accidentally launches the plane. Now, as this intrepid group travels around the world trying to return the Spruce Goose to its hanger, they fly into amazing adventures: saving a band of animals adrift at sea, thwarting the Dread Baron and frightening away a pair of alien invaders.

Spring is here and Yogi and Boo Boo wake up from hibernation only to find that some major changes have taken place while they slept the winter away. Jellystone Park is closing down! No more Jellystone Park means no more tourists, and that means no more picnic baskets to pilfer! Yogi, Boo Boo and their new friends, the bear cup triplets, take off in Yogi’s homemade getaway mobile – the supercar – in search of a new home. 

All the while Ranger Tim and his hound dog Yapper are hot on their trail! Some familiar cartoon faces make an appearance on this cross-country trip filled with fun, friends and famous American landmarks!

New on Video: 'Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part One'


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Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One In an adaptation of the biggest event in DC history, the heroes of several parellel Earths must band together in a desperate effort to save the Multiverse from destruction at the hands of a massive army of shadows.

New on Video: 'Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace'


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The TARDIS arrives on a extinct volcanic island. Before long, the travellers are captured and taken into the depths of the Earth, where they find a hidden civilisation - the lost city of Atlantis. The Atlanteans worship a goddess named Amdo and use Fish People - men and women operated upon so that they can breathe under the sea - to farm the plankton-based food on which they survive. A deranged scientist, Professor Zaroff, has convinced them that he can raise their city from the sea, but actually he plans to drain the ocean into the Earth's molten core, so that the resultant superheated steam will cause the planet to explode.

 

New on Video: 'Blood Simple' (The Criterion Collection)


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Joel and Ethan Coen’s career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought. Actor M. Emmet Walsh looms over the proceedings as a slippery private eye with a yellow suit, a cowboy hat, and no moral compass, and Frances McDormand’s cunning debut performance set her on the road to stardom. The tight scripting and inventive style that have marked the Coens’ work for decades are all here in their first film, in which cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld abandons black-and-white chiaroscuro for neon signs and jukebox colors that combine with Carter Burwell’s haunting score to lurid and thrilling effect. Blending elements from pulp fiction and low-budget horror flicks, Blood Simple reinvented the film noir for a new generation, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • Restored 4K digital transfer, approved by cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld and filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Conversation between Sonnenfeld and the Coens about the film’s look, featuring Telestrator video illustrations
  • Conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coens about the film’s production, from inception to release
  • Interviews with composer Carter Burwell, sound editor Skip Lievsay, and actors Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh
  • Trailers
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich

 

New on Video: 'The Phantom Creeps: 2k Restored'


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Dr. Alex Zorka (Bela Lugosi), an eccentric scientist, carries on mysterious experiments in his secret laboratory with the aid of Monk (Jack C. Smith), an ex-convict. Zorka has invented many strange and powerful weapons of warfare, including a devisualizer belt which allows him to operate without being seen, and a terrifying mechanical robot eight feet tall. He also possesses a deadly meteorite fragment from which he extracts a strange element which can induce suspended animation in an entire army. 12 Chapters.

New on Video: 'Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane: 75th Anniversary Expanded Edition'


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From Mystery Writers of American Grand Master Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition) comes the life story of another MWA Grandmaster, legendary creator of Mike Hammer, Mickey Spillane. Interviewed are key figures from Spillane's career in TV, Movies and as the star of the Miller Lite All-Stars commercials, as well as numerous bestselling mystery writers. Updated and expanded by Collins in 2022 to tell the rest of Spillane's story, including the publication and completion after his passing of numerous works in progress.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Commentary Track by Max Allen Collins
  • BONUS FEATURE FILM: Encore for Murder

 

New on Video: 'House of the Long Shadows' (Special Edition)'


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The high priests of horror—Vincent Price (Theater of Blood), Christopher Lee (The Whip and the Body), Peter Cushing (The Blood Beast Terror) and John Carradine (The Black Sleep)—unite under the same Gothic roof in the wickedly entertaining House of the Long Shadows. When a young novelist (Desi Arnaz, Jr., Billy Two Hats) spends a night at Baldpate Manor to win a bet that he can turn out a bestselling thriller in 24 hours, he gets more than he wagers on. The grizzly Grisbane clan arrives to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a ghoulish family secret. And their dinner party has murder on the menu! Lightning. Thunder. Torrential rain. Clattering shutters. Creaking doors. A locked attic. A sinister secret. Murder! All the ingredients of the classic Old Dark House tale come together with the screen’s greatest gruesome foursome in this tongue-in-cheek chiller directed by cult filmmaker Pete Walker (The Flesh and Blood Show, House of Whipcord). Co-starring Richard Todd (Home Before Midnight) and Sheila Keith (Frightmare).

Special Features:
• Peter Walker's House of Horror: Interview with Director Pete Walker
• Audio Commentary by Author Derek Pykett and Director Peter Walker
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles

New on Video: Days of Heaven (The Criterion Collection)


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One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philosopher Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting films of the twentieth century, and his glorious period tragedy Days of Heaven, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, stands out among them. In 1910, a Chicago steelworker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor, and flees with his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and his little sister (Linda Manz) to the Texas panhandle, where they find work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard). A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire—Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating a timeless American idyll that is also a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring editor Billy Weber, art director Jack Fisk, costume designer Patricia Norris, and casting director Dianne Crittenden
  • Audio interview with actor Richard Gere
  • Interviews with camera operator John Bailey, cinematographer Haskell Wexler, and actor Sam Shepard
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Adrian Martin and a chapter from director of photography Nestor Almendros’s autobiography


New on Video: Count Dracula [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD]


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In early 2023, a Madrid film archivist made a startling discovery: the uncut camera negative of COUNT DRACULA, in pristine condition and untouched for over 50 years. This gothic masterpiece from writer/director Jess Franco can now be experienced like never before, from its brilliant performances by Christopher Lee as the Count, Herbert Lom as Van Helsing, Soledad Miranda as Lucy, Maria Rohm as Mina and Klaus Kinski as Renfield to its sumptuously unnerving cinematography and eerie Bruno Nicolai score. COUNT DRACULA is newly scanned in 4K with over five total hours of Special Features, including the U.S. Premiere of Carles Prats' 2017 documentary DRÁCULA BARCELONA, which chronicles the simultaneous filming of CUADECUC VAMPIR by Pere Portabella and Franco's horror classic.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

DISC 1: 4K ULTRA HD

  • Audio Commentary With Horror Historian David Del Valle And Actress Maria Rohm
  • Trailer


DISC 2: BLU-RAY

  • Audio Commentary With Horror Historian David Del Valle And Actress Maria Rohm
  • Illustrated 1973 Christopher Lee Audio Interview With Filmmaker Donald Glut
  • Beloved Count - Interview With Director Jess Franco
  • Handsome Harker - Interview With Actor Fred Williams
  • An Interview With Actor Jack Taylor
  • Stake Holders - An Appreciation By Filmmaker Christophe Gans
  • Trailer


DISC THREE: BLU-RAY

  • DRÁCULA BARCELONA - 2017 Documentary (90 mins)
  • Jess Franco's BRAM STOKER'S COUNT DRACULA - Stephen Thrower On COUNT DRACULA
  • In The Land Of Franco Bonus Sequence With Alain Petit And Stephen Thrower
  • Alternate Title Sequences


DISC FOUR: CD / COMPACT DISC

  • Original “Count Dracula” Soundtrack CD

New on Video: Barbarella [4K Ultra HD]


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Slip out of your spacesuit and into something more comfortable! It’s time to join Barbarella on a series of cosmic adventures in this Dino De Laurentiis production directed by Roger Vadim (And God Created Woman) and starring Jane Fonda as the intergalactic glamour puss created by comic book artist Jean-Claude Forest.

It is the year 40,000AD. When evil scientist Durand Durand (Milo O’Shea) creates a deadly weapon with the potential to cause mass devastation, the President of Earth dispatches Barbarella (Fonda) to hunt him down. Crash-landing in an icy wilderness somewhere within the Tau Ceti planetary system, Barbarella is rescued by Mark Hand (Ugo Tognazzi, La Cage Aux Folles) and guided by the blind angel Pygar (John Phillip Law, Danger: Diabolik) to Durand's lair in Sogo, a city of corruption and debauchery, where an encounter with the Great Tyrant Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg, Performance) and her minions throws her mission into jeopardy.

With an all-star cast including David Hemmings and Marcel Marceau, and glorious retro-futuristic costumes and art design dripping with 60s psychedelia, Barbarella defined an era and has never looked better than this brand new 4K restoration, with an HDR/Dolby Vision color grade so rich it can be seen from space, loaded with never-before-seen bonus features!

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

  • Brand new 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tula Lotay
  • Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tula Lotay
  • Six double-sided collector’s postcards
  • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson, Paul Gravett, Véronique Bergen and Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, and select archival material


DISC ONE - FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

  • 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
  • Original lossless English mono audio, plus remixed Dolby Atmos surround and lossless French mono (featuring the voice of Jane Fonda)
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
  • Alternative opening and closing credits (in 4K with Dolby Vision)
  • Isolated score


DISC TWO - EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)

  • Another Girl, Another Planet, an appreciation of Barbarella by film critic Glenn Kenny
  • Paul Joyce’s behind the scenes featurette, Barbarella Forever!
  • Love, a two-hour in-depth discussion between film and cultural historians Tim Lucas & Steve Bissette on the impact and legacy of Barbarella
  • Dress to Kill, a 30-minute interview with film fashion scholar Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén on Jacques Fonteray’s world-changing costume designs
  • Framing for Claude, an interview with camera operator Roberto Girometti
  • Tognazzi on Tognazzi, actor/director Ricky Tognazzi discusses the life and work of his father and Barbarella star Ugo Tognazzi
  • An Angel’s Body Double, actor Fabio Testi discusses his early career as a stuntman and body double for John Phillip Law on Barbarella
  • Dino and Barbarella, a video essay by Eugenio Ercolani on producer Dino De Laurentiis
  • Trailer
  • US TV and radio spots
  • Image gallery

New on Video: WandaVision : Season 1


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Marvel Studios presents "WandaVision," a blend of classic television and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany)—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

New on Video: 'Columbo: The 1970s' (Seasons 1-7)


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Columbo is the landmark series that set the standard for the murder mystery genre. Remastered in 4K by Universal, Columbo: The 1970s includes the first seven seasons of this enduring classic on Blu-ray! Starring Peter Falk in his four-time Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trenchcoat-wearing police lieutenant.

Special Features:

• Restored in 4K by Universal Pictures
• Includes the 1968 Movie-of-the-Week "Prescription: Murder" and the 1971 Pilot "Ransom for a Dead Man"
• Shorter 71-Minute Cut of ÉTUDE IN BLACK
• Optional Music and Effects Tracks for All Episodes
• Episode Guide Booklet
• Newly Commissioned Slipcase Cover Illustration by Tony Stella
• Optional English Subtitles

New on Video: Duel (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital)


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In Steven Spielberg's first full-length movie, Duel, a traveling salesman (Dennis Weaver) is harassed by a menacing 40-ton truck on a remote desert highway. Brilliant in its simplicity, the cult favorite takes road rage to a dangerous level as the traveler and the mysterious truck-driver are pitted against one another in a motorized duel to the death. Gripping with psychological tension, this desperate battle for survival is hailed by critics as a film that "belongs on the classics shelf reserved for top suspensers" (Daily Variety).

 

New on Video: 'American Graffiti - 50th Anniversary Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital [4K UHD]'


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From director George Lucas (Star Wars) and producer Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather), American Graffiti is a classic coming-of-age story set against the 1960s backdrop of hot rods, drive-ins and rock 'n' roll. Starring Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips and Suzanne Somers in their breakout roles, this nostalgic look back follows a group of teenagers as they cruise the streets on their last summer night before college. Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, American Graffiti features the howling sounds of Wolfman Jack and an unforgettable soundtrack with songs by Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, The Beach Boys and Bill Haley & His Comets.

Bonus Content:

  • Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of American Graffiti (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
  • Features High Dynamic Range (HDR10) for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color
  • The Making of American Graffiti
  • Screen Tests
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Feature Commentary with Director George Lucas
  • U-Control: Video Commentary with Director George Lucas
  • U-Control: The Music of American Graffiti
  • My Scenes

 

New on Video: 'National Lampoon's Animal House' - Universal Essentials Collection


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Starring comedy legend John Belushi, National Lampoon's Animal House is the ultimate college movie filled with food fights, fraternities and toga parties! Follow the uproarious escapades of the Delta House fraternity as they take on Dean Wormer (John Vernon), the sanctimonious Omegas, and the entire female student body. Directed by John Landis (The Blues Brothers), the most popular college comedy of all-time also stars Tim Matheson, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen, Kevin Bacon, Tom Hulce and Stephen Furst along with Otis Day and the Knights performing their show-stopping rendition of 'Shout.'


Bonus Content:

  • Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of National Lampoon's Animal House (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
  • Features High Dynamic Range (HDR10) for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color
  • The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
  • Where Are They Now? A Delta Alumni Update
  • Scene It? Animal House
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • U-Control: Scene Companion
  • U-Control:The Music of Animal House
  • Where Are They Now? A Delta Alumni Update
  • Scene It? Animal House Games

 

New on Video: The Brainiac (Standard Edition) [Blu-Ray]


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One of the most notorious films to emerge from Mexico's horror film boom, The Brainiac (El barón del terror), is a terrifying tale of vengeance across the centuries.

In 1661, the Inquisition sentences Baron d'Estera (Abel Salazar) to be burned at the stake for his sorcery. Three hundred years later, the Baron returns to Mexico City on a comet, to exact a peculiar form of vengeance upon the descendants of his tormentors... by sucking out their brains!

From director Chano Urueta (The Witch’s Mirror), this outrageous Mexican variation on monster-movie conventions is a firm favourite amongst cult-film fans.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster

• Original Spanish mono soundtrack

• Alternative English mono soundtrack

• Audio commentary and brain nibbling with publisher of From Parts Unknown and screenwriter of Los campeones de la Lucha Libre, Keith J Rainville (2023) • ¡Qué viva Chano! (2023, 24 mins): academic, author and film scholar Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro discusses the upbringing and unique path of avant-garde, multi-talented iconoclast Chano Urueta

• Original Spanish-language theatrical trailer • Image galleries: rare fotovela contemporary to the film release, with new accompanying English translation, and promotional and publicity material

• New and improved English translation subtitles for the Spanish soundtrack • New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

 

New on Video: Night Of The Living Dead (The Criterion Collection)


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Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combining gruesome gore with acute social commentary and quietly breaking ground by casting a Black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role.

TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, coscreenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner
  • New restoration of the monaural soundtrack, supervised by Romero and Gary Streiner and presented uncompressed
  • Night of Anubis, a work-print edit of the film
  • Program featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez
  • Sixteen-millimeter dailies reel
  • Program featuring Russo on the commercial and industrial film production company where key Night of the Living Dead participants got their starts
  • Two audio commentaries from 1994 featuring Romero, Russo, producer Karl Hardman, actor Judith O’Dea, and others
  • Archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley
  • Programs about the film’s style and score
  • Interview program about the direction of ghouls, featuring members of the cast and crew
  • Interviews with Gary Streiner and Russell Streiner
  • Newsreels from 1967
  • Trailer, radio spots, and TV spots
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans