Arrow Video has announced its September disc titles, which will consist of the box set Love, Death & Apocalypse: Three Films by Álex de la Iglesia on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, Fukusaku Kinji's The Threat on Blu-ray, and cult sf sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick on UHD and Blu-ray.

LOVE, DEATH & APOCALYPSE: THREE FILMS BY ÁLEX DE LA IGLESIA

4K UHD | Blu-ray | 23 September 2024 | £44.99 (UHD), £39.99 (Blu-ray)

Outrageous, absurdist, grotesque! Often hilarious, always stylish, and utterly unpredictable, the films of Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia are an exhilarating shock to the cinematic system.

Produced by legendary provocateur Pedro Almodóvar, de la Iglesia’s debut feature Acción Mutante (1993) is a violent sci-fi black comedy set in a post-apocalyptic world where attractive people hold all the power and a terrorist group, who see themselves as mutants, take arms to rid the world of their superficial oppressors. With his second feature, The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia, 1995) de la Iglesia delivered one of the greatest horror comedies of all time as a Catholic priest joins forces with a heavy metal fan, and the host of a popular occult TV show to kill the Antichrist on Christmas Eve. A critical and commercial success around the world, The Day of the Beast paved the way for gonzo action-crime-horror Perdita Durango (aka Dance with the Devil, 1997), a Spanish-US-Mexican co-production based on a novel by Barry Gifford (author of Wild at Heart). Starring Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing), a then little known Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Perdita Durango is a twisted tale of love, guns, drugs, voodoo ceremonies, and refrigerated foetuses...

Making their UK debut on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with a wealth of new and archival extras, Arrow Video welcomes you to the delirious, diabolical and demented world of Álex de la Iglesia. Not for the faint of heart!

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentations of all three films in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original lossless Spanish stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos audio options for Acción Mutante
• Original lossless Spanish and English stereo 2.0, and Spanish 5.1 audio options for The Day of the Beast
• Original lossless English stereo 2.0, and English and Spanish 5.1 audio options for Perdita Durango
• Optional English subtitles for all three films
• Double-sided fold-out posters for all three films
• 9 postcard-sized reproduction art cards
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by film critics Kat Ellinger, Xavier Aldana Reyes and Valeria Villegas Lindvall
• Limited Edition Deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Heather Vaughan

DISC ONE: ACCIÓN MUTANTE

• Brand new audio commentary by film scholars Xavier Aldana Reyes and Kat Ellinger
• Archive audio commentary with director Álex de la Iglesia, writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría, producer Esther García, and production designers José Luis Arrizabalaga and Biaffra
• Brand new appreciation of director Álex de la Iglesia by film scholar José Arroyo
• Well-Done Baloney, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia
• Bad Blood Costumbrism, an archive interview with writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría
• The F★cking Boss, an archive interview with actor Antonio Resines
• Some Crazy Sh★t, an archive interview with production designers José Luis Arrizabalaga and Biaffra
• Litres of Blood... Wonderful!, an archive interview with special effects artist Raúl Romanillos
• Archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia
• Vintage “Making Of” featurette
• Behind the scenes
• Storyboards
• Music video
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

DISC TWO: THE DAY OF THE BEAST

• Brand new audio commentary by film scholar Shelagh Rowan-Legg
• Clean Up Madrid, a brand new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Heirs of the Beast, an archive feature-length documentary
• Antichrist Superstar, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia
• The Man Who Saved the World, an archive interview with actor Armando De Razza
• Beauty and the Beast, an archive interview with actor Maria Grazia Cucinotta
• Shooting the Beast, an archive interview with director of photography Flavio Martínez Labiano
• Mirindas Asesinas, a 1990 short film by Álex de la Iglesia
• Theatrical trailers
•  Image gallery

DISC THREE: PERDITA DURANGO

• Brand new audio commentary by film critic Valeria Villegas Lindvall
• On the Border, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia
• Writing Perdita Durango, an archive interview with writer Barry Gifford
• Dancing with the Devil, an archive appraisal by film scholar Dr Rebekah McKendry
• Narcosatanicos: Perdita Durango and the Matamoros Cult, an archive interview with Abraham Castillo Flores and Cauldron of Blood author Jim Schutze
• Canciones de Amor Maldito: The Music of Perdita Durango, an archive interview with composer Simon Boswell
• Shooting Perdita Durango, an archive interview with director of photography Flavio Martínez Labiano
• Theatrical trailers
• Image gallery

The Blu-ray edition will have the same features with the fiollowing exception:

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all three films

THE THREAT [ODOSHI] (Japan 1966)

Blu-ray | 23 September 2024 | £24.99

The Threat [Odoshi] is a gritty crime drama in the vein of Kurosawa’s High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku, 1963), set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernising Japan that has left many of its citizens behind.

Misawa (Mikuni Rentarō – Fugitive from the Past, Vengeance is Mine) appears to lead a charmed life, the very model of Japan’s post-war economic miracle. His position as the account manager of a prestigious advertising agency is enough to pay the mortgage on the spacious modern house he shares with his wife (Harukawa Masumi – Intentions of Murder) and their two young boys, kitted out with all the latest mod-cons. Then one day, the fragility of his existence is revealed when two violent jail-breakers turn up on his doorstep seeking refuge and threatening to embroil Misawa in their criminal activities.

Arrow Video presents this little-seen early masterpiece from Fukasaku Kinji, the future director of Battles Without Honour and Humanity (Jingi naki tatakai, 1973) and Battle Royale (Batoru rowaiaru, 2000), for the very first time outside of its own country in a stunning new transfer.

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Optional newly translated English subtitles
• Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film expert Tom Mes
• Warning Warning Danger Danger, a brand new 20-minute video appreciation by critic and Japanese film specialist Mark Schilling
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Hayley Scanlon
• Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (USA 2004)

4K UHD | Blu-ray | 23 September 2024 | £29.99 (UHD), £27.99 (Blu-ray)

Following the sleeper success of their breakthrough sci-fi/horror smash Pitch Black (2000), writer-director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel reunited for 2004’s action-packed The Chronicles of Riddick, an expansive and ambitious sequel that took their eponymous antihero to the farthest reaches of the galaxy.

Riddick (Diesel) is an intergalactic fugitive whose dark past catches up with him when he is lured out of hiding by Imam (Keith David, The Thing), another survivor of the planet of horrors they barely escaped from five years earlier. Now out of the shadows, Riddick is identified by an ethereal emissary (Academy Award winner Dame Judi Dench) as the descendant of an ancient race of warriors who may be the universe’s last hope against the Necromongers, an evil army of fanatics intent on bending the world to their will. As enemies close in on all sides, including the ruthless Lord Marshal (Colm Feore, Thor) and his scheming lieutenant Vaako (Karl Urban, The Boys), Riddick finds himself a reluctant saviour of the cosmos, with only his razor-sharp wits and cunning killer instinct standing in the way of total annihilation.

At long last, Twohy and Diesel’s hard-hitting outer-space epic has been restored in glorious 4K, with hours of incisive bonus features exploring every detail of this densely-constructed and masterfully-executed mythology.

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

• Brand new 4K restorations by Arrow Films of the Theatrical and Director's Cuts of the film, approved by David Twohy
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio on both cuts, plus remixed Dolby Atmos for the Theatrical Cut
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on both cuts
• Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford
• Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Walter Chaw, original production notes and the ‘Chronicles Compendium’, an overview of the characters and planets featured in the film

DISC ONE:

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Theatrical Cut from the original negative
• Ambition on Another Scale: Chronicling a Blockbuster Sequel, a brand-new feature-length documentary on the film, featuring interviews with interviews with writer-director David Twohy, actors Keith David and Linus Roache, storyboard artist Brian Murray, concept artist Matt Codd, miniature effects artist Ian Hunter and digital matte artist Dylan Cole
• Realizing Riddick, a new interview with Twohy on the creation of the character
• Back to Black, a new interview with Murray on his continuing work within the Riddick saga
• Chronicles of a Cult Film Icon, a new interview with David on the role of Imam
• Theatrical trailers

DISC TWO:

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Director’s Cut
• Archive audio commentary by David Twohy and Vin Diesel
• Archive audio commentary by Twohy and co-stars Karl Urban and Alexa Davelos
• Archive introduction by Twohy
• Creation of New Mecca, an archive featurette focusing on the world and characters of Helion Prime
• Riddick Rises, an archive featurette focusing on the prison planet of Crematoria
• Keep What You Kill, an archive featurette focusing on the world of the Necromongers
• Visual Effects Revealed, an archive featurette focusing on the VFX
• Interactive Production Calendar, a series of short, candid videos filmed throughout shooting
• Production Vignettes, a series of short behind-the-scenes segments
• Three deleted scenes
• Virtual Guide to the Chronicles of Riddick, a series of short animated segments explaining the world of the film
• Toombs’ Chase Log, a short film narrated by Nick Chinlund in character
• A guided tour of the set by Vin Diesel, along with 360-degree panoramic views of eight sets from the film
• On-set interviews with Twohy, Diesel, Dench, Urban, Colm Feore, Alexa Davelos, Thandie Newton and producer Scott Kroopf
• Promotional interviews with Twohy, Diesel, Newton, Urban, Davelos and Feore
• Easter egg

DUSC THREE:

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the Theatrical Cut in the alternate 1.78:1 aspect ratio
• Escape from Butcher Bay, a compilation of cutscenes from the acclaimed tie-in video game
• The Lowdown, a television special produced to promote the film’s original release

The Blu-ray reelase will have the same features except for:

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the Theatrical Cut from the original negative
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the Director’s Cut
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the Theatrical Cut in the alternate 1.78:1 aspect ratio