Indicator has announced two more 4K restorations in its ongoing and critically acclaimed series of films directed by legendary European horror auteur Jean Rollin for release on UHD and Blu-ray in the USA and the UK in December, the 1972 Requiem for a Vampire and the 1981 The Escapees.
REQUIEM FOR A VAMPIRE [REQUIEM POUR UN VAMPIRE]
4K UHD | Blu-ray | 9 December 2024 (UK) | £24.99 (UHD), £19.99 (Blu-ray)
Jean Rollin continues his unique exploration of the vampire genre with Requiem for a Vampire (Requiem pour un vampire), featuring a cast of Rollin regulars including Marie-Pierre Castel (The Shiver of the Vampires), Mireille Dargent (Lips of Blood), and Louise Dhour (The Escapees).
When Marie (Castel) and Michelle (Dargent), two enigmatic women travelling through the countryside in clown costumes, stumble across a mysterious château, they uncover a sadistic vampire sect, the leader of which offers them eternal life to continue his bloodline.
Also released as Virgins and Vampires and Caged Vampires, Rollin's pulp-inspired fourth feature boasts an abundance of surreal and erotic imagery, and is accompanied by an eccentric free-rock score by composer Pierre Raph (The Iron Rose, The Demoniacs).
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD & BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), 1080p HD presentation on the Blu-ray
- Two presentations of the film: Requiem pour un vampire, Jean Rollin's original French-language version; and Requiem for a Vampire, the English-language version
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2024)
- Selected scenes audio commentary with Jean Rollin (2005)
- Jean Rollin Introduces Requiem for a Vampire (1998)
- In a Silent Way (2024): newly edited archival interview with Rollin, in which he discusses Requiem for a Vampire, one of his personal favourite films
- Queen of the Underworld (2024): newly edited archival interview with actor Louise Dhour
- A Pastoral Dalliance (2024): newly edited archival interview with actor Paul Bisciglia
- Les Frissons d'un requiem (2024): in-depth documentary on the making of Requiem for a Vampire by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, featuring interviews with key Rollin associates Jean-Noël Delamarre and Natalie Perrey, and film expert Daniel Bird
- The Poetry of Strangeness (2024): critical appreciation by author and film historian Virginie Sélavy
- The Last Book (2005): Rollin talks about his work as a novelist and reads from one of his short stories
- Alternative sequences
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles for the French soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Maria J Pérez Cuervo, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, an extract from the film's pressbook, an English translation of Rollin's story 'The Last Book', and full film credits
- World premiere on 4K UHD
- Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US
THE ESCAPEES [LES ECHAPPÉES]
4K UHD | Blu-ray | 9 December 2024 (UK) | £24.99 (UHD), £19.99 (Blu-ray)
Between the dystopian paranoia of The Night of the Hunted and the visceral excesses of The Living Dead Girl, director Jean Rollin takes a surreal detour into the Parisian demi-monde with The Escapees (Les Echappées, also known as Les Paumées du petit matin).
When two young women, the wayward Michelle (Laurence Dubas) and the withdrawn Marie (Christiane Coppé), escape from an asylum, they find themselves drifting through a nightmarish world of burlesque troupes, lascivious sailors, and hardened criminals. After a violent confrontation, the police close in...
With its supporting cast of key collaborators, including actors Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination), Louise Dhor (Requiem for a Vampire), Bernard Papineau (The Night of the Hunted), Jean-Loup Philippe (Lips of Blood), Natalie Perry (The Nude Vampire) and composer Philippe D'Aram (Two Orphan Vampires), The Escapees is at once atypical, yet unmistakeably Rollin.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD & BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), 1080p HD presentation on the Blu-ray
- Two presentations of the film: Les Échappées, Jean Rollin's original version; and Les Paumées du petit matin, the alternative version with re-ordered scenes
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)
- One Day in Paris (2008): far-reaching interview with Rollin in which he discusses The Escapees and his other films
- Quant à Louise (2024): regular Rollin collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou remember actress Louise Dhour
- Previously unseen interview with actor Jean-Loup Phillipe (2024)
- Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024)
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, archival writing on the film by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director, an archival interview with composer Philippe D'Aram, a tribute to Rollin by fantastique cinema expert Nicolas Stanzick, and full film credits
- World premiere on 4K UHD
- Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US
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