Summer is rapidly coming to a close, and this is when the studios and indie labels start rolling out the good stuff! I'm not talking about big studio films, I'm talking about Horror movies! Australia's Imprint Films is giving physical media collectors six great titles to import.
I truly love the end of summer. The weather starts to get a little cooler, the bustling big box office season starts to slow a little. Best of all, studios and indie labels start to announce their keepy late September and early October horror flick offerings to capitalize on the spooky season! Australia's Imprint Films keeps this trend alive in 2024 with six offerings fans will want to devour. We're getting a mix of big heavy hitters and a couple of cult classics on Blu-ray and one of the creepiest remakes on 4K UHD. So lets see what we'll be making shelf space for...
Imprint Films October 2024 4K UHD & Blu-ray Releases
Disc One: 4K UHD
- HDR10 presentation of the film on 4K UHD
- NEW Audio Commentary by author and academic Miranda Corcoran
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Audio: Dolby Atmos + DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Optional English Subtitles
Disc Two: Blu-ray
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by author and academic Miranda Corcoran
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Audio: Dolby Atmos + DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Optional English Subtitles
Disc Three: Blu-ray
- NEW Video Essay with Italian film critic Davide Pulici
- NEW Interview with editor Walter Fasano
- NEW Suspiria’s Three Fathers: Argento, Fassbinder, Guadagnino – Video Essay by author and film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- NEW Thom Yorke’s Spells: The Music of Suspiria – Video Essay by film writer Phillip Jeffries
- The Making of Suspiria – featurette
- Suspiria: The Secret Language of Dance – featurette
- The Look – featurette
- The Transformations of Suspiria – featurette
- Interviews with cast Dakota Johnson, Mia Goth, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jessica Harper & composer Thom Yorke
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc One:
The Blair Witch Project (1999) – Imprint Collection #357
On October 21, 1994, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams hiked into Maryland’s Black Hills Forest to shoot a documentary film on the local legend, the Blair Witch. They were never heard from again. One year later, their footage was found, documenting the students’ five day journey through the Black Hills Forest and capturing the terrifying events that led to their disappearance.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by Matt Blazi, author of “8 Days in the Woods: The Making of The Blair Witch Project“
- Audio Commentary by writers/directors Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez and producers Rob Cowie, Greg Hale & Mike Manello (1999)
- Curse of the Blair Witch – documentary (1999, 44 minutes)
- Alternate Endings
- Discovered Footage
- The Blair Witch Legacy – featurette
- Director’s Interviews
- Trailers & Teasers
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
- Optional English Subtitles
Disc Two:
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch (2000) – Imprint Collection #358
To cash in on all of the “real world” hype of the events in the first film, a man from Burkittsville, Maryland opens a “Blair Witch Hunt” tour, which shows patrons various locations from the original film. Four young college students decide to take the tour, which descends into a nightmare realm of murder, madness, and perception-bending supernatural horror.
Starring Burn Notice’s Jeffrey Donovan.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director Joe Berlinger
- Audio Commentary on select scenes by composer Carter Burwell
- NEW Interview with director Joe Berlinger
- NEW Interview with director of photography Nancy Schreiber
- More NEW Special Features TBC
- The Secret of Esrever – featurette
- Soundtrack Trailer and Live Performance by Godhead
- Shadow of The Blair Witch – documentary (2000)
- Burkittsville 7 – documentary (2000)
- Cast Interviews
- Godhead – music video
- Trailer
- Audio English 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English Subtitles
Bitter Moon (1992) – Imprint Collection #362
Hugh Grant stars alongside Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Seigner and Kristin Scott Thomas in this shocking and steamy erotic thriller.
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson encounter a beautiful French woman while sailing to Istanbul en route to India. When Nigel develops an irresistible infatuation with the woman, her paraplegic American husband Oscar tells him the story of their steamy love affair.
Based on the French novel Lunes de fiel (Evil Angels) by Pascal Bruckner, featuring a score from Vangelis (Chariots Of Fire, Blade Runner).
“Polanski directs it without compromise or apology… you could hear a pin drop.” – Roger Ebert
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by filmaker Paul Anthony Nelson & film critic Emma Westwood
- NEW Interview with actress Emmanuelle Seigner
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
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Death and the Maiden (1994) – Imprint Collection # 363
Based on the stage play by Ariel Dorfman, this critically acclaimed mystery stars Sigourney Weaver on a quest for revenge.
Fifteen years ago, Paulina Escobar had her life shattered when she was taken prisoner and tortured by a sadistic doctor. Now, through a chance encounter, she may have found the man responsible for her nightmares… and tonight he’s going to pay. But how far will she go to get even?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p high-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Interview with Ariel Dorfman, author of “Death and the Maiden”
- More NEW Special Features TBC
- Previously unseen behind the scenes footage
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio TBC
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
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The Ninth Gate (1999) – Imprint Collection #364
Loosely based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s novel The Club Dumas, this cult neo-noir thriller stars Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, and James Russo.
A rare book dealer who specialises in books on Satanism is hired to recover a 17th-century text with cryptic illustrations supposedly contributed by Lucifer himself. His investigation takes him to Europe, where bizarre deaths inspired by the book’s morbid illustrations befall all those who come into contact with it… except himself.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Disc One:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by author Troy Howarth and Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
- NEW Audio Commentary by author David Huckvale
- NEW Video Essay by film critic Sally Christie
- Audio Commentary by director Roman Polanski (1999)
- Theatrical Trailer & Teasers
- Audio English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround
- Original Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Disc Two:
- NEW Interview with actress Emmanuelle Seigner
- NEW Interview with actor James Russo
- NEW Encyclopaedia Satanica — interview feature with occult author Gary Lachman, author/writer Mitch Horowitz and occult collector/author Brandon Hodge
- NEW Occult Classics – Analysis of Film & Score with David Huckvale
- NEW Lucifer’s Version – Slideshow of Book’s Illustrations with commentary by David Huckvale
- In conversation with Roman Polanski – featurette
- Promotional Interviews
- Storyboard Selections: Storyboards and Scripts
- Satanic Drawings – art gallery
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Bonus Disc: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) – Feature-Length Documentary
This documentary from director Marina Zenovich examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski’s sudden flight from the United States.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio commentary with director Marina Zenovich and editor Joe Bini
- Deleted scenes
- Bonus Interviews
- “Friends and Colleagues Talk About Polanski” Interview feature
- “Writers on Polanski” Interview feature
- “Will He Ever Come Back?” Interview feature
- Audio English 5.1 Surround + 2.0 Stereo
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by Justin Kerswell author of “The Teenage Slasher Movie Book”
- NEW Season of the Witch: Supernatural Slashers – Video Essay by author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine, Kat Ellinger
- Lake of Fire – Interview with actor James Houghton
- That Crazy Witchcraft – Interview with director James Robertson
- TV Spot
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director Dick Richards
- NEW The Rise and Fall of the Studio Slasher – Video Essay by film historian Jarret Gahan
- NEW Interview with composer Dana Kaproff
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spot
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English Subtitles
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of a NEW 4K restoration by StudioCanal
- NEW Audio Commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine, and visual artist and author Madeleine LeDespencer
- Audio Commentary by author/critic Lee Gambin and critic Sally Christie (2022)
- NEW Interview with actor Remo Geroni
- NEW Video essay on director Alberto De Martino by film critic Rachael Nisbet
- NEW Too Vulgar a Display of Power: The Enduring Phenomenon of Exorcist Rip-Offs – Video Essay by film critic Andy Marshall-Roberts
- Archival Interview with camera operator Adolfo Troinai
- Sacred and Profane: The Audio Recollections of Alberto De Martino – Interview Conducted and Recorded by Eugenio Ercolani, Rome, Italy 2012 – featurette (2023)
- The Antichrist: Raising Hell – interview with director Alberto de Martino and composer Ennio Morricone (2002)
- The Tempter – Alternate Opening Credits
- The Tempter – TV Spot
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English Subtitles
Or you can order all of them in one go!
All titles are up for pre-order and are due to start shipping around October 30th - Happy Collecting!
- Discs mentioned in this article: (Click for specs and reviews)
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The Antichrist (1974) - Imprint Films Limited Edition (Blu-ray)
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The Blair Witch Project Collection - Imprint Films Limited Edition (AU Import) (Blu-ray)
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Death Valley (1982) - Imprint Films Limited Edition (Blu-ray)
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Superstition - Imprint Films Limited Edition (Blu-ray)
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Directed By… Roman Polanski (1992 – 1999) – Imprint Films Limited Edition (Blu-ray)
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Suspiria (2018) – Imprint Films Limited Edition 4K UHD (AU Import) (Ultra HD)
