November 25, 2011

Arrow 2012 Releases Updated


Earlier in the year I brought you news about upcoming releases from Arrow Video and Arrowdrome. Now, thanks to our exclusive feed with Cult Labs, I can bring you more specific details on three of the releases. Those releases are Red Scorpion, Penitentiary and The Cat O'Nine Tails. All three are set for release in February, and look set to continue Arrow's good work so far.

Red Scorpion (Arrow Video) Blu-ray


TAUGHT TO STALK. TRAINED TO KILL. PROGRAMMED TO DESTROY.


Dolph Lundgren is Nikolai - a killing machine - a deadly, highly skilled agent for the Russian army whose brutal efficiency and single minded determination to serve the motherland leaves behind a trail of battered bodies and bloodied enemies.
Now Nikolai must infiltrate an African rebel army who seek to defy their new communist rulers and take out their leader, but as he gets to know his enemies and the dignified Bushmen he encounters, he begins to slowly realize that all he has been taught was a lie. This Cold War rebel is ready to turn the tables on his Soviet masters and kick all kinds of ass!
With a body count that leaves jaws firmly on the floor and a healthy disregard for troublesome logic, Red Scorpion is a classic 80s action spectacular that doesn’t let up for a second…


THIS EDITION CONTAINS


- Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork
- Double-sided fold-out artwork poster
- Collector’s booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by author Calum Waddell


BLU-RAY CONTAINS:


- Brand New High Definition Transfer of the film (1080p)


SPECIAL FEATURES:


- Introduction to the film from star Dolph Lundgren
- UK exclusive audio commentary with director Joseph Zito, moderated by filmmaker and genre scholar Howard S. Berger
- ALL OUT OF BULLETS: Dolph Lundgren remembers RED SCORPION
- MUSIC WITH MUSCLES: Composer Jay Chattaway on the soundtrack of RED SCORPION
- Original Trailer


Original Art by The Dude Designs
In original 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
Original Uncompressed LPCM Stereo Audio
Feature and extras 1080/24p Region ABC playable worldwide
RRP £24.99
Released 6th February 2012



Penitentiary (ArrowDrome) DVD

There's only one way out, and 100 fools stand in the way!

Too Sweet likes three things… Candy bars, makin’ love and fighting. Arrested while defending a beautiful hooker in a roadside diner brawl, he finds himself unjustly incarcerated in a violent prison hellhole where life is cheap and punks get owned by predatory lifers. There’s only one way out… Victory in the ring!
Now Too Sweet has to fight for his freedom in series of boxing battles, all the while watching his back in the prison corridors, waiting for the cold sting of the shiv that might end his life.
Experience Jamaa Fanaka’s extraordinary grindhouse classic – Which is arguably the last great Blaxploitation flick – and pray to God you never end up somebody’s bitch in the PENITENTIARY!

ARROWDROME IS A FLEAPIT SELECTED LIBRARY OF CULT FILMS; VIOLENT, HORRIFIC, SLEAZY, EXPLOITATIVE. TO EXPLORE STEP IN TO THE CULT ARENA! EVERY ARROWDROME RELEASE INCLUDES A REVERSIBLE SLEEVE OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND A COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET!
ALSO INCLUDES AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR JAMAA FANAKA, TRAILERS, FEATURE LENGTH SEQUEL PENITENTIARY II STARRING ERNIE HUDSON AND MR T. + COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET BY AUTHOR CALUM WADDELL!

Running Time 99 mins approx
English language
Region 0 NTSC
RRP £9.99
Released 13th February 2012


The Cat O’ Nine Tails (ArrowDrome) DVD

CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRUTH AND A MURDERER’S HAND!

A break in at a genetics lab leads to a spiralling vortex of bloody murder in Cat O’ Nine Tails, Dario Argento’s 70s Giallo classic.
Strange circumstances surrounding the crime pique the interest of a journalist and a blind crossword compiler whose sharp ears have overheard talk of blackmail. However, all the would be investigators leads soon regret the help they gave as scientists die in front of speeding trains and photographers are viciously slain while others fall to their screaming deaths down elevator shafts in this surreal and nightmarish thriller from one of the acknowledged masters of Italian horror.
As the body count increases, will no one escape the sting of The Cat O’ Nine Tails?

ARROWDROME IS A FLEAPIT SELECTED LIBRARY OF CULT FILMS; VIOLENT, HORRIFIC, SLEAZY, EXPLOITATIVE. TO EXPLORE STEP IN TO THE CULT ARENA! EVERY ARROWDROME RELEASE INCLUDES A REVERSIBLE SLEEVE OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND A COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET!
ALSO INCLUDES INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR DARIO ARGENTO, ORIGINAL TRAILER + BOOKLET BY ARGENTO BIOGRAPHER ALAN JONES!

Running Time 107 mins approx
English language
Region 0 PAL
RRP £9.99
Released 20th February 2012






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