ARROW VIDEO ANNOUNCES JUNE RELEASE LINE-UP

Arrow Video has announced their June releases for 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases; among them, a modern Bonnie & Clyde tale (True Romance), a hallucinogenic take on Dr. Jekyll (Edge of Sanity), Satanic sororities (The Initiation of Sarah), Satanic nuns (Demonia), and the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema (The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection: Volume 3).

Here is the full line-up of their June releases:

TRUE ROMANCE 4K/Blu-ray/Limited Edition Steelbook

In 1993, action movie supremo Tony Scott teamed up with a hot new screenwriter named Quentin Tarantino to bring TRUE ROMANCE to the screen, one of the most beloved and widely-quoted films of the decade.

Elvis-worshiping comic book store employee Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is minding his own business at a Sonny Chiba triple bill when Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) walks into his life – and from then on, the two are inseparable. Within 24 hours, they're married and on the run after Clarence is forced to kill Alabama's possessive, psychopathic pimp. Driving a Cadillac across the country from Detroit to Hollywood, the newlyweds plan to sell off a suitcase full of stolen drugs to fund a new life for themselves... but little do they suspect that the cops and the Mafia are closing in on them. Will they escape and make their dream of a happy ending come true?

Breathtaking action set pieces and unforgettably snappy dialogue combine with a murderers' row of sensational performances from a stunning ensemble cast in Scott and Tarantino's blood-soaked, bullet-riddled valentine, finally restored in dazzling 4K with hours of brilliant bonus features.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

4K RESTORATIONS of both the Theatrical Cut and the Director's Cut from the original camera negatives by Arrow Films
4K (2160p) Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of both cuts
Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Audio commentary by director Tony Scott
Audio commentary by writer Quentin Tarantino
Audio commentary by stars Christian Slater & Patricia Arquette
Audio commentary by critic Tim Lucas
Select scene commentaries by stars Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt and Michael Rapaport
Brand new select scene commentary by star Saul Rubinek
New interview with costume designer Susan Becker
New interview with co-editor Michael Tronick
New interview with co-composers Mark Mancina and John Van Tongeren
New interview with Larry Taylor, author of Tony Scott: A Filmmaker on Fire
New interview with Daniel Storm, co-founder of the annual True Romance Fest and owner of the original Cadillac
Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Tony Scott
Alternate ending with optional commentaries by Tony Scott and Quentin Tarantino
Electronic press kit featurettes, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Tony Scott, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper and Gary Oldman
Trailers and TV spots
Image galleries
Limited Edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Sam Gilbey
U.S. AND CANADA STREET DATE: JUNE 28.

EDGE OF SANITY Blu-Ray

Anthony Perkins builds upon his legendary status as cinema's seminal psycho in EDGE OF SANITY, a delirious conflation of Robert Louis Stephenson's classic horror novella 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and Jack the Ripper's real-life reign of terror over Victorian London.

When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr Jekyll (Perkins) takes off into the night, casting aside the shackles of upper-class propriety as he disappears into the shadowy decadent demimonde of Whitechapel in pursuit of sensual pleasures under the guise of 'Mr Hyde'. As his wife Elisabeth (Glynis Barber) passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district's fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.

Produced by exploitation maestro Harry Alan Towers (The Face of Fu Manchu, Count Dracula) and directed with a hallucinogenic intensity by Gérard Kikoïne (Lady Libertine, Buried Alive), EDGE OF SANITY plunges the viewer into a labyrinth of depravity from which there is no escape.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

NEW 2K RESTORATION from the original 35mm camera negative by Arrow Films
Original uncompressed stereo audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Brand new audio commentary by writer David Flint and author and filmmaker Sean Hogan
Over the Edge, a brand new interview with Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA Jack, Jekyll and Other Screen Psychos, a brand new interview with Dr Clare Smith, author of Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture
French Love, a career-spanning interview with director Gérard KikoïneM
Staying Sane, Gérard Kikoïne discusses Edge of Sanity
Original Theatrical trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
First pressing only: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jon Towlson
U.S. AND CANADA STREET DATE: JUNE 21.
UK STREET DATE: JUNE 20.

THE INITIATION OF SARAH Blu-Ray

Satantic secrets and telekenetic terror combine in this classic made-for-TV horror movie directed by Hammer Films alumnus Robert Day (She), from a story co-written by Tom Holland (Fright Night), featuring cinematography by Ric Waite (48 Hrs).

Shy misfit Sarah Goodwin (Kay Lenz, House), has a secret gift: the ability to control — and destroy — with her mind. When Sarah goes off to college with her more outgoing and popular sister, Patty (Morgan Brittany, Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat), their plans to join the most prestigious sorority on campus are scuttled by snobby president Jennifer Lawrence (Morgan Fairchild, Phantom of the Mall). Separated from her sister, Sarah is taken in by a rival, less popular sorority, whose mysterious house mother, Mrs. Hunter (Shelley Winters, The Night of the Hunter), is harboring a secret of her own: a scheme to harness Sarah's terrifying power for revenge. Betrayed by Patty, humiliated by Jennifer, it can only be a matter of time before Sorority Hell Week erupts in flame!

Making its Blu-Ray debut with an all-new restoration by Arrow Films from the original camera negative, THE INITIATION OF SARAH has never looked better and comes packed with all new bonus materials.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

NEW 2K RESTORATION from the original 35mm camera negative by Arrow Films
Original uncompressed mono audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Brand new audio commentary by TV Movie expert Amanda Reyes
Welcome to Hell Week: A Pledge's Guide to the Initiation of Sarah, a brand new appreciation by film critic Stacie Ponder and Queer Horror programmer Anthony Hudson, co-hosts of the Gaylords of Darkness podcast, celebrating the film through a queer feminist lens.
Cracks in the Sisterhood: Second Wave Feminism and The Initiation of Sarah, a brand new visual essay by film critic and historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
The Intimations of Sarah, a brand new interview with film critic Samantha McLaren looking at witchcraft, empowerment, TV movies, and telekinetic shy girls post Carrie
The Initiation of Tom, a brand new interview with Tom Holland on this his first film writing credit
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect
First pressing only: fully illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Lindsay Hallam and Alexandra West
U.S. AND CANADA STREET DATE: JUNE 21.
UK STREET DATE: JUNE 20.

DEMONIA Blu-Ray

Like many of his contemporaries, Godfather of Gore Lucio Fulci (City of the Living Dead, Don't Torture a Duckling) found his career on a downturn at the end of the 1980s as the bottom fell out of the Italian horror movie market. While much of his latter-day output went straight to video, these low-budget productions nonetheless offer up some diamonds in the rough, among them his 1990 tale of rampaging Satanic Sisters – DEMONIA, regarded by many as his last great film.

A Canadian archaeological team, led by Professor Evans (Brett Halsey, The Devil's Honey), descends on the ruins of a medieval Sicilian monastery to undertake an excavation. But when Evans' protégé, Liza (Meg Register, Ministry of Vengeance), goes searching for an explanation to the disturbing visions she's been experiencing, she awakens the spirit of three Satan-worshiping nuns put to death centuries earlier by a violent mob, unleashing an orgy of vengeful violence on the unsuspecting explorers.

Originally destined for a theatrical release, DEMONIA is a return to the atmosphere and gory excesses of Fulci's late 70s/early 80s output – a no-holds-barred Satanic shocker co-starring Lino Salemme (Demons) and Al Cliver (Zombie Flesh Eaters) and co-written by Piero Regnoli (Burial Ground) – presented here in a pristine restoration and accompanied, in this exclusive limited edition, by the feature-length documentary Fulci Talks, assembled from an in-depth archival interview with the man himself!

Special Features and Technical Specs:

DISC ONE: DEMONIA
4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative
Restored original lossless mono English and Italian soundtracks
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
Audio commentary by Stephen Thrower, author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
Holy Demons, a video interview with uncredited co-writer/assistant director Antonio Tentori
lOf Skulls and Bones, a video interview with camera operator Sandro Grossi
Fulci Lives!!!, camcorder footage of a visit to the Demonia set, including an interview with Lucio Fulci
Original trailer
DISC TWO: FULCI TALKS
Fulci Talks, a feature-length 2021 documentary by filmmaker Antonietta De Lillo, based on an in-depth, career spanning video interview with Lucio Fulci from 1993, conducted by De Lillo and critic Marcello Garofalo
Original lossless mono Italian soundtrack
Optional English subtitles
ADDITIONAL CONTENT: Deluxe crucifix-style packaging featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Kat Ellinger
UK STREET DATE: JUNE 6.

THE RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER COLLECTION: VOL 3 Blu-Ray

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, wrote, directed, produced and starred in over 40 films in his short but prolific life, before passing away of a drugs overdose in 1982 aged just 37. RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER COLLECTION VOL 3 brings together a collection of his lesser seen works from various stages in his career, featuring high definition digital restorations prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation.

The American Soldier sees Fassbinder continue to pursue the cinephilic homage to classic Hollywood crime films of his feature debut, Love is Colder than Death, in a tale of a German-American Vietnam vet turned small-time hoodlum who finds himself on the wrong side of the law in Munich, where he grew up. Unseen between its first television broadcast in 1970 and its rediscovery in 2002, The Niklashausen Journey chronicles the journey of a young peasant in the 15th century and his quest to overcome social injustice, in Fassbinder's allegorical critique of the student movement.

Gods of the Plague portrays a newly released ex-con as he reacquaints himself with Munich's criminal underworld to plan the robbery of a supermarket. In Rio Das Mortes, two feckless young friends, Michel and Günther, embark on a hare-brained scheme to look for lost treasure in Peru, against strong opposition from Michel's fiancée.

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven stars Brigitte Mira (Fear Eats the Soul) as a middle-aged housewife who is roused into revolutionary activity after her husband dies in an industrial accident. Based on a story by Asta Scheib, Fear of Fear features Fassbinder favorite Margit Carstensen (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant) as the young mother plagued with feelings of anxiety and depression as she is left to spend her hours alone surrounded by her judgemental in-laws while her husband spends his days at work. Satan's Brew sees Fassbinder foray into riotous comedy, with Kurt Raab starring as a once famous poet stricken with writer's block who inadvertently assumes the persona of the prewar symbolist Stefan George.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

High definition digital transfers of The American Soldier, Gods of the Plague, Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven and Satan's Brew prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation
Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 sound for all films
Optional English subtitles for all films
Exclusive 140-page collectors booklet containing archive articles and new writing by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Eric Rentschler, David Jenkins, Margaret Deriaz and Earl Jackson.
DISC ONE – The American Soldier & The Niklashausen Journey
Audio commentary by critic Tony Rayns on The American Soldier
Audio commentary by critic Olaf Möller on The Niklashausen Journey
Fassbinder Shoots Film No 8, a 1971 television documentary by Michael Ballhaus and Dieter Buchmann on Rainer Werner Fassbinder filming The American Soldier
Man in the Shadow, an exclusive new in-depth interview with Fassbinder's collaborator Michael Fengler
Freedom or Death!, an exclusive new interview with Michael König on The Niklashausen Journey
DISC TWO – Gods of the Plague & Rio Das Mortes
Alter Ego: Harry Baer on Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a 40-minute interview with the star of Gods of the Plague
Taking Off, an exclusive new interview with Michael König on Rio Das Mortes
Original theatrical trailer for Gods of the Plague
DISC THREE – Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven & Fear of Fear
Audio commentary by critic Olaf Möller on Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven
Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven alternate ending
New interviews with Renate Leiffer, assistant director on Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven and Fear of Fear
New interview with writer Asta Scheib on Fear of Fear
Play It Again, Rainer! Fassbinder's Musical Obsessions, a new video essay by Margaret Deriaz on the use of music in Fassbinder's films.
DISC FOUR – Satan's Brew
Audio commentary by critic Tony Rayns
The Culture Industry Needs Something Like Me: Views of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a 1976 documentary portrait of the director by Gert Ellinghaus
Fassbinder: Love Without Demands, Christian Braad Thomsen's feature-length 2015 documentary portrait of his friend Fassbinder and the people who worked with him.
Original theatrical trailer
UK STREET DATE: JUNE 13.

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