Imprint Companion

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This first episode for the November batch features in-depth reviews of Eric Red's Body Parts, Sam Raimi's The Gift and folk horror Let's Scare Jessica To Death.

WHERE DOES EVIL LIVE, THE HEART, THE MIND OR THE FLESH?

Body Parts is a bone-chilling tale about a medical experiment gone wrong. After a crime psychologist (Fahey) loses his arm and nearly his life in a grisly car accident, he undergoes a daring medical operation to have a donor arm grafted onto his body. But after the operation, the arm starts to take on a violent life of its own, striking out against Bill’s wife and children. Bill is driven to learn about the donor’s identity – a horrifying discovery that delivers him into a world of unimaginable terror.

Eric Red’s underrated 90s horror macabre is overdue for reappraisal.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition transfer by Paramount Pictures
• Audio commentary by director/co-writer Eric Red
• Audio commentary with film historian Lee Gambin (2021)
• Interview with director/co-writer Eric Red
• Interview with editor Anthony Redman
• Interview with actor Paul Ben-Victor
• Interview with actor Peter Murnik
• Deleted Footage (with optional audio commentary by director Eric Red)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Original aspect ratio 2.35:1
• DTS HD 5.1 Surround / LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Limited Edition slipcase on the first 2000 copies with unique artwork

CAN YOU TRUST A WITNESS WHO WASN’T THERE?

Oscar-Winner and Golden Globe. Winner Cate Blanchett leads an incredible all-star cast including Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry), Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Katie Holmes (Wonder Boys), Giovanni Ribisi (Saving Private Ryan), and Oscar-nominee Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets) in this stylishly filmed mystery that’s as eerie as a backwoods swamp with a dark secret beneath it’s even darker surface.

Written by Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) and Tom Epperson (A Family Thing), and directed by Sam Raimi (A Simple Plan), The Gift is a gripping tale of supernatural intrigue…and chilling terror.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition transfer
• Audio commentary with film historians Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth (2021)
• The Gift: Creating The Score – interview with composer Christopher Young (2021)
• The Gift: A Look Inside – featurette
• 3 Behind the scenes production featurettes – The Actors, Director Sam Raimi, Promotional Short 
• Promotional interviews – Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Sam Raimi, World Premiere
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots
• Original aspect ratio 1.85:1
• DTS HD 5.1 Surround / LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Limited Edition slipcase on the first 2000 copies with unique artwork

SOMETHING IS AFTER JESSICA. SOMETHING VERY COLD, VERY WET… AND VERY DEAD…

Finally released from an institution after suffering a nervous breakdown, Jessica seeks the tranquillity of a secluded home in Connecticut to help make her recovery complete. But instead of a restful recuperation with her husband Duncan and a close friend in the New England countryside, Jessica soon finds herself falling into a swirling vortex of madness and the supernatural.

Director John D. Hancock’s independent horror masterpiece is finally here in this new special edition.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition transfer by Paramount Pictures
• Audio commentary with director John Hancock and producer Bill Badalato (2020)
• Audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine (2021)
• Audio commentary by film critic Kim Newman and film director Prano Bailey-Bond (2021)
• Art Saved My Life – interview with composer Orville Stoeber
• Scare Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic – interview with film historian Kim Newman
• She Walks These Hills: Let’s Scare Jessica to Death Locations, Then and Now – featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot and Radio Spots
• Photo Gallery
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Limited Edition slipcase on the first 2000 copies with unique artwork

Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

Visit imprintfilms.com.au 

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is episode is all about the pick of the October British Batch, The Harry Palmer Collection.  

FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL THREE ORIGINAL 1960S FILMS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN ONE COLLECTION, WITH BONUS FEATURES WORTHY OF FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

The Ipcress File (1965) – Imprint Collection # 75

Starring Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd, and Gordon Jackson.

Based on Len Deighton’s bestselling novel, the realistic, landmark spy thriller of espionage and counter-espionage centres on Harry Palmer, an intelligence agent assigned to investigate fears over British security. 

Produced by 007’s Harry Saltzman, with music by John Barry, The Ipcress File provides a downbeat, yet realistic and exciting portrayal of 1960s espionage.  

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition master from a restored 2k scan by ITV Studios
• Audio commentary by director Sidney J. Furie and film editor Peter Hunt (1999)
• Audio commentary by film historian Troy Howarth and film historian/filmmaker Daniel Kremer (2020)
• Michael Caine is Harry Palmer – interview with Michael Caine (2006)
• The Design File – interview with production designer Ken Adam (2006)
• Locations Report with Richard Dacre (2021) 
• Through The Keyhole – interview with 2nd assistant director Denis Johnson, Jr. (2021)
• Counting The Cash – interview with assistant production accountant Maurice Landsberger (2021)
• Isolated Music & Effects audio track 
• Textless Material, Theatrical Trailers, U.S. Radio Spots and Extensive Photo Galleries
• DTS HD 5.1 surround / LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English subtitles

Funeral in Berlin (1966) – Imprint Collection # 76

Starring Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oscar Homolka, Eva Renzi

Harry Palmer is sent to Berlin where he is to extricate a Russian general who wants to defect. 

Director Guy Hamilton’s follow-up to The Ipcress File is the second in the film series based on Len Deighton’s novels. 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition transfer by Paramount Pictures
• Audio commentary by Rob Mallows of The Deighton Dossier (2021)
• Fun in Berlin – interview with editor John Bloom (2021)
• Afternoon Plus – interview with Len Deighton (1983) 
• Candid Caine: a self portrait by Michael Caine – documentary (1969) 
• Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold – documentary (1994)
• Theatrical Trailer and Photo Gallery
• LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English subtitles

Billion Dollar Brain (1967) – Imprint Collection #77

Starring Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oscar Homolka, Francoise Dorleac

Harry Palmer is blackmailed into working for MI5 again on his wildest – and most dangerous – assignment yet as he pits his wits against an insane billionaire and his supercomputer. 

From 007 producer Harry Saltzman and acclaimed director Ken Russell come the final film in the 1960s Palmer trilogy. 

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition transfer by MGM 
• Audio commentary by film historians Vic Pratt and Will Fowler (2021))
• Interview with Rob Mallows of The Deighton Dossier (2021) 
• Photographing Spies – interview with cinematographer Billy Williams (2021)
• Billion Dollar Frame – interview with associate editor Willy Kemplen (2021)
• This Week – excerpt of Michael Caine discussing the British film industry (1969)
• Theatrical Trailers 
• LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English subtitles

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is a special episode all about the release of the year Collaborations: The Cinema of Zhang Yimou & Gong Li.

THE EPIC COLLABORATIONS OF ZHANG YIMOU, ONE OF THE CINEMA’S GREATEST AUTEURS, AND ACCLAIMED CHINESE ACTRESS GONG LI IN LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION, NOW FOR PRE-ORDER!

The films of Zhang Yimou, one of the cinema’s greatest auteurs, and acclaimed Chinese actress Gong Li have had a profound effect on audiences around the world.

Their long and diverse filmmaking partnership has produced some of cinema’s greatest films.

Here presented for the first time in one collection are the eight major works from their remarkable collaboration together.

All eight films are presented in 1080p high definition from 2k masters from the original negatives. Each film has additional supplements to compliment and provide insight into the making of these important cinema achievements.

Limited edition 60-page booklet containing new essays from Professor Chris Berry & Professor Ying Zhu

Strictly Limited edition 2000 copies hard box packaging featuring unique artwork

Red Sorghum (1988) – Imprint Collection #67

When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scan
• Film historian Tony Rayns on Red Sorghum (2021)
• Zhang Yimou interview by Tony Rayns (1988)
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Audio: Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Subtitles: English

Ju Dou (1990) – Imprint Collection #68

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband’s nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband’s heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scan
• Film historian Tony Rayns on Ju Dou (2021)
• Shadow Play: The Early Cinema of Zhang Yimou – documentary
• International Trailer
• Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
• Audio: Mandarin DTS HD 5.1 Surround / Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Subtitles: English

Raise the Red Lantern (1991) – Imprint Collection #69

China in the 1920s. After her father’s death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scan
• Film historian Tony Rayns on Raise the Red Lantern (2021)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: Mandarin DTS HD 5.1 Surround / Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Subtitles: English

The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) – Imprint Collection #70

A humorous fable of justice that traverses shot in the north of China. Gong Li plays Qiu Ju, a tenacious farmer determined to right a wrong done to her husband. Defying all stereotypes of the passive Chinese woman, she remains unbowed by the frustrations of bureaucracy in her quixotic search for dignity.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scan
• Film historian Tony Rayns on The Story of Qiu Ju (2021)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Audio: Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Subtitles: English

To Live (Huo zhe) (1994) – Imprint Collection #71

Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scan
• Film historian Tony Rayns on To Live (2021)
• Interview with actress Gong Li
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Subtitles: English

Shanghai Triad (1995) – Imprint Collection #72

Country boy Shuisheng is brought to 1930s Shanghai by his uncle who wants the boy to become a member of the powerful gang ruled by manipulative Tang. In fact, Shuisheng will serve Tang’s capricious mistress Bijou, a nightclub singer whom the boss proclaimed “the Queen of Shanghai.” When the boy’s uncle and the gang’s several other members die during a rival gang’s unsuccessful attempt on Tang’s life, the latter retreats to a remote small island, taking both Bijou and Shuisheng with him and thinking of revenge.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scan
• Film historian Tony Rayns on Shanghai Triad (2021)
• Theatrical Trailers
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Subtitles: English

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) – Imprint Collection #73

Set in the lavish and breathtakingly colorful world hidden from the eyes of mere mortals behind the walls of the Forbidden City, a tale of a royal family divided against itself builds to a mythic climax as lines are crossed, trust is betrayed, and family blood is spilled in the quest for redemption and revenge.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition presentation
• Film historian Tony Rayns on Curse Of The Golden Flower (2021)
• From Daggers to Flowers – an interview with composer Shigeru Umebayashi (2021)
• Los Angeles Premiere Footage
• Secrets Within featurette
• The Emperor featurette
• The Empress featurette
• B-Roll Behind-the-scenes footage
• Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Audio: Mandarin DTS HD 5.1 Surround / Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• Subtitles: English

Coming Home (2014) – Imprint Collection #74

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labour camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer recognizes him.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p high-definition presentation
• Film historian Tony Rayns on Coming Home (2021)
• Audio commentary by director Zhang Yimou in Mandarin with English subtitles
• Toronto Film Festival Q & A
• Interview with Gong Li
• Making of Coming Home – featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Audio: Mandarin DTS-HD 5.1 Surround (Optional English Audio Descriptive)
• Subtitles: English

Due to unprecedented demand and COVID-19 lockdowns in Melbourne, any online orders received after October 14th will ship in early November. 

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the third episode of the September 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking: David Lynch's The Straight Story (1999), Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978), Gus Vant Sant's Drugstore Cowboy (1989) and Space 1999 – The Complete Series ULTIMATE EDITION – BLU RAY IMPRINT TELEVISION.

Richard Farnsworth (MISERY, THE NATURAL) stars as Alvin Straight — a no-nonsense man who has never been one to lean on others. Now at an age when his eyesight denies him the ability to drive and walking is accomplished only with the help of two canes, Alvin lives a quiet life with his daughter Rose (Sissy Spacek). But when the call comes that Alvin’s estranged brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton, THE GREEN MILE) has suffered a debilitating stroke, Alvin embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends.

Directed by David Lynch (Blue Velvet) and based on a true story that captured the hearts of America.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080P High definition presentation from the restored 4k master
• New Audio Commentary by Film Critic Peter Tonguette (2021)
• New producer/editor featurette (2021)
• New featurette on the score (2021)
• New production design featurette (2021)
• New Visual Essay by filmmaker, writer and programmer Ian Mantgani (2021)
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround / 5.1
• Trailer
• English subtitles
• Limited Edition slipcase on the first 2000 copies with unique artwork.

This is a pre-order title and will be dispatched in the week leading up to its release date. Special features and artwork subject to change.

Imprint Collection # 61

A story of a group of early 20th century itinerant workers who find themselves entangled in a deadly love triangle. Starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, and Linda Manz.

Director Terrence Malick’s follow up to Badlands is an exquisitely photographed story and has since become one of the most acclaimed films of its decade.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080P High definition restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick
• New Audio Commentary by film scholar Adrian Martin (2021)
• New editor featurette (2021)
• New composer featurette (2021)
• New Visual essay on Linda Manz by filmmaker Chris O’Neill (2021)
• English Dolby Digital 2.0/5.1
• Trailer
• English subtitles
• Limited Edition slipcase on the first 2000 copies with unique artwork.

This is a pre-order title and will be dispatched in the week leading up to its release date. Special features and artwork subject to change.

Imprint Collection # 62

Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon) is the leader of a “family” of drug addicts consisting of his wife, Dianne (Kelly Lynch), and another couple who feed their habit by robbing drug stores as they travel across the country. After a tragedy befalls a member of his group, Bob decides he must leave his dysfunctional clan and go straight. Parting ways with his junkie past proves more difficult than expected when Bob is stalked by an old acquaintance looking to score drugs at any price.

Directed By Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) and based on the autobiographical novel by James Fogle.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High definition presentation
• Vintage Making-of documentary
• New Visual essay by filmmaker Chris O’Neill (2021)
• New featurette on Gus Van Sant (2021)
• New composer featurette (2021)
• New writer featurette (2021)
• New actor featurette (2021)
• Theatrical Trailer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0
• Optional English subtitles
• Limited Edition slipcase on the first 2000 copies with unique artwork.

This is a pre-order title and will be dispatched in the week leading up to its release date. Special features and artwork subject to change.

Imprint Collection # 64

NOW, SPACE: 1999 CAN BE SEEN AS NEVER BEFORE WITH EVERY EPISODE DIGITALLY RESTORED FROM

THE ORIGINAL 35MM ELEMENTS, WITH AN UNRIVALED COLLECTION OF SPECIAL FEATURES ALL, BROUGHT

TOGETHER IN THIS ULTIMATE EDITION FEATURING DELUXE HARD-BOX PACKAGING.

Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

Visit imprintfilms.com.au 

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the second episode of the September 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking: As Good As It Gets (1997) & Chinese Box (1997).

Curmudgeon Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) is a neurotic romantic writer who enjoys insulting his neighbour, artist Simon Bishop (Greg Kinnear), and being rude to waitress Carol (Helen Hunt) at his local restaurant. However, when Simon is hospitalised, it falls to Melvin to look after his pet dog, Verdell. An emotional thaw begins to set in, and when Carol misses stints at the restaurant due to her son’s asthma, Melvin pays for him to have proper medical attention. A budding romance with Carol is threatened, however, by Melvin’s obsessive neuroses.

Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt each won Oscars for their performances in this prickly comedy directed by James L. Brooks.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High definition presentation
• Audio commentary with director James L. Brooks and actors Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, and Greg Kinnear
• New featurette on Director James L Brooks (2021)
• New actor featurette (2021)
• New Visual Essay by filmmaker, writer and programmer Ian Mantgani (2021)

Imprint Collection # 65

Jeremy Irons stars as John, a British journalist living in Hong Kong. John has fallen in love with Vivian (Li), a bartender with a jaded past. Vivian is eager to secure her position in Hong Kong society and wants her successful boyfriend Chang to marry her. When Chang proves to be indecisive about their relationship, Vivian turns to John. Giving into their feelings for a brief but passionate affair, they now face inevitable change and unexpected obstacles in this touching and compelling film.

Director Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club) creates a cinematic “love letter” to his native island Hong Kong.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• New 2020 1080p High definition 2K restoration
• Audio commentary with co-writer / director Wayne Wang and critic Roger Garcia
• New featurette on Wayne Wang (2021)
• New composer featurette (2021)
• “Chinese Box Home Movies” featurette
• Original aspect ratio 1.85:1

Imprint Collection # 63

Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

Visit imprintfilms.com.au 

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the first episode of the September 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking:

Double Jeopardy with #1 fan Maria Lewis.

Young Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) is happy as a clam, and why not? She’s got a loving, successful husband (Bruce Greenwood), an adorable son, and an island home to die for. One morning, after a romantic sailing expedition with her husband, Libby finds herself covered in blood. Her husband’s missing, the boat resembles a murder scene, and there’s a knife on the deck. One might stop right there and call for help; Libby, however, takes matters–or, more specifically, the knife–into her own hands, and the moment she does, there’s the Coast Guard. Faster than you can say frame-up, Libby’s been charged with murder and jailed, with her young son stripped from her custody.

From acclaimed director Bruce Beresford comes this gripping thriller starring Ashley Judd & Tommy Lee Jones.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High definition presentation
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Scott Harrison
• The Making of Double Jeopardy Showtime Double Special
• Theatrical Trailer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0/5.1
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English subtitles
• Limited Edition slipcase on the first 2000 copies with unique artwork.

Imprint Collection # 66

Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

Visit imprintfilms.com.au 

Maria Lewis

WEBSITE: https://www.marialewis.com.au/

TWITTER: @moviemazz

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the second episode on the July 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking:

Six spine chilling early horror films from deep within the Paramount vaults presented in high definition from the original negatives.

Disc One:

The Phantom Speaks / The Vampire’s Ghost (Imprint Collection # 54)

The Phantom Speaks (1945) – Starring Richard Arlen, Stanley Ridges, Lynne Roberts

The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician and forces him to do its bidding–namely, murder.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas (2021)
• NEW Audio commentary with horror/ fantasy authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2021)
• Bonus 1944 movie “Lady & The Monster” (SD)
• LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles

The Vampire’s Ghost (1945) – Starring John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his “life” of the past few hundred years.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary with film historian Tom Weaver (2021)
• LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles

Disc Two

Return of the Ape Man / Valley of the Zombies (Imprint Collection # 55)

Return of the Ape Man (1944) – Starring Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco

A scientist seeks to transplant a brain into the body of a thawed caveman in order to get it to do his bidding.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary with film historian Tom Weaver (2021)
• LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles

Valley of the Zombies (1946) – Starring Robert Livingston, Lorna Gray, Ian Keith

A mad undertaker, restored by a potion, has an all-consuming need for blood and seeks revenge on those who had him committed to an insane asylum.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas (2021)
• NEW Audio commentary with horror/ fantasy authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2021)
• LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles

Disc Three

She Devil / The Unknown Terror (Imprint Collection # 56)

She Devil (1957) – Starring Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly, Albert Dekker

Doctors Scott and Bach inject the dying Kyra Zelas with a formula that saves her life – but also renders her almost immortal and wickedly evil.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio commentary with horror/ fantasy authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2021)
• Tales of Tomorrow episode “The Miraculous Serum” based on the science fiction short story “The Adaptive Ultimate” 1952 (SD)
• Escape! Radio Anthology episode “The Adaptive Ultimate” 1949
• LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles

The Unknown Terror (1957) – Starring John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards

A millionaire leads an expedition into a remote jungle to find his wife’s long-lost brother, but instead the group finds a mad scientist who has created a fungus monster that feeds on the local inhabitants.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio commentary with horror/ fantasy authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2021)
• LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles

Imprint No 54, 55 & 56

Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

Visit imprintfilms.com.au 

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the second episode on the July 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking:

• Countess Dracula (1971) – Imprint Collection #50
• Hands of the Ripper (1971) – Imprint Collection #51
• Twins of Evil (1971) – Imprint Collection #52
• Vampire Circus (1972) – Imprint Collection #53
• FLESH & BLOOD – THE HAMMER HERITAGE OF HORROR DOCUMENTARY

Countess Dracula (1971) – Imprint Collection #50

In 17th-century Hungary, elderly widow Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy maintains her misleading youthful appearance by bathing in the blood of virgins regularly supplied to her by faithful servant Captain Dobi.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High Definition presentation
• Audio commentary with Ingrid Pitt and critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones
• Audio Commentary by Ingrid Pitt, Peter Sasdy, Jeremy Paul and Jonathan Sothcott
• NEW Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons (2021)
• NEW Vampire Lover: The Life and Career of Ingrid Pitt – Visual Essay by Kat Ellinger (2021)
• NEW Blood Countess: Bathory on Film – A Visual Essay By Kat Ellinger (2021)
• NEW Interview with Leon Lissek discussing Countess Dracula
• “Immortal Countess: The Cinematic Life of Ingrid Pitt” featurette
• Video and Audio Interview With Ingrid Pitt
• Interview with director Peter Sasdy, moderated by Marcus Hearn
• Theatrical Trailer
• Double Bill trailer (with Vampire Circus)
• LPCM 2.0 Mono

Hands of the Ripper (1971) – Imprint Collection #51

As a young child Jack the Ripper’s daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080P High Definition presentation
• Audio Commentary with Angharad Rees, Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• NEW Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons (2021)
• The Devil’s Plaything: Possessed by the ‘Hands of the Ripper’ documentary
• Slaughter of Innocence: The Evolution of Hammer Gore motion still gallery
• S. Television Introduction
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots
• Motion Still Gallery
• LPCM 2.0 Mono

Twins of Evil (1971) – Imprint Collection #52

A religious sect led by Gustav Weil hunts all women suspected of witchcraft, killing a number of innocent victims. Young Katy, Gustav’s niece, will involve herself in a devilish cult, and become an instrument of Justice in the region.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080P High Definition presentation
• NEW Audio commentary with critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)
• Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons
• NEW 2 hour Directors cut of “The Flesh and The Fury: X-posing ‘Twins of Evil'” feature length documentary exploring Hammer’s “Karnstein Trilogy” from Ballyhoo Productions (2021)
• NEW Satanic Decadence & The Legacy of Sheridan Le Fanu in Hammer’s Twins of Evil – A Visual Essay by Kat Ellinger (2021)
• The Props that Hammer Built: The Kinsey Collection featurette
• Interview with director John Hough, conducted by Marcus Hearn in 2013
• Interview with Damien Thomas, conducted on stage by Wayne Kinsey
• Super-8 version
• Motion Still Gallery
• Deleted Scene
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Double Bill Trailer (with Hands of The Ripper)
• 3 TV Spots
• Isolated Effects and Music score
• Galleries
• LPCM 2.0 Mono

Vampire Circus (1972) – Imprint Collection #53

As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080P High Definition presentation
• New Audio commentary with critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)
• Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons
• “The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus” documentary
• Gallery of Grotesqueries: A Brief History of Circus Horrors featurette with British author/film historian Philip Nutman
• Visiting The House of Hammer: Britain’s Legendary Horror Magazine featurette with British author/film historian Philip Nutman
• NEW 30min Documentary on Vampire Circus Produced & Directed by Marcus Hearn
• NEW Peter Musgrave Interview on editing Vampire Circus
• Vampire Circus Interactive Comic Book
• Theatrical Trailer
• Isolated Music and Effects Track
• LPCM 2.0 Mono

Exclusive Bonus Blu-Ray disc on the Limited Edition box:

FLESH & BLOOD – THE HAMMER HERITAGE OF HORROR DOCUMENTARY

• This remastered Director’s Cut features stereo sound, new candid interviews, rare clips, photos, home movies and over 40 minutes of additional content added to the film. Well over two hours of Gothic ghouls, gore and glamour.
• Presented on Blu-Ray, this film has been upscaled to deliver the best possible visual presentation of this documentary.

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Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

Visit imprintfilms.com.au 

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the first episode on the July 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking Imprints 57-60:

• The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
• Haunted (1995)
• The Awakening (1980)
• The Dead Zone (1983)

The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)

While driving through the Southwest with his daughter and girlfriend, a man stumbles upon a small town plagued by the disappearance of several children and the murders of their parents. He stays on to assist the local sheriff, his deputy, the local priest, and a physician as they try to solve the mystery.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p presentation from a 2K scan from the original negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by author Troy Howarth and Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson (2021)
• NEW “THE DEVIL YOU KNOW” Inside LQ/Jaf Productions with author/film historian Justin Humphreys (2021)
• LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer

Haunted (1995)

Haunted is a classic romantic ghost story starring Aiden Quinn & Kate Beckinsale. Directed by Lewis Gilbert (The Spy Who Loved Me, Alfie & Moonraker). Based on the best-selling book by James Herbert.

David Ash, Professor of Para-Psychology, is called to investigate the hauntings at Edbrook House.

As David starts his investigation, he becomes aware of a presence in the house that goes against everything he believes. Slowly he is worn down by strange and terrifying things that happen to him, until ultimately, he is driven to question his own sanity.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-Definition presentation
• NEW Audio commentary with film critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)
• NEW “SEEING THINGS: FILMING HAUNTED” – Interview with cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts. (2021)
• NEW “FEELING THINGS: ACTING HAUNTED” – Interview with actor Alex Lowe. (2021)
• NEW “HEARING THINGS: SCORING HAUNTED” – Interview with composer Debbie Wiseman. (2021)
• Vintage Making of Haunted
• Photo gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer

The Awakening (1980)

An archaeologist is in Egypt with his pregnant wife searching for the tomb of Queen Kara. As he opens its cursed seal, his wife gives birth. Later it transpires that Kara’s evil spirit left the tomb and possessed the baby. Now a teenager, she’s caused several deaths and her father must destroy her before it’s too late.

Based on Bram Stoker’s novel The Jewel of Seven Stars and starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, and Stephanie Zimbalist.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 2K scan from the original negative
• NEW Audio commentary with film critics Kim Newman & Stephen Jones (2021)
• NEW “REINCARNATE: ADAPTING THE JEWEL OF THE SEVEN STARS” – Interview with author/historian Richard Heft. (2021)
• NEW “THE NAMELESS ONE: SCORING THE AWAKENING” – Interview with orchestrator Nancy Beach. (2021)
• Theatrical Trailer
• LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer

The Dead Zone (1983)

Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) wakes from a coma due to a car accident, only to find he has lost five years of his life, and yet gained psychic powers. Foreseeing the future appears to be a ‘gift’ at first, but ends up causing problems.

The Dead Zone is based on a novel by Stephen King, directed by David Cronenberg (“Scanners”, “The Fly”) and produced by Debra Hill (“Halloween”, “The Fog”).

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 1080p presentation from a 2K scan from the original negative
• NEW “Look Past The Future: Filming The Dead Zone” – An all new interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin (2021)
• NEW “From Coma To Coda: Scoring The Dead Zone” – An all new interview with composer Edward Shearmur (Reign of Fire) discussing Michael Kamen’s score. (2021)
• NEW “DINO IN THE DARK: ADAPTING THE KING OF HORROR” – An all-new documentary featuring interviews with Mark L. Lester (Firestarter), Mark Irwin (The Dead Zone), Lewis Teague (Cat’s Eye), Dan Attias (Silver Bullet), Mick Garris (The Stand), Tom McLoughlin (Sometimes They Come Back), Tony Magistrale (Hollywood’s Stephen King), and more! (2021)
• NEW Visual Essay on The Dead Zone by film Critic Lee Gambin (2021)
• Audio commentary by film critics Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2002)
• Memories from the Dead Zone 2006 featurette
• The Look of the Dead Zone 2006 featurette
• Visions and Horror from the Dead Zone featurette
• The Politics of the Dead Zone 2006 featurette
• 1983 Vintage interviews with David Cronenberg, Debra Hill & Martin Sheen
• 2018 interview with Stephen King
• Trailer
• DTS HD 5.1 surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer

Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

Visit imprintfilms.com.au 

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is the third of three episodes on the May 2021 Imprint Films drop, and we're talking Imprints 49 - The Gambler (1974). We're thrilled to be joined by writer, author, lecturer and the man behind the commentary Matthew Asprey Gear.

Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

Matthew Asprey Gear Twitter @MatthewAsprey & Website 

Visit imprintfilms.com.au