Arrow Video announce the UK Blu-ray release of Pit & the Pendulum and the Complete Dr Phibes

Arrow Video have announced the dates for the UK Blu-ray releases of The Pit & the Pendulum and the two Dr Phibes films.

The Pit and the Pendulum will be released on 12 May (just in time for Price's birthday on the 27th) and will include a high definition digital transfer, newly created exclusive content (which is yet to be finalised), reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx, collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film, archive content and more. Now, will you go for the standalone Blu-ray or the SteelBook?

The Complete Dr Phibes will be released as a two-disc box-set on 9 June, again with HD digital transfers of both films, bonus content, deluxe edition collector’s box featuring original artwork and a 100-Page collector’s booklet. Not sure what the special features will be, but wouldn't it be cool if it contained the two soundtracks and pdfs of William Goldstein's tie-in novels?

 

Blu-ray news | Arrow Films to release The Fall of the House of Usher in the UK

The first of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe cycle of gothic chillers starring Vincent Price is getting a Blu-ray (region B) release in the UK on 26 August from Arrow Films in two versions: standard Blu-ray and limited edition Blu-ray Steelcase. 

In the US, House of Usher will be form part of a Halloween Blu-ray box-set from Scream Factory. The other titles are The Haunted Palace, Masque of Red Death, Pit and the Pendulum, Abominable Dr Phibes (all currently showing on MGM HD, and hopefuly will picked up by Arrow for a UK release) and Witchfinder General (which is already available on Blu-ray in the UK from Odeon Entertainment). More details on the Scream Factory will be available in June/July.

 

Standard Edition:
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Roger Corman audio commentary
• Legend to Legend: Joe Dante reflects on the Poe cycle
• Through the Pale Door: Video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns examining Corman’s film in relation to Poe’s story
• Archival interview with Vincent Price
• Original Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring artwork by Graham Humphreys
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Tim Lucas and an extract from Vincent Price’s long out of print autobiography, illustrated with original archive stills and posters.

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 Steelcase Edition:

• Limited Edition SteelBookTM packaging
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation (as on standard)
• Optional English SDH subtitles (as on standard)
• Roger Corman audio commentary (as on standard)
• Joe Dante interview (as on standard)
• Through the Pale Door: video essay (as on standard)
• Archival interview (as on standard)
• Trailer (as on standard)
• Artwork by Graham Humphreys
• Collector’s booklet (as on standard)

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