Stranger Things: The Complete Series

News straight from WSQK The Squawk: Arrow Films - in collaboration with Netflix - has just announced that Stranger Things: The Complete Series is available to pre-order now in both Special and Deluxe editions, for both Blu-Ray™ and stunning 4K UHD, with the full box set releasing on 27 July in the UK and 28 July in the US and Canada. 

For the first time ever, every single episode of Netflix’s critically acclaimed, cultural phenomenon will be available to watch on Blu-ray™ and 4K UHD. The collection will be available through all major in-store and online retailers across all territories. 

Special and Deluxe editions of Stranger Things: The Complete Series will be available for purchase, featuring an array of exclusive bonus content, including bloopers, interviews with the cast and crew, and behind-the-scenes featurettes, designed for the ultimate Stranger Things experience. The Deluxe Edition is presented in custom packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork, alongside a wealth of extra material: a 148-page booklet, exclusive art cards, a Hellfire Club patch, double-sided posters for each season, and much more! 

“We always dreamed that Stranger Things could be owned in its entirety,” said Matt and Ross Duffer, creators of the series, “not just as a collector’s set, but as a way to preserve the show for decades to come.” 

Created by The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things debuted in 2016 and quickly became one of Netflix’s most popular series, with Seasons 1-4 amassing over 1.2 billion views. The fifth and final season premiered in 2025 with the biggest English-language premiere week, joining Season 4 on Netflix's Most Popular List. The final season also propelled Seasons 1–4 back into the Global Top 10 for a record eight weeks and delivered Netflix’s most-watched New Year’s Day. 

Dean Lawson, Arrow Films’ Director of Sales and Marketing, commented: “Working with the Netflix team and the Duffer Brothers to bring the definitive physical media release of Stranger Things to fans has been a phenomenal project for Arrow to be a part of. The show is colossal  in influence and scale, is beloved globally, has transcended generations, and has been a huge part of the cultural conversation for nearly 10 years now. We at Arrow are thrilled to play a part in bringing this landmark show to physical media and believe we’ve created a boxset that fans will be delighted to own, packed with bonus features, curios, and memorabilia from the world of Stranger Things.” 

 

Stranger Things: The Complete Series Synopsis 

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. 

A love letter to the ‘80s classic genre films that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is a
thrilling drama set in the seemingly normal Midwestern town of Hawkins, Indiana.    

After a boy vanishes into thin air, his close-knit group of friends and family search for answers and are pulled into a high-stakes and deadly series of events. Beneath the surface of their ordinary town lurks an extraordinary supernatural mystery, along with top-secret government experiments and a dangerous gateway that connects our world to a powerful yet sinister realm. Friendships will be tested and lives will be altered as what they discover will change Hawkins and possibly the world — forever.   

  

25-Disc Special and Deluxe Edition Contents: 

*Exclusive to the Deluxe Edition  

• High-Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ / 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray™ presentation of all forty-two episodes across five series and twenty-five discs 

• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround and stereo audio for all episodes plus Dolby Atmos for Seasons 4 & 5 

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 

• Optional audio description tracks 

• Deluxe packaging including brand new wraparound box artwork by Juan Ramos* 

• Interviews with the cast and crew 

• Behind-the-scenes featurettes 

• Set tours 

• Bloopers 

• Palace Arcade alloy-zinc coin-token* 

• Self-adhesive Hellfire Club patch* 

• Exclusive Hellfire Club d20 dice* 

• Twenty-five artcards from all five seasons* 

• Five double-sided posters featuring original artwork by Kyle Lambert* 

• Reversible sleeves featuring brand new artwork by Juan Ramos and original artwork by Kyle Lambert* 

• Double-sided fold-out Hawkins map* 

• 148-page perfect-bound artbook including original design sketches, concept art, storyboards and new writing on the making of the series from the Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton, Kyle Dixon & more* 

  

Special and Deluxe Edition prices (RRPs) are as follows: 

  

Deluxe UHD Edition:  

US: RRP: $269.99 / Cat Code: AV824 / Barcode: 760137208846 

Deluxe Blu-ray™ Edition:   

US: RRP: $249.99 / Cat Code: AV826 / Barcode: 760137209188

Special UHD Edition:  

US: RRP: $219.99 / Cat Code: AV825 / Barcode: 760137209171 

Special Blu-ray™ Edition:   

US: RRP: $199.99 / Cat Code: AV827 / Barcode: 760137209195

Order Here - https://customers.mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AV826   

Remember "Donnie Darko"?

Can We Be Frank? The World Is Going To End...

I remember seeing "Donnie Darko" when it first came out and being blown away by it. A film that was definitely ahead of it's time, and now timely. Oh by the way, "Frank" is dope!!!

DONNIE DARKO LIMITED EDITION [Blu-ray + DVD] (April 18th)

Fifteen years before Stranger Things combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template - and the high-water mark - with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium.

Donnie is a troubled high school student: in therapy, prone to sleepwalking and in possession of an imaginary friend, a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days 06 hours 42 minutes and 12 seconds. During that time he will navigate teenage life, narrowly avoid death in the form of a falling jet engine, follow Frank's maladjusted instructions and try to maintain the space-time continuum.

Jake Gyllenhaal & Jena Malone

Described by its director as "The Catcher in the Rye as told by Philip K. Dick", Donnie Darko combines an eye-catching, eclectic cast - pre-stardom Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, heartthrob Patrick Swayze, former child star Drew Barrymore, Oscar nominees Mary McDonnell and Katherine Ross, and television favourite Noah Wyle - and an evocative soundtrack of 80s classics by Echo and the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears and Duran Duran. This brand-new 4K restoration, carried out exclusively for this release by Arrow Films, allows a modern classic to finally receive the home video treatment it deserves. 

FEATURES

- Brand new 4K restorations of both the Theatrical Cut and the Director's Cut from the original camera negatives produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release, supervised and approved by director Richard Kelly and cinematographer Steven Poster

- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both cuts

- Original 5.1 audio

- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

- Audio commentary by writer-director Richard Kelly and actor Jake Gyllenhaal on the Theatrical Cut

- Audio commentary by Kelly, producer Sean McKittrick and actors Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Beth Grant, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Katharine Ross and James Duval on the Theatrical Cut

- Audio commentary by Kelly and filmmaker Kevin Smith on the Director's Cut

- Brand-new interviews with Richard Kelly and others

- The Goodbye Place, Kelly's 1996 short film, which anticipates some of the themes and ideas of his feature films

- The Donnie Darko Production Diary, an archival documentary charting the film's production with optional commentary by cinematographer Steven Poster

- Twenty deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary by Kelly

- Archive interviews with Kelly, actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Noah Wyle and Katharine Ross, producers Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Hunt Lowry and Casey La Scala, and cinematographer Steven Poster

- Three archive featurettes: They Made Me Do It, They Made Me Do It Too and #1 Fan: A Darkomentary

- Storyboard comparisons

- B-roll footage

- Cunning Visions infomercials

- Music Video: Mad World by Gary Jules

- Galleries

- Trailers

- TV spots

- Illustrated collector's booklet containing new writing by Nathan Rabin

- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp

Pre-order at the MVD SHOP or on Amazon  

Monday, Monday....Stranger Things

"Monday, Monday, So good to me, Monday morning, It was all I hoped it would be" - The Mamas & The Papas

It's the Monday after the Screen Actors Guild Awards and there were some amazing speeches last nice in case you missed them.

Well since I have been super busy this weekend and am headed to a 6:30 am taping of Fashion Police this morning, let me leave you with one of them. 

The cast of Stranger Things won for best ensemble in a drama series. The gang gave the mic over to star David Harbour better known as Chief Jim Hopper and boy was it amazing!

Thus I leave you with it to kick your week off on a positive note. I need to motor Margaret Cho and Melissa Rivers are waiting.

PS - be sure to check out Winona Ryder's facial expressions too, they are the best!

Get ready for a spoonful of truth!

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