The Cell

On January 21st, Arrow Video offers a police chase into the mind of a serial killer in The Cell on 4K UHD and Blu-ray. Director Tarsem Singh (The Fall) brought his visual boldness to the big screen after a career making innovative major music videos (R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion”). The Limited Edition release features brand new 4K restorations of the theatrical cut and the director’s cut by Arrow Films, approved by director Tarsem Singh, in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and hours of special features.

 

Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez, Out of Sight) is a child psychologist using revolutionary technology on coma patients to get into their subconscious and entice them to wake up. The police need her help when serial killer Carl Rudolph Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio, Full Metal Jacket) is finally captured after falling into a coma. His latest victim will be drowned in a tank if they can’t get a clue where Stargher has hidden her. Special Agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn, The Wedding Crashers) and Deane go inside Stagher’s mind to get the answer. They are not ready for the surrealistic horror that they encounter in the serial killer’s mindscape and are in danger of never returning.

 

The special features include four audio commentaries, new feature length interview with director Tarsem Singh, an unseen version of The Cell in 1.78:1 aspect ratio with alternate grading, video interview with the director of photography, two visual essays, deleted and extended scenes with director’s commentary, visual effects vignettes, an image gallery, theatrical trailers, and an illustrated collector’s booklet.

 

Watch the trailer for The Cell here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpy4p_yMV0

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Shelf Life

“Hilarious and horrifying.” – LA Weekly

 

Liberation Hall is proud to announce the long-awaited release of Paul Bartel’s Shelf Life, making its global debut

on Blu-ray and DVD on January 21st, 2025. The dark comedy starring O-Lan Jones (Edward Scissorhands), Andrea Stein (Hard to Kill), and Jim Turner (Arli$$, Randee of the Redwoods/MTV) was initially released in 1993. 

In a strange bit of appropriateness, the movie about three children stuck in a bomb shelter for thirty years was lost for three decades. The film never received a theatrical release after playing a few festivals. This status changed when a 35mm print was discovered, and at long last, viewers can the experience the final feature film from director Paul Bartel.  

In the aftermath of the shocking assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, a couple grabbed their three kids and moved into their nuclear fallout shelter, fearing the world would be ripped apart by World War III. While nothing of the sort happened, the family never resurfaced. The parents passed away early on, and the children raised each other deep underground without any outside contact beyond a stray TV signal. Pam (Andrea Stein, Trouble in Mind), Scotty (Jim Turner, Bewitched), and Tina (O-Lan Jones, The Right Stuff) have developed into strange child-like adults with a warped sense of play. They exist in a mutated version of 1963 even though the calendar reads 1993. The brother and his sisters entertain each other in their imprisoned life with twisted role-playing games. Will the siblings survive the fallout from each other’s imaginations? 

Shelf Life was originally a play, directed by Maryedith Burrell (Fridays), that ran at the Lex Theatre in Hollywood. Paul Bartel saw the play and arranged to shoot it as a movie with the original cast (who jointly wrote the script). Bartel used the camera to go beyond capturing the play and dug deeper into the bonds between the subterranean siblings. 

  

Paul Bartel was one of the great indie filmmakers. He directed Secret Cinema, Private Parts, Death Race 2000, Eating Raoul, Lust In the Dust and Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. He also acted in numerous films including Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Escape From L.A., Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Usual Suspects, and Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird. Shelf Life was his final directorial effort. 

Jim Turner starred in St. Elmo’s Fire, The Lost Boys, Joe’s Apartment, and the HBO series Arli$$. Turner played the spaced-out hippie Randee of the Redwoods in numerous MTV promos during the ‘80s. O-Lan Jones appeared in Married To the Mob, Edward Scissorhands, Natural Born Killers, Mars Attacks, and “The Bubble Boy” episode of Seinfeld.
Andrea Stein appeared in Hard to Kill and Trouble in Mind. 

The bonus features include an audio commentary with O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner, Philip Holahan, and 2024 Oscar nominee Alex Mechanik, an American Cinematheque Q&A with O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner, and Alex Mechanik, a Q&A with Tina, Pam, and Scotty (2023), trailers, and a 'Chain Reaction' clip. The soundtrack includes “In My Moondream,” performed by Andy Paley and Brian Wilson. 

  

Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3_6tlYQUO8 

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Inglorious Basterds

On January 14th, Arrow Video exposes an alternate version of World War II history with the invigorating Inglourious Basterds arriving on 4K UHD and Blu-ray. Director Quentin Tarantino puts his own verbal and violent twist on the fighting in Nazi-occupied France. The Limited Edition release features a brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and hours of special features.

 

Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) is tasked by the U.S. Army to put together a unit of Jewish-American soldiers to sneak into France. The “Basterds” spread fear by ruthlessly torturing and killing German troops. Among the men under Raine’s command are Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth, Hostel), Smithson Utivich (B.J. Novak, The Office), Hirschberg (Samm Levine, Freaks and Geeks) and Omar Ulmar (Omar Doom, Death Proof). Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent, Now You See Me) is living under a false identity in Paris after her family is slaughtered by Standartenführer Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained). She runs a cinema that gets chosen to premiere a movie about a famed Nazi sniper (Daniel Brühl, The Bourne Ultimatum). The person in charge of security is Landa. Shosanna and the Basterds are eager to make this film a bomb. 

 

The special features include audio commentary, extended and alternate scenes, a new video interview with editor Fred Raskin, actor Omar Doom, special make-up effects supervisor Greg Nicotero, archival roundtable discussion with Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt, archival featurettes, a film poster gallery tour, trailers, a double-sided poster, 3 postcard sized double-sided art cards, a strudel recipe, a beermat, replica of Nation’s Pride Premiere program, and an illustrated collector’s booklet.

 

Watch the trailer for Inglourious Basterds here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSEDz-my7XQ

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Crust

"Crust is the feel-good sock-monster story the world needs right now"

     —Matthew Orozco, Macabre Daily

Written by Sean Whalen and Jim Wald, Crust tells the story of a lonely laundromat owner, Vegas Winters (Whalen), who keeps the leftover socks from customers and uses them to clean himself. When he gets abused and weeps into the pile of socks, it turns into a creature who seeks revenge on Vegas' enemies.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• Commentary with Writer / Director / Star Sean Whalen
• DOROTHY: 50 YEARS LATER
• DOROTHY: THE BUMP AND RUN
• Q&A from CRUST Los Angeles Premiere

Sales Points

• Offbeat Horror film fresh from Theatrical Release for fans of BASKET CASE & GREMLINS
• Supporting cast includes Alan Ruck (SPEED, FERRIS BEUHLERS DAY OFF) and Daniel Ruck (RIVER'S EDGE, UMBRELLA ACADEMY)
• Directorial debut of Sean Whalen, star of THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS and the iconic 'Aaron Burr' Got Milk? commercial

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"Toxic" Friday

Troma Entertainment, the longest-running independent movie studio in North America, proudly celebrates the Dec 10th release of Toxic Crusaders: The Series on Blu-ray with TROMAtic digital restoration and remastering.     The early ‘90s was an interesting time for children’s television when R-rated films found themselves turned into animated television shows aimed at kids. During this fascinating time, children across the nation embraced the first superhero from New Jersey. Toxic Crusaders adapted The Toxic Avenger into a Saturday morning delight that went perfectly with a balanced breakfast. Elements of The Toxic Avenger had to be toned down, including giving the lead character the title of the Toxic Crusader since “Avenger” was too violent of a word for little ears. The little ones knew him as the friendly “Toxie.” The origin story was the same:  Melvin was still a nerdy kid working the mop cleaning up a gym in Tromaville, New Jersey, when cruel bullies caused him to fall into an open barrel of toxic waste. The illegally dumped chemicals transformed Melvin into Toxie, a being with super strength and a powerful mop. Toxie uses his new powers to clean up the evil and greedy forces that are willing to poison the environment. Dr. Killemoff wants to destroy the Earth with toxic chemicals and radioactive waste, so it resembles his polluted planet Smogula.      Toxie isn’t alone in his battle against Dr. Killemoff. Other hideously deformed creatures with superhuman size and strength join up with Toxie to form the Toxic Crusaders. Nozone flew through a hole in the ozone layer and now has powerful sneezes. Major Disaster emerged from a radioactive swamp with the ability to control plants. Headbanger has the heads of the mad scientist Dr. Bender and a singing telegram boy named Fender from an atom smasher accident. Junkyard is a man-dog that merged when lightning hit their toxic sludge covered shelter. Toxie also has the help of his girlfriend Yvonne, who is practically blind without her glasses. Together, the Toxic Crusaders battle against Dr. Killemoff and his evil cohorts to preserve Tromaville.     Toxic Crusaders: The Series was made for the whole family. The action appealed to preteens with its environmental message. There are jokes that will make the adults in the room laugh. This is a show for the family that wants to share the Troma experience together.      Toxie was voiced by Rodger Bumpass, who is currently voicing the character of Squidward Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants. Bumpass did double duty by voicing Dr. Killemoff. Other notable voices in the series belong to Paul Eiding (Ben 10), Ed Gilbert (Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills), Hal Rayle (SWAT Kats: The Radical Squad), John Mariano (The Sewer Czar on The Tick), Kath Soucie (Lola Bunny in Space Jam), Susan Silo (Biker Mice From Mars), and Gregg Berger (Cornfed Pig on Duckman).   Two major guest voices were Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie and Clyde) and Chuck McCann (Far Out Space Nuts and Pac-Man). The first episode was written by Chuck Lorre, who went on to create Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and HBO’s Bookie. Troma’s co-founders, Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, also co-wrote a few scripts too.     The bonus features include a new introduction from Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, commercials for Toxic Crusaders toys, TV spots, lost archival footage, and a documentary on the video game. Toxic Crusaders: The Series includes all 13 episodes on 2 Blu-ray discs.     Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9YZWmxKk84&t=1s

A Simple Plan

SOMETIMES GOOD PEOPLE DO EVIL THINGS.

Working from an Academy Award-nominated screenplay by Scott B. Smith (adapting his own bestselling novel), director Sam Raimi swapped his trademark hyperkinetic horror for stark, bone-chilling tension in the expertly-crafted, critically-acclaimed thriller A Simple Plan.

Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton) and his wife Sarah (Bridget Fonda) have big dreams and a baby on the way, but are stuck in the small Minnesota town where Hank grew up alongside his sweet but naive brother Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton, Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor). One day while walking in the woods, Hank, Jacob, and Jacob's friend Lou (Brent Briscoe) discover a small plane buried in the snow, with a dead pilot inside... and a duffel bag containing over $4 million in cash. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to grasp the American dream in one fell swoop, if they can just keep it a secret - but Hank soon learns that keeping that secret will come at a terrible cost.

A bleak, heart-stopping morality play with allusions to Macbeth and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Raimi's favorite film), A Simple Plan returns in a brand new director-approved 4K remaster accompanied by new and exclusive bonus features.

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Bonus Materials

• New 4K remaster from the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Sam Raimi
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio and optional lossless stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by critics Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme
• Brand new audio commentary by production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein with filmmaker Justin Beahm
• Of Ice and Men, a newly filmed interview with cinematographer Alar Kivilo
• Standing Her Ground, a newly filmed interview with actor Becky Ann Baker
• Dead of Winter, a newly filmed interview with actor Chelcie Ross
• On-set interviews with Paxton, Thornton, Fonda, Raimi, and producer Jim Jacks
• Behind-the-scenes footage
• Theatrical trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin
• Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Bilge Ebiri and an excerpt from the book The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi by John Kenneth Muir

Sales Points

• Double Oscar Nominee from Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Evil Dead, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)
• For fans of FARGO, DRIVE, RESERVOIR DOGS, THREE KINGS, and THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE
• 16 Wins and 24 International Nominations
• Widely considered one of the best rural crime films of All-Time
• 90% Tomatometer Score

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1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

MVD Rewind Collection is proud to present 1982: GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER! in its original, unedited feature length form for the first time! 

1982: GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER! is an epic documentary about the greatest geek year in films,1982, featuring stars, directors, writers, producers and pop culture historians sharing their insights about such legendary movies as E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, John Carpenter's The Thing, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist, Creepshow, Night Shift, The Dark Crystal, 48 Hours, First Blood, Tron, Conan The Barbarian, Cat People, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, The Road Warrior, and much, much more.

Filled with exclusive interviews, rare behind-the-scenes footage, and exclusive never-before-seen clips (including Henry Winkler's home movies from the set of Night Shift) in a fun, lively, no-holds-barred celebration of the legendary movie-going year of 1982. 

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! takes viewers behind- the-scenes to a time when fandom was in its infancy, featuring eye-opening interviews with Ron Howard, Paul Schrader, John Sayles, Amy Heckerling, Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Sean Young, Joanna Cassidy, Keith David, Cameron Crowe, Michael Deeley, Lisa Henson, Dean Devlin, Bruce Campbell, Dee Wallace, Felicia Day, Susan Seidelman, Roger Corman, Barry Bostwick, Marc Singer, Bryan Fuller, Leonard Maltin, Mike Medavoy and more, in front of and behind the camera, from some of the biggest and most influential movies ever made!

 

“A remarkable array of talking heads wax lyrical about what they loved about the releases that year and make an impressive argument to the doc’s raison d’etre.” – Martin Unswroth, Starburst  

  

“It’s a love letter to the films that shaped a generation, but it will work for for viewers of all ages.” – Jonathan Hickman, The Newman Times-Herald 

  

“1982 captures the feeling of being a kid excited about summer movies, but tempers that nostalgia with insight, an amazing amount of research, and wonderful interviews. If you’re missing your own childhood just a little bit, and want to remind yourself that yes, 1982 was great, this documentary is unmissable.” – Ryan Britt, Fatherly 

  

“A time capsule, capturing a synchronic cross-section of movie history, while also mapping out the formative filmography of Generation X.” – Anton Bitel, Projected Figures 

  

“This remarkable epic documentary spotlights the pop culture milestones of 1982 including notable motion pictures, TV, music and video games of that seminal year.” – Joseph Perry, The Good, The Bad & The Verdict 

  

“Five Stars. This documentary is full of nostalgia and amazing stories regarding the year of 1982. This documentary is fantastic and brought me back to my childhood.” – Dan Skip Allen, From The Fourth Row  

Watch the trailer here: https://mvd.cloud/video/trailers/760137156864_1982GreatestGeekYearEver_trailer.mp4

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