After a few quiet weeks of home releases, this Tuesday is shaping up to be a great day for horror & sci-fi fans looking to expand their Blu-ray & DVD collections, because we have some killer titles heading home. Arrow Video is giving Alejandro Jodorowsky’s masterpiece Santa Sangre the 4K treatment with a multi-disc collection, and Severin Films is celebrating two William Girdler classics with their Special Edition releases for Grizzly and Day of the Animals as well. Scream Factory is keeping busy this Tuesday with their Blus for He Knows You’re Alone and Eyes of a Stranger, and if you missed it when it was released earlier this year, you can finally catch up with Son, featuring Andi Mattichak this week, too.
Other Blu-ray & DVD releases for May 18th include Hunted, Amityville Poltergeist, The Seventh Day, and Baxter.
Day of the Animals: Special Edition
Just when you thought it...
Other Blu-ray & DVD releases for May 18th include Hunted, Amityville Poltergeist, The Seventh Day, and Baxter.
Day of the Animals: Special Edition
Just when you thought it...
- 5/17/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Although it may be the dead of winter, Scream Factory is looking to warm our horror-loving hearts with four new Blu-ray announcements for May: King Kong (1976), He Knows You're Alone, Eyes of a Stranger, and The Hand:
King Kong (1976) Collector's Edition Blu-ray: "Finally!! 1976’s big budget remake of King Kong stomps its way onto Blu-ray in North America for the first time! Here are the early details we have at current time to share:
• National street date for North America (Region A) is May 11th.
• This will be presented as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition and will come guaranteed with a slipcover in its first three months of release.
• The newly commissioned artwork pictured comes to us from artist Hugh Fleming. This art will be front-facing, and the reverse side of the wrap will feature the original theatrical artwork. \
• Extras will be announced on a later date. However, we...
King Kong (1976) Collector's Edition Blu-ray: "Finally!! 1976’s big budget remake of King Kong stomps its way onto Blu-ray in North America for the first time! Here are the early details we have at current time to share:
• National street date for North America (Region A) is May 11th.
• This will be presented as a 2-Disc Collector’s Edition and will come guaranteed with a slipcover in its first three months of release.
• The newly commissioned artwork pictured comes to us from artist Hugh Fleming. This art will be front-facing, and the reverse side of the wrap will feature the original theatrical artwork. \
• Extras will be announced on a later date. However, we...
- 2/8/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Before they collaborated on Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter, special effects guru Tom Savini and director Joseph Zito teamed up on The Prowler. The 1981 slasher features a spooky score by Richard Einhorn, and a new vinyl release from Waxwork Records collects Einhorn's music from the movie like never before (it may even make you feel like you're the next victim of the prowler...).
We have full details, images, and an audio sample of The Prowler vinyl score below, and be sure to visit Waxwork Records online if you're interested in adding this release to your vinyl collection.
The Prowler Vinyl Score: "Waxwork Records is thrilled to kick off 2019 with the deluxe vinyl release of The Prowler Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Richard Einhorn. Released in 1981, The Prowler is one of the earliest films to become part of the American-Slasher genre. It also features special effects by...
We have full details, images, and an audio sample of The Prowler vinyl score below, and be sure to visit Waxwork Records online if you're interested in adding this release to your vinyl collection.
The Prowler Vinyl Score: "Waxwork Records is thrilled to kick off 2019 with the deluxe vinyl release of The Prowler Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Richard Einhorn. Released in 1981, The Prowler is one of the earliest films to become part of the American-Slasher genre. It also features special effects by...
- 1/11/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Blu ray
Criterion
1928 / 1:33 / 81 Min. / Street Date March 20, 2018
Starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Eugene Silvain
Cinematography by Rudolph Maté
Written by Joseph Delteil, Carl Dreyer
Music by Richard Einhorn, Will Gregory, Adrian Utley
Edited by Carl Dreyer, Marguerite Beaugé
Produced and directed by Carl Dreyer
For over a century the story of Joan of Arc has been catnip to an army of filmmakers ranging from DeMille to Bresson. Surrounded by meddlesome producers and difficult divas, maybe those weary moviemakers saw something of themselves in the embattled heroine – but no director had better insight into God’s own rabble-rouser than Carl Dreyer.
90 years on, The Passion of Joan of Arc continues to astonish. Combining the grim-faced piety of Renaissance art with the unvarnished intimacy of depression era portraits, Dreyer’s 1928 masterpiece still has the power to transform the lowliest grindhouse into a cathedral.
In 1417 a trio...
Blu ray
Criterion
1928 / 1:33 / 81 Min. / Street Date March 20, 2018
Starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Eugene Silvain
Cinematography by Rudolph Maté
Written by Joseph Delteil, Carl Dreyer
Music by Richard Einhorn, Will Gregory, Adrian Utley
Edited by Carl Dreyer, Marguerite Beaugé
Produced and directed by Carl Dreyer
For over a century the story of Joan of Arc has been catnip to an army of filmmakers ranging from DeMille to Bresson. Surrounded by meddlesome producers and difficult divas, maybe those weary moviemakers saw something of themselves in the embattled heroine – but no director had better insight into God’s own rabble-rouser than Carl Dreyer.
90 years on, The Passion of Joan of Arc continues to astonish. Combining the grim-faced piety of Renaissance art with the unvarnished intimacy of depression era portraits, Dreyer’s 1928 masterpiece still has the power to transform the lowliest grindhouse into a cathedral.
In 1417 a trio...
- 3/13/2018
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
I am excited to be premiering Janus Films’ brand new poster for their re-release of The Passion of Joan of Arc, one of my all-time favorite films and one of the most beautiful films ever made. Designed by Eric Skillman, the new poster is simplicity itself, relying on a single still of Maria Falconetti as Joan in her most iconic pose, and although the beauty of Dreyer’s masterpiece is that almost any still from the film would be poster-worthy, this one is perfect. It’s the clarity of the image that carries the poster, and which whets the appetite for the digital restoration it heralds, but the type block below is suitably elegant and restrained.I did a previous feature on the film a few years ago, concentrating on the artwork of the great René Péron, but there are a number of other wonderful designs for the film which...
- 11/10/2017
- MUBI
Jennifer Leigh Williamson Jun 13, 2017
As far back as the 1920s, cinema has brought us feminist heroes. Here's a bunch of films way ahead of their time...
“I never realised until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.” - Katharine Hepburn
Feminism, equality of the sexes. Often when watching old movies, the sexism of the time can catch you off guard. Bums are pinched, bimbos bounce, old maids glower and you shake your head and sigh, glad that those times have (mostly) passed. So when we see classic films with strong, intelligent, impressive, witty, ambitious, feminist female characters, equals to their male counterparts, we sit up and take notice. There are many great classic films with impressive female characters, too many to list here. This article is about the characters that have inspired me personally. Classic feminist films way ahead of their time.
Spoilers ahead...
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc...
As far back as the 1920s, cinema has brought us feminist heroes. Here's a bunch of films way ahead of their time...
“I never realised until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.” - Katharine Hepburn
Feminism, equality of the sexes. Often when watching old movies, the sexism of the time can catch you off guard. Bums are pinched, bimbos bounce, old maids glower and you shake your head and sigh, glad that those times have (mostly) passed. So when we see classic films with strong, intelligent, impressive, witty, ambitious, feminist female characters, equals to their male counterparts, we sit up and take notice. There are many great classic films with impressive female characters, too many to list here. This article is about the characters that have inspired me personally. Classic feminist films way ahead of their time.
Spoilers ahead...
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc...
- 4/29/2017
- Den of Geek
Waxwork Records will resurrect the spooky sounds of Shock Waves with their newly announced deluxe vinyl release of the 1977 cult zombie film.
Scheduled to come out this Friday, the Shock Waves vinyl soundtrack features Richard Einhorn's entire score for the film, as well as liner notes by the film's director, Ken Wiederhorn, and new artwork by Sadist Art Designs and "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin, respectively.
Variant versions of the vinyl will also be released with "sea foam green" and "ocean blue splatter" designs. Below, we have official details from Waxwork Records and a look at the cover artwork and variant LPs.
From Instagram: "Coming this Friday, the vinyl debut of Shock Waves! This deluxe LP features the complete film score by composer Richard Einhorn (The Prowler, Don't Go In The House) along with his liner notes. Also includes Director liner notes by Ken Wiederhorn (Return Of The Living Dead 2), colored vinyl,...
Scheduled to come out this Friday, the Shock Waves vinyl soundtrack features Richard Einhorn's entire score for the film, as well as liner notes by the film's director, Ken Wiederhorn, and new artwork by Sadist Art Designs and "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin, respectively.
Variant versions of the vinyl will also be released with "sea foam green" and "ocean blue splatter" designs. Below, we have official details from Waxwork Records and a look at the cover artwork and variant LPs.
From Instagram: "Coming this Friday, the vinyl debut of Shock Waves! This deluxe LP features the complete film score by composer Richard Einhorn (The Prowler, Don't Go In The House) along with his liner notes. Also includes Director liner notes by Ken Wiederhorn (Return Of The Living Dead 2), colored vinyl,...
- 9/20/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
I live in Los Angeles, and my residency here means that a lot of great film programming-- revival screenings, advance looks at upcoming releases and vital, fascinating glimpses at unheralded, unexpected cinema from around the world—is available to me on a week-by-week basis. But I’ve never been to Cannes. Toronto, Tribeca, New York, Venice, Berlin, Sundance, SXSW, these festivals are all events that I have yet to be lucky enough to attend, and I can reasonably expect that it’s probably going to stay that way for the foreseeable future. I never attended a film festival of any kind until I made my way to the outskirts of the Mojave Desert for the Lone Pine Film Festival in 2006, which was its own kind of grand adventure, even if it wasn’t exactly one for bumping shoulders with critics, stars and fanatics on the French Riviera.
But since 2010 there...
But since 2010 there...
- 4/24/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
In 1975, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws made theatergoers scared to swim in the ocean. Two years later, another movie made viewers wary of the sea: the Nazi zombies in Ken Wiederhorn’s Shock Waves. Like the antagonist of Jaws, the Nazi zombies stalk and kill humans, and fans of this cult classic can soon see these creepy soldiers in high definition with Blue Underground’s upcoming Blu-ray release of Shock Waves.
Coming to Blu-ray and DVD on November 25th and available to pre-order beginning on October 14th, Blue Underground’s release of Shock Waves will be displayed in 1080p high definition with DTS-hd master audio. The Special Edition DVD is a re-release of the version Blue Underground unveiled in 2003, with several new extras now included. Both releases have the following special features:
Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Ken Wiederhorn, Make-Up Designer Alan Ormsby and Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray Nazi Zombies On...
Coming to Blu-ray and DVD on November 25th and available to pre-order beginning on October 14th, Blue Underground’s release of Shock Waves will be displayed in 1080p high definition with DTS-hd master audio. The Special Edition DVD is a re-release of the version Blue Underground unveiled in 2003, with several new extras now included. Both releases have the following special features:
Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Ken Wiederhorn, Make-Up Designer Alan Ormsby and Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray Nazi Zombies On...
- 8/13/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Aquatic Nazi zombies abound in high definition. I've waited my whole life to type that sentence. That's right, Dreadheads; Shock Waves is making its way to the land of 1080p, and we'll likely never be the same.
From the Press Release
Beneath The Living… Beyond The Dead… From The Depths of Hell's Ocean!
In the dark days of World War II, the Nazi High Command ordered its scientists to create a top secret race of indestructible zombie storm troopers – un-living, unfeeling, unstoppable monstrosities that killed with their bare hands. They were known as The Death Corps. No member of this horrific SS unit was ever captured by the Allied Forces – and, somewhere off the coast of Florida, they have survived…
Peter Cushing (Star Wars), Brooke Adams (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers) and John Carradine (The Boogey Man) star in this suspenseful and genuinely creepy shocker co-written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn...
From the Press Release
Beneath The Living… Beyond The Dead… From The Depths of Hell's Ocean!
In the dark days of World War II, the Nazi High Command ordered its scientists to create a top secret race of indestructible zombie storm troopers – un-living, unfeeling, unstoppable monstrosities that killed with their bare hands. They were known as The Death Corps. No member of this horrific SS unit was ever captured by the Allied Forces – and, somewhere off the coast of Florida, they have survived…
Peter Cushing (Star Wars), Brooke Adams (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers) and John Carradine (The Boogey Man) star in this suspenseful and genuinely creepy shocker co-written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn...
- 8/13/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
It has been such a long time since I sat down to watch Shock Waves that I can barely recall a single image from the film. Thankfully, Blue Underground has my back, as they will be releasing the film to Blu-ray & DVD on November 25th this year. If you aren’t familiar with Blue Underground, or what they do, they are one of the premiere boutique labels that have been a prolific distributor in cult and genre home video releases. I have a pretty large collection of Blue Underground Blu-rays. I think I’m only missing two of their releases, actually. I have the Hell of the Living Dead/Rats double feature sitting on my desk, and I will be tearing through that one tonight. Look for a review of that this week, and be sure and pre-order a copy of Shock Waves for yourself. Check out the press release below for detailed release info.
- 8/13/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Bill Morrison’s newest film The Shooting Gallery has just finished playing a mere handful of screenings at the Bam Fisher Fishman Space as part of the 30th Next Wave Festival. It represents a new step in Morrison’s oeuvre because it introduces, as far as I’m aware, the concept of interactivity into his work, with audience members each receiving a laser pointer which they used as a remote control to select video and audio clips throughout the screening. The result—with music by Richard Einhorn, design by Jim Findlay, and interactive programming by Ryan Holsopple—is vintage Morrison but also something completely new.
Morrison is best known as a manipulator of archival footage, particularly footage that’s decaying into obsolescence. By showcasing these strips of film that are beyond any hope of restoration, Morrison actually resurrects them, gives them new life, and highlights the physical nature of film—its tactileness,...
Morrison is best known as a manipulator of archival footage, particularly footage that’s decaying into obsolescence. By showcasing these strips of film that are beyond any hope of restoration, Morrison actually resurrects them, gives them new life, and highlights the physical nature of film—its tactileness,...
- 11/12/2012
- by Randy Astle
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The definition of a slasher film varies depending on who you ask, but in general, it contains several specific traits that feed into the genre’s formula. Author Vera Dika rather strictly defines the sub-genre in her book Games of Terror by only including films made between 1978 and 1984. In other words, she saw it as a movement. When someone describes Brick, they don’t define it as a noir, but instead neo-noir . In other words, it’s a modern motion picture that prominently utilizes elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in those from the 1940s and 1950s. So does one consider Scream a slasher film or a neo-slasher, or simply put, a modern slasher?
Some consider Thirteen Women to be the earliest slasher – released all the way back in 1932. Personally I think that is rubbish. Thirteen Women is more like Desperate Housewives on sedatives.
Some consider Thirteen Women to be the earliest slasher – released all the way back in 1932. Personally I think that is rubbish. Thirteen Women is more like Desperate Housewives on sedatives.
- 10/29/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Pacific Film Archive (Pfa), Paramount Theatre, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival are thrilled to announce a presentation of Voices of Light / The Passion of Joan of Arc: An Oratorio with Silent Film on Thursday, December 2 at 7:30Pm at Oakland's Paramount Theatre. This event combines the performance of Richard Einhorn's choral and orchestral work Voices of Light with Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc and is being presented in conjunction with the Pfa's ongoing retrospective of Dreyer's films.
As detailed in their press release: "Dreyer's depiction of the trial and execution of Joan of Arc is rightfully canonized as one of cinema's masterpieces. The film combines the actual written records of the trial with a style that draws on French Impressionism, German Expressionism, and Soviet Montage to create a visually breathtaking and emotionally intimate portrayal of the young woman's interrogation and last moments.
As detailed in their press release: "Dreyer's depiction of the trial and execution of Joan of Arc is rightfully canonized as one of cinema's masterpieces. The film combines the actual written records of the trial with a style that draws on French Impressionism, German Expressionism, and Soviet Montage to create a visually breathtaking and emotionally intimate portrayal of the young woman's interrogation and last moments.
- 11/18/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Three local film groups have joined forces to present what promises to be one of the singular film events of the season.The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, Paramount Theatre in Oakland, and Silent Film Festival in San Francisco have announced their co-presentation of Voices of Light / The Passion of Joan of Arc, an oratorio with silent film which will be staged on December 2 at the Paramount Theatre.This special event will combine a performance of Richard Einhorn’s choral and orchestral work, Voices of Light, with Carl Theodor Dreyer’s acclaimed 1928 silent film, The Passion...
- 9/28/2010
- by Thomas Gladysz, SF Silent Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
It's been a busy week for me and as a result I only have one film to talk about today. This isn't to say I didn't see other films, such as taking in a pair of upcoming Criterion releases, which I'll be reviewing on Tuesday along with Revanche which I'll be watching as soon as I hit submit on this post, but more on those later.
For now, check out the one film I'm discussing this weekend and share your playlist in the comments as well as a brief sentence or two along with each title.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Quick Thoughts: I had never seen Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc and this only marks the second film of Dreyer's I have actually seen after purchasing Criterion's fantastic release of Vampyr last year. As luck would have it, Criterion is unloading their catalog...
For now, check out the one film I'm discussing this weekend and share your playlist in the comments as well as a brief sentence or two along with each title.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Quick Thoughts: I had never seen Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc and this only marks the second film of Dreyer's I have actually seen after purchasing Criterion's fantastic release of Vampyr last year. As luck would have it, Criterion is unloading their catalog...
- 2/14/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
What better combination is there for a horror movie than Nazi zombies? Flesh eating minions of der fuhrer? Now that sounds like a recipe for some gory fun. There are some out there who are making the claim that the new film ‘Dead Snow’ is an original idea. Fun as it might be, it’s a long ways away from being a groundbreaking scenario.
1943’s ‘Revenge of the Zombies’ is the first known film to feature zombies created by the Third Reich. Then you have 1981’s ‘Zombie Lake, ‘Puppet Master III’ in ‘91, and the success of the ‘Castle Wolfenstein’ PC games that took the idea of Nazi’s creating zombies to the first-person shooter genre. Somewhere in the middle, though, is the Ken Wiederhorn-directed ‘Shock Waves.’ Released in 1977, it features not one, but two legends of classic, horror cinema. Those would be Peter Cushing and John Carradine, the latter...
1943’s ‘Revenge of the Zombies’ is the first known film to feature zombies created by the Third Reich. Then you have 1981’s ‘Zombie Lake, ‘Puppet Master III’ in ‘91, and the success of the ‘Castle Wolfenstein’ PC games that took the idea of Nazi’s creating zombies to the first-person shooter genre. Somewhere in the middle, though, is the Ken Wiederhorn-directed ‘Shock Waves.’ Released in 1977, it features not one, but two legends of classic, horror cinema. Those would be Peter Cushing and John Carradine, the latter...
- 7/13/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 silent film classic The Passion of Joan of Arc is a renowned masterpiece whose rescue from obscurity is the stuff of legend. Long thought to have been lost to fire, the original version was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981—in a Norwegian mental institution. I first heard of the film through the diaries of Anaïs Nin in her compassionate written portrait of Antonin Artaud, who portrayed the monk Massieu. Long interested in Artaud, I welcomed the opportunity to view the film when it achieved a digital restoration for its Criterion DVD release.
The film details the last hours of Joan of Arc after she has been captured by the English. Her trial, imprisonment, torture and final execution are rendered similarly to a passion play, particularly through Dreyer’s facial close-ups, effected through the use of recently-developed panchromatic film. Renée Jeanne Falconetti (aka “Maria” Falconetti) was...
The film details the last hours of Joan of Arc after she has been captured by the English. Her trial, imprisonment, torture and final execution are rendered similarly to a passion play, particularly through Dreyer’s facial close-ups, effected through the use of recently-developed panchromatic film. Renée Jeanne Falconetti (aka “Maria” Falconetti) was...
- 11/17/2008
- by Michael Guillen
- Screen Anarchy
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