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Spirits of the Dead got the same treatment. I saw a picture of the package a while back, posted by Ryan from CriterionCast. So, that definitely exists in spite of the fact that no website shows it. He might be able to shed some light.

chatterjees wrote:Spirits of the Dead got the same treatment. I saw a picture of the package a while back, posted by Ryan from CriterionCast. So, that definitely exists in spite of the fact that no website shows it. He might be able to shed some light.

The copy of Spirits of the Dead that I bought during one of the sales on Amazon UK did have the booklet inside.

RyanGallagher wrote:

chatterjees wrote:Spirits of the Dead got the same treatment. I saw a picture of the package a while back, posted by Ryan from CriterionCast. So, that definitely exists in spite of the fact that no website shows it. He might be able to shed some light.

The copy of Spirits of the Dead that I bought during one of the sales on Amazon UK did have the booklet inside.

Thanks for the info. Just purchased my copy from the Arrow Store. Here's hoping it's the right version!

On another note (I tried to find it addressed in this forum but couldn't find anything), has there been any explanation as to why the Arrow Academy line isn't being continued in the US? Both Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne and La Grande Bouffe are Academy titles in the UK, but their US counterparts have the regular Arrow Video banner.

I think it might simply be better to start somewhere with a unique simple identity rather than directly have 2 different entities and line ups.
In the UK, Arrow was already well known when they started Academy as a "spin off". It's not the case in the US (yet ?).

I jusr received my US edition of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne. Is this the first case where they did not put a 2nd poster/picture as the reversible cover? Both the covers are same, only one with French wordings.

Marina Pierro was most insistent that both covers feature that still, which had originally been hand-picked by Borowczyk (and used as the basis of his French poster). But we'd already been thinking along similar lines, so it wasn't a big ask.

Thanks for the explanation. I do have one more question. So, Arrow doesn't put postcards in the US releases!I have 3 of them now, none came with one. My Monalisa/The Long Good Friday box also doesn't contain one. Are postcards going to follow the booklets?

chatterjees wrote:Thanks for the explanation. I do have one more question. So, Arrow doesn't put postcards in the US releases!I have 3 of them now, none came with one. My Monalisa/The Long Good Friday box also doesn't contain one. Are postcards going to follow the booklets?

It could be a case of very bad luck. I've received plenty of UK releases without postcards.

New titles just announced:

Arrow Academy: Closely Observed Trains and The Fireman's Ball
Both DF
Both UK only

others:
Hard To Be A God, DF, UK Only
Society, DF, US and UK.
Requiescant, DF, US and UK
Zardoz, UK ONLY, BD only.

Great to see more Czech new wave blus!

Closely Observed Trains is one of my all time favorite films. Now what should I do? It is possible that a Criterion edition might be coming soon as there is an HD master available now.

It seems like Hard To Be A God is also an Academy title.

Sorry I missed one!

Mutilator, DF, US/UK

Sounds like an interesting line up. I'm in for three, possibly four of the titles.

I'm so glad that Arrow is giving special treatment to contemporary films.

Confirmed on Twitter that Closely Observed Trains and Hard To Be A God will be region-free; perhaps The Firemen's Ball will follow suit.

All three are region-free, and we'll make sure that no PAL or 1080i50 material sneaks onto any of the discs.

Drucker wrote:New titles just announced:
Society, DF, US and UK.

Just announced? I received my copy of this a few weeks ago. Is this a different release?

It's an Amaray version that also loses the comic book.

According to the Contamination postcard in my copy of Katakuris, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key is on the way at some point!

Their recent video deck blog posting indicates that they are currently working on an Argento and Fulci film for US/UK. It seems like it's been narrowed down to Argento's Opera and Fulci's The Psychic as the likely titles.

It was already suspected but it looks like Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity will be coming from Arrow, which is fantastic news to say the least!

October Announcements:

Hellraiser 1-3 Limited Edition Bluray Box Set (UK)
Yoshida: Love and Anarchism Dual Format limited edition box (UK)
Films Included: Eros + Massacre [Director’s Cut] (1969) – 200 minutes
Eros + Massacre [Theatrical Cut] (1969) – 169 minutes
Heroic Purgatory (1970) – 118 minutes
Coup D’Etat (1973) – 110 minutes

Tenderness of the Wolves Dual Format (UK+US)
Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cats Dual Format (UK+US)
Adaptations by Fulci and Martino
Deep Red 4k Transfer BD Only (UK)
Thieves' Highway Dual Format (UK)

Also, Dual Format, US issues of The Beast and Immoral Tales

Really tempted by Hellraiser even though I hate those sequels. The inclusion of 3 is a nice surprise, though, especially since I don't think it has ever received a decent release on any format. I thought it would have only included the first 2.

Also great to see the release of Thieves' Highway. After announcing Brute Force, I asked them on Twitter if there would be any more Dassin releases, and they said no.

That means just Night and the City awaiting a blu-ray from the group Criterion have released.

They have the cast details of Thieves' Highway up for Hellraiser. I was like, "Wait, Richard Conte was in it?"