Arrow Video, with sales
and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has two new
Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack product offerings ready for release during the month of
April.
Japanese filmmaker
Yasuharu Hasebe’s 1967 Yakuza crime drama, Massacre Gun, has been unearthed and
will be released for the first time to the domestic home entertainment market
place on Apr. 7. A new hi-def transfer,
plus a newly prepared English subtitle translation mark this ultra-rare Blu-ray/DVD
release.
Jô Shishido (Gate
of Flesh, Temptation, Branded to Kill, etc.) stars as a mob hitman, who
is forced to carry out an assignment that turns him against his “master” … a
trail of blood and intercine warfare follows that numbs the mind.
Bonus features here
include a newly-minted video interview with the film’s star, Jô Shishido, a
video interview session with film critic and historian Tony
Rayns and a photo gallery of promotional materials.
The following week, Apr. 14, Arrow Video is back with a
Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack presentation of Italian filmmaker Mario Bava’s 1964
horror classic, Blood and Black Lace.
Genre fans will have two viewing options for this
newly-restored Slasher/Giallo
masterpiece. The original
Italian-language presentation (complete with newly-prepared English subtitles)
or the English-dubbed domestic theatrical version released in the United States
by Allied Artists in 1965.
The Blu-ray/2 DVD Combo Pack comes loaded with extras. These include commentary from Mario Bava
biographer Tim Lucas, four production featurettes, an alternative
English-dubbed opening (from filmmaker Joe Dante’s private collection) and the
original theatrical trailer.
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