From our exclusive feed with Cult Labs we have some exciting news on Arrow's 2012 slate with 4 new titles announced for a March 2012 release.
And what a gloriously eclectic mix it is, with a reassuringly (for me, anyway) strong showing from the Brits. There's cult SAS heroism, Moore, Burton and Harris shooting baddies, a trashy creature feature and a sleazy video nasty.
Read on for the official notes, and check out some artwork below...
Who Dares Wins (Arrow Video)
THE 60 SECOND WAR BEGINS NOW!
Paranoia, black ops and espionage combine in Who Dares Wins, a violent and edgy anti-terror classic starring Lewis Collins (The Professionals) and Edward Woodward (The Equalizer).
The anti-nuclear movement is plotting a bloody outrage on British soil and, having already fatally lost their undercover operative at a violent protest, the secret services call on the aid of the SAS. Captain Peter Skellen (Collins) risks his career, his family and his life to infiltrate the terrorist group before they can unleash an attack that will devastate the country.
Relive a classic cold war thrill ride which remains relevant to this day... Who Dares Wins, a violent lesson in how to deal with the enemy within.
THIS EDITION CONTAINS
- Reversible sleeve with 3 original poster artworks and newly commissioned artwork cover
- Double-sided fold-out artwork poster
- Collector's booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by Ali Catterall, author of British Cult Movies Since the Sixties
BLU-RAY CONTAINS:
- High Definition Presentation of the film
- Audio commentary with producer Euan Lloyd and director Ian Sharp
- The Making of Who Dares Wins, featuring Euan Lloyd, Ian Sharp, Lewis Collins, Judy Davis and more!
- The Last of the Gentleman Producers: A Documentary on the life of the legendary producer Euan Lloyd, featuring Sir Roger Moore, Ingrid Pitt, Kenneth Griffith and more!
- Two Original Trailers
- Plus more special features to be announced!
Starring Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Edward Woodward, Richard Widmark
Directed by Ian Sharp
Produced by Euan Lloyd
Original Art by Graham Humphreys
1.77:1 Aspect Ratio
Uncompressed PCM Mono Audio
Optional English SDH subtitles
Feature and extras
1080/24p Region B
RRP £24.99
Blu-ray Released 05/03/12
The Wild Geese (Arrow Video)
One Last Pay Day... One More Chance To Die!
Legendary hell-raisers Richard Burton and Richard Harris, along with a coolly detached Roger Moore are aging mercenaries with a taste for fine liquor, drawn together for a late but extremely lucrative pay day in The Wild Geese, an African adventure soaked in booze, gunfire and bloodshed.
Colonel Allen Faulkner (Burton) is secretly back in London to accept the task of reinstating an African leader deposed in a violent military coup, but without the combat skills of his two old friends, there isn't going to be a mission. With his two reliable loose cannons in place, Faulkner and the team enact a text book rescue operation but disaster is close at hand when the cynical multinational who set up the whole deal turns the tables, striking a new deal with the local despot which sees The Wild Geese trying to escape with their lives intact.
The Wild Geese are ready for one last mission so finish your drinks and relive this classic old school British action adventure today.
THIS EDITION CONTAINS
- Reversible sleeve with 3 original poster artworks and newly commissioned artwork cover
- Double-sided fold-out artwork poster
- Collector's booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by Ali Catterall, author of British Cult Movies Since the Sixties
BLU-RAY CONTAINS:
- High Definition Presentation of the film
- Audio commentary with Roger Moore, producer Euan Lloyd and second unit director John Glen
- World Premiere Newsreel Footage
- Original Trailer
- Plus more special features to be announced!
Starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Krüger and Stewart Granger
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Produced by Euan Lloyd
Original Art by Graham Humphreys
1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
2.0 Stereo Audio
Optional English SDH subtitles
Feature and extras 1080/24p Region B
RRP £24.99
Blu-ray Released 12/03/12
The Deadly Spawn (Arrow Video)
They Crawl, They Breed, THEY EAT!
Something awful is coming, hurtling through the void in a meteor that's on a collision course with Earth. What terrifying entry in the annals of horror will be unleashed when the sinister intergalactic payload smashes into our planet? Answer? THE DEADLY SPAWN!
Two foolish campers witness the crash and investigate. They become the first eviscerated victims of the alien menace. Soon, a small, heartland American town will be under siege as the carnivores from outer space multiply and feast on the locals.
Can a gang of plucky kids stand up to these invaders from another world? Will the planet be overwhelmed? Find out in THE DEADLY SPAWN, A classic serving of low budget schlock from the golden era of independent American horror.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Digitally remastered windowboxed transfer in the original full frame aspect ratio
- Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Craig Kraaken
- Double-sided fold-out artwork poster
- Collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Calum Waddell and Tim Sullivan (2001 Maniacs) and an interview between Tim Sullivan and Special Effects Director John Dods.
- Two Audio commentaries with writer and producer Ted A. Bohus and editor Marc Harwood.
- A Comic-style prequel with its own musical score
- Alternate opening sequence with new effects and credits
- In the Workshop of S/FX Director John Dods
- A selection of archive TV interviews featuring the filmmakers
- Stills gallery featuring behind-the-scenes images, pages from the script, artwork and more!
- Outtake Reel
- Audition Tapes
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Original Art by Craig Kraaken
1.33:1 Full Frame Aspect Ratio
Original Audio
Region 0 NTSC
RRP £15.99
DVD Released 19/03/12
Don't Go in the House (ArrowDrome)
IN A STEEL ROOM BUILT FOR REVENGE THEY DIE BURNING... IN CHAINS
Most horror killers like to slash and slice their victims but little Donny prefers setting them alight in Don't Go In The House, a sleazy reminder of just how shocking horror movies could get in the video nasty era.
Donny is a disturbed kid... A mother's boy if you will. That is until mother expires and Donny's world crumbles in on itself. Now, lonely, adrift and enslaved to dark voices in his head, Donny seeks female companionship but drinks and dancing are the last thing on his mind. Mother's telling him he's a bad boy and the voices won't let him rest. Maybe if he just gets a girl home and into his steel lined burning chamber, the chatter might quiet down...
Now see Don't Go In The House - complete and uncut - and revel in the surreal sleaze, low rent Hitchcock melodrama, off Broadway acting and extreme, heat-seared violence of an independent horror classic that still retains its ability drop jaws, rattle cages and offend sensibilities over 30 years later.
ARROWDROME IS A FLEAPIT SELECTED LIBRARY OF CULT FILMS; VIOLENT, HORRIFIC, SLEAZY, EXPLOITATIVE. TO EXPLORE STEP IN TO THE CULT ARENA! EVERY ARROWDROME RELEASE INCLUDES A REVERSIBLE SLEEVE OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND A COLLECTOR'S BOOKLET!
ALSO INCLUDES A TRAILER, TEASER AND ARROWDROME HORROR TRAILERS + BOOKLET BY HORROR EXPERT ANTHONY TIMPONE!
TOTALLY UNCUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE UK!
Region 2 PAL
RRP £9.99
DVD Released 26/03/13