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Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k)

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• Brand new 4K restorations from the best available elements • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all films • Original lossless mono audio for all films (except Embodiment of Evil) • Optional English subtitles on all films • Coffin Joe: Against the World!, an illustrated collector’s book featuring new writing by Tim Lucas, Carlos Primati, Jerome Reuter, Amy Voorhees Searles, Kyle Anderson, and Paula Sacramento • Reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Butcher Billy • Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Butcher Billy • 12 postcard-sized double-sided art cards Disc 1: At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul • Brand new 4K restoration from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm print • Archive audio commentary with writer, director and star José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles) • Coffin Joe’s Sadean Underworld, a new video essay by film scholar Lindsay Hallam • Damned: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins, the definitive documentary on the life and work of José Mojica Marins by André Barcinski and Ivan Finotti • Bloody Kingdom, José Mojica Marins’ first short film with director’s commentary • The Adventurer’s Fate and My Destiny in Your Hands, excerpts from early works by José Mojica Marins • Theatrical trailer Disc 2: This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse / The Strange World Of Coffin Joe • Brand new 4K restoration of This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse from the original 35mm camera negative and 35mm interpositive • Brand new 4K restoration of The Strange World of Coffin Joe from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm print • Archive audio commentaries for both films with José Mojica Marins, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles) • Eccentric of Cinema, a new interview with author Stephen Thrower examining the early life and influences of José Mojica Marins • On Tonight’s Horror Show!, a new video essay by film scholar Miranda Corcoran looking at the mythic figure of Coffin Joe within the canon of horror hosts • Alternative ending for The Strange World of Coffin Joe with commentary by José Mojica Marins • Theatrical trailers Disc 3: The Awakening Of The Beast / The End Of Man • Brand new 4K restoration of The Awakening of the Beast from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm print • Brand new 4K restoration of The End of Man from the original 35mm camera negative • Archive audio commentaries for both films with José Mojica Marins, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles) • The Strange Mind of Coffin Joe, a new interview with author Guy Adams exploring the esoteric aspects of José Mojica Marins • A Woman for Joe, a new video essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas exploring the complex gender politics of Marins’ filmography • Alternate opening titles for The Awakening of the Beast • Theatrical trailers Disc 4: When The Gods Fall Asleep / The Strange Hostel Of Naked Pleasures • Brand new 4K restoration of When the Gods Fall Asleep from a 35mm film print, the only known existing element • Brand new 4K restoration of The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures from the original 35mm camera negative • The Demonic Surrealism of Coffin Joe, a new interview with scholar and filmmaker Virginie Sélavy exploring the parallels between the work of José Mojica Marins and the European and South American surrealist movements • Delirium, Surrealism, and Vision, a new interview with author Jack Sargeant • Apostle of Evil, a new interview with Dennison Ramalho (co-writer of Embodiment of Evil) about his early connection to Coffin Joe • Mojica in the Snow: Tonight I Incarnate at Sundance!, footage of Marins attending the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 • A Blind Date for Coffin Joe, a short film by Raymond “Coffin Ray” Castile • Theatrical trailer for The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures Disc 5: Hellish Flesh / Hallucinations Of A Deranged Mind • Brand new 4K restorations of both films from the original 35mm camera negatives • Archive audio commentary for Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind with José Mojica Marins, editor Nilcemar Leyart, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles) • Aesthetics of Garbage: José Mojica Marins, a Complicated Icon, a new interview with filmmaker Andrew Leavold (The Search for Weng Weng) examining Marins' place in the Marginal Cinema movements of the 60s and 70s • Beyond Good and Evil, a new video essay by film critic Kat Ellinger • Theatrical trailers Disc 6: Embodiment Of Evil • Original lossless Dts-HD Ma 2.0 and 5.1 audio options • Archive audio commentary with producer Paulo Sacramento and co-screenwriter Dennison Ramalho (Portuguese with English subtitles) • Learning from the Master, a new interview with screenwriter Dennison Ramalho • Fantasia Film Festival Premiere Footage, archival footage of José Mojica Marins at the film's premiere • Apprenticeship of Evil, an archival interview in which Ramalho pays tribute to José Mojica Marins and looks back on their friendship • Official Making Of and Experimental Making Of, two archival featurettes about the production • Deleted scenes with commentary by director José Mojica Marins • Visual Effects: Purgatory, an archival featurette with commentary by director José Mojica Marins • Storyboards, an archival featurette with commentary by director José Mojica Marins • Theatrical trailer

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[–] UKFilmNerd 1 points 1 year ago

Moviedrome. That series introduced me to The Terminator (even though it was edited for television as I later found out when I bought it on VHS.)