Our selection of the best upcoming releases for January
THE USUAL SUSPECTS LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD
Released Date: 6/1/2025
Label: Arrow video
Run Time: 106 minutes
Certificate: 18
Region: A,B,C
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / DTS-HD MA 2.0
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 2.39:1
Special Features
Audio commentary with director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie
Audio commentary with editor and composer John Ottman
The Devil in the Details, an archival interview with Newton Thomas Sigel
Archival interview with John Ottman
Round Up: Deposing the Usual Suspects, a two-part featurette delving into the creation and production of The Usual Suspects with clips, interviews with key figures, and footage from the making of the film
Keyser Söze (Lie or Legend?), an archival featurette
Heisting Cannes with The Usual Suspects, archival footage from the film’s world premiere at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival
Introducing The Usual Suspects, an original EPK featurette
Deleted scenes with introduction by John Ottman
Gag reel
Interview outtakes with Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak, Benicio del Toro, and Bryan Singer
International trailer
U.S. trailer with introduction by John Ottman
TV spots
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Barry Forshaw
Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS LIMITED EDITION 4K ULTRA HD
Released Date: 13/1/2025
Label: Arrow Video
Run Time: 153 minutes
Certificate: 18
Region: A,B,C
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: DTS-HD MA 5.1
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 2.39:1
Special Features
Limited edition ‘Operation Kino’ packaging with new art by Dare Creative
60-page ‘Films & Filmmakers’ collector’s book with writing by film critics Dennis Cozzalio and Bill Ryan
Double-sided fold-out poster
Replica Nation’s Pride Premiere programme booklet
La Louisianne beermat
3 postcard sized double-sided art cards
Strudel recipe card
Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Dare Creative
DISC 1 – FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
Brand new audio commentary by film critic and author Tim Lucas
DISC 2 – EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)
What Would Sally Do?, a new interview with editor Fred Raskin
Blood Fiction, a new interview with special make-up effects supervisor Greg Nicotero
Doomstruck, a new interview with actor Omar Doom
Making it Right, a new visual essay by film critic Walter Chaw, author of A Walter Hill Film
Film History on Fire, a new visual essay by film scholar Pamela Hutchinson, author of BFI Film Classics Pandora’s Box
Filmmaking in Occupied France, a new interview with film scholar Christine Leteux, author of Continental Films: French Cinema Under German Control
Extended and alternate scenes
Nation’s Pride
The Making of Nation’s Pride, an archival featurette
Roundtable Discussion, an archival interview with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis Mitchell
The Original Inglorious Bastards, archival featurette
A Conversation with Rod Taylor, archival featurette
Rod Taylor on Victoria Bitter, archival featurette
Quentin Tarantino’s Camera Angel, archival featurette
Hi Sallys, archival featurette
Film Poster Gallery
Tour with Elvis Mitchell, archival featurette
Trailers
CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION 4K ULTRA HD & BLU-RAY
Released Date: 27/1/2025
Label: Hammer Films
Run Time: 91 mins
Certificate: 15
Region: A,B,C / B
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English/ French/Italian/Spanish/German/Japanese
Audio: Atmos 5.1
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 1.33:1, 1.67:1, 1.85:1
Special Features
Packaged in a high-end, premium textured slipcase with debossed red foil titling
Rigid inner box featuring new artwork by cult favourite artist Graham Humphreys
Double-sided poster of the original UK and US one-sheets
Eight art cards featuring facsimiles of the original US cinema lobby cards
136 page booklet featuring interviews, articles and reproductions of original paperwork
100 page comic featuring a reprint of the Kronos strips from legendary 1970s magazine The House of Hammer
DISCS
The House of Clemens: a brand-new 59-minute documentary looking at Brian Clemens and his body of work, with contributions from his family, friends and colleagues
New 2024 introduction by Caroline Munro on 1.66:1 UK Theatrical Version
New 2024 commentary featuring Caroline Munro and Sam & George Clemens on 1.66:1 UK Theatrical Version
New 2024 introduction by Sam & George Clemens on 1.37:1 As-Filmed Version
Archive 2011 commentary featuring Brian Clemens, Caroline Munro, Shane Briant, John Carson and Marcus Hearn on 1.37:1 As-Filmed Version
Archive 2011 commentary featuring Brian Clemens, Director of Photography Ian Wilson and Marcus Hearn on 1.37:1 As-Filmed Version
Archive 2013 introduction by Brian Clemens on 1.85:1 US Theatrical Version
Archive 2020 commentary featuring film historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck on 1.85:1 US Theatrical Version
Archive 2003 commentary featuring Brian Clemens, Caroline Munro and Jonathan Sothcott on 1.85:1 US Theatrical Version
Original UK Theatrical Trailer
Original Foreign Theatrical Trailer
Original US Theatrical Trailer
Original UK Censor Card
Original US Radio Spots
Original Textless Titles and Backgrounds
Kronos Returns: archive featurette on the 2008 reunion of cast and crew
Brian Clemens 1991 interview from the Festival of Fantastic Films archive
Brian Clemens 2000 interview from the Festival of Fantastic Films archive
Horst Janson 2010 interview from the Festival of Fantastic Films archive
Lois Daine 2017 interview from the James McCabe archive
Anything Goes: Hammer Horror in the 1970s – 2020 featurette featuring Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
Extensive stills gallery including many rare behind-the-scenes pictures and featuring music from Laurie Johnson’s outstanding score
BOOKLET
New article on the making of Captain Kronos by actor and author Bruce G. Hallenbeck
Archive interviews with Horst Janson, Caroline Munro, Laurie Johnson, John Cater, Lisa Collings and William Hobbs, courtesy of Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine
New article examining why Kronos never made it to a franchise by film historian Laura Mayne
New article on Laurie Johnson by Movie Music International’s John Mansell
Archive Brian Clemens interview from a 1974 edition of Monster Times
Archive review of Captain Kronos from 1974 by Video Watchdog’s Tim Lucas
New article examining the film’s UK cinema distribution by Steve Rogers
Reproduction pressbook, call sheet and US PR material
HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR BLU-RAY
Release Date: 20/1/2025
Label: 88 Films
Run Time: 92
Certificate: 15
Region: B
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English
Audio: 2.0 Mono
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 1080p / 1.66:1
Special Features
Audio commentary by Film Critics Kim Newman and Sean Hogan
Audio commentary by Film Journalists Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
The Making Of The Haunted House of Horror
House of Horrors – Micheal Armstrong on The Haunted House of Horror
Helping to Cut The Haunted House of Horror
A Party to The Haunted House of Horror
Haunted House of Horror Trailer
Horror House Trailer
Stills Gallery
Limited Edition Picture Booklet
Reversible sleeve featuring new artwork by Sean Longmore & original poster
INCUBUS LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY
Release Date: 13/1/2025
Label: Arrow Video
Run Time: 74
Certificate: 15
Region: B
Language(s): Esperanto
Subtitles: English, Esperanto SDH
Audio: Original lossless Esperanto mono audio
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 1080p / 1.37:1
Special Features
New audio commentary by writer and genre historian David J. Schow, author of The Outer Limits: The Official Companion
Archive audio commentary by star William Shatner
Archive audio commentary by producer Anthony Taylor, cinematographer Conrad L. Hall and camera operator William Fraker
Alternate 1.37:1 presentation of the film
Words and Worlds: Incubus and Esperanto in Cinema, a newly filmed interview with genre historian Stephen Bissette
Internacia Lingvo: A History of Esperanto, a newly filmed interview with Esther Schor, author of Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language
An Interview with the Makers of Incubus, an archive interview by Schow with Taylor, Hall and Fraker
Video trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Richard Wells
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Frank Collins and Jason Kruppa
JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES COLLECTOR'S EDITION
Release Date: 21/1/2025
Label: Scream Factory
Run Time: 108 Minutes
Certificate: R
Region: A, B, C / A
Language(s): English
Subtitles: English
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Resolution / Aspect Ratio: 2160p / 2.35:1
Special Features
DISC ONE (4K UHD):
Audio Commentary With Director John Carpenter
DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):
Audio Commentary With Director John Carpenter
“Time To Kill Some Vampires” – Interviews With Director Jon Carpenter, Producer Sandy King Carpenter, And Cinematographer Garry B. Kibbe
“Jack The Vampire Slayer” – An Interview With Actor James Woods
“The First Vampire” – An Interview With Actor Thomas Ian Griffith
“Raising The Stakes” – An Interview With Special Effects Artist Greg Nicotero
“Padre” – An Interview With Actor Tim Guinee
Original Making Of Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spots
Still Gallery