Imprint Films has announced six new titles to join the collection on Blu-Ray in October: The Orphanage (2007), Wind Chill (2007), Bug (2006), The Skeleton Key (2005), The Mad Room (1969) and Night of the Eagle (1962). These represent a critically acclaimed Spanish horror favorite, a trio of creepy modern horror films led by talented actresses, and a couple of throwback horror classics to settle you into the Halloween season.
Imprint Films is a specialty label based out of Australia whose releases can be played in Blu-Ray players worldwide, including U.S. players. All first pressings of each release will have strictly limited-edition deluxe packaging along with new transfers, audio commentaries, exclusive bonus features & more. Details on these films can be found below:
The Orphanage
Street Date: October 25, 2023
Synopsis: The critically acclaimed Spanish horror film The Orphanage comes to Blu-ray for the first time in Australia.
Returning to her childhood home – a mysterious, seaside orphanage – Laura and her family unknowingly unleash a long-forgotten, evil spirit that thrusts them into a chilling nightmare.
Produced by Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) and premiering at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival to a ten-minute standing ovation, this is the feature film debut of director J. A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom).
Strictly Limited Edition 2-Disc set in Hardbox packaging, loaded with special features including a brand new Audio Commentary and Video Essays, accompanied by an exclusive booklet with an essay from Francesco Massaccesi.
1500 copies only.
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by author Xavier Aldana Reyes
- NEW Video Essay by author Miranda Corcoran on Gothic Children
- NEW Video Essay by film scholar Rachel Knightley on Memories and Ghosts
- Interview with directors Juan Antonio Bayona and Guillermo del Toro
- Deleted Scenes & Storyboard Comparisons
- Shooting the Credits
- US & International Theatrical Trailers
- Audio Spanish DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio TBC
- Optional English subtitles
Disc Two
- When Laura Grew Up: Constructing the Orphanage – featurette
- Tomas’ Secret Room: The Filmmakers – featurette
- Horror in the Unknown: The Make-Up Effects – featurette
- Rehearsal Studio: Cast Auditions and Table Read – featurette
- Making-of – featurette
- The Set – featurette
- The Sound – featurette
- Animatics – featurette
- Lighting the Darkness – featurette
- Roger Princep: The Casting – featurette
- Projections – featurette
- Q&A with Juan Antonio Bayona – interview
Wind Chill
Street Date: October 25, 2023
Synopsis: Emily Blunt stars in the thrilling horror ride, Wind Chill, on Blu-ray for the first time in Australia.
For two college students, sharing a quiet ride home together becomes a twisted nightmare when the car they’re driving is forced off a lonesome road in the middle of a snowstorm. Now, with the car inoperable and the temperature dropping, they soon realise the cold is the least of their worries.
Produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh, and directed by Gregory Jacobs (Edge Of Tomorrow).
- 1080P High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K scan
- Audio Commentary by director Gregory Jacobs and writers Steven Katz & Joe Gangemi
- A Frozen Set: The Making of Wind Chill – featurette (2007)
- Audio English DTS HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Original Aspect Ratio 2.40:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
- Limited Edition slipcase with unique artwork
Bug
Street Date: October 25, 2023
Synopsis: The disturbing horror film from the visionary Academy Award winning director of The French Connection and The Exorcist, William Friedkin, comes to Blu-ray for the first time in Australia.
A lonely waitress with a tragic past starts to feel hopeful again when she begins a romance with an eccentric drifter – until the first bugs arrive…
Starring Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon and Harry Connick Jr., and written by critically acclaimed playwright Tracy Letts (August: Osage County, Killer Joe).
1500 copies only.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080P High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director William Friedkin
- NEW Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth & Tony Strauss, of WK Books and editor of Weng’s Chop magazine
- A Discussion with director William Friedkin
- Bug: An Introduction – featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English DTS HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
- Limited Edition slipcase with unique artwork
The Skeleton Key
Street Date: October 25, 2023
Synopsis: Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) stars in the chilling horror, The Skeleton Key, alongside Gena Rowlands, Peter Sarsgaard and John Hurt.
When Caroline Ellis takes a job in Louisiana’s bayous, she unlocks a deadly secret involving magic, conjure and sacrifice that pulls her into a terrifying world of strange, frightening and unexplained incidents.
Written by Academy Award winning screenwriter Ehren Kruger (Top Gun: Maverick).
1500 copies only.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080P High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Audio Commentary by director Iain Softley
- NEW Interview with author Mikel J. Koven
- NEW Video Essay by film scholar Kelly Robinson
- Deleted Scenes (with optional commentary by director Iain Softley)
- Behind the Locked Door: Making The Skeleton Key – featurette
- Exploring Voodoo/Hoodoo – featurette
- Recipe & Ritual: Making the Perfect Gumbo – featurette
- Blues in the Bayou – featurette
- Kate Hudson’s Ghost Story – featurette
- Plantation Life – featurette
- Casting The Skeleton Key – featurette
- John Hurt’s Story – featurette
- A House Called Felicity – featurette
- Gena’s Love Spell – featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English DTS HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Original Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
- Limited Edition slipcase with unique artwork
The Mad Room
Street Date: October 25, 2023
Synopsis: Arriving on Blu-ray for the first time worldwide, The Mad Room is a 1969 horror starring beloved actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood Stella Stevens and Shelley Winters.
Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution. As children, they were put there after killing their parents. Ellen, who now lives in the house of an old widow, Mrs. Armstrong, takes them in. But if their secret gets out, it could jeopardise Ellen’s plans to wed Mrs. Armstrong’s stepson.
A remake of the 1941 film and Broadway play Ladies in Retirement, The Mad Room also stars Carole Cole (daughter of Nat King Cole), and Severn Darden, a founding member of Chicago-based improv troupe The Second City.
1500 copies only.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080P High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Special Features TBC
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
- Limited Edition slipcase with unique artwork
Night Of The Eagle
Street Date: October 25, 2023
Synopsis: Peter Wyngarde (Flash Gordon, Department S) stars in this frightening horror from 1962 coming to Blu-ray for the first time in Australia.
A successful college professor discovers that his wife has been practising black magic for years. They then fall prey to evil forces and spells cast by someone else from the college.
Based on the novel by Fritz Leiber, Conjure Wife, Night Of The Eagle was also released as Burn, Witch, Burn! in the US – our release includes double-sided artwork with both titles.
1500 copies only.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080P High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K scan
- NEW Audio Commentary by Flipside founders Vic Pratt and William Fowler
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Scott Harrison
- Audio Commentary by screenwriter Richard Matheson
- NEW Filmed appreciation with author David Huckvale
- NEW Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife – video essay by academic Rachel Knightley
- Interview with Peter Wyngarde
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
- Limited Edition slipcase with unique artwork
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