Eureka Entertainment has announced its December batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920), Yes, Madam! (1985), The Cat and the Canary (1939), and The Ghost Breakers (1940).Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari 4K Blu-ray
One of the most iconic masterpieces in cinema history, Robert Wiene’s Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari shook filmgoers worldwide and changed the direction of the art form. Now presented in a definitive UHD edition, the film’s chilling, radically expressionist vision is set to grip viewers again.
At a local carnival in a small German town, hypnotist Dr. Caligari presents the somnambulist Cesare, who can purportedly predict the future of curious fairgoers. But at night, the doctor wakes Cesare from his sleep to enact his evil bidding
Incalculably influential, the film’s nightmarishly jagged sets, sinister atmospheric and psychological emphasis left an immediate impact in its wake (horror, film noir, and gothic cinema would all be shaped directly by it). But this diabolical tale nevertheless stands alone now more mesmerising than ever in its UK debut on 4K Blu-ray.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- PREVIOUSLY RESTORED IN 4K BY FWMS (2014)
- Score by Cornelius Schwer (2014) LPCM stereo and 5.1 surround options
- Score by Uwe Dierksen & Hermann Kretzschmar (2019) LPCM stereo
- Original German intertitles with optional English subtitles
- Brand new audio commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
- Audio commentary by film historian David Kalat
- The Asylum in Film brand new interview with author / critic Kim Newman
- You Must Become Caligari video essay by film critic David Cairns
- Caligari: The Birth of Horror in the First World War 52 minute documentary on the cultural and historical impact of the film
- On The Restoration three short video pieces on the film’s restoration
- Trailer
- Limited Edition 100-PAGE BOOK featuring archival writing and articles including vintage writing on the film by Lotte H. Eisner; an original Variety review of the film; rare imagery; and more
- Limited Edition hardcase featuring artwork by Kevin Tong (Tragic Sunshine)
STREET DATE: DECEMBER 5.
Originally released as “Police Assassins” in the UK, Yes, Madam! was the first starring role for both Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock, who stunned audiences with their incredible athleticism and stunt work. Produced by Sammo Hung and John Sham, the film is as expected, an incredible action showcase in the inimitable Hong Kong style of the time.
Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock star as a couple of tough-as-nails police inspectors investigating the murder of a British agent, which leads them to a pair of unlucky thieves (Mang Hoi and John Shum) who need protection from a ruthless crime boss (James Tien).
Launching both a successful franchise (the In the Line of Duty series) as well as an entire sub-genre of action cinema (“girls-with-guns” a genre which did not truly exist before this film), Yes, Madam! is one of the most important and influential action films of its era, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its UK debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Original Cantonese mono audio
- Optional English dubbed audio
- Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release
- Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) & Michael Worth
- Brand new feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
- Brand new select-scene commentary with actress and martial-arts movie icon Cynthia Rothrock
- Brand new interview with Cynthia Rothrock
- Locations featurette
- Archival interview with Michelle Yeoh
- Archival interview with actor and producer John Shum
- Battling Babes archival featurette
- Trailers
- Reversible sleeve design
- A Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver [2000 copies]
- Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork
STREET DATE: DECEMBER 12.
The Cat and the Canary + The Ghost Breakers
Ghosts and gags galore in this charming double-bill of horror-comedies starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.
The Cat and the Canary (dir. Elliott Nugent, 1939) A decade after the death of an eccentric millionaire, his remaining relatives gather for the reading of the will at his abandoned mansion set deep in the Louisiana bayous. His niece Joyce (Paulette Goddard) is named the sole inheritor, but under the condition that she does not go insane within the next 30 days. The timid Wally (Bob Hope) vows to protect Joyce who must spend the night in the haunted mansion along with her jealous relatives, a creepy maid and a homicidal maniac who has just escaped from a nearby sanitarium.
The Ghost Breakers (dir. George Marshall, 1940) Larry Lawrence (Hope), sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes New York police by hiding in a steamer trunk. Soon the trunk (and Larry) are aboard a ship bound for Cuba, where the trunk’s owner, pretty Mary Carter (Goddard), is sailing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a “haunted” castle. Sensing that Mary is in danger, Larry and his valet precede her to the island, which is inhabited by a ghost, a zombie and perhaps even a flesh-and-blood fiend. There’s romance, comedy and chills as Hope and Goddard contend with earthly and un-earthly foesand try to keep from ending up as ghosts themselves.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE GHOST BREAKERS BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES
- Brand new audio commentary tracks on both films with Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
- Kim Newman on “The Cat and the Canary” and “The Ghost Breakers”
- “The Ghost Breakers” 1949 radio adaptation
- Trailers
- Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork
- A limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Craig Ian Mann
- Optional English SDH
