Arrow Video veröffentlicht im Dezember dieses Jahres in Großbritannien „Shawscope Volume Four“ mit mehreren Filmen in einer Limited Edition mit 10 Discs und einem Booklet.
Inhalt der Edition
- 10 Blu-rays
- Illustrated 60-page collectors‘ booklet featuring new writing by David West, Jonathan Clements and Grady Hendrix, plus cast and crew listings and notes on each film by Ian Jane
DISC ONE – SUPER INFRAMAN
- Newly restored lossless Mandarin, Cantonese and English mono audio
- Newly translated English subtitles, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
- Option to view the film in its US theatrical version, Infra-man, with lossless „Stereo-Infra-Sound“ surround audio
- Brand new commentary by martial arts cinema experts Frank Djeng & Erik Ko
- Shaws‘ Little Dragon, a newly filmed interview with co-star Bruce Le
- Super Ultra Infra Action!, a brand new video essay on Shaws‘ tokusatsu films written and narrated by Steven Sloss
- Theatrical trailers, TV spots and radio spots
DISC TWO – OILY MANIAC / BATTLE WIZARD
- Newly restored lossless Mandarin mono for both films, plus English mono for Battle Wizard
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub on Battle Wizard
- Brand new commentary on Oily Maniac by critic Ian Jane
- Brand new commentary on Battle Wizard by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of the Martial Arts
DISC THREE – BLACK MAGIC / BLACK MAGIC PART 2
- Newly restored lossless Mandarin and English mono audio for both films
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dubs
- Brand new commentary for Black Magic by critic James Mudge
- Brand new commentary for Black Magic Part 2 by critic Samm Deighan
- Alternate US opening for Black Magic Part 2
DISC FOUR – HEX / BEWITCHED
- Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films
- Brand new commentary for Bewitched by critic James Mudge
DISC FIVE – HEX VS. WITCHCRAFT / HEX AFTER HEX
- Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films
- Additional Mandarin voiceover clip for Hex Vs. Witchcraft
DISC SIX – BAT WITHOUT WINGS / BLOODY PARROT
- Newly restored lossless Mandarin mono audio for both films
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films
- Brand new commentaries for both films by critic Samm Deighan
DISC SEVEN – THE FAKE GHOST CATCHERS / DEMON OF THE LUTE
- Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films
- Brand new commentary for Demon of the Lute by martial arts cinema expert Frank Djeng
DISC EIGHT – SEEDING OF A GHOST / PORTRAIT IN CRYSTAL
- Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films
- Brand new commentary for Seeding of a Ghost by critic James Mudge
DISC NINE – TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
- Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio
- Newly translated English subtitles
- Seamless branching option to watch Cantonese version with additional scene from Mandarin version
- Brand new commentary by martial arts cinema expert Frank Djeng
- Newly filmed interview with director/co-writer Alex Cheung
- Newly filmed appreciation by film scholar Victor Fan
- Theatrical trailer
DISC TEN – BONUS DISC
- Hong Kong: The Show of Mister Shaw, a 1972 French TV profile of Shaw Brothers
- Brand new video essay on Ho Meng-hua written and narrated by Grady Hendrix
- Newly filmed appreciations of Super Inframan by Leon Hunt, Luke White and Kim Newman
- Newly filmed appreciation of Bat Without Wings by Wayne Wong
- Newly filmed appreciation of Demon of the Lute by Luke White
- Newly filmed appreciations of Battle Wizard and Demon of the Lute by Victor Fan
- Theatrical trailers for most of the films in the set, some never seen on video before
Der Release ist voraussichtlich am 06.12.2025.
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