![]() The series performed incredibly well with both critics and fans. Directed by Noriyuki Abe ( Bleach), the show stars Nozomu Sasaki ( Death Note) and Justin Cook ( One Piece) as Yusuke in the original Japanese version and English dub, respectively. ![]() Pierrot's anime adaptation debuted in 1992. What more could you want? “Nope” 4K (Universal Home Video, $44.RELATED: Yu Yu Hakusho: Yusuke's Battle With Minoru Kamiya Challenged the Spirit Detective's Morality And “La Llorona,” a haunting ghost story and Guatemala’s entry for the 2020 Best Foreign Language Feature Oscar, comes with a new documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew. “Cure,” from 1997, represents the peak of Japan’s horror resurgence and was a huge source of inspiration for Bong Joon-ho, and comes complete with a new transfer (that briefly ran theatrically) and extras like a conversation between director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and “Drive My Car” Ryusuke Hamaguchi (who was Kurosawa’s student). ‘Halloween Ends’ Alternate Endings Would Have Killed Off This Major Character “La Llorona,” “Arsenic and Old Lace,” “Cure” (Criterion, $39.95 each)Ĭriterion’s entire October slate is super Halloween-y (and also includes their new 4K remaster of David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” and Kasi Lemmons’ voodoo-infused “Eve’s Bayou”) but in the interest of budgetary restrictions and the truly spooky, let’s focus on three releases – “La Llorona,” “Arsenic and Old Lace” and “Cure.” Frank Capra’s classic, darkly tinged screwball comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace” (which is set on Halloween, making it even more essential) comes complete with a new audio commentary, a 1932 radio adaptation starring Boris Karloff and more. And if, for some reason, you’ve never seen these movies before, this is a perfect excuse to pick them up now (“The Funhouse” has flown under the radar for too long but is one of the most visually ravishing horror movies of the 1980s). The picture quality and sound are unbeatable and all of the extras that came before have been ported over to the new editions (including the multiple versions of “Army of Darkness”). Each of these movies is absolutely wonderful and if you’re a genre fan you have undoubtedly purchased them at least once before on home video (the editions of “Army of Darkness” I’ve owned over the years has damn near reached double digits) but these are all very worthy of a new purchase. ![]() “Return of the Living Dead,” “The Funhouse,” “Army of Darkness” 4K (Shout! Factory, prices vary)Ĭult classics, assemble! Shout/Scream Factory has brought three beloved cult classics – Dan O’Bannon’s “Return of the Living Dead,” Tobe Hooper’s “The Funhouse” and Sam Raimi’s “Army of Darkness,” and transferred them to beautiful 4K Blu-ray. The less said about “Halloween: Resurrection,” the better, but completists shouldn’t be without this beautiful box set. And “H20” is a lot of streamlined fun too (the work of uncredited screenwriter Kevin Williamson is really felt when you re-watch). Both versions of “The Curse of Michael Myers” are presented here in beautiful 4K, meaning you can choose which one you prefer – the more coherent “Producer’s Cut” or the battier, more bloody “Theatrical Cut” (we’re partial to the latter, if only because a young Paul Rudd seems to have grown a sense of humor in between principal photography and the reshoots). But they didn’t put all of them out … Thanks to a weird licensing agreement, “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,” “Halloween H20” and “Halloween: Resurrection” had to be packaged and sold together and here they are! While this wasn’t the high point of the franchise, it marks an interesting lull in the series, before it veered into uncharted territory with the two Rob Zombie remakes and returned to more stable ground with the 2018 continuation. Shout Factory/Scream Factory released the original 1978 “Halloween” and a slew of its sequels last year around this time.
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