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• Love & Death: The Films of Jörg Buttgereit | Blu Ray | (12/10/2020) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Controversial, crazy, shocking, disturbing Using any of those words to describe horror director Jörg Buttgereit's output would be putting it mildly! Over the years, the Berlin based filmmaker has created some of the genre's most graphic and twisted films and cemented his reputation as one of cult cinema's grisliest auteurs. Arrow Video invites you to feast your eyes upon four of Buttgereit's most infamous works: Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2 and Schramm. 4-DISC SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation of four films by Jörg Buttgereit: Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2 and Schramm Uncompressed PCM Stereo 2.0 audio for all films and additional Mono audio option for Nekromantik Optional English subtitles Special Edition packaging featuring new artwork by Gilles Vranckx and reversible sleeves featuring artwork by Godmachine and Gilles Vranckx DISC ONE: NEKROMANTIK Two additional short films by Jörg Buttgereit: Hot Love (1985) [29 mins] and J.B.'s Horror Heaven (1984) [23 mins] with optional English subtitles Nekromantik audio commentary with Jörg Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen Hot Love audio commentary with Buttgereit Horror Heaven audio commentary with Buttgereit Director's Introduction to Nekromantik Alternative Grindhouse version of Nekromantik, transferred from the only existing 35mm print In Conversation with The Death King an interview with Buttgereit Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy a documentary looking at the impact of the film on the horror scene both in the UK and abroad, featuring interviews with Buttgereit, genre critic Alan Jones, Buttgereit biographer David Kerekes and others Q&A with Jörg Buttgereit recorded at Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts The Making of Nekromantik a vintage documentary featuring a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage, viewable with two different audio tracks: an English commentary with Buttgereit, Rodenkirchen and Kerekes, and a German-language audio track featuring radio interviews with Buttgereit, Rodenkirchen and producer Manfred Jelinski Nekromantik Featurette a look back at the film's production, featuring interviews with Buttgereit and Jelinski, produced for the film's 10-year anniversary German VHS release Nekromantik Premiere a short featurette comprising footage from the film's premiere in Berlin, January 1988 Das Letzte a short featurette comprising footage from the 1985 premiere of Hot Love Two Buttgereit-directed music videos: ˜I Can't Let Go' by Shock Therapy (1995) and ˜Lemmy I'm a Feminist' by Half Girl (2013) Complete collection of Buttgereit film trailers: Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2 and Schramm Extensive image gallery including behind-the-scenes stills and the rare, surrealist German-language Nekromantik comic by Berlin artist Fil, reproduced in its entirety DISC TWO: DER TODESKING Audio commentary by Jörg Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen From Bundy to Lautréamont Jörg Buttgereit in conversation with journalist Graham Rae at the 2016 Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films Todesmusik composer Hermann Kopp on his numerous collaborations with Jörg Buttgereit Skeleton Under the Skin journalist and Buttgereit fan Graham Rae on Todesking tattoo culture The Making of Der Todesking a vintage documentary viewable with both an English-language and a German-language audio track with English subtitles Eating the Corpse footage from the original 1990 Berlin premiere The Letter alternate English-language chain letter insert used for the original UK VHS release Corpse Fucking Art 1992 documentary comprising the making of Nekromantik, Der Todesking and Nekromantik 2 Two short films by producer Manfred O. Jelinski: Die Reise ins Licht (1972, 27 mins) viewable with optional audio commentary, and Geliebter Wahnsinn (1973, 7 mins) Der Gollob (1983, 25 mins) a short film by Jörg Buttgereit, viewable with optional director's audio commentary Extensive Image Gallery Jörg Buttgereit Trailer Gallery DISC THREE: NEKROMANTIK 2 Audio commentary with Buttgereit, co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen and actors Monika M. and Mark Reeder Introduction to the film with Buttgereit, Reeder, Monika M. and producer Manfred Jelinski Masters of Life and Death a documentary looking at the film's production and release history, featuring interviews with Buttgereit, Reeder, Monika M. and Jelinski City of the Loving Dead a walking tour of some of the original Berlin locations with Reeder and Jelinski Necropolis: Jörg Buttgereit's Berlin film scholar Dr. Marcus Stiglegger on the significance of the German capital as the backdrop for Nekromantik 2 The Making of Nekromantik 2 a vintage documentary viewable with two different audio tracks: an English track comprising audio interviews with Buttgereit, Rodenkirchen and Monika M., and a German track featuring radio interviews with Buttgereit and Rodenkirchen, with optional English subtitles Nekro Waltz: The Music of Nekromantik 2 actor and composer Reeder discusses his work on the film's score Outtakes Reel Nekromantik 2 Livekonzert footage from the 20th anniversary Nekromantik 2 concert, with Monika M. and friends performing the live score Nekromantik 2 Livekonzert the complete 20-track audio recording of the concert [BD-ROM content] Two Buttgereit short films: Bloody Excess in the Leader's Bunker (Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker, 1982) and A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein (2012) Two Buttgereit-directed music videos: ˜Rise Up' by Die Krupps (1997), starring Monika M., and ˜Die Frau in der Musik' by Stereo Total (2007) Complete collection of Buttgereit feature film trailers Extensive image gallery DISC FOUR: SCHRAMM Archival audio commentary with director/co-writer Jörg Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen Archival audio commentary with actors Florian Koerner Von Gustorf and Monika M. The Making of Schramm archival behind-the-scenes documentary Q&A with Jörg Buttgereit, producer/cinematographer Manfred Jelinski, Monika M. and David Kerekes, author of Sex Murder Art: The Films of Jörg Buttgereit, filmed at a 1994 UK screening of Schramm Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt (2019, 8 mins) animated short film sequel to Schramm made by award-winning filmmaker and stop-motion artist Robert Morgan Making Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt a brief look behind the making of the short film Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt premiere featurette Schramm: Redux option to watch Schramm and its sequel Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt as a single, continuous feature Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll author Kier-La Janisse on the strange and fascinating story behind one of Schramm's most memorable props Buttgereit: Into the Mind of a Cult Filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit in conversation with Ewan Cant at the 2019 Offscreen Film Festival Mein Papi (1981-95, 8 mins) short film by Jörg Buttgereit offering a highly personal account of the life and death of his father, viewable with optional director commentary Jesus Der Film (1986, 1 min) a short piece directed by Jörg Buttgereit as part of a 1986 experimental movie of the same name by German filmmaker Michael Bynntrup Two short films by Manfred Jelinski: Orpheus in der Oberwelt (1970, 31 mins) and Ein Ku'ze' Film übe' Hambu'g (1990, 5 mins) Extensive image gallery Jörg Buttgereit Trailer Gallery

• Frankenstein | DVD | (13/01/2014) from £8.93   |  Saving you £4.06 (45.46%)   |  RRP £12.99

  TV update of Mary Shelley's classic novel starring Donald Sutherland and William Hurt. The crew of a weather-beaten ship stranded in the icy North Sea rescue a man close to death: Victor Frankenstein (Alec Newman). He recounts his own story of a young scientist possessed of an obsessive thirst for knowledge, who has challenged the very foundations of nature by creating a sentient creature pieced together with body parts stolen from a morgue...

• The Omega Man | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Science fiction took a grim turn in the 1970s--the heyday of Agent Orange, nuclear peril and Watergate. Suddenly, most of our possible futures took on a "last man on Earth" flavour, with The Omega Man topping the doom-struck heap. Charlton Heston plays the government researcher behind the ultimate biological weapon, a deadly plague that has ravaged humanity. There are two groups of survivors: a dwindling band of immune humans and an infected, psychopathic mob of light-hating quasi-vampires. The infected are led by Mathias, a clever, charismatic man set on destroying the last remnants of the civilisation that produced the plague. Heston has a vaccine--but he and the few remaining normals are outnumbered and outgunned. By day, he builds a makeshift version of the nuclear family (with Rosalind Cash as his afro-wearing, gun-toting little lady). They plan for the future while roaming freely through an empty urban landscape, taking what few pleasures life has left. By night, they defend themselves against the growing horde of plague victims. Both a bittersweet romance and a gothic cautionary tale, The Omega Man paints a convincing portrait of hope and despair. It ain't pretty, but it's a great movie. --Grant Balfour

• The Peacekeeper | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £5.27   |  Saving you £-2.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Hard-bitten air force major Frank Cross (Dolph Lundgren) has become the people's hero and his superior's villain by defying orders in order to fly a mercy mission to help starving Kurds. Unable to punish him the Pentagon assigns him to the President (Roy Scheider) as the guardian of his 'black bag' - a high-tech briefcase containing the 'go-codes' for launching America's nuclear arsenal. In a violent ambush terrorist grab the briefcase and hurl Cross off a 10th floor balcony but you can't kill Cross that easily! Following an explosive chase across land sea and air the heavily armed terrorists stage a vicious takeover of a Baltic missile factory. Unleashing a catastrophic warning shot they launch a Peacekeeper nuclear missile that destroys Mount Rushmore. Then their chilling demands are made - unless the President kills himself on live TV more nuclear strikes will be targeted on Washington DC! The Peacekeeper is about to go to war.

• Nekromantik 2 | Blu Ray | (07/12/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Return of the Loving Dead Monika isn’t like other young women. She shares her small flat with Rob, a recently disinterred corpse which serves the object of her affections. But then the good-natured Mark comes into her life, and she finds herself torn between the prospect of a ‘normal’ life with a living partner and her overwhelming love for her rotting bed-fellow. Once prosecuted in its native Germany for “glorifying violence”, Jörg Buttgereit’s follow-up to his ground-breaking Nekromantik is just as shocking as its reputation would suggest. But it’s also a profoundly moving (if decidedly twisted) love story, and a thought-provoking meditation on death – that most mysterious aspect of the human condition. 3-Disc Director-Approved Limited Edition Contents: New High-Definition transfer of the feature from the original 16mm camera negative, supervised by producer Manfred Jelinski High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Optional English subtitles Limited Edition packaging featuring new artwork by Gilles Vranckx Individually-numbered #/3,000 Certificate Exclusive Limited Edition 100-page book Disc 1 & Disc 2 - Nekromantik 2 Audio commentary with Jörg Buttgereit, co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen, and actors Monika M. and Mark Reeder Brand new interviews with Buttgereit and Reeder The Making of Nekromantik 2 – vintage documentary featuring a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage, viewable with two different audio tracks: an English commentary with Buttgereit, Franz Rodenkirchen, Monika M. and Buttgereit biographer David Kerekes, and a German-language audio track featuring radio interviews with Buttgereit and Rodenkirchen, subtitled in English Outtakes Reel Nekromantik 2 Livekonzert – footage from the 2011 live performance of the film score in Berlin, featuring Monika M. Nekromantik 2 Livekonzert – the complete 20-track audio recording of the Berlin concert [DVD-ROM content] A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein – Jörg Buttgereit short film Two Buttgereit-directed music videos: ‘Rise Up’ by Die Krupps (1997), starring Monika M., and ‘Die Frau in der Musik’ by Stereo Total (2007) Complete collection of Buttgereit feature film trailers: Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2 and Schramm Extensive image gallery Disc 3 (CD) – Nekromantik 2 Soundtrack - Limited Edition Exclusive CD featuring the complete Nekromantik 2 soundtrack 100-Page Book - Limited Edition Exclusive Exclusive perfect-bound book featuring new writing on Nekromantik 2 from Electric Sheep editor Virginie Selavy alongside archive pieces, all illustrated with new artwork and original archive stills PLUS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

• Schramm Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (29/07/2019) from £22.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Controversial German filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik, Nekromantik 2) takes you into the twisted mind of a deranged sex killer in the last of his feature films to date, 1993's deeply disturbing Schramm. Lothar Schramm, the so-called Lipstick Killer, lies dying in a pool of blood and paint. As he expires, fragments of his life flash before his eyes his uneasy friendship with the prostitute that lives next door (Nekromantik 2's Monika M); the brutal slaughter of a pair of doorstep evangelists whose bodies he poses in obscene fashion; his unhealthy pastime of hammering nails into his own manhood. Told in an entirely non-linear fashion, Jörg Buttgereit's Schramm with its nightmarish hallucinatory sequences involving severed limbs and gaping, sharp-toothed female genitalia comes about as close as a film can get to transporting you directly into the world of a sick, disordered mind. 2-DISC DIRECTOR-APPROVED LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS HD transfer overseen by the filmmakers High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed Stereo 2.0 audio Optional English subtitles Limited edition digipak packaging featuring new artwork by Gilles Vranckx Limited edition certificate Set of 5 exclusive Schramm polaroid postcards Soundtrack CD Limited edition 60-page book DISC 1 [BLU-RAY] - 'SCHRAMM' Archival audio commentary with director/co-writer Jörg Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen Archival audio commentary with actors Florian Von Gustorf and Monika M Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt: Scenes from the Afterlife of Lothar Schramm (2019) brand new animated short film sequel to Schramm made by award-winning filmmaker and stop-motion artist Robert Morgan, produced exclusively for this release Take My Body: The Journey of a Blow-up Doll writer Kier-La Janisse on how she came to be the owner of a particularly interesting piece of Schramm memorabilia Jörg Buttgereit in conversation with Arrow Video's Ewan Cant at the 2019 Offscreen Film Festival The Making of Schramm archival behind-the-scenes documentary Mein Papi Jörg Buttgereit short film available in HD for the first time ever and with optional director audio commentary Jesus Der Film (1995) short film segment directed by Jörg Buttgereit Two short films by Schramm producer Manfred Jelinski: Orpheus in der Oberwelt (1970) and Ein Ku'ze' Film übe' Hambu'g (1990) Extensive image gallery Jörg Buttgereit Trailer Gallery DISC 2 [CD] - 'SCHRAMM' SOUNDTRACK - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE CD featuring the complete Schramm score 60-PAGE BOOK - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE Exclusive perfect-bound book featuring new writing from Virginie Selavy and Graham Rae, all illustrated with new artwork and original archival stills

• The Nasty Girl | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The award winning true story of a popular young girl in a small German town who entered a school essay during the 1970's writing on what her town did during World War II. What she finds to her surprise and dismay is that the Catholic clergy and businessmen who she was raised to respect and admire and who she fervently believed defied the Nazi's did just the opposite. And after deciding to write the book on the subject the more she digs the more she is thwarted and actually thre

• Jimi Hendrix Story | DVD | (11/09/2000) from £8.60   |  Saving you £5.39 (62.67%)   |  RRP £13.99

  If any artist deserved a hagiography it was Hendrix, and Joe Boyd's 1973 "authorised" tribute The Jimi Hendrix Story adequately sanctifies the legend. Perversely for a documentary, it achieves this simply by well-chosen concert footage rather than through the insights of the various talking heads. Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Lou Reed and Germaine Greer are all wheeled out to wax lyrical about their days with Jimi--but nothing is more eloquent than watching and listening to him play. From "Hey Joe" in grainy black and white on Ready Steady Go, classic footage of Monterey, Woodstock (yes, "The Star-Spangled Banner") and the Isle of White festivals, to an acoustic 12-string rendition of "Hear My Train a' Comin'", Hendrix the musician speaks for himself. But if Hendrix the musician shines through, this is not the most insightful profile of Hendrix the man: the circumstances surrounding his death, for example, are hardly touched upon (girlfriend at the time Monika Dannemann gets only a few seconds screen time). Interview footage with Hendrix himself plus some occasionally rambling and incoherent comments from such intimates as his father, army buddies, ex-girlfriends (including Linda Keith, who "discovered" him in New York and brought him to England) and fellow musicians all take second place to the music itself. The most sensible quote comes from Little Richard, who proves once and for all that he's utterly bonkers, when he says of Jimi's music: "At times he made my big toes shoot up into my boot." On the DVD: This is a dual-layer disc, with a widescreen (1.85:1) print on one side and a standard (4:3) ratio version on the other--although watching in widescreen is redundant, as the film is shot in 4:3 anyway. There are no extras other than a theatrical trailer (despite being advertised as such a menu and scene access surely don't count as "special features": what use is a disc without them?) --Mark Walker

• Ich bin dein Mensch | DVD | (23/09/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Turbulence 3 - Heavy Metal | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a hot new Death Metal band plans the most exclusive concert ever their plans go terrifyingly wrong. Slade Craven is performing live on a 747 Jumbo Jet on a flight from Los Angeles to Toronto for a select group of fans. Suddenly a crazed crowd member takes control of the flight and begins a reign of terror and bloodshed all broadcast live on the internet music video provider ZTV...

• Sanctuary | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £15.56   |  Saving you £-9.57 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Confirming the testosterone-laced promise he showed in the earlier Drive, the charismatically lithe Mark Decascos stars as buff man-of-the-cloth Father Luke, whose plans for a successful food drive are put on hold when a covert kill squad forces him to confront his shadowy past in this surprisingly effective bullet ballet. The needlessly complex high-tech storyline may be somewhat shaky, but this adrenalised conspiracy thriller earns its wings by virtue of a strong cast (including a villainous Jaimz Woolvett, miles away from his role as the greenhorn gunslinger in Unforgiven), an impressively stylised lighting palette and a jaw-droppingly gonzo epilogue that cries out for--nay, demands--a sequel. Director Tibor Takacs was previously responsible for two unfairly forgotten 1980s horror gems The Gate and I, Madman. --Andrew Wright

• Funny Games | DVD | (19/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A family settles into their new vacation home, which just so happens to be the next stop for a pair of young, articulate, white-gloved serial killers on an excursion through the neighborhood.

• Illumination (Iluminacja) | DVD | (27/01/2014) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Unanimous winner of all three main prizes at the 1973 Locarno International Film Festival Zanussi's landmark film is a dazzling kaleidoscope of ideas and images. Illumination explores the life of a self-absorbed young physicist trying to understand his place in the universe. He thinks science will provide the answers but ultimately learns far more about himself through experiencing love betrayal loss and facing his own mortality. As much a philosophical essay as a narrative feature Illumination is a cinematic mosaic combining art and science intellect and emotion. Innovatively structured this unflinching examination of one man's life became an iconic cultural marker for a whole generation. The DVD is presented in a superb new director-approved HD transfer with restored picture and sound and features Marcin Latallo's acclaimed 1996 short film A Trace (Slad) about his father the lead actor in Illumination Stanislaw Latallo. Special Features: New Filmed Interview with Director Krzysztof Zanussi Short film A Trace (Slad) Booklet essay

• Ich bin dein Mensch | Blu Ray | (23/09/2021) from £11.08   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Zombie Farm, The | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £12.93   |  Saving you £-2.94 (-29.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Desperate to end her husband’s domestic abuse, a young woman finds a special potion that may change his violent ways.But waking up next to a Zombie was not the exact transformation that she was hoping for, as her husband has become the leader of a zombie uprising and is determined to convert the townsfolk into an army of the un-dead.

• Spring of Life | DVD | (27/10/2014) from £8.15   |  Saving you £4.84 (37.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Disturbing Czechoslovakian drama about a young girl's involvement in Lebensborn, the Nazis' bizarre project to create a 'master race'. Before the eruption of World War II, young Czech girl Gretka (Monika Hilmerova), favoured by Nazi officers for her blonde hair and beautiful looks, is taken away to a spa where she is given an education and all that she desires. It soon materialises, when the Nazi officers stay overnight, that Gretka is being preened as part of a breeding programme to facilitate in the extension of an Aryan race.

• The Corpse Grinders | DVD | (17/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When the Lotus Cat Food Company finds itself in financial trouble the owners decide to find a new cheap source of meat - the local graveyard. Only one problem - soon cats develop a taste for human flesh and tabbies are tearing out throats all over town.

• Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurn | Blu Ray | (28/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fearless Tiger | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  After his brother dies of a drug overdose Lyle heads to Hong Kong and becomes a Kung Fu expert. Using his newfound martial arts skills Lyle seeks revenge on the Chinese gang that supplied the deadly drug.

• Jodi No. 1 | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jay and Veeru form a pair of professional crooks. In one of their devious plans they have a scuffle with Tiger which ended in his accidental death. Tiger was the younger brother of John the Don of Mumbai City. John's sole mission now is to kill Jay and Veeru. Meanwhile Jay & Veeru trying to evade John meet NRI Vikramjit who is going to Goa on a business trip. With their cunning trick they get him arrested for traveling without ticket. And they go to Goa instead of him. In Goa Jay