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A hand puts a VHS into a video machine.
A blue screen appears with "Play" written in the top left corner, a clock counting in the top right and "SLP" in the bottom right.
The screen flickers and a Warning message briefly appears.
An ice hockey game is being watched on TV while a hand holds a remote towards the TV on the screen.
For entertainment on broadcast television.
The screen flickers again.
A woman stands in front of a green-screened video shop.
You can order our next feature at the push of a button.
The screen flickers again to a old, bearded man holding a stack of VHS's.
They've got all my favourite movies on cassette.
The screen flickers again to a family looking around a video shop.
Over 10,000 videos!
The screen flickers again to a young man talking about a film.
And it's really disgusting and it's really, really good!
The screen flickers again to a woman in a video shop talking to a younger woman.
Thanks, I'll just look around. I'm sure I'll find something.
A black screen appears and at the bottom it says "Normal Tracking"
80s electronic music plays.
A synthwave style graphic appears showing a city skyline and neon colours. The Arrow Video logo appears.
Grainy footage of an American video shop called Superstar Video.
A silver arrow icon is on screen. A caption reads: Remember the shelves of your local video store?
We pan across an empty video store full of stacked shelves.
Somebody pulls out a horror film on VHS and as the camera zooms into it.
A silver arrow icon is on screen. A caption reads: Thanks to Arrow Video, those days aren't gone!
An 80s looking audience clap and cheer.
A silver arrow icon is on screen. A caption reads: No need for a time machine.
Two large reels on a projector spin with a bright light between them.
A graphic of a white 5 appears then turns silver. A caption reads: We have five video classics.
A caption reads: That will send you back to the 80s!
Footage of people dancing in a nightclub.
A caption reads: Featuring: Dungeon Master. Dolls. Cellar Dweller. Arena. Robot Jox.
A caption reads: Feel the fear.
A couple sit eating popcorn on a sofa. The man covers his girlfriend's eyes.
A man watches a screen and nervously puts his fingers to his mouth.
A caption reads: Have a good laugh.
A crowd of older people all laugh together.
A caption reads: Marvel at mega action.
A man holding a bowl of popcorn looks pleasantly surprised.
A caption reads: Freshly restored for this new digital era.
A caption reads: With fresh and exciting artwork.
Artwork for Dungeon Master, Dolls, Cellar Dweller, Arena and Robot Jox appear on screen.
A caption reads: Don't delay order your copy today!
A caption reads: Arrow Video. Enter the Video Store. Empire of Screams.
A caption reads: On Blu-ray in the UK June 26. US & Canada June 27.
The screen flickers to a man in a very 80s shirt and permed hair silently laughing.
A blue screen with VHS style details.
Arrow Video
Remember the shelves of your local video store? Those days aren't gone! Reject reality and substitute your own with Arrow Video! In 1983, entrepreneurial producer and director Charles Band founded Empire International Pictures, which would go on to make some of the most memorable and beloved genre movies of the 1980s. Empire became a mainstay of video stores across the world with their catchy titles, outlandish art and Band's wholehearted belief in giving audiences a good time.
In The Dungeonmaster (AKA Ragewar), computer programmer Paul Bradford is sucked into a fantasy world by Mestema, a demonic sorcerer in search of a worthy opponent. Meanwhile, fresh from the one-two punch of Re-Animator and From Beyond, director Stuart Gordon takes a turn toward fairytale gothic in Dolls, in which a group of strangers find themselves forced to seek shelter at the isolated home of an old toymaker and his wife, only to find that the puppets and dolls have a vicious life of their own. In Cellar Dweller, a comic book artist (Jeffrey Combs) with a penchant for the macabre takes inspiration from an ancient tome and unleashes an ancient evil. Arena presents the ultimate fight night event: man vs monster! In the far future of 4038, a short order cook becomes the first human in fifty years to compete in an intergalactic boxing event on the far side of the universe. Finally in Robot Jox, Stuart Gordon directs Empire Pictures' most ambitious movie yet, as men and women pilot giant machines in gladiatorial battle to settle international disputes over territory.
Freshly restored for the digital era with a wealth of new and archival extras, these films have never looked better. No need for a time machine, these golden age video classics will send you back to the 80s!
Product Features
- High Definition Blu-Ray (1080p) presentations of all five films
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley
- Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
- Double sided posters for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
- 15 postcard-sized reproduction artcards
- Arrow Video store "membership card"
- 80-page perfect bound book featuring new writing on the films by Lee Gambin, Dave Jay, Megan Navarro, and John Harrison plus select archival material
DISC ONE - THE DUNGEONMASTER
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative
- Three different versions of the film via seamless branching: the US theatrical version (The Dungeonmaster), the pre-release version and the international version (Ragewar)
- Original lossless mono audio
- New audio commentary with star Jeffrey Byron, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own, a new interview with star Jeffrey Byron
- Theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
DISC TWO - DOLLS
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original interpositive
- Original lossless stereo audio
- New audio commentary by David Decoteau, Empire alumnus and friend of Stuart Gordon
- Archive audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon and writer Ed Naha
- Archive audio commentary with cast members Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Stephen Lee, Carrie Lorraine, and Ian Patrick Williams
- Assembling Dolls, a new interview with Lee Percy, editor of Dolls, Re-Animator and From Beyond
- Toys of Terror: The Making of Dolls, an archive featurette with Gordon, Yuzna, Purdy-Gordon, Williams, Charles Band and Gabe Bartalos
- Film-to-storyboard comparison
- Theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
DISC THREE - CELLAR DWELLER
- Additional picture restoration by Arrow Films
- Original lossless stereo audio
- New audio commentary by special make-up effects artist Michael Deak who inhabited the Cellar Dweller creature suit, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies, a new appreciation of John Carl Buechler, special make-up effects artist of many Empire Pictures films and director of Cellar Dweller, by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Inside the Cellar, a new interview with special make-up effects artist Michael Deak
- Original sales sheet
- Original production notes
- VHS trailer
- Empire Pictures trailer reel
- Image galleries, including behind the scenes photos courtesy of special make-up effects artist Michael Deak
DISC FOUR - ARENA
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the last known surviving 35mm elements
- Original lossless stereo audio
- New audio commentary with director Peter Manoogian, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Alternative fullframe presentation
- Not His Arena, a new interview with co-screenwriter Danny Bilson
- Empire of Creatures, a new interview with special make-up effects artist Michael Deak
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
DISC FIVE - ROBOT JOX
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative
- Original lossless stereo audio
- Archive audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon
- Archive audio commentary with associate effects director Paul Gentry, mechanical effects artist Mark Rappaport, and stop-motion animator Paul Jessell
- Crash and Burn, a new interview with actor Gary Graham
- Her Name is Athena, a new Interview with actor Anne-Marie Johnson
- The Scale of Battle: David Allen and the FX of Robot Jox, a new appreciation of stop motion animator David Allen by those who knew him, featuring contributions from fellow visual effects artists Steve Burg, Yancy Calzeda, Paul Gentry, Kevin Kutchaver, Dennis Muren and John Vincent
- Looking Back, an archival interview with actor Paul Koslo
- Original sales sheet
- Original production notes
- Theatrical trailer
- Image galleries, including behind the scenes stills courtesy of associate effects director Paul Gentry
- Arrow Video
- 427 mins approx
- Peter Manoogian
- John Carl Buechler
- Stuart Gordon
- David Allen
- Charles Band
- NR
- Paul Satterfield
- Claudia Christian
- Yvonne De Carlo
- Debrah Farentino
- Ian Patrick Williams
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
- Jeffrey Byron
- Leslie Wing
- Gary Graham
- Anne-Marie Johnson
- English SDH
- 1.85:1
- 1984
- English
- 5
- A
- Arrow Video
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A hand puts a VHS into a video machine.
A blue screen appears with "Play" written in the top left corner, a clock counting in the top right and "SLP" in the bottom right.
The screen flickers and a Warning message briefly appears.
An ice hockey game is being watched on TV while a hand holds a remote towards the TV on the screen.
For entertainment on broadcast television.
The screen flickers again.
A woman stands in front of a green-screened video shop.
You can order our next feature at the push of a button.
The screen flickers again to a old, bearded man holding a stack of VHS's.
They've got all my favourite movies on cassette.
The screen flickers again to a family looking around a video shop.
Over 10,000 videos!
The screen flickers again to a young man talking about a film.
And it's really disgusting and it's really, really good!
The screen flickers again to a woman in a video shop talking to a younger woman.
Thanks, I'll just look around. I'm sure I'll find something.
A black screen appears and at the bottom it says "Normal Tracking"
80s electronic music plays.
A synthwave style graphic appears showing a city skyline and neon colours. The Arrow Video logo appears.
Grainy footage of an American video shop called Superstar Video.
A silver arrow icon is on screen. A caption reads: Remember the shelves of your local video store?
We pan across an empty video store full of stacked shelves.
Somebody pulls out a horror film on VHS and as the camera zooms into it.
A silver arrow icon is on screen. A caption reads: Thanks to Arrow Video, those days aren't gone!
An 80s looking audience clap and cheer.
A silver arrow icon is on screen. A caption reads: No need for a time machine.
Two large reels on a projector spin with a bright light between them.
A graphic of a white 5 appears then turns silver. A caption reads: We have five video classics.
A caption reads: That will send you back to the 80s!
Footage of people dancing in a nightclub.
A caption reads: Featuring: Dungeon Master. Dolls. Cellar Dweller. Arena. Robot Jox.
A caption reads: Feel the fear.
A couple sit eating popcorn on a sofa. The man covers his girlfriend's eyes.
A man watches a screen and nervously puts his fingers to his mouth.
A caption reads: Have a good laugh.
A crowd of older people all laugh together.
A caption reads: Marvel at mega action.
A man holding a bowl of popcorn looks pleasantly surprised.
A caption reads: Freshly restored for this new digital era.
A caption reads: With fresh and exciting artwork.
Artwork for Dungeon Master, Dolls, Cellar Dweller, Arena and Robot Jox appear on screen.
A caption reads: Don't delay order your copy today!
A caption reads: Arrow Video. Enter the Video Store. Empire of Screams.
A caption reads: On Blu-ray in the UK June 26. US & Canada June 27.
The screen flickers to a man in a very 80s shirt and permed hair silently laughing.
A blue screen with VHS style details.
Arrow Video
Remember the shelves of your local video store? Those days aren't gone! Reject reality and substitute your own with Arrow Video! In 1983, entrepreneurial producer and director Charles Band founded Empire International Pictures, which would go on to make some of the most memorable and beloved genre movies of the 1980s. Empire became a mainstay of video stores across the world with their catchy titles, outlandish art and Band's wholehearted belief in giving audiences a good time.
In The Dungeonmaster (AKA Ragewar), computer programmer Paul Bradford is sucked into a fantasy world by Mestema, a demonic sorcerer in search of a worthy opponent. Meanwhile, fresh from the one-two punch of Re-Animator and From Beyond, director Stuart Gordon takes a turn toward fairytale gothic in Dolls, in which a group of strangers find themselves forced to seek shelter at the isolated home of an old toymaker and his wife, only to find that the puppets and dolls have a vicious life of their own. In Cellar Dweller, a comic book artist (Jeffrey Combs) with a penchant for the macabre takes inspiration from an ancient tome and unleashes an ancient evil. Arena presents the ultimate fight night event: man vs monster! In the far future of 4038, a short order cook becomes the first human in fifty years to compete in an intergalactic boxing event on the far side of the universe. Finally in Robot Jox, Stuart Gordon directs Empire Pictures' most ambitious movie yet, as men and women pilot giant machines in gladiatorial battle to settle international disputes over territory.
Freshly restored for the digital era with a wealth of new and archival extras, these films have never looked better. No need for a time machine, these golden age video classics will send you back to the 80s!
Product Features
- High Definition Blu-Ray (1080p) presentations of all five films
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley
- Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
- Double sided posters for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
- 15 postcard-sized reproduction artcards
- Arrow Video store "membership card"
- 80-page perfect bound book featuring new writing on the films by Lee Gambin, Dave Jay, Megan Navarro, and John Harrison plus select archival material
DISC ONE - THE DUNGEONMASTER
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative
- Three different versions of the film via seamless branching: the US theatrical version (The Dungeonmaster), the pre-release version and the international version (Ragewar)
- Original lossless mono audio
- New audio commentary with star Jeffrey Byron, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own, a new interview with star Jeffrey Byron
- Theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
DISC TWO - DOLLS
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original interpositive
- Original lossless stereo audio
- New audio commentary by David Decoteau, Empire alumnus and friend of Stuart Gordon
- Archive audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon and writer Ed Naha
- Archive audio commentary with cast members Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Stephen Lee, Carrie Lorraine, and Ian Patrick Williams
- Assembling Dolls, a new interview with Lee Percy, editor of Dolls, Re-Animator and From Beyond
- Toys of Terror: The Making of Dolls, an archive featurette with Gordon, Yuzna, Purdy-Gordon, Williams, Charles Band and Gabe Bartalos
- Film-to-storyboard comparison
- Theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
DISC THREE - CELLAR DWELLER
- Additional picture restoration by Arrow Films
- Original lossless stereo audio
- New audio commentary by special make-up effects artist Michael Deak who inhabited the Cellar Dweller creature suit, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies, a new appreciation of John Carl Buechler, special make-up effects artist of many Empire Pictures films and director of Cellar Dweller, by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Inside the Cellar, a new interview with special make-up effects artist Michael Deak
- Original sales sheet
- Original production notes
- VHS trailer
- Empire Pictures trailer reel
- Image galleries, including behind the scenes photos courtesy of special make-up effects artist Michael Deak
DISC FOUR - ARENA
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the last known surviving 35mm elements
- Original lossless stereo audio
- New audio commentary with director Peter Manoogian, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Alternative fullframe presentation
- Not His Arena, a new interview with co-screenwriter Danny Bilson
- Empire of Creatures, a new interview with special make-up effects artist Michael Deak
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
DISC FIVE - ROBOT JOX
- New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative
- Original lossless stereo audio
- Archive audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon
- Archive audio commentary with associate effects director Paul Gentry, mechanical effects artist Mark Rappaport, and stop-motion animator Paul Jessell
- Crash and Burn, a new interview with actor Gary Graham
- Her Name is Athena, a new Interview with actor Anne-Marie Johnson
- The Scale of Battle: David Allen and the FX of Robot Jox, a new appreciation of stop motion animator David Allen by those who knew him, featuring contributions from fellow visual effects artists Steve Burg, Yancy Calzeda, Paul Gentry, Kevin Kutchaver, Dennis Muren and John Vincent
- Looking Back, an archival interview with actor Paul Koslo
- Original sales sheet
- Original production notes
- Theatrical trailer
- Image galleries, including behind the scenes stills courtesy of associate effects director Paul Gentry
- Arrow Video
- 427 mins approx
- Peter Manoogian
- John Carl Buechler
- Stuart Gordon
- David Allen
- Charles Band
- NR
- Paul Satterfield
- Claudia Christian
- Yvonne De Carlo
- Debrah Farentino
- Ian Patrick Williams
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
- Jeffrey Byron
- Leslie Wing
- Gary Graham
- Anne-Marie Johnson
- English SDH
- 1.85:1
- 1984
- English
- 5
- A
- Arrow Video
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Amazing and stunning box set! Everything about it is gorgeous and sends me back to the good old video store days
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