The second release that Logboy talked about in previous posts. We were updatd with DVD details, covers and specs today. Synapse Films and Panik House Entertainment join forces to bring you a groundbreaking pair of cult film rarities from the vaults of Toei Studios!
Press Release - From Nobuo Nakagawa, the acclaimed director of Jigoku and the father of the Japanese horror film, comes a chilling tale of revenge from beyond the grave, fully uncut and newly re-mastered. Never before released on video in the U.S., this sumptuous tale of a calamity of snakes is sure to satisfy fans of classic Japanese cinema and horror tales alike. Chobei, the wealthy landlord of a rural village, incurs a ghostly wrath after he causes the
death of a poor farmer living on his land. One day, after forcing the man's wife and beautiful daughter to work as servants in his household, he kills a snake that the farmer's wife had tried to protect, and finds himself slowly
going mad, glimpsing rotting corpses and deathly spirits all around him. Even his son Takeo cannot escape, and begins to notice that his new bride has certain peculiar characteristics.like scales and green skin! Can Chobei set things right before the spirits of the dead come to claim him and fulfill the promise of the Snake Woman's Curse?
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- New, fully restored anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) transfer mastered in High Definition
- Japanese language with newly-translated, removable English subtitles
- Audio commentary by Japanese film scholar Jonathan Hall
- Original Japanese theatrical trailer
- Nobuo Nakagawa biography, poster gallery, and trailers for other Nakagawa films
- Reversible cover with original Japanese poster artwork
- MORE Extras TBA!
ITEM# SFD0063
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE: $24.95
STREET DATE: AUGUST 28, 2007
As with the "Malformed Man.." DVD, I'm not too keen for the new artwork but this DVD is definitely something I'm looking forward to buying come August.
It's pretty eye-catching, though and I actually love the use of color, which is very ero-guro. I don't know much of anything about the movie but I'll pick it up as soon as it comes out.
Great idea to have the reversible cover with original artwork - Now when will Synapse ever get around to releasing Karaoke Terror?!!
Good question. I don't even recall them mentioning KARAOKE TERROR on their blog since late last year.
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