Shawscope Volume Four (16 films) (1975-1983)
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Arrow - 8 décembre 2025
Titre Original : Super Inframan / Oily Maniac / Battle Wizard / Black Magic / Black Magic Part 2 / Bewitched / Hex / Hex Vs. Witchcraft / Hex After Hex / Bat Without Wings / Bloody Parrot / The Fake Ghost Catchers / Demon of the Lute / Seeding of a Ghost / Portrait in Crystal / Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Audio : Mandarin: LPCM Mono
Cantonese: LPCM Mono
English: LPCM Mono
Sous-Titres : English, English SDH
Durée : 24h19
Format : Limited Edition 10 Blu-ray + Bonus disc / 16 films / Import UK
Zone : B
Genre : Arts Martiaux, Kung Fu, Action, Fantasy, SF, Fantasy, Horreur
Synopsis
One of Shaws' most beloved cult classics, Hua Shan's tokusatsu tribute Super Inframan stars Danny Lee (The Killer) as the titular high-kicking superhero, defending the planet against a demon queen and her legion of subterranean mutant minions. Lee also stars as a monster vigilante issuing vicious justice in Ho Meng-hua's creeptastic Oily Maniac and as the prince granted magical powers in Pao Hsueh-li's fantastical wuxia Battle Wizard. Director Ho next treats us to a double-helping of occult mayhem with Black Magic and its sequel, where Ti Lung battles wicked voodoo doctors with the power to cast spells and raise the dead. Four more doses of unhinged madness follow from Kuei Chih-hung in the form of Bewitched and the Hex trilogy, an unforgettable quadruple serving of possession and witchcraft that presaged his notorious brain-melting classic The Boxer's Omen.
Contenu
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all sixteen films, all newly restored in 2K from the original negatives by Arrow Films
- 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
- New artwork by Matt Frank & Jolyon Yates, Mike Lee-Graham, Chris Malbon and Ilan Sheady
- 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