Jean Rollin on DVD & Blu-ray

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

If I'm in the right mood The Iron Rose is my favourite. That or Lips of Blood. It's a shame that Francoise Pascal didn't do more films (she ended up doing wretched UK sitcoms).

[BW Haggar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BW Haggar]

I just checked images for IRON ROSE, and you're right, Marshall. I guess Rollin liked clowns a lot?

I like the way that, with 'Requiem..', 'Iron Rose', and 'Demoniacs', he did three in a row with clowns.... but no clowns either before or after that, insofar as I recall.

I hope we'll get a 'Jean Rollin: The Clown Years' essay from someone at some point.

Reading the runes of Indicator's release choices to date by the way, I'd probably put money on either 'Grapes of Death' or 'Living Dead Girl' as the other half of the next duo?

[Lorne Marshall Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lorne Marshall]

...'Living Dead Girl'...

My second favorite Rollin! Interesting plot (reminded me a little bit of HELLRAISER in how the title character regains something through the taking of human lives), the right amount of gore typical of his 80's stuff, some unexpected moments (the killing of one character in particular), and underlying all of it, a great (and touching, if I'm being honest) story about the friendship since childhood between the two women that transcends death.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Indicator doing 15% off their Rollin releases this weekend.

[Dark Horse 77 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dark Horse 77]

Damn! I was hoping an announcement of the next batch was coming soon.

[Dark Horse 77 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dark Horse 77]

Did Orchestrator of Storms ever get released outside the festival circuit?

[Marshall Crist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marshall Crist]

Pretty excited that Requiem for a Vampire and The Escapees are coming on 4K in December. Requiem is my favorite of the remaining unreleased titles, and I feel like Escapees is really underrated.

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Coming 12/9/24 in the UK and 12/10/24 in North America.

When two young women, the wayward Michelle (Laurence Dubas) and the withdrawn Marie (Christiane Coppé), escape from an asylum, they find themselves drifting through a nightmarish world of burlesque troupes, lascivious sailors, and hardened criminals. After a violent confrontation, the police close in...

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES

New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Two presentations of the film: Les Échappées, Jean Rollin’s original version; and Les Paumées du petit matin, the alternative version with re-ordered scenes
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)
One Day in Paris (2008): far-reaching interview with Rollin in which he discusses The Escapees and his other films
Quant à Louise (2024): regular Rollin collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou remember actress Louise Dhour
Previously unseen interview with actor Jean-Loup Phillipe (2024)
Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024)
Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
New and improved English translation subtitles
Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, archival writing on the film by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director, an archival interview with composer Philippe D’Aram, a tribute to Rollin by fantastique cinema expert Nicolas Stanzick, and full film credits
Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays)

https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/co...pees-4k-uhd-le

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Coming 12/9/24 in the UK and 12/10/24 in North America.

When Marie and Michelle, two enigmatic women travelling through the countryside in clown costumes, stumble across a mysterious château, they uncover a sadistic vampire sect, the leader of which offers them eternal life to continue his bloodline.

New 4K HDR restoration from the OCN by Powerhouse Films
4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Two presentations of the film: Requiem pour un vampire, Jean Rollin’s original French-language version; and Requiem for a Vampire, the English-language version
Original mono
Commentary with Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2024)
Selected scenes commentary with Rollin (2005)
Rollin Introduction (1998)
In a Silent Way (2024): newly edited archival interview with Rollin
Queen of the Underworld (2024): newly edited archival interview with Louise Dhour
A Pastoral Dalliance (2024): newly edited archival interview with Paul Bisciglia
Les Frissons d’un requiem (2024): in-depth documentary on the making of Requiem for a Vampire by Rollin’s personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, featuring interviews with Jean-Noël Delamarre and Natalie Perrey, and Daniel Bird
The Poetry of Strangeness (2024): critical appreciation by film historian Virginie Sélavy
The Last Book (2005): Rollin talks about his work as a novelist
New and improved English translation subs for the French soundtrack
New and improved English subs for the deaf and hard of hearing
Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Maria J Pérez Cuervo, archival writing by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, an extract from the film’s pressbook, an English translation of Rollin’s story ‘The Last Book’, and full film credits
Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays)

https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/co...pire-4k-uhd-le

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

I guess that's most of the big Rollin titles released in 4k now (apart from The Iron Rose and The Living Dead Girl). Will The Escapees sell 10000? I don't think that any of these have had standard edition releases yet. Might need to start printing less, or at least make better cover art now that all the ones with cool posters are all out. Will have to think long and hard about upgrading some of these now.

[Marshall Crist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marshall Crist]

Grapes of Death is still kind of a big one, and there's one other dark horse title I hope they release. Actually, a couple.

[Dark Horse 77 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dark Horse 77]

Grapes of Death is still kind of a big one, and there's one other dark horse title I hope they release. Actually, a couple.

Phantasmes?

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Phantasmes is an interesting one. If they have it, I'm pretty sure it would be a US only release. I know the BBFC passed some hardcore deleted scenes in Night of the Hunted, but I doubt they'd pass this one. Their criteria is about something being classified as a sex work. Totally subjective on their part, but I suspect they'd view it as more porn than art/horror. But who knows, maybe one day they'll acknowledge the futility of their existence in the modern age. At the very least they should acknowledge the hypocrisy of passing real sex if they view it as an arty or film of substance. Especially when there's stuff like Liberte that they deem worthy. I seriously doubt that the motive behind that was was anything other than producing scandal (the director comes across as a total sleaze).

[Marshall Crist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marshall Crist]

Phantasmes?

Yep. Based on their spine numbers, I feel there's good reason to hope for Phantasmes (and the less-problematic Schoolgirl Hitchhikers). Fingers extra crossed.

[Dark Horse 77 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dark Horse 77]

Yep. Based on their spine numbers, I feel there's good reason to hope for Phantasmes (and the less-problematic Schoolgirl Hitchhikers). Fingers extra crossed.

Fly Me The French Way would have to be in there too, I hope.