Arrow Releasing The Driller Killer in the US Next Month as Both Limited Edition SteelBook and Standard Dual Format Blu-ray/DVD
MVD Entertainment Group, distributor of Arrow Video in the US, has three great new titles heading our way in December. We already told you about their biggest release of the month, Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box Limited Edition Trilogy, a limited edition run of 10,000 deluxe box sets, as well as Creepshow 2 in both a Limited Edition Blu-ray and Standard Edition Blu-ray package.
So, what’s number 3? None other than Arrow’s landmark release of The Driller Killer as both a Limited Edition SteelBook and a standard Dual Format Blu-ray/DVD. It’s hitting our shores on December 13th (a bit later than the UK’s late November release date).
Forget Taxi Driver, The Warriors, and The New York Ripper… The Driller Killer is the definitive look at NYC’s underbelly, a slasher that is as much at home in the arthouse as it is the grindhouse.
The Driller Killer Release Details (pre-order here):
In a career that has encompassed such controversial classics as Ms. 45, Bad Lieutenant, and Welcome to New York, none of Abel Ferrara‘s films have quite managed to match the shock, extremity, and downright notorious nature of The Driller Killer.
Ferrara plays struggling artist Reno, a man pushed to the edge by the economic realities of New York living in the late Seventies and the No Wave band practicing in the apartment below. His grip on reality soon begins to slip, and he takes to stalking the streets with his power tool in search of prey…
LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK CONTENTS
- Limited Edition SteelBook featuring original artwork (2500 copies)
- Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative of the never-been-seen pre-release version and the theatrical cut
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations in both 1.85:1 and 1.37:1 aspect ratios
- Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by director and star Abel Ferrara, moderated by Brad Stevens (author of Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision) and recorded exclusively for this release
- Laine and Abel: An Interview with The Driller Killer, a brand-new interview with Ferrara
- Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101, a new visual essay guide to the films and career of Ferrara by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Cultographies: Ms. 45
Mulberry St. (2010), Ferrara’s feature-length documentary portrait of the New York location that has played a key role in his life and work, available on home video in the US for the first time ever - Trailer
- Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Michael Pattison and Brad Stevens
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative of the never-been-seen pre-release version and the theatrical cut
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations in both 1.85:1 and 1.37:1 aspect ratios
- Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by director and star Abel Ferrara, moderated by Brad Stevens (author of Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision) and recorded exclusively for this release
- Laine and Abel: An Interview with The Driller Killer, a brand-new interview with Ferrara
- Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101, a new visual essay guide to the films and career of Ferrara by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Cultographies: Ms. 45
Mulberry St. (2010), Ferrara’s feature-length documentary portrait of the New York location that has played a key role in his life and work, available on home video in the US for the first time ever - Trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil
*First pressing only: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Michael Pattison and Brad Stevens
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