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Cutting Class 4K Uhd from Mvd

Cutting Class will be released on 4K Ultra HD on January 16 via Mvd as part of its 4K LaserVision Collection. The 1989 slasher is presented in 4K from Vinegar Syndrome’s 2018 4K restoration with Lpcm 2.0 Mono and Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo sound.

Excalibur writer Rospo Pallenberg makes his directorial debut from a script by Steve Slavkin (Salute your Shorts). Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Mull star.

Special features include: the R-rated edit (in standard definition), interviews with Leitch and Schoelen, Kill Comparisons featurette, VHS video store retailer promo, and the trailer.

Chucky Board Game from Trick or Treat Studios

Just in time for his 35th anniversary,...

The 2016 South Korean horror film "The Wailing" is a roller coaster ride with enough twists and turns to keep even the most experienced movie watcher guessing. Set in the small mountain village of Gokseong, the movie follows bumbling police officer Jong-goo (Kwak Do-won) as he tries to solve the mystery of an infection that causes people to become mentally unwell and kill their loved ones. The infection and its effects are horrifying enough, but then Jong-goo's daughter Hyo-jin (Kim Hwan-hee) becomes stricken with the same infection. Desperate to save his daughter, Jong-goo will do just about anything, delving into solutions both spiritual and mundane. He recruits the help of his friends, co-workers, and a local shaman named Il-gwang (Hwang Jung-min), but it seems like the evil descending on Gokseong is too much for anyone to stop.

The ending of "The Wailing" is a horrific tragedy that offers possible explanations for...

If 2017's “Steel Rain” was an idealistic, rather narrowed down look at the quest for Korean reunification and the forces that may come between that, then its sequel, “Steel Rain 2: Summit” is the broader, more refined version of the same vision. It may be entirely unrelated to its predecessor but it is hard to avoid making comparisons, especially given both share the same ambitious end goal. However, where the latest instalment thrives is in its dedication to acknowledging the rest of the cogs in the cluttered machine that is the strained inter-Korea relations, and the ways that all sides can manipulate each other in the quest for fiscal, and non-fiscal, power and gains.

“Steel Rain 2: Summit” is available from Echelon Studios

Central to proceedings are the leaders of three countries crucial to the quickly arriving peace summit: US President Smoot (Angus Macfadyen), South Korean President Han Kyeong-jae (Jung Woo-sung...

Multifaceted Korean film company Acemaker Movieworks will unveil four titles at this year’s Asian Contents & Film Market, which operates alongside the Busan International Film Festival. Action and revenge feature prominently as unifying themes.

The Covid pandemic continues to have a delayed impact on the Korean production and film releasing scenes. Last year’s prolonged theatrical drought meant funds for reinvestment were in short supply and releases postponed. Many of Acemaker’s movies were shot in 2020, but are only now confirming completion and new release dates.

“Remember” is an action drama film starring Lee Sung Min (“The Spy Gone North”) and Nam Joo Hyuk (best known for TV series “Start-Up” and “Twenty-Five Twenty-One”). Directed by Lee Il Hyung (“A Violent Prosecutor”), the story revolves around a retired soldier suffering from dementia, seeking revenge from people he believes caused the death of his family. The film is a remake of Atom Egoyan...

Thriller is a genre that has been done to death in South Korea and directors now need to constantly reinvent narratives and genre tropes if they want to make a substantial feature that stands the test of time. Where many fail to do so, Director Kim Sung-soo managed to do just that in 2016 with “Asura: The City of Madness”, a production which subverted expectations in a number of different ways.

This is a very dark film featuring a number of characters, all played by A-listers, yet manages to surprise as every single one of these characters is so despicable and deplorable that you do not find yourself rooting for any. This is particularly an achievement for a narrative that has you hooked from the first minute to the last, with the power struggles between the characters proving to be the best part. Genre fans can revel in its web of...

To celebrate the DVD release of The Wailing, available on DVD from 30th January, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of Kaleidoscope Entertainment!

South Korean box office smash, The Wailing, is a riveting police investigation which turns into a sensationally terrifying thriller as a likeable cop is drawn into a nightmarish hunt for a source of pure evil disturbing his quiet, rural village.

Out of his depth, local police officer Jong-goo investigates a spate of killings, as well as an outbreak of madness seemingly connected to the recent arrival of a mysterious Japanese man who resides in the outskirts of the village. What’s more, he is horrified to discover his young daughter may have fallen under the stranger’s curse.

Jong-goo calls on a charismatic shaman to free his daughter from the stranger’s dangerous influence, but the shaman’s intense exorcism ritual threatens to worsen the situation…...

Award Winning, Supernatural Thriller, The Wailing Coming To U.S.

Following up on the universally-acclaimed smash-hits The Yellow Sea and The Chaser comes South Korean maestro director Hong-jin Na’s latest feature, the supernatural thriller The Wailing. After six years in the making and record-breaking audiences in South Korea, Well Go USA Entertainment is finally bringing The Wailing to the west with a penned release date of 6th September for digital services, and 4th October for Blu-ray™ and DVD.

Starring Jun Kunimura (Kill Bill: Vol: 1 & 2), Woo-hee Chun (Mother, The Beauty Inside), Do Won Kwak (The Man from Nowhere, The Attorney) and Jung-min Hwang (The Himalayas, New World), The Wailing was a record-breaking success at the South Korean box-office, with large numbers of people committing to multiple viewings as they attempted to piece together the complex mystery at the heart of the film.

Racking up a ‘Fresh’ 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,...