Shawscope Volume Four Limited Edition Blu-Ray

LONG AGO, IN A FILM STUDIO NEAR CLEARWATER BAY...

When special effects-driven horror and science fiction films dominated the global cinema market in the 1970s, Hong Kong's most powerful film studio, Shaw Brothers, not only followed suit, but went one step further!

One of Shaw's most beloved cult classics, Hua Shan's tokusatsu tribute Super Inframan, stars Danny Lee (The Killer) as the high-kicking superhero who defends the planet against a demon queen and her legion of underground mutant minions. Lee also plays a monster vigilante who dispenses cruel justice in Ho Meng-hua's eerie Oily Maniac and the prince who gains magical powers in Pao Hsueh-li's fantastic wuxia Battle Wizard. Director Ho then treats us to a double dose of occult chaos with Black Magic and its sequel, in which Ti Lung battles evil voodoo doctors with the power to cast spells and raise the dead. Four more doses of madness follow from Kuei Chih-hung in the form of Bewitched and the Hex trilogy, an unforgettable quadruple serving of possession and witchcraft that preceded his famous mind-bending classic The Boxer's Omen.his famous mind-bending classic The Boxer's Omen.

Master director Chor Yuen adds a healthy dose of horror to his characteristic wuxia mystery style in Bat Without Wings, in which a young swordsman must stop a mad martial arts master who has become a serial killer and commits perverse acts of violence. Hua Shan returns with Bloody Parrot, a strikingly vivid horror fantasy about two swordsmen who hunt a demon that offers to grant wishes, but leaves a chaotic trail of destruction in its wake. In Lau Kar-wing's kung fu jiangshi comedy The Fake Ghost Catchers, two con artists are forced to take on ghosts from the underworld, while Tang Tak-cheung's hair-raising wuxia fantasy Demon of the Lute must be seen to be believed. Yang Chuen's gruesome splatter fest Seeding of a Ghost is about a taxi driver who hires a necromancer to avenge his wife's murder, with repulsive results. Hua Shan returns with Portrait in Crystal, an imaginative tale of a murderous swordswoman who is brought to life through a crystal sculpture. Last but not least, Alex Cheung's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a comedy beyond the ordinary, in which city girl Cherie Chung is kidnapped by aliens and taken to a galaxy far, far away...

From slimy creatures to supernatural magic and sex-crazed serial killers – the largest collection in Arrow Video's Shawscope series to date contains sixteen of the wildest and weirdest films the company has ever made, beautifully restored in all their bloody glory with a fantastic set of never-before-seen bonus features.

CONTENTS OF THE LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY COLLECTION

High-resolution (1080p) Blu-ray versions of all sixteen films, all newly restored in 2K from the original negatives by Arrow Films. Illustrated 60-page collector's book with new texts by David West, Jonathan Clements, and Grady Hendrix, as well as cast and crew lists and commentary 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 remastered lossless audio in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English mono.

Newly translated English subtitles, plus optional closed captions for the English dub.

Option to watch the film in its American theatrical version, Infra-man, with lossless "Stereo-Infra-Sound" surround sound

Brand new commentary by martial arts film experts Frank Djeng and Erik Ko

Shaw's Little Dragon, a newly recorded interview with co-star Bruce Le. Super Ultra Infra Action!, a brand new video essay on Shaw's tokusatsu films, written and narrated by Steven Sloss. Cinema and TV trailers and radio commercials. DISC TVÅ – 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 subtitles for the hearing impaired for the English dubbing of 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 subtitles for the hearing impaired for the English dubbing

Brand new commentary on Black Magic by critic James Mudge

Brand new commentary on Black Magic Part 2 by critic Samm Deighan

Alternative American 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 on 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 clips for Hex Vs. Witchcraft

DISC SIX – BAT WITHOUT WINGS / BLOODY PARROT

Newly remastered lossless Mandarin mono audio for both films.

Newly translated English subtitles for both films.

Brand new commentary on both films by critic Samm Deighan.

DISC SEVEN – THE FAKE GHOST CATCHERS / DEMON OF THE LUTE

Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono sound for both films.

Brand new commentary on Demon of the Lute by martial arts film expert Frank Djeng.

DISC SET – SEEDING OF A GHOST / PORTRAIT IN CRYSTAL

Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono sound for both films.

Newly translated English subtitles for both films.

Brand new commentary on Seeding of a Ghost by critic James Mudge.

DISC NINE – TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio.

Seamless branching feature to watch the Cantonese version with extra scenes from the Mandarin version.

Brand new commentary by martial arts film expert Frank Djeng

Newly recorded interview with director/co-writer Alex Cheung

Newly recorded tribute by film scholar Victor Fan

Theatrical trailer

DISC TEN – BONUS DISC

Hong Kong: The Show of Mister Shaw, a French TV profile of Shaw Brothers from 1972

Brand new video essay on Ho Meng-hua, written and narrated by Grady Hendrix

Newly recorded reviews of Super Inframan by Leon Hunt, Luke White, and Kim Newman

Newly recorded review of Bat Without Wings by Wayne Wong

Newly recorded review of Demon of the Lute by Luke White

Newly recorded reviews of Battle Wizard and Demon of the Lute by Victor Fan

Theatrical trailers for most of the films in the box set, some of which have never been shown on video before