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(Norman J Warren, 1987, 94 mins) Release date: 30 August 2021 Standard Edition Blu-ray Norman J Warren’s final feature as director is also one of his most unclassifiable. Filmed in Wales, it focuses on a group of teens who find themselves on a stranded island while holidaying. The island is home to a deserted hotel, where it’s no longer the summer of 1986, but New Year's Eve 1959, cueing a series of Warren’s famed horror set-pieces, involving ghosts, zombies, dismemberment, decapitations and much, much more besides. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES 2K restoration, supervised and approved by director Norman J Warren Original mono audio Audio commentary with Warren and film historian Jo Botting (2019) Norman’s Wisdom (2019, 29 mins): Warren discusses some of the lesser-known areas of his career, including his work in television and documentaries New Blood (2019, 16 mins): actor Catherine Roman warmly remembers her first film role The Art of Blood (2019, 15 mins): screenwriter and set dresser Frazer Pearce relates the production history of Bloody New Year Fights, Camera, Action! (2019, 11 mins): actor and stuntman Steve Emerson recalls his work with Warren on Terror and Bloody New Year Working with Warren (2019, 10 mins): interview with filmmaker and Warren collaborator Yixi Sun Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J Warren and the Ghost (2013, 1 min): short produced for FrightFest, starring Warren, Sun, and David McGillivray Original trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing #PHIBD163 BBFC cert: 15 REGION FREE EAN: 5060697921762
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Bloody New Year (1987)
94 min
A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel decorated for New Year's. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.