Crucible of Horror

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| Experience Crucible of Horror as never before. Painstakingly restored by Hammer from 4K scans of the original film negatives, this stark and unsettling psychological horror returns with newly revealed detail and intensity.

Michael Gough stars as Walter Eastwood, a tyrant within his own home: a domineering sadist whose quiet cruelty governs every moment of family life. Leaving behind gothic excess for cold, vérité-style realism, director Viktors Ritelis crafts a film of mounting dread, where violence simmers just beneath the surface, and escape feels impossible.

With powerful performances from Sharon Gurney and BAFTA-winner Yvonne Mitchell, and an unnerving score by John Hotchkis, Crucible of Horror stands as one of the most disturbing and overlooked entries in British horror cinema.

This definitive Hammer Presents release marks the film’s first restoration from the original negatives and its first availability anywhere in the world at this level of quality.

State of Grace

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| Phil Joanou’s neo-noir crime thriller State Of Grace comes to 4K UHD for the first time worldwide, fully restored from the original 35mm negative.

Featuring an all-star cast of 90s icons, including Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John Turturro, and John C. Reilly, director Phil Joanou has personally overseen this 4K restoration and grading, giving the project his seal of approval.

After Dark: Neo Noir

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| Take another walk After Dark with six more seedy films from the grimy underbelly of cinema: Wild At Heart (1990), Unlawful Entry (1992), The Getaway (1994), Mulholland Falls (1996), Freeway (1996), City of Industry (1997):

Their muscles met the demands of the city, and the city met the demands of their muscles

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Body of Evidence

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|When the wealthy Andrew Marsh is found dead of a heart attack in bed, the police don't know what to make of the homemade sex-tape he died watching, nor the fact that he was discovered handcuffed. As it comes out that his much younger, BDSM-inclined girlfriend Rebecca Carlson was not only on that sextape, but also in his will for an $8M inheritance, district attorney Robert Garrett goes after her. Accusing Rebecca of having cunningly made her own body the murder weapon, and with public opinion against her, only Carlson's defense attorney, Frank Dulaney, seems to believe that she's innocent. But that's before things get considerably rougher, both in the court and in the uneasy confidence between Rebecca and her chosen counsel.

Released at the height of the 1990's erotic thriller boom, Body of Evidence took the bold step of casting a pop culture superstar arguably at the peak of her fame, Madonna (Desperately Seeking Susan). Helmed by a master of the complicated character drama, Uli Edel (Christiane F.), with a nail-biting performance from four-time Oscar® nominee Willem Dafoe (To Live and Die in L.A.), this racy noir builds tension and mood to a dizzying climax. It also boasts a stacked supporting cast including Joe Mantegna (House of Games), Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction), Jürgen Prochnow (In the Mouth of Madness), and Julianne Moore (The Big Lebowski). Vinegar Syndrome is achingly excited to present the UHD debut of this twist-filled thriller in both its unrated director’s and R-rated theatrical cuts, in brand-new, director-approved 4K restorations.

Mantrap

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|Mantrap (1953), the stylish crime thriller directed by Terence Fisher, returns in a stunning new 4K restoration, bringing renewed clarity to one of Hammer’s most fascinating noir-era films.

Starring Paul Henreid in an offbeat turn as a former intelligence officer turned amateur detective, Mantrap follows an unlikely sleuth as he becomes entangled in a dangerous web of deception, murder, and misplaced trust. Shot on real London locations still scarred by the Blitz, the film captures a city and nation in transition.

This Limited Collector’s Edition marks the first-ever home video release of Mantrap, anywhere and in any format, and includes both the UK version (Mantrap) and the US release (Man in Hiding), newly restored from the original film negatives.

Exclusive features include new audio commentaries from Film Noir UK’s James Harrison and film historian Sergio Angelini, alongside cult cinema writers Toby Roan and Heath Holland, plus newly produced featurettes exploring the film’s literary origins, its cast, and its place within Hammer’s crime-era output. Archival behind-the-scenes footage, stills, and a deluxe booklet of newly commissioned essays complete this definitive edition.

A gripping rediscovery of British noir, presented in its most visually striking form now.

Their muscles met the demands of the city, and the city met the demands of their muscles

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Pompei: Below the Clouds

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|Naples faces dual volcanic threats from Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Amid increasing tremors, archaeologists work as residents live anxiously, haunted by Pompeii's fate while emergency services strain.

Lord of the Flies

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|A group of British boys become stuck on a tropical island that is unoccupied, and gradually slide into anarchy as social conventions disappear and attempts to rule responsibly fail.

A new four part adaptation of the William Golding novel, coming to BBC One.

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|Psychosis Cry, from Tokeyo.