Samuel LoveWith the latest film from undisputed body-horror maestro David Cronenberg coming soon to cinemas, revisit two of the filmmaker’s early classics in wonderful, bloody 4K UHD thanks to Second Sight Films. The Brood and Scanners, from 1979 and 1981 respectively, make for a legendary double-bill and are another two showcases for Second Sight’s glorious home entertainment releases. Both films look impeccable and are packed with new and archival special features, art cards, and packed booklets that offer incredible insight into the films and their legacies. Second Sight’s throne remains untouched as the leaders in boutique home entertainment, as these two essential releases prove. Flawless stuff.
THE BROOD
A worried father attempts to uncover a controversial psychologist’s unconventional therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of horrific murders that seem to be targeting those closest to him.
Special Features
- A new 4K restoration approved by Director David Cronenberg
- Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
- UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision
- New audio commentary by Martyn Conterio and Kat Ellinger
- Audio commentary by William Beard
- Meet the Carveths: an interview with Actors Art Hindle & Cindy Hinds by Fangoria Editor Chris Alexander
- Producing the Brood: an interview with Executive Producer Pierre David
- The Look of Rage: an interview with Cinematographer Mark Irwin
- Scoring the Brood: an interview with Composer Howard Shore
- Character for Cronenberg: an interview with Actor Robert A Silverman
- Anger Management: Cronenberg’s Brood and the Shapes of Cinematic Rage – a video essay by Leigh Singer
- Cronenberg – The Early Years: an archival interview with David Cronenberg
Limited Edition Contents
- Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi
- 120-page book with new essays by Jenn Adams, William Beard, Craig Ian Mann, Carolyn Mauricette, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Amber T, Alexandra West and Scott Wilson
- 6 collectors’ art cards
SCANNERS
A scientist recruits a drifter with extraordinary telepathic ability to hunt down an equally powerful ’scanner’ who, together with others of their kind, is hellbent on taking over the world.
Special Features
- New 4K restoration approved by Director David Cronenberg
- Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
- UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision
- New audio commentary by Caelum Vatnsdal
- Audio commentary by William Beard
- My Art Keeps Me Sane: an interview with Actor Stephen Lack
- Method in his Madness: an interview with Actor Michael Ironside
- Bad Guy Dane: an interview with Actor Lawrence Dane
- The Eye of Scanners: an interview with Cinematographer Mark Irwin
- Mind Fragments: an interview with Composer Howard Shore
- The Chaos of Scanners: an interview with Executive Producer Pierre David
- Exploding Brains & Popping Veins: an interview with Makeup Effects Artist Stephan Dupuis
- Monster Kid: an interview with Makeup Effects Artist Chris Walas
- Cronenberg’s Tech Babies: a video essay by Tim Coleman
Limited Edition Contents
- Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi
- 120-page book with new essays by Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, Eugenio Ercolani and Gian Giacomo Petrone, Kurt Halfyard, Craig Ian Mann, Francesco Massaccesi, Jessica Scott, Emma Westwood and Heather Wixson
- 6 collectors’ art cards
THE BROOD & SCANNERS are available now on Blu-ray, 4K UHD, and Limited Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray from Second Sight Films
