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‘The Eye’ 4K Trailer – First Look at Arrow Video’s New Restoration [Exclusive]
The Eye is coming to 4K Ultra HD on April 21 via Arrow Video, and we have your first look at the new 4K restoration in the trailer below.
The 2002 supernatural horror film is directed by the Pang Brothers (Bangkok Dangerous), who co-wrote the script with Yuet-Jan Hui.
Special features:
- 4K restoration by Arrow Films, presented in Dolby Vision (new)
- Original lossless Cantonese DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and stereo audio with optional English subtitles
- Reflections on The Eye – Interview with producer Peter Ho-Sun Chan (new)
- To See and to Feel: Vision, Empathy and the Feminine Ghost Story in The Eye – Visual essay on the film by film critic Heather Wixson (new)
- Making-of featurette with interviews with producers Peter Ho-Sun Chan and Lawrence Cheng and actors Angelica Lee and Lawrence Chou
- Featurette on directors Danny and Oxide Pang
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
Also included:
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
- Collectors’ booklet with new writing on the film by Asian cinema specialist Hayley Scanlon
When blind musician Wong Kar Mun has her eyesight restored following a cornea transplant, she’s initially astounded to discover the beauty of the world around her. Her nascent wonder soon turns to fear as her newfound sight becomes plagued with harrowing and uncanny visions.
She confides in her psychiatrist Dr Wah who believes her body is just adapting to her new corneas. But his skepticism quickly shatters when they realize Wong Kar Mun’s visions are not hallucinations, but grim portents of death.
Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, and Chutcha Rujinanon star.
Paul Lê wrote in his Horrors Elsewhere column back in 2021, “From smoldering scares including the most suspenseful elevator ride in cinema, to the unhurried and organic character development, The Eye is an all-around achievement in spectral storytelling.”
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‘The Haunting of Pennhurst’ Exclusive Clip Trains Scare Actors For Historic Haunt in Tribeca Doc
The past and present collide in haunting, poignant ways in the genre documentary The Haunting of Pennhurst, which sees a Halloween haunt serve as a reclamation of true historic horrors.
Ahead of its world premiere at the 25th Tribeca Film Festival, we have an exclusive clip that sees scare actors in training for the Halloween season. The catch? This haunt is opening at the historic Pennhurst State School & Hospital site, a facility that caused immense harm to its disabled patients over decades of its operation.
In the documentary, “For over seventy years, Pennhurst State School & Hospital was called a place of care. What happened inside killed over half its population. It closed in 1987, leaving behind unmarked graves and an unresolved history. Today, on those same grounds, disabled performers – many living with the same conditions that once sent people to Pennhurst – put on their makeup, pull on their costumes, and prepare to scare people for a living.
“Through grit, compassion, and buckets of blood, the eclectic performers of the Pennhurst Asylum haunted attraction are wrestling with a space that is at once a lucrative business and a gravesite.”
The upcoming documentary hails from directing trio Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak, who explore their socially-relevant subject through archival footage, first-hand accounts, and an immersive verité.
“Pennhurst has haunted us since we first passed through its dragon-tooth gates; the horrors of the institution echo through the site today. We are so grateful to bring this film to the Tribeca Festival, particularly the Escape from Tribeca section, which feels right for a story where past and present bleed together. We hope audiences leave unnerved and asking the same uncomfortable questions we did,” Attie, Stenberg, and Poljak said in a statement.
Watch the clip below that sees disabled and neurodivergent scare actors learning the ropes of a Halloween haunt, reclaiming the site’s grim history in the process.
Tribeca Screenings:
- Public 1 (Premiere) Screening – Friday, June 5 at 9:15PM at Village East by Angelika
- Public 2 Screening – Sunday, June 7 at 3:15PM at Village East by Angelika
- Public 3 Screening – Tuesday, June 9 at 6:15PM at Village East by Angelika