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For the First Time in North America, ‘Mothra’ is Coming to Blu-ray!
On the road to the Kaiju character’s MonsterVerse arrival in the upcoming Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Mill Creek Entertainment has announced this week that the original Mothra (1961) is headed to Blu-ray for the very first time here in North America!
Housed in special edition Steelbook packaging, the Mill Creek release includes both the U.S. theatrical cut as well as the original, extended Japanese version of the film.
Special Features include:
- Both the Japanese and U.S. edits of the film
- Feature-length commentary with sci-fi historians Steve Ryfle & Ed Godziszewski
- Trailers
- Photo gallery
In the 1961 classic, “Following reports of human life on Infant Island, the supposedly deserted site of atomic bomb tests, an international expedition to the heavily-radiated island discovers a native tribe and tiny twin female fairies called “Shobijin” who guard a sacred egg. The overzealous expedition leader kidnaps the Shobijin to exhibit in a Tokyo stage show but soon they summon their protector, hatching the egg and releasing a giant caterpillar. When Mothra arrives in Japan and finally transforms into the ultimate beast, impervious to modern weapons, the nation and its people face their destruction.”
Mothra‘s North American Blu-ray debut arrives on July 9, 2019!
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After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.
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