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The NC-17 Version of David Cronenberg’s ‘Crash’ Has Been Restored in 4K!
We learned earlier this summer that David Cronenberg‘s Crash is finally getting a Blu-ray release (over in Germany), and today brings word that the NC-17 version of the controversial erotic thriller has been restored in 4K by Recorded Picture Company and Turbine Media Group.
The news comes courtesy of The Playlist, and they note that both Cronenberg and director of photography Peter Suschitzky supervised the restoration from the original negative.
This brand new restoration will screen at the Venice Film Festival this year, “and will then look for worldwide distribution afterward.”
“Strange to think that this movie needed restoration,” said Cronenberg. “Seems like only yesterday that we were shooting it. Just emphasizes the fragility of our beautiful art form, but also its resilience. Wonderful to see it and hear it in its full glory after its loving resurrection by Turbine.”
An adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s same-named novel from 1973, Crash starred James Spader, Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette, telling the story of a group of people who take sexual pleasure from car crashes. It was originally released back in 1996.
It’s been 17 years since the release of horror sequel The Descent: Part 2, and the film is returning to physical media with a brand new 4K Ultra HD SteelBook from Lionsgate Limited.
This marks the first time The Descent: Part 2 has been released on 4K in the U.S.
Now up for pre-order, the 4K SteelBook will be released on August 11, 2026.
The Descent: Part 2 follows Sarah Carter (Shauna Macdonald) — dazed, bloodied, and speechless — as she emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where the events of The Descent occurred. Forced back underground to help the rescue team search for her missing girlfriends, Sarah’s fractured memories begin to return, and she realizes the full horror of what lurks in the depths of the caves. But the rescue team is about to face a new tribe of deformed crawlers — even more viciously feral than those Sarah encountered before.
- The Lionsgate Limited Edition 4K includes new special features:
• Flashback on The Descent: Part 2 — Shauna Macdonald
• Flashback on The Descent: Part 2 — Krysten Cummings - Legacy Special Features:
• Audio Commentary with Director Jon Harris and Actors Shauna Macdonald, Krysten Cummings, and Anna Skellern
• The Making of The Descent: Part 2: Deeper & Darker
• The Genesis
• Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
• EPK B-roll
• EPK Interview Clips
• Production Design Gallery
• Storyboard Gallery
• U.S. Trailer
• International Trailer
The 2-Disc 4K & Blu-ray release features new SteelBook art by Matt Ryan Tobin.
Check it out below and pre-order your copy from Lionsgate Limited today.
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