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Takashi Miike’s ‘Audition’ Gets Blu-ray Release
One of the best Japanese horror films this decade, Audition, is about to get a special 10th anniversary release, courtesy of Shout Factory, reports Twitch Film. While no date is set in stone other than an October tease, below you’ll find a list of the current extra features for both the DVD and high def Blu-ray release. In the film directed by the infamous Takashi Miike, a middle-aged widower is urged by his teenage son & film producer friend to start dating again. They devise a plan to hold a phony film audition to meet new women. The widower falls for a beautiful ballerina with a suspicious past & their courtship veers from poilte romance to psychnightmare!
Shout! Factory will handle the release which is set for both DVD and Blu-ray format with the following extras in tow:
* Feature-length audio commentary with Miike and screenwriter Daisuke Tengan, who is also scripting Miike’s upcoming remake of the chanbara classic 13 ASSASSINS. Film writer and Eiga Hi-Ho contributor Masato Kobayashi moderates the Japanese-language (and English-subtitled) commentary track.
* Video introduction by Miike
* New video interview featurettes with the film’s main cast
– From Audition to Vampire Girl: Eihi Shiina
– Tokyo–Hollywood: Ryo Ishibashi
– Miike’s Toy: Renji Ishibashi
– The Man in the Bag Speaks: Ren Osugi
* Film trailer, plus liner notes by Agitator author and Midnight Eye founder Tom Mes
After releasing in theaters last month, NEON announced today that horror romance Leviticus will arrive on digital platforms to rent or own beginning July 28, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on September 8, 2026.
Leviticus marks the feature debut by writer/director Adrian Chiarella.
Joe Bird (Talk to Me) and Stacy Clausen play star-crossed teenage boys who must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
Mia Wasikowska (Crimson Peak), Jeremy Blewitt, Ewen Leslie (The Nightingale), and Davida McKenzie (Silent Night) round out the cast of horror movie Leviticus.
“Leviticus is a strong debut with an incisive voice at the helm,” I wrote in my review out of Sundance. “We care deeply about Naim and Ryan’s survival, making Leviticus a tense, atmospheric, and claustrophobic vision of young love in a hateful world.”
“Leviticus is the perfect title for writer-director Adrian Chiarella‘s powerful feature debut,” Meagan’s review explains, “a searing anthem against the corrosive nature of fear and bigotry.”
The physical media release comes packed with exclusive bonus features, the home entertainment release includes a feature commentary with Adrian Chiarella, interviews with Chiarella, Stacy Clausen, and Joe Bird, an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette, and the official trailer.
Look for Leviticus on Digital next week, and check out the box art for September’s Blu-ray release this September.
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