What a lovely surprise! Arrow Video has announced a special limited edition release of Candyman on newly-restored Blu-Ray.
The special features are INSANE and are as follows:
* Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original negative and supervised and approved by writer-director Bernard Rose and director of photography Anthony B. Richmond
* Optional English subtitles
* Exclusive packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin
* 6 Lobby Card reproductions
* Fully illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by festival programmer Michael Blyth
* Limited Edition perfect-bound booklet reproducing the original hand-painted storyboards by Bernard Rose
* Brand new audio commentary with writer-director Bernard Rose and actor Tony Todd
* Brand new audio commentary with Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
* Be My Victim – a brand new interview with Tony Todd
* It Was Always You, Helen – a brand new interview with Virginia Madsen
* The Writing on the Wall: The Production Design of Candyman – a brand new interview with production designer Jane Ann Stewart
* Forbidden Flesh: The Makeup FX of Candyman – brand new interviews with special makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Gary J. Tunnicliffe and Mark Coulier
* A Story to Tell: Clive Barker’s “The Forbidden” – writer Douglas E. Winter on Clive Barker’s seminal Books of Blood and Candyman’s source story, “The Forbidden”
* Urban Legend: Unwrapping Candyman – a critical analysis of the film with writers Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
* Theatrical Trailer
* Three rarely-seen Bernard Rose short films, newly restored in HD: Looking at Alice (30 mins, 1978), A Bomb with No Name on It (3 mins, 1976)
* The Wreckers (5 mins)
You can pre-order the edition now, but it will be released on 29th October 2018, so will make the perfect treat for this Halloween.
Words: Jessy Williams (@JessyCritical)
