242 The Devil's Men (aka Land of the Minotaur)

[MichaelB]

THE DEVIL'S MEN
(Kostas Karagiannis, 1976)
Release date: 21 February 2022
Limited Edition Blu-ray

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This offbeat horror film, starring genre icons Peter Cushing (The Revenge of Frankenstein, Star Wars), Donald Pleasence (You Only Live Twice, Halloween), and Luan Peters (Twins of Evil, Doctor Who), and featuring a score by the legendary Brian Eno, tells of a Satanic cult, led by Cushing, that is abducting tourists for ritual sacrifice – and only Pleasence’s priest can save them.

An eccentric, bloody cult shocker, The Devil’s Men (also known as Land of the Minotaur) makes its world Blu-ray debut, presenting both the original and US cuts of the film in a new 2K restoration from the original negative, and accompanied by new and archival extras, including a feature-length Super 8 version of the film.


INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES


• New 2K restoration from the original negative
• Two presentations of the film: The Devil’s Men (94 mins), the original cut; and Land of the Minotaur (86 mins), the shorter US theatrical version
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with critics and authors David Flint and Adrian J Smith (2022)
• The John Player Lecture with Peter Cushing (1973): the legendary actor in conversation at the National Film Theatre, London
• Interview with producer Frixos Constantine (2022)
• Feature-length Super 8 version (94 mins)
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet featuring a new essay by Andrew Graves, an archival interview with star Donald Pleasence, extracts from original promotional materials, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies for the UK
• Extras subject to change

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BBFC cert: 15
REGION FREE
EAN: 5060697921984

[MichaelB]

Final specs:

[MichaelB]

Mondo Digital.

In 2022, Indicator gave the film its worldwide Blu-ray debut in the U.K. and U.S. as a region-free release (4,000 units combined as a limited edition split between the two territories) featuring a radically improved 2K restoration from the original negative. Anyone who wrote this film off before should give it another shot as it looks shockingly good here with significantly more image info visible than past releases, far superior contrast and detail, and more convincing color timing. It also sounds a lot better, too, with a solid DTS-HD MA English 1.0 track (with optional English SDH subtitles).

[MichaelB]

The Devil's Beaver.

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