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ANGST follows ‘K’, recently released from prison for murder. He quickly begins to feel the need to kill again, and we follow the sadistic spiral into chaos as K embarks on a murderous spree in rural Austria.

Extras:
- Standard edition available from select stores. Only available from the Umbrella webstore, Angst 4K and Blu-ray Collector's Edition includes:
- 48 page book book of behind-the-scenes material, archival interviews and new essays by Jack Sargeant and David Michael Brown
- Custom Rigid case by RYVE CREATIVE
- Custom Slipcase Design by RYVE CREATIVE
- 8 artcards
- A3 reversible poster
- Limited Edition Numbered release
- NEW! Audio Commentary with director Gerald Kargl
- NEW! Audio Commentary with critics Kat Ellinger and Martyn Conterio
- NEW! Post-Screening Q&A with director Gerald Kargl and actor Erwin Leder
- NEW! Fear, 40 Years Later: Interview with actor Erwin Leder
- NEW! Through The Eyes of a Killer: Interview with cinematographer Zbigniew Rybczynski
- NEW! Walls That Saw Everything: Angst Location Featurette
- NEW! Killer POV: Lindsay Hallam on The Cinematography of Angst
- NEW! Angst Through the Ages: Nate Roscoe on The Chokehold of the Serial Killer on 20th Century Cinema
- Trailer

beamish14 wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 2:47 pm Pretty stacked release. I wish Zbigniew Rybczynski would get a disc of his films (hello, Radiance?)

DOBERMANN explodes with kinetic violence and dark humor, while FAT GIRL ignites controversy and conversation with its chilling honesty and haunting final act - a film as intimate as it is incendiary.

IN MY SKIN is a harrowing descent into self-mutilation and corporeal obsession, crafting a body horror classic as much psychological as it is physical, and TWENTYNINE PALMS is a bleak, hypnotic road film that strips down language, desire, and identity in the desolate American West, culminating in one of the most disturbing finales in modern cinema.

FEATURES:
-Only available from the Umbrella webstore, the New Extremity Collection Volume 2 Collector's Edition includes:
-All movies completely uncut and uncensored
-100 page book with essays by Jack Sargeant, Matt Konopka, Emma Westwood and Martyn Conterio
-Custom artwork by Chris Malbon AKA Melbs
-8 artcards
-2 x A3 reversible poster
-Limited Edition Numbered release


DOBERMANN

European screen legends Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci star in DOBERMANN, a high-octane urban western based on the graphic novel by Joel Houssin.

Yann Lepetrec, Le Dobermann, Public Enemy Number 1.

He is a modern cowboy with roots in the French tradition of criminals. Without ideological motivation, the hero is pure adrenaline, invariably pursuing danger, wherever it might be. He leads a gang of maniacs known for their garish and efficient assaults on banks, in defiance to the capacity of the police.

Directed by Jan Kounen

EXTRAS:
-NEW! Audio Commentary With Filmmakers And Film Historians Lee Zachariah And Paul Anthony Nelson
-NEW! Cassel In The Clouds: Guy Davis On The Daring, High-Wire Genre Work Of Vincent Cassel
-Audio Commentary By Director Jan Kounen, And Actors Vincent Cassel And Tchéky Karyo
-Audio Commentary By Director Jan Kounen, Author Benedicte Brunet And Screenwriter Joël Houssin
-Shoot the Dobermann: 2024 interview with Director Jan Kounen
-Shoot the Girl First! 2024 interview with Cinematographer Michel Amathieu
-Welcome to Reality Baby: 2024 interview with Visual Effects Artist Rodolphe Chabrier
-"Making Of The Film" Featurette
-“Numeric Effects" Featurette With Two Audio
-Commentaries By Supervisor Of The Macguff Special Effects Rodolphe Chabrier
-Deleted Scenes With Introductions By Director Jan Kounen
-"Before Shooting" Featurettes With Audio Commentary By Director Jan Kounen
-"Storyboards & Film" Featurette
-Trailer


FAT GIRL

Continuing her provocative and bold tradition, Catherine Breillat’s FAT GIRL (À MA SOEUR!) is an unflinchingly harsh but powerful look at female adolescence.

Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand that she is merely an object of desire. And, as such, she can only be taken. Or had. Indeed, this is the subject: a girl’s loss of virginity. And, that summer, it opens a door to tragedy.

Directed by Catherine Breillat

EXTRAS:
-NEW! Audio Commentary with critic Kat Ellinger
-NEW! An Unappealing Appetite for Sexual Maturity: Zoe Rose Smith on Fat Girl
-NEW! Such Devoted Sisters: Nadine Whitney on Sibling Rivalry and Sexuality in A Ma Soeur and Catherine Breillat's Filmography
-NEW! Aesthetics of Cruelty: Damon Smith Interviews Catherine Breillat for Reverse Shot
-"The Making of Fat Girl" featurette
-Catherine Breillat Sit Down Q&A
-Catherine Breillat at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival
-Trailers


IN MY SKIN

A film to truly get under your skin, Marina de Van’s IN MY SKIN (DANS MA PEAU) is a powerful, shocking rumination on the connection to one’s own body, and life as a woman.

Esther’s life is panning out nicely. She will soon move in with her boyfriend Vincent and she seems set to get a permanent position at the public relations company where she freelances. All would be fine if Esther didn’t accidentally discover a piercing curiosity about her own body. How deep must she cut to discover the truth?

Directed by Marina de Van

EXTRAS:
-NEW! Audio Commentary with critics Kat Ellinger and Martyn Conterio
-NEW! The Body Canvas: Willow Maclay on In My Skin
-Audio Commentary with Writer, Director and Actor Marina de Van
-"Exposed Skin" 2025 interview With Marina De Van
-Marina de Van’s Short Films “Bien Sous Tous Rapports” and “Rétention”
-US and French Trailers


TWENTYNINE PALMS

David is an independent American photographer in pursuit of unspoiled natural locations for an upcoming magazine photoshoot. Katia is his unemployed Russian girlfriend, who would follow him anywhere because she is in love. Their trip consists of passionate encounters and frequent fights, but this seemingly empty relationship takes a dark turn when a brutal incident abruptly ends their journey.

Written and Directed by Bruno Dumont (Flanders), TWENTYNINE PALMS combines French Extremity and American road movie genres to question not only what is on screen, but also the very nature of reality.

EXTRAS:
-NEW! I'm too dry, my love: Anton Bitel on arid relationships and desert politics in Bruno Dumont's Twentynine Palms
-NEW! The Neurodiverse Cinema of Bruno Dumont with Martyn Conterio
-Audio Commentary with critic Stephen A Russell
-2022 Interview with Actor David Wissak
-2004 interview with director Bruno Dumont
-2003 interview with producer Rachid Bouchareb
-“Making Of” Documentary
-Trailer

beamish14 wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 6:35 pm Twentynine Palms is a bit of an odd choice, as it doesn’t really have some of the hallmarks of the New French Exteemity. I remember it being less engaging than most of Dumont’s other features

Zot! wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 7:08 pm

beamish14 wrote: Fri Jun 27, 2025 6:35 pm Twentynine Palms is a bit of an odd choice, as it doesn’t really have some of the hallmarks of the New French Exteemity. I remember it being less engaging than most of Dumont’s other features

Yeah, that's a bit of a weird inclusion...I remember it being more like a Zabriskie Point meditative thing, but I remember even on its initial release it was sold on it's "shocker" ending. I imagine many might be bored. Funny I was actually wanting to revisit this, but wont be doing it via an odd genre collection.

mfunk9786 wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 4:05 pm Haneke set shipped from Umbrella. Had a blip of buyers remorse as I remembered that the UK set will have the US version of Funny Games, but I already own the Artificial Eye Blu-ray of that one and I doubt the transfer will be measurably different. Hoping Umbrella did good work with these films and my investment in the set turns out to be worth it - if anyone sees any early impressions out there, please share them here!

beamish14 wrote: Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:28 am Freaked by is truly an incredible release, and I’m sure it took a significant amount of pressure from its filmmakers to make Disney amenable to releasing it. Umbrella really is just about the best in the business when it comes to supplements

mfunk9786 wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:49 pm I wonder if that Seventh Continent poster is going to be aggressively folded. Plan is to frame it, it’ll be a bummer if there are creases.

Peacock wrote: Wed Apr 09, 2025 8:44 am Rubber’s Lover by Shozin Fukui is getting a Blu-Ray release at long last this year from new Australian label New Wave Video (confusingly similar to the UK label’s name!). It will be their debut release and they will be focussing on Japanese cinema.

Fans of Pinocchio 964 might want to check this out! I’m currently working my way through the recent 88 Films Disc.

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Announcement #1: Rubber's Lover (1996)

A cyberpunk nightmare, drenched in industrial horror and psychedelic visions, unfolds in this underground classic. Rogue scientists conduct sadistic experiments, pushing the boundaries of sensory overload and drug induced psychic abilities, leading to madness and destruction. From the visionary mind of Shozin Fukui (964 Pinocchio), Rubber's Lover transports viewers into a world of tech, sensory overload, and mind-melting paranoia.This brutal fusion of body horror and high-concept sci-fi is shot in stark black and white, creating a raw and visceral look that fans of the cyberpunk genre won't want to miss!

New Wave Video is proud to be restoring this masterpiece from the original camera and sound negatives.

Working closely with Shozin-san, this Director Approved edition will be stacked with newly commissioned art, essay writings, and special features.

Although we don't have a release date yet, as it's currently in production, we expect it to be released in the second half of 2025.

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Director Approved Special Edition:

1080p High Definition presentation of a NEW 4K Restoration by New Wave Video from the original 16mm camera and sound negatives
NEW Rubber Vision’s: An interview with Shozin Fukui
NEW Posi-Punk: Jasper Sharp on ‘Rubber’s Lover’
NEW Technological Oblivion & Transcendence: Rubber’s Lover Video Essay by Suzanne Boleyn
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet featuring NEW essays by Michelle Kisner and Stanley Luk
NEW Artwork by Lucas Peverill and inner design by Grindhead Productions w/ original theatrical art on the reverse
Classy Slipcover with UV/ Spot Gloss
1080p High Definition Blu-Ray
Limited Edition of 1200 Units

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Director Approved Special Edition:

1080p High Definition Presentation
NEW Ero Guro Circus: An Interview with Sion Sono
NEW Interview with Actor Issei Ishida
NEW ‘Strange Circus – An Ero Guro Legacy’ Video Essay By Suzanne Boleyn
Legacy One Hour Making Of Documentary (2005)
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet featuring NEW essays by Michelle Kisner and Nikodem Karolak
NEW design by Grindhead Productions and Original theatrical art
Classy Slipcover with UV/ Spot Gloss
Limited Edition of 1000 units

ANNOUNCEMENT SPINE #3:

UROTSUKIDOJI - THE PERFECT COLLECTION

The Legendary Saga Returns...

Dive into the dark, erotic, and apocalyptic world of Urotsukidoji with THE PERFECT COLLECTION
- a deluxe box set uniting the entire notorious franchise in one definitive release. Legend of the Overfiend shattered boundaries and ignited global controversy, forever changing how the world saw anime. Misunderstood and heavily criticized upon release, it stands as a bold '80s classic - a twisted saga of a prophesied being whose arrival sparks a violent clash between the human, demon, and man-beast worlds.

What we are planning...

2K Restoration of the original theatrical film - Beautifully remastered from rare 35mm prints.

Series 2-5 (Legend of the Demon Womb, Return of the Overfiend, Inferno Road, and The Final Chapter) - Every possible movie and OVA version.

All-New Bonus Features including interviews, critical anaysis and visual essays on the importance and controversy of the series.

Deluxe Rigid Box Packaging

Massive Collector's Book packed with rare production art, character designs and NEW essay writings.

UNLEASH THE OVERFIEND.

As devoted admirers of this grotesque and unforgettable series, our goal is to deliver the definitive release-the be-all, end-all box set.

The set wil be presented on 50GB Blu-ray discs with maxed-out bitrates to ensure the highest possible quality. Seperate standard editions will also be avallable.

As per our contract this is being produced for the Region B market.

No release date just yet-but we're aiming for a late 2025 to early 2026 release.