Arrow Announces 4K “Candyman” Bluray Release

Over at the horror site Bloody Disgusting they’ve reported the official release and specs for the Arrow Video 4K release of the original Candyman on bluray that will be coming 10/29/18! The perfect release date just in time for Halloween.

Check out the specs and new cover art. It looks like Arrow Video has gone all out with this edition. As of now this is only a UK release, but hopefully in the future that will change when the rights issues in the States get sorted out. I hope a lot of you have a region free bluray player because this does look like the ultimate edition to have.

Bonus Features include:

• Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original negative and supervised and approved by writer-director Bernard Rose and director of photography Anthony B. Richmond
• 5.1 DTS-HD MA and Original Uncompressed Stereo 2.0 Audio
• 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 it today by following the link below:

https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/candyman-limited-edition-blu-ray/FCD1820

Thanks to Danny Stewart and Bloody Disgusting for the news.