since 1994, second sight films has treated cinema not as product, but as art worth preserving. their releases feel like love letters: restorations that shimmer, extras that enlighten, and packaging made to keep. the catalogue brims with treasures, from the haunting mystery of picnic at hanging rock to the blood-soaked power of the texas chainsaw massacre, and the neon-fuelled cool of drive. whether cult classic or modern masterpiece, each release is presented with the care and reverence it deserves.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

Five friends travelling through rural Texas stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. The group soon find themselves picked off, one-by-one, by a masked madman with a chainsaw.

 

• new Dolby Atmos, stereo and restored original mono mix produced by Second Sight Films

• Audio Commentary: New commentary by Amanda Reyes and Bill Ackerman, With Writer-Producer-Director Tobe Hooper, With Cinematographer Daniel Pearl, Editor J. Larry Carroll, Sound Recordist Ted Nicolaou, With Writer-Producer-Director Tobe Hooper, Cinematographer Daniel Pearl, Actor Gunnar Hansen, With Actors Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger and Paul A. Partain, and Art Director Robert A. Burns

• Documentaries: The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – a new feature-length documentary produced by Second Sight Films, Behind The Mask: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Shocking Truth documentary plus outtakes, Cutting Chain Saw with Editor J. Larry Carroll, Granpaw’s Tales with Actor John Dugan, Horror’s Hallowed Grounds, Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of The Saw, Off The Hook with Actor Teri McMinn, The Business of Chain Saw with Production Manager Ron Bozman, House Tour with Actor Gunnar Hansen

• Interviews: Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel

• Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Trailers, TV and Radio Spots, Stills Gallery

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picnic at hanging rock

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

On Saturday 14th February 1900 a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon several members of the party disappeared without trace…

 

• A new Second Sight Films 4K scan and restoration from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Peter Weir and Director of Photography Russell Boyd

• 2 disc edition

• Includes restorations of the Director’s Cut and original Theatrical Cut

• Audio Commentary: film academics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson

• Documentaries & Interviews: A Lovely Day for a Picnic – a new interview with Actor Karen Robson, Finding the Light – a new interview with Director of Photography Russell Boyd, Crashing Through Boundaries – a new interview with Camera Operator John Seale, Something Beyond Explanation – Thomas Caldwell on Picnic at Hanging Rock, A Dream within a Dream – feature-length documentary, An interview with Joan Lindsay, Recollection: Hanging Rock 1900

• Outtakes, Original long trailer

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Drive

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

A laconic best in the business getaway driver with a strict professional code has his life loner lifestyle turned upside down when he falls for his neighbour Irene. With her ex-con husband owing protection money she’s drawn into a dangerous underworld and only the driver can save her.

 

• A Special Edition release presented by Second Sight Films and Director Nicolas Winding Refn

• Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio

• New exclusive audio commentary by Nicolas Winding Refn and The Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw

• Drive: a 70 minutes conversation with Nicolas Winding Refn, Editor Mat Newman and Composer Cliff Martinez 

• Cutting a Getaway – a new interview with Mat Newman

• 3 Point Turns – a new video essay by Leigh Singer

• Optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired

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under the shadow

available on blu-ray

 

In 1988 Tehran, Shideh’s attempts to rejoin medical school are thwarted as a consequence of her politically active history. Her husband is sent off to serve in the Iran-Iraq War while Iraqi air raids draw perilously close to their own apartment. As neighbours and friends flee from a city in chaos she is left alone with her daughter Dorsa who becomes increasingly ill and seemingly disturbed. Shideh initially dismisses her tantrums over a missing doll but is soon terrified they’ve been targeted by a djinn – a malevolent spirit that steals from those it seeks to possess.

 

• Language(s): Farsi

• Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English

• Subtitles: English

• Additional Features: Interactive Menu

• Commentary: Babak Anvari and Jamie Graham

• Interviews: Babak Anvari (director); Narges Rashidi (actor); Lucan Toh and Oliver Roskill (producers); Kit Fraser (cinematographer)

• Short Film: Two & Two by Babak Anvari

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the sacrament

available on blu-ray

 

a journalist and his crew travel to a remote commune to document the life of a friend who has joined a secluded religious community. what begins as a seemingly idyllic visit quickly turns nightmarish as they uncover the commune’s disturbing rules, escalating paranoia, and the chilling extent of the leaders’ control. trapped in an isolated and increasingly dangerous environment, the group faces a tense and horrifying struggle to survive as the commune’s dark secrets come to light.

 

• Documentaries: We’re Not Sinners Here

• Interviews: AJ Bowen (actor); Joe Swanberg (actor); Amy Seimetz (actor); Gene Jones (actor); Peter Phok (producer)

• Additional Features: Making of Documentary, Truthiness: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on The Sacrament

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assault on precinct 13

available on blu-ray

 

John Carpenter directs this tense remake of the classic Howard Hawks western ‘Rio Bravo’. Set in modern-day Los Angeles, it concerns a mob of crazy guerilla gunmen who lay siege to a soon-to-be-closed police station, trapping a single cop (Austin Stoker) and a couple of secretaries (Laurie Zimmer and Nancy Loomis) inside. The gunmen unleash wave upon wave of attacks on the beleaguered station, but the cop proves himself a resourceful foe.

 

• Commentary: John Carpenter; Tommy Lee Wallace

• Documentaries: Captain Voyeur; Do You Remember; The Sassy One

• Interviews: Austin Stoker; Joseph Kaufman; Tommy Lee Wallace; John Carpenter

• Radio Spots, Trailers

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The Blair Witch Project

available on blu-ray

 

Three film students head into the woodlands of Maryland in search of the Blair Witch, a local legend that has haunted the town of Burkittsville for centuries, as part of a documentary project. They were never seen again. This footage is all that remains of that fateful excursion.

 

• Bonus Footage

• Commentary: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson; Directors and producers

• Deleted Scenes

• Documentaries: The Blair Witch Documentary; The Blair Witch Project: Analogue Horror in a Digital World by Mike Muncer; Curse of the Blair Witch; Cannes 1999

• Includes: restored and remastered Original Theatrical Cut and Festival Cut plus original-release version

• Alternate Endings

• Trailer

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You’re Next

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

A family reunion takes an unexpected and gruesome turn when their home is invaded by masked killers. What the cold-blooded intruders don’t count on however is a guest that can turn just as violent they are.

 

• Commentary: Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett; Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Sharni Vinson (actor) and Barbara Crampton (actor)

• Documentaries: Slashers Don’t Die; Who’s Next?

• Interviews: Adam Wingard (director) and Simon Barrett (writer); Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder (producers); AJ Bowen (actor); Joe Swanberg (actor); Amy Seimetz (actor); Tom Hammock (production designer)

• Additional Features: Making of Documentary, Animated storyboards

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creep

available on blu-ray

 

A videographer answers an online ad for a one-day job in a remote town to record the last messages of a dying man to his unborn child. As the day progresses the man’s requests and behaviour become increasingly more bizarre.

 

• Bonus Footage

• Commentary: Patrick Brice, Christopher Donlon and Mark Duplass; Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass

• Deleted Scenes

• Documentaries: 10 Years of Creep

• Interviews: Patrick Brice (actor/writer/director); Mark Duplass (actor); Christopher Donlon (editor)

• Alternative Endings

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Green Room

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

a struggling punk rock band finds themselves in a nightmare after an unplanned gig at a remote neo-nazi bar takes a deadly turn. when they accidentally witness a brutal murder, the group becomes trapped in the venue’s grim and claustrophobic green room, surrounded by violent extremists who will stop at nothing to silence them. cut off from the outside world, the band members must rely on their wits, resourcefulness, and sheer will to survive as the night spirals into chaos. what begins as a desperate bid to escape quickly turns into a harrowing fight for their lives, where every decision could mean the difference between freedom and a violent end.

 

• Commentary: Jeremy Saulnier; Reyna Servantes and Prince Jackson

• Documentaries: Nazi Punks Fck Off: Thomas Caldwell on Green Room*; Into the Pit; Making of Documentary

• Interviews: Jeremy Saulnier (writer/director); Callum Turner (actor); Brooke and Will Blair (composers); Ryan Warren Smith (production designer)

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In Bruges

available on blu-ray

 

Violent crime comedy directed by Martin McDonagh, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. When hitmen Ray and Ken (Farrell and Gleeson) are ordered to murder a priest in London, and the job goes wrong, they are told by their boss Harry (Fiennes) to lay low for a couple of weeks in the quaint city of Bruges, Belgium. However, Ray finds himself very much outside his comfort zone and his contrary ways lead him into increasingly dangerous situations with locals, tourists and a film crew.

 

• Six Shooter: Martin McDonagh’s Oscar Winning Short Film in HD

• Shoot First, Sightsee Later: A New Interview With Director of Photography Eigil Bryld

• Finding the Rhythm: A New Interview With Editor Jon Gregory

• Finding Bruges: A New Interview With Production Designer Michael Carlin

• The Alcove Guy: A New Interview With Actor Eric Godon

• When in Bruges – interviews with cast and crew and on-set footage

• Strange Bruges – interviews with cast and crew and on-set footage

• Deleted Scenes

• Boat Trip Around Bruges

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The Babadook

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

Widowed mother Amelia is struggling following the violent death of her husband and her son Samuel’s fears that a monster is coming for them. When a storybook featuring the sinister Mister Babadook appears in their home, Samuel is convinced he is the monstrous creature and Amelia slowly begins to sense a very real ominous presence.

 

• A new audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson

• This is my House: a new interview with Actor Essie Davis

• The Sister: a new interview with Actor Hayley McElhinney

• Don’t Let It In: a new interview with Producer Kristina Ceyton

• Conjuring Nightmares: a new interview Producer Kristian Moliere
  

• Shaping Darkness: a new interview with Editor Simon Njoo
  

• If It’s in a Name or in a Look: a new interview with Production Designer Alex Holmes

• The Bookmaker: a new interview with the book designer Alexander Juhasz

• Monster: Jennifer Kent’s original short film

• They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making Of

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the hitcher

available on 4k uhd

 

A would-be samaritan picks up a hitchhiker and soon discovers the man is a relentless serial killer. Framed by the cold-blooded murderer for a string of slayings, his only help comes from a caring waitress as they attempt to flee from both the law and the hitcher.

 

• Bonus Footage

• Commentary: Audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas; Audio commentary with Director Robert Harmon and Writer Eric Red; Scene-specific commentary with Robert Harmon, Eric Red, Executive Producer Edward S. Feldman, Composer Mark Isham, Director of Photography John Seale, and Actors Rutger Hauer & C. Thomas Howell

• Interviews: Bullseye – interview with Robert Harmon; Penning the Ripper – interview with Eric Red; Doomed to Live – interview with C. Thomas Howell; The Man from Oz – interview with John Seale; A Very Formative Score – interview with Mark Isham; The Projection Booth podcast featuring Robert Harmon and Rutger Hauer; Duel Runner – Leigh Singer on the evolution of The Hitcher and Rutger Hauer

• Short Films & Features: China Lake – short film by Robert Harmon, newly restored; The Calling Card – Robert Harmon on China Lake; Telephone – short film by Eric Red; The Hitcher – How Do These Movies Get Made?

• Trailers

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it follows

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

after an intimate encounter with her new boyfriend, a young woman finds herself haunted by a relentless supernatural entity. the curse passes through physical intimacy, leaving her desperate to uncover its origins while battling mounting paranoia, fear, and imminent danger.

 

• Commentary: Joshua Grimm; Danny Leigh and Mark Jancovich

• Documentaries: It Follows: The Architecture of Loneliness

• Interviews: Keir Gilchrist (actor); Olivia Luccardi (actor); David Kaplan (actor); Rich Vreeland (composer); Michael Perry (production designer)

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possessor

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

An elite corporate assassin takes control of other people’s bodies using brain-implant technology to execute high-profile targets. With each hit comes a stronger lust for blood, throwing the whole operation into jeopardy.

 

• Bonus Footage

• Commentary: Brandon Cronenberg, Rob Cotterill, Karim Hussain and Dan Martin (special effects artist)

• Deleted Scenes

• Documentaries: Disassociating from Mind and Body: Zoe Rose Smith on Possessor; A Heightened World: A Look at Possessor; Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life; The Joy of Practical: The Effects of Possessor

• Interviews: Brandon Cronenberg (director); Karim Hussain (cinematographer); Rob Cotterill (producer)

• Additional Features: Camera test footage; FX show and tell with Dan Martin

• Short Film: Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences As They Come to You

• Trailers

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Raw

available on blu-ray

 

Strict vegetarian Justine faces a merciless onslaught of hazing rituals during her first week at veterinary school. One of these is the eating of raw meat and desperate to fit in she can’t refuse. This taste of flesh not only compromises her principles but awakens an uncontrollable craving with horrific consequences.

 

• The Girl Can’t Help It: a new interview with Actor Garance Marillier

• Making Ends Meat: a new interview with Producer Jean des Forets

• New audio commentary by film critic Alexandra West

• Audio Commentary with Julia Ducournau and film critic Emma Westwood

• In the Name of Raw: an interview with Director Julia Ducournau

• A Family Affair: a new video essay by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

• Raw À Votre Goût –featurette with Julia Ducournau & film critic Emma Westwood

• Quick Bites with Julia Ducournau & film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

• Genre Matters Panel Discussion

• Alternative opening, deleted scenes, trailers

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The Witch

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation and relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest—within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen —animals turn malevolent, crops fail, one child disappears and another seems to become possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, daughter Thomasin is accused of witchcraft.

 

• Archive audio commentary by Director Robert Eggers

• New audio commentary by film writer and broadcaster Anna Bogutskaya

• A Puritan Nightmare: a new interview with Robert Eggers

• Embracing Darkness: a new interview with Anya Taylor-Joy

• Love Thy Father: a new interview Ralph Ineson

• A Pious Wife: a new interview with Actor Kate Dickie

• Caleb’s Lament: a new interview with Actor Harvey Scrimshaw

• A Primal Folktale: features interviews with Robert Eggers and cast

• BFI London Film Festival Q&A with Robert Eggers, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson and Producer Jay Van Hoy

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Dog Soldiers

available on 4k uhd & blu-ray

 

On a routine training mission in the Scottish Highlands, a small squad of British soldiers come across the bloody remains of a Special Forces team with a sole survivor. They soon discover the savage attackers are werewolves, and as the full moon rises they face a long night ahead and a fight for their lives.

 

• A new restoration from the Original Camera Negative approved by Director Neil Marshall and Director of Photography Sam McCurdy

• Archive audio commentary by Director Neil Marshall

• Archive audio commentary by Archive audio commentary by Producers David E. Allen and Brian O’Toole

• New audio commentary by writer and Associate Professor of Film Alison Peirse

• Werewolves, Crawlers, Cannibals and More: a new 40-minute interview with Neil Marshall

• A History of Lycanthropy: author Gavin Baddeley on Werewolf Cinema

• Werewolves, Folklore and Cinema: a video essay by author Mikel J. Koven

• Werewolves vs Soldiers: The Making of Dog Soldiers with Neil Marshall, Producers Christopher Figg and Keith Bell, Actors Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Darren Morfitt, Leslie Simpson and Emma Cleasby, Special Effects Artist Bob Keen and more!

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Absolute Beginners

available on blu-ray

 

Musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes’ novel about teenage life in 1950s London. Set in 1958, young photographer Colin (Eddie O’Connell) falls in love with aspring model Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit), but her interests lie more in her budding career than in the affections of a man. When Crepe leaves town to pursue her dreams, Colin is taken under the wing of advertising executive Vendice Partners (David Bowie) who helps him realise that he can have his own career. The soundtrack includes songs by Sade, Tenpole Tudor and The Style Council as well as the title track by David Bowie.

 

• First time release for a brand new 2k restoration of the film

• Absolute Ambition: A newly produced 53 minute documentary featuring interviews with Julien Temple, Stephen Woolley, Nik Powell, Oliver Stapleton, John Beard, Ted Tudor Pole and Eddie O’Connell

• English Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing

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walkabout

available on blu-ray

 

A young sister and brother are left stranded in the blistering heat of the vast Australian outback. Facing exhaustion and starvation, their salvation comes when they cross paths with an Aboriginal boy on ‘walkabout’, a ritual in which he must leave his home and learn to survive off the land. He teaches them how to survive in the wilderness but a clash of cultures leads to terrible and tragic consequences.

 

• Brand new 4k scan and restoration

• A new audio commentary with Luc Roeg and David Thompson

• Producing Walkabout: a new interview with Producer Si Litvinoff

• Luc’s Walkabout: a new interview with Luc Roeg

• Jenny in the Outback: a new interview with Jenny Agutter

• Remembering Roeg: a new interview with Danny Boyle

• 2011 BFI Q&A with Nicolas Roeg, Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg

• Archive introduction by Nicolas Roeg

• English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired

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