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Remember the shelves of your local video store? Those days aren't gone! Reject reality and substitute your own with Arrow Video!

In 1983, entrepreneurial producer and director Charles Band founded Empire International Pictures, which would go on to make some of the most memorable and beloved genre movies of the 1980s. Empire became a mainstay of video stores across the world with their catchy titles, outlandish art and Band's wholehearted belief in giving audiences a good time.

Now Arrow Video have done the lord's work and restored these rare cult genre films and put them together in one collector's set which is available for preorder now!


Here are the goodies you get in this amazing set:

In The Dungeonmaster (AKA Ragewar), computer programmer Paul Bradford is sucked into a fantasy world by Mestema, a demonic sorcerer in search of a worthy opponent.

Meanwhile, fresh from the one-two punch of Re-Animator and From Beyond, director Stuart Gordon takes a turn toward fairytale gothic in Dolls, in which a group of strangers find themselves forced to seek shelter at the isolated home of an old toymaker and his wife, only to find that the puppets and dolls have a vicious life of their own.

In Cellar Dweller, a comic book artist (Jeffrey Combs) with a penchant for the macabre takes inspiration from an ancient tome and unleashes an ancient evil.

Arena presents the ultimate fight night event: man vs monster! In the far future of 4038, a short order cook becomes the first human in fifty years to compete in an intergalactic boxing event on the far side of the universe.

Finally in Robot Jox, Stuart Gordon directs Empire Pictures' most ambitious movie yet, as men and women pilot giant machines in gladiatorial battle to settle international disputes over territory.

Freshly restored for the digital era with a wealth of new and archival extras, these films have never looked better. No need for a time machine, these golden age video classics will send you back to the 80s!


Special Features and Technical Specs:
High Definition presentations of all five films
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Laurie Greasley
Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
Double sided posters for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
15 postcard-sized reproduction artcards
Arrow Video store "membership card"
80-page perfect bound book featuring new writing on the films by Lee Gambin, Dave Jay, Megan Navarro, and John Harrison plus select archival material

DISC ONE - THE DUNGEONMASTER
New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative
Three different versions of the film via seamless branching: the US theatrical version (The Dungeonmaster), the pre-release version and the international version (Ragewar)
Original lossless mono audio
New audio commentary with star Jeffrey Byron, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own, a new interview with star Jeffrey Byron
Theatrical trailers
Image gallery

DISC TWO - DOLLS
New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original interpositive
Original lossless stereo audio
New audio commentary by David Decoteau, Empire alumnus and friend of Stuart Gordon
Archive audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon and writer Ed Naha
Archive audio commentary with cast members Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Stephen Lee, Carrie Lorraine, and Ian Patrick Williams
Assembling Dolls, a new interview with Lee Percy, editor of Dolls, Re-Animator and From Beyond
Toys of Terror: The Making of Dolls, an archive featurette with Gordon, Yuzna, Purdy-Gordon, Williams, Brian Yuzna, Charles Band and Gabe Bartalos
Film-to-storyboard comparison
Theatrical trailers
Image gallery

DISC THREE - CELLAR DWELLER
Additional picture restoration by Arrow Films
Original lossless stereo audio
New audio commentary by special make-up effects artist Michael Deak who inhabited the Cellar Dweller creature suit, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
Grabbed by the Ghoulies, a new appreciation of John Carl Buechler, special make-up effects artist of many Empire Pictures films and director of Cellar Dweller, by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
Inside the Cellar, a new interview with special make-up effects artist Michael Deak
Original sales sheet
Original production notes
VHS trailer
Empire Pictures trailer reel
Image galleries, including behind the scenes photos courtesy of special make-up effects artist Michael Deak

DISC FOUR - ARENA
New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the last known surviving 35mm elements
Original lossless stereo audio
New audio commentary with director Peter Manoogian, moderated by film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
Alternative fullframe presentation
Not His Arena, a new interview with co-screenwriter Danny Bilson
Empire of Creatures, a new interview with special make-up effects artist Michael Deak
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery

DISC FIVE - ROBOT JOX
New 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative
Original lossless stereo audio
Archive audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon
Archive audio commentary with associate effects director Paul Gentry, mechanical effects artist Mark Rappaport, and stop-motion animator Paul Jessell
Crash and Burn, a new interview with actor Gary Graham
Her Name is Athena, a new Interview with actor Anne-Marie Johnson
The Scale of Battle: David Allen and the FX of Robot Jox, a new appreciation of stop motion animator David Allen by those who knew him, featuring contributions from fellow visual effects artists Steve Burg, Yancy Calzeda, Paul Gentry, Kevin Kutchaver, Dennis Muren and John Vincent
Looking Back, an archival interview with actor Paul Koslo
Original sales sheet
Original production notes
Theatrical trailer
Image galleries, including behind the scenes stills courtesy of associate effects director Paul Gentry
U.S. STREET DATE: JUNE 27.
UK STREET DATE: JUNE 26.


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