Audrey Rose and Incredible But True coming from Arrow Video in November

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Before we get too deep into Arrow Video’s slate, you might be wondering where is Shawscope Volume Two? The release date has been pushed back to December 9. Now you’ll have an excuse to not go holiday events. November does have two films that touch upon nightmares. First is Audrey Rose from director Robert Wise (The Sound of Music). The movie is a nightmare when a girl starts having memories that aren’t from her life. Making things worse is a stranger claiming to be her father from an alternate reality. It’s a bit of a family nightmare from the ’70s. Incredible But True is about the nightmare that is buying real estate. A family moves into a sweet suburban neighborhood and get warned by the agent to avoid the tunnel in the basement. Why is it there? The film is from France so it might be their version of a conversation pit? Here’s the press release from Arrow Video with the bonus feature details:

Moody Horror from the ’70s and a Zany Modern Comedy
Headline Arrow’s November Lineup

As the end of the year approaches, Arrow Video continues to deliver the highest quality home video releases, including these feature films from two of cinema’s most unique voices.

In 1977, Robert Wise returned to his horror roots one last time to direct the film adaption of Frank De Felitta‘s novel, Audrey Rose. Bill (John Beck) and Janice Templeton (Marsha Mason) are a wealthy couple living in Manhattan with their 11-year-old daughter. The couple’s idyllic life is interrupted when they realize that a man appears to be stalking them in public. Eventually, the man reaches out and introduces himself as Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins). Elliot believes that the Templeton’s child is the reincarnation of his deceased daughter. 

Arrow Video will be releasing Wise’s horror swan song on a stunning new Blu-ray on November 8. This new release features a brand-new 2K restoration from a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative. Special features include new and archival interviews about both the film and the concept of reincarnation.

Over the last decade, few filmmakers have had a style and voice as distinct as that of French director Quentin DupieuxIncredible But True is the latest example of Dupieux’s unique comedic taste. A couple living a nice suburban life have their world flipped upside down when they uncover a mystery in their new home.

Incredible But True premiered at the 72nd Annual Berlin Film Festival to rave reviews. The film has a 96% Tomatometer rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising Dupieux and his zany brand of humor. Kat Hughes of THN describes Incredible But True as “a quirky and exciting analysis of the aging process told in an innovative way,” while Martin Unsworth of Starburst writes that Dupieux “continues his streak of bizarre movies with this light-hearted but poignant tale that has a Charlie Kaufman quality.”
Incredible But True comes home to Blu-ray on November 8. Special features include cast and crew interviews and an appreciation of Dupiex’s films from critic Elena Lazic.

Audrey Rose
A stranger attempts to convince a happily married couple that their daughter is actually his daughter reincarnated.
Audrey Rose
List Price: $39.95  

Master filmmaker Robert Wise began his career with horror classics The Curse of the Cat People and The Body Snatcher for producer Val Lewton. His career would go on to include westerns, thrillers, science fiction and musicals, earning him two academy awards for Best Director. In 1963 he returned to his Lewtonian roots with the classic ghost story The Haunting. In 1977 he returned once more with the supernatural thriller Audrey Rose. All Bill and Jane Templeton wish for is a quiet, peaceful life with their 11-year-old daughter Ivy. But their dreams turn to nightmares as Ivy is besieged first by terrifying ‘memories’ of events that never occurred… and then by a mysterious stranger who stalks her every move, and claims that Ivy was in fact his daughter in another life. Released in the wake of The Exorcist and The Omen, Audrey Rose is an intelligent, heartfelt drama that approaches its subject with an open mind and seriousness of intent that caught many off guard but typifies Wise’s previous genre forays. Sensitively played by a sterling cast at the top of their game, this underseen gem deserves a place on the shelf of any fan of classic horror.

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Bonus Materials
Brand new 2K restoration by Arrow Films from a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative
High Definition (1080p) Blu-Ray presentation
Original lossless mono audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Brand new audio commentary by film critic Jon Towlson
Faith and Fraud, a brand new interview with magician Adam Cardone about reincarnation and belief in Audrey Rose
Then and Now, a brand new featurette looking at the New York locations used in the film
I’ve Been Here Before, archive visual essay by Lee Gambin looking at reincarnation in cinema
Investigator: The Paranormal World of Frank De Felitta, an archive interview with the author and scriptwriter of Audrey Rose
The Role of a Mother, an archive Interview with Marsha Mason
Hypnotist: Inside the score for Audrey Rose, an archive interview with film music historian Daniel Schweiger
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Christopher Shy
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: fully illustrated collectors booklet featuring new writing by critics Kimberly Lindbergs and Johnny Mains

Incredible But True
Alain and Marie moved to the house of their dreams, but the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may change their lives forever.
Incredible But True
List Price: $39.95

Quirky, deadpan humor, an absurdist eye for French social etiquette and a keen sense of the folly of existence are among the hallmarks of the oddball comedies of director Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Deerskin), and Incredible But True is no different. The film has been described as “a fun little trinket that unmistakably comes from Dupieux’s far-out perspective” (Jessica Kiang, Variety) and “a film with something of Charlie Kaufman or Spike Jonze” (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian). Alain (Alain Chabat, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) and Marie (Léa Drucker, War of the Worlds) are a middle-aged bourgeois couple who move to their new house in a quiet suburb. A key feature of their new abode that the estate agent points out to them is a mysterious tunnel in the basement. Little do they realise that it will turn their lives upside down… Incredible But True is an inventive and nimble tale that perfectly showcases the singular and eccentric vision that has made Dupieux the most exciting director working in France today.

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Bonus Materials
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Original 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround audio and optional lossless stereo audio
Optional English subtitles
Cast and director Interviews with Alain Chabat, Benoît Magimel and Quentin Dupieux
Upside Down, Inside Out, An Appreciation of the Films of Quentin Dupieux by critic Elena Lazic
Trailer gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anton Bitel and interviews with the cast, and reversible poster featuring two choices of artwork
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