101 Films Giving Cult Sci-fi Trancers A 4K UHD Upgrade

101 Films presents Charles Band’s Trancers (1984), released in the UK on 4K UHD and Blu-ray for the first time. This limited-edition package includes the movie on both 4K and Blu-ray, coming to the UK in March.
Title 042 on the 101 Films Black Label, this release marks the first time Charles Band’s Trancers has been available in 4K outside of North America. Our version is packed with a whole raft of additional content, including brand new interviews with director Charles Band and editor Ted Nicolau as well as editor, writer, and fellow Full Moon Features director Chris Alexander, alongside extras from previous releases, including a hilarious commentary track with Charles Band and star Tim Thomerson, short film Trancers: City of Lost Angels, a ‘Making of’ featurette, interviews and much more.
This limited edition version comes packaged in a slipcase with beautiful new artwork, and is accompanied by a booklet with new writing on the film; ‘Adventures Across the Fourth Dimension: A Gonzo Guide to the Golden Age of Time Travel Movies’ by Rich Johnson and ‘Destination: Los Angeles 1984: How Trancers and others reshaped the City of Angels’ by James Mottram.
Led by the Philip Marlowe-inspired Jack Deth (B-movie veteran Tim Thomerson) with a supporting cast featuring a young Helen Hunt and prolific character actor Art LaFleur, Trancers is part tech noir thriller and part zombie hunt with a healthy dose of comedy and a killer synth score. Arguably the finest film produced by Charles Band’s Empire Pictures, 1984’s Trancers ended up spawning five sequels and was released during a golden decade for the sci-fi genre, with mind-bending concepts and iconic characters aplenty, but remains a relatively underseen gem and no doubt deserves its recognition as an 80s sci-fi cult classic.
Welcome to Angel City, 2247. Trooper Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson, Near Dark) is wiping out the last
disciples of Whistler, who used his psychic power to ‘trance’ those with inferior minds, forcing them to follow his every desire. Though he’d been thought dead, he’s very much alive… in the year 1985. Whistler’s master plan – kill the ancestors of the city council. With the council disbanded, nothing can stop him from controlling the city. And that’s where Deth comes in. Jack is sent back in time, inhabiting the body of his ancestor. Just one problem: Whistler’s ancestor is a police detective, and he’s been trancing people in 1985. With the help of a strong-willed punk, Lena (Academy Award winner Helen Hunt) Deth must confront Whistler one final time, while the fate of time itself hangs in the balance!
Brand new extras:
• ‘Dancing with Trancers’ – Interview with director Charles Band
• ‘A Living Daydream’ – Interview with Chris Alexander
• ‘It’s All a Daze’ – Interview with Ted Nicolaou
• Limited edition booklet
Archive extras:
• Commentary with director Charles Band and Tim Thomerson
• Trancers: City of Lost Angels – Short film
• Trancers – Video essay
• Making of featurette
• Trailer
• Interviews
• Still gallery
Trancers will be available on Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray in the UK and Ireland from
Monday 31st March.
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