ARROW Video In March Will Be Full On Fulci

2025 is only days away and those wonderful people at ARROW Video have been working hard to deliver the best visual treats. Already they are working on March release line up and it will be a month that will be full on Fulci. A month of Giallo, Brian De Palma, Samuel L Jackson getting eat by a shark, rediscovered sci-fi classic and a Japanese gem!

First up in March is one of the most powerful and unsettling giallo thrillers ever produced, from Lucio Fulci, the godfather of gore (City of the Living Dead, The House by the Cemetery) – his 1972 masterpiece, Don’t Torture a Duckling. Deemed shocking at the time for its brutal violence, depiction of the Catholic Church and themes of child murder and implied pedophilia, Don’t Torture a Duckling is widely regarded today as Fulci’s greatest film, rivalling the best of his close rival Dario Argento.

Up next is Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill, on Limited Edition 4K UHD. Upon its release in 1980, the thriller, starring Michael Caine and Angie Dickinson, was as acclaimed for its stylish set-pieces and lush Pino Donaggio score as it was condemned for its sexual explicitness – but the glee with which the writer/director turns this material inside out is completely infectious, as he delves deep inside the troubled psyches of his characters to undermine expectations at every turn. One of De Palma’s darkest and most controversial suspense thrillers, this iconic neo-Hitchcockian masterwork is delivered in stunning 4K.

Renny Harlin‘s Deep Blue Sea, on Limited Edition 4K UHD and Limited Edition Blu-ray. From the maximalist director of Die Hard II, Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight, comes this shark-infested action-thriller where everyone – including Saffron Burrows and Samuel L.Jackson – is on the menu. Embracing action, horror and suspense with a knowing sense of humour and pushing them all as far as they can go, Deep Blue Sea is an adrenaline rush of pure entertainment presented in a brand new 4K restoration approved by Harlin.

Next in March, The Terminal Man on Limited Edition Blu-ray. From the director of Get Carter and the writer of Jurassic Park comes a chilling techno-thriller starring George Segal in the titular role. Much admired by Terrence Malick, Stanley Kubrick and Robert Altman alike, Mike Hodges’ film of Michael Crichton’s novel – featuring a superb performance from Segal – is an unnerving slow-burn masterpiece long overdue for re-evaluation.

Finally in March, Play it Cool, on Limited Edition Blu-ray, a chic and erotically charged drama starring popular Japanese singer of the day Mari Atsumi as a college girl negotiating her way through the male-dominated hierarchies of Tokyo’s seductive but treacherous nightclub culture. This little-seen gem by one of Japan’s most highly regarded directors of the 1960s, Yasuzō Masumura (Giants and Toys, Irezumi), a filmmaker known for his social satires and powerful portrayals of women, as Play it Cool is released for the very first time for the home video market outside of Japan in a brand new high-definition transfer.

Don’t Torture a Duckling Limited Edition 4K UHD 24th March

When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of young boys, the superstitious locals are quick to apportion blame, with the suspects including the local “witch”, Maciara (Florinda Bolkan, A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin). With the bodies piling up and the community gripped by panic and a thirst for bloody vengeance, two outsiders – city journalist Andrea (Tomas Milian, The Four of the Apocalypse) and spoilt rich girl Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) – team up to crack the case. But before the mystery is solved, more blood will have been spilled, and not all of it belonging to innocents…

Dressed To Kill Limited Edition 4K UHD 3rd March

After sexually frustrated housewife Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) has a session with her psychiatrist, Dr Elliott (Michael Caine), she silently seduces a man in an art gallery – an assignation that ends in murder and the only witness, high-class prostitute Liz Blake (Nancy Allen), being stalked by the killer in turn.

Deep Blue Sea Limited Edition 4K UHD 17th March

At an isolated research facility in the middle of the ocean, a team of scientists, led by Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows), are working on a cure for Alzheimer’s by genetically altering the brains of sharks. When a shark escapes and attacks a pleasure boat, the company sponsoring the research threatens to pull its funding and sends corporate executive Russell Franklin (Samuel L. Jackson) to investigate. McAlester has just 48 hours to prove the value of her work, but her experiments have made the sharks smarter. No longer happy to be injected, prodded, and caged, they begin to turn the tables. As a freak storm causes chaos on the surface, making it impossible to leave, the facility is flooded and the scientists must fight to survive against the rising water and the hungry sharks that now swim freely through the corridors.

Also available: Limited Edition Blu-Ray

The Terminal Man Limited Edition Blu-ray 10th March

Harry Benson (George Segal) is a brilliant computer scientist who suffers from seizures that induce blackouts and violent behaviour. Undergoing experimental surgery, electrodes are implanted in his brain to detect oncoming seizures and stop them with an electrical impulse. But the pleasure centre of his brain becomes addicted to the stimulus, triggering seizures at shorter and shorter intervals. If they become continuous the blackouts will be permanent, and Benson a homicidal killer.

Play It Cool Limited Edition Blu-ray 3rd March

Yumi (Mari Atsumi) is a pretty fashion student who shares a cramped home with her mother Tomi (Akemi Negishi, The Saga of Anatahan) and good-for-nothing stepfather Ryoichi. Tomi works at a local hostess bar and hopes for a better fate for Yumi. When Ryoichi violently forces himself upon her blossoming daughter, Tomi is not afraid to take action to protect her, an act which lands her in jail. Left to fend for herself, Yumi is taken in by her mother’s former place of employment, where she finds herself fighting off the unwanted attentions of the men who swarm around her. Then one day, a rescue by handsome former lawyer Nozawa (Yusuke Kawazu, Cruel Story of Youth) from a vicious gangster seems to offer an escape into an altogether glitzier world, albeit one that turns out fraught with similar dangers.