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Arrow Video bringing Lifeforce to 4K Ultra HD with new restoration

December 7, 2024 by Gary Collinson

Arrow Video is set to unleash Mathilda May’s Space Girl in 4K Ultra HD this coming February with the release of a new limited edition release of Tobe Hooper’s 1985 cult classic Lifeforce, complete with an all-new restoration of the 116-minute International Cut.

When a space shuttle crew finds a mysterious spacecraft containing three human-looking creatures in a state of suspended animation, they bring them back to Earth for further investigation.

It’s only then that scientists discover that they are in fact a race of space vampires that feed off people’s life-force, rather than their blood. So when they escape and run amok in London, the consequences are apocalyptic – and the shuttle crew’s only survivor (Steve Railsback) seems to be the only man who can stop them.

Based on Colin Wilson’s novel The Space Vampires, with a screenplay co-written by Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Return of the Living Dead) and directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist), this lively sci-fi horror romp has a stellar cast including Peter Firth, Frank Finlay and Patrick Stewart – although it’s Mathilda May’s appearance as the seductive alien leader that attracts the most attention to this day.

SEE ALSO: Lifeforce: A Movie Only Cannon Films Could Have Made

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

  • Brand new 4K restoration by Arrow Films of the 116-minute International Cut, plus a 4K restoration of the 101-minute Theatrical Cut from the original negative
  • Original lossless stereo audio plus optional 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround and Dolby Atmos remixes for both cuts
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing for both cuts
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford
  • Collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Frank Collins

DISC ONE – INTERNATIONAL CUT

  • 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
  • Audio commentary by director Tobe Hooper, moderated by filmmaker Tim Sullivan
  • Audio commentary by visual effects artist Douglas Smith, moderated by filmmaker and scholar Howard S. Berger
  • Audio commentary with make-up effects artist Nick Maley, moderated by filmmaker Michael Felsher
  • Isolated music and effects track
  • Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce, an epic look at the genesis, production and release of the film, featuring interviews with Hooper, associate producer Michael J. Kagan, editor John Grover, actors Aubrey Morris and Nicholas Ball, make-up artist Sandra Exelby, screenwriter Michael Armstrong, sound designer Vernon Messenger, art designers Tom Adams and Roger Stewart, and effects artist John Schoonraad
  • Space Vampires in London, an archive interview with Tobe Hooper
  • Dangerous Beauty, an archive interview with Mathilda May
  • Carlsen’s Curse, an archive interview with Steve Railsback
  • Textless opening sequence
  • Theatrical trailers

DISC TWO – THEATRICAL CUT

  • 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray™ presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
  • Isolated music and effects track
  • Interview outtakes from Mark Hartley’s Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, featuring Hooper, Armstrong, Grover and Messenger
  • Split screen comparison with TV version

The cult classic is is set to release on 4K Ultra HD on February 17th 2025 (which coincidentally is the same day that our debut feature film The Baby in the Basket also arrives on DVD!).

 

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Physical Media, Top Stories Tagged With: Frank Finlay, Lifeforce, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Peter Firth, Steve Railsback, Tobe Hooper

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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