Shawscope Volume Four (Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Arrow Video) [UK]

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Release date: December 8, 2025
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £120.00 (Arrow Films) - £169.99 (Amazon) - £119.99 (Zavvi - HMV)

 

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Limited Edition Blu-ray Contents

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all sixteen films, all newly restored in 2K from the original negatives by Arrow Films
• Illustrated 60-page collectors' booklet featuring new writing by David West, Jonathan Clements and Grady Hendrix, plus cast and crew listings and notes on each film by Ian Jane
• New artwork by Matt Frank & Jolyon Yates, Mike Lee-Graham, Chris Malbon and Ilan Sheady

DISC ONE - SUPER INFRAMAN

• Newly restored lossless Mandarin, Cantonese and English mono audio
• Newly translated English subtitles, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
• Option to view the film in its US theatrical version, Infra-man, with lossless "Stereo-Infra-Sound" surround audio
• Brand new commentary by martial arts cinema experts Frank Djeng & Erik Ko
• Shaws' Little Dragon, a newly filmed interview with co-star Bruce Le
• Super Ultra Infra Action!, a brand new video essay on Shaws' tokusatsu films written and narrated by Steven Sloss
• Theatrical trailers, TV spots and radio spots

DISC TWO - OILY MANIAC / BATTLE WIZARD

• Newly restored lossless Mandarin mono for both films, plus English mono for Battle Wizard
• Newly translated English subtitles for both films, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub on Battle Wizard
• Brand new commentary on Oily Maniac by critic Ian Jane
• Brand new commentary on Battle Wizard by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of the Martial Arts

DISC THREE - BLACK MAGIC / BLACK MAGIC PART 2

• Newly restored lossless Mandarin and English mono audio for both films
• Newly translated English subtitles for both films, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dubs
• Brand new commentary for Black Magic by critic James Mudge
• Brand new commentary for Black Magic Part 2 by critic Samm Deighan
• Alternate US opening for Black Magic Part 2

DISC FOUR - HEX / BEWITCHED

• Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
• Newly translated English subtitles for both films
• Brand new commentary for Bewitched by critic James Mudge

DISC FIVE - HEX VS. WITCHCRAFT / HEX AFTER HEX

• Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
• Newly translated English subtitles for both films
• Additional Mandarin voiceover clip for Hex Vs. Witchcraft

DISC SIX - BAT WITHOUT WINGS / BLOODY PARROT

• Newly restored lossless Mandarin mono audio for both films
• Newly translated English subtitles for both films
• Brand new commentaries for both films by critic Samm Deighan

DISC SEVEN - THE FAKE GHOST CATCHERS / DEMON OF THE LUTE

• Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
• Newly translated English subtitles for both films
• Brand new commentary for Demon of the Lute by martial arts cinema expert Frank Djeng

DISC EIGHT - SEEDING OF A GHOST / PORTRAIT IN CRYSTAL

• Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
• Newly translated English subtitles for both films
• Brand new commentary for Seeding of a Ghost by critic James Mudge

DISC NINE - TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

• Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio
• Newly translated English subtitles
• Seamless branching option to watch Cantonese version with additional scene from Mandarin version
• Brand new commentary by martial arts cinema expert Frank Djeng
• Newly filmed interview with director/co-writer Alex Cheung
• Newly filmed appreciation by film scholar Victor Fan
• Theatrical trailer

DISC TEN - BONUS DISC

• Hong Kong: The Show of Mister Shaw, a 1972 French TV profile of Shaw Brothers
• Brand new video essay on Ho Meng-hua written and narrated by Grady Hendrix
• Newly filmed appreciations of Super Inframan by Leon Hunt, Luke White and Kim Newman
• Newly filmed appreciation of Bat Without Wings by Wayne Wong
• Newly filmed appreciation of Demon of the Lute by Luke White
• Newly filmed appreciations of Battle Wizard and Demon of the Lute by Victor Fan
• Theatrical trailers for most of the films in the set, some never seen on video before