Arrow Video announced their full September release slate this morning, packed with gems including The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch, Death Screams, and even a Limited Edition Blu-ray for Ridley Scott’s Legend. Additionally, the original adaptation of Stephen King‘s Children of the Corn is coming to 4K Ultra HD disc for the very first time in September!
And that’s not all, as the solo 4K release for Children of the Corn, which is coming to the US and Canada, is being accompanied by a three-film trilogy set over in the UK.
The trilogy set includes Children of the Corn, Children of the Corn II and Children of the Corn III, with the first film on Region Free 4K disc and the sequels on Region 2 Blu-ray discs.
Here’s the full breakdown…
DISC 1 – CHILDREN OF THE CORN (BLU-RAY / 4K UHD BLU-RAY)
- Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films
- Audio commentary with horror journalist Justin Beahm and Children of the Corn historian John Sullivan
- Audio commentary with director Fritz Kiersch, producer Terrence Kirby and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains
- Harvesting Horror: The Making of Children of the Corn – retrospective piece featuring interviews with director Fritz Kiersch and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains
- It Was the Eighties! – an interview with actress Linda Hamilton
- Return to Gatlin – brand new featurette revisiting the film’s original Iowa shooting locations
- Stephen King on a Shoestring – an interview with producer Donald Borchers
- Welcome to Gatlin: The Sights and Sounds of Children of the Corn – an interview with production designer Craig Stearns and composer Jonathan Elias
- Cut from the Cornfield – an interview with the actor who played “The Blue Man” in the fabled excised sequence
- Theatrical Trailer
- Disciples of the Crow, a 1983 short film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story
DISC 2 – CHILDREN OF THE CORN II: THE FINAL SACRIFICE (BLU-RAY)
- Two versions of the film: the International Cut, and the US Theatrical Cut with additional CGI and an alternate audio mix (via seamless branching)
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Brand new audio commentary by critic Lee Gambin, in conversation with director David Price
- A New Harvest, a brand new interview with director David Price
- Sowing the Seeds of Terror, a brand new interview with co-screenwriter A.L. Katz
- Framing Fear, a brand new interview with cinematographer Levie Isaacks
- Workprint version of the film
- Stills gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
DISC 3 – CHILDREN OF THE CORN III: URBAN HARVEST (BLU-RAY)
- Two versions of the film, the R-rated US Cut and the Unrated International Cut with extended ending (via seamless branching)
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain
- Corn in the City, a brand new interview with screenwriter Dode Leveson
- Corn in the USA, a brand new visual essay by author and critic Guy Adams
- Early treatments, versions of the story from the development process
- Stills Galleries
- Theatrical Trailer
You can purchase Children of the Corn on 4K Ultra HD from Diabolik here in the United States, while you can grab the Children of the Corn trilogy set from Arrow Video in the UK.
