Scream Factory are officially dipping their toes into the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray pool with John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness: Collector’s Edition on January 19th, 2021.
Tech specs for the North American debut of Prince of Darkness in 4K include 7.1 Dolby Atmos, also available on the Blu-ray release day-and-date, as well as Dolby Vision HDR.
Update: Amazon has their pre-order up with an incorrect picture that will be fixed at some point.
All bonus features from the 2013 Scream Factory Collector’s Edition will be included. Here’s a rundown of everything on each disc.
4K UHD Bonus Features
- Audio Commentary with director John Carpenter and actor Peter Jason
- Theatrical trailer
Blu-ray Bonus Features
- Audio Commentary with John Carpenter and actor Peter Jason
- Sympathy for The Devil –Interview with Writer/Director John Carpenter
- Alice at the Apocalypse –interview with Alice Cooper
- The Messenger – Interview with Actor & Special Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Grasmere
- Hell On Earth – A look at the film’s score with Co-Composer Alan Howarth
- Horror’s Hallowed Grounds with host Sean Clark
- Alternate Opening from TV Version
- Radio Spots
- Still Gallery
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Those of you who pre-order directly from the Shout! Factory website can choose between two exclusive versions, one with a poster and one with the poster and record.
- Prince of Darkness Collector’s Edition (4k UHD/Blu-Ray) plus an 18” x 24” rolled poster reproduction of the original theatrical art. The posters will be made at a limited quantity.
- Prince of Darkness Collector’s Edition (4k UHD/Blu-Ray) with poster and new exclusive 7″ Sacred Bones record, while supplies last. The 7″ on exclusive white and red splatter vinyl via Sacred Bones features music from Prince of Darkness composed by John Carpenter and recorded by John, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies. The A-side includes the 2017 version of the main title and the B-side contains a never-before-released recording of “Love at a Distance” recorded by the trio in 2020. The white and red splatter vinyl variant is a limited edition of 2,000 copies and is housed in a lavish slipcase with new art by frequent Carpenter collaborator Chris Bilheimer.
Prince of Darkness stars Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blount, Alice Cooper, Victor Wong, and Dennis Dun.
