Mondo Macabro Revives Aswang on Blu-ray, Featuring New 4K Restoration
Mondo Macabro will release Aswang on Blu-ray, also known as The Unearthing. The disc is region free and sourced from a new 4K restoration of the original 16mm negative. The film was the first horror title to screen at Sundance, where it premiered in 1994.
Description
A pregnant girl agrees to pose as another man’s wife and is taken to an isolated estate to give birth. The arrangement quickly turns into a nightmare. After Sundance, the film was acquired for U.S. distribution, retitled The Unearthing, and cut for an R rating. A short theatrical run followed, but major video chains declined to stock it.
Special features
- Audio commentary with co-directors Wrye Martin and Barry Poltermann, moderated by Pete Tombs
- Audio commentary with executive producer David Dahlman and actors Norman Moses and Tina Ona Paukstelis
- Different Than Hollywood: Making of Aswang documentary
- Trailer 1: Fundraising
- Trailer 2: Theatrical
- Trailer 3: Prism VHS
- Lost Scene narration (6 minutes)
- Audition tape: Norman Moses (3 minutes)
- Audition tape: John Garekis (3 minutes)
- Region free
- New 4K restoration from the original 16mm negative
Limited edition contents
- Reversible sleeve
- Full-color booklet featuring new writing on the film by Chris Hallock
- Numbered red case
Edition size
This red case edition is limited to 1,200 numbered copies.
Pre-order details
Aswang goes on sale Thursday, Oct. 30 at 9 a.m. Pacific / 12 noon Eastern as part of Mondo Macabro’s annual Halloween Sale.
This release joins Island of the Doomed, the Mystics in Bali and Queen of Black Magic 2-disc Blu-ray set, and the 4K edition of The Devil’s Nightmare, all available during Mondo Macabro’s annual Halloween Sale.