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Six months ago, we learned that the 1980 thriller Night of the Juggler would be getting a 4K Uhd release. Now, not only do we know the release date for the 4K disc, but it has also been revealed that Night of the Juggler is returning to theatres! In fact, the movie is already playing at the IFC Center in New York City. As of September 4th, it will be playing at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles – and the film’s star, James Brolin, will be will be in attendance for Q&As after select screenings.

Kino Lorber’s 4K Uhd and Blu-ray release is scheduled for September 16th and is available for pre-order at This Link.

Directed by Robert Butler from a screenplay by Rick Natkin and Bill Norton Sr., Night of the Juggler is based on a novel by William P. McGivern and has the following synopsis: The...

Gritty 1980 thriller Night of the Juggler has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision/Hdr.

It’s currently playing at the IFC Center in New York City and will open at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles on September 4. James Brolin (The Amityville Horror) will be in attendance for Q&As after select screenings.

The new restoration will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on September 16 via Kino Lorber. It includes reversible artwork and a slipcase.

Disc 1 – 4K Uhd:

4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative (new) Dolby Vision/Hdr Presentation Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson (new) 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0

Disc 2 – Blu-ray:

4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative (new) Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson (new) Summer of ’78: Interview with Actor James Brolin (new) The Sweet Maria: Interview with Actress Julie Carmen...

Writer Lee Gambin calls them Natural Horror films, other writers call them Revenge of Nature or Nature Run Amok films and writer Charles Derry considers them a type of Apocalyptic Cinema.

Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature.

Since the end of the 1990s, lovers of animal attack films have been subjected to copious amounts of uninspired Nu Image, Syfy Channel and Syfy Channel-like dreck like Silent Predators (1999), Maneater (2007) Croc (2007), Grizzly Rage (2007) and a stunning amount of terrible shark attack films to name a few that barely scratch the surface of a massive list.

These movies fail miserably to capture the intensity of the unforgettable films they are imitating and the recent wave seems to carry with it the intent of giving the Revolt of Nature horror film a bad name.

The Western was a movie staple for decades. It seemed the genre that would never die, feeding the fantasies of one generation after another of young boys who galloped around their backyards, playgrounds, and brick streets on broomsticks, banging away with their Mattel cap pistols. Something about a man on a horse set against the boundless wastes of Monument Valley, the crackle of saddle leather, two men facing off in a dusty street under the noon sun connected with the free spirit in every kid.

The American movie – a celluloid telling that was more than a skit – was born in a Western: Edwin S. Porter’s 11- minute The Great Train Robbery (1903). Thereafter, Westerns grew longer, they grew more complex. The West – hostile, endless, civilization barely maintaining a toehold against the elements, hostile natives, and robber barons – proved an infinitely plastic setting. In a place with no law, and where...