Full Circle: The Haunting of Julia, the highly regarded, long-vanished and eerily evocative cult chiller from 1978, based on Peter Straub's haunting novel Julia, at last makes its long-overdue return, fully restored in 4K resolution and approved by its director, Richard Loncraine for release by the BFI in UHD and standard Blu-ray on 24 April 2023.

Bereaved mother Julia (Mia Farrow, Rosemary's Baby) flees her controlling husband Magnus (Keir Dullea, Black Christmas), re-establishing herself in an old house in leafy west London and befriending antique dealer Mark (Tom Conti). Yet Julia finds herself troubled by apparitions of a ghostly, blonde-haired child, sending her on a strange journey of self-discovery – with dreadful consequences.

BFI FLIPSIDE UHD/Blu-ray launch: Full Circle: The Haunting of Julia + Q&A with director Richard Loncraine and film historian Simon Fitzjohn
This new release will be launched with an event screening followed by a Q&A on Wednesday 19 April at 18:10 in NFT1, BFI Southbank

Full Circle: The Haunting of Julia will be released on 4K UHD & Blu-ray as a dual format edition, plus iTunes and Amazon Prime by the BFI as part of its Flipside strand on 24 April 2023 at the RRP of £34.99 for the disc edition.

UHD/Blu-ray edition features:

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Audio commentary by director Richard Loncraine and film historian Simon Fitzjohn
• A Holland Park Haunting (2023, 24 mins): director Richard Loncraine reflects upon his artistic career and the making of Full Circle
• Park Life (2023, 16 mins): Simon Fitzjohn revisits the film's London locations
• What's That Noise? (2023, 25 mins): soundtrack composer Colin Towns on one of his earliest film works
• Coming Full Circle (2023, 11 mins): Tom Conti recalls his role
• The Fear of Growing Up (2023, 10 mins): Samantha Gates looks back on the production Joining the Circle(2023, 7 mins): producer Hugh Harlow recalls making the film
• A Haunting Retrospective (2023, 25 mins): film critic Kim Newman revisits Full Circle
• Images of a Haunting (2023, 13 mins): Full Circle aficionado Simon Fitzjohn talks us through his extensive collection of memorabilia
• Rare stills and transparencies from the BFI National Archive's collections
• First pressing only – illustrated booklet with a new Director's Statement, an essay by film historian Simon Fitzjohn, a biography of Richard Loncraine by Dr Josephine Bottting; credits and notes on the special features

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