Radiance Films has announced its October Blu-ray releases, which include a second volume of chilling Japanese Ghost Stories from Daiei studios, Harry Kümel's phantasmagoria Malpertuis, Harry Kümel’s Euro-horror vampire tale Daughters of Darkness, and François Truffaut's examination of the true spirit of adolescence, Pocket Money. Full details below.

DAIEI GOTHIC VOL 2 – JAPANESE GHOST STORIES

Limited Edition Blu-ray box set | 13 October 2025 | £44.99

Japan’s classic ghost stories are brought to the screen by masters of the genre, Tanaka Tokuzo (The Snow Woman) and Yasuda Kimiyoshi (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare).

In The Demon of Mount Oe (Ooe-yama Shuten-dōji, 1960, a group of mighty warriors is sent to eliminate a demon who steals women from the imperial capital of Kyōtō. On the way, they face a satanic bull, a giant spider and a diabolical witch, but the closer they come to their goal, the more they realise that the demon they’ve been ordered to kill is far more human than they were led to believe.

In The Haunted Castle (Hiroku kaibyō-den, 1969), a blind monk is killed in a cowardly manner by a samurai lord. When the monk’s sister is ordered to become the lord’s concubine, she commits suicide and transfers her grudge to their black cat, who assumes the human form of one of the lord’s ladies-in-waiting and begins to wreak havoc around the castle court. The lord’s Machiavellian right-hand man (Toura Rokko, Kuroneko) and a young swordsman (Hongo Kojiro, The Bride from Hades) combine forces to solve the mystery and stop the supernatural menace.

In The Ghost of Kasane Swamp (Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi, 1970), a samurai’s wife tries to repay her husband’s debt with her body but is caught in bed with the money lender and they are both murdered by her husband who dumps their bodies in a nearby swamp. Shingoro and Oshiga, the money lender and samurai’s children, find a curse has been passed to them as they each try to recover the money.

Newly restored in 4K, three more stories from the Daiei studio represent the Japanese ghost film at its most lavish and chilling.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET FEATURES:

• New 4K restorations of each film by Radiance Films
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film
• Optional English subtitles for all films
• Newly designed box and booklet artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition 80-page perfect bound book featuring new writing by Amber T, Jasper Sharp, and Tom Mes, plus archival writing by Daniel O’Neill and original ghost stories The Goblin of Oeyama and The Vampire Cat
• Limited Edition of 4,000 copies presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

THE DEMON OF MOUNT OE:

• New interview with period film historian Taichi Kasuga (2025)
• Blade of the Demon Slayer: a visual essay by Tom Mes (2025)
• Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista

THE HAUNTED CASTLE:

• New interview with J-horror filmmaker Mari Asato (2025)
• A visual essay by ghost story scholar Zack Davisson (2025)
• Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista

THE GHOST OF KASANE SWAMP:

• New interview with J-horror filmmaker Norio Tsuruta (2025)
• Select-scene audio commentary by horror film scholar Lindsay Nelson (2025)
• Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista

DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS [LES LÈVRES ROUGES] (Belgium 1971)

Limted Edition Blu-ray | 13 October 2025 | £22.99

Newlyweds Stefan and Valerie are travelling through Europe when they make a detour to a deserted seaside hotel. Their romantic idyll soon takes a dark turn when they meet the enigmatic countess Báthory (Delphine Seyrig, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles) and her mysterious companion Ilona, whose unsettling charm and aristocratic poise mask a deadly intent.

A Euro-horror classic, Daughters of Darkness is an opulent fever dream, weaving a Sapphic subtext and feminist undercurrent beneath its baroque surface. Thematically rich. Harry Kümel’s vampire tale transcends convention and the stunning 4K restoration is presented here for the first time in the UK.

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:

• 4K restoration from the original negative by Blue Underground, approved by director Harry Kümel
  
• Audio commentary authors Virginie Sélavy and Lindsay Hallam (2025)
• New interview with director Harry Kümel and critic Anne Billson (2025)
• Archival interview with Delphine Seyrig in which the actor discusses her career (1989)
• On set footage with Harry Kümel and stuntman Thierry Hallaert (1970)
• Behind-the-scenes footage of Delphine Seyrig shooting a scene from the film and an interview with Harry Kümel (1971)
• Interview with critic and author Kim Newman (2025)
• Immoral Tales: Daughters of Darkness, Class, Cruelty, and the Cinematic Legacy of Bathory - a visual essay by Kat Ellinger, author of the monograph on the film (2025)
• Anna the Maid - Harry Kümel’s short film based on a Jean Cocteau poem about a murderous maid (1958, 5 mins)
• Aether - Harry Kümel’s short film about the surreal visions of a man following an accident (1960, 7 mins, co-directed by Herman Wuyts)
• Limited edition 80-page perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by Suzanne Boleyn, Martyn Conterio, Joseph Dwyer, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Mairéad Roche
• Limited edition of 2000 copies, presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

MALPERTUIS (Belgium 1971)

Limted Edition Blu-ray | 13 October 2025 | £22.99

Jan (Mathieu Carrière, Police Python 357), a sailor newly arrived onshore, is unsure about returning to land but makes the journey to visit his childhood home only to find it no longer there. He goes to Bar Venus and joins his friends but an altercation leaves him knocked out cold. He wakes up in Malpertuis, a gothic mansion presided over by his uncle, Cassavius (Orson Welles). All the inhabitants of Malpertuis are waiting for Cassavius to die and the opportunity to inherit his vast fortune. But Cassavius wishes anyone who inherits to stay there forever. Jan investigates as those who leave meet with mysterious deaths.

Harry Kümel’s (Daughters of Darkness) phantasmagoria is a Matryoshka doll of fantastic ideas, realised with stunning photography by Gerry Fisher (The Exorcist III) and scored by Georges Delerue (Contempt).  Newly restored and overseen by Kümel, it is released on Blu-ray for the first time in the world.

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:

• New 4K restoration of the film overseen by director Harry Kümel
• Audio commentary by Harry Kümel and assistant director Françoise Levie (2005)
• New interview with Harry Kümel (2025)
• New interview with author and gothic horror expert Jonathan Rigby (2025)
• Malpertuis Archive - an archival documentary on the making of the film featuring Kümel, actor Mathieu Carrière and director of photography Gerry Fisher among others (2005)
• Orson Welles Uncut - a featurette on the casting of Welles, including rare outtakes of the actor (2005)
• Susan Hampshire: one actress, three parts- an archival interview with the actress, including screen tests and contributions from cast and crew (2005)
• Archival interview with Michel Bouquet and Harry Kümel from Belgian television (1971)
• Jean Ray, John Flanders 1887 - 1964 - an archival interview with the source novelist and co-writer of Malpertuis (2005)
• Malpertuis Revisited - Harry Kümel revisits locations from the film (2005, 4 mins)
  
• Malpertuis: The Cannes cut - the rejected version of the film which premiered in Cannes (100 mins, SD)
• The Warden of the Tomb - Kümel’s early film based on Franz Kafka’s play (1965, 37 mins)
• Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition 80-page perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by Lucas Balbo, Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, David Flint, Willow Catelyn Maclay, Jonathan Owen 
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings 

POCKET MONEY [L'ARGENT DE POCHE] (France 1976)

Limted Edition Blu-ray | 13 October 2025 | £17.99

The summer of 1976 in the quaint town of Thiers. Life is a buzz at the local school. Confident Patrick is besotted with his young teacher, Mme. Petit. His friend and new transfer Julien struggles, through no fault of his own, to keep up. Meanwhile, Bruno teaches his peers other important life lessons - like how to chat up girls. Together, this interwoven series of vignettes capture the children as they navigate the joys and heartbreak of growing up.

With charming and honest performances from its young cast - including his own daughter Laura - François Truffaut (The 400 Blows) brilliantly captures the true spirit of adolescence with humour, poignancy and a touch of magic. A critical and commercial success around the world, Pocket Money is presented here on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:

• High-Definition digital transfer
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Interview with director François Truffaut (1975)
• On-set footage with Truffaut and the cast (1975)
• Interview with curator Sonali Joshi (2025)
• Trailer commentary by filmmaker Allan Arkush (2019)
• French and US trailers
• Optional English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Smith
• Limited edition booklet featuring Truffaut’s written introduction to the film
  
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings