George A. Romero’s Martin: 4K UHD release now available for pre-order

The pseudo-vampire film Martin was George A. Romero‘s personal favorite of all the films he had made – and now Second Sight Films has brought the film to 4K UHD! Copies can be pre-ordered directly from Second Sight if you’re in the UK, but the company is not able to ship outside of the UK and Ireland. In the US, you can pre-order the release from Zavvi or Diabolik. 4K UHD discs are region free, but the accompanying Blu-ray discs are locked to region B.

Written and directed by Romero, Martin has the following synopsis:

Young Martin is entirely convinced that he is an 84-year-old blood-sucking vampire. Without fangs or mystical powers, Martin injects women with sedatives and drinks their blood through wounds inflicted with razor blades. After moving to Braddock, Pennsylvania to live with his superstitious uncle, who also believes Martin is a vampire, Martin tries to prey exclusively on criminals and thugs but stumbles when he falls for a housewife.

The film stars John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elayne Nadeau, and Tom Savini, with Romero himself making a cameo as a priest.

The Second Sight 4K UHD release of Martin has these special features:

A Second Sight Films 4K scan and restoration of a 35mm dupe negative supervised and approved by Director of Photography Michael Gornick

Presented in HDR10+

Audio commentary by George A Romero, John Amplas and Tom Savini

Audio commentary by George A Romero, Richard P Rubinstein, Tom Savini, Michael Gornick and Donald Rubinstein

A new audio commentary by film historian Travis Crawford

A new audio commentary by film critic Kat Ellinger

Taste the Blood of Martin: A new feature-length documentary including location tour

Scoring the Shadows: A new interview with composer Donald Rubinstein

J Roy – New And Used Furniture: a short film by Tony Buba

Making Martin: A Recounting

Trailers, TV and radio spots

There’s also a limited edition version of the release that includes “Rigid slipcase with original classic artwork. Soft cover book with new essays by Daniel Bird, Miranda Corcoran, Travis Crawford, Heather Drain, Kat Ellinger, Andrew Graves, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Elena Lazic, Stephen Thrower, Jon Towlson, Simon Ward and Tony Williams. Original Soundtrack CD by Donald Rubinstein. 5 collectors’ character art cards illustrated by Adam Stothard.“

Martin is one of my all-time favorite films, so I’m very happy to see it getting this kind of release. I don’t have 4K UHD capabilities myself, but I hope this will sell well to film fans who do. Will you be picking up a copy of Martin on 4K UHD? Let us know by leaving a comment below.