The Sadness Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD with Slipcover (Arrow Video UK/Region Free) [Preorder]

Preorder scheduled for release October 20, 2025

Dragging extreme cinema screaming into the post-pandemic age, Rob Jabbaz's controversial and incredibly gory The Sadness burst onto the genre scene at the tail-end of the COVID epidemic, winning the New Flesh Award for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

When a deadly virus spontaneously mutates in Taiwan it suddenly gives rise to a fast-acting, mind-altering plague. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most sadistic and ghastly acts they can think of. Amidst the carnage, a young couple, Jim (Berant Zhu) and Kat (Regina Lei), is pushed to the limits of sanity as they try and reunite across town amidst the chaos. The age of civility and order is no more. There is only "The Sadness".

Inspired in part by Garth Ennis' brutal graphic novel Crossed, The Sadness is a vicious satire of the darkest depths of humanity and an apocalyptic powerhouse of an action-based horror film, packed with incredible practical special effects, guaranteed to make even the most hardened gore-hound squirm.

Product Features

4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in High Dynamic Range
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Brand new audio commentary with writer/director Rob Jabbaz and cinematographer Bai Jie-Li
• Two archival audio commentaries with writer/director Rob Jabbaz, one with composers Tzechar and one with medical advisor Shu
• Five behind-the-scenes featurettes: The Director, The Business Man, The Special Effects, The Art Department and The Production
• Colour Grading Comparison with Colourist Paul Hanrahan
• Two short films directed by Rob Jabbaz: Fiendish Funnies (2013) and Clearwater (2020)
• North American premiere introduction and post-screening Q&A at the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival
• Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Johnny Ryan
• Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring selections of Rob Jabbaz's storyboards and gore guides, plus new writing on the film by Michelle Kisner and Josh Hurtado

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