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4K UHD HIGHLIGHTS

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Words Amy Flower

DISCS OF THE MONTH

PRIMAL FEAR The tense and captivating courtroom thriller from 1996, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, and Edward Norton (in his debut feature role), has now wended its way to the 4K Ultra HD format. We’ll be following every gripping twist and turn as it unfolds from a

EVENT HORIZON Director Paul W.S.

FOOTLOOSE (1984) It’s now been 40

Anderson’s cult sci-fi favourite from 1997, starring Laurence Fishburne and Sam

years since the music died in Bomont, and to celebrate this anniversary the original Footloose , starring Kevin Bacon, arrives in Australia this month on 4K Ultra HD. Visually, it’s presented in native 4K, featuring both

Neill, and telling of a long missing

spaceship’s strange reappearance, gets a welcome 4K restoration treatment. It comes to the 4K Ultra HD format

Dolby Vision and HDR10 enhancement options. Meanwhile, the audio is delivered via DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, which should have Kenny Loggins’ theme song – and massive hit – cutting footloose in real style. Out June 5

native 4K transfer, which features both Dolby Vision and standard HDR10 enhancement. As for the audio, expect to follow every strand of the drama while listening to a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 mix. Out June 5

via a native 4K transfer that offers both Dolby Vision and HDR10 enrichment. The vision is nothing without the sound, and here all of the spacey audio is delivered via a lossless Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track. Out June 5

A CARD GAME FOR PSYCHOS Love ‘80s slasher movies? This game is for you! I f ever a game has been suited to the STACK , office, then Psycho Killer is it. Loosely based on the classic ‘80s horror movies, this card game will have you fearing the collection of each card. PSYCHO KILLER

you evade or defend against the killer. Amongst the pile are weapons cards. These cannot be discarded, and they have numbers on them depending on the damage that the weapon inflicts. Known as injury points, you want to avoid accruing too many. However, whenever one of the five Psycho Killer cards is drawn, all players must present their weapons cards, and the total number of injury points is totted up. When the number exceeds ten, players become ‘Left for Dead’ and must try to get

back into the game. The rules are simple, but there are heaps of further cool features to playing the game, such as Effects cards and Predicament cards, where you must play out the instruction immediately before picking up another card. It’s a game of sabotage and survival, and the player with the least number of injury points at the end of the game is the winner. For lovers of horror flicks or high-tempo games, Psycho Killer should definitely be on your list for the next game night.

Designed for two to six players, the pack needs to be thoroughly shuffled, and piles of cards are evenly distributed between the players with a gap in between for the discarded pile. Now, the aim of the game is not to pick up one of five Psycho Killer cards, but to pick up as many other cards that will help

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