Eclipse

Released: 21st April 2025. A remote cliffside house on the Scottish coast provides the weather-beaten setting for Simon Perry’s eerie, atmospheric psychological thriller, adapted from Nicholas Wollaston’s haunting novel and inexplicably blown adrift since its release in 1977.  Tom Conti (Oppenheimer, Slade in Flame) stars as a bereaved brother troubled by memories of his twin, whom he saw die at sea. After returning to his childhood home for a Christmas celebration with his brother’s alcoholic widow (Gay Hamilton) and her son (Gavin Wallace), things begin to go awry as dark secrets and sibling rivalries surface once more.  Strange, unsettling and barely seen since it was shot nearly 50 years ago, Eclipse now finds safe harbour on Blu-ray for the first time in a new scan from the best available 35mm archival materials. Extras Newly remastered in 2K and presented in High Definition Newly recorded audio commentary by Vic Pratt, co-founder of the BFI Flipside  Sun & Moon – Tom Conti discusses Eclipse (2025, 10 mins): the actor on his experience of making the film Relative Strangers: The Chalk Mark (1988, 24 mins) and Marooned (1994, 21 mins): two stylish short films that enigmatically echo the disjointed relationships central to Eclipse  Not Waving, Drowning: Joe and Petunia: Coastguard (1968, 2 mins); Charley Says: Falling in the Water (1973, 1 min); Lonely Water (1973, 1 min): three haunting water-safety Public Information Films eerily adjacent to the psychogeographicheadspace of the main feature 2025 trailer Image gallery **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Vic Pratt, an archival interview with director Simon Perry, an original review, and writing on The Chalk Mark and Marooned by the BFI’s William Fowler