Overview
- Criterion publicly announced its October 2026 lineup on July 15, 2026, scheduling releases across the month and confirming a high‑end Frankenstein edition for October 27.
- Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein will appear in a director‑approved Reborn Cut that runs 158 minutes, and the four‑disc 4K UHD set will include Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, a new del Toro commentary, a making‑of documentary, cast and crew conversations, and Q&As moderated by Martin Scorsese and Patti Smith.
- Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs will be issued on October 20 as a three‑disc 4K UHD and Blu‑ray package with a Tak Fujimoto‑supervised 4K restoration and the 1994 commentary featuring Demme, Jodie Foster, and Anthony Hopkins.
- Criterion’s October schedule also lists Welcome II the Terrordome (Oct. 6), The Shout and Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller (Oct. 13), Christiane F. and The Complete Kubrick box set (Oct. 20) as part of a program mixing recent prestige films with historical restorations.
- Physical preorders are live and reported retail pricing for Frankenstein’s editions ranges from $29.95 for the DVD to $59.95 for the four‑disc 4K set, a move that highlights growing streamer‑to‑physical licensing and the market for archival, supplement‑heavy releases for collectors and scholars.