THE AMBULANCE (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray Edition - PRE-ORDER 13 October 2025

A maverick of independent cinema, Larry Cohen made a habit of transforming the seemingly benevolent into the malevolent: infants in It’s Alive, ice cream in The Stuff, police officers in Maniac Cop and the personification of the United States in Uncle Sam. In The Ambulance, it is the very thing that should save our lives that might transport us to our deaths.

When comic book artist Josh (Eric Roberts) meets Cheryl (Janine Turner) in New York City, he believes he might have run into the woman of his dreams. But just as they are getting to know each other, Cheryl begins to feel ill. She is picked up by an ambulance – and then disappears into thin air. Unable to track her to any of the city’s hospitals, Josh learns that Cheryl is not the only missing person connected to the mysterious ambulance and takes it upon himself to investigate an apparent conspiracy to kidnap people from the streets of New York. But Josh’s interference isn’t welcomed – either by Lieutenant Frank Spencer of the NYPD (James Earl Jones) or the sinister forces behind the ambulance itself…

One of Larry Cohen’s most underrated and underseen films (featuring an unlikely cameo by Marvel legend Stan Lee), The Ambulance deserves to reach the same cult status as his earlier horror movies It’s Alive, God Told Me To, Q – The Winged Serpent and The Stuff. Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

Limited edition of 2,000 copies | Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by John Dunn | Limited edition booklet featuring new cover art by John Dunn and an essay on The Ambulance by genre film expert Liam Hathaway | 1080p presentation from an HD restoration | Uncompressed LPCM audio (original stereo presentation) | Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing | New audio commentary by Steve Mitchell, director of the 2017 documentary King Cohen | Archival audio commentary with director Larry Cohen, moderated by Steve Mitchell | Catch Your Death – a newly edited, previously unseen interview with Larry Cohen on The Ambulance originally shot for King Cohen | Sickness and Health – a new video essay on The Ambulance and medical horror by film scholar Murray Leeder | Keep Making Pictures – new interview with film writer Michael Doyle, author of Larry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters | Original theatrical trailer | * All extras subject to change

PRESS

“Outstanding thriller… seamless with superb thrills ★★★★★” – Kim Newman, Empire

“Larry Cohen transforms a familiar and benign object into something mysterious and frightening… a sharp comic mystery” – Time Out