Earlier this year, I got to watch S&Man (pronounced Sandman) through channels that are usually not popular with filmmakers. However, since the film was 4 years old with no release date in sight, its distributor – HDNet Films – looking high and dry with no films to be released and the fact that the director, J.T. Petty, didn’t mind because there was no way to see it, I felt it was ok to view this.
The tag-line told us, “I warned you not to go out tonight.” Well, now we have a reason to stay in. Being released in an amazing 30th Anniversary Edition package, is the cult film, “Maniac”! Filled to the brim with features, Blue Underground is releasing the William Lustig film on October 26 on standard DVD as well as on Blu-Ray. Read on for more details… Read More…
There were rumors the past couple of weeks, but I like to wait until there is more solid proof or confirmation before I post it.
Blu-Ray.com reports that GRINDHOUSE Special Edition will be out on Blu-Ray on October 5, 2010.
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Thank god they dropped the term Quadrilogy. While I still own that DVD, Blu fans will dig the following, as it was expected later this year. Read on for the details and features… Read More…
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I am so excited. DTB reviewed HOUSE (Hausu) a little over a year ago for the podcast. Now, CRITERION has officially announced the date for the US release of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s crazy flick! HOUSE will be available on October 26, 2010 – just in time for Halloween – on DVD & Blu-Ray. Read on for the features and tasty goodness… Read More…
The CODE RED blog has been quiet the past few months with exception of the past couple of weeks. Three titles have been announced with news about one of my exploitation favorites Nightmare (a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain). Read on!
I held off on posting this yesterday because I really wanted to see if I could get an official release date. It was posted today via DVDActive.
Warner Home Video has announced a 2-disc Blu-ray release of The Exorcist for October 5th. Newly remastered in 1080p from the original camera negative, the Blu-ray includes both the remastered Extended Director’s Cut as well as the remastered theatrical version of the film. Extras will include a commentary by William Friedkin, a director introduction to the theatrical cut, featurettes (“Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist”, “The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now”, “Faces of Evil: The Different Versions of The Exorcist”), interviews, Sketches & Storyboards, trailers and TV spots from the 1973 and 2000 versions, and more. The Blu-ray release will also be packaged with a personal letter written by Friedkin inside a 40-page Blu-ray Digibook featuring striking photos, cast bios, revealing production notes and more. Stay tuned for the official package artwork.
Also, Blu-ray.com posted the specs and artwork. Not sure why DVDActive says “Stay tuned for the official package artwork” when it looks like Blu-Ray.com got it.
Disc contents are as follows:
Disc 1: – Extended Director’s Cut (2000) plus Special Features
- Commentary by William Friedkin
- Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist – set footage produced and photographed by Owen Roizman, camera and makeup tests, and interviews with director William Friedkin, actress Linda Blair, author/screenwriter/producer William Peter Blatty and Owen Roizman (new; Blu-ray exclusive)
- The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now – Featuring a tour of the iconic locations where the film was shot (new; Blu-ray exclusive)
- Faces of Evil: The Different Versions of The Exorcist – with director William Friedkin and author/screenwriter/producer William Peter Blatty discussing the different versions of the film and featuring outtakes from the film (new; Blu-ray exclusive)
- Trailers, TV spots & radio spots from the film’s 2000 release
Disc 2 – Theatrical Cut (1973) plus Special Features
- Introduction by William Friedkin
- Commentaries:
- William Friedkin
- William Peter Blatty with Special Sound Effects Tests
- The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist [1998 BBC documentary]
- Additional interviews with William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty:
- The Original Cut
- Stairway to Heaven
- The Final Reckoning
- Original ending
- Sketches & storyboards
- Trailers & TV spots from the 1973 version
Regarding the two versions, director William Friedkin says, “After my final cut of the original The Exorcist, I took out 12 more minutes before we actually released it in theatres. Years later, Bill Blatty asked if I’d consider reviewing some of that rejected footage (which he always felt should have remained) with an eye towards putting it into a new version. Bill gave me the best piece of material I’ve ever received and because of that and because the film had such a major reputation over some 25 years, I agreed to revisit all these scenes. When I saw them, I came to realize that Bill was, in fact, right. With technical advances, scenes that didn’t work then could now be fixed with CGI and there were others that I thought strengthened the spiritual aspect of the film. Warner agreed and released a whole new theatrical print in 2000 which we called The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen. And I now agree with Blatty that this is the best and most complete version.”
I just hope someday that the general public gets to see EXORCIST III the way it was intended or in a special edition as I think that is the better film of this trilogy.
I’m glad to see this finally hit the hi-def format. You can own it on September 28th, 2010! Read on for the full release:
Warner Home Video has announced a Blu-ray release of King Kong (1933) for September 28th. Extras will include commentary by Visual Effects Veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston with Interpolated Interview Excerpts of Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray, an I’m King Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper feature that profiles the Original King Kong’s Guiding Hand, a 7-Part The Making of Kong Documentary, Original Creation Test Footage with Ray Harryhausen Commentary, The Lost Spider Pit Sequence, and the Theatrical Trailer. Stay tuned for the official package artwork.
Captured on blu-ray at last comes “the greatest of all horror films” with “masterly special effects” (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Memorable moments abound: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simian’s lovestruck obsession with the film shoot’s blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray); Kong’s capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. “It was beauty killed the beast.” But in these and other great scenes, King Kong lives forever.
Source: DVDActive
Currently, I do not own a Blu-Ray player or PS3. However, the time is near. One of the films that was put out on Blu-Ray and had a subpar transfer was PREDATOR. Canada received a Blu-Ray release that had a better transfer so already the Blu-dogs (Blu-Ray Collectors…I just coined the term) smelled that a double dip was coming. Properly timed prior to the new Predator film hitting theatres, PREDATORS, 20th Century Fox sent out the deets on this new Blu-Ray disc.
“If it bleeds, we can kill it…” The ultimate warrior faces the ultimate enemy when Predator: Ultimate Hunter Edition arrives on Blu-ray with a stunning new restored transfer on June 29 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Available just in time for the theatrical debut of Predators on July 9, the Blu-ray includes $10 in Movie Money to see the latest film in theaters across the country.
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger; The Terminator) wages an all-out war against an unseen enemy, a force more powerful and deadly than any on Earth-because the Predator is not of this Earth. As he leads an elite group of commandos on a rescue mission deep into the jungle, Dutch and his team quickly learn that their foe kills for pleasure and hunts for sport. However, this time….it picked the wrong man to hunt.
Directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard), Predator also stars Carl Weathers (Rocky), Michael Biehn (The Terminator) and Jesse Ventura (The Running Man). Along with a complete digital restoration of the film, the all-new Predator: Ultimate Hunter Edition Blu-ray is loaded with extras including a sneak-peek at the upcoming Predators, an all-new documentary entitled “Evolution of the Species: Hunters of Extreme Perfection” featuring interviews with Predators producer Robert Rodriguez, director Nimród Antal and original Predator producer John Davis, a feature-length commentary by John McTiernan, making-of documentaries, behind-the-scenes footage and much more. The Blu-ray will be available for a suggested retail price of $29.99 U.S./$37.99 Canada.
Special Features
ALL-NEW Digital Restoration of Predator ALL-NEW Sneak Peak at Predators ALL-NEW Evolution of the Species: Hunters of Extreme Perfection featurette Feature-length audio commentary by John McTiernan Text commentary by historian Eric Lichtensfeld If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It making-of documentary Inside The Predator documentary Special effects featurettes Deleted scenes and outtakes Short takes Theatrical trailers Photo galleries Predator profile
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Just got word of this. While I’m a fan of LONE WOLF AND CUB series a bit more, I still grew up on SHOGUN ASSASSIN – like many Americans – and I think it is a great crash course.
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