Agreed, it's an acceptable enough film but fairly baffling I guess to anyone not familiar with the source work. The release is pretty great though and more in depth than might have been expected.
interviews with pretty much everyone in the cast still alive
Just watched Experiment In Terror and Stephanie Powers makes that exact point over why she's being interviewed.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 20 February 2023 12:26 (one year ago) link
Two amazing box sets coming from Indicator:
https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/frontpage/products/from-hollywood-to-heaven-the-lost-and-saved-films-of-the-ormond-family-lehttps://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/frontpage/products/mexico-macabre-four-sinister-tales-from-the-alameda-films-vault-1959-1963-le
And Zulawski box from Masters of Cinema:
https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/andrzej-zulawski-three-films-limited-edition-box-set/
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link
I hope there's further Zulawski boxed sets because I've seen all those.
Really looking forward to the Creeping Horror set, not seen any of those, barely even heard about most of them and not expecting classics but they look really nice.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
Long live vulgar auteurism!
***NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT***Coming to 4K UHD in May from Arrow Video @MichaelMann’s Blackhat 4K UHD 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of both the US and international versions of the film#FilmTwitter #4KUltraHD #MichaelMann #Bluray… https://t.co/TAn6AFadFq pic.twitter.com/aRocR30YH0— Dawn of The Discs (@dawnofthediscs) February 24, 2023
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 24 February 2023 11:34 (one year ago) link
love this Severin boxart, very reminiscent of 70s girls comic Misty
**** NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT ****DANZA MACABRA VOLUME 1:THE MONSTER OF THE OPERA, THE SEVENTH GRAVE, SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER and LADY FRANKENSTEIN.Pre-order now: https://t.co/X9gL9OgHeb pic.twitter.com/YSgGtM0M8v— Severin Films (@SeverinFilms) February 23, 2023
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 24 February 2023 11:43 (one year ago) link
Jim McBride’s BREATHLESS (1983) is FCE #17! Thank you Jim, @kunz, @MarBarFu, @piercingscreen, @Glenn__Kenny, Dylan Haley, Johnny and Lannie for your help making this happen! You can preorder now at @VinegarSyndrome @ocndistro. #FunCityEditions #Breathless #JimMcBride #RichardGere pic.twitter.com/jumraEm5Q8— FunCityEditions (@FunCityEdition) March 1, 2023
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
Glad the Mexican Gothic set is all-region, I've wanted to see Poison For The Faries for a long time, that shot of the swing in the trailer is wonderful.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 3 March 2023 01:42 (one year ago) link
Oh Yeah!
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!Brand New HD Master – 4K Scan of the 35mm OCN!Paint Your Wagon (1969) Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood & Jean Seberg – Shot by William A. Fraker (Bullitt) – Screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky (Marty) & Alan Jay Lerner (Gigi) – Directed by Joshua Logan (Picnic). pic.twitter.com/pXOdnXVGHp— KLStudioClassics (@KLStudioClassic) March 4, 2023
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 March 2023 01:58 (one year ago) link
(Not Really)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 March 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link
Kino set to release a 4K of The Night of the Hunter:
https://www.kinolorber.com/product/the-night-of-the-hunter-4kuhd
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 March 2023 01:25 (one year ago) link
***UPDATE***The previously announced 4K UHD/BD of William Friedkin’s Bug (2006) has been cancelled at Kino Lorber. “The BUG release is canceled. No 4K or BD. We may or may not do another SC deal, nothing to report yet.”#FilmTwitter #4KUltraHD #4K #WilliamFriedkin #Bluray… https://t.co/6gW89VV2oa pic.twitter.com/X1NAhweLiU— Dawn of The Discs (@dawnofthediscs) March 20, 2023
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 20 March 2023 15:35 (one year ago) link
I'm still waiting on that Valmont release.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 March 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
I guess StudioCanal are about as bad as any collaborator out there? Even Disney allowed WALL-E to show up on Criterion.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 20 March 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
Kino Lorber also had to cancel a 4K of To Live And Die In LA. Supposedly that and this thing with Bug were at least partially down to issues with Friedkin not making himself available to sign off on stuff because he's working on a new project.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 March 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
fwiw, my understanding (from spending too much time on the Blu-ray.com forums) was that they haven't officially canceled the TLADILA 4K yet, they just removed it from the upcoming schedule after giving it a street date due to Fredkin continuing to dither on approving the new master. They canceled Bug because it sounds like they didn't want to deal with him on another title since he keeps putting off working on the TLADILA disc. There's a very good chance it does still wind up canceled eventually though since it's supposedly been like a year of waiting for him on it at this point.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 20 March 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
arrow Easter sale. part of me just wants to blow 50 quid on random East European videos. another part has his eyes on the first Shaw box for 75 quid.
― koogs, Thursday, 6 April 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
Kino sale also happening right nowhttps://kinolorber.com/collection/spring-sale-2023/
― Nhex, Thursday, 6 April 2023 23:44 (one year ago) link
i got 500 points from my last arrow order. i converted it to £5 off the new order...
only there was nowhere i could see to apply it (maybe because i used paypal?).
and whilst the points just accumulate the credit expires after 14 days. customer services has bumped that to 30 days but that still means another order, on top of the £50 one i've just submitted, or i'll lose it.
― koogs, Monday, 10 April 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
(current order:a fugitive from the past (which i think will be the 22nd or 23rd from the kinema junpo top 25 japanese films list (1995 version) that i have seen)
gamera, showa era box
vampire caudacuc (sp) andvalerie and her week of wonders (cz) because those second run dvds always look interesting)
― koogs, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
update: the gamera films are getting better as they go, but still aren't godzilla level yet. lots of extras. overall package might be better than the actual films though.
Valerie is lovely and stunning. every single shot has something.
― koogs, Sunday, 23 April 2023 19:19 (one year ago) link
Turns out Arrow managed to turn it around and the edition of Blackhat does contain the director's cut!
The Indicator El Santo release is great stuff. Not so much the films themselves, which I don't think are rated even within the context of Santo films, though they do have a weird sleepy psychotronic power to them - "Vs The Infernal Men" in particular is like someone's dream after attending a noir marathon, just scene after scene of nightclub music and punch ups and ppl saying non committal dialogue on the phone to who knows who, the omnipresent ocean sounds adding to the hypnotic effect. But the story of the making of the films is fascinating - shooting in Cuba basically as Castro was taking Havana - and the set also includes Perdida, a 90 min doc on the Mexican film family a member of whom directed these, which goes into the arrival of sound film in Mexico, early pornography (via living tableaux, just like in the UK cabaret circuit!), a daughter's affair with Ricardo Montalban, etc etc etc
Also of interest is this very niche label - Canadian experimental cinema! https://expcinema.org/site/en/blu-ray
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 15 May 2023 10:41 (one year ago) link
Network, the company who specialise in UK TV discs, have just gone into receivership apparently. Think they were also the current holders of the Hammer Studios name.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 13:42 (one year ago) link
awww, my brother is going to be gutted as he loved the 60s/70s TV show stuff they put out
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 13:55 (one year ago) link
aww man, they do a lot of good 70s sitcoms
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 14:26 (one year ago) link
Seen this going round but all seems to track back to a single source and their website being down. Seems to be a fair amount of scepticism but doesn't of course mean it isn't true.
Indicator would surely be favourites to pick Hammer licensing back up from them.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
I've been watching their Whodunnit box again recently but been itching to put on Thriller so think I might next.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
Darn
pic.twitter.com/DbsAO06deT— gingerbrarian (@mindtheoctopus) June 22, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 June 2023 13:49 (one year ago) link
As someone who doesn't use 5:1 it...sounds like this is not an issue? (Why yes my copy arrived the other day.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 June 2023 14:09 (one year ago) link
Great, now I'll have two region locked copies I cant watch.....
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Thursday, 22 June 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
I'm waiting for the sub I want to show up used on eBay and I'll soon have my very own 5.1 surround sound setup... obviously I'm going to watch Jethro Tull's Slipstream with 5.1 mix by Steven Wilson before Showgirls though
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 22 June 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
Olive Films has announced that l they've gone out of business: https://olivefilms.com/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 3 July 2023 15:37 (one year ago) link
Always sad to hear something like that
― Nhex, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 14:15 (one year ago) link
Indeed
― Looking For Mr. Goodreads (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
Big Vinegar Syndrome, Arrow, and Barnes and Noble Criterion sales going on right now btw
― Nhex, Thursday, 6 July 2023 02:42 (one year ago) link
That Arrow sale continues into the iTunes Store too in case you want a bunch of Female Convict Scorpion movies at 3.99 each
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 8 July 2023 10:29 (one year ago) link
I've been waiting for arrow sale but i was in fopp the other day and they had a couple of things i wanted at sale prices so i just bought them there
Mad Fox (tomu uchida)Blind Woman's Curse (meiko kaji's first film)(and Here Come The Warm Jets on cd)
― koogs, Saturday, 8 July 2023 13:29 (one year ago) link
Mad Fox has got to be the quickest I flipped a cover around, from that crappy yellow one to the OG japanese artworkplaced my first ever order via VS to get the early Deaf Crocodile stuff that was on sale, only label they do that I'm really into tbh
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 8 July 2023 13:56 (one year ago) link
(Blind Woman's Curse isn't in the website sale, maybe because it's dual dvd/br, so i lucked out there)
― koogs, Saturday, 8 July 2023 13:57 (one year ago) link
On the US Arrow site it's $17
― Nhex, Saturday, 8 July 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link
BWC is £18 on the uk website, seemingly not in the sale, but was £9 in fopp (down from £15)
― koogs, Saturday, 8 July 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
Don't think anyone has posted this yet?https://error4444.bigcartel.com/productsThey've been around over a year and focus on crazy and/or notorious Hong Kong and Japanese films.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 25 August 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome Labor Day Warehouse Sale
https://support.vinegarsyndrome.com/en-US/warehouse-sale-2023---info-310661
The event, which kicks off at 12:01 PM EDT on Friday, September 1st and runs through 11:59 PM EDT on Monday, September 4th, will see discounts of 50-70% off dozens of overstock items, including numerous VS and Partner Label limited edition slipcovers, standard (including going OOP) Blu-rays, along with a ton of merch and clothing.Additionally, ALL VS DVDs will be marked down to just $5 and ALL will be going OOP once our current inventory runs out!
Additionally, ALL VS DVDs will be marked down to just $5 and ALL will be going OOP once our current inventory runs out!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 25 August 2023 19:29 (one year ago) link
Why you do this to me
― Prop Dramedy (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 August 2023 19:36 (one year ago) link
re: that error4444 site, I have the Gold Ninja release of Thrilling Bloody Sword and it's full of fun weirdness, if they've got a proper scan & translation of it I'd be v interested in upgrading. Challenge of the Lady Ninja & Imperial Sword Killing The Devil looks like good times too.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 25 August 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
There's under a week left in the second run sale at the BFI shop if anyones interested
https://shop.bfi.org.uk/dvd-blu-ray/second-run-special-offer.html?p=4
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Saturday, 26 August 2023 12:36 (one year ago) link
I did pick up fatal termination from error4444 in this last wave. I haven't seen it yet tho... well, except for the notorious car stunt which even offended this jaded old soul.
thrilling bloody sword is a lot of fun. agreed that a real restoration of that would be an instant buy.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 26 August 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
heard good things about the Red Spell Spells Red release from them.... still their stuff is too pricey for a blind buy unfortunately
― Nhex, Saturday, 26 August 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link
I caught a screening of that recently. it was their "animal cruelty-free" cut from that release, which I appreciated. but the edited movie did seem to be missing a significant part of its nasty core...
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 26 August 2023 20:39 (one year ago) link
Vinegar Syndrome is doing its Black Friday preview sale this weekend, worth poking around some of the new stuff there.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 September 2023 02:54 (one year ago) link
My wallet's eternal threat. Kinda tempted to preorder that new Lost Films boxset though I know in my heart it's probably a huge waste of money. But it looks fun!
― Nhex, Sunday, 24 September 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link