Blu Ray Wish Lists

[The Great MM]

Any signs of Pulgasari getting a BR?

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Weird I can only find the Frankenstein and Wolf man BD legacy sets on Amazon the others aren't up. Nor are they up on any other retailer.

[lhb412]

^That's because the Wolf Man and Frankenstein are the only ones listed so far. I imagine The Mummy and Invisible Man will be next, as those movies have been released in HD overseas.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I was under the assumption that all the sets would be available at the same time I must have gotten confused.

[lhb412]

Naw. Just Frank and Wolfy for now, but I'm sure the rest are coming.

- and speaking of Universal: they're doing a new release of American Werewolf in London, which'll supposedly be a marked improvement on the fair but unspectacular initial Blu-Ray transfer.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

See I have no issue with the current transfer of An American Werewolf in London on BD. It's not really that bad

[lhb412]

^It's fair; above DVD quality but has room for improvement. It's much like the Gremlins transfer. I can see how some folks who're more picture quality sticklers would really be into it. I'm not sure if I'll bite, even though it's one of my favorites.

... and an amazon Canada listing for It Came From Outer Space says it'll come out in October. It seems Universal is working through all of its horror and sci-fi catalog titles in one great burst.

[lhb412]

Lionsgate has been one of the big holdouts as far as catalog Blu-Ray releases is concerned, but the floodgates seem to have been opened: they're reviving the 'Vestron Video' label for a line of cult films, primarily '80s horror so far. Here's the press release for the first two titles:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=19558

And in decidedly non-genre news, Lionsgate is also releasing Glengarry Glen Ross on Blu, which hopefully points to a commitment to catalog titles across the board.

Oh, and KINO has picked up the The Return of Dracula!

[Henry88]

[lhb412]

I just realized Lionsgate has control of the rights to a bunch of Hammer films in the US, including personal favorites of mine like Quatermass and the Pit and The Devil Rides Out. Hopefully something comes of that now that they've increased their output of catalog releases. Fingers crossed!

[lhb412]

Discotek just announced some classic anime titles making their way to Blu-Ray, including Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth and Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer.

[lhb412]

Universal releases The Marx Brothers Collection (The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup) on Blu-Ray Oct. 18. These films were in such bad need of restoration: the current DVD masters were made for home video in the '80s, and had some missing (censored?) bits - at least some of which will be restored for these releases. Also, in a day where it seems none of the studios are shelling out any money for new special features on catalog releases, Universal has new film expert commentary tracks for all five films.

[Gwangi]

[lhb412]

In addition to the new transfers (including the censored bits from Animal Crackers) and new commentary tracks - a new feature length documentary and a booklet! This is shaping up to be the home video release of the year!

[O.Supreme]

This is either going to be really great...or really bad: (but either way REALLY EXPENSIVE)



With all the advances in technology, I just don't see the reason why an "extended edition" needs to be on 2 discs. Even a 4 hour film, on Blu Ray can fit on one disc at optimum quality. Its the main reason really why I haven't purchased these films in any format.

[jellydonut25]

Bleh. I loathe The Hobbit films. Even Peter Jackson said he phoned them in and they weren't good. They are horrendous butcherings of the best thing Tolkien wrote.

[lhb412]

Postponing the release to ensure acquiring better materials seems to have paid dividends: Kino's One Million Years B.C. will feature 4K scans of both the UK and US cuts of the film.

[canofhumdingers]

What's the difference between them?

[Gwangi]

[tbeasley]

I need to pick up more Harryhausen movies... I've been meaning to get that Special Effects set but I'm wondering if a Kong/Son of Kong/Mighty Joe Young set will be released when Skull Island comes out next year (like the one that came out around Kong 05).

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Looks like Waxwork and Waxwork 2 are getting an upgraded BD release as part of that Vestron BD collection

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JH4G5LC/re ... B01JH4G5LC

[jellydonut25]

[O.Supreme]

I get that the universal sets include the most inconic version of the "Universal Monsters", which in most cases are not the first version in film, but the ones most people are familiar with. My problem is the exception of Phantom of the Opera. To me the 1925 film with Lon Chaney is the iconic Phantom film, not the 1943 film with Claude Rains.

[lhb412]

The Cohen Film Collection (a great home video label specializing in art house and classic films) is working with Universal to do a 4K restoration of James Whale's classic Universal horror film The Old Dark House!

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

To anyone who picked up the Frankenstein and The Wolf Man BD legacy sets how is the PQ on the films not already on BD? I'm highly considering dumping my old Legacy DVD sets (green pack) and picking up these but if the other films aren't really upgrade I may skip.

The Wolf Man set I'll probably get for sure since The Wolf Man is my all time favorite werewolf flick.