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Some more details about the Starz Blu-Ray titles

As reported here some time ago, Starz Home Entertainment and their label Anchor Bay Entertainment will release the first season of Masters Of Horror on Blu-Ray Disc in September. We have been able to uncover some more details about the release that you will find interesting.

The release will consist of 4 BD-50 discs containing all the 15 season 1 episodes in 1080p high definition video. Currently plans are to provide uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio tracks with the release but that may change, depending on the storage availability on the final discs. The set will also contain some – though not all – of the bonus materials found on the individual DVD releases of the episodes.

In addition to “Masters Of Horror” we have heard mention of another number of Blu-Ray titles from Anchor Bay, scheduled for Halloween. Look out for announcements of John Carpenter’s Halloween, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead II and George A. Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead to be released on Blu-Ray some time in September or early October.

Anchor Bay ROCKS! PCM AUDIO for MOH AS WELL!!!

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Please let it be true about John Carpenter's Halloween being released this year. That would be stellar news.

The original Dawn and Day would be incredible also.

Man I hope this comes to fruition. I haven't been this psyched by rumored titles for quite awhile.

Halloween?! Dawn & Day?! F Yeah!! :cool:

Please let it be true about John Carpenter's Halloween being released this year. That would be stellar news.

The original Dawn and Day would be incredible also.

Man I hope this comes to fruition. I haven't been this psyched by rumored titles for quite awhile.
The release of those movies on Blu-Ray would be orgasmic. It seems to me that the studio is likely to aspire to delivering master quality audio for every one of their releases.

I'm a hardcore George Romero fan. This is absolutely fantastic news for me even though it's not 100% official.

Evil Dead 2 on Blu Ray? WOW This looked great on dvd, far better than I expected. I cant wait to see this.

Walt

Halloween?! Dawn & Day?! F Yeah!! :cool:

I wouldn't be surprised if it's Halloween. Rob Zombie is doing a remake of Halloween with Malcolm Mcdowell as the shrink in October.

Halloween will be a must have for me... My favorite Halloween title! :)

I also like part 2 a lot!

I also like part 2 a lot!

You da man Joe, so do I. Halloween is a MUST HAVE for me. So is Friday the 13th FWIW.

I will definitely pick up Halloween, but i hope they correct the tint of the transfer. The Divimax dvd ruined Dean Cundey's wonderful cinematography.

Oh yeah, Jason Voohrees in HD! :eek: I would love that... :)

Halloween, Dawn and Day for me. AWESOME news if this proves to be true. I doubt the Dawn will maintain any of the current 'Ultimate Edition' stuff so I will hold onto that with the 3 different cuts of the film, but I hope the Day keeps the current SE stuff on it.

I also like part 2 a lot!

Halloween II is still owned by Universal, I believe. We might get it on HD-DVD eventually. Heck, at the rate things are going, we'll probably see it on Blu-ray, with the rest of the Universal releases eventually too :) Meanwhile , I can hardly wait for Halloween on BD!!!



Marc.

Amazing news, if true.

Halloween II is still owned by Universal, I believe. We might get it on HD-DVD eventually. Heck, at the rate things are going, we'll probably see it on Blu-ray, with the rest of the Universal releases eventually too :) Meanwhile , I can hardly wait for Halloween on BD!!!



Marc.

....and there we go. Took how long before we got a HD DVD crap when none was needed.

Oh yeah, Jason Voohrees in HD! :eek: I would love that... :)

Oh hell naw, thats blasphemy, :eek: Micheal Myers is from Halloween. Micheal would kick Jasons butt. But yeah if these discs do come out I will get them as long as they maintain the original extras (and hopefully some new ones) can't see my self picking up Dawn Of The Dead unless its the Ultimate Edition they released on SD.

....and there we go. Took how long before we got a HD DVD crap when none was needed.

Didn't seem that way at all somebody mentioned part II, and he replied Universal owns the rights. Whats wrong with that?

Wow, great news. I hope this pans out to be true. All will be mine. :D

I want all of these!

I wouldn't be surprised if it's Halloween. Rob Zombie is doing a remake of Halloween with Malcolm Mcdowell as the shrink in October.

Correction, re-envisioning of Halloween ;)

Can't wait for all of these movies. Dawn looked great on DVD, so it should look excellent (hopes) in HD.

....and there we go. Took how long before we got a HD DVD crap when none was needed.

Not a thread crap at all. I'm a Blu-ray and HD-DVD owner, with 80% of my titles being Blu. Just stating that Universal owns the rights to Hallloween 2 (since someone brought it up) so we (the buying public) will most likely see it on HD-DVD before Blu-Ray.

I think you need to be a little less defensive, and not take the format war so seriously.

OK, Ra Ra Blu Ray! HD-DVD is dead... Does that make you feel better? Sheesh :rolleyes:

Marc.

Holy crap, I am all over these and the announced House of 1000 Corpses BD. Yesterday, after popping in the SD, I was reminded that they also own the rights for Hellraiser 1 & 2. I'd go into a geek-seizure if these were released as well.

Halloween!!!!!...anyone check out the re-release to theaters last october...i was there and supposedly it was a completly new restored high def master...if they use that it should be a stellar release...can't wait!!

....and there we go. Took how long before we got a HD DVD crap when none was needed.

What is your problem?

What is your problem?

Heck, at the rate things are going, we'll probably see it on Blu-ray, with the rest of the Universal releases eventually too

That was needed? Really?

If Halloween makes it to BD, that's justification enough for me to purchase a Blu-ray player. I'd get one now, but I'm waiting for 1.1 to make it into a player's specs. It's taking so damn long, though. I'm really getting tired of waiting.

What about the Director's Cut to Army of Darkness?

Just make sure Dean Cundey gets to look at the transfer and color times it correctly.
H1 was shot in the summer in LA and even with the "fall tint" it's very obvious it's not fall in the midwest. The color timing helps...
The last divimax just used an untimed print. Great res. but it looked like summer in LA...

Not a thread crap at all. I'm a Blu-ray and HD-DVD owner, with 80% of my titles being Blu. Just stating that Universal owns the rights to Hallloween 2 (since someone brought it up) so we (the buying public) will most likely see it on HD-DVD before Blu-Ray.

I think you need to be a little less defensive, and not take the format war so seriously.

OK, Ra Ra Blu Ray! HD-DVD is dead... Does that make you feel better? Sheesh :rolleyes:

Marc.
No... He/She is actually offended because you said it might come out on Blu ray. Just ignore it like everyone else does.

Just make sure Dean Cundey gets to look at the transfer and color times it correctly.
H1 was shot in the summer in LA and even with the "fall tint" it's very obvious it's not fall in the midwest. The color timing helps...
The last divimax just used an untimed print. Great res. but it looked like summer in LA...
You got Dave going again... He is a true Halloween expert! :)

doh!

Well, I DO have 2 different custom homemade Myers masks...

;)

That was needed? Really?

OMG he mentioned the B word! :rolleyes:

You know, it is pretty simple. If you don't like Blu-ray owners speculating on when Universal will go neutral, stay in the HD DVD forum. I personally hope they do it real soon. But I hope they do a better job on some of those recent titles when they produce the Blu-ray versions. With sales of Blu-ray discs likely to cruise past 70% of high def software sales by year's end, I have my fingers crossed that they will be ordering some nice blu boxes for Spring '08 (if they haven't already). Universal here is my plea: End the Format War Now - Go Neutral.

For the record, I hope Rob Zombie's "Halloween" remake crashes and burns. John Carpenter made a classic horror film that still delivers chills without buckets of blood or cheap thrills. John Carpenter used psychological horror. He let our own imaginations get the better of us. I can't wait for the Blu-ray version.

For the record, I hope Rob Zombie's "Halloween" remake crashes and burns. John Carpenter made a classic horror film that still delivers chills without buckets of blood or cheap thrills. John Carpenter used psychological horror. He let our own imaginations get the better of us. I can't wait for the Blu-ray version.

Why would you say that, before you have even seen it? How do you know that Rob is going to do a ****** job of it? By what you say, you must be a horror fan, and so is Rob. But just because he is re-envisioning a classic, does not automatically make it a horrible (granted a lot of recent horror remakes have been bad, specifically Dawn and The Hills Have Eyes). I hate the attitude that because something is a classic, it shouldn't be touched, and if it is, it will automatically be garbage. I got into an argument about A Perfect Circles cover of Imagine, where some were claiming how horrible a singer Maynard James Keenan was, simply because he was singing a "classic" song. Yet most didn't even know his name or who he was, but because he was singing a classic, he was automatically a horrible singer. B.S.

Now, if you see Rob's movie, and don't like it, then its your right to not like it and think it should crash and burn, but atleast give it a chance.

Why would you say that, before you have even seen it? How do you know that Rob is going to do a ****** job of it? By what you say, you must be a horror fan, and so is Rob. But just because he is re-envisioning a classic, does not automatically make it a horrible (granted a lot of recent horror remakes have been bad, specifically Dawn and The Hills Have Eyes). I hate the attitude that because something is a classic, it shouldn't be touched, and if it is, it will automatically be garbage. I got into an argument about A Perfect Circles cover of Imagine, where some were claiming how horrible a singer Maynard James Keenan was, simply because he was singing a "classic" song. Yet most didn't even know his name or who he was, but because he was singing a classic, he was automatically a horrible singer. B.S.

Now, if you see Rob's movie, and don't like it, then its your right to not like it and think it should crash and burn, but atleast give it a chance.
It actually sounds interesting, but going back and doing a weeks worth of reshoots does not look good.... http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=431881

doh!

Well, I DO have 2 different custom homemade Myers masks...

;)
LOL! I was actually amazed when you guys were discussing the height and weight of the different actors playing Michael in that other thread...

What about the Director's Cut to Army of Darkness?
Anchor Bay owns that?

LOL! I was actually amazed when you guys were discussing the height and weight of the different actors playing Michael in that other thread...


Yep. One problem with the new one just IMHO is they have some wrestler who's like 6'10 playing Myers!
About as subtle as flying glass, as a fart in a space suit.
Part of Myers creepiness (once again, JUST IMHO) is that he wasn't Jason sized. He was more sleek, easier to fade into the shadows.

but what do I know....?

;)


and trouble in "halloween" land....?


http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9260

"Saturday, June 30, 2007
Get more Halloween (remake) news

Some crazy new Intel came into B-D this morning as we've been informed that Rob Zombie has been hard at work filming new material for his remake of Halloween, which is slated for release on August 31. Today ended seven straight days of grueling filming around the Los Angeles area, which included the addition of six, count 'em, six new death sequences! The film has been given a serious boost in violence, gore and bloodshed... but that's not the big news - we received word that an entire new finale has been shot. Details are mum on what is different, but we're told the new ending is quite gruesome!! Watch for the return of Michael Myers in classic fashion in only two months..."


Not, a good sign.... I guess the studio is nervous after the test screenings...

so much for wanting a suspenseful, none too gory flick...

I agree about the color issues with Halloween - I hope these are corrected!

Halloween?! Dawn & Day?! F Yeah!! :cool:

heck yeah

This is mega news.

Hope we get Exorcist from Warner!

This is mega news.

Hope we get Exorcist from Warner!

I thought this was already confirmed? Or am I thinking of Poltergiest? I could have swore both were announced the same day months back.

Hope we get Exorcist from Warner!

Agreed. Halloween and The Exorcist are hands down my favorite horror films.

What about the Director's Cut to Army of Darkness?

Yeah, what about it?? I'll tell you.. it's the bestest movie evar! :D

Yeah, what about it?? I'll tell you.. it's the bestest movie evar! :D
Next to Evil Dead II of course! :)

I want actual release dates but ...
HOT DAmn

I am pumped for all of these. please don't drop this ball anchor - PLEASE.
These are 4 of my most favorite films of all time.

It would be amazing to have these movies go blu.

I need some classic horror in hd!

For the record, I hope Rob Zombie's "Halloween" remake crashes and burns. John Carpenter made a classic horror film that still delivers chills without buckets of blood or cheap thrills. John Carpenter used psychological horror. He let our own imaginations get the better of us. I can't wait for the Blu-ray version.

I agree. Halloween is a classic that does not need a "reimagining". Why reimagine something that was perfect to begin with?

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What about the Director's Cut to Army of Darkness?
They'd have to get the great source MGM has overseas, their current DVD(s) of the director's cut are incredibly horrid looking.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8066/vlcsnap193718on0.jpg

Just to compare how unwatchable the disc is:

Anchor Bay - Director's Cut (all of AB's DC DVD editions)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/sehnzeleid1/vlcsnap-51882.jpg

MGM - Director's Cut (Hong Kong)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/sehnzeleid1/vlcsnap-54498.jpg

Also I gotta say I hate what they did to The Evil Dead. :rolleyes:

Anchor Bay, R0 "Super Jewel Box" edition (out-of-print):

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/4959/vlcsnap1247785dq.jpg

Elite Entertainment, R0 SCE (out-of-print):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/sehnzeleid1/vlcsnap-35021.jpg

Anchor Bay, R1 Book of the Dead edition:

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/5787/edbotdshot5l1ep.jpg

Anchor Bay, R0 "Super Jewel Box" edition (out-of-print):

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/1880/vlcsnap1303707ix.jpg

Anchor Bay, R1 Book of the Dead edition:

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/6760/edbotdshot6l0oi.jpg

They also screwed up Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, why the hell does the Anchor Bay Book of the Dead edition look like the film was painted in with pastels? :mad:

Anchor Bay R1 THX (out-of-print): (16:9, progressive)

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6247/vlcsnap488652og.jpg

Anchor Bay Book of the Dead Divimax: (16:9, progressive)

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/2419/vlcsnap2520496ro.jpg

Studio Canal R2 France 2-DVD: (16:9, progressive)

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/898/vlcsnap565797gi.jpg

Panorama R3 Hong Kong: (16:9, interlaced)

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/7084/vlcsnap2311342oz.jpg

Also, just to say I am a HD DVD supporter, but my grievances with Anchor Bay extend back before the new formats.

Anchor Bay does have some great DVD releases (Suspiria, City of the Living Dead, The Hills Have Eyes), but IMO they have some massive missteps. Despite what many people believe, they aren't 100% critic-proof.

If the studio doesn't screw up the "potential" BDs in the same way, I'll definitely, honestly, seriously go format neutral within like a week. If they screw them up like they have will their DVDs, all I can say is I'm not supporting them, no matter the format.

Two more Evil Dead 2 DVD shots:

Anchor Bay THX:

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2668/vlcsnap2699267ev.jpg

Anchor Bay BOTD:

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/9378/vlcsnap2656458oa.jpg

Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109592/) is another problematic Anchor Bay transfer, very blown out contrast. This was a very anticipated release in the Horror community. Ashame since it's the best Horror film of the '90s.

Anchor Bay:

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/8505/vlcsnap86200pp9.jpg

Medusa (Italy):

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8494/vlcsnap696551dlvq3.jpg

nice comparisons...!

I really need to pick up that Medusa DVD of Dellamorte Dellamorte. :)

Yeah, nice screendumps ... thanks!

I agree. Halloween is a classic that does not need a "reimagining". Why reimagine something that was perfect to begin with?

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Thats exactly the attitude I was talking about. Its prefect so nobody should touch it, and if they do it will deffinately be garbage. Rob Zombie, who does he think he his?




A HUGE horror fan, just like many others in this thread, is who he is.

If the studio doesn't screw up the "potential" BDs in the same way, I'll definitely, honestly, seriously go format neutral within like a week. If they screw them up like they have will their DVDs, all I can say is I'm not supporting them, no matter the format.

I believe Halloween was Anchor Bay's first standard dvd release and the video quality was horrid. Everyone complained about it and Anchor Bay responded by completely remastering and re-releasing.

I would like to believe that Anchor Bay would be determined not to repeat this with a new format. I'm really hoping they are taking their time and getting it right this time.

A HUGE horror fan, just like many others in this thread, is who he is.

Great, so create something original. Don't rip off a classic horror movie that stands just fine on its own. Even a sequel would be fine, it can't be worse than the other sequels. But to try and 're-write' or 're-imagine' one of the all-time classic horror movies is just pointless. It is a cash grab just like all the other pointless remakes.

Yep, look at how bad The new "The Fog" was...
And now they are planning a new "Escape from NY" with most likely edits and quick cuts every 2 seconds and an overuse of CGI.

master of horror with lossless audio i will buy direct. please make sure lossless audio.

but 15 episodes is maybe better suited for 5 discs. since every episode is around 1 hour. so 3 hours would fit perfect on 1 disc with a nice avc encode :)

oh man i am stoked!

also halloween on bluray with lossless audio would be a dream come true!

oh and does anybody have a mail where we could send a petition to startz, anchorbay. to make sure they will put lossless audio on it!

specially since the cluster**** that is smallville season 6. i need masters of horror with lossless and need halloween with lossless :)

I'm a hardcore George Romero fan. This is absolutely fantastic news for me even though it's not 100% official.


Me too. Looking forward to it !

well it's a bit off topic but..
I seriously doubt anyone is bigger horror fan here than I. My obsession is 30 years old and I even at age 9 found tom savini's number in an old pittsburgh phone book and called him.
So as a horror fan - why would anyone want it to crash and burn? I would rather they put out some original crap - but I'm willing to make an exception with Zombie. Simply because in this case at the very least he is a fan so it's not total exploitation of the fanbase. Does that mean it should be made? No - of course not. But as a fan I still want it to be good - because I know I'll see it. It's not like it can be worse than parts 5-8. I kinda enjoyed 4 for what it was - or at least for bringing back Michael.

Zombie show s alot of promise for a new generation of good horror genre filmmakers. More so than Roth anyways. So I want him to be successful as long as he keeps delivering product that's heart is in the right place. Horror is the sure bet way for no names to make money in the industry - so let's tip our hats to a guy who isn't doing this for the money alone.

I really like Halloween 4. Too bad I don't feel the same way about 5.


1, 2, and 4 for me. :)

If you look at the cast - there are some real genre gems in here. Not hot hollywood up and comers mind you cast from head shots. A fan casted this film.






Malcolm McDowell
Dr. Sam Loomis

Daeg Faerch
Young Michael Myers

Tyler Mane
Adult Michael Myers

Sheri Moon Zombie
Deborah Myers

Hanna Hall
Judith Myers

Scout Taylor-Compton
Laurie Strode

Danielle Harris
Annie Brackett

Brad Dourif
Sheriff Brackett

Kristina Klebe
Lynda

Udo Kier
Morgan Walker

Dee Wallace Stone
Cynthia Strode

Pat Skipper
Mason Strode

William Forsythe
Ronnie White

Jenny Gregg Stewart
Lindsey Wallace

Ken Foree
Big Joe Grizzley

Lew Temple
Nole Kluggs

Danny Trejo
Ismael Cruz

Richmond Arquette
Deputy Charles

Richard Fancy
Dean Carpenter

Mickey Dolenz
Derek Allan

Tom Towles

Richard Lynch

Sybil Danning

Adrienne Barbeau

Courtney Gains

Clint Howard

Daryl Sabara

I believe Halloween was Anchor Bay's first standard dvd release and the video quality was horrid. Everyone complained about it and Anchor Bay responded by completely remastering and re-releasing.
The problem is they go to far in certain cases.

nothing out craps the horrid Blockbuster Video version of the film.

Being a horror fan this is great. I hope more get released soon. I want the older more obscure horror films. Not this new sh*t their pumping out.

Yep, look at how bad The new "The Fog" was...
And now they are planning a new "Escape from NY" with most likely edits and quick cuts every 2 seconds and an overuse of CGI.

Not to mention how awful the remake of Assault On Precinct 13 was. Is Hollywood really that bankrupt of fresh ideas that all they can do for horror is remake every movie that has been released already?

Being a horror fan this is great. I hope more get released soon. I want the older more obscure horror films. Not this new sh*t their pumping out.

Me too. Anchor Bay releasing Blu-Ray titles is an absolute dream come true. I will buy practically every horror title they release.

Hopefully Image and Blue Underground, among others, will join in soon.

Bring on classic horror!

Good. But damn why can't they release films in numerical Order.
What is the point of releasing random order.

nothing out craps the horrid Blockbuster Video version of the film.


I had that!

I actually had one copy that was edited!

:0

Good. But damn why can't they release films in numerical Order.
What is the point of releasing random order.

I would like that too.

Night Of the Living Dead was released on dvd by Anchor Bay and Elite Entertainment. I wonder if Anchor Bay still has the rights? If not, that is probably why it is not being released also.

I will probably wait to watch Dawn and Day until Night is released just so I can watch them in the proper sequence.

no one has the rights to NOTLD.

We could all put out our own version if we wanted to. Because of a last minute change in the films title (originaly "night of the Flesheaters") the rush to get the open credit done led to them forgetting to put the copyright on the print.
That's why you can find so many different distribution companies with their own dvd release of this film.

The 30th anniversery edition was gorgeous - I would love to see this get done it's due in HD at some point.

I never understand how upset people get over remakes. Here's a novel concept, if you don't like the idea, don't watch the remake. I know it's a radical idea and it's not as much fun as complaining about them, but give it a try.

While I'm not really a remake hater - I do understand the hate.
If you love a film. If you invest emotion into the film. If a film is connected to a certain part of your life and the mere mention of the film makes you nostalgic for a "better day". You begin to feel about this film like you might about an old friend or family member. You become prtoective of it and most importantly - protective of the memories attached with it..
and a crappy remake takes a big dump on all of that and in the end cheapens it.
The only thing that ever bugged me about remakes is the same thing that bugs me about a lot of horror films. Exploitation of the fanbase. Taking their dollars for granted and serving them crap on a glass plate. It doesn't need to be a remake to do this, but most often remakes are EXACTLY just this very thing. The horror film that offended me the most as a fan of the genre was "House of the Dead".

Great, so create something original. Don't rip off a classic horror movie that stands just fine on its own. Even a sequel would be fine, it can't be worse than the other sequels. But to try and 're-write' or 're-imagine' one of the all-time classic horror movies is just pointless. It is a cash grab just like all the other pointless remakes.

He already has, of which the second of his films is already on Blu-ray and the first has been announced. Again, the same attitude. He is "ripping off" the original automatically. And how is it a crash grab? Did you not read the part about him being a HUGE horror fan, one of the biggest you will ever see. Read a little bit about Rob, and open your mind a bit, you might actually enjoy life a bit more. Complaining because someone is "ruining a classic" is POINTLESS.

While I'm not really a remake hater - I do understand the hate.
If you love a film. If you invest emotion into the film. If a film is connected to a certain part of your life and the mere mention of the film makes you nostalgic for a "better day". You begin to feel about this film like you might about an old friend or family member. You become prtoective of it and most importantly - protective of the memories attached with it..
and a crappy remake takes a big dump on all of that and in the end cheapens it.
The only thing that ever bugged me about remakes is the same thing that bugs me about a lot of horror films. Exploitation of the fanbase. Taking their dollars for granted and serving them crap on a glass plate. It doesn't need to be a remake to do this, but most often remakes are EXACTLY just this very thing. The horror film that offended me the most as a fan of the genre was "House of the Dead".

I definitely see where you are coming from when it comes to remakes. Personally, one of the worst IMO was Dawn of the Dead. They completely threw out everything we know about Zombies. I mean, Zombies are the DEAD, not people with some disease. "When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth." And granted, some are mere cash grabs, hell, a lot of them are. But that doesn't make it the case with this movie. If you know who Rob Zombie is, and how this film came about, it does not point to "cash grab". Too simply pass judgment, based on other films, and the simple fact that this is a "remake" of a classic, is not fair. Read about the movie, and then watch it. If you feel the same way, fine. But maybe, if you go in with an open mind (if you already think its garbage in your mind, watching probably won't change that) you might enjoy it. As a fan of the genre, you really owe it to yourself.

I guess it's just that Zombie is not known for subtlety and now with word of "added gore!!! More deaths!!!" it just seems less and less like Halloween and more like a typical over the top gore film which Halloween 1 was NOT. There were only 4 on-screen deaths in the whole film and actually very, very little blood.
If this is the case, there's less and less reason for remaking it and not just doing something new. I mean, Myers is now played by a 6'10 wrestler, now lots of killings and gore...
Why not just call it Friday the 13th and call it a day....

:)

I guess it's just that Zombie is not known for subtlety and now with word of "added gore!!! More deaths!!!" it just seems less and less like Halloween and more like a typical over the top gore film which Halloween 1 was NOT. There were only 4 on-screen deaths in the whole film and actually very, very little blood.
If this is the case, there's less and less reason for remaking it and not just doing something new. I mean, Myers is now played by a 6'10 wrestler, now lots of killings and gore...
Why not just call it Friday the 13th and call it a day....

:)

Why is Rob Zombie remaking Halloween? I guess the same reason Gus Van Sant remade Psycho: Money. Rob Zombie has little confidence in his film being compared to John Carpenter's version so he reimagines the film by throwing more blood and gore up on the screen. Mr. Van Sant had absolutely no confidence in his abilities vs. Mr. Hitchcock's (for obvious reasons), so he just reshoots it shot for shot and still ends up with crap. If these guys really had talent, they'd come up with original ideas.

I would be equally apalled if, heaven forbid, Brett Ratner decided to reimagine Citizen Kane, Roland Emmerich took on a CGI remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey or Paul Verhoeven took a stab at The Godfather. Some films should never be re-made.

All I'm saying is - remakes are going to happen. So atleast with this remake, it's in the hands of someone who loves the original as much as any fan and he's involving people that are genre legends. So as a horror fan I see it as, well here I go getting raped again, but hey at least he's buying me dinner first and offering me a ride home afterwards.

I might see it too but a 6'10 Myers...?!?!?!?

yeah it bugs me too.
heh.
at least it's not kane hodder though.

Why nobody mentions "The Thing"? It is the one of the best horror-alien movie ever made.

and The Fly

and to be fair evil dead 2 is a remake of the first one

Not to mention how awful the remake of Assault On Precinct 13 was. Is Hollywood really that bankrupt of fresh ideas that all they can do for horror is remake every movie that has been released already?

funny you should say that. the last oscar winner for best picture is a remake of a foreign movie which has not just been released in HK on blu-ray.

EVIL DEAD 2! DAWN OF THE DEAD! Awesome.

There were only 4 on-screen deaths in the whole film
5 if you count the dog.

Why nobody mentions "The Thing"? It is the one of the best horror-alien movie ever made.

Well, there's one remake that makes me forget the original.

He already has, of which the second of his films is already on Blu-ray and the first has been announced.

Two movies and already out of ideas. Wow.

How is it a cash grab? Did you not read the part about him being a HUGE horror fan, one of the biggest you will ever see.

So being a HUGE horror fan somehow makes him incapable of a cash grab? Please. It is a cash grab to take a movie already released with a huge fan base and try to make it your own.

Complaining because someone is "ruining a classic" is POINTLESS.

That's your opinion. My opinion is that ruining a classic is sad. Especially coming from a "HUGE horror fan" that should know better. I'm all for Zombie's original movies, but to try and change the ultimate horror movie to his own version of it is pathetic.

The reshoots and changing the ending are more evidence of a cash grab. Don't get a good repsonse from a screen test, change it again.

My favorite movie of all-time is Halloween. So in my mind I am entitled to complain about Zombie trying to take this classic and "reimagine" it or whatever terminology they are using for rip-off these days.

My favorite movie of all-time is Halloween. So in my mind I am entitled to complain about Zombie trying to take this classic and "reimagine" it or whatever terminology they are using for rip-off these days.

My favorite movie of all time is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I thought the remake was okay, but I hated the idea of it. It certainly didn't ruin the original and the Halloween remake certainly won't ruin Carpenter's version.

EVIL DEAD 2! DAWN OF THE DEAD! Awesome.

Agreed...another I would like to see released on blu-ray is dead alive. One of my all time favorites!!!

My favorite movie of all time is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I thought the remake was okay, but I hated the idea of it. It certainly didn't ruin the original and the Halloween remake certainly won't ruin Carpenter's version.

I love the original TCM as well. It is my second favorite horror movie of all time. I hated the idea of that remake as well.

While it didn't ruin the original, it did open the door to the flood of remakes we are seeing now. Hollywood gets to be lazy and remake the same movies we have already seen instead of coming up with new and original ideas. The more moviegoers support this laziness the more it will happen. And for that reason alone I hope it does poorly.

And what is even worse than that is that neither TCM or Halloween needed to be remade. They are already the pinnacle of horror movies, they don't need to be remade.

What's next a reimagining of Jaws?

What's next a reimagining of Jaws?

SHHHHHH, they might hear you...

I think the reason that there are a lot of remakes is the ROI, they assume that if it was well received in the past, or in another country, it will be well received (and therefore profitable) again.

Not saying it is the right thing to do, or saying that I like it, but I think that is the main reason. Same with the uber sequel franchises.

SHHHHHH, they might hear you...
LOL

I think the reason that there are a lot of remakes is the ROI, they assume that if it was well received in the past, or in another country, it will be well received (and therefore profitable) again.

I hear what you are saying, but I thought that is what sequels are for. We have all come to accept sequels and sometimes prequels, but as of late they are trying to erase original classics by creating a new version of them. I think that is completely wrong. They aren't taking some obscure titles and trying to breathe life into them, they are taking the best of the genre and remaking those movies.

And Halloween already had a phenomenal ROI. It was made for very little money and turned into a monster hit, pun intended. Not to mention all the money they made on sequels.

But a remake of a movie is nothing more than a cash grab. If the movie is already excellent there is no need to remake it other than to get a lazy man's paycheck.

All of these remakes make me even more happy that Anchor Bay is going to be releasing classic horror movies on Blu-Ray. At least we'll be getting the real deal.

Looks like these titles are getting close to a street date: Starz/Anchor Bay Blu-ray Slate (http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disc_Announcements/Starz/Starz/Anchor_Bay_Reveals_More_Masters_of_Horror_Specs,_Hints_at_Fa ll_Blu-ray_Slate/745)

5 if you count the dog.


doh!
Forgot..

Also, Carpenter's "The Thing" was based much more on the original book, "Who Goes There" so I give it and him ALOT of credit.

What made many of Carpenter's films so great is that since they were very low budget, the filmmakers were very creative and the casting was usually perfect.
Compare Jaimie Lee to the typical WB pretty, bleached teeth, plucked eyebrow, vapid Hollywood damsel in distress.
They also relied HEAVILY on atmosphere and not on "added gore!"
I can't wait to see how utterly awful "Escape From NYC" is going to be.


but, yeah, I'm just bitching.

I loved when the remake of "The Fog" tanked hard especially after the moron who starred in it (Superboy?) said the original was "ok, but very dated".
Yeah, assbag. Which version will people remember years from now....?

Two movies and already out of ideas. Wow.



So being a HUGE horror fan somehow makes him incapable of a cash grab? Please. It is a cash grab to take a movie already released with a huge fan base and try to make it your own.



That's your opinion. My opinion is that ruining a classic is sad. Especially coming from a "HUGE horror fan" that should know better. I'm all for Zombie's original movies, but to try and change the ultimate horror movie to his own version of it is pathetic.

The reshoots and changing the ending are more evidence of a cash grab. Don't get a good repsonse from a screen test, change it again.

My favorite movie of all-time is Halloween. So in my mind I am entitled to complain about Zombie trying to take this classic and "reimagine" it or whatever terminology they are using for rip-off these days.

This is all your OPINION, again, because you have already made up your mind about this movie. Why is he out of ideas? Because YOU said so? Why should he know better? Because YOU said so? Why is it pathetic? Because YOU said so? Why is it automatically a cash grab? Because YOU said so? How is it ruining a classic? Because you have magical abilities to see movies that have yet to release, in your mind, and YOU said so? Please. You are entitled to your opinion, but that does not make it the truth, and it does not make you any more of a fan, or anybody else less of a fan. Get off your off your friggen high horse already.

Looks like these titles are getting close to a street date: Starz/Anchor Bay Blu-ray Slate (http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disc_Announcements/Starz/Starz/Anchor_Bay_Reveals_More_Masters_of_Horror_Specs,_Hints_at_Fa ll_Blu-ray_Slate/745)


Oh yeah, bring em on!

This is all your OPINION, again, because you have already made up your mind about this movie. Why is he out of ideas? Because YOU said so? Why should he know better? Because YOU said so? Why is it pathetic? Because YOU said so? Why is it automatically a cash grab? Because YOU said so? How is it ruining a classic? Because you have magical abilities to see movies that have yet to release, in your mind, and YOU said so? Please. You are entitled to your opinion, but that does not make it the truth, and it does not make you any more of a fan, or anybody else less of a fan. Get off your off your friggen high horse already.

take it easy, bro! He SAID it's "his opinion" and he's entitled to it just like you are entitled to yours. Obviously you disagree with him but you sound like you are going to pop a blood vessel. Let it go.

edit: Just read the script synopsis for the new Escape from NY on AICN.

Cabbie and Maggie are gone as characters....


:(

I think it wasn't the TCM remake but the Dawn of the Dead remake to thank for all of this. It was HUGE at the box office and raked in a lot more money than anyone ever expected. Sadly it seemed to take the buzz away from Romero's Land of the Dead - although I have to admit I had a lot of problems with LOTD and find it hard to watch for many reasons. Which for me is odd because I worship all of his films (except for Bruiser ). Howard Sherman as Bub in DOTD is some of the best acting I've ever seen zombie or otherwise. I felt embarassed watching the lead zombie in LOTD.

Anyone see District B13...? Written By Luc Besson, kind of like Escape From NY meets The Transporter supposedly. We just put it in our netflix queue, Blu Ray.
I had never heard of it b4...!

:)

Anyone see District B13...? Written By Luc Besson, kind of like Escape From NY meets The Transporter supposedly. We just put it in our netflix queue, Blu Ray.
I had never heard of it b4...!

:)
It's a cool movie. But both HD verisons don't have regular subtitles. Instead they are subtitles for the hearing impared. You can always listen to the english dub track (which has bad sync issues), but who in their right mind would want to do that? ;)

Thanks, next in the queue.

:)

You are entitled to your opinion, but that does not make it the truth, and it does not make you any more of a fan, or anybody else less of a fan. Get off your off your friggen high horse already.

I am so sorry Maynard...I was terribly confused. For a second I thought Rob Zombie was ripping off John Carpenter's Halloween. My mistake.

Rob Zombie is the greatest director that ever lived. He is also the "HUGEST" horror fan that ever lived. Anyone that doesn't bow at his feet can piss off. They wouldn't know a good horror movie from their ass. I've never seen such creativity from a director. Maybe he'll remake Jurassic Park next.

Oh, did I mention that Rob Zombie is the greatest?

I think it wasn't the TCM remake but the Dawn of the Dead remake to thank for all of this.

I could be wrong but TCM remake was released in 2003 and has made $80M, DOTD remake was released in 2004 and has made $59M.

But I'm sure they are both partially responsible for the flood of remakes. I hope it stops soon.

Just to weigh in on this Halloween remake issue...

The truth is the majority of horror remakes are pure garbage, so it's not a stretch to think that Zombie's Halloween is going to be anything but a huge, steaming turd. For every Herzog's Nosferatu or Carpenter's The Thing you are going to get tons and tons of crap.

Everything I read about Zombie's Halloween just makes me more positive that it will blow. Michael talks, he wears a take a dump mask when he has to use the bathroom...and now all these reshoots. That is not a good sign. That means the movie tested, people didn't like it and now they are trying to do anything they can to salvage it by adding more blood, deaths, and a better ending! I would LOVE to be proven wrong and have this movie rock, but I really doubt it. Zombie is a decent director, he has a good eye. But his writing is putrid and that's were I believe the problem lies here.

And if Zombie really was a "huge horror fan" he would have told the suits to piss off when they wanted him to remake Halloween. Instead, he thinks he can make it better...or different. If he was smart, he would have let some other poor schlub get buried for trying to fix something that ain't broke and instead focused on a new, original idea. The only person would could try to remake Halloween and not piss me off is Carpenter himself. Much like what Clive Barker is doing with the Hellraiser remake. He decided that if the studio was going to get it remade no matter what, he might as well take the reigns and do the best he can with it.

And and this is all my opinion and I am a huge horror fan. That's why I don't want to see classics dicked around with.

Woah!!!!
Michael talks!?!?!?

oh, HELL no!!!!! (said in Smoky from "Friday"'s voice...!

What the hell does he say?!?!?

Woah!!!!
Michael talks!?!?!?

oh, HELL no!!!!! (said in Smoky from "Friday"'s voice...!

What the hell does he say?!?!?
That was first confirmed in a script review. I guess Zombie could always change it when he goes back to re-edit the film, but I doubt it. As to what he says exactly, I don't know.

"And yes, adult Michael Myers, with the mask, does speak. Ugg... And yes, they try to show Myers' "human" side in the last act. Double Ugg..."

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31221

Woah!!!!
Michael talks!?!?!?

oh, HELL no!!!!! (said in Smoky from "Friday"'s voice...!

What the hell does he say?!?!?

Does it matter? Michael Meyers talking is ludicrous.

I think Rob Zombie is out to ruin his career.

How could a fan of the series make Michael talk???????

I hope this doesn't even make back the $20M budget.

And just when you think Busta Rhymes was forever going to carry the trophy for sinking this series to oblivion. (The karate chopping rapper kicking Michael around while saying "Ahnold's" one liners was the moment I decided to stop going to see the sequels at the theater.)

But Busta may now be outdone by Rob Zombie's bastardization of a horror legend.

Zombie picked the wrong horror classic to mess with. It's easy to ignore sequels but trying to replace the original...big mistake. His career as a horror director may never rebound after this.

Does anyone have a comprehensive list of horror movies that Anchor Bay released on standard dvd? I would love to see a list of horror movies that Anchor Bay will potentially be releasing on Blu-Ray.

Does anyone have a comprehensive list of horror movies that Anchor Bay released on standard dvd? I would love to see a list of horror movies that Anchor Bay will potentially be releasing on Blu-Ray.
Here you go. And to that I add "Hey Mikey! Happy F*ckin' Halloween!" ;)

http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com/index.asp?p=PC_Browse&PriCatID=3

Here you go. And to that I add "Hey Mikey! Happy F*ckin' Halloween!" ;)

http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com/index.asp?p=PC_Browse&PriCatID=3

Excellent. Thanks.

"And yes, adult Michael Myers, with the mask, does speak. Ugg... And yes, they try to show Myers' "human" side in the last act. Double Ugg..."



Oy. Just what we need, to feel sympathy for Myers and make him tragic.
This isn't FRANKENSTEIN. He shouldn't be misunderstood. The whole point of the first 2 films was that Myers was just pure evil. Loomis has several speeches to that effect.

This sounds worse by the day. I hope it tanks hard.

Halloween (with Dean Cundey supervised transfer) and Evil Dead II I would pick up, no doubt!

Army of Darkness in it's proper only if you could get the theatrical cut too. There are things in the DC that I don't like. The S-Mart ending of the theatrical cut is actually more in keeping with the silliness of the entire film.

Also AOD and Evil Dead 2 should be in their proper 1.66:1 framing, not overmatted.

Dan

Anchor Bay owns that?

Yes they do. I own their Boomstick edition, but the quality is horrible. They need to freaking remaster the thing.

As for The Masters of Horror, I think it is cool they want to do it as a Season set, but to be honest, Dreams in the Witch House is the only one I really want to own. I hope The Re-Animator, Dagon, and a few of the other old Lovecraft movies come out on BR eventually.

Woah!!!!
Michael talks!?!?!?

oh, HELL no!!!!! (said in Smoky from "Friday"'s voice...!

What the hell does he say?!?!?
LOL!!!! Who's going to do the voice over.... Joe Pesci?

"ay, f*ckin' BOO...!"

"And yes, adult Michael Myers, with the mask, does speak. Ugg... And yes, they try to show Myers' "human" side in the last act. Double Ugg..."

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31221

This is why that's SO wrong.
From the original film....

Dr. Sam Loomis: I met him, fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding; even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes... the *devil's* eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... *evil*.


and from Halloween II



Deputy Gary Hunt: You talk about him as if he's some kind of animal.
Dr. Sam Loomis: He was my patient for fifteen years. He became an obsession with me until I realized there neither reason nor understanding or anything about him that was... even remotely human. An hour ago I stood up and fired six shots into him and he just got up and walked away. I am talking about the real possibility that he is STILL OUT THERE!


but nah! It's the 00's after all. Let's show Michael's sympathetic side!

there is still now way it can be anywhere as bad as the last Halloween crapped out.

no way.

I will only get excited if these babies have the ORIGINAL soundtracks, which would easily fit in PCM. I flat out despise many of the Anchor Bay 5.1 remixes. Evil Dead II's is OK, but Halloween's sucks, with all kinds of terrible sounding reverb added.

And yeah, HALLOWEEN needs to have the proper color timing because the Divicrap version royally blows.

Matt, they also added new cheesy synthesized lightning sound FX to the scene where Loomis and the nurse drive to the sanitarium in the beginning...

And yeah, HALLOWEEN needs to have the proper color timing because the Divicrap version royally blows.
Wasn't it established the Divimax coloration is closer to Criterion's LaserDisc than Anchor Bay's first "stab" of the film on DVD?

What people want is the same timing that Dean Cundey, the DP approved of for the earlier release even if the originally shot film was a bit less atmospherey...

:)

Anyone see District B13...? Written By Luc Besson, kind of like Escape From NY meets The Transporter supposedly. We just put it in our netflix queue, Blu Ray.
I had never heard of it b4...!

:)

I rented it from Netflix a couple of weeks back. IMO it's as cheesy as The Marine was. Definitely rent before buying.

thanks, nyg. Just a rental...

;)

DavisDVD has confirmed the release date of Oct. 2 for Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Halloween and Evil Dead II from Anchor Bay with uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio and "identical supplements ported over from the standard-definition DVD releases."

They've also put up the cover art for the discs here: http://www.davisdvd.com/news/blu-ray.html

Great news! of course anything can change at any moment. I saw the Lost S3 announcment a little farther down and was wondering if that in fact was correct...and then I noticed a little farther down from that was the announcment for Officer And A Gentleman and Ghost...both of which will definitely be out on July 24.

So, like a lot of other Bd product (most recently The Hoax) until this is actually in my hands, I'll remain cautiously optimistic- but wary

And if these do make it out- I hope they keep the classic key art on the packagaing as shown in that flyer.

I know it's a futile dream. but it's the extended cut of dawn of the dead I can die a happy man come october.

either way great news. already organizing the viewing parties.

Finally! Some movies that I will actually buy.

DavisDVD has confirmed the release date of Oct. 2 for Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Halloween and Evil Dead II from Anchor Bay with uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio and "identical supplements ported over from the standard-definition DVD releases."

They've also put up the cover art for the discs here: http://www.davisdvd.com/news/blu-ray.html
Thanks for the link Oct 2nd can't come soon enough :D

DavisDVD has confirmed the release date of Oct. 2 for Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Halloween and Evil Dead II from Anchor Bay with uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio and "identical supplements ported over from the standard-definition DVD releases."

They've also put up the cover art for the discs here: http://www.davisdvd.com/news/blu-ray.html

Buying all 4

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5499/bdjt8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'll definitely be picking up Evil Dead 2 and whichever MoH that has Dreams in a Witch House on it.

DavisDVD has confirmed the release date of Oct. 2 for Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Halloween and Evil Dead II from Anchor Bay with uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio and "identical supplements ported over from the standard-definition DVD releases."

They've also put up the cover art for the discs here: http://www.davisdvd.com/news/blu-ray.html

Great find. Can't wait to pick these up!

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5499/bdjt8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Sold!!!

Can't wait.

Halloween is my favorite horror film and like many of you I'm praying we get the Dean Cundy approved transfer. I wonder if Anchor Bay will address this when we get closer to street date. I have never seen the Divimax version and from what I've heard I don't want to.

Just make sure Dean Cundey gets to look at the transfer and color times it correctly.
H1 was shot in the summer in LA and even with the "fall tint" it's very obvious it's not fall in the midwest. The color timing helps...
The last divimax just used an untimed print. Great res. but it looked like summer in LA...

Wow, thanks for this info...I like learning this type of trivia about a great horror flick.

Oh hell yes. I will be picking up most of those.

Thanks for the comparisons Damnationdoormat. It's worth mentioning, though, that Anchor Bay sublicensed Dellamorte Dellamore from 20th Century Fox, and as such they were stuck with whatever master was offered to them. Doesn't make the transfer any better... but unlike the Evil Dead trilogy, that one wasn't entirely their fault. :p

Looking over the blurry scan, a friend of mine and I think we've come up with the MOH breakdown:

1) CIGARETTE BURNS, DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE, FAIR HAIRED CHILD

2) SICK GIRL, IMPRINT, JENNIFER

3) INCIDENT ON AND OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD, DANCE OF THE DEAD, PICK ME UP

4) HAECKEL'S TALE, CHOCOLATE, DEER WOMAN, HOMECOMING

Looks like the first 3 discs have the episodes I'm most interested in... kinda' glad I only bought a few of them on DVD now. :)

I'm morbidly curious what Rob's HALLOWEEN will be like. The original is no looker IMHO, it's either the most mature slasher or the most juvenile giallo, and that'd pretty damning praise either way. I also think The Devil's Rejects was simply a masterpiece, though House of 1000 Corpses was a lot interesting concepts with zero connection between them. The latter was made in one shot with a clear idea of what he wanted and endless control over the final product... the former was a slapped-together production finished over a few years, and studios. With this in mind, last minute re-shoots and the like (but a new ending? Can we assume this is being done in reaction to violent test audience reaction?) can only point towards last-minute-tinkering making Halloween 2007 a train wreck regardless of whatever it was Rob originally shot. Not being a big fan of the original anyhow, I can just hope we get a non-stop stylish exploitation extravaganza. I'd probably find it more entertaining that Carpenter's simple-yet-influential thriller. (If it helps any, I adore Escape from New York and The Thing... I just don't think Halloween is one of John's better films.)

It's also worth pointing out that my opinion on horror remakes are oft not the norm... I think the 2005 remake of The Hills Have Eyes beats out the original in almost every way, while the 2004 Dawn of the Dead is unwatchable crap - and I adore Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 and Andrea Bianchi's Burial Ground! I simply can't figure that one out. :D

A~nyway, yeah, Masters of Horror, Evil Dead 2, Dawn/Day of the Dead... AB along with Lion's Gate, is making it very hard for me to keep on buying standard DVDs. Curse them all...

Oh - I wonder how many of the extras from the 4 disc DVD collection of Dawn of the Dead will be kept? Probably just the features on the Theatrical cut, but still... worth mentioning.

I never understand how upset people get over remakes. Here's a novel concept, if you don't like the idea, don't watch the remake. I know it's a radical idea and it's not as much fun as complaining about them, but give it a try.

Remakes in and of themselves don't upset me...I'll definitely be going to see the Halloween remake. But the past 2-3 years has been virtually nothing but remakes. Can't they come up with anything original?

4) HAECKEL'S TALE, CHOCOLATE, DEER WOMAN, HOMECOMING


Wow, I haven't seen Haekel's Tale, but Chocolate and Homecoming were the worst of the series. Painfully bad. Deer Woman wasn't great either. I might buy the first 3 discs, but I really was hoping for a box set. :(

I know this thread is about the releases of these movies and not about the Halloween remake, but I thought I would post this link just to squash a lot of the whiny assumptions about bad screenings, and more blood and gore re-shoots.
http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=825

Hopefully this post will not be deleted without any notification whatsoever like my last one was.

Has anything been mentioned about the Region Code!? Sorry if this has been answered already.


Greetz

I know this thread is about the releases of these movies and not about the Halloween remake, but I thought I would post this link just to squash a lot of the whiny assumptions about bad screenings, and more blood and gore re-shoots.
http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=825

Hopefully this post will not be deleted without any notification whatsoever like my last one was.


maynard, with all due respect, didn't you just make a couple of cracks against ME last week for "not letting it go." in two different threads? :rolleyes:

I thought I was the one who needed to "let it go".

yet here you are again. Do you work for the company releasing this or for Zombie himself? ;)
I don't know why you are trying to convince fans of the original who don't like the way the new "re-imagining" is sounding that we should.

Here are some excerpts from a reviewer at AICN about the new one...


"The cinematography of the film is great. Zombie employs a now-common "shaky-cam" technique, adding a layer of liveliness and a constant feeling of movement. A downside, however, is that during some intense action scenes things can get confusing and overly hectic. The colors are also quite vibrant, complementing the camera movement."

Great, so now we get "Bourne Supremacy" nausea inducing shaky-cam in a Myers film.

"The Michael Myers as a kid stuff. I know there's been a lot of controversy over this. Generally, I didn't like it. Many things bothered me about it. It was too long, with 35 out of the total 105 minutes being Myers as a kid. I also didn't really like the kid, though maybe that's just me. Most importantly, though, is it didn't really connect with the rest of the movie, and the "reasons" for Michael Myers being who he is are kinda lame and typical. Ok, his step-dad is abusive and a drunken slob. His mom is a stripper. He likes to kill dead animals. He likes wearing masks. *yawn* It does also show a more child-like, sensitive side to him, which disappears when he decides to start killing everyone in sight..."

"The killing/action in the main part is ridiculously repetitive. Myers appears out of the darkness, kills some people, then instantly appears in the next scene, peering in some window or hiding in some shadow. Soon enough he'll be killing again. He even kills your staple teenagers having sex....three times(!). Apparently Zombie had a quota on the number of tits that needed to be in the movie...not that there's anything wrong with that. (Gore fans, don't worry: even though the kills are done in a repetitive process, they are bloody as ever and sometimes a touch creative). The climatic fight is also pretty boring and horror-movie standard."


That's the third mediocre-bad review of it I've read there.
And even if this guy has no taste and the film is better, I am not excited by the idea of having 35 minutes of screentime devoted to mini-Myers to see how his family life sucked. Makes him becoming a "monster" all the less shocking. The beauty of the original is nobody, (even Loomis after years of trying to reach him) knew why Myers was the way he was. Loomis finally declares the boy is simply, "evil".
Makes it a helluva lot more creepy just IMHO.

Now, that's just my opinion. Maybe you'll love it. maybe i will too, who knows...?


:D

I know this thread is about the releases of these movies and not about the Halloween remake
And yet here you are again trying to turn it into a Rob Zombie thread.

Hopefully this post will not be deleted without any notification whatsoever like my last one was.
Stop hijacking the thread and attacking everyone who doesn't bow down to Rob Zombie and your posts might not get deleted.


Anyway....

Thankfully the real Halloween will be released by Anchor Bay October 2nd.

I'm already curious as to what Anchor Bay's next wave of releases will be. I sure hope Image, Blue Underground and other horror independents are not far behind.

Rob Zombie is a true hack.....

I'm all for remakes of good movies, why not.... the original still exists, I liked the remake of Dawn of The Dead a lot but the original is still the original and I like it far better to this day.

Rob Zombie.... I personally cannot stand him.


Back on track, this is such great news .... Evil Dead II! Now give us Evil Dead I!!! I got to see it in a theater on Halloween at midnight! It was great.

Halloween will be sweet and Day and Dawn will be KILLER additions on HD.

I'd LOVE to see the original Halloween on Blu in time for Halloween!

It's coming!!!!

;)

It's coming!!!!

;)
No offense Dave, but Ash would kill Michael... :p

Ash from Alien or E D...?

;)

For anyone interested, the "Halloween" remake has it's own thread here at AVS already where it belongs, in the "Movies" discussion forum...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=867884&highlight=halloween

Anyone feeling compelled to either blast or praise the remake, that's where to go.
THIS thread here in the BD software forum is about the upcoming BD software releases.

:)

Ash from Alien or E D...?

;)
E D of course!

Ash from Alien was pretty badass too!

;)

Has anything been mentioned about the Region Code!? Sorry if this has been answered already.


Greetz


I REALLY hope these will be regionfree. Most of the AB titles on DVD are, but a few like the Evil Dead movies are region 1.

I got a region B player (ps3) and I´m not to fond of having to buy a region A player to see these movies.

There must be a way to hack the region coding on the BD players :mad:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/halloween/

Well, like I and several others here predicted, the HALLOWEEN remake is getting "murdered" by the critics, (pun fully intended...)


:)

But alas, the real MM will be here in glorious HD next month!

Yeah, it seems that Rob Zombie's Halloween makes for a better commercial than a movie (no surprise here). But as you said, we'll have the real deal in a month.

I gotta say, based on the back cover art released so far, these look rather disappointing...

Masters of Horror:
"1080"
Commentaries (the substantial amount of video-based extras of the DVD editions appear to be MIA)
Dolby 5.1
Dolby 2.0

Evil Dead 2:
"1080"
Extras of the Book of the Dead DVD edition
PCM 5.1
Dolby 5.1

Dawn of the Dead:
"1080"
Extras of the theatrical version DVD
DTS 5.1
Dolby 5.1
Mono
Dolby 2.0

Day of the Dead:
"1080"
Some of the extras of the 2-DVD Divimax edition
DTS 5.1
Dolby 5.1
Mono
Dolby 2.0

As one can see, the only one of those with PCM is ED2, MoH is missing a bunch of extras, Day is missing some extras, and MoH, Dawn, and Day have only DVD quality sound. :(

Almost seems like these will just be BD25s.

Hope Halloween's specs deliver, though I sorta doubt it now...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/halloween/

Well, like I and several others here predicted, the HALLOWEEN remake is getting "murdered" by the critics, (pun fully intended...)


:)

But alas, the real MM will be here in glorious HD next month!

Yeah Dave, I had little hope for this one. None of the recent horror films exhibit any imagination or originality save for maybe "The Host."

I love this review of Rob Zombie's "Halloween" crapfest the most...

"Hideous beyond words ... Zombie has made the white-trash scuzbucket version of Halloween in which most of the characters are made to be as unkempt and sleazy-looking as he is...."

Skip the remake and rent or buy John Carpenter's classic "Halloween" instead.

I actually enjoyed the remake, its probably the best movie in the series since 2 to be honest.

I gotta say, based on the back cover art released so far, these look rather disappointing...



As one can see, the only one of those with PCM is ED2, MoH is missing a bunch of extras, Day is missing some extras, and MoH, Dawn, and Day have only DVD quality sound. :(

Almost seems like these will just be BD25s.

Hope Halloween's specs deliver, though I sorta doubt it now...

Hmmmmmm Evil Dead is a definte for me.
I was going to get Halloween, but will wait to see if it has lossless.

I gotta say, based on the back cover art released so far, these look rather disappointing...

As one can see, the only one of those with PCM is ED2, MoH is missing a bunch of extras, Day is missing some extras, and MoH, Dawn, and Day have only DVD quality sound. :(

Almost seems like these will just be BD25s.

At the very least, I hope the audio bitrates are better than the DVD releases.

Just Evil Dead 2 for me until I know something more about Halloween. The latter will be --gasp!-- a blind buy. I have never seen it, but love most John Carpenter films and this has such a good reputation.

Dan

Just Evil Dead 2 for me until I know something more about Halloween. The latter will be --gasp!-- a blind buy. I have never seen it, but love most John Carpenter films and this has such a good reputation.

Dan

Were you just released from a POW camp?:confused:
Welcome back!

I'm leary of what Evil Dead 2 will look like... :(

Anchor Bay's last DVD, the Book of the Dead edition, is heavily filtered rendering it void of fine detail and has noticeably adjusted contrast levels. Pretty much screwed if this gets released on Blu-ray.

I'm really hoping they use the the same source as their THX DVD.

(Evil Dead 2: 2000 THX Certified DVD)

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7413/vlcsnap176585se8.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3270/vlcsnap179520fc6.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4575/vlcsnap41962bx5.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4870/vlcsnap184034wa2.jpg

(Evil Dead 2: 2002 Book of the Dead DVD)

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2686/vlcsnap194969xn8.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2703/vlcsnap187862pp4.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2724/vlcsnap48160qv4.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/402/vlcsnap193397hy5.jpg

Yeah, they must have really wanted all the film grain gone in the 2002 version! Yuck.

Good example of the contrast/brightness adjustment:

THX:

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/7646/vlcsnap52662hb6.jpg

Book of the Dead:

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8117/vlcsnap56258kq8.jpg

Remember, this is STILL Anchor Bay we are talking about, (now Starz)
Knowing how they sextuple dip their titles (especially Halloween) I doubt they will give us everything on this 1st release anyways. Sucks but SOP for them....

It's the lack of PCM Mono that pisses me off big-time. I hate mono compressed down to DD. It's **** compared to PCM. Always will be. There is gobs of space for PCM on BD so no excuse not to use PCM.

NO EXCUSE.

I am buying all of 'em anyway.

I am buying all of 'em anyway.

+1

+1

+2

Oh Crap, the difference is HUGE.

Thansk for the caps Damnationdoormat. I knew about this issue for years, but I haven't seen screencaps this good to prove the point.

As far as I know there's also the problem of tighter framing on the newer DVD.

"BEYOND HIGH DEFINITION" ????

these releases look like the MINIMUM of high definition to me. UGHHHHH!

I must be crazy because I thought they were ALL announced having the PCM audio.....and at least a little more on the extras.

Oh well, I'm a sucker for horror and will be picking these up anyway. I guess Starz knew that though.....and will triple dip on these puppies. friggin bastards!

you can add +3 to me, already pre-ordered at Amazon, all of them. I had all the copies of ED2 you can dream off.

Halloween was really nice when i saw in on HD cable, it had compression artifacts and such but it had potential. Dawn of the dead also..

I'll need Re-Animator also

+4

I'll be watching Dawn and Day the same day I get them. Can't wait!

Count me in for purchasing all of the Anchor Bay titles announced. I hope they are busy prepping more horror titles.

Im pretty upset these aren't the 'ultimate' editions I was expecting in order to get rid of all my other SD editions. (pout)

Im buying all except MOH and will get all dips in future :) (part of the problem I know) but only if they email me back about the region coding on these discs

I pre-ordered Halloween from Amazon and I'm hoping we get the Dean Cundy approved transfer. I still own my Anchor Bay 2-Disc LE DVD. I won't part with that until I know what transfer I'm getting on Blu.

Unfortunately, The Dean Cundey approved transfer (previously on DVD in I believe 1999(?)) was not done in HD. Either they will have to color correct the one they made for the "Divimax" release which was done in HD, or a new one.,

Pre-ordered my copy, because I don't feel like having to go on a Halloween hunt on release day. Just hoping it arrives on time.

I have all of these on pre-order but I might be canceling them with all of the other titles coming out this fall. I want to read some reviews before picking them up as Anchor Bay has been known to drop the ball in the past and these specs aren't exactly exciting.

That's why I only pre-ordered Halloween. I'll wait on reviews of the others, but I need to see Carpenter's classic in HD asap!

Yeah, Halloween is the one I'll likely keep too. I just hope the color timing is right.

Evil Dead II is one transfer I have to see before buying. I already have Dawn and Day of the Dead on my DVR in HD from Monsters. I know it's not the same, but it'll hold me over until some reviews are posted. And until my wallet recovers. :)

Yeah, Halloween is the one I'll likely keep too. I just hope the color timing is right.

Evil Dead II is one transfer I have to see before buying. I already have Dawn and Day of the Dead on my DVR in HD from Monsters. I know it's not the same, but it'll hold me over until some reviews are posted. And until my wallet recovers. :)

How do they look on honsters hd? The o.g Dawn of the dead is one of my top 5 movies of all time. I can't wait to see it in hd, however, I think the blood might look too bright.

How do they look on honsters hd? The o.g Dawn of the dead is one of my top 5 movies of all time. I can't wait to see it in hd, however, I think the blood might look too bright.

They look good. Not great, but good. I'd say they look like a really good upscaled DVD. I think Monsters broadcasts in 720p so considering that and the age of the films, they're bound not to look amazing, but I'm quite happy with them. The blood in Dawn is fairly red (has the orange/red paint look), but I've got pretty much used to that over the years. =)