This Movie Deserves a Specail Edition D.V.D!
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DudeRox_McNinja — 19 years ago(May 11, 2006 01:14 PM)
Theres alot of different DVD studios selling incredible cheap versions of old horror\suspense B-film classics. The sad thing is that the prints are usually direct VHS copies with extremely poor quality. When I first discovered these studios such as Diamond, Roan Group, Alpha, Madacy, Platinum..etc..etc I was thrilled to get alot of films I've always wanted to see for around a buck each, but when I got to see the artwork on the covers and the overall quality on video and audio, I was bummed. If you appreciate the movies, you should rather spend some dollars and get the good relases from such studios as Blue Underground and Anchor Bay.
On a couple of occasions I've had some luck, the Vincent Price classics "House on the Haunted Hill" and "The Bat" was on a double feature from one of those crappy dealers, but the quality was amazingly good. Possibly because there doesnt exist any poorer versions of those to specific movies.
Check out DVDPACIFIC.COM for alot of great titles from a ranged variety of DVD studios. I belive they have relases from over one thousand different studios.
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pinkfloyd95209 — 19 years ago(October 01, 2006 07:22 PM)
Though it is also barebones, the best version around is currently Out Of Print by "MGM Home Entertainment", transfered from the original negative and looks GREAT!!! Sad that it is barebones but is head and shoulders over all the other PD DVD CR*P Versions around!!!
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egomonster-1 — 18 years ago(October 19, 2007 07:05 PM)
Should be a special edition, maybe. However, this film is in the public domain. It doesn't make sense to make a special edition when there are so many versions available. Que pena.
BTW: my version also has My Son The Vampire, which is hysterical and stars Bela Lugosi, a superman cartoon, a popeye cartoon and a handful of '50s era commercials. $1.95 used. -
wilhar — 18 years ago(October 26, 2007 08:29 PM)
"It doesn't make sense to make a special edition when there are so many versions available."
If it's a good looking transfer (like the MGM one) and the extras are good it does make sense!
The Intruder has really good extra features Just saying is all -
egomonster-1 — 18 years ago(October 29, 2007 03:46 PM)
I guess my question is how many people (outside of this thread) are going to buy a Special Edition? Is it cost effective, and can they come up with enough special features to entice people to buy it? (Guess that's more than one question) I agree a good transfer makes a lot of difference, especially after looking at a bunch of crappy editions of public domain movies.
I think it would have to be a labor of love for someone in a position of power. -
TromaFreak64 — 17 years ago(December 07, 2008 10:22 PM)
egomonster is right.
Even Anchor Bay had a hard time selling Night of the Living Dead which was in public domain because so many cheaper copies existed. It's hard to get people to give any additional money for special features especially when we are talking about a $15 version versus getting the film for less than a dollar in a horror film classic collection. That's the primary reason why these public domain titles don't get special editions, as Anchor Bay had stated in the past, they would not likely revisit such a situation because of the potential money loss. -