Blue Underground

[Lino]

I hate coffin boxes! I really despise them! I want this set very badly as I'm a long time fan of spanish horror cinema but that price and that packaging are really putting me off!

[The Invunche]

Chris Nolan apparently loves coffin boxes.

[Martha]

I hate coffin boxes! I really despise them! I want this set very badly as I'm a long time fan of spanish horror cinema but that price and that packaging are really putting me off!

I love that there are enough dvd sets in coffin boxes that you actually have this complaint.

[THX1378]

I'm wondering if the first Blind Dead film is going to be out on it's own. Thats the only one that I'm interested in at all. I've heard that after the second sequel that it's pretty much down hill from there. I'm pretty suprised that BU didn't go all out for this set. For the price and lack of extras you would have thought that there would have been more to it. As for the coffin box, I think the best coffin box that I've seen and have is the Coffin Joe set. The box has held up to this day and still looks good.

[DrewReiber]

Well, I would really like to have this set, but I already own the flipper disc from Anchor Bay of the first two. I figure that since Blue Underground releases are considerably discounted on Deep Discount DVD, I could wait for another 20% off sale and pick up the set then. Otherwise, I'll wait for the DVDbeaver review before I blow that much on an otherwise repetitive, however interesting, series box.

[DrewReiber]

I'm wondering if the first Blind Dead film is going to be out on it's own.

IMO, it would be a mistake if they did. It took a long time to make that Spaghetti Western set turn a profit, and a few of those titles weren't worth owning. By forcing people to buy the set to get a rare gem like Corbucci's Django, it raises the chance that people would take the risk in trying the entire set. Sure, this box is different in that they are all Amando's Dead films, but by offering the original by itself (at first, anyway) is just asking for people to pass over the others. Additionally, if you buy the first it negates any reason to purchase the set (and thus the first again) for the rest.

[Lino]

I hate coffin boxes! I really despise them! I want this set very badly as I'm a long time fan of spanish horror cinema but that price and that packaging are really putting me off!

I love that there are enough dvd sets in coffin boxes that you actually have this complaint.

Aren't these enough already? Besides, only the Coffin Joe one makes sense. Oh, and they're all u-gly!

[What A Disgrace]

Fire & Ice is up for pre-order at many stores. DigitalEyes seems to have the lowest price, at $24.95.

[mogwai]

Both of these titles are now up on their site:

Fire & Ice

Starstruck

[Lino]

See what I mean?

[DrewReiber]

Well, it works for me. I just take the contents out of the box for my shelf. All I need now is the dough.

[katjakassin]

I hate coffin boxes! I really despise them! I want this set very badly as I'm a long time fan of spanish horror cinema but that price and that packaging are really putting me off!

I love that there are enough dvd sets in coffin boxes that you actually have this complaint.

Aren't these enough already? Besides, only the Coffin Joe one makes sense. Oh, and they're all u-gly!

I actually believe the Anchor BayUK Hammer ox was a coffin as well, though I could be wrong.

Eh, if done right I guess they could look alright. But the picture above of this Blind Dead det does look a tad lame. For the price I was expectting something a little nicer, ala the Mondo Cane set.

Oh, and these will all be available on their own as well. Though I guess that last disc could be a boxset exclusive.

[Lino]

Here are the individual covers for each title of The Blind Dead Collection:

http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=4446

[Stig Helmer]

Fantastic covers!!!! That's some of the best cover-design i have seen from Blue Underground. Can't wait to get my hands on this collection...

[The Invunche]

In his first film as writer and director, Dario Argento single-handedly created the giallo genre and instantly emerged as the filmmaker critics hailed 'The Italian Hitchcock'. Blue Underground will release the shocker The Bird With the Crystal Plumage on October 25th with a remastered 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer from the original camera negative - including recently discovered never-before-seen footage of explicit violence - along with English and Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 EX, Stereo and Mono tracks, an English DTS-ES track and subtitles.

Exclusive extras in this two-disc set will include a commentary track with journalists Alan Jones and Kim Newmano, international trailers, TV spots, and the all-new interview featurettes "Out Of The Shadows" (with Co-Writer/Director Dario Argento), "Painting With Darkness" (with Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro), "The Music Of Murder" (with Composer Ennio Morricone) and "Eva's Talking" (with Actress Eva Renzi). Retail is $29.95.

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

[DrewReiber]

Yessssssssssss! Now, here's to hoping that they get their hands on Four Flies on Grey Velvet.

[cafeman]

For someone who thought Suspiria was one of the worst films ever, would this be of any interest?

[The Invunche]

No don't get this for your grandma.

[Lino]

Here's a very early review of their forthcoming disc of Ralph Bakshi's Fire and Ice:

http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/

[Lino]

And another one:

http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_mo ... re_ice.htm

and while you're at it, go watch the trailer.

Lastly, here's the official page on Blue Underground homepage pertaining to the Blind Dead set.

[solaris72]

I sure wish they'd publish runtimes for these new uncut releases, so we could know which titles are longer than previous releases and by how much. They've put up an overall runtime for the set, 537 minutes of blind bloodsucking zombie action, but that's not much help.

[Lino]

Watch the trailers for the Blind Dead Collection on this page:

http://www.blue-underground.com/movie.php?movie_id=79

It might help you decide if you want to dish out the big bucks for this one.

[Lino]

Anchor Bay UK will release The Blind Dead Collection in November:

http://www.anchorbay.co.uk/perl/search.pl?CO=ABD4284

and here's a first review of the Blue Underground set:

http://www.mondo-digital.com/blinddead.html

[Dylan]

Somehow I missed that a new DVD will have new interviews with both Ennio Morricone and Vittorio Storaro. Cafeman, as a casual fan of "Suspiria," I've always thought that "Bird" was a pretty weak film, but still, Argento has his fans and some really great people worked on this film: kudos to Blue Underground for their new DVD. It's important for me to add that I saw the VCI edition, which had very poor picture quality and some of the worst English dubbing I've ever seen, so hopefully Blue Underground's is a vast improvement, I'll definitely give the film a second chance in its original prestine state).

Does anybody know whatever happened to their release of "The Fifth Cord," also shot by Storaro?

Dylan

[Theodore R. Stockton]

Their new catalog lists a lot of out of print things:
The Alan Clarke Collection
The Mondo Cane Collection
The Larry Cohen Collection (but oddly none of the individual titles)
and the 2-disc versions of the following
Dead & Buried
Fast Company
The Final Countdown
Salon Kitty
Two Evil Eyes
and
Snuff

If anyone still wants running times on the Blind Dead films, I can look and post those later.