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The Swimmer blu-ray is identical to their previous release, the only difference is the inclusion of the soundtrack CD and the slipcover.

The pre-order for The Swimmer went up. What an odd re-release just to include a soundtrack. Although I do like the new artwork but not enough to re-buy it

On the other hand, it's just a fancy repacking like some labels are used to do. At least, they're adding the soundtrack instead of simply do a steelbook or whatever floats the collectible boat nowadays.

Grindhouse's latest email said they will be releasing UHDs of The Beyond and Cannibal Holocaust and Blu-rays of Hollywood 90028, Impulse, Scum of the Earth and Love is Deep Inside.

Not the same label but Cauldron are prepping another Fulci, City of the Living Dead (1980), for a UHD release with DV and HDR.

I’d be more interested if I weren’t still waiting for Grindhouse to make Death Game available outside the US. Hopefully that’s not their business plan going forward, and was just due to Bob Murawski being busy editing.

Impulse pre-order

Two disc set containing over 15 hours of bonus materials!

I wonder what the two bonus films are.

The two bonus films, both in SD, are The Godmothers and The Devil's Sisters. It's odd how people have been getting their discs over the week but I seem to be breaking the news.

They still haven't announced details for their The Beyond UHD, but their recent newsletter says

Grindhouse Releasing's upcoming Super Deluxe 4K UHD of THE BEYOND includes new bonus material in a 6-disc set that weighs in as the label's most elaborate release to date.

and the new poster, that I assume will be the UHD cover

dwk wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:25 pm They still haven't announced details for their The Beyond UHD, but their recent newsletter says

Grindhouse Releasing's upcoming Super Deluxe 4K UHD of THE BEYOND includes new bonus material in a 6-disc set that weighs in as the label's most elaborate release to date.

and the new poster, that I assume will be the UHD cover

That art, by the way, is by Emanuele Taglietti, who was, believe it or not, Antonioni's cousin, and worked on his films in various capacities. I say "believe it or not" because if you look at the work he is known for - incredibly garish, decidedly NSFW pulp illustrations far more explicit than any similar covers on corresponding US mags - you'll wonder how, despite his obvious skill, Antonioni utilized his talents. Michelangelo wasn't the only genius in teh family:

https://www.instagram.com/emanuele_taglietti/?hl=en

The 6-disc "Super Deluxe 4K UHD" of The Beyond is going up for pre-order on Friday March 14th at 12PM EST.

Up for order. $66.66 (with an MSRP of $85)
SPECIAL FEATURES

- Super-deluxe 6 disc collector's edition – 1 UHD, 3 Blu-rays + DVD and CD!

- Spectacular new 4K scan from the original Techniscope camera negative

- THE BEYOND Composer’s Cut, featuring new 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound re-mix with all-new reimagined score created by maestro Fabio Frizzi

- Original theatrical version and Composer's Cut presented in stunning DolbyVision UHD

- Archival 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound re-mix by Academy Award winner Paul Ottosson

- Optional Italian language soundtrack and original mono mix

- Three separate commentary tracks by cinematographer Sergio Salvati, make-up artist Giannetto De Rossi, and stars Catriona MacColl and David Warbeck

- In-depth interviews with director Lucio Fulci, stars Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Al Cliver, Michele Mirabella, Giovanni De Nava, writers Dardano Sacchetti and Giorgio Mariuzzo, cinematographer Sergio Salvati, producer Fabrizio De Angelis, composer Fabio Frizzi, U.S. production manager Larry Ray, make-up artists Giannetto DeRossi and Maurizio Trani, stuntmen Ottaviano Dell'Acqua & Massimo Vanni, soundmen Ugo Celani & Pino Colizzi, original U.S. distributor Terry Levene, Fulci biographer Michele Romagnoli, Fulci historian Simone Scafidi, legendary poster artist Emanuele Taglietti, and Antonella Fulci

- Newly-discovered archival interviews with Catriona MacColl and David Warbeck

- Extensive still galleries and theatrical trailers

- 100 page book by Eurohorror experts Martin Beine and Jesper Mørch

- BONUS DVD – THE 7 DOORS OF DEATH – the notorious Aquarius Pictures version, presented with its original Dolby Stereo mix from the original analogue one-inch video master, accompanied by new interviews with editor Jim Markovic and distributor Terry Levene

- BONUS CD – new Composer’s Cut soundtrack album by Fabio Frizzi, remastered from the original studio master tapes

- Deluxe debossed Book of Eibon packaging

- Super-deluxe slipcover with beautiful new artwork by legendary Italian poster artist Emanuele Taglietti

- AND OTHER SURPRISES!