STRAW DOGS: Official Thread

[Wes]

For me Straw Dogs is really Peckinpah's great masterpiece...that and Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. I much prefer Straw Dogs to The Wild Bunch. It's interesting that Straw Dogs is filed under Horror in the back of the Time Out Film Guide - it might seem a bit of a stretch, but I think the film fits in well with the tradition of Witchfinder General, Wicker Man, Blood on Satan's Claw and Living Dead at Manchester Morgue - films that used the British landscape in a very sinister way...

[Splatterdragon73]

Yours truly may be a tad behind the times here but can anybody please confirm the U.K. SD BR features the extended cut of the film as per MGM's U.S. variant? I was intending to buy the latter release until i discovered the British HD version is a fully-loaded edition.

[Wes]

It's a pity the Blu didn't include this 2003 doc...

Mantrap Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Runtime: 56 mins.

Director: Paul Joyce
Cast: Sam Peckinpah, Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, David Warner, Mark Kermode

Description: To accompany the UK terrestrial television premiere (August 2003) of Peckinpahs' seminal classic, Channel 4 commissioned documentary maker Paul Joyce (director of the definitive Peckinpah study Man of Iron ) and Mark Kermode to track down the film's key players including leading actors Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, and re-visit the scene of one of cinema's most notorious crimes. What they found was a film which, according to Susan George, 'lives in my mind like a dream', a traumatic and troubling work the madness of which still haunts all those involved and still arouses admiration and outrage in equal measure.

[Sam@Cult Labs]

As the Straw Dogs remake hits UK screens, TOTAL FILM offer this review:

TOTAL FILM: "Nihilism leaches from every frame" - Straw Dogs Official UK Hubsite - Cult Laboratories

[Mojo]

The UK disc can have all the extras it wants, but if the print of the film itself is shit quality I won't be buying it. US edition for me, I'm afraid. What a missed opportunity.

[mr 420]

Gonig slightly off topic for a second here. The remake is being reviewed on Film 2012 tomorrow night (Weds 2nd Nov) for anybody that is interested. Cheers!

[Sam@Cult Labs]

Original Vs Remake? New Post on the official FANHUB

[Sam@Cult Labs]

Another excellent Straw Dogs review:

Devastating consequences - Straw Dogs Official UK Hubsite - Cult Laboratories

[Pete]

Going by this review the US BD looks much better:

Straw Dogs - DVDActive/Reviews

[RoXX0rz]

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