SHAM037/38 - Official Announcement

[Pete]

From Amazon:

HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS

- Italian 5.1 with English Subtitles
- Includes brand new exclusive Interview with Director Pupi Avati,
- Theatrical Trailer
- Shameless Trailer park

AMSTERDAMNED

- English audio & Dutch Audio with English Subtitles
- Exclusive Interview with Director Dick Maas
- Dutch and English Theatrical Trailer
- Shameless Trailer park

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Not exactly earthshattering specs, but they sound good enough and, as I don't own or haven't seen them, I'll buy both.

[JAMIOUSE]

Disappointing full stop.

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Very true.

A great example of an American Giallo is Basic Instinct. Ha, that was directed by a Dutchman as well.

Verhoeven's earlier HE FOURTH MAN also share many similarities to the giallo.

Best American giallo is DRESSED TO KILL, imo.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

Verhoeven's earlier HE FOURTH MAN also share many similarities to the giallo.

Best American giallo is DRESSED TO KILL, imo.

I've never seen Dressed to Kill.

Body Double is also a classic imo.

[ReturnToZero]

[fuzzymctiger]

Jesus guys, would you rather have new releases of previously available films, or rerelases of titles already released by the company?
We should be glad Shameless is releasing something new at all, and these releases also make me more likely to purchase these films, and make it easier for me to get them.

[stefanmetal]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

Jesus guys, would you rather have new releases of previously available films, or rerelases of titles already released by the company?
We should be glad Shameless is releasing something new at all, and these releases also make me more likely to purchase these films, and make it easier for me to get them.

Personally if that was all they did I wouldn't see there being any point of Shameless even being there. They should be ashamed that they aren't stretching the potential of the label. I guess they are called Shameless for a reason...

[Daemonia]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

Jesus guys, would you rather have new releases of previously available films, or rerelases of titles already released by the company?
We should be glad Shameless is releasing something new at all, and these releases also make me more likely to purchase these films, and make it easier for me to get them.

You're missing the point. I already own House and Amsterdamned so why would I buy them again? Because they're in a yellow box? I don't think so. And let's say the previous UK releases have already shifted a few thousand units to UK customers. How many will actually buy these new re-releases? The demographic Shameless are aiming for already have these films on DVD and there's too few labal fans for them so sell to (that is, tho0se who'll buy them simply because they're Shameless releases). To me, it seems like a bad business move and I predict that these will prove to be poor sellers. Now if they'd given both a BD upgrade, then that's a different conversation altogether. But they're not. Just DVD releases, films most of us already have on DVD. Just who is Shameless going to sell these films to?

Shameless can release what they like and I'm not really complaining - but I fear that bad business practises like this will spell the end of Shameless. That's my main concern. It's all very well Shameless looking at sales figures and saying 'Hey, House with Laughing Windows sold loads on UK DVD! Let's buy it!' Exactly, it sold loads, you've already lost that slice of the market. Try moving into untapped territory.

[ReturnToZero]

Yeah, first they released two boxes of re-releases and when they announce a couple new releases which everyone really looked forward too... well, those were re-releases to, but from another UK label.

If they soon release a good DVD or BD of Your Vice is a Locked Room... i may forgive them for their recently lazy attempts to do something good.