I have that Boxset (well I bought it for my dad years ago, but I nick it from him from time to time). Just don't watch the colourised versions. They look terrible.

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I hate colourised films !

Some good choices you've made there. I especially like Deadwood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Sopranos and the very, very, very under-rates Always Sunny in Pilladelphia.

The only one I don't like is Little Britain.

I can take or leave Bill Hicks. He was really funny at times, but I could've done without the funny noises/breathing down the microphone.

Great choice with O Lucky Man That whole Mick Travis trilogy comprising of if... - O Lucky Man - Britannia Hospital is really superb...

Oh god that was dreadful! Making the zombies bright green ruined the opening scene.

Yeah, definitely a mistake, but I think George Romero sanctioned the colorization to recoup a few bucks of the untold millions someone made from Night of the Living Dead. This was how I first saw the film, and seeing the b/w Tartan VHS a few years later was a revelation....

First time I got to see it in b+w was when channel 4 screened it, before then the crappy 4-front tape was the only way to own it, for ages I wondered why Johhny and Barbera didn't freak out more when they saw a LUMINOUS GREEN man shuffling through the graveyard. Then watched the B+W and realised their not supposed to realise he's some kind of monster until he attacks, it totally alters the impact of the scene. Ironically if they had just given the zombies natural skin tone it would still look naff but might have worked a little better.

They have re-colorised the film recently and done a better job, but I still refuse to watch it in anything but b+w, same with the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS blu released by legend films.

I watched the Synapse blu ray of Twins of Evil yesterday. Picture-wise very similar to The Curse of Frankenstein - ie crappy opening scene but pretty good thereafter. I guess Hammer night time business will never look great in HD and we better just deal with it. Peter Cushing's opening line in this movie is one of my all time favs - when he first spots the Collinson twins - 'What. Kind. Of Plumage. Is This?' Who would win a witch-finder face off - Cushing or Price? I just don't know and indeed don't even know why I'm pondering this when I should be starting work. One last point - why do Synapse do these great releases and then stick them in a crappy wafer thin blu-ray case that always arrives mangled?

Absolutely... and the film was born to be made in b/w whether it was made in 1968 or 2008... Jesus those 4Front tapes were just dreadful and there were a lot of decent films on that imprint - a lot of Palace stuff... Those gold sleeves were appauling...

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The Thing From Another World (1951) was also colourised & is included in the 2-disc UK release.Along With King Kong (1933) it just doesn't look right:crazy:.

The Optimum boxset of the Rathbone films is really cheap now & contains all the movies made my Universal & the first two produced by Twentieth Century Fox (Hound & Adventures).The prints are fully restored & look stunning.:-
Sherlock Holmes - The Definitive Collection Digitally Remastered DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Sherlock Holmes: Film & TV

Just bought these from Groucho's.

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I must get Dumplings, because I have the shorter version from the Three Extremes and it's great...

I've got Three Extremes as well, but I've not watched it because I wanted to see Dumplings first.

The Visitor (Code Red)
Terminal Island (Code Red)
Villa Rides (Legend)
Phase IV (Legend)
Dr. Black Mr. Hyde (VCI)
Mother of Tears (Optimum)
Anna M (Metrodome)
Ghosts of Mars (Sony)
Vampires (Sony)
Fathom (20th Century Fox) Dutch release

Dude, what did you think of Vampires ? My opinion of this film has softened up over the years but I've definitely burned my bridges with Ghosts of Mars. Terrible film...

A while back a few of us ordered the limited Blade Runner set from Amazon.ca. Have people had theirs shipped yet? Apparently CDN$ 22.99 works out today as £14.50 so hopefully we'll be ok for Customs!

Just a message saying they were struggling for stock and would be a delay.

My 3 Hammer's have just arrived, 2 with slightly crushed slips and one with both discs loose in the box, I think they were meant for Stephen and not me :lol:

I had that and also one after saying they had trouble taking payment as I placed the order on an old card so was just assuming they'd be ready to ship once I make payment.

I had the 'stock shortage so possible delay' message, so checked my orders there and found the card I used is still okay, so I won't have any problems on that front.

I just thought that since they applied for payment they'd be sending it straight out. I didn't think they'd apply for payment if there were low in stock. Could be wrong though. I really hope it stays under the threshold as it was such a bargain!

Recent Blu-Ray purchases...

E.T
Cabin In The Woods
Safe
Elite Squad
Elite Squad: Enemy Within
Prometheus
Troll Hunter

Interesting, but £10 more than I paid, and at the moment, every penny counts for me!

Bought Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In for the respectable price of £8 in HMV yesterday. Bit of a contrast to the £32 price tag for The Curse of Frankenstein. :D

Also picked up Cobra, Hidden, Potiche, Don't Look Now, and the original Cape Fear in the 5 for £30 deal.

Cannibal Holocaust
Deadly Blessing
Phenomena
Tenabre

With 20% off with Fopp and O2 priority moments. :)

That price tag STILL makes me cough!

Yeah, stock shortage message here as well.

And as a ps:
The Crazies (original)
The Crazies (new)
The Day of the Dead
Basil Rathbones Sherlock Holmes definitive collection

The Skin I Live in is one of my favourite 'new' films. I'd give it a 10/10. It's got everything . Great story, great acting, but pretty hard to watch at times. I hope you enjoy it!

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Mean Girls! One of my favourites!

As I have just explained to someone on Facebook, I think it is one of the best films to come out of Hollywood in the last couple of decades. I rate it very highly in all departments.

And now I can ditch the awful low-bitrate recording I had from BBC3!

It really is a fantastically funny and smart dissection of high school life. Easy A also fits into a similar category.

Wandered into the British heart foundation in kendal and found a still sealed copy of Blair Witch on Blu-ray for £3.99!

Bargain. :cool:

I picked up 13hrs fairly recently.

It wasn't bad at all, very low budget British horror, but a decent cast whom you can't wait to get savaged. Its by Jonathan Glendening, the director of Strippers vs Werewolves.

I could never bring myself to watch a film called 'Mean Girls', especially one that stars Lindsey Lohan!!!!

Well, you're really missing out and shouldn't be put off by Lindsay Lohan. It's written by Tina Fey (of 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live fame) and is an excellent film which I keep meaning to buy.

Buy or rent it – you won't be disappointed.

Agreed

When I have a sort out, and get rid of my *spit* 'family friendly films', it's going to be one of the ones I keep