Upcoming Non-UK Blu-ray Releases

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Nope!
Both US versions are cut!
The unrated disc is 2.5 min shorter then the European cut.
So no buy for me if it is the US unrated cut, lets hope they release the European cut.

That's ridiculous and I hope they use the European cut or a European distributor with the rights to that version gets a good HD master and releases a BD either in continental Europe or (preferably) in the UK.

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

That's ridiculous and I hope they use the European cut or a European distributor with the rights to that version gets a good HD master and releases a BD either in continental Europe or (preferably) in the UK.

Well seeing as Lionsgate will be releasing it we might be lucky.
Its a shame there has been no UK bluray announcement.

[oaxaca]

Synapse have set a release date for THE EXTERMINATOR! September 13th

[brain dead]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Nope!
Both US versions are cut!
The unrated disc is 2.5 min shorter then the European cut.
So no buy for me if it is the US unrated cut, lets hope they release the European cut.

It's actually about 7 minutes taking the PAL/NTSC speed into consideration. If the cut seen about everywhere but the US was on blu it's be 104 minutes compared to the US cut which is 97 minutes.
But... The US 97 minute cut is Peter Jackson's preferred cut, so since you got the US I Saw The Devil based on it being the directors preferred cut you should be all over the 97 minute version

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by brain dead

It's actually about 7 minutes taking the PAL/NTSC speed into consideration. If the cut seen about everywhere but the US was on blu it's be 104 minutes compared to the US cut which is 97 minutes.
But... The US 97 minute cut is Peter Jackson's preferred cut, so since you got the US I Saw The Devil based on it being the directors preferred cut you should be all over the 97 minute version

ha ha
well in this case its missing the gore so no thanks!

[LoBo]

I will buy it for sure.

Here is the difference between Jackson`s original theatrical cut and his now preferred unrated cut, which he edited himself:

Dead Alive (Comparison: Unrated US DVD - German DVD) - Movie-Censorship.com

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MIMIC details updated today:

Lionsgate is proud to announce major updates to the September 27th Blu-ray Disc release of Mimic, now to be released as Mimic: The Director's Cut, including newly restored footage, a sound upgrade and the addition of another featurette to the list of never-before seen special features from director/co-writer Guillermo Del Toro.

Mimic: The Director's Cut on Blu-ray Disc

Audiences will experience High Definition thrills as Lionsgate debuts Guillermo Del Toro's never-before-seen director's cut of Mimic, available for the very first time anywhere, on 1080P High Definition Blu-ray Disc. This all new cut of the film, featuring seven minutes of restored footage, introduces subtle character moments that transform Mimic into a film that Del Toro fans and newcomers alike will embrace as the definitive version. Containing new bonus materials created especially for this release, the disc includes audio commentary and a video prologue from Del Toro plus three featurettes; a look at the creatures from the film, a behind-the-scenes retrospective on the shooting of Mimic and Del Toro discussing his vision of the film and how he completed this version, as well as deleted scenes, a gag reel and storyboard animatics. Mimic: The Director's Cut stars Academy Award® winner* Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) and Academy Award® nominee* Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) along with Jeremy Northam (Showtime's "The Tudors").

Directed by Oscar® nominee Del Toro (Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth, 2006), the Miramax film Mimic: The Director's Cut features a screenplay and screen story by Matthew Robbins & Guillermo Del Toro and is based on the short story by Donald A. Wollheim.

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing children in Manhattan. In an effort to stop the epidemic, entomologist Susan Tyler (Sorvino) creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

*Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Mighty Aphrodite, 1995
*Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Milk, 2008

ALL NEW BLU-RAY DISC SPECIAL FEATURES*
· Video Prologue with director Guillermo del Toro- NEW
· Audio commentary with director/co-writer Guillermo Del Toro - NEW
· "Reclaiming Mimic" featurette - NEW
· "A Leap In Evolution - The Creatures of Mimic" featurette - NEW
· "Back Into The Tunnels - Shooting Mimic" featurette - NEW
· Deleted scenes - NEW
· Storyboard animatics - NEW
· Gag reel - NEW
· Theatrical Trailer

*subject to change

Pricing: Blu-ray Disc - $19.99

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

An excellent selection of extra features, though just about anything would be much better than the vanilla R2 disc. It's definitely going to be one of the best releases of September, which is shaping up to be a great month.

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Press release from Image & SWV:

Image Entertainment and Something Weird Invite You on an Outrageous Ride Through The Blood-Soaked World of a Legendary Filmmaker!

HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS:
THE GODFATHER OF GORE DVD AND
THE BLOOD TRILOGY BLU-RAY™

The Godfather of Gore Features Never-Before-Seen Interviews and Rare Footage; Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™ Special Edition Features Remastered Audio and Video;

Coming September 27th

Chatsworth, CA – He’s been hailed as a visionary and as a provocateur. His films have legions of fans, and just as many detractors. In 1963, he introduced stunned audiences to a new kind of cinema with Blood Feast – and in the process single-handedly launched “splatter cinema.” He is writer/director Herschell Gordon Lewis and he is truly the “Godfather of Gore.” On September 27, Image Entertainment and Something Weird pay homage to a true cinematic legend with the DVD release of Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore, and the high definition premieres of grindhouse classics Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs and Color Me Blood Red with The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™ Special Edition!

With a $14.98 SRP for the DVD, and a $17.97 SRP for the Blu-ray™, fans will have a chance to not only explore the wild world of Lewis and his exploitation films, but they will be able to experience every splat, every slice and every drop of fake blood and guts in full 1080p glory! In addition, each release contains a crypt-full of special bonus features including audio commentaries, deleted scenes, outtakes, original theatrical trailers and art galleries. Pre-book is August 30th.

Featuring interviews with cast, crew and critics such as director John Waters, drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs and Herschell Gordon Lewis himself, The Godfather of Gore traces Lewis’ start in the innocent bare-naked world of “Nudie Cuties” before he shocked the world with Blood Feast, the first-ever gore film! Lewis then continued to assault audiences with such audacious shockers as She-Devils on Wheels, Blast-Off Girls, Just for the Hell of It, Two Thousand Maniacs!, The Gruesome Twosome, The Gore Gore Girls, and the incredible Wizard of Gore! Packed with tons of clips, rare outtakes, and testimony from the people who were there, Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore will leave you laughing and screaming at some of the most amazing motion picture madness to ever play American movie theaters!

Bonus Features on Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore:

■Over an Hour of Deleted Scenes!
■Herschell Gordon Lewis Trailer Reel!
■Rare Lewis Short: Hot Night at the Go-Go Lounge!
■Gallery of Herschell Gordon Lewis Exploitation Art!

The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™ presents three pioneering features from Herschell Gordon Lewis with all-new 1080p high-definition transfers and remastered 5.1 DTS HD audio, along with some bloody-good supplements.

Blood Feast (1963)

Nothing so appalling in the annals of horror has ever been seen before. When Mrs. Fremont hires crackpot Egyptian cultist Fuad Ramses to cater a party for her daughter, Suzette, she commits the culinary catastrophe of the century! Fuad immediately prepares a Blood Feast made from the grisly body parts of nubile young women. The world's first (and most notorious) "gore" film, Blood Feast is both shocking and hilarious. It's also the first of the infamous "blood trilogy" from director Herschell Gordon Lewis and producer Dave Friedman.

Two Thousand Maniacs (1964)

An entire town bathed in pulsing human blood from madmen crazed for carnage! The Two Thousand Maniacs of a small Southern town celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Civil War by forcing a handful of Northerners to serve as "guests" for a variety of blood-crazed fun and games. The festivities include a screaming man placed in a rolling barrel lined with nails, a hit-the-bull's-eye carnival game with a pretty gal and a boulder, and a blonde sexpot whose arm is hacked off and barbecued! But before they can slaughter the only smart Yank (Thomas Wood), he and the lovely Terry Adams (Connie Mason, "Playboy's Favorite Playmate") try to escape.

Color Me Blood Red (1965)

The newest trend in art is type O negative! When his girlfriend, Gigi, cuts her finger on a frame, maniacal artist Adam Sorg (Don Joseph) discovers a new shade of crimson that will make his artwork so special—human blood! Squeezing all he can out of his sliced-up fingers, Adam then stabs Gigi in the head, smears her face on a canvas and—voila!—a macabre masterpiece is created. After his bloody new painting causes a sensation on the local art scene, a crazed Adam continues creating sanguine specialties by extracting art supplies from victims outside his beach house. It all goes bad, however, when he zeros in on April (Candi Conder), whose scarlet pigment he plans to remove with an axe.

Bonus features on The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™:

■3 Audio commentaries by Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman
■Outtakes
■Carving Magic with William Kerwin and Harvey Korman
■Blood Feast theatrical trailer
■Two Thousand Maniacs theatrical trailer
■Color Me Blood Red theatrical trailer
■Galleries of exploitation art

About Image Entertainment:

Image Entertainment, Inc. (OTCQB: DISK) is a leading independent licensee and distributor of entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and more than 450 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights, as well as digital download rights to over 2,100 video programs and approximately 400 audio titles containing more than 6,000 individual tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to Image Entertainment.

The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™
Genre: Horror, Something Weird, 60s, Cult Classics, Slasher Flicks, Triple Feature
Rating: Not Rated
Languages: English
Format: Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio: DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Year: 1963 - 1965
SRP: $17.97
Street Date: September 27, 2011
Pre-Book: August 30, 2011
Length: 233 minutes
UPC: 014381728651
Cat#: ID7286SWBD

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore DVD
Genre: Horror, Special Interest, Something Weird, Biography, Documentary, Slasher Flicks
Rating: Not Rated
Languages: English
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
Year: 2011
SRP: $14.98
Street Date: September 27, 2011
Pre-Book: August 30, 2011
Length: 106 minutes
UPC: 014381733624
Cat#: ID7336SWDVD

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“The Sickest Movie I’ve Ever Seen!” - Rex Reed

ON SEPTEMBER 27th, IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT AND SOMETHING WEIRD PRESENT THEIR CASE

BASKET CASE Blu-ray™

The grindhouse classic remastered and on Blu-ray™ for the first time!

Chatsworth, CA – In 1982, a low budget horror film raised its twisted head and created a buzz with a strange mix of comedy, gore, sleaze and heartfelt pathos. On September 27th, Image Entertainment and Something Weird proudly join forces to unleash Basket Case in a brand new HD transfer supervised by writer/director Frank Henenlotter. The Blu-ray™ has an SRP of $17.97 with a pre-book of August 30th and also contains a basket full of bonus features including an all-new video introduction by the director, commentary tracks and outtakes.

Carrying a mysterious wicker basket wherever he goes, Duane Bradley checks into a flea-bag hotel in New York’s Times Square. What’s in the basket, you ask? Why, it’s Duane’s hideously misshapen Siamese twin brother, Belial, who seems to wield some sort of odd control over his more normal looking brother. Together, they’re in town to hunt down and wreak havoc on the sick surgeons who separated them, but this isn’t your normal revenge flick.

With memorably gruesome scenes and some seriously disturbing stop-motion animation, Basket Case is one of the most beloved, cheerfully demented cult classics of all time. Many discovered it in the days of VHS, but now Basket Case is reborn and remastered on Blu-ray™ for a new generation of twisted fans to enjoy. Open the basket if you dare!

Blu-ray™ Bonus Features:

■New Full-Frame HD Transfer Preserving the Original 16mm Camera Ratio
■New Video Introduction by Director Frank Henenlotter
■Audio Commentary by Director Frank Henenlotter, Producer Edgar Ievins, and Actress Beverly Bonner
■Rare Outtakes and Behind-the-Scenes Footage from the Director’s Personal Collection
■Two Theatrical Trailers plus TV Spot
■2001 Video Short: In Search of the Hotel Broslin
■Two Rare Basket Case Radio Spots
■Gallery of Basket Case Exploitation Art and Behind-the-Scene Photos

Basket Case Blu-ray™
Genre: Horror
Rating: Not Rated
Languages: English
Format: 16mm camera ratio (1.33:1)
Audio: DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English
Year: 1982
SRP: $17.97
Street Date: September 27, 2011
Pre-Book: August 30, 2011
Length: 91 minutes
UPC: 014381733556
Cat#: ID7335BCBD

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Excellent specifications and extra features -- I'm glad I have both the Blood Trilogy and Basket Case pre-ordered.