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It's certainly odd that Sony has not released Fright Night or Christine elsewhere given how quickly the TT discs sold out but sitting on something and being canny is a typical studio trait - studio execs don't have the confidence to follow through with something but don't want to give someone else the opportunity to make a success either - so keeping hold of something and doing nothing with it becomes the safest option. It's very frustrating, I know, as I really want Fright Night and was unable to buy it at the time as I was seriously skint. But hey ho - my point stands though - if people want to own some of these titles they should embrace the TT releases and as I also mentioned, Screen Archives is customs friendly too |
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I would argue that each territory needs its own equivalent of TT if the studios want to release stuff this way to give fans outside of America a chance at owning these titles rather than being forced to seek them out VOD or worse still piracy. The days of massive print runs are over, I think most would agree with that. But these films need to still be available/accessible to viewers in some form simply as a deterrent to piracy. |
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I agree on your points about accessibility of these titles to all territories and of course there are labels like Arrow, Koch and Wildside here in Europe who would jump at the chance to get them, so it's back once more to the issue of Sony and its refusal to licence them. Bizarre. One small criticism of your last post, it's Screen Archives that is responsible for the sales and sending of Twilight Time's product, not TT itself. I buy almost every month, use standard shipping option and have not had anything go astray, BTW. I'm sure you'd be covered through PayPal if items weren't to arrive, anyway. |
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Just to pick up on the point that you made about Fright Night, again, this is something that I am sure TT could not have helped. From what I gather, they have a complicated licencing deal with the majors that differs from any those in place with other distributors - they commit to 3K units whether they sell or not and those are pressed immediately, in one go and I am sure this is the reason why Fox, MGM and Sony have struck deals with them as it's a no-brainer given that they will get a fairly sizeable chunk of money for each and every one of the titles rather than the usual upfront and percentage of units sold. Now, you'd have thought Sony would have though about hanging onto Fright Night themselves, as, as you quite correctly mentioned, it was issued around the same time as the remake. It's a very odd decision but again, so is the fact that the second film hasn't had a decent DVD or Blu-ray release either. The theatrical platform for the remake would have been the ideal time to get that out. |
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Not sure if this has been mentioned, but Prom Night is coming from Synapse in the US
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'Satans Blade' MIGHT be getting a blu release, from Slasher//Video. Haven't heard of the label, and only have a vague recollection of the VHS cover - I definitely haven't seen the film itself. So it's strange that I'm sort of excited - I think I'm falling for these obscure 80's horrors - Just Before Dawn, The Dorm That Dripped Blood etc. Anyone seen the film? Any good? Bluray.com thread here - Satan's Blade (1984) - 30th Anniversary Edition from Slasher // Video in 2014! - Blu-ray Forum |
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'Curtains' cover revealed - apparently the original poster art.
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