Upcoming UK DVD Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Speaking of Odeon, i had an email from them today about the classic James Stewart comedy Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation. The film has a new cinemascope print which should look terrific.

[Hawkmonger]

I'm very excited about the NJW double bill.

[Pete]

Simply Media are releasing the Lee Van Cleef western CAPTAIN APACHE at the end of July. I wonder if it'll have a new transfer or contain the same cropped print that was used for the old Stonevision release (and sometimes shows up on the BBC)?

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[Mojo]

Coming from the BFI later this year - quote:

DVD and Blu-ray

The screaming starts with M R James’ Classic Ghost Stories (1986), narrated by Robert Powell, which include The Mezzotint and O, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad. Children’s Film Foundation films will bring a creepier note to Hallowe’en with a DVD volume featuring James Hill’s The Man from Nowhere (1975) and John Krish’s Out of the Darkness (1985). Two long-unseen archive TV titles, guaranteed to scare and delight in equal measure are the 1970 Play for Today entry Robin Redbreast and the surviving, terrifying episodes of 1972’s Dead of Night. 18 November sees Rupert Julian’s newly restored silent classic Phantom of the Opera (1925) and the BFI National Archive digital re-mastering of Thorold Dickinson’s Gaslight (1940) come out in Dual Format and the much sought-after 1979 TV adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s Schalcken the Painter and the star-studded vintage ghost story series Supernatural (1977), featuring Billie Whitelaw, Denholm Elliott, Jeremy Brett, Ian Hendry and Robert Hardy, return to haunt the screens of anyone daring enough to watch them

[Pete]

Some upcoming releases from Network:

[Mojo]

Some classic tv horror from the BFI:

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[Hawkmonger]

Schalken the Painter has been recomended to me before. It seem's and odd choice for the Flipside collection, worth a look before it hit's the stands?

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Hawkmonger

Schalken the Painter has been recomended to me before. It seem's and odd choice for the Flipside collection, worth a look before it hit's the stands?

It's years since I've seen it, but I remember it as being pretty creepy - with a bit of 70s nudity thrown in for good measure. I'll certainly be getting all these.

[Pete]

Looks like Ilsa, The Tigress of Siberia is getting a UK release from Lions Gate:

ILSA THE TIGRESS OF SIBERIA | British Board of Film Classification

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Pete

Looks like Ilsa, The Tigress of Siberia is getting a UK release from Lions Gate:

ILSA THE TIGRESS OF SIBERIA | British Board of Film Classification

As it was passed uncut, I hope it wasn't precut before being put before the BBFC. Anyway, for a film like that, what would be the point of releasing a cut version?