The 88 Films Thread

[Nostalgic]

Watching Absurd from 88 and noticed it has 2 different cuts, a longer English language version & an italian cut which is shorter.

Anybody have any idea what the difference is & why? Lol!

[Susan Foreman]

88 Films March Announcement #1

11th March

Green Inferno aka Cannibal Holocaust 2 (UNCUT)

BRAND New HD Restoration from the Original Negative with EXTENSIVE Colour Grading.

For years fans waited for the release of a sequel to Ruggero Deodato's trendsetting CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980) yet it would take almost a decade for THE GREEN INFERNO, also known as CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2, to arrive... and it was not, perhaps, what followers of the cycle in Italian nasty native movies were expecting! Whilst Deodato's original benchmark critiqued the mondo film pseudo-documentary phenomenon, partly instigated by cinematographer and director Antonio Climati (MONDO CANE/ SAVAGE MAN, SAVAGE BEAST), here the focus turns to satirising the hypocrisy and complexity of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST itself! Directed by Climati, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 sees some enterprising adventurers traipsing into the Amazon jungle in search of a missing professor and, in the interim, the youngsters encounter some indications that slavery and European colonialism is still robbing the Colombian rain forest blind! A mix of macabre images, scenic locations, castrations and sly in-jokes, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 introduces some belated bad taste humour into familiar jungle territory and requires immediate reappraisal from tribal terror completists - which is a meal best served in glorious HD by the video nasty enthusiasts at 88 Films!!

Features:
Brand new Restoration with extensive Colour Grading
English and Italian Soundtracks
New Bonus Features
Slipcase
Collectors Booklet
4 Collectors Postcards
Limited to 3000 Units"

[Susan Foreman]

88 Films March Announcement #2

11th March

Candyman - Farewell to the Flesh

"Our Slasher Classics collection returns a true terror titan to UK BluRay in this buzzin' edition of CANDYMAN: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH!! The sequel to Clive Barker's original 1993 shocker, this 1995 follow-up brings the ever-threatening Tony Todd, and his hook-handed bogeyman, back to the big screen but this time in New Orleans. As before, our antagonist is a mix of nightmarish skin-slicer and seductive-voiced stalker - but one thing is for sure: not many characters will be leaving this sanguine-splashed sequel with their insides still intact! Also featuring Kelly Rowan (ASSASINS) and directed by the Oscar winning Bill Condon (CHICAGO), FAREWELL TO THE FLESH is one of the highest achievements in nineties horror sequel-dom!

Features:
Slipcase
Trailer"

[Susan Foreman]

88 Films March Announcement #3

25th March

Cannibal Terror

"First there was CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980)… Then came CANNIBAL FEROX (1981)… But somewhere in France, someone was already hatching a plot to cash-in on the Italian intestinal classics with CANNIBAL TERROR (1981). With no budget, no professional actors and no flights to Amazonia, CANNIBAL TERROR instead gives us Deodato and Lenzi on a cash-strapped level and the end result is THE ROOM of cannibal movies!! Brilliant, banal and blood-soaked late night entertainment, CANNIBAL TERROR was also one of the infamous 'video nasties' in the UK - showing that our beloved censors and moral guardians have little in the way of a sense of humour! However, this torrid tale of stranded tourists being hunted by hungry natives is a work of demented genius that words can barely do service to - and it is our great pleasure to offer audiences another chance to see CANNIBAL TERROR, this time in a delirious HD special edition!

Features:
Remastered from the Negative
Slipcase
Deleted Scene
Trailer
Plus much more! TBC"

[Susan Foreman]

88 Films March Announcement #4

25th March

The Rage: Carrie 2

"It was the sequel that they said could not be done right - and yet the 1999 shocker THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 proved to be a remarkably riotous and highly-rated follow-up to the classic Brian DePalma original. Directed by an old horror-hand in Katt Shea (POISON IVY), and starring Emily Bergl (television's SOUTHLAND) as a bullied schoolgirl who possesses a largely unexplored link to the telekinetic terror of Carrie White - the scares come thick and fast in this fan-favourite instalment - which also pays respectful homage to the abjection and atmospherics of its ground-breaking femme-on-fire predecessor, including a recurring role for DePalma starlet Amy Irving! Twenty years later and THE RAGE is back to remind a new generation that scary movie sequels do not need to suck - and 88 Films is proud to present this high octane example of Hollywood horror in ghoulish HD!

Features:
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Ending
Poster
Slipcase
Newly Commissioned Artwork by Jeremy Pailler"

[will graham]

Concerned about the lack of special features on candyman 2 when compared to scream factory's release. Not the first time this has happened. Hope in the future they'll if not import special features they'll try to replace them. It costs so much get region A releases (thanks brexit) that I've seriously cut back but at the same time I won't buy bare bone releases of movies if I know there's a better edition out there.

[Nostalgic]

I'd buy candyman 2 if it was stacked, but looks like a ew re releases of stuff that might not do so well.

[gag]

Bought 88 films blue ray of Don't go into the woods and so far I don't think pic quality that brilliant for a blu ray .

[BAKA]

I really hope no one falls for the Cannibal Terror blurb. It's insufferable, an absolute chore. Don't self-sabotage, you're worth more.

I recently sat through the Severin double feature with Devil Hunter. Never again.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Cannibal Terror is by far one of the worst cannibal films I've ever seen. Plus, is also one of the worst films I've ever seen.