Blue Underground Thread Just being nosey, but....... Almar mentioned a while back about the current climate in DVD retail - especially with regard to 'niche' labels - being excruciatingly difficult. Just been to Blue Underground's website and I noticed they have relaunched it as well as noticing their half decent release schedule for the next few months. Is this a last push from them, or is there actually some life in the old dog yet ? |
They've got New York Ripper coming soon! No extras though. I read a while back that Blue Underground are soon to be releasing titles on Blu-ray, that's the best news I've heard in a long time! :p |
Blu-Ray eh? Let's hope they're region free then like some of the BCI releases :) |
i remember reading somewhere last year that Bill Lustig was bored with Blue Underground, and saying that he'd released pretty much everything that he'd wanted to. As a result of this he was either thinking about closing the company, or leaving it. Nothing to do with sales. Hopefully the new Blu-Ray thing will have overturned that. New York Ripper? Uncut and anamorphic this time hopefully, with the footage that was missing (included in the Italian Shock release) re-instated I hope. |
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On the subject of Blu-Rays, if there's anyone out there tempted to buy the region free Paul Naschy double bill Night of The Werewolf and Vengeance of The Zombies from BCI, DON'T. The picture quality is absolutely shit, with washed out colours and terrible artifacting, buy the DVD release instead as it looks 100x better with nice deep blacks and a nice sharp image. |
Hopefully BU will keep going,as they're a pivotal company when it comes to cult faves:cool: |
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I thought i'd resurrect this thread after six years. :shocked: :lol: If i'm not mistaken Blue Underground have released ONE new film in around eighteen months - Grand Duel starring Lee Van Cleef. Ok they've reissued stuff on Blu, but are they dead in the water now as far as new material is concerned? |
Dem, did you miss the Maniac Cop 2 and 3 Blu-ray releases from them recently? They've also put out Snuff on Blu and are in the process of putting together another 4 films on Blu. Not quite dead in the water yet. I, for one, am glad they're re-issuing titles on Blu. :) |
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Then again three NEW films in 18 months is hardly prolific. They seem to be on life support regarding new material rather than dead in the water, especially when you consider the amount of NEW material Code Red, Vinegar and Scorpion are releasing. BU used to be my fave company a few years ago. |
I think it's all down to economics with a lot of these companies and avaliable materials. As many unreleased titles don't have know masters or if they have masters there in terrible condition. |
MANIAC COP 2 looks and sounds awesome on Blu-ray. A proper stellar job. |
Have there been any statements from BU about the lack of new films at all or the direction they are taking in the future? Just wondered as some other label bosses never shut up. :lol: |
Unofficially, someone I know went out for dinner with Bill Lustig and he bemoaned the state of the intustry, etc, etc. This was over a year ago and there had been a lull but things seem to be picking up again for BU. Let's hope there's more to come. |
I'd like to see them put out Hell of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Contamination and Mark of the Devil onto Blu. :nod: |
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They are bringing hell of the living dead later this year in a double pack with the rats night of terror |
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Does anyone know if Arrow's version will be uncut or the hacked by the BBFGestapo version? :confused: |
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Ohhh! Surprised! Jolly good! They did put out a stonking version of TCSM 2 so this might be worth a punt. :decision: |
I don't know if they still have rights to it or not, but I'd like to see a Blu ray of Shock Waves. Though i wonder could they really improve the picture quality with it? |
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Great to see it getting the BD treatment! Great choice of cover art as well! |
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I'm definitely going to be picking up both at some point. |
I've always meant to pick up Shock Waves as I have memories of seeing the big, dusty VHS box in my local video shop during the pre-cert days, and seeing the Vipco VHS re-release with the cool cover art during the 90s. For some reason I never got round to getting it though. Is it worth a blind buy, and if so, is there much of a difference (in terms of PQ) between the DVD and Blu-ray? |
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The film itself is quite understated - although stemming from the 70s, it eschews the blood and guts of the contemporary Eurocult films in favour of characterisation and atmosphere. I reviewed it some time ago - Shock Waves. |
I gotta see Shock Waves again. The last I saw it was years ago on VHS on the Vipco label. Was that cut back then ? |
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I've been wanting to replace my old region free Anchor Bay DVD of The New York Ripper for a while now, so have decided to buy the Blue Underground Blu-ray from Diabolik DVD. It's my first time ordering from this company as it was difficult to get hold of a new copy of NYR from Amazon UK. Is Diabolik a reliable company? And if my parcel gets opened by UK customs is there a chance it could get seized? I know there's only a few seconds cut from the UK release but when it comes to Fulci, I only buy uncut. |
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Only problem I had with them is the box of my Cannibal Holocaust BD being crushed, but after a brief exchange of emails with Jason, I was sent a replacement box free of charge. I upgraded my BU NYR to BD months ago and it's still sat sealed on my shelf, so I can't comment on the upgrade itself, but it did arrive without any customs issues (from All Your Music if I remember correctly) |
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