The US aniversary edition looks reasonable as well. lots of bonus features. I think its a film that does not benefit from Blu-ray. Like Maniac.

Plus of course you get Death Dream as well with Nucleus. :clap:

Your review has actually made me want to give Children Shouldn't Play another go, I never made it to the end last time, skipping to Deathdream instead :nod:

Makes my efforts worthwhile then, cheers Rik. :)

Could bite you on the arse though, if I think it's just as dull and shite as last time I tried watching it :lol:

That's the release I have.

http://dv1.us/p1/079/101079-d0.jpg

It drives my grammar nodes crazy though that it says 'Your invited' rather than 'You're invited'. :lol:

Despite my earlier post on the contrary, I just realised I have the Nucleus release, because it was one of the perks from the Indiegogo campaign. I haven't watched it yet, but will probably do so this weekend because a) it is unwatched and b) Demdike has piqued my interest.

Cult Epics Indiegogo campaign are offering a blu of Death Laid An Egg as one of their perks, the directors cut. Is this the same version and master that Marc Morris has been working on or has the licensor already started selling the rights off to other territories?

No sale. I'll stick with nucleus.

Likewise.

Update from the Indiegogo campaign, really looking forward to these releases as I've never seen either before :nod:

"Nucleus Films Campaign Update

Apologies for the lack of updates for a while, but we've been very busy working on these releases and they are shaping up beautifully.

We recently had an update from the Italian lab, advising us that the Lady Frankenstein restoration is nearly complete. We hope to receive the master within the next four to six weeks. We really had no idea the amount of time and effort this master has taken to painstakingly restore. We'll post screen captures as soon as it arrives at the Nucleus Films HQ. We can then begin the task of authoring both discs and eventually get them out to you all!"

Rest assured, in the meantime we've been very busy shooting brand new extras for both titles. We also just completed the scanning and restoration of the beautiful set of Italian fotobustas for Lady Frankenstein, which we have attached to this update.

We're desperately searching for a complete set of Italian fotobustas and posters for Death Laid an Egg/La morte ha fatto l'uovo. Also searching for UK quad posters for Lady Frankenstein. Can you help? We will happily scan any materials supplied and return them.

Or if you have anything else from around the world (posters, still, artwork, articles) you feel would be a worthwhile addition to these discs, then please get in touch, as we'd love to hear from you.

Thanks for your patience,
Marc & Jake
Nucleus Films Ltd

It looks like Nucleus are releasing Eurocrime!
EUROCRIME! THE ITALIAN COP & GANGSTER FILMS THAT RULED THE '70S | British Board of Film Classification

Indiegogo update:

"Exciting news!

Today we received the brand new restored master of LADY FRANKENSTEIN! We'll be doing some checks to see if everything is there, and will report back shortly with comments and screencaps.

We'd like to offer our sincere thanks for your patience on this project, which has sadly taken much longer than we anticipated - but it will be well worth the wait!

We can now finally get cracking with audio commentaries, and then onto Blu-ray disc authoring etc.

Once again, thank you all!

Marc & Jake

Nucleus Films Ltd"

I forgot about these :lol:
Will be good to finally get them.

If you haven't already got the US release the UK one is currently only £7.99 on Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eurocrime-I...angsters+films

Me too, until they post an update :lol:

What's going on with the egg film though?

I think from their last update they've received the master from Italy complete with an extra 18 minutes of footage and they were working on extras. It will eventually be presented to the BBFC for them to pass judgement.

Yeah, they're on track with Death Laid and Egg, it was Lady Frankenstein which has been holding things up!

Cool it's the egg one i'm after.
I just love eggs me.;)

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Normally I'd be annoyed at the fact they've had my money since October, like when you preorder from Arrow and stuff gets delayed and then sent out after Amazon etc, but seeing as I've not seen either film and my money helped get these made, I'm fine with waiting longer than anticipated :nod:

And, £27 for two exclusive BDs is a bargain really :thumb:

And the US release doesn't include over 100 minutes of Eurocrime trailers, unlike the Nucleus release :)

I'd rather order UK releases where possible.

An email update:

Lady Frankenstein - Update

We've now checked through the new masterm and we're happy to confirm that ours is the most complete version ever seen of this movie. It clocks in at exactly 99 minutes at 24fps! It's more complete than the Shout Factory DVD (yes, even including those awful inserts) and is also more complete than the super-rare Danish VHS, which was previously considered the most complete version out there!

You want more? We also have the never-before-seen Italian theatrical trailer, and alternative clothed inserts which were most likely produced for the Spanish release. And we also have the original Italian and English opening and closing credits.

The reason this restoration took much longer was because the original negative had originally suffered Italian film censor cuts, and it took a lot longer locating those missing snippets of nudity etc. But now they're all back.

Here are a few frame grabs to whet your appetites...
Marc & Jake
Nucleus Films

Is this definitely out on Monday Marc? I've always wondered why you guys never did a Grindhouse Trailer disc of only Eurocult titles.

Yes. It's £7.99 to preorder via HMV.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...84&oe=59C4C4C0 https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...2e&oe=59F5C95A https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...4e&oe=59F8808C https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...f0&oe=59FD04C7

Thanks for adding those – I couldn't find a way of doing it from my email.

are the screenshots SD or HD?

announced on Cave of Cult for 23 Oct. according to the BBFC this version runs at 118 mins which is considerably longer than the equivalent Redemption US release at 93 mins - can't help thinking it must be a mistake?

Yeah, someone posted the cover elsewhere on the forum a few days ago. It should have been in this thread, but there you go. You just can't get the forum members these days. :lol:

Love the artwork. :nod:

yeah, thought the The European Cult Cinema Collection banner was interesting too. more to come? looks like Redemption are hawking their titles around a few UK labels.

Have you seen it before, Rob?

I quite like the film but then i'm a sucker for this Gothic exploitation stuff.

It was one of the few Redemption releases with a decent cover too.

that is a very nice cover ;)

no i've not seen this one so looking forward to it. although the 'to buy' list just keeps getting longer and longer so when is another matter :confused:

I'd make it high priority as Anne Libert and Britt Nicholls are well worth investing in. ;)

See Dracula's Daughter for more of luscious Libert.

I'll have a quick look in the Stephen Thrower book when I get home regarding running times!

The Redemption BD runs to 118 mins according to Stephen Thrower and is the longest known version.

Yes, I think the Redemption release and the nucleus release are both the same fully uncut releases. Agonising as I own the Redemption release but really want to support nucleus.

Let's hope they don't have spine numbers or a spine builder :lol: If I run a cult label they'd have both of those things - guaranteed sales :lol: