The BFI Blu-ray and DVD Release Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Have you watched any of Vol 1 yet, Dem?

Not yet, i watch them all in December usually. It's an annual Christmas tradition for me.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Not yet, i watch them all in December usually. It's an annual Christmas tradition for me.

Me too
I watched the Vol 1 set last Xmas and looking forward to watching Vol 2 this year.
I remember thinking that the original dvds couldn’t be improved that much, but they really are a big improvement.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Me too
I watched the Vol 1 set last Xmas and looking forward to watching Vol 2 this year.
I remember thinking that the original dvds couldn’t be improved that much, but they really are a big improvement.

They look it. The later ones such as Number 13 and Stigma look beautiful.

[Susan Foreman]

'Big Banana Feet' (1976) - Blu-ray / DVD combo pre-order available from BFI direct - £16:99

Release date: May 20

"Billy Connolly is at the peak of his powers in this hilarious ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary filmed on his 1975 tour of Ireland"

Special features:

• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Booklet featuring new writing on the film and slipcase
• Other extras TBC

[Justin101]

Not a new release but just an appreciation of how nice these 2 box sets were. Pretty impossible to get these days since they went out of print. I almost didn’t buy volume 2 either but I’m glad that I did.

Derek Jarman volumes 1 & 2

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

They do look nice box sets, Justin, although i'm not sure all the films appeal to me.

Not the greatest bard fan for a start.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Big Banana Feet' (1976) - Blu-ray / DVD combo pre-order available from BFI direct - £16:99

Release date: May 20

"Billy Connolly is at the peak of his powers in this hilarious ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary filmed on his 1975 tour of Ireland"

Special features:

• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Booklet featuring new writing on the film and slipcase
• Other extras TBC

Fans get rare chance to see Billy Connolly's 'Big Banana Feet' / BBC News

[Susan Foreman]

It seems that the BBFC have passed 'Thundercrack' with an '18' certificate for 'VOD / Streaming'

I wonder if this means it will get a physical release as well

[Justin101]

It?s featured heavily in the Scala doc so it might be they are doing something on the BFI player around the films featured there.

I don?t know if you can still buy it, but I have the Blu from Synapse

[Dave]

Die, Monster Die! (Blu-ray)
Preorder on Amazon

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Die, Monster Die! (Blu-ray)
Directed by Daniel Haller

When American student Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams) arrives in the English village of Arkham to visit his fiance Susan Witley (Suzan Farmer), he has no idea of the horrors awaiting within. Invited by Susan's mysteriously ill mother (Freda Jackson), Stephen is greeted acrimoniously by Susan's father, Nahum (Boris Karloff), who makes it clear this visit is an unwelcome intrusion to the ornately furnished halls of the Witley estate, for Nahum is hiding a dangerous secret.

A meteorite has crash landed in the gardens, scorching the earth and emitting a mutating radiation that has transformed the greenhouse plants to pulsating giants, with horrifying and sickening side effects to the residents.

Based on H.P Lovecraft's story 'The Colour Out of Space', Die, Monster Die! is a British horror contaminated with mystery, shock and gore.

Extras
- Presented in High Definition
- Audio commentary by Vic Pratt and William Fowler (2024): newly recorded audio commentary by the founders of the 'The BFI Flipside' and authors of The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British Film & Television
- Other extras TBC
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits.