Labor Day DVD and Blu-Ray Sale (40% Off)!

If you’re a fan of rare and obscure genre movies, you probably already know about VCI.   They make available a wide variety of rare titles on DVD and Blu-Ray with the best transfers they can muster.  And many of their titles are only available through their website. And they really do have great stuff.  Cult movies, classic serials,  crime and detective, b-westerns, obscure British films, science fiction, martial arts, UFO/paranormal and much, much more!

One problem:  They can be a bit pricey.  But for a few days that problem is solved.  Because they’re having a 40% off sale from now until September 6th in honor of Labor Day!  Yup, you read that right:  40% off!   To participate all you have to do is enter the coupon code “laborday40″.  Obviously without the quote marks.

To get start shopping now, visit the site here.  You’ll be glad you did.

GODZILLA (1954) to Get Criterion DVD/Blu-Ray Release!

Hints have been bouncing around the ‘net for some time about Criterion giving the original Godzilla a deluxe, proper DVD and Blu-Ray transfer.  But many poo-pooed them.  Claiming it wasn’t the type of thing Criterion did.  Or other lame dismissals.  Then a mysterious photo (above) of a film can with Japanese writing appeared on the Criterion Facebook page.  The writing translates:   “Dupe Posi(tive): GODZILLA. Reel 2 of 10 Reels. Toho Company, Ltd.”!

For those who understand the Criterion mindset.  This can only mean one thing:  Criterion is indeed doing a DVD/Blu-Ray release.  But it won’t be utilizing some old transfer.   They will be doing a new transfer from the interpositive elements!   This is nothing but good news.  Especially for those who were disappointed with previous Blu-Ray releases.  We know that Criterion, as is there wont, will do this right!  Although there isn’t an official announcement yet, we feel totally confident in saying this release will happen!

ZOMBIELAND: DVD and BLU-RAY Special Features

Zombieland will be hitting store shelves next month on DVD and Blu-Ray, and we got a sneak peak at what the special features are going to be.  So, nice folk that we are, we’re sharing them with you.

On both Blu-Ray and DVD:

Deleted scenes

Commentary track, featuring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, director Ruben Fleischer, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick

In Search of Zombieland – A behind-the-scenes making of documentary

Zombieland is Your Land – Effects documentary

Visual effects progression scenes

Theatrical promo trailers

Only on Blu-Ray

Beyond the Graveyard – P.I.P. track.

movieIQ: BD-Live enabled technology allows movie fans to access trivia about the movie’s cast, crew, production facts, soundtrack, and more – all while watching the movie

SUSPIRIA Headed for Blu-Ray!

Some films are just made for blu-ray.  Dario Argento’s Suspiria is one of them.  It’s wild visuals full of vibrant primary colors is what this format is all about.  But U.S. DVD collectors wept a tear recently, when Europe was treated to this gem on blu-ray.   But we dried those tears quickly, because reports filtered out that the transfer was nothing to write home about.   But now American Cinematographer reveals this:

[Suspiria Cinematographer Luciano] Tovoli recently revisited Suspiria at Technicolor Rome to supervise a new HD transfer, which will result in a Blu-ray release this spring …

Time to start planning those Suspiria parties!

CLASH Headed to Blu-Ray

We’re mixed about Hollywood’s recent obsession with remakes.  But one thing we love about it:  The original films get fancy re-releases on DVD and/or Blu-Ray.  The original Clash of the Titans is the latest film to benefit from this.   The remake hits screens in late March 2010.  And we’ve just learned that Warner Home Video will release  a Blu-Ray early in the month, March 10, 2010 to be exact.

The Blu-Ray will feature a forty page booklet and these other features:

A Conversation with Ray Harryhausen featurette

Maps of Myths and Monsters Gallery

Trailers of this 1981 Original and the 2010 Version

Exclusive photo booklet of the new Clash of the Titans

Sound cool.   Count us in!

NEAR DARK Gets Superior Blu-Ray Release

Fans of the Katherine Bigelow’s cult vampire classic Near Dark worried that its Blu-Ray release would be a barebones affair.  Such is not the case.   The release will feature  a whole raft of extras, including a making of documentary, a commentary with Katherine Bigelow, trailers, deleted scenes and other nice treats.

Blu-Ray News: Lionsgate Releasing Horror Favs on Blu-Ray!

Lionsgate is expanding its commitment to catalog titles with Blu-Ray releases of Cujo, The Monster Squad and the original My Bloody Valentine.  Unfortunately, these releases won’t be out in time for Halloween.  But their November 24, 2009 street date will make then excellent stocking stuffers for your horror minded friends and relatives.

There’s no news yet on the extras which will grace these disks.  But each of these films had deluxe DVD treatment, so we expect they’ll probably at least port some of the features from those releases.

WATCHMEN Gives You a Reason to Buy Blu-Ray Player!

Specs for the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Watchmen:

Watchmen Director’s Cut 2-Disc Digital Copy Special Edition DVD:

·         Director’s Cut (additional 25 min.)

o                    Newly included footage contains more Rorschach and a scene of Hollis Mason’s death

·         The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics [Learn how the subversive, thematically complex, award winning comic that changed literature, inspired analytical debate, and won countless fans, was created]

·         Watchmen: Webisodes

o                    My Chemical Romance Desolation Row Music Video

o                    Digital Copy

Watchmen Director’s Cut Blu-ray Disc:

·         Director’s Cut (additional 25 min.)

o        Newly included footage contains more Rorschach and a scene of Hollis Mason’s death.

·         Warner Bros. Maximum Movie Mode [With Watchmen Director Zack Snyder as our host, we’ll dive deep into the intricacies of the Watchmen.]

o        Director walk-ons with scene analysis

o        Picture-in-picture video from the cast and crew

o        Side-by-side comparisons of the graphic novel and the film

o        Timeline comparisons of our world events to those from Watchmen

o        Photo galleries of production stills and storyboards

·         The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics [Learn how the subversive, thematically complex, award winning comic that changed literature, inspired analytical debate, and won countless fans, was created]

·         Real Superheroes, Real Vigilantes [Explores the fascination and psychology behind real-world vigilantes and where that behavior crosses over into actually donning the hood and behaving as superheroes.]

·         Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantastic World [The creators of Watchmen had a great understanding of engineering and science, allowing for plausible mechanics in their characters tools and the world itself.  This featurette will guide the viewer through the filmmakers process of turning these technologies into cinematic reality]

·         My Chemical Romance Desolation Row Music Video

·         BD-Live with even more content

·         Digital Copy

Godzilla Stomps onto Blu-Ray

The original Japanese version of Godzilla (Gojira) hits Blu-Ray on September 22, marking the monster’s first stateside foray onto HD.  Feast your eyes on the box art above.

This release will be feature most of the extras from the 2008 Classic Media release.  But will not include the audio commentary.  Why was this excluded?  Godzilla completists will not only be forced to double-dip, but they won’t be able to sell or give away the original DVD.

This lumpy-headed thinking puzzles us collectors.

Regardless daikaiju (giant monster) fans should be excited about getting to see on of their favorite monster in full HD!

Video: Trailer for GHOSTBUSTERS Blu-Ray Release!

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