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Phew. There's a
lot to write up in this update, but I asked for it. It's been coming
for a while now...It's just been too damn quiet around here, and then
all of a sudden the floodgates open, and here comes the crap.
We start out the
month with a movie by the name of Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the
Damned. I don't care what this movie is about, but god damn do I love
the title. It reminds me of "Sorority Girls in the Slimeball
Bowlorama". It's probably crap, but worth a mention for the great
title. That's out on the 2nd.
Also allegedly on
the 2nd, Nightmare on Elm St is out on Blu-Ray. I have a Blu-Gay player
now (actually a PS3) which I bought from Hong Kong so I could play
Region A movies, because I know they'll never release anything cool
like this on Blu-Ray here in Australia. No one has cover art yet and no
one is taking pre-orders so I guess we'll see how that one pans out.
Same goes for Night of the Living Dead on Blu-Ray on the 15th, but I'm
jumping ahead of myself now.
On the 9th,
there's a Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition of Childs Play, and even
though I already have Childs Play on DVD, I'll be damned if the cover
doesn't look so damn cool that I'm tempted into buying it again. Same
goes for the Friday the 13th with the lenticular cover. Why do they
keep sucking me in with cool cover art? That's the exact reason why I
have two different releases of Prom Night. Also on the 9th is
Pumpkinhead, and the apparently "Funny Version" of House of the Dead. I
thought that was EVERY version. I see Uwe Boll has taken to trying to
laugh with us now. Poor Uwe. You'll never change the fact that we're
laughing AT you.
Hot on the heels
of Paramount re-releasing their entire 80's back catalog last month
with their bodgy "I Love The 80's Collection", Universal have decided
to join the game of one-upsmanship and are re-releasing their 80's
staples The Breakfast Club, Weird Science and Sixteen Candles as the
"High School Flashback Collection" in both a box of three and single
disc formats. I don't get it. Is there some sort of 80's explosion
going on that no-one told me about? Do they know something I don't? The
16th is actually a pretty big day with the 25th Anniversary Edition of
Risky Business, Class of 1999, Eddie Murphy Delirious 25th Anniversary
Edition, Death Note, and Vampire Hookers as part of an Exploitation
Double Feature. That's a pretty solid effort right there. Vampire
Hookers hasn't had any form of DVD release before, and Class of 1999 is
cheesy greatness. And Death Note - this is the live action Japanese
movie. I recommend it very very highly. Death Note and Death Note II
are already out here in Australia and they are both superb.
On the 22nd in the
UK, Studio Canal are releasing They Live and Killer Klowns from Outer
Space (and probably a few others I missed). This is the first time they
have been available on DVD for Region 2, so that's great news for
everyone in the UK.
On the 23rd, Code
Red are releasing Final Exam! I have a dusty old VHS that I will be
happy to replace for this rare slasher gem. Code Red are on fire, also
releasing a 2-disc edition of Savage Streets with Linda Blair on the
same day. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat is out on the 23rd too, and
of course I have pre-ordered it. It has Bruce Campbell!! Also worth a
mention for this day is Troma's 20th Anniversary Edition of Redneck
Zombies and the Friday the 13th TV Series, because I'm hoping if this
does well, Freddy's Nightmares won't be far behind.
On the first here
in good ol, Region 4, we get the same Linda Lovelace for President
release that was available last month in the US, along with The Wiz,
Too Wong Foo and Repo Man. All of which have either never been released
on DVD or are out of print. I've been after Repo Man for a while, so
I'll be picking that one up for sure.
Fast forward to
the 29th now, because all of the action is at the end of the month.
There's a George A. Romero Collection featuring The Crazies, Martin and
Dawn of the Dead being released and a Vampires Collection with
Nosferatu, Vampyros Lesbos and Thirst. Martin is also available as a
single DVD. Once again a first for Region 4. Disappointingly, there's
also re-issues of Chiller, The Serpent and the Rainbow (which I didn't
like at all), and about the zillionth edition of Texas Chainsaw
Massacre. Wouldn't you think it would get to the point where everyone
who wants that movie already has it? How many more can they possibly
sell?
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