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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  I can relate to what you said regarding boutique labels releasing for want of a better word rubbish in great packages. I've already seen two or three slashers released by Arrow this Christmas that aren't fit for purpose but look absolutely lovely in HD. Trapped Alive, Doom Asylum and The Prey spring to mind. |
Yep, more and more I find myself thinking "I just can't justify spending twenty odd quid on something that looks ravishing, but which I'll watch once or twice at the most." On the other hand... what the likes of Arrow and VS do is so worthy of support, if only from an archival standpoint. I mean obviously they're businesses, but so many of these little films wouldn't be on anyone's radar were it not for the kind of efforts that result in eg 'Phantom of the Mall'.
But it's all horses for courses anyway. As much as I loathed 'Doom Asylum', I loved 'The Prey'!