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Old 2nd February 2012, 04:17 PM
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So far i only have Day and Dawn of the Dead Blu ray and City of the Living Dead Blu Ray. Im looking to order 3 or 4 more tomorrow which ones would you advise for my next purchase Dvd or Blu Ray. Just so many options just cant make up my mind thanks in advance.
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Old 2nd February 2012, 04:22 PM
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Arrows finest release is "Zombie Lake", so that's the one to get.
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So far i only have Day and Dawn of the Dead Blu ray and City of the Living Dead Blu Ray. Im looking to order 3 or 4 more tomorrow which ones would you advise for my next purchase Dvd or Blu Ray. Just so many options just cant make up my mind thanks in advance.
are you a fan of Argento?
his bds are a plenty by Arrow
other horror, STREET TRASH, ISLAND OF DEATH and not horror is De Palma's brilliant thriller OBSESSION
others are MANIAC COP, THE EXTERMINATOR, etc
just look around!
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Whilst Zombie Lake is indeed an often unsung masterpiece, I'd personally recommend:

A Bay of Blood
The Beyond
Les Diaboliques
Island of Death (DVD only)
Martin (DVD only)
Obsession
Pieces (DVD only)
Vamp


Although, it depends what kind of films you like really.

Based on you already owning Dawn, Day, and City, I'd go for the The Beyond considering it is similarly themed.

I may get pelted with rotten fruit for this, but both The Beyond and City of the Living Dead are better films than either Dawn or Day, in my opinion.

If you want to venture into Argento territory, Phenomena (whilst nowhere near Argento's best film) is Arrow's best Argento transfer (if you care about such things), imo.

The Cat o' Nine Tails, Deep Red, and Inferno are also very good, and Tenebrae is decent, aside from suffering from some 'snowstorming' artificial noise in the first 10 minutes or so. Tenebrae is also my favourite Argento film, so I have a lot of love for this release. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage also looks very good, and is another of my favourites from Argento, but unfortunately suffers from Storaro-itis (wrong aspect ratio).
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Old 2nd February 2012, 08:01 PM
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Arrows finest release is "Zombie Lake", so that's the one to get.
I'd then go for Pervert.
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Old 2nd February 2012, 10:08 PM
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So far i only have Day and Dawn of the Dead Blu ray and City of the Living Dead Blu Ray. Im looking to order 3 or 4 more tomorrow which ones would you advise for my next purchase Dvd or Blu Ray. Just so many options just cant make up my mind thanks in advance.
As you already have City of the Living Dead , you should get the (excellent) Blu of The Beyond as well.

Very many of Arrow's releases are fine films, but if I had to restrict myself to five films (apart from the two mentioned before), I'd buy the following:

- Bava's A Bay of Blood on Blu-ray
- Argento's Deep Red on Blu-ray
- Argento's Phenomena on Blu-ray
- Argento's Sleepless on DVD
- Simón's Pieces on DVD

If you want a real classic, buy a copy of Les Diaboliques on Arrow Academy Blu-ray.

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I'd go for:
Street Trash (DVD)
Island of Death (DVD)
Pieces (DVD)
The Beyond (BD)
Phenomena (BD)
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