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Old 30th December 2024, 01:48 PM
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The problem with the newer Gattis ones is as long as keeps making them then any collection is constantly out of date. It would be better if going forward they released in volumes like they've done with the older series.
I imagine once this series of six (hopefully seven) is released on Blu any subsequent ones will be available on a second volume.

This is the BBC releasing them though not BFI. I already have The Tractate Middoth to The Mezzotint on dvd and they all look really good visually so won't be buying the new Blu-ray anyway unless it has three stories i don't have already.
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Old 30th December 2024, 02:50 PM
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I imagine once this series of six (hopefully seven) is released on Blu any subsequent ones will be available on a second volume.

This is the BBC releasing them though not BFI. I already have The Tractate Middoth to The Mezzotint on dvd and they all look really good visually so won't be buying the new Blu-ray anyway unless it has three stories i don't have already.
I also have the DVD release and will probably upgrade to Blu-ray for improved picture and sound as well as acquiring the additional three stories
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Old 9th January 2025, 12:19 PM
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Last Voyage of the Demeter is finally getting a release on Feb 3rd via Dazzler Media

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DP7RMV...T1zcF9kZXRhaWw
Full spec on the disc.

A terrifying new addition to the Dracula legend, based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker's classic novel, The Last Voyage of the Demeter chronicles the doomed journey of a merchant ship ferrying 50 mysterious wooden crates from Carpathia to London.

As they set sail, the crew soon discover they are not alone on board: at night they are stalked by a hidden passenger whose monstrous thirst for blood turns the trip into a harrowing nightmare of tension, terror and unfathomable evil.

Bonus Content:

4K Presentation from the Original Elements

Presented in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos

Audio Commentary with Director Andre Ovredal and Producer Bradley J. Fischer

Deleted Scenes

From The Pits of Hell: Dracula Reimagined

Evil is Aboard: The Making of The Last Voyage Of The Demeter

Dracula and the Digital Age: Featurette
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Old 9th January 2025, 01:25 PM
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Full spec on the disc.



A terrifying new addition to the Dracula legend, based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker's classic novel, The Last Voyage of the Demeter chronicles the doomed journey of a merchant ship ferrying 50 mysterious wooden crates from Carpathia to London.



As they set sail, the crew soon discover they are not alone on board: at night they are stalked by a hidden passenger whose monstrous thirst for blood turns the trip into a harrowing nightmare of tension, terror and unfathomable evil.



Bonus Content:



4K Presentation from the Original Elements



Presented in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos



Audio Commentary with Director Andre Ovredal and Producer Bradley J. Fischer



Deleted Scenes



From The Pits of Hell: Dracula Reimagined



Evil is Aboard: The Making of The Last Voyage Of The Demeter



Dracula and the Digital Age: Featurette
I've been looking forward to this film ever since Neil Marshall was first attached over 10 years ago now.

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Old 9th January 2025, 02:00 PM
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I've been looking forward to this film ever since Neil Marshall was first attached over 10 years ago now.
Yeah, me too. I'm not expecting miracles but do expect to enjoy it.
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Old 9th January 2025, 02:57 PM
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Yeah, me too. I'm not expecting miracles but do expect to enjoy it.
The trailer looks decent and the premise of expanding the ship voyage into a feature always seemed intriguing. Plus Liam Cunningham is usually worth watching. Andre Ovredal has done some good things. The Autopsy of Jane Doe being a standout.
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Last Voyage of the Demeter also has a 4K release from Dazzler too.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Voyage...e-1aeb4174b0b3
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Sony Pictures are releasing a 7 Film 'Nightmare On Elm Street' 4K UHD / Blu-ray combo collection steelbox. Zavvi has a pre-order available - UK$199.00 - with an estimated release date of December 2025

"A brand new Steelbook collection featuring Wes Craven's 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' series. Featuring the films on 4K UHD and Blu-Ray, 7 Steelbooks and steel outer-case all with brand new artwork.

In the opener, American teenager Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suffer from nightmares, only to discover that many of her friends are having similarly disturbed nights' sleep. Their dreams are haunted by the hideously scarred former child murderer Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) who, it soon transpires, has the power to kill them in their sleep. Freddy is out to exact his revenge on the children of those who burned him alive in retribution for his crimes, and the only way to avoid his reprisals is to avoid sleep - but Nancy knows that she can't stay awake for ever.

The sequel 'Freddy's Revenge' is set five years after the original. The Walsh family have now moved into the house formerly owned by the Thompsons, and it is not long before teenage son Jesse (Mark Patton) is having bad dreams. He and girlfriend Lisa attempt to work out what is happening to him, but before long Jesse becomes convinced that Freddy has taken over his body in order to continue his murderous rampage.

The second sequel, 'Dream Warriors', features the return of Nancy from the first film, now a psychiatric doctor. She teams up with Dr Neil Goldman (Craig Wasson) when a group of teenagers at his hospital begin to suffer a shared nightmare, and soon realises that Freddy has returned to continue wreaking his revenge on the descendants of those who killed him.

By the fourth film, 'The Dream Master', Freddy has killed off all the children of those who originally burnt him to death. Now he's starting to kill their teenage friends. Luckily, Alice Johnson (Lisa Wilcox), one of the endangered kids, has the special ability to bring others into her dreams. She is the Dream Master, and therefore the only one who can stop the razor-fingered prankster from wreaking more of his murderous havoc.

In 'The Dream Child', Alice is expecting a baby. Unfortunately for her, the meddlesome Freddy finds out about this and begins to control the foetus's dreams, hoping that the birth will be his means of returning to the land of the living. So the Dream Master sets to work, taking the battle to Krueger one final time.

In 'Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare', having wiped out all the children in his home town, dreamstalking psychokiller Freddy decides it is time to head for pastures new. Luckily for him, he happens across a home for troubled teens and is soon indulging his unspeakable appetites once again. This was originally intended to be the final instalment in the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' series, but ...

Director Wes Craven was unable to resist bringing Freddy back one more time in his 1994 'Wes Craven's New Nightmare', a coda to the series in which Craven and his producer play themselves, persuading the now grown-up Heather Langenkamp (of the first film) to return to Elm Street one more time. She and Robert Englund are lured back to play their characters again, but this time they cannot walk away from them when they leave the film set at the end of the day ...
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Oh - ignore the picture. Apparently it will contain brand new artwork

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Old 4th February 2025, 07:28 PM
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'A Samurai in Time' (2024) - Coming from Third Window Films. Blu-ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - UK$20.00

Release date: April 28

"At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, during a stormy night a samurai prepares to fight against an opposing clan member, when a flash of lighting hits and he wakes up to find himself in a different time. He has been transported through time to the present day and the location where he was about to duel is now a film set for jidaigeki TV shows and movies. Still in his samurai clothes he is mistaken for an extra and immediately thrust into the world of jidaigeki productions. Due to his very 'authentic' look and speech, he starts working on many productions and finds himself playing the role of a "kirareyaku", a swordsman whose job is to die spectacularly on film."

EXTRAS:
  • Director Junichi Yasuda interview
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Makiya Yamaguchi and Yuno Sakura behind the scenes talk show
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Trailer
  • Slipcase Edition (Limited to 2000 copies)

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'The Barnabas Kos Case' (1964) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from Second Run DVD

Release date: March 17

"Barnabas Kos, an untalented triangle-player in a state orchestra finds himself unfathomably promoted to conductor. Drunk with power, the once meek Kos now seeks to transform the ensemble to suit his own agenda and inflated vision

Peter Solan's absurdist, darkly funny satire of a corrupt system that rewards mediocrity and breeds petty dictatorship, openly criticised the practices of communist Czechoslovakia at the time. Its wry exposure of hypocrisy, sycophancy and the corrupting influence of power remains as fresh and relevant today as it did in 1964
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Special Features and Technical Specs:
  • NEW 2K RESTORATION by the Slovak Film Institute
  • The Invincibility of Absurdity: an introduction to the film by Rastislav Steranka, Director of National Cinematographic Centre, Slovak Film Institute
  • Promotion (Postup, 1968): a short animated film by Viktor Kubal
  • Portrait: Jarmila Kostova: a short film on the famous Slovak actor
  • Booklet with new writing on the film by author Jonathan Owen and filmmaker Peter Strickland
  • New English subtitle translation
  • REGION-FREE

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