The 88 Films Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

I love The Belstone Fox. It's so dark, I consider it a horror film...

Did you pick up the Network Blu?

Stunning image quality.

[Dave Boy]

Originally Posted by Rob4

I wonder if 88 will do a re-release of Island of Terror? Wasn't the previous UK release the cut version?

The Odeon Blu ray is uncut.

I'm quite happy with the Blu ray titles already released from Odeon including The Black Torment and Island Of Terror.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

The Odeon Blu ray is uncut.

I'm quite happy with the Blu ray titles already released from Odeon including The Black Torment and Island Of Terror.

Curse of the Crimson Altar has a beautiful image quality on the Odeon Blu. I rewatched it last night.

[Dave Boy]

Yeah, I must watch that again myself. Not seen it in a while.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

Yeah, I must watch that again myself. Not seen it in a while.

25 minute making of, Steele commentary and hour long interview with Christopher Lee, so good extras as well.

[Susan Foreman]

'Night Of The Big Heat' (1967) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88 Films

Release date: July 15

"A scorching picture from 1967, Night of the Big Heat is a sweat-inducing shocker based on the 1957 novel from John Lymington

The remote island of Fara is experiencing a stifling heat wave in the middle of winter, causing life, as the locals know it, to come to a halt. Tensions rise as the heat increases plus a high-pitched tone of unknown origin is incinerating the villagers

Directed by Hammer favourite, Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee alongside chisel jawed Patrick Allen, Night of the Big Heat is sizzling British sci-fi at its most intense"

More info TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'An Autumns Tale' (1987) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films

Release date: July 15

"Set in New York, this bitter-sweet drama stars Chow Yun-Fat as Sam, a cool, and charismatic waiter who takes his na?ve and heart-broken NYU student cousin, Jennifer (Cherie Chung) under his wing

Their friendship grows as he shows this innocent youngster all that life in the Big Apple has to offer

This wonderful time capsule of New York as it was 1987, is perfectly constructed by director Mabel Cheung who frames each shot with care making sure that this a true love-letter to the iconic city from a very original point of view."

More info TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'Immortal Story' (1986) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films

Release date: July 15

"A story of lost lives and lost souls, writer / director Yonfan delivers one of his strongest studies of human fragility

The movie focuses on the relationship between a chanteuse and her Japanese lover from the time they first meet to the present day where she is now at rock bottom and he?s a washed-up drug addict.

With incredible performances from Sylvia Chang and Shingo Tsurumi, we act as a voyeur, dipping into their bleak, fragmented existences where others control their choices and the only the only light in their lives is their unbroken love."

More info TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings' (1993) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films

Release date: July 15

"35 years after young Tommy is killed by greaser thugs in 1958, he is brought back to life by a group of teenagers, however, he has come back in the form of Pumpkinhead an evil demon, out for revenge

This direct-to-video sequel to 1998?s Pumpkinhead is an entertainingly splatter-fuelled horror movie cast in the mould of the video nasty era. Fun, fierce, and dripping with blood."

More info TBA

[nicholasrope]

When I saw there was a film called Skinned Alive was going to be released, I thought that it was some film from the 80's.

Then someone mentioned it was originally released by those beacons of OTT takes me out of it for FX and dodgy acting. Film 2000

Also has previously mentioned, these type of films have their place, when they cost ?3 or less or maybe ?5 if it looks really good, where expectations are low but not at ?18 or even in one of their sales prices.

If there was a Documentary on the OTT schlock films that were around in the late 90's to early 2000's like 88 did with Cannibal Terror with their Eurocine Cannibal Movie Documentary. Then it would make it interesting.