The 88 Films Thread

[mr 420]

Can you remind me when Alien Terror is out, BE?

[JAMIOUSE]

I think Alien 2 is due June / July. They should be officially announcing Amuck soon I mean it was advertised in the Burial Ground booklet so it should be soon.

[Andra Jai]

Just received Burial Ground and although it was never one of my favourite Italian zombie films, I really got into the blu-ray far more than on previous dvd/vhs viewings.

I also found the extras to be really good on this release as well, especially the commentary track.


Can't really see any reason for me to double dip on this with the upcoming US release.

Next one to get will be Man from Deep River as I'm looking forward to the extras and don't give a stuff that the animal scenes are cut (if anything I actually wish the remaining animal scenes that have been left in were also cut out as well.

[mr 420]

Originally Posted by JAMIOUSE

I think Alien 2 is due June / July. They should be officially announcing Amuck soon I mean it was advertised in the Burial Ground booklet so it should be soon.

Cheers, J. Much appreciated.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

FRIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT #1

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[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Nice! Good to see 88 branching off into Blaxploitation territory, plus I'm liking the black cases too.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Not a fan of these new covers tbh. They look weird with the 88 Films logo up there on the front. I might be passing on a lot of their releases from now on (except the Italian & Slashers of course).

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[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Not liking these new covers at all tbh. They look awful with the 88 Films logo up there on the front. I'll be passing on a lot of their releases from now on. Just the Italian & Slashers for me now.

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I agree it looks a little weird having the 88 logo up in the air on The Couch Trip as it covers some of the artwork - although it's not a film I'd buy anyway. It doesn't look too bad on Friday Foster, however they may decide to tidy it up or provide a non-logoed/ratings reverse cover for these.

I'm assuming that they're not sticking with black cases for Blaxploitation either with The Couch Trip having a black case. So it's red for Slasher, clear for Italian, blue for general horror and black for anything else by the looks of it...

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I agree it looks a little weird having the 88 logo up in the air on The Couch Trip as it covers some of the artwork - although it's not a film I'd buy anyway. It doesn't look too bad on Friday Foster, however they may decide to tidy it up or provide a non-logoed/ratings reverse cover for these.



I'm assuming that they're not sticking with black cases for Blaxploitation either with The Couch Trip having a black case. So it's red for Slasher, clear for Italian, blue for general horror and black for anything else by the looks of it...

And Criterion style cases for the Asian collection.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

And Criterion style for the Asian collection. I think it's only covers with the logo up there (and black cases) for titles released by MGM, which is even more random and mind boggling.

I'd forgotten about those! Maybe the 88 boys found a few pallets of assorted cases that 'fell off the back of a lorry' and are taking full advantage.

I was thinking of buying some cheap black cases for my Odeon/Screenbound Blus (since they've started releasing in black cases now) but I might just swap the blue cases with 88's black ones instead as and when I pick the titles up.