Optimum / Studio Canal Thread

[WaveCrest]

Optimum have delayed the Region 2 release of Rider On The Rain until September. I read recently on the film's IMDb forum that Optimum have been trying to find the English dubbed version. Apparently the previous release was a French dubbed version and the picture was terrible.

It was either on the Anchor Bay forum, Cult Movie Forums or on here, where I'd asked about a Charles Bronson film I'd seen a DVD of on the shelves in my local HMV. Someone replied saying the picture was poor and that it may be or was a public domain release.


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Other Optimum releases

I recently bought a Lee Van Cleef western called Barquero on R2 which I'd never heard of before. Inside was a booklet telling you about past, present and future Optimum releases. What particularly caught my eye were the following (these have been mentioned in recent news articles on websites DVD Times and DVD Active):

Electra Glide In Blue
Hardware: Special Edition.

[mark meakin]

I'm waiting for their release of Hammer's LOST CONTINENT (1968) an adaption of Dennis Wheatley's Uncharted Seas.I have the OOP Anchor Bay r0 disc but the film is cut together from about 3 different print sources of varying quality.I'm hoping that this will be taken from a better source.

[Pete]

I was thinking of starting an Optimum thread!

I picked up their disc of Turkey Shoot recently and was suprised to find they had actually bothered to include some extras! It had the featurette from the Umbrella disc and a interview with the director, which i think was shot for this release.

[Pete]

Optimum are re-issuing Xtro and Emmanuelle.

[vincenzo]

Their last release of Emmanuelle was pretty good. First time uncut in the UK and a nice print.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Their recent release of THIEF is anamorphic and crystal clear!

[Pete]

Originally Posted by vincenzo

Their last release of Emmanuelle was pretty good. First time uncut in the UK and a nice print.

This new edition is going to have a new documentary.

[Dave]

Near Dark [Blu-ray] https://amzn.eu/d/erjNQlI

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StudioCanal UK are re-releasing 'Near Dark' in what appears to be a carbon copy of the old Optimum disc. Disappointing - as I had hoped a new remaster was on the way instead of this bare bones rehash from 2009.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Ah well,at least the superior LOST BOYS is getting the bells and whistles treatment from Warner....

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Dave

Near Dark [Blu-ray] https://amzn.eu/d/erjNQlI

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StudioCanal UK are re-releasing Near Dark in what appears to be a carbon copy of the old Optimum disc. Disappointing - as I had hoped a new remaster was on the way instead of this bare bones rehash from 2009.

Did I read it right that the Blu-ray is cheaper than the DVD

If they gave us a reverse art cover to the original I may have considered a purchase

This was the artwork that sold it for me to rent it back in the day.