I saw this movie on a DVD from a company called Platinum Discs, the disc also had three other movies on it. None were as good as this one though. This one was easily the best Roger Corman movie to date! As the movie was ending I thought about how it really deserves a S.E. I did research and found that every other release of the DVD is bare bones to. Does anyone know if there will be a Special Edition?
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Yeah, Wal-mart is kick ass. I got a copy of this, plus eleven more movies in a classic horror collection called KILLER CREATURE, it only coast 12 bucks.
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I bought my copy from Home Bargains at Heanor, Derbyshire (UK) for 99 pence. Had two other films on it.
Van Whistler
I got this movie in Ireland in a boxset along with The Ghoul (1933) and House on Haunted Hill (1958) for just €3.99. This was my favourite of them all.
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that's the dvd that I have, three films on one disc.
Van Whistler
I can even beat that.
The same DVD in a 3 DVD set called The Classic Horror Box Set Vol 1
9 films on 3 DVDs for £5 or 55p per film
I also bought vol 2 at the same time
When I am going to find the time to watch about 30 hours of black and white horror films I just don't know.
that might be the same one as mine.
they were selling the dvd's individually at home bargains at heanor for 99pence per dvd, several box sets split up to sell the dvd's individually.
got westerns and musicals too.
Van Whistler
"can even beat that.
The same DVD in a 3 DVD set called The Classic Horror Box Set Vol 1
9 films on 3 DVDs for £5 or 55p per film
I also bought vol 2 at the same time
When I am going to find the time to watch about 30 hours of black and white horror films I just don't know. "
What were the other mvies?
Anywhoo, I got mine from Wal-Mart for $3.33 (the Goodtimes dvd,it was just the one movie, if you can beleive that). I think that it could have been cheaper (and should have) but I didn't really care, I needed to see this film. Over the years I have grown to greatly appreciate companies like Platinum Disc Corp, Madacy and Treeline Films. They have helped me see a great many films I might not have been able to see otherwise.
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Theres alot of different DVD studios selling incredible cheap versions of old horror\suspense B-film classics. The sad thing is that the prints are usually direct VHS copies with extremely poor quality. When I first discovered these studios such as Diamond, Roan Group, Alpha, Madacy, Platinum..etc..etc I was thrilled to get alot of films I've always wanted to see for around a buck each, but when I got to see the artwork on the covers and the overall quality on video and audio, I was bummed. If you appreciate the movies, you should rather spend some dollars and get the good relases from such studios as Blue Underground and Anchor Bay.
On a couple of occasions I've had some luck, the Vincent Price classics "House on the Haunted Hill" and "The Bat" was on a double feature from one of those crappy dealers, but the quality was amazingly good. Possibly because there doesnt exist any poorer versions of those to specific movies.
Check out DVDPACIFIC.COM for alot of great titles from a ranged variety of DVD studios. I belive they have relases from over one thousand different studios.
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yeah there should be a special edition of this. the film was superb.
"how about... a royal flush!" *loren avedon kicks a cauldron of boiling water into the bad guys*
Though it is also barebones, the best version around is currently Out Of Print by "MGM Home Entertainment", transfered from the original negative and looks GREAT!!! Sad that it is barebones but is head and shoulders over all the other PD DVD CR*P Versions around!!!
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Should be a special edition, maybe. However, this film is in the public domain. It doesn't make sense to make a special edition when there are so many versions available. Que pena.
BTW: my version also has My Son The Vampire, which is hysterical and stars Bela Lugosi, a superman cartoon, a popeye cartoon and a handful of '50s era commercials. $1.95 used.
"It doesn't make sense to make a special edition when there are so many versions available."
If it's a good looking transfer (like the MGM one) and the extras are good it does make sense!
The Intruder has really good extra features... Just saying is all...
I guess my question is how many people (outside of this thread) are going to buy a Special Edition? Is it cost effective, and can they come up with enough special features to entice people to buy it? (Guess that's more than one question) I agree a good transfer makes a lot of difference, especially after looking at a bunch of crappy editions of public domain movies.
I think it would have to be a labor of love for someone in a position of power.
egomonster is right.
Even Anchor Bay had a hard time selling Night of the Living Dead which was in public domain because so many cheaper copies existed. It's hard to get people to give any additional money for special features especially when we are talking about a $15 version versus getting the film for less than a dollar in a horror film classic collection. That's the primary reason why these public domain titles don't get special editions, as Anchor Bay had stated in the past, they would not likely revisit such a situation because of the potential money loss.
I LOVE restorations on old black and white movies, I think they are gorgeous. There is nothing like watching a restored version of Ed Wood's "Night Of The Ghouls." It just makes it so great.
shareOh hell, the 50's era commercials are worth the $1.95 alone.
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I'd like to see Criterion get the rights & do a restoration & remastering....maybe getting a hold of the original 75 minute version somewhere?
shareA special edition DVD of this film is long overdue. Maybe those fine folks at Shout! Factory will put out a special edition sometime soon.
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