Horror Roundtable - Week Thirty-One
Name a horror movie that has yet to receive an official DVD release in North America which you think is deserving of one.
Jeff O’Brien
Rituals.
I can’t understand why Island of Lost Souls (1933) hasn’t been released yet. An undisputed classic, and the only worthwhile adaptation of Welles’ novel. Universal really should have stuck it on their Bela Lugosi set from 2005. Are we not men?
JA - My New Plaid Pants
It’s not exactly a horror movie, per se, but it’s got enough horrific elements that I feel comfortable saying it: Paperhouse , the 1988 film by Candyman director Bernard Rose, that I’ve already crowed endlessly about at my blog. I saw it borrowed from the library on video when I was around 12 and it stuck with me for years, til I tracked down another videotape copy in college. By now it’s been released in every other DVD region, but not here. Criminal!
Stacie - Final Girl
The Burning- it’s a classic slasher flick! I can’t believe it hasn’t gotten a DVD release yet. The long out-of-print video is severely edited, and dammit…I need to see a young Jason Alexander taken out full-blown Tom Savini-style! It’d be super if the DVD had all the bells and whistles- unedited restored footage, documentaries, and commentary from Tom Savini, Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter, Fisher Stevens…you hear me Hollywood? Get on it!
Sean T. Collins - Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat
The Monster Squad. This ’80s-tastic Goonies-meet-the-Universal-monster-stable flick hits all the cheesy beats you might expect, but the writing is surprisingly sharp and the creature effects–from Stan Winston, for pete’s sake!–are top of the line.
Bill Cunningham - DisContent
The only horror movie I can think of at the moment is BLOOD & DONUTS, however the crime isn’t that there are horror movies out there that haven’t been released, but that there are no re-mastered DVDs available of the Republic serials (not to forget the Columbia serials too). Sure there are some VCI releases but Paramount owns the rights to one of the greatest hero-action movie libraries of all time and they are sitting on them. With Hollywood’s interest in superhero movies - I would think these would be a natural to remarket to a new generation of superhero fans.
Besides, I want to see THIS on my flatscreen in stereo. Is that too much to ask? (photo taken from Dial B for Blog)
I’ve got two and a half:
1. This may be obvious, but Fred Dekker’s ‘Night of the Creeps’. Wouldn’t mind ‘The Monster Squad’ either.
2. A proper release of ‘Trick or Treat’.
3. ‘Zombie Nightmare’ starring Thor, Adam West and Tia Carrera.
One in particular – NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
The Devil Master.
David Z. - Tomb It May Concern
I’d love to see a full blown special edition of the uncut print of Lady Frankenstein in the proper ratio and loaded with extras in the US. Rosalba Neri never looked so sexy or evil…
Man, that is a tough one. But, I’ve been waiting patiently for MONSTER SQUAD of all things.
Lots of Naschy werewolfers have yet to be released.
Well, of course the two biggest one are THE MONSTER SQUAD and NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, but is it alright if I add THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN to that list?
By the end of the year nearly half of you will have to pick a different choice for most coveted DVD release. Don May, Jr. spilled the beans a few weeks back that The Monster Squad should be released sometime this year.
What about the rest of you? Anything you’re dying to see on DVD? Let us know in the comments section, and make sure you check out the vastly superior blogs linked to above for more horror goodness.
January 26th, 2007 at 10:33 am
I heard Zombie Nightmare is also in the works, quite possibly from a Roundtable contributor…?
January 26th, 2007 at 11:20 am
This post was brought to you by FFD: Fans of Fred Dekker.
January 26th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Re: The Legend of Billie Jean - YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My boyfriend’s videotape is almost totally worn out of this flick - LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.
January 26th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
That narrows it down, Paul. I thought I had heard something similar, but couldn’t confirm it. Thanks for supporting my delusions.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
The least I could do, seeing as how I obviously can’t spell “Wells.”
January 26th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Though I’ll be as happy as everyone else to finally be able to own a copy of THE MONSTER SQUAD on DVD, it ( & to a lesser extent, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, which I’m almost reluctant to admit here, I’ve never been all THAT fond of … ) has more than enough support here. So, I’m giving mine to Jeff & the horribly overlooked RITUALS, as well as Curt & the Naschy werewolf flicks that have yet to see pressings on disc here.
And while we’re on the subject of neglected gems that need a DVD release, I have to mention THE BOOGENS.
January 27th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Unless I’m mistaken, “Alice, Sweet, Alice”/”Communion” has yet to be given a DVD treatment. Arguably an overlooked gem…
January 29th, 2007 at 5:21 am
I’d like to see Rituals given the full treatment as well.
Matt, I believe Anchor Bay released Alice, Sweet Alice nearly a decade ago. It’s out-of-print now. I hope they consider it if they decide to release any more six-packs in the future.
January 31st, 2007 at 1:37 pm
[…] Last week on the The Horror Blog’s Weekly Horror Roundtable, Steven posed the question: What deserving horror movies have not yet received a North American DVD release? Film Junk’s own Jay Cheel (and many others) responded with Fred Dekker’s Night of the Creeps and Monster Squad as two of the most wanted flicks. In fact, there have been some online campaigns to get both of these classic films released on DVD, but now it looks like at least one of them will finally see the light of day in 2007. […]
May 12th, 2007 at 2:13 am
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