Night of the living dead

RYJAPE21 · 10-21-2009, 06:59 PM

I just wanna know if this is region free (I was disappointed the last release was locked).

benricci · 10-21-2009, 07:08 PM

Still waiting for a decent US release....

DetroitSportsFan · 10-21-2009, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by benricci

Still waiting for a decent US release....

Too bad Weinstein is broke.

benricci · 10-21-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Too bad Weinstein is broke.

Yep.

That said, since this is in the public domain, shouldn't we see a flood of low-budget home video companies put out shoddy blu-ray versions in the near future?

That's what happened with DVD, there are about 900 versions available....I wonder how long it will take before there are as many blu-ray versions on the market in the States.

The trick is finding a good version amongst the crap. I still have the old Elite DVD, which has held up OK over the years.

atomik kinder · 10-22-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by benricci

Yep.

That said, since this is in the public domain, shouldn't we see a flood of low-budget home video companies put out shoddy blu-ray versions in the near future?

That's what happened with DVD, there are about 900 versions available....I wonder how long it will take before there are as many blu-ray versions on the market in the States.

The trick is finding a good version amongst the crap. I still have the old Elite DVD, which has held up OK over the years.

That is correct. I remember going to Best Buy to look for DVDs in the EARLY days of the format, when there was still that 7 city test market going on, and seeing three or four different versions of DVD! I think they were all pretty bad until Elite Entertainment released a DVD of their highly praised Laserdisc version. (I still have the Laserdisc). I think Elite is no longer in business, so I wonder if Weinstein bought the rights to the RESTORED version that Elite released. You would think that since Anchor Bay has released Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, they would just go ahead and release it. They probably don't want to have to go do their own restoration.

benricci · 10-22-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by atomik kinder

I think Elite is no longer in business, so I wonder if Weinstein bought the rights to the RESTORED version that Elite released.

Weinstein has it, but they are basically broke and probably won't release it on blu-ray anytime soon. They did release a nice restored DVD version last summer.

HumanMedia · 10-23-2009, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by RYJAPE21

I just wanna know if this is region free (I was disappointed the last release was locked).

Yes this newer version with missing footage is region free.

Mr.White · 10-23-2009, 01:12 AM

If you wanna get a great copy of "Night of the Living Dead" for now, get either of the Elite Versions, yes they are DVD's, but the print quality is superb and they are approved by Romero himself

, steer clear away from the so-called 30th Anniversary DVD from Anchor Bay, the original soundtrack has been replaced with crappy synthesiser music! GRRRR

finster1018 · 10-31-2009, 01:55 PM

so, I'm still a little confused here but is NOTLD available in Bluray for Region A or not. Since it is not clear that I can purchase this Region at Amazon I'm assuming it's not. Can't find a firm release date either. Does anyone know?

neo_reloaded · 11-03-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by finster1018

so, I'm still a little confused here but is NOTLD available in Bluray for Region A or not. Since it is not clear that I can purchase this Region at Amazon I'm assuming it's not. Can't find a firm release date either. Does anyone know?

There is no official region A release. There have been two releases in the UK, one which is region B locked and one which is region free. The region B locked one is complete and of fairly good audio and video quality, but has slight cropping to the image. The region free one has no cropping, but significantly worse audio and video, and is actually missing a few lines of dialogue and a few seconds here and there, adding up to almost a minute of missing footage.

I am hopeful a quality US release will come along eventually, as I'm not happy with either UK version.

TTC1984 · 11-04-2009, 11:44 PM

So my choices are:

A) Import a version with crappy audio and video

B) Get a region-free player so I can watch a version with better audio and video, but is slightly cropped

C) Wait for the American release (which has no set release date so far)

It's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario, but I think I'll be waiting for the inevitable American release.

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Mr.White Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Trading Score: (0) Collection: (450) HT Gallery: (0)	If you wanna get a great copy of "Night of the Living Dead" for now, get either of the Elite Versions, yes they are DVD's, but the print quality is superb and they are approved by Romero himself, steer clear away from the so-called 30th Anniversary DVD from Anchor Bay, the original soundtrack has been replaced with crappy synthesiser music! GRRRR

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finster1018 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Panhandle of WV Trading Score: (0) Collection: (0) HT Gallery: (0)	so, I'm still a little confused here but is NOTLD available in Bluray for Region A or not. Since it is not clear that I can purchase this Region at Amazon I'm assuming it's not. Can't find a firm release date either. Does anyone know? Last edited by finster1018; 10-31-2009 at 01:57 PM.

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11-04-2009, 11:44 PM	#31 (permalink)
TTC1984 Power Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Henderson, Nevada (Just outside Las Vegas) Trading Score: (12) Collection: (126) HT Gallery: (0)	So my choices are: A) Import a version with crappy audio and video B) Get a region-free player so I can watch a version with better audio and video, but is slightly cropped C) Wait for the American release (which has no set release date so far) It's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario, but I think I'll be waiting for the inevitable American release.