Crimewave (1985) - 5/14/13

[Oscar Rothman]

Update.

Fans of the EVIL DEAD team will finally be able to complete their disc collections, as the gang’s heretofore hard-to-find black comedy CRIMEWAVE is coming home this spring. We got a couple of exclusive bits of info of what will be coming with it, along with the cover art.


Shout! Factory releases CRIMEWAVE in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack May 14. The first film by director Sam Raimi and producers Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell, who also has a supporting role as “Renaldo the Heel,” following THE EVIL DEAD, it’s the bizarre story (scripted by Raimi, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) of a security guard (Reed Birney) framed for murder, who flashes back to his story while sitting in the electric chair. The real killers are a couple of exterminators (Brion James and Paul L. Smith) who double as hitmen, who set out to eliminate the man who hired them and his wife (Louise Lasser). The discs will present the movie in anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen, with Dolby Digital sound on the DVD and DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray. Fango got the scoop that special features will include audio commentary by Campbell, plus new interviews with Campbell and others involved with the film; retail price is $26.99, and you can pre-order it here. Look for a retrospective article on CRIMEWAVE with Campbell and Tapert’s comments in Fango #322, on sale next month, along with a vintage interview with co-star James.

http://www.fangoria.com/index.php/ho...ally-hits-disc

[Joshinator1989]

I really hope Campbell's commentary will be a brutally honest one. For years Sam, Rob, and Bruce have had nothing positive to say about this movie. Bruce really does show his feelings about it in his book and offers a lot of insight into how a studio can wreck a movie. Of course, all of his commentaries are great.

[cine74]

I just saw on imdb that Crimewave was distributed by Columbia Pictures (now Sony). Does this mean anything in terms of potential Shout Sony acquisitions or was Crimewave one of those messy rights situations where Columbia/Sony just had a temporary deal? Just curious.

[dr. wai]

Originally Posted by cine74

I just saw on imdb that Crimewave was distributed by Columbia Pictures (now Sony). Does this mean anything in terms of potential Shout Sony acquisitions or was Crimewave one of those messy rights situations where Columbia/Sony just had a temporary deal? Just curious.

If I remember correctly, Crimewave was produced by Empire Pictures. Shout! got alot of their movies. Sony may have been the distributor, but Empire put up the money and held the rights until they went belly up.

[mikezilla2]

any region B compneys doing this ?

[JMK]

Crimewave Blu-ray Review

[DenOfEarth]

I liked this since i was a kid and i had it on video for years on a blank tape, it never had a DVD release but i'm glad Shout has done a deal with Sony for this title and giving us the proper treatment on DVD and even better blu-ray.

They did a nice job with the picture and sound with fine extras too, kudos to Shout Factory the greatest independent company ever.

[therock666]

I noticed this is 3 minutes longer than my charter vhs a few extended scenes that wasn't on my vhs is now on the blu-ray