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Demons / Demons 2 Blu-ray



Demons Blu-ray



Demons 2 Blu-ray


Coming on April 2nd from Arrow with the sequel a week later.
The original is a bit pricey at £18 but Amazon have the sequel at a very reasonable £12. These must be among the titles I've bought most times, Anchor Bay, German Box, Japanese Box, Starz, PMD DVDs, I hope this is the last time I'll be buying them for a while.

[sukraj]

i'll wait until they come down in price.

[nick67]

Arrow's website are showing 1 and 2 as limited editions so get your orders in!

[Jompa]

Originally Posted by nick67

Arrow's website are showing 1 and 2 as limited editions so get your orders in!

Yes, that is because after a while when the limited editions are sold out, they wil be re-released as Unlimited editions and lose the windowed slipbox, 2 artwork panels, booklet and poster.

[OrlandoEastwood]

$46 US Dollars for both of them off of Amazon UK. Worth it in my opinion. Loved these movies.

[kandraks]

Got an email from Amazon today saying that Demons 2 was pushed forward so release date is now the same as for Demons - 2 April.

[SolidBlu]

are they region free? thanks

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by SolidBlu

are they region free? thanks

It's 50/50. Some Arrow titles are Region Free and some are Region B locked.

Also, guess what I am as fast as? A SHARK!!!

Fast as a Shark

George slicing up Demons to this awesome song.

[dickdarlington]

Originally Posted by SolidBlu

are they region free? thanks

Yes, they've already been confirmed by Arrow to be region free.

Arrow's releases, unless noted, tend to be region free. The only ones I can think of that are not region free happen to be Battle Royale (post-Limited Edition), Bicycle Thieves, The Funhouse and Rififi. Those releases tend to be region locked due to the studios they're licensing the content from (Toei for Battle Royale, Universal for The Funhouse, etc).

[DarknessBDJM]

Random helicopter falling through the building + samurai dirtbike demon massacre= entertainment.

[Wernski]

Originally Posted by Jompa

Yes, that is because after a while when the limited editions are sold out, they wil be re-released as Unlimited editions and lose the windowed slipbox, 2 artwork panels, booklet and poster.

So... they get actually better if we wait?

[Judex]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

It's 50/50. Some Arrow titles are Region Free and some are Region B locked.

Also, guess what I am as fast as? A SHARK!!!

Fast as a Shark

George slicing up Demons to this awesome song.

If only they had this soundtrack as an extra. I'd buy it.

[bizarre_eye]

Full specs outlined below:

[Show spoiler]Demons (Arrow Video) Limited Edition Blu-ray



Live and direct, straight from HELL!

Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento bring you THE Gonzo Horror movie of the 1980s with Demons, a frenzied slice of gore heavy shock cinema that gives up on logic and instead assaults the screen with a riot of X-Rated violence, face chewing Zombies and pounding Heavy Metal.

In a mysterious cinema, an audience are watching a brutal horror flick when the horror rips out of the screen, unleashing a swarm of slathering Demons who are intent on spreading their evil plague across the globe.

Time to tool up and take no prisoners... The Demons are coming!

THIS AMAZING EDITION INCLUDES:
- Four option reversible sleeve with original poster and video artwork with additional fifth artwork panel featuring all-new Jeff Zornow artwork
- Double-sided fold-out poster
- Collector’s Booklet featuring brand new writing on Demons by Calum Waddell
- Collector’s Comic: ‘Demons 3’ Part 1 of 2! Not 'The Ogre'. Not 'The Church'. Not even 'Black Demons'! For the first time ever, Arrow Video presents an original sequel to the cult classics.
BLU-RAY CONTAINS
- Remastered from a brand new HD restoration of the film
- Optional English and Italian audio
- Optional English subtitles for Italian and English (SDH) audio
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- The audio recollections of director Lamberto Bava, Special Make-Up Creations Artist Sergio Stivaletti and Journalist Loris Curci
- The audio recollections of the cast and crew, a brand new commentary [2011]
- Dario’s Demon Days: Producer Dario Argento discusses the inception of Demons
- Defining an Era in Music: Composer Claudio Simonetti on the Demons Soundtrack
- Luigi Cozzi’s Top Italian Terrors: Cozzi discusses the highpoints of Spaghetti Splatter
- Original trailer

Directed by Lamberto Bava
Starring Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny

Restored from the original camera negative by Cineteca di Bologna
Original Aspect Ratio- 1.66:1 (16x9)
Region- ABC
Blu-ray RRP £27.99
Released 02/04/12

[PrestonXI]

Can anyone CONFIRM whether or not the extras will be playable on region A machines (I have a PS3)? I emailed Arrow but have not heard back from them :-(

Saw Demons on the big screen in 35mm a few months ago and was blown away. I am hoping Arrow knocks the transfer out of the park!

[dickdarlington]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Can anyone CONFIRM whether or not the extras will be playable on region A machines (I have a PS3)? I emailed Arrow but have not heard back from them :-(

Yes. Arrow usually encodes all bonus material at 1080p. Even when they mess it up and encode it at 1080/50i, they fix it with future pressings (i.e. Tenebrae and The Funhouse).

[PrestonXI]

Originally Posted by dickdarlington

Yes. Arrow usually encodes all bonus material at 1080p. Even when they mess it up and encode it at 1080/50i, they fix it with future pressings (i.e. Tenebrae and The Funhouse).

I want to believe that, but I have read that extras on Inferno and City of the Living Dead do not play on Playstation 3 in the US.

[dickdarlington]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

I want to believe that, but I have read that extras on Inferno and City of the Living Dead do not play on Playstation 3 in the US.

Inferno's bonus material, on the Blu-ray portion, are 1080p. The bonus materials on disc two, which happens to be on a (region free) DVD, are unfortunately encoded for PAL (very similar to Arrow's release of Battle Royale). However, Arrow encoded City Of The Living Dead's bonus material at 1080/50i, which also will not work on a PS3. IIRC, Arrow never fixed that issue.

A lot of customers flipped out due to the release of City Of The Living Dead as many were importing their titles into the US and most Blu-ray players sold here don't support 1080/50i. Arrow vowed that all future releases would have their bonus material encoded in 1080p. When Tenebrae and The Funhouse were released, an error during the production process caused all the bonus material to be encoded at 1080/50i rather than at 1080p. Arrow fixed that issue with future pressings as it also happened to correspond with the 2011 England riots that destroyed all of Arrow's existing inventory.

However, I can tell you as it's sitting on my shelf, I own a corrected copy of Tenebrae that plays all of the bonus material just fine on my PS3.

Also, I'd pick up an Insignia Blu-ray player and follow the instructions on this very forum to set the firmware back to make it become Region Free. I picked mine up for $79 over a year ago and it has no problem playing PAL or 1080/50i content. I keep my PS3 connected to my home theater in the living room and I use my Insignia in my bedroom.

[PrestonXI]

Originally Posted by dickdarlington

Inferno's bonus material, on the Blu-ray portion, are 1080p. The bonus materials on disc two, which happens to be on a (region free) DVD, are unfortunately encoded for PAL (very similar to Arrow's release of Battle Royale). However, Arrow encoded City Of The Living Dead's bonus material at 1080/50i, which also will not work on a PS3. IIRC, Arrow never fixed that issue.

A lot of customers flipped out due to the release of City Of The Living Dead as many were importing their titles into the US and most Blu-ray players sold here don't support 1080/50i. Arrow vowed that all future releases would have their bonus material encoded in 1080p. When Tenebrae and The Funhouse were released, an error during the production process caused all the bonus material to be encoded at 1080/50i rather than at 1080p. Arrow fixed that issue with future pressings as it also happened to correspond with the 2011 England riots that destroyed all of Arrow's existing inventory.

However, I can tell you as it's sitting on my shelf, I own a corrected copy of Tenebrae that plays all of the bonus material just fine on my PS3.

Also, I'd pick up an Insignia Blu-ray player and follow the instructions on this very forum to set the firmware back to make it become Region Free. I picked mine up for $79 over a year ago and it has no problem playing PAL or 1080/50i content. I keep my PS3 connected to my home theater in the living room and I use my Insignia in my bedroom.

Thank you very much for clearing that up. I had heard so many different things and was not exactly clear on what was what.

There are so many Blus from overseas that I can't play I just may invest in the Insignia player in the near future.

Can't wait for Demons and Demons 2 in high def!

[Refused]

Arrow posted a poll on their website about making a Demons tshirt. Wonder if anything will come of that, I'd probably stump up the cash for a blu-ray/tshirt combo.

[antmumford]

Just to let you all know it's been confirmed by Arrow that Demons and Demons 2 will be Region B Locked releases, bad news for many I guess