Creature / Incident at Raven's Gate / Slipstream (1985-1989) - June 13, 2017

[MifuneFan]

Spotted this Triple Feature "Killer Sci-fi" set on Amazon. It includes Creature (1985), Incident at Raven's Gate (1988),and Slipstream (1989).

https://www.amazon.com/Killer-Sci-Pa...n%3A2650305011

Three Full Length Sci fi Films Including SLIPSTREAM In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by natural disasters, and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself. The police officers in turn try to hunt the two men down. Starring Bill Paxton and Mark Hamill. CREATURE A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans bodies, obviously slaughtered by one of the archaic creatures, awoken to new life. Now the alien is after them. Starring Klaus Kinski. INCIDENT AT RAVEN'S GATE Ex con Eddie Cleary gets a job working on his older brother s isolated farm. It s not long before bizarre things start happening, dead birds falling out of the sky, family pets attacking their owners, strange apparitions beginning to appear, and people who had been normal suddenly going insane. Starring Steven Vidler

[C. Roundtree]

I haven't heard of SLG Entertainment, but I'm very cautiously optimistic about this release, as I really want an HD widescreen version of Creature to own (I think the director sold DVDs of a widescreen version a few years ago?). I've heard of Slipstream, which sounds like a fun, low budget movie, so if the transfers are good for and this isn't some PD nonsense, I'm in!

[DetroitSportsFan]

I wouldn't order this unless I read positive reviews.

[kidglov3s]

Kind of amusing that there's already a gushing review on Amazon. When the author was asked how they saw it so early they said "I Got a Review Copy for our Magazine, Movies Models and Music".
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-r...wasThisHelpful

Which coincidentally is listed as a subsidiary of SGL Entertainment.
http://www.sglentertainment.com/

IT'S ABOUT ETHICS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN AMAZON.COM BLU-RAY USER REVIEWS.

[GasmaskAvenger]

The sad thing is that we STILL don't have a legit home video release of Creature/Titan Fin that isn't the pulled DVD release William Malone put out himself.

I want this silly movie rescued from the public domain tentacles, dammit!

[Michael24]

I'd like to revisit Slipstream. Years ago I bought it on VHS when I stumbled across it at my grocery store of all places, in a small videotape bin they used to have. But it was recorded in LP mode for some reason and the quality was terrible, which I think really diminished any ability to enjoy it. Solid cast, though, and a terrific Elmer Bernstein score.

[Member-222782]

Why hasn't Shout Factory licensed this one yet? It's an MGM-controlled title, is it not? I find this a more than a little puzzling.

[warrian]

If this just has proper widescreen version of Slipstream, I'll be all over it. Even if it's just an upconvert (and it's difficult to imagine it being anything else).

[miribeau]

Having loved Raven's Gate for so many years, with a poor copy, I'm buying this. Hopefully the transfer will be decent, with a correct and consistent aspect ratio, not compressed oddly or, worse, a re-sized nightmare. Also, it would be nice to have Creature and Slipstream which are both pretty decent, for what they are, good offerings in their subgenres.

As to Raven's Gate, it is pretty much the only film I've ever seen of a unique sub-group. Most alien encounter films have actual, physical, aliens in them and most are either high budget scream fests with endless gore and chills or space ships or, at the other end, are low budget dialogue heavy cheese fests like you see made for cable television and direct to video releasing. Raven's is unique in that it fits in the middle, with more budget spent on people and some effects but not so much that you know the actors and have seen every film they've ever made. The dialogue feels real, no one talks too much, not everything has to be explained aloud, and there are no apologies. It is very Australian in attitude and in the pacing, with a plot that doesn't dwell. People move forward, rather than moping and discussing everything to death. It is a slow build, designed to allow you to feel like you really know the characters by the end of the film, so it isn't for everyone and, where people in my family diverge from me, the characters are meant to be real, not overly likeable or cutesy as is the style these days, so you won't like it if you need characters to be highly moral, religious or, basically, anything above half-way decent. I'm old enough to miss 80s cinema and this film encapsulates all that I loved in it.

Does anyone have any experience, at all, with this distributor? I have never even heard of them and don't know anyone who has.

[knifethrower]

SLG Entertainment claims to already have this available on their online store. I was tempted to take the plunge but noticed they also had an "HD" rental of Slipstream for $2. Sorry to say its the same 4:3 P&S SD master that has been on every DVD release of the movie I've seen (they all open up in wide in order to show the full title and then crop in afterwards). They put the rental up in August, while there is a chance they got a better master since then I am not going to gamble $20 to find out.

[Monroville]

Has anyone tried to contact Bill Malone about what happened to CREATURE? It seemed he was all set to release it on blu-ray (the rumor was with Synapse), and then everything went silent.

[Supermartyoh]

MGM appears owns the uncut version (The Titan Find) while the shorter Creature release version fell into PD. Malone, not aware that MGM owns the copyright to The Titan Find cut, released the original uncut version and advertised it under the original title, then got threatened later on by the powers that be and withdrew further plans for a HD release version.

This company may not know the rights differences and may face troubles from MGM or Bill Malone for the version used on the triple feature. However, since they're advertising it under the Creature release title while the actual version is the uncut Titan Find version, who knows what will happen.

[neo_reloaded]

All SLG Blu-rays are BD-R, just a word of warning...

[Ben Reilly]

Separate Disks or are all three on one?

[Jason One]

Just hearing about this release now. All three of these are quality movies, and I'd love to have decent copies. I'll eagerly await a review...

[Drinkinstein]

So I just got my copy! Amazon.ca shipped 2 months early for some reason. Anyways, here's the lowdown. This is a BD-R, as expected. None of these transfers look like anything more than upscaled DVD rips. Incident at Raven's Gate is anamorphic wide-screen, Slipstream on NON-anamorphic but still wide-screen and probably looks the worst of the bunch. And Creature is...


Anamorphic wide-screen and looks pretty darn decent! On screen title is The Titan Find, so if I had to venture a guess, they got ahold of one of those dvds from William Malone and ripped that transfer.

[mar3o]

This is exactly what I figured this would be - upscales. There was zero percent chance this would be a good release.

[iamnoone]

I sold off my Malone "Titan Find" DVD for $300+ a few years back, so if this release is simply an upscale of that release, that's enough for me for the moment as it doesn't look like an official remaster is coming anytime soon, if ever.

[cakefactory]

Is that the cover art from a World of Warcraft expansion?

[bigrob]

Originally Posted by Drinkinstein

So I just got my copy! Amazon.ca shipped 2 months early for some reason. Anyways, here's the lowdown. This is a BD-R, as expected. None of these transfers look like anything more than upscaled DVD rips. Incident at Raven's Gate is anamorphic wide-screen, Slipstream on NON-anamorphic but still wide-screen and probably looks the worst of the bunch. And Creature is...


Anamorphic wide-screen and looks pretty darn decent! On screen title is The Titan Find, so if I had to venture a guess, they got ahold of one of those dvds from William Malone and ripped that transfer.

What's the audio spec on Creature? Guessing Dolby Digital 2.0