Night of the Living Dead (1990) - Out of Print

[DetroitSquirreL]

Originally Posted by xiaNaix

This thread is a zombie. It keeps coming back and refuses to die.

EXACTLY!

[Captain Mal]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

I do think the next time it gets released on home video, Sony will revert back to the original color timing. For people unaware of how the process works, Sony retains the 2010 film scan in digital form, both before and after the color correction changes.

Somewhere in Sony's digital vault lies the new NOTLD90 transfer without the color correction. It would be a simple matter to release that scan with little additional work. Remember, the soonest we could see it from Sony is October, 2015.

It's my understanding that the digital scan isn't just ready to go. They still have to do a color correction from the digital scan, right? Sony doesn't care about catalog titles and the fact that they would have to put actual effort into a color correction to match either the theatrical version or DVD, makes it even less likely to happen. We'll see in 2015+.

[Mr. Movie Fan]

Savini liked it, so it's halfway good...

[Mr Kite]

Just received my copy today. Watched clips from the first half hour and it looks excellent.............but need to watch the full film before i pass judgment.

[NoirFan]

The color timing controversy is really keeping prices down - sealed copies are going for $53 on Amazon.

[Troy73]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

The color timing controversy is really keeping prices down - sealed copies are going for $53 on Amazon.

Now, is that a bad thing or a good thing?

[Bassaholic]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

The color timing controversy is really keeping prices down - sealed copies are going for $53 on Amazon.

More likely it's that the market is still saturated. There are 25+ on ebay constantly and many Buy It Now's for $60.

[Yojimbo68]

Originally Posted by Bassaholic

More likely it's that the market is still saturated. There are 25+ on ebay constantly and many Buy It Now's for $60.

And the market is saturated because of the color timing. You would see a lot less on ebay if this had the original color timing.

[Bassaholic]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo68

And the market is saturated because of the color timing. You would see a lot less on ebay if this had the original color timing.

pure speculation

[HyperRealist]

It doesn't get much on ebay because it sucks. Glad I only bought one.

[Torrente]

Originally Posted by Bassaholic

pure speculation

Right... then how do you explain the price for Fright Night?

[JYokogawa]

Originally Posted by Torrente

Right... then how do you explain the price for Fright Night?

Bazinga.

[Blades1370]

Originally Posted by Torrente

Right... then how do you explain the price for Fright Night?

Fright Night's price is just plain silly... $280 at the cheapest? Yeah I will pass on that, I just wish I had bought the title before it sold out, hopefully when the 3 year agreement ends it will get a proper release.

[Daikichi Kawachi (河地大吉)]

The reason Night of the Living Dead's price on the second hand market is not as high as Fright Night is that a lot more people bought Night of the Living Dead with the intention of selling it on for a profit and also that it has been out for less time. The bad reviews haven't helped the second hand market value but they are not the main reason.

[Bassaholic]

Originally Posted by Torrente

Right... then how do you explain the price for Fright Night?

See response below.

Originally Posted by Daikichi Kawachi (河地大吉)

The reason Night of the Living Dead's price on the second hand market is not as high as Fright Night is that a lot more people bought Night of the Living Dead with the intention of selling it on for a profit and also that it has been out for less time. The bad reviews haven't helped the second hand market value but they are not the main reason.

[#Darren]

Did this get brought up on the TT facebook page?

[ucfmatt]

Originally Posted by Daikichi Kawachi (河地大吉)

The reason Night of the Living Dead's price on the second hand market is not as high as Fright Night is that a lot more people bought Night of the Living Dead with the intention of selling it on for a profit and also that it has been out for less time. The bad reviews haven't helped the second hand market value but they are not the main reason.

I think there are a few reasons why NOTD doesn't sell for as much as Fright Night.

* People who didn't buy Fright Night and later regretted it (guilty) didn't hesitate on pre-ordering this title resulting in less after market demand later.
* Many more of the presales were purchased with the intent on re-selling.
* Increased supply of copies for sale due to legit customers who were dissatisfied with the transfer issues
* Decreased demand due to the poor reviews and word of mouth due to the transfer issues
* Purely my opinion, but overall NOTD '90 doesn't have the same cult following as Fright Night

Although I'm disappointed with what happened to this release I'm glad that the prices have not followed the Fright Night model. Maybe future releases will have the 3000 copies wind up in the hands of actual collectors instead of re-sellers. If NOTD would have consistently sold for $80+ after release then Christine and other titles would sell out so quickly it would be difficult to get a single copy unless a limit were imposed.

[Crom1]

To me its quite simple. The value of the NOLD 90 blu is barely above retail+shipping because there isn't lots of demand for it anymore. Plenty of demand before it was sold out, not much once everyone's seen what it offers.

Personally i think its because its a lousy transfer. There are a lot of ebay sellers trying to prop up the quality of the transfer to unload these.

[Daredevil666]

Originally Posted by Fanboyz

Savini liked it, so it's halfway good...

I don't trust anyone wearing a wig, sorry.

[Mr Kite]

If i get time i should get to watch all of this tonight.........and if my first sample viewing is anything to go by it looks great.....but we shall see.