Fright Night (1985) Limited to 3,000 Copies - SOLD OUT - Review

[ravenus]

I'd be willing to pay the price, but the exclusivity thing bums me. I wouldn't want to miss out on this.

[frightism]

I love this movie and am thrilled about this release but $40 is just way over the top! They are going to have to go Citizen Kane UCE if they want me to spend that kind of money...

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I updated the OP with more info. I just skimmed the article, and missed the part about the edition size and the exclusive website to order from.

With all of the horror fans out there, and people interested in this as a blind buy, I can see 3000 copies going pretty quick. But the $40 price tag will put off some people.

You are right that it will likely put some people off if that ends up being the price for this. I wouldn't have minded blind buying this since I have only seen the remake, but not for $40. That explains why their only Blu-ray release is still readily available.

Also, if this was a Criterion Collection title, we would be paying half that price since they can easily be had for $20 when they go on sale.

[Minimejer05]

I wasn't a huge fan of the remake, but I didn't completely hate it. I do however want to check out the original, since I have yet to see it.

[rafaelsalguero]

Twilight movies has a website???
I need an email adress !!!

[OrlandoEastwood]

I might get this, or wait for an international release and import.

[Troy73]

Originally Posted by killowertz

You are right that it will likely put some people off if that ends up being the price for this. I wouldn't have minded blind buying this since I have only seen the remake, but not for $40. That explains why their only Blu-ray release is still readily available.

Also, if this was a Criterion Collection title, we would be paying half that price since they can easily be had for $20 when they go on sale.

Those being the key words there. Criterion Collection titles go OOP as well. This film isn't as obscure as some Criterion titles and the possibility of it going OOP is more likely given the 3000 limit.
Also, we need to remember that an official price has not yet been stated. It could be as low as $30 or as much as $50 or more for all we know at this point.

[stadanko]

err..... nice idea but not a fan of having to pay $40 for a movie if true.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by Seymour

Okay, but I avoid Criterions because they're so expensive (that, and extras are useless to me). The only time I even consider buying one is when Barnes & Noble run their 50% off sale. Frankly, I have mixed feelings about this release. It's a no-brainer that I want it, but being forced to buy early and pay $40 for it pretty much blows. Personally, I wish Sony would've just released it as one of their catalog titles. Then, I could go to Best Buy (or whatever) at my leisure and pick it up for $15.

I second the emotion! What a coincidence, I just watch Fright Night on DVD a few days, and I loved it.

[ghostwhowalks]

I'll be in for one of these. I may need someone to secure a copy for me though.

[blu-mike]

Maybe the remake will be released on the same day. but damn i need this i will get copy 1 out of 3000

[EricAD]

this seems so....odd. I mean, everyone knows that sci-fi and horror sell way more than almost any other catalog blu-rays, and this movie just had a remake released raising awareness of the original...and yet this is being released at only 3000 copies for $40, like it is some obscure art film? C'mon this is Fright Night. You're telling me Vamp gets wider distribution, but Fright Night can't? So very weird.

[Mobe1969]

FFS I wish someone would release Fright Night 2...

[Drewza89]

It seems bizarre to me that Sony would give them this title. I was under the assumption that horror catalog titles sold quite robustly since horror collectors are a bit fanatical.

I'm not a huge fan of the movie, but I would have bought it if Sony had given it to Image to be one of their budget titles. I'm going to have a hard time paying $40 (plus shipping?) for a movie that I got on DVD for less than $5.

[grrrarg]

I have trouble imagining this title staying at 3000 units... I guess we will see.

Did not think I would be retiring the HDNet recording so soon!

[Kryptonic]

Are we sure that the Blu-Ray is limited to 3,000 units? ScreenArchives has limited edition soundtracks, usually in the 3,000 range. Seems odd.

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

Are we sure that the Blu-Ray is limited to 3,000 units? ScreenArchives has limited edition soundtracks, usually in the 3,000 range. Seems odd.

Here's the entire press release, which can be found on the Blu-ray.com Home page under Latest News:

Twilight Time, a specialty label which focuses on releasing vintage films previously unavailable on DVD, has struck a deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to license and release classic films from the Sony-owned Columbia Pictures library in high-definition Blu-ray editions. Currently, Twilight Time also have a licensing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Entertainment, and recently released on Blu-ray Michael Curtiz's The Egyptian (1954).

According to a statement released by Twilight Time, only 3000 units of each title will be produced, aimed at the collector/classic film aficionado market, and available exclusively online through http://www.screenarchives.com, the nation's largest independent distributor of specialty soundtracks.

The November 8th Blu-ray debut of director Cy Endfield's and special effects master Ray Harryhausen's 1961 science fiction/fantasy classic, Mysterious Island, will be followed by a new release on the first Tuesday of each month. Scheduled follow-up on December 13th is the original Fright Night (1985), the horror/comedy cult favorite written and directed by Tom Holland and starring Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall.

The label is the brainchild of 30-year Warner Bros veteran Brian Jamieson and filmmaker/music restoration specialist Nick Redman. In his long tenure at Warner Home Video, Jamieson initiated and oversaw countless legacy restorations, including the films of Stanley Kubrick, Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One, and Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch. Redman, a film historian and Oscar nominee for his 1997 documentary, The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage, is also a prime mover behind Twentieth Century Fox Entertainment's pioneering series of limited edition soundtracks, the inspiration for Twilight Time's release model.

Unlike movies-on-demand offerings, each Twilight Time release is a Blu-ray or DVD (not a DVD-R) properly pressed from a restored transfer. Each is accompanied by a collectible 8-page booklet complete with original essay, stills, and poster art. And each Twilight Time disc provides, whenever possible, that extra most coveted by cinemusic enthusiasts: an isolated score.

Grover Crisp, Sony Pictures Entertainment's Executive Vice President for Asset Management, Film Restoration, and Digital Mastering, is enthusiastic about his studio's new partnership with the label. "Our collaboration with Twilight Time will allow us to make available for Blu-ray release some of our library's most collectible titles in a way fans have been asking for: restored and re-mastered with attention to detail and quality."

And Jamieson concurs: "Sony and Twilight Time," he says, "will be serving both the collectible drive of film aficionados, and, in a larger sense, the cause of cinema literacy."

[bboisvert]

Originally Posted by rafaelsalguero

Twilight movies has a website???
I need an email adress !!!

Screen Archives Entertainment: http://www.screenarchives.com/contactus.cfm

If you want to contact Twilight Time in particular, they have a FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/twilighttimemovies

[Beast]

The 3,000 copies thing is a bit worrysome. Especially for a cult classic like Fright Night.

Especially when it's certainly going to be more popular than average due to the remake.

[BankytheHack]

I really don't mind the $40 price tag as long as this is a great product. This is the same reason I don't mind shelling out the $ for Criterion releases. They put out a great product every single time.