Scream Factory to release Contamination.7, The Vampire, I Bury the Living more

[iamnoone]

Originally Posted by babybreese

No they didn't, I just double checked my copy.
It's uncut, so no need to dash off an email to Shout.

Really? Great news and sorry for the misinformation. Never picked up the 4-pack and was going by what dvdaf indicated that it was still "edited". This is a relief.

In any event, NEVERMIND.

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by dsman71

INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS (1973)
THE VAMPIRE (1957)
I BURY THE LIVING (1958)
THE NAKED CAGE (1986)

Interested in checking out all of these!

[Jobla]

I remember an episode of Siskel and Ebert, that was called "Buried Treasures." The critics were pumping little-known films that they admired. Two of Ebert's choices for that episode were PRIVATE PARTS (1972, Paul Bartel) and INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS.

As others have said, the Shout four-pack restored the missing Beverly Powers footage from BEE GIRLS.

[cakefactory]

I remember him plugging it in his Infra-Man review. Now that I look it up, I see he bothered to make a tweet about it in 2010! Obviously it's something that he didn't forget, despite the lukewarm original review.

https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/15199582879

[superbura9]

Can really recommend Contamination AKA The Crawlers AKA Troll 3 if you're into scruffy low budget horror B-movies that are so bad they're good. The other lot, have no idea...

So glad that Scream Factory continues to pump out these barely known titles...

[Zillamon51]

Originally Posted by Doombear

Contamination .7 is great fun - a perfect B-movie!

I wish they had included it in their Troll / Troll 2 / Best Worst Movie release a few years back. It's actually from the same director, and has some of the same style, as the infamous Troll 2.

[SleepDealer]

Originally Posted by Zillamon51

I wish they had included it in their Troll / Troll 2 / Best Worst Movie release a few years back. It's actually from the same director, and has some of the same style, as the infamous Troll 2.

Troll 2 was directed by Claudio Fragasso and Contamination .7 was by Joe D'Amato but D'Amato did produce Troll 2.

[Indian Hills Theater]

Dial up warning!

From our 2004 Twilight Zone Con page: http://www.steveandmarta.com/tzcon2004.htm

We also have a 2002 TZCon page: http://www.steveandmarta.com/graveyards/tzcon2002.htm

Theodore Bikel was off to the side, and I'd been dying to meet him. I had a shot from "I Bury the Living" that he laughed over, and said that he was only 30 when he made the film, but they made him up to be a 60 year old and he spent most of his time in the makeup chair on it. Steve had a shot from his "Combat!" episode, "Mountain Men," and he also signed the Combat! Recon T-shirt. Peter Mark Richman cornered us, and we promised to be back in a bit.

[shaysaysHAHA]

I picked up Contamination .7 on Tuesday. It's a new scan from the IP, and looks fantastic, much better than this film has any right to look. Grain resolves well and I didn't notice any compression artifacts. The only extra is the trailer. It has reversible artwork that has "The Crawlers" as the title to match the US VHS from back in the day.

[hockeyshark91]

Blind buy and I don't regret it. Like others have said, fun B movie with pretty great PQ. I consider myself a hardcore horror movie fan but I completely missed this one. Had never heard of it till the pre-sell was announced. Not sure why it's considered "Troll 3", though. Nothing really related, is it? And Troll i couldn't sit through the whole thing.

[therock666]

Yep changed it to the crawlers reverse artwork

[Supermartyoh]

Originally Posted by shaysaysHAHA

I picked up Contamination .7 on Tuesday. It's a new scan from the IP, and looks fantastic, much better than this film has any right to look. Grain resolves well and I didn't notice any compression artifacts. The only extra is the trailer. It has reversible artwork that has "The Crawlers" as the title to match the US VHS from back in the day.

Since Shout! obviously did this scan, do you know if it opened up with a Triumph releasing card that was possibly on the original elements?

[shaysaysHAHA]

Originally Posted by Supermartyoh

Since Shout! obviously did this scan, do you know if it opened up with a Triumph releasing card that was possibly on the original elements?

Unfortunately not, it opens with the MGM logo then goes straight to the film. I had the VHS of this from when I was a kid but I can't seem to find it now to see if that had the Triumph logo before the film.

[The Great Owl]

The Screaming Skull, The Vampire, and I Bury the Living are all excellent Scream Factory titles if you like old-school black-and-white horror from the 1950s.

The transfers all sport naturally filmic appearances, the movies all have subtitles, and the audio is quite impressive.

I reviewed each one of these individually in the Scream Factory thread this past week, but I'll keep it short here by saying that they all have my enthusiastic recommendation.

[HonestJohn]

I was curious and watched "I Bury the Living" on Amazon as the title had me intrigued and I've always liked Richard Boone. Really a great little film with a unique story-line, always looking for something different. Just hit the stop button half way through because I enjoyed this much more than expected and I wanted to watch it in the best quality possible. What is currently showing on Amazon Prime is in worse shape than VHS, but the film intrigued me enough to get me past the horrendous image. Off to find a decent price for this ...

[PowellPressburger]

Watching The Vagrant image quality is much better than I was expecting. Love the early 90's look of the clothes and locations. Tense, comedic score from
Christopher Young sounds great.

Very odd film. I can't recommend it but the disc looks great.

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[captainron_howdy]

OOOOOFffff, rough review. Overall 2/5? no way! This movie is Rules!

[Caution_Zombies]

I just watched the DVD of "The Vagrant" the other night (from the Scream Factory set) I have to say, i had never seen this before at all when it came out, but i had a blast with this flick!

Bill Paxton & Marshall Bell are fantastic in this!!

I will be picking up the Blu-Ray of this!

[jimqk]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

The Screaming Skull, The Vampire, and I Bury the Living are all excellent Scream Factory titles if you like old-school black-and-white horror from the 1950s.

The transfers all sport naturally filmic appearances, the movies all have subtitles, and the audio is quite impressive.

I reviewed each one of these individually in the Scream Factory thread this past week, but I'll keep it short here by saying that they all have my enthusiastic recommendation.

I just recently picked up The Vampire (the last time I saw this was on TV in the 70s and barely remembered it), and boy, is this a good one. It's one of the best of its kind from that era. It was thoroughly enjoyable.

I saw I Bury the Living in a retro drive-in last summer and it is a really good one, too. Plan on picking that one up, too. Don't remember The Screaming Skull, but will probably get it.

[evilive]

The Screaming Skull is a pretty great eerie little film. I've always enjoyed watching it.