Zombie (1979) (4K remaster) coming from Blue Underground

[GasmaskAvenger]

I prefer remastered trailers myself.

Never liked the VHS era, to be honest. No love lost there.

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

I personally love old cropped VHS trailers, reminds me how far we've come in home video!

I would support having the option to have both high quality and old beat up trailers though, just don't want everything upgraded. Those old nasty looking things hold a lot of charm, and nostalgia, for those like me.

Yeah, I agree. Frankly, I sometimes wish certain movies (especially '80s horror) came with a bonus option to watch them in a sort of "'80s VHS quality" mode, just for nostalgia.

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

I prefer remastered trailers myself.

Never liked the VHS era, to be honest. No love lost there.

Yeah, but at the time we didn't know any better. I think it's fun being able to look back from time to time, and see how far we have come.

[EvilResident]

Does Deepdiscount ever ship preorders early? I’ve never ordered from them before and that’s where I am getting my bridge slip version.

[Nailwraps]

Originally Posted by Brian81

Wait, the credits start over the boat instead of going over the black screen with music? I hope not...

No they don't, don't worry.

I was saying how we get the font of opening credits on the black screen after the short prologue have been changed again. Nothing's been rearranged.

Again, I'll never understand why that happens.


And for the record, I like remastered trailers myself. I always enjoy people recreating the original trailer using high-quality footage. Though, I prefer things exclusive to a trailer to stay put and not be recreated, though the thought is sentimental.

[Transdimensional]

Deep Discount has a 15% off code today making it $25.49 with free shipping.

[zombi3]

Based on comments so far it appears that the new BU beats out the Arrow edition in terms of PQ. Still have to hold on to Arrow though for exclusive extras, especially "Romero to Rome" doc. Guess you can't have too much Zombie.

[jcs913]

Originally Posted by Transdimensional

Deep Discount has a 15% off code today making it $25.49 with free shipping.

Thanks for this. $25 was my sweet spot for this with the Splinter cover. My local record store had this last week, but for $40. Glad I waited.

[sb5]

Originally Posted by Transdimensional

Deep Discount has a 15% off code today making it $25.49 with free shipping.

Went this way as well. Won’t get it on release day, but hey, I’ve waited this long to get Zombie on Blu Ray - not really in a hurry.

Worried they may cancel it outright if the specific cover I ordered sells out initial stock and they don’t wait for a restock. Wouldn’t be the first time with DD...

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

No they don't, don't worry.

I was saying how we get the font of opening credits on the black screen after the short prologue have been changed again. Nothing's been rearranged.

Again, I'll never understand why that happens.


And for the record, I like remastered trailers myself. I always enjoy people recreating the original trailer using high-quality footage. Though, I prefer things exclusive to a trailer to stay put and not be recreated, though the thought is sentimental.

That's a relief.


I can understand certain things (effects) can't be upgraded in a trailer without recreating from scratch, but film footage can be swapped out. If it doesn't blend, the trailer can always be filtered somewhat and still come off looking better than all these trailers which most of the time were on the DVD releases in the same quality or less.

[LordCrumb]

Wonder why Amazon isn't price matching on this title... usually they are pretty quick on it.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

No they don't, don't worry.

I was saying how we get the font of opening credits on the black screen after the short prologue have been changed again. Nothing's been rearranged.

Again, I'll never understand why that happens.

I don't know the details on this particular movie, so I don't know the logistics of why it would happen, but since the original credits were Italian, it was probably sent overseas with a clean opening so that the American distributor could create English credits as needed. For whatever reason, it was cleaner to create new ones when they did fresh scans. I'd be curious to hear the full explanation of how credits are created for foreign films, and if they would be expected to be on the negative, but I feel like it's probably something along those lines.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by LordCrumb

Wonder why Amazon isn't price matching on this title... usually they are pretty quick on it.

Amazon doesn’t price match DD.

[Kakihara]

Seeing all these Fulci releases pop up like this, Murder Rock and now The Psychic has inspired me to want to rank his films here and see what the consensus is. Here's my Fulci ranking:

1. Zombie
2. Perversion Story
3. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
4. The Psychic
5. House by the Cemetery
6. The Beyond
7. City of the Living Dead
8. Manhattan Baby
9. The Black Cat
10. Don't Torture a Duckling

Thoughts and your lists?

[Matt89]

I’d say Don’t Torture a Duckling is probably his best film.

~Matt

[Kakihara]

Originally Posted by Matt89

I’d say Don’t Torture a Duckling is probably his best film.

~Matt

The fake-looking dummy bit kills it for me.

[OgamiittoMcJ]

Originally Posted by Kakihara

[Show spoiler]Seeing all these Fulci releases pop up like this, Murder Rock and now The Psychic has inspired me to want to rank his films here and see what the consensus is. Here's my Fulci ranking:

1. Zombie
2. Perversion Story
3. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
4. The Psychic
5. House by the Cemetery
6. The Beyond
7. City of the Living Dead
8. Manhattan Baby
9. The Black Cat
10. Don't Torture a Duckling

Thoughts and your lists?

8.5/10
01. Zombie Flesh Eaters

8/10
02. The New York Ripper

7.5/10
03. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
04. Don't Torture a Duckling
05. The Beyond
06. City of the Living Dead
07. House by the Cemetery

6/10-7/10
08. The Black Cat
09. Contraband (DVD)
10. Zombie 3 (ZFE 2)
11. A Cat in the Brain
12. Manhattan Baby
13. Aenigma
14. The Devils Honey
15. Touch of Death

not owned yet
Perversion Story
Murder Rock
The Psychic
Voices From Beyond

[pEgLeG]

I'm too lazy to rank most of them in order, but I'd say New York Ripper is probably my favorite Fulci.

[kp404]

Originally Posted by OgamiittoMcJ

8.5/10
01. Zombie Flesh Eaters

8/10
02. The New York Ripper

7.5/10
03. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
04. Don't Torture a Duckling
05. The Beyond
06. City of the Living Dead
07. House by the Cemetery

6/10-7/10
08. The Black Cat
09. Contraband (DVD)
10. Zombie 3 (ZFE 2)
11. A Cat in the Brain
12. Manhattan Baby
13. Aenigma
14. The Devils Honey
15. Touch of Death

not owned yet
Perversion Story
Murder Rock
The Psychic
Voices From Beyond

I own most of Fulci's releases and I'd rank them as such:

GREAT FILMS-HIS BEST HORROR/GIALLI
1)Don't Torture a Duckling 9.5/10
2)The Beyond 9.5/10
3)Zombi Flesh Eaters 9.0/10
4)A Lizard in Woman's Skin 9.0/10

GOOD FILMS
5)City of the Living Dead 8.75/10
6)House by the Cemetery 8.5/10
7)The New York Ripper 8.0/10

MEDIOCRE FILMS/STILL ENJOYABLE
8)Aenigma 7.5/10
9)Murder Rock 7.5/10
10)The Psychic 7.0/10
11)Touch of Death 6.5/10
12)The Devil's Honey 6.0/10
13)Cat in the Brain 6.0/10

BAD FILMS/TOUGH TO WATCH
14)Manhattan Baby 5.5/10
15)Voices from Beyond 5.0/10
16)The Sweet House of Horrors 5.0/10
17)Zombie 3 4.5/10
18)Demonia 4.5/10
19)The Black Cat 4.0/10
20)The Ghosts of Sodom 4.0/10
21)Hansel e Gretel 3.5/10

[Someone Weird]

10/10
Zombie

8/10
House By The Cemetery
Lizard In A Woman's Skin

7/10
City Of The Living Dead
Contraband
Don't Torture A Duckling
New York Ripper

6/10
The Black Cat
Perversion Story
The Psychic

5/10
The Beyond
Four Of The Apocalypse
Zombie 3

4/10
Cat In The Brain
Demonia
Manhattan Baby

3/10
Aenigma
Conquest

2/10
Door Into Silence
Voices From Beyond