A Blade In The Dark 4K UHD (1983) coming from Vinegar Syndrome

[By_His_Strypes]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

I want MORE releases to have nudity on the cover art/slips.

Does anyone want to trade for my copy of Five Women for the Killer. It is in mint condition with the slip...the nude slip. I did not really like this movie. I might give it another watch and see if it improves any.

[gregmtl92]

From the VS newsletter:

[grodd]

Originally Posted by gregmtl92

From the VS newsletter:

That's brilliant!

[mikey horror]

I really hope that’s the slip that comes with all available copies and not a subscriber exclusive like Bio Zombie was. Not a fan of the style of the slip, but that art is amazing.

[Brian81]

That's way better than what I saw on the sale page!

[postmodel]

Oh man. I love it. But I need to learn if I like this movie. Cause I’ve yet to see it.

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by postmodel

Oh man. I love it. But I need to learn if I like this movie. Cause I’ve yet to see it.

If you like New York Ripper, it's got a similar feel to it but not as good. That does not mean it is not good - it is. I think it is Lamberto's second best movie after Macabre.

[By_His_Strypes]

I like that unique slip, but I hope it's in addition to the one that was shown already.

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by By_His_Strypes

I like that unique slip, but I hope it's in addition to the one that was shown already.

I hope it's not some subscriber/club exclusive. I'd rather have had that than the one that was advertised before. It's from a very memorable scene in the film.

[By_His_Strypes]

Originally Posted by Brian81

I hope it's not some subscriber/club exclusive. I'd rather have had that than the one that was advertised before. It's from a very memorable scene in the film.

I wonder if that is an outer box that the prior one slides in.

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by By_His_Strypes

hmm it appears 88 Films is also releasing this on 4K...

No disrespect towards 88; I've got a few of their releases which I'm happy with, but their Blu-Ray of this title was not one of their better ones. That, combined with VS's general track record, make this an easy choice for me.

[Steel76]

Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468

but their Blu-Ray of this title was not one of their better ones.

All Italian horror releases back then, was terrible, no matter what label released them, as they all suffered from that damn scanner noise.

[Alexcap]

88 films version looks good for what it is at lest it's better than the first release of anthropophagus as for scanner noise 88s version sound not bad didn't notice the scanner noise and i have seen it about 20 times

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by Steel76

All Italian horror releases back then, was terrible, no matter what label released them, as they all suffered from that damn scanner noise.

In all fairness, you're right. All those titles suffered back then, regardless of the label. That said, I realize it's not a straight 1-to-1 comparison, but I do feel like VS has earned my trust when it comes to the quality of their releases, compared to 88.

[gregmtl92]

From today's newsletter:

Therefore, we're starting off this week's newsletter with a full specs rundown on our world premier 4K UHD release of Lamberto Bava's A BLADE IN THE DARK!

We're excited to present the longest ever version of the film, at 109 min (compare the runtime on previous releases), in both its original Italian and English dub tracks, newly and exclusively restored by VS from its 16mm original negative along with the disc debut of the theatrical version. Other features will include:
• Commentary track with The Hysteria Continues! for the Extended Cut
• Commentary track with film historian and author Kat Ellinger for the Extended Cut
• "Don't Go Down the Stairs" - a NEW interview with director Lamberto Bava
• "House" - a NEW interview with screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
• "Lights in an Empty House" - a NEW interview with cinematographer Gianlorenzo Battaglia
• "The Gothic Slashers of Lamberto Bava" - a video essay by film historian and author Samm Deighan
• "Behind the Blade" - an archival interview with Lamberto Bava and Dardano Sacchetti
• "All the Colors of Giallo" a feature-length documentary exploring Giallo films directed by Federico Caddeo
• Original theatrical trailers in Italian and English
• 40-page perfect bound book with essays by Caroline Kopko, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Dana Reinoos

[DaylightsEnd]

Ah yes, VS + OCN = win. Hoping for a stellar encode. Here comes another massive upgrade of a 16mm film....the, uh, kind of film that folks say can't see any sort of "meaningful upgrade" from the 4k format.....

[PowellPressburger]

A BLADE IN THE DARK makes its world UHD debut, featuring a pristine and exclusive new 4K restoration by Vinegar Syndrome from the original negative... As we’ve mentioned before, our edition also includes the world disc debut of the alternate Theatrical Cut - but now we've decided to sweeten the deal and add a bonus 4K UHD disc to this release. Now both cuts of BLADE will be presented in 4K! It's now a 4-disc set (2 UHDs and 2 Blus). The bonus 4K UHD disc containing the Theatrical Cut will only be included in the limited edition box edition. The Standard Edition will not include this bonus disc. If you've already placed a pre-order, you're all set to get the box edition with the bonus 4K disc.

[Matt89]

Cool, will definitely be picking this up. Amazing that both cuts will be in 4K.

I'm also curious as to when the new Archive location opens in Toronto. On VS's website it's listed as coming soon but I'm stoked that we'll be getting a location here. My local shop is partnered with VS so they get all the limited editions with slips/boxes etc. but I'm really anxious to see what The Archive has in store.

[Member-222782]

I'll be looking to VS increasingly for more Italo splatter upgrades now that Arrow is going off in different directions. Severin could be considered our best hope for domestic releases of these types of films but they seem to be focusing a lot on folk horror and international oddities these days. I need a monthly Italo fix, dammit!

[By_His_Strypes]

How does that unique packaging we saw a few weeks back figure into this? In the trailer they dropped it just shows the packaging that was originally shown.