The House of the Devil (Ti West, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, April 2025)

[Nitroes]

The House of the Devil (2009) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers - YouTube

The first film that got me into Ti West I think. Still one of his best.

Not too keen on the artwork (as usual with Second Sight) and that price point is high for a Blu-ray too. Looks like HMV (£37.99) had added 20% to their price to make up for the 20% off we all use.

There's a vanilla version too.

Extras:
Audio commentary with Writer-Director Ti West & Actor Jocelin Donahue
Audio commentary with Ti West, Producers Larry Fessenden & Peter Phok and Sound Designer Graham Reznick
The Right Vibe: a new interview with Ti West
Satanic Panic: a new interview with Jocelin Donahue
Slowing Down is Death: a new interview with Actor AJ Bowen
A Level of Ambition: a new interview with Peter Phok
Hiding the Seams: a new interview with Composer Jeff Grace
Writing Through Sound: a new interview with Graham Reznick
This Night Changes Everything: The Making of The House of the Devil
In The House of the Devil
Deleted Scenes
Trailer

Limited Edition Contents:
Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Nick Charge
70-page book with new essays by Martyn Conterio, Ariel Powers-Schaub, Jerome Reuter and Julieann Stipidis plus Behind the Scenes gallery
6 collectors' art cards

Other releases: https://www.dvdcompare.net/compariso....php?fid=26954


If I buy it I'll be using the cool original UK artwork:



https://secondsightfilms.co.uk/colle...ble-april-28th
https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/blu-ra...dition-blu-ray
https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5...imited-edition
https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-ho.../16238359.html
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DYVNN3Y9/

[Trekkie313]

I still want the VHS release.

[Nitroes]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

I still want the VHS release.

I have it it's very cool I don't think it's mega rare.



Rarewaves have the LE for £29.97 with their 10% off RWFEB10 (ends GMT 2100 today) that makes them the cheapest at £26.97.

https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5...imited-edition

If that was 4K I would have ordered it by now.

[cooey]

I remember this boring the shit out of me when I first watched it Might have to give it another go….maybe

[Kakihara]

Too bad it's not going to be on 4K. I passed up on the Umbrella release hoping this one would be on 4K but Second Sight will likely do a better job anyways.

[BobSimms]

Frankly bizarre that this isn’t a 4K release. We’re supposed to be excited about a new Blu-ray release of this in the year 2025?

[darrellmaclaine]

Originally Posted by BobSimms

Frankly bizarre that this isn’t a 4K release. We’re supposed to be excited about a new Blu-ray release of this in the year 2025?

"Bizarre" that a film shot on 16mm and finished digitally in 2K isn't on a febrile collector's format that doesn't even have 10% market penetration in the UK? Black plastic is one hell of a drug.

[BobSimms]

Originally Posted by darrellmaclaine

"Bizarre" that a film shot on 16mm and finished digitally in 2K isn't on a febrile collector's format that doesn't even have 10% market penetration in the UK? Black plastic is one hell of a drug.

Sorry, didn’t realize it was 16mm. Not that that has stopped such films from getting 4K releases in the past (see: Martin, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, both released by Second Sight AND IN THE UK WHERE THE FORMAT DOESN’T EVEN HAVE 10% MARKET PENETRATION), but point taken. I guess.

[Nitroes]

Well, I had a choice this morning either this release from SS or new prescription sunglasses from Goggles4U,

Sunglasses won at £32.00.

I will buy the vanilla release when I see it cheap for the extras but lack of 4K and the usual cookie-cutter meh artwork = no sale.

For now.

[A.B.]

Originally Posted by BobSimms

Sorry, didn’t realize it was 16mm. Not that that has stopped such films from getting 4K releases in the past (see: Martin, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, both released by Second Sight AND IN THE UK WHERE THE FORMAT DOESN’T EVEN HAVE 10% MARKET PENETRATION), but point taken. I guess.

I reckon this would have looked pretty great in 4K, too. As you point out, 16mm hasn't stopped a few rather nice releases on the format. Would have been all over a 4K myself, but can certainly wait to double-dip on the blu-ray.

Frankly can't remember how good or not-so-good the old edition is. Still my favourite Ti West, might just have to watch it again.

[Ste7en]

Originally Posted by cooey

I remember this boring the shit out of me when I first watched it Might have to give it another go….maybe

I zoned out after the funky retro opening credits (but I do still quite like it).

I still have the VHS that was bundled with the US DVD

The artwork for this should have been more retro, possibly like a VHS box or something.

[Nitroes]

Ordered the vanilla from Rarewaves https://www.rarewaves.com/products/5...e-of-the-devil

I had a £5.00 voucher with points unfortunately that can't be stacked with yesterday's 10% off.

[Nitroes]

eBay

That's nice looking makes me think I should of got it instead of the vanilla (which is on the way from Rarewaves);



eBay

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by darrellmaclaine

"Bizarre" that a film shot on 16mm and finished digitally in 2K isn't on a febrile collector's format that doesn't even have 10% market penetration in the UK? Black plastic is one hell of a drug.

Originally Posted by BobSimms

Sorry, didn’t realize it was 16mm. Not that that has stopped such films from getting 4K releases in the past

The 2K DI is the bigger factor since, unless they went back tot he film elements for a fresh scan, a UHD release would be an upscale.

[Eidolon]

Originally Posted by Ste7en

I still have the VHS that was bundled with the US DVD

I really wanted one of those, as someone who still has and uses VHS.
I have a few others that came out around the same time, The Sleeper (nicely packaged in a unique combo box), Burning Moon, The Bloody Ape and the VHS2 set. Also the very limited UK VHS release on VHS, which was exclusive to an event in London

House of the Devil P&S's it's VHS, giving it a real throwback feel. Sleeper and the two VHS films don't do that. Bloody Ape isn't really worth watching on VHS as it seems to have been from a compressed source that's shows maxroblocking which is absent from the dvd.
The Sleeper is actually better on VHS, as it helps to hide it's shot on digital video nature, which somewhat spoils the retro attempt of the filmmakers.

[BobSimms]

Originally Posted by ravenus

The 2K DI is the bigger factor since, unless they went back tot he film elements for a fresh scan, a UHD release would be an upscale.

Is there something preventing them from doing that?

[Keoma]

Originally Posted by BobSimms

Is there something preventing them from doing that?

Money?

Honestly, a quality BD is all this title really needed.

[darrellmaclaine]

Originally Posted by BobSimms

Is there something preventing them from doing that?

Going back and remaking the entire post-production process of a film from scratch from its rushes you mean? Quite apart from the fact that would cost a six or even seven figure sum to accomplish (and really for why?), most films, even ones made only 10 or 20 years ago, don't have their complete rushes logged and archived anyway. It's rarer that they are kept than they aren't.

More people need to accept the fact that a good decade or more of English language cinema was made as - and can only exist as - 2K DIs. Either film dailies were telecined and the films were made out of those digital files, or (rarer this happened, more an early 2000s thing) films were cut rough on film, then telecined and finished/graded digitally. Something like No Country For Old Men that had a cut negative was an outlier, and there are a huge number of digitally shot films that were captured, edited and finished in 2K. The 2K DIs of this era were good enough for 35mm distribution, good enough for DVD, good enough for HDTV and good enough for Blu-ray. They are good enough now.

[backwater]

Region A people: does this one play with the top menu trick on the Panasonic UB820?

[mr-fezz]

Originally Posted by backwater

Region A people: does this one play with the top menu trick on the Panasonic UB820?

Yes it does!