Dementia 13 and The Terror coming to blu

[davidthenikonuser]

I never thought these flicks would ever see a blu release. Good to see these smaller classics getting released.

I'll pick these up for sure.



Dementia 13 Blu-ray

Dementia 13 Blu-ray Review



The Terror Blu-ray

The Terror Blu-ray Review

[TheManInBlu]

Awesome! Some early Coppola classics. He directed Dementia 13 and is one of the uncredited directors for The Terror (even Jack Nicholson supposedly directed a bit of that one). Both two little horror gems

[Crimson King]

Good news but where's The Little Shop of Horrors and A Bucket of Blood?

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by TheManInBlu

Awesome! Some early Coppola classics. He directed Dementia 13 and is one of the uncredited directors for The Terror (even Jack Nicholson supposedly directed a bit of that one). Both two little horror gems

The Terror was actually directed by five (count em) five directors!

Roger Corman
Francis Ford Coppola
Monte Hellman
Jack Hill
Jack Nicholson

[dallywhitty]

I've not seen Dementia 13 for quite a while but re-watched The Terror on DVD several months ago. The storyline isn't the most coherent of storylines, but I think it's quite a compelling and atmospheric film.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by davidthenikonuser

I never thought these flicks would ever see a blu release.

They're Public Domain. (See related thread.)
When weren't they going to get a release??

And, as expected, from the good folks at HD Cinema Classics....Whoever they are.
(And given most PD-vultures, we probably will get Little Shop of Horrors and A Bucket of Blood next.)

[Cinema Raiders]

I hope The Terror is actually released this time around...

[R.J. MacReady.]

That is awesome. Thank you for posting! I love Dementia 13 and have never (but always wanted to) see The Terror. I'll definitely be getting these.

[bigshot]

I like Dementia 13, but I'm not as keen on The Terror. I went ahead and ordered them anyway because I can see having a good time with these on my projection system. More authentic somehow.

[snipemonkey]

I'd love to get both of these on Blu-ray, but I'm not about to order any public domain movies until I see some reviews. Hopefully they won't suck but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[bigshot]

There really isn't any reason that a PD release would be any worse than a major studio release. All it takes is a good 35 print. There are lots of those on Dementia 13. There won't be all the scratch removal and grain smoothing, but that's a good thing in my opinion. I prefer blurays that look like film when they're projected.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by bigshot

There really isn't any reason that a PD release would be any worse than a major studio release. All it takes is a good 35 print. There are lots of those on Dementia 13. There won't be all the scratch removal and grain smoothing, but that's a good thing in my opinion. I prefer blurays that look like film when they're projected.

It's a case of "There shouldn't be, but there IS"--
Free things tend to attract companies that can't afford anything else.

Real studios (such as Warner restoring the Fleischer Popeyes and Supermans, or Criterion restoring Charade and 39 Steps) can afford some nice Lowry goodness--While a mom-and-pop company that wants to tag along with the big boys tends to be grateful they can slap it on silver and push it on a shelf at all.
I remember getting into a big argument with an animation-fan board over the fact that they were so surprised that Koch's "Gulliver's Travels" Blu turned out as badly as it did, when I'd kept saying "Dude, it's public domain and a no-name studio, were you honestly expecting Criterion?? "

(We birth-of-DVD fans, when there was a blitz of back-alley "50 Classic Films on 3 DVD's!" sets, joke about the new kids not knowing their Classic PD Title List, like we used to have drilled into our memory by repetition like the multiplication tables--Little Princess, D.O.A., Sherlock Holmes, Little Shop of Horrors...
Geez, never mind Night of the Living Dead, some people today can't even name the six PD Three Stooges shorts! )

[bigshot]

There are plenty of PD videos that are of high quality. The recent Flicker Alley Chaplin Keystones, the Fatty Arbuckle box on Mackinac, Kino's great silent blurays and DVDs, Blackhawk Films, Thunderbean, Bosko Video. Even the dollar DVDs at Pick N Save And Dollar Tree have outstanding prints and transfers sometimes. It all depends on the condition of the source materials. Smaller companies may not have the resources to restore a beat print, but they can certainly make superb videos from clean ones.

[Deciazulado]

Covers up ^^ (See first post)

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Covers up ^^ (See first post)

Nice!

pre-ordered both

[rezpekt]

I hope Scorsese's "Boxcar Bertha" is not far away.

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by rezpekt

I hope Scorese's "Boxcar Berth" is not far away.

I thought this movie was with MGM. There was a DVD released by MGM.

[Banned User]

I'm interested in both of these and their release of The Stranger. However I'm going to wait for a review.

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by Banned User

I'm interested in both of these and their release of The Stranger. However I'm going to wait for a review.

I thought The Stranger was from this company, Arts Alliance America https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?studioid=682

or is it the same company with 2 different names.

[rezpekt]

Originally Posted by davidthenikonuser

I thought The Stranger was from this company, Arts Alliance America https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?studioid=682

or is it the same company with 2 different names.

Arts Alliance America is the previous name of Virgil Films & Entertainment. Filmchest and Virgil started new label HD Cinema Classics. In short: they're all the same.