Spider Baby (1967)

[Oscar Rothman]

Spider Baby Blu-ray



Street date -June 9


High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the main feature, available in the UK for the first time
Original 2.0 Mono Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
High Definition transfer of the feature supervised and approved by director Jack Hill
English SDH subtitles for deaf and hearing impaired
Audio commentary featuring Jack Hill and star Sid Haig
Panel discussion from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences FILM-TO-FILM Festival, recorded September 2012, featuring Jack Hill and stars Quinn K. Redeker and Beverly Washburn
The Hatching of Spider Baby - Interviews with Jack Hill, Sid Haig, star Mary Mitchel, fan Joe Dante and more on the making of the film
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein - The composer of ‘The Terror’ and ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’ among others is remembered by Harlene Stein, Jack Hill, American Cinematheque’s Chris D. and others
The Merrye House Revisited - Jack Hill revisits the original house that was used as the main location in the film
Alternate opening title sequence
Extended scene
Original Trailer
Gallery of behind-the-scenes images
The Host (1960) – Jack Hill’s early short film featuring Sid Haig in his first starring role [30 mins]
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by artist and writer Stephen R. Bissette, and an extensive article re-printed from FilmFax: The Magazine of Unusual Film and Television featuring interviews with the cast and crew, illustrated with origi


Credit to EddieLarkin

[drat]

Great News! If my math is right this might be the 10th film in the Indiegogo package I bought.

[PLG1962]

I got the UK Arrow disc love this film

[cakefactory]

Are those extras confirmed for the US version too? If they add anything new I'll re-buy it. I don't know if they'll bother, but the UK disc is a couple years old so I figure in this case they might (unlike the other discs they've re-released in the US).

[Jobla]

I hope that Arrow will get around to Jack Hill's SWITCHBLADE SISTERS someday. They've certainly released many of his films.

[bgart13]

Originally Posted by Jobla

I hope that Arrow will get around to Jack Hill's SWITCHBLADE SISTERS someday. They've certainly released many of his films.

I hope they do SWITCHBLADE SISTERS too! Such a fun Hill romp.

[ddwall]

Yes I can retire my DVD. My wife thinks I am weird but this is one of my favorite black and white horror titles.

[Oscar Rothman]

[MifuneFan]

The UK edition is on sale for £5.99 right now at Zavvi

http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/spider-.../10667214.html

[Jobla]

According to A/V Maniacs, the German label Subkultur has a Blu-ray of Jack Hill's SWITCHBLADE SISTERS coming in the near future. There's a picture of the BD cover in a post at A/V Maniacs.

[Bandit Tajomaru]

I was just thinking about importing this from the UK. I hope they use the cover from the USA DVD for the USA Bluray. I really like that cover.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Bandit Tajomaru

I was just thinking about importing this from the UK. I hope they use the cover from the USA DVD for the USA Bluray. I really like that cover.

The cover art is above, it's the same as the UK

[Bandit Tajomaru]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

The cover art is above, it's the same as the UK

Thats too bad. The UK got a reversible cover. Anybody got a picture of the flip side?

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by Bandit Tajomaru

Anybody got a picture of the flip side?

[travisbickle]

The UK Blu is able to be made region free by hitting the top menu button on your remote. Movie and all extras play on my PS3.

Wonder why they would bother re-releasing this? Why not re-release a title that IS actually region B only?

[cramped_misfit1990]

I imported the UK version quite a while back, looks FANTASTIC! I love this movie, way better than what most people would expect. I'd like to have this since no rating code will be on the newer artwork. Then again, I always use the UK flip-side with original artwork and no rating code anyway. Hopefully at least a couple new extras are added, I'd for sure get it then.

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

The UK Blu is able to be made region free by hitting the top menu button on your remote. Movie and all extras play on my PS3.

Wonder why they would bother re-releasing this? Why not re-release a title that IS actually region B only?

This. I've already got the UK release, so I'll pass on this one unless they add something new to it.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

The UK Blu is able to be made region free by hitting the top menu button on your remote. Movie and all extras play on my PS3.

All region B discs from Arrow (and from several other labels) play that way.

Wonder why they would bother re-releasing this? Why not re-release a title that IS actually region B only?

Because not everyone has a player with a 'top menu' button and/or is aware of the trick, not to mention those who don't import.

[travisbickle]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

All region B discs from Arrow play that way.

Well this is news to me. Are you positive about that?

[cramped_misfit1990]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

Well this is news to me. Are you positive about that?

I believe they are wrong, Hell Comes To Frogtown on BD wouldn't accept the top menu trick for me. I have a region-free BD player, but I tried it anyway in a different player that is region A only.