Mr Vampire (1985) Eureka

[apollo828]

Great! Been waiting for a remaster for ages. This should be awesome. Just curious, does anybody know the source for the alternate end credits? I wasn't aware that any existed.

[MLAM]

Originally Posted by 88mph

This time you'll get a coffee and not a coke

We'll also see Man Choi and not Malcolm this time

[Markgway]

I'm not speaking for any company here, but I keep seeing people ask about A Chinese Ghost Story, and AFAIK, the rights to that aren't with Fortune Star in Europe. That's why we haven't seen any of the Golden Princess/Cinema City titles yet.

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by Markgway

I'm not speaking for any company here, but I keep seeing people ask about A Chinese Ghost Story, and AFAIK, the rights to that aren't with Fortune Star in Europe. That's why we haven't seen any of the Golden Princess/Cinema City titles yet.

Eureka still my only hope. I don't expect any of the Region A boutique labels to release any of these HK gems any time soon.

[tigerstyles]

sucker for old original dubs!


question is did the HKL dvd have the US english dub?

[TarPot1]

I truly cannot wait for this. Great stuff.

Next, Spooky Encounters please!

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Futurhythm

Nothing to do with the licensee. The Golden Princess movies are just stuck in overseas rights hell and the majority of them are big, big titles. Fortune Star owns them but only in Asia.

That's another, better way of putting it. What I was trying to say is that people assume that because Fortune Star have the Asian rights they also have the European rights, which isn't the case. Do Atlas International still own these?

[Nguss]

Day one purchase for me - the Eureka releases so far have been great. As above would still love:

1. Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy
2. Enounters of the Spooky Kind
3. Swordsman 1 / 2
4. Hard Boiled

so i can retire my Dvd's but will just have to keep hoping

[Ste7en]

Fingers crossed they release Rouge as well.

It is a shame they haven't included the Jonathan Ross Channel 4 intros from the 'Chinese Ghost Stories' series.

[spannick]

Originally Posted by Markgway

That's another, better way of putting it. What I was trying to say is that people assume that because Fortune Star have the Asian rights they also have the European rights, which isn't the case. Do Atlas International still own these?

if Atlas still had them, these titles would have swarmed Europe for quite some time now... so, nope.

[splintersan]

I was so excited to see this announcement yesterday. Just thrilled this is going to be on blu.

[backslashio]

Originally Posted by tigerstyles

sucker for old original dubs!


question is did the HKL dvd have the US english dub?

I'd say only the UK dub as I think they're a UK company. Only 1 english track on that release too

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare5/mrvampire.htm

Not sure why I sold my Mr Vampire HKL DVD, especially as it was probably for $5 but I can't stand watching SD titles anymore with ugly subs. Like Zu Warriors though the creativity is way out there for me so perhaps I didn't see much replay value however I do appreciate both movies for their uniqueness

[apollo828]

Originally Posted by Nguss

4. Hard Boiled

This one's doubly sad because it does have a pretty nice HD master already, as seen on the Japanese Blu. It's not perfect but a bit of cleanup would make it even better. Hopefully it'll get licensed in the West at some point. The "Full Contact" master that Sony has (and apparently released on iTunes in some Asian markets?) would be amazing too.

[grim_tales]

What's the chance of A Better Tomorrow trilogy being released in the UK? I know 1 and (I think) 2 have Asian releases

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by Nguss

Day one purchase for me - the Eureka releases so far have been great. As above would still love:

1. Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy
2. Enounters of the Spooky Kind
3. Swordsman 1 / 2
4. Hard Boiled

so i can retire my Dvd's but will just have to keep hoping

Hard Boiled is a Tartan one so most likely to come from Arrow. Also Enounters of the Spooky Kind should be released with the sequel.

[whiphero]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Hard Boiled is a Tartan one so most likely to come from Arrow. Also Enounters of the Spooky Kind should be released with the sequel.

The rights for Spooky Encounters II resides with Warner, so roughly about zero chance of that happening I'm sorry to say.

[indravayu]

I hope they get around to doing some of the Mr. Vampire sequels as well.

[tigerstyles]

sucker for old original dubs!


question is did the HKL dvd have the US english dub?

[rapta]

Originally Posted by grim_tales

What's the chance of A Better Tomorrow trilogy being released in the UK? I know 1 and (I think) 2 have Asian releases

Last I asked, no major Woo titles were in the pipeline from Eureka unfortunately. Think they said the rights were more complicated than people may think (and/or they're just very expensive to license).

[Midnight Rider]

Cantonese mono, two classic dubs, take my money! ;0)