Code Red Blu-ray Discussion Thread (RIP Bill "Bananaman" Olsen) - Page 2997 - Blu-ray Forum

Rayjg · 07-10-2025, 12:30 AM

Not a Bru-lay, sad to say, but the soundtrack to The Last Chase by the great Gil Melle has just been released by Dragon’s Domain.

delicreep · 07-13-2025, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Driver78

Anybody here a former member of AV Maniacs? That's where Bill hung out (that and the Latarnia forums) and where all the fun stuff was happening. Man, I really miss that forum.

I miss both AV Maniacs and HorrorDVDs. The latter hung on for a while after the former withered away.

Rayjg · 07-13-2025, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by delicreep

I miss both AV Maniacs and HorrorDVDs. The latter hung on for a while after the former withered away.

Yeah, the latter just crapped the bed one day and never came back. Sucks because I really liked checking the beer thread around Halloween.

Nailwraps · 07-13-2025, 08:50 AM

Ah, Horror DVDs. What a place.

I'd always post Shout! Factory news in the topic and it was where I found out Phantasm II would finally come to DVD at long last at the time.

Good times...

Driver78 · 07-13-2025, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by delicreep

I miss both AV Maniacs and HorrorDVDs. The latter hung on for a while after the former withered away.

HorrorDVDs just disappeared without a trace. No warning. Pretty unceremonious but it had turned into a ghost town.

Marv Inc. · 07-13-2025, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Driver78

HorrorDVDs just disappeared without a trace. No warning. Pretty unceremonious but it had turned into a ghost town.

The message boards were really good back in the dvd era.

Slasherfilm · 07-13-2025, 08:09 PM

Does anyone think twisted nightmare or Deadly dreams will get a remastered Blu Ray from anyone

gimmeshelter · 07-13-2025, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Driver78

Anybody here a former member of AV Maniacs? That's where Bill hung out (that and the Latarnia forums) and where all the fun stuff was happening. Man, I really miss that forum. A lot of those members are now on Rock! Shop! Pop!. I signed up there (posting as "Trench") but it's a VERY quiet place so I rarely go there. Forums are pretty much dead these days but Brulay dot com is cracking along nicely. Anyway, and I think I've told this story before, Bill "banned" me from his store because he thought I was making fun of his Brooklyn accent. All I did was ask him about it. I thought it was strange that a guy from California would have a Brooklyn accent. He never gave the impression he spent any time in Brooklyn. And it wasn't until about a year or so ago that I learned he was half Japanese! He later unbanned me but buying from his store was a headache. RIP, buddy. We're keeping your memory alive here and will keep doing so until the end of times. Bru-lays don't glow on tree.

DVD Maniacs (I can't even call it AV Maniacs) was the best forum in the history of the internet. Will never be duplicated.

Jobla · 07-13-2025, 11:23 PM

i really liked A/V Maniacs and the Mobius Home and Video Forum. The Scarlet Street magazine boards was pretty good too.

Jobla · 07-14-2025, 04:55 AM

I also lament the loss of the IMDB message boards. They were a treasure trove of insider information, among other plusses. Too bad they were sunk by political nut jobs who began hijacking the threads.

classicmaterial · 07-18-2025, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jobla

I also lament the loss of the IMDB message boards. They were a treasure trove of insider information, among other plusses. Too bad they were sunk by political nut jobs who began hijacking the threads.

Agreed. Reddit comes close but with the frequency of posts and categories stuff gets lost to time within hours. At least the IMDB boards you could scan topics going back months with ease. That really was a huge loss

mca213 · 07-18-2025, 02:08 AM

DVDtalk forums were pretty good back in the day

Gotho(redux) · 07-18-2025, 04:47 AM

Does anyone know what happened to DVDDrive-in.com? Not a forum, but one of my favorite review sites. Hadn't been there in a while and tried to visit it recently, but it is gone.

Wernski · 07-18-2025, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Gotho(redux)

Does anyone know what happened to DVDDrive-in.com? Not a forum, but one of my favorite review sites. Hadn't been there in a while and tried to visit it recently, but it is gone.

No. As far as I know, they didn't post anything about closing down or anything. One day the URL just stopped working. It really bums me out losing great sites like that, DVDManiacs, etc.

gimmeshelter · 07-18-2025, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Gotho(redux)

Does anyone know what happened to DVDDrive-in.com? Not a forum, but one of my favorite review sites. Hadn't been there in a while and tried to visit it recently, but it is gone.

The proprietor of the site, George Reis, closed the site down since it was getting too expensive to keep it running without ads. He tried to make the reviews available for a fee, but I think he priced it way too high IMO, plus it was easy to do a Google search for the review and bypass the paywall, so he wasn't getting enough $$ to keep it going. I thought they and Mondo Digital had the 2 best DVD review sites on the internet; glad to see MD is still kicking.

whiteberry · 07-19-2025, 12:14 AM

Let's take a moment to remember the greatest Facebook post ever:

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FOUND A GREY DEAD RAT IN MY GARAGE. NOT PACKING ANYMORE TODAY. SICK SIGHT.

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Originally Posted by CODE RED DVD

I haven't mail them yet. Dead rat freak me out and the garage I pack is 30 degree right now. it's snowing outside.

drumlewi · 07-19-2025, 05:45 AM

I discovered a way to access DVD Drive-In. If you search for Girl School Screamers on IMDB click on the external review section then click on the DVD Drive-In link it will take you to the archive.org capture of the review. If you scroll down to the bottom and click on HOME it will take you to the latest chronological reviews which seem to work.

Gotho(redux) · 07-19-2025, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by drumlewi

I discovered a way to access DVD Drive-In. If you search for Girl School Screamers on IMDB click on the external review section then click on the DVD Drive-In link it will take you to the archive.org capture of the review. If you scroll down to the bottom and click on HOME it will take you to the latest chronological reviews which seem to work.

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.

07-19-2025, 05:45 AM	#59937
drumlewi Member Member since:May 2019 Location:The Other Woodstock VA 4K collection:132 Blu-ray collection:1256 DVD collection:402	DVD Drive-In I discovered a way to access DVD Drive-In. If you search for Girl School Screamers on IMDB click on the external review section then click on the DVD Drive-In link it will take you to the archive.org capture of the review. If you scroll down to the bottom and click on HOME it will take you to the latest chronological reviews which seem to work.

07-10-2025, 12:30 AM	#59921
Rayjg Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2016	Not a Bru-lay, sad to say, but the soundtrack to The Last Chase by the great Gil Melle has just been released by Dragon’s Domain.

07-13-2025, 08:50 AM	#59924
Nailwraps Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:USA 4K collection:61 Blu-ray collection:883 DVD collection:1826 Digital collection:3	Ah, Horror DVDs. What a place. I'd always post Shout! Factory news in the topic and it was where I found out Phantasm II would finally come to DVD at long last at the time. Good times...

07-13-2025, 08:09 PM	#59927
Slasherfilm Expert Member Member since:Jun 2021 Location:London, UK 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:543 DVD collection:56	Does anyone think twisted nightmare or Deadly dreams will get a remastered Blu Ray from anyone

07-13-2025, 11:23 PM	#59929
Jobla Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Boulevard of Broken Dreams	i really liked A/V Maniacs and the Mobius Home and Video Forum. The Scarlet Street magazine boards was pretty good too.

07-14-2025, 04:55 AM	#59930
Jobla Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Boulevard of Broken Dreams	I also lament the loss of the IMDB message boards. They were a treasure trove of insider information, among other plusses. Too bad they were sunk by political nut jobs who began hijacking the threads.

07-18-2025, 02:08 AM	#59932
mca213 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2014 4K collection:50 Blu-ray collection:1603 Trading Score:13	DVDtalk forums were pretty good back in the day

07-18-2025, 04:47 AM	#59933
Gotho(redux) Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2016 Location:Rat infested catacombs 4K collection:121 Blu-ray collection:1259 Trading Score:1	Does anyone know what happened to DVDDrive-in.com? Not a forum, but one of my favorite review sites. Hadn't been there in a while and tried to visit it recently, but it is gone.

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