House: Two Stories (1986-1987) (Limited Edition)

[Demented D]

Originally Posted by Jacques Souvenir

Kind of nitpicking, but why didn't they use the original theatrical artwork on the reverse of House II? It was pretty much just the same reverse artwork from the first one.

Unless you're talking about the US release, the UK set looks like the original artwork to me.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Jacques Souvenir

Kind of nitpicking, but why didn't they use the original theatrical artwork on the reverse of House II? It was pretty much just the same reverse artwork from the first one.

They did use the original art.



This is also the artwork that most folks will remember. The alternate designs can't compete.

[Jacques Souvenir]

Originally Posted by Demented D

Unless you're talking about the US release, the UK set looks like the original artwork to me.

I did buy the US, but looking at your pic, my House II reverse art is the same as yours - they just reused the artwork from the first one.

[Jacques Souvenir]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

They did use the original art.



This is also the artwork that most folks will remember. The alternate designs can't compete.

Maybe that was the VHS art or something, but this was the original theatrical art:

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Jacques Souvenir

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Maybe that was the VHS art or something, but this was the original theatrical art:

That's an alternate design that wasn't widely used.

If they were using alternate artwork they likely would have went with this for part 4 to match the theme...

[iamnoone]

Originally Posted by Jacques Souvenir

Maybe that was the VHS art or something, but this was the original theatrical art:

I was around when these opened theatrically and that art you linked to was NEVER the theatrical art in the US. The US poster art for Part 2 has always been the hand with the key in the US.

The one you linked to looks like some cheap euro-poster alternate artwork.

[Max Solo]

Shipped from Zavvi ( UK TO USA ) in a plastic bag.

And I get it undented, un crunched and in perfect condition. Same with the Donnie Darko box a few month back.

Good luck I guess.

I will be digging into these soon.

[Jacques Souvenir]

Originally Posted by iamnoone

I was around when these opened theatrically and that art you linked to was NEVER the theatrical art in the US. The US poster art for Part 2 has always been the hand with the key in the US.

The one you linked to looks like some cheap euro-poster alternate artwork.

Alright, thanks for the clarification, guys!

[netscorchers]

This is the image I remember & is also the same cover on the vhs tape I own.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Wernski

But the Beyond wasn't recently replaced; it was replaced in "ancient" times because the entire opening sequence was in the wrong color.

Cinema Paradiso, The Fury, Blood and Black Lace and The Long Good Friday wete also "different sceanrios."

Actually, Arrow's 2nd pressing of The Beyond correctly more than just the opening black and white segment. The 1st pressing was rather washed out in general, and the 2nd pressing corrected that somewhat. A comparison on caps-a-holic verifies this.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Demented D

Unless you're talking about the US release, the UK set looks like the original artwork to me.

[Show spoiler]

Now that is one nice looking set. So glad I called a last minute audible and switched from the US setto the UK set.

[RancorKeeper]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Yesh... I'm currently watching House IV for the first time in 2 decades at least and 2 things have become immediately apparent.

2) This has all the trappings of a WGN mid 90's Saturday afternoon movie for those old enough to remember that station and the films they played back then. Neither Scary nor really all that funny, stuck somewhere in between. Even though this was made direct to video it feels very much like the quintessential Made for tv movie horror movie of the 1990's complete with all the trappings.

LOL dude, I'm from Chicago and remember that they indeed play this Saturday afternoons on WGN. That's how I first saw it. I remember thinking to myself 'man this movie is lacking'. I thought maybe it was because it was cut up for content, guess not. It's just a bad flick.

Never seen part 3, does the uncut version make it any better of a movie?

[tenia]

In case some might wonder how the House 3 framing compares to the Shout! one, I matched 2 screenshots to some found in the blu-ray.com review of the Shout! release.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/206453

As you can see, it's the same framing.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

HOUSE > HOUSE III > HOUSE II >>>>>>>> HOUSE IV

I doubt I'll even watch House IV. The original move was the worst of the first three for me, and IV sounds like a much worse version of the original. Meh.

[GasmaskAvenger]

House IV is a really friggin' weird mish-mash of a family movie, a grief coping movie, a haunted house movie, a supernatural Native American movie, a heroic ghost movie and a Troma film (the entire Grosso sequence), if you ask me.

Best part of the House IV blu-ray is director Lewis Abernathy openly crapping on the film hard in the bonus features. Seems like a pretty chill guy, i'd say.

[Graphic_Delusions]

Originally Posted by netscorchers

This is the image I remember & is also the same cover on the vhs tape I own.

Yeah I remember that one too in the UK; It's always been the one with the 2 fingers.

[schwano]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

I doubt I'll even watch House IV. The original move was the worst of the first three for me, and IV sounds like a much worse version of the original. Meh.

I'll buy it off you if you want to get rid of it.

[Donl1282]

Originally Posted by Graphic_Delusions

Yeah I remember that one too in the UK; It's always been the one with the 2 fingers.

Why is Norman Bates' House used in the cover art?

[GasmaskAvenger]

Not to mention, that's also the same background/house used on the reversible House III cover on the Arrow blu-ray.

[DetroitSportsFan]

I watched House II last night and enjoyed it more than I remembered.