The Official 88 Films Thread

[Ill_Be_Back]

Originally Posted by stephenwilson04

I have no idea but Buddy Cooper himself has claimed that he might have the materials needed. I believe 88 were interested and enquired about it, but looks like he's decided to give it to Arrow.

I hope it doesn't end up like what Code Red had to go through. Buddy Cooper said he had usable elements but ended up having nothing but a tape master. He may have actually found elements usable for Blu-ray then. I look forward to hearing more about this, I am not going to get my hopes up just yet though because we have already had two announcements for this title and nothing happened.

[stephenwilson04]

Originally Posted by Lucy Ashton

It's not like Arrow is new to the slasher game, but you are right that they haven't focused heavily on that particular genre. If your source is correct, it's a surprising acquisition, though. Hasn't this been held back by either legal or source issues for quite some time?

I think the last slasher type film they released was Motel Hell, if I remember rightly, so yeah, this came as a surprise to me too.

[Ill_Be_Back]

Originally Posted by stephenwilson04

I think the last slasher type film they released was Motel Hell, if I remember rightly, so yeah, this came as a surprise to me too.

White of the eye released last year may have been their last one.

[fuzzymctiger]

Grindhouse Releasing's Cannibal Ferox blu ray says Region A in the specs, meaning it may be region locked.

If so, maybe a certain label over here has plans to release it....

[eddyw78]

[QUOTE=fuzzymctiger;10551311]Grindhouse Releasing's Cannibal Ferox blu ray says Region A in the specs, meaning it may be region locked.

If so, maybe a certain label over here has plans to release it....


Is it definatly going to be region locked. Not sure if any of their others were but then I only own three of their titles.
Again I'm sure this wouldn't get through the BBFC completely intact for obvious reasons but I don't want to start that debate all over again.

[fuzzymctiger]

I agree, let's just leave the old AC cuts debate out of this thread for a while. Got very petty and mean, and also very off topic.

[stuartalex]

Originally Posted by Markgway

Seriously? If that's your honest viewpoint and not just a sly attempt to get a rise out of me then we really have nothing further to discuss.

Good - perhaps we can move on now.

[stuartalex]

Originally Posted by 88 Films Official

We are hoping you would choose the dog? Poor little guy... why was he chained in the first place?

He was chained up as a diversion by a nefarious movie collector who wants to ensure we never get to see the full Wicker Man.
His haul also includes pristine quality copies of the missing bits from the Friday the 13th movies, over 50 lost Dr Who episodes and the mythical Jim'll Fix It Special with guests Gary Glitter and Rolf Harris .

As you can see ,it was a hard choice.

[stuartalex]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

Grindhouse Releasing's Cannibal Ferox blu ray says Region A in the specs, meaning it may be region locked.

If so, maybe a certain label over here has plans to release it....

Even if the animal footage was passed I'm not sure the BBFC would be ready to pass the hanging by hooks scene.

I would have expected most enthusiastic Bluray collectors, specially of this type of film to be multi region by now so region locking can become as irrelevant as it always was for dvd

[grant666uk]

Originally Posted by stuartalex

I would have expected most enthusiastic Bluray collectors, specially of this type of film to be multi region by now so region locking can become as irrelevant as it always was for dvd

buying a £40 unlocked drive for my pc was the best move I ever made.

[themoviefanatic]

I bought a second slaughterhouse blu from the uk if anyone on the states doesn't want to wait 3 weeks to get one. Let me know

[eddyw78]

Originally Posted by grant666uk

buying a £40 unlocked drive for my pc was the best move I ever made.

Where is the best place for one of these and how is the quality?

[junyab]

I've had a few "instances" talking to Buddy Cooper online (and once in person) and I found the guy to be quite the, umm, "talker", so I really don't believe anything he says...be it good OR bad news about The Mutilator.

I think he does have a usable copy of the film, but is holding out for big money. That's just my own feeling about it.

It's my absolute favourite slasher and do hope it sees the light of day in glorious blu.

[Cinema84]

Originally Posted by junyab

I think he does have a usable copy of the film, but is holding out for big money.

Does he think some deep-pocketed Hollywood Studio is going to call him one day and say , "Hey, I'll pay you $25 million for the rights to your little horror film"? He should understand, of all people, being an independent filmmaker (and a one-hit wonder), that that's never likely going to happen and that the only calls he's going to get are from small two-man operations who don't have a lot of money. He should take whatever Arrow (if they are indeed after the film) can offer as they not only probably have a little more capital to work with compared to a smaller label, but can produce a high-quality release that will make everybody happy and do it fairly quickly.

[88 Films Official]

Originally Posted by junyab

I've had a few "instances" talking to Buddy Cooper online (and once in person) and I found the guy to be quite the, umm, "talker", so I really don't believe anything he says...be it good OR bad news about The Mutilator.

I think he does have a usable copy of the film, but is holding out for big money. That's just my own feeling about it.

It's my absolute favourite slasher and do hope it sees the light of day in glorious blu.

We emailed Buddy in June last year when our Slasher Classics line was starting and we were told he might have elements that we could use for a new HD BluRay. He told us to email him after the summer as he runs a guest house. Unfortunately, all of our contact after this went unresponded to until last week when he confirmed he was in intending to release this with another UK label.

We are disappointed - not at the fact The Mutilator looks likely to have a good British release from an obviously worthy company - but rather that someone would ignore our correspondence out of hand.

[88 Films Official]

Originally Posted by stuartalex

Even if the animal footage was passed I'm not sure the BBFC would be ready to pass the hanging by hooks scene.

I would have expected most enthusiastic Bluray collectors, specially of this type of film to be multi region by now so region locking can become as irrelevant as it always was for dvd

We are not releasing Cannibal Ferox.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by 88 Films Official

He told us to email him after the summer as he runs a guest house. Unfortunately, all of our contact after this went unresponded to until last week when he confirmed he was in intending to release this with another UK label.

I'm guessing he had his hands full at the guest house during the traditional Fall Break period, when folks take a breather from their stressful summer vacations in order to get drunk in the basements of beachfront condos.

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by 88 Films Official

We are not releasing Cannibal Ferox.

Would you guys look at the Critters movies? Or are they not in line with your 'collections'

[88 Films Official]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I'm guessing he had his hands full at the guest house during the traditional Fall Break period, when folks take a breather from their stressful summer vacations in order to get drunk in the basements of beachfront condos.

Or maybe the 'summer' just doesn't end until March 2015...

[stephenwilson04]

Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Would you guys look at the Critters movies? Or are they not in line with your 'collections'

Warner don't licence out their films unfortunately (apart from a few exceptions). I'm guessing that's why American Ninja 5, which is owned by Warner, isn't being released by 88 (well that and it's terrible).