MGM Midnite Movies

[Jameson281]

Will they be double-features?

Mostly double features, plus a couple of single title releases.

[Lino]

Will they be double-features?

Mostly double features

Any old OOP single title being recycled with a new one like they were doing before the line was interrupted?

(note to mods: sorry for continuing a discussion that should've gone straight to the official Midnite Movies thread)

[Jameson281]

I'm still hoping for Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing

MGM doesn't have the rights.

Any old OOP single title being recycled with a new one like they were doing before the line was interrupted?

I think two or three titles released as singles are coming out in double features. The titles get changed around a lot with stuff added and stuff dropped, so I'm not certain of the final lineup, I just know what was in the works as of about two months ago.

[DrewReiber]

I'm still hoping for Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing

MGM doesn't have the rights.

Who does?

[Lino]

So it seems that we're getting a new batch this Halloween (hip, hip...) and just for fun, I thought I'd list the still to debut on DVD titles (i.e., former VHS that still haven't made the grade) -

Master of the World
Conqueror Worm aka Witchfinder General
Jesse James meets Frankenstein's Daughter
High School Hellcats
The Incredible Melting Man
Quatermass Experiment
Burn Witch Burn
The Brain that wouldn't die
The Phantom Planet
The Amazing Transparent Man


and the ones that were originally released singly and are still waiting to be paired with another feature (i.e., possible double-feature nominees) -

ANGRY RED PLANET
THE BEAST WITHIN
DONOVAN'S BRAIN
DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE
I BURY THE LIVING
MAN FROM PLANET X
MARS NEEDS WOMEN
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES
REPTILICUS
X - THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOUREAU
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE


Also, there are four movies that were originally released on VHS with the MM banner that came out on DVD but not as part of the line. This doesn't mean that they won't be one day (it happened with Tales of Terror). They are:

KONGA
PAJAMA PARTY
BUCKET OF BLOOD
FROGS

Still plenty of good stuff to look forward to.

[mogwai]

According to DVD Drive-In, Witchfinder General and The Food of the Gods will be released as single edition Midnite Movies on September 11th. Additional titles are expected to be announced.

[zombeaner]

That is awesome, I've been hemming and hawing over picking up the UK Witchfinder General. If they could manage a Dr. Goldfoot double feature I'd be ecstatic!

[Lino]

Now, I understand Witchfinder to have its own disc but Food of the Gods? Really?

Oh, well. As long as they keep coming. Let's only hope that Fox/MGM/whoever decide to keep the original theatrical trailers in. It wouldn't be a Midnite Movies DVD without it. Strong Halloween batch for them, though.

[patrick]

I wonder if some of the features from the R2 Witchfinder General disc will be ported over, or if it'll just be a barebones disc. The fact that From Beyond and Return of the Living Dead are getting Midnite Movies SEs gives me hope.

[DrewReiber]

According to DVD Drive-In, Witchfinder General and The Food of the Gods will be released as single edition Midnite Movies on September 11th. Additional titles are expected to be announced.

Whoop whoop woop!

[Jameson281]

I wonder if some of the features from the R2 Witchfinder General disc will be ported over, or if it'll just be a barebones disc. The fact that From Beyond and Return of the Living Dead are getting Midnite Movies SEs gives me hope.

FROM BEYOND and ROTLD are not part of the Midnite Movies line; they're being released as part of a separate MGM Horror promotion that also includes THE BURNING, SCARECROWS and a couple of titles that have not yet been announced.

[Lino]

I wonder if some of the features from the R2 Witchfinder General disc will be ported over, or if it'll just be a barebones disc.

I think I remember reading something that when MGM was restoring Witchfinder General, some special features were also being prepared. My best bet is that they will differ from the UK edition.

[Jameson281]

I think I remember reading something that when MGM was restoring Witchfinder General, some special features were also being prepared. My best bet is that they will differ from the UK edition.

DVD Drive-In is reporting that the disc will include a commentary by star Ian Ogilvy and Associate Producer Philip Waddilove, plus a stills gallery featuring rare photos from Waddilove's personal collection.

[Lino]

Fangoria seems to have the scoop on the other Midnite Movies double-features to be re/released. They are:

THE BEAST WITHIN/THE BAT PEOPLE
YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP/KONGA

Konga and The Beast Within are reissues. The other two are new to the line.

Jameson, are there more double-features on the way besides these two?

[patrick]

It's a shame that the Witchfinder General disc won't have the Michael Reeves doc "The Blood Beast" that's on the R2 edition, but what can you do.

[Lino]

No final specs have yet been announced so I guess anything is possible at this stage.

[Jameson281]

Fangoria seems to have the scoop on the other Midnite Movies double-features to be re/released. They are:

THE BEAST WITHIN/THE BAT PEOPLE
YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP/KONGA

Konga and The Beast Within are reissues. The other two are new to the line.

Jameson, are there more double-features on the way besides these two?

On another board, Tom Weaver mentioned the other double features:

RETURN OF DRACULA/THE VAMPIRE
THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES/PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES
PHARAOH'S CURSE/CURSE OF THE FACELESS MAN

[Lino]

Not too shabby. We'll only be getting two reissues. All the others are new to the line. Well done everyone involved in the rebirth of this beloved collection.

[Lino]

From HTF:

From the Classic Horror Film Boards:

Tom Weaver says:
""I must plead guilty to having lost track of what has/hasn't been announced yet, but over the weekend my homeboys in the retailing world were telling me about all sorts of upcoming titles that were not known to me, including a big Roger Corman set (lots of exploitation titles but also PREMATURE BURIAL and X-RAY EYES), a Vincent Price set (PHIBES movies, TWICE TOLD TALES, several more), a PHARAOH'S CURSE-CURSE OF THE FACELESS MAN double-bill, THE VAMPIRE-THE RETURN OF DRAC, a FLY set with the (I think) never-before-released CURSE OF THE FLY, a special edition of the 1960 LOST WORLD, a PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES-BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES combo -- and several others that I haven't been able to retain, the titles were coming at me too fast and furious. (Wish I'd had a pen and paper!)"

Then From Jameson281

"[Haunted Palace and Tower of London (1962) are] in the Price box set. I don't know if these are being made available separately. The Price set might include DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS (U.S. version only), but I have no official confirmation on that.

The Roger Corman promotion that Tom mentioned will include a couple of previously unreleased titles in addition to the reissues.

Both RETURN OF DRAC and THE VAMPIRE will be using brand-spankin' new hi-def transfers. I discovered original 1950's documentation establishing 1.85:1 as the proper aspect ratio, but I'm not sure what they chose to use for the DVD.

PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES should also be a new hi-def transfer from original elements, so you'll be able to toss those public domain versions..

I was told that the CURSE OF THE FACELESS MAN/PHAROAH'S CURSE double bill was cancelled, but if Tom is hearing about it from retailers it must be back on.

[patrick]

The Price and Corman sets sound interesting, although what I'd really love is a box of all the Corman Poe films.

[Lino]

From HTF:

According to Movies Unlimited, the Roger Corman set (due 18th September) includes Premature Burial, The Man with X-Ray Eyes, The Young Racers, The Trip, Gas-s-s-s-s, Bloody Mama, The Wild Angels, Bucket of Blood whilst the Vincent Price one includes Tales of Terror, Twice-Told Tales, The Abominable Dr Phibes, Dr Phibes Rises Again, Theatre of Blood, Madhouse, Witchfinder General

They are both flagged as Set #1 thus paving the way for future sets...

The highlighted titles are new to DVD.

[Ashirg]

Vincent Price cover and info

Roger Corman cover and info

[Lino]

I wasn't really going to buy either of those sets because I was planning to wait for the DVDs to come out singly, sooner or later (which will probably still happen).

But that bonus disc on the Vincent Price Collection is something I wasn't counting on. This might just be the thing that will make me and many people to double-dip, if it turns out to be of substantial quality. We'll see. Let's all wait for reviews, shall we?

As for the Corman Collection, it strikes me as odd to find two previously released titles coupled with a new or different one, namely Premature Burial now with Man with X-Ray Eyes and Wild Angels now with Young Racers. I wonder if the DVD editions for PB and WA will be the same as before.

[zombeaner]

I'll happily trade in my current flippers of the Vincent Price movies for the new ones and the bonus disc. Kinda of dumb that I have to, but thats the kind of thing DVD companies do to us.

[Jameson281]

I'll happily trade in my current flippers of the Vincent Price movies for the new ones

The new discs are flippers as well.