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Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:25 am**

About time. The impact this film had on a number of genre filmmakers (Raimi, Coscarelli, Jackson, etc.) is monumental, and with all it's faults it remains a Rosetta Stone in horror film history. As usual, by looking at the outpooring of uninformed and useless opinions, I can see I haven't missed much by keeping off this forum for some months now. At least Criterion has the sense to go with their own instincts.

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:31 am**

DrewReiber wrote:About time. The impact this film had on a number of genre filmmakers (Raimi, Coscarelli, Jackson, etc.) is monumental, and with all it's faults it remains a Rosetta Stone in horror film history. As usual, by looking at the outpooring of uninformed and useless opinions, I can see I haven't missed much by keeping off this forum for some months now. At least Criterion has the sense to go with their own instincts.

Don't hold back. How do you really feel?

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:41 am**

Not one to hold back. a review from 1000 Misspent Hours!

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:24 am**

Yeah for this. Fuck Ozu!

Tribe

EDIT: And fuck Naruse too (whoever the fuck he is).

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:35 am**

1000 Misspent Hours is one great website!
Equinox, huh? Does this mean we'll be getting Criterion editions of Begotten or American Psycho? How about the complete works of Richard Kern? And to think I've been bothering them about adding Lost Highway to the collection.

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:12 am**

Tribe wrote:Yeah for this. Fuck Ozu!

Tribe

EDIT: And fuck Naruse too (whoever the fuck he is).

Duly noted.

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:22 am**

Well at least people cant bitch that the Bay releases are the the biggest piles of shit in the collection anymore.

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:58 am**

I think, at the very least, all fans of Ray Harryhausen will enjoy this film.

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:45 am**

This equirox.

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:50 pm**

FilmFanSea wrote:I'm hoping it's just an April Fool's joke. Otherwise I might just cry--what a waste of a spine number! Shouldn't this film be saved for the Eclipse imprint?

Eclipse? Where? What's that?

Is not happening. At least, not in this lifetime.

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:37 pm**

??!! #-o

Posted: **Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:02 pm**

Image Entertainment confirms this release. It's coming June 20th with $39.95 list price.

Posted: **Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:37 pm**

Ashirg wrote:Image Entertainment confirms this release. It's coming June 20th with $39.95 list price.

40 bucks?! What for?

Posted: **Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:46 pm**

Commentary

Posted: **Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:05 pm**

Probably it will include 2 versions of the film.

Posted: **Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:26 pm**

You haters are going to be shocked by how much time and affection has been showered on this release. Expect something comparable with the CC edition of CARNIVAL OF SOULS, in terms of presentation and extras.

BTW, this is actually a wildly entertaining little film, especially given its origins and budget. It was also a very influential film within the community of visual f/x artists. I'm a little surprised to see it out under the Criterion banner instead of as an Eclipse title, but there are many worse titles in the Collection than this one.

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:39 pm**

Just give me a Peter Cowie commentary and I'll be happy.

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:42 pm**

Special Features

Two full-length features: a new, restored high-definition digital transfer of the theatrical release Equinox, from writer-director Jack Woods, and the never-before-seen original cut, The Equinox . . . A Journey into the Supernatural, created from rare source materials

Two audio commentaries, by the filmmakers of each version, including Dennis Muren and Jack Woods

New video interviews with Muren and cast members

Deleted scenes, outtakes, and animation tests

Two short films: Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast from Hell and the rare animated fairy tale The Magic Treasure, both involving key Equinox talents Acclaimed Kong Volkswagen commercial by animator David Allen

Stunning gallery of rare stills and promotional material

Trailer and radio spots

Video introduction by Forrest J Ackerman

PLUS: A booklet featuring tributes from George lucas and Ray Harryhausen and a new essay by Brock DeShane

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:51 pm**

Hot damn! This sort of dedication has gotten me all hot and bothered for Eclipse again!

-Toilet Dcuk

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:08 pm**

Told ya so!

BTW - I once discussed this movie with Harryhausen. His take was that given the conditions under which the film was made, it would have been almost impossible to any better, especially with regard to the stop-motion animation. He was also very impressed by some of the character designs in this movie, as I recall, particularly the demon at the end.

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:15 pm**

I'm still not interested in the film enough to buy this, but it seems like a heck of a release.

Maybe I'll check it out, depending on how well the never-before-seen version goes over. My dad would get a kick out of this, and Father's Day is in June.

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:13 pm**

This is probably one of Peter Becker's guilty pleasures, alongside Fiend without a Face and The Blob. Who are we to blame him? Wouldn't you do the same for you own secretly loved bad films if you had the money and/or ran Criterion? Of course! I know I would've done the same for the likes of Barbarella or Lisztomania!

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:30 pm**

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:51 pm**

lubitsch wrote:

:-s

Posted: **Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:46 pm**

Here's a link to the King Kong ad included on the DVD:

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/1320/

If the rest of the features are this much fun, then this release will be a blast. It might not be Ozu, but anyone who doesn't appreciate good old-fashioned stop motion animation has no soul.

-BJ

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