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Won't lie, Xanadu getting a blu ray release makes me smile. A wonderfully goofy, shamelessly stupid and fun little movie.

Universal will be releasing all three of the Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies in a Blu-Ray box set in April!

The Conplete Airport Collection is coming in June

6/14/16

Jaws 2 (1978)
Jaws 3-D (1983) (Includes 2D and 3D versions)
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Black Dog (Google it, then shake your head in bewilderment) is coming in June for some reason

I remember that film so vividly (well, remember it coming out I should say) only because I had the most intense "who the fuck would see that!?" reaction to the trailer. Now I'm having a real "who the fuck would buy that!?" reaction to this. Guess the bargain bins need to stay filled. (I did see the film when it came to DVD. Don't remember a thing about it.)

domino harvey wrote:Black Dog (Google it, then shake your head in bewilderment) is coming in June for some reason

"Hmmm, is that the one with Meat Loaf?"
*Googles it*
"Oh yeah.…Wait… I saw that. I saw that? What's it about? Really? Huh."

Black Dog has developed a minor cult following over the years, but it's baffling that Universal is still sitting on titles like At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Closet Land, Play it as it Lays and Diary of a Mad Housewife

There's no dirty dancing for Swayze here, but lots of dirty driving.

- Leonard Maltin

I know I saw that movie on tv when I was in high school only because I have this vivid memory of its explanation for its title, a moment that still comes back to me from time to time and makes me go "what?" all over again. I remember nothing else about the film.

The Dream Team, the Great Outdoors, the Money Pit, and the 'Burbs will be coming on May 24th as Best Buy exclusives. If you for some reason feel compelled to buy the barebones Universal copy over Arrow's deluxe and loving treatment of the 'Burbs, let me know so I can ban you

Even if you're not region free it seems almost a certainty that Shout! will be releasing it. The only thing puzzling is they haven't yet. Can't say if it would be anywhere near as stacked as Arrow edition.

Plus my understanding is the transfer Universal used for Blu-ray releases in other countries was awful, and that will probably be the one used here and not Arrow's.

domino harvey wrote:Universal will be releasing all three of the Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies in a Blu-Ray box set in April!

As usual with Universal, a mixed bag when it comes to their remastered. Bluray.com

domino harvey wrote:The Dream Team, the Great Outdoors, the Money Pit, and the 'Burbs will be coming on May 24th as Best Buy exclusives. If you for some reason feel compelled to buy the barebones Universal copy over Arrow's deluxe and loving treatment of the 'Burbs, let me know so I can ban you

The great outdoors! That was an annual movie watched every summer for my family. Partly because my dad is very like John candy in that movie.

Eight-film Hammer Horror set coming in September to Blu-Ray: Brides of Dracula / Curse of the Werewolf / Phantom of the Opera / Paranoiac / Kiss of the Vampire / Nightmare / Night Creatures / Evil of Frankenstein

Universal releasing classic catalog titles...??? Interesting

They've been releasing some every other month...

Complete Frankenstein and Wolfman Blu-Ray boxes coming in September

Even with a lot of films duplicated in each set (and from the 2013 Monsters set) the MSRP of $39.95 each is very reasonable, which means one should be able to get each set for $25/ea when on sale. And I can understand why they are going with all films relative to each specific monster in each set even if it brings duplicates - some people only like one series and want all the films related to that character, and with the crossover films you need to serve both individual fanbases fairly.

What I don't understand, with their willingness to have so much crossover between the two sets, is the lack of a 7 film Dracula set featuring Dracula, Spanish Dracula, Dracula's Daughter, Son of Dracula, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula and Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

It would only offer 2 exclusives but so do the other two sets.

My understanding is that they are still in process of doing the restorations on the Dracula, Mummy and Invisible Man sequels.

I just wish they would release the Spanish Dracula with proper English subtitles rather than just SDH captions.

The Spanish Dracula subtitling is SDH-only in the Universal Monsters set? Disappointing. That's one film in the set I haven't watched yet. I enjoyed the Phillip Glass soundtrack for the Lugosi Dracula a lot more than I thought I would. Unlike M for example where the silences are suspenseful, in Dracula I've found much of silence rather flat and stagey rather than suspenseful, so the Glass score filled in nicely.

I have the UK edition of the Monsters Set, and it just has SDH captions for the Spanish version. I don't know about the US set (they're not the same discs, as the UK edition of Dracula is actually missing the Steve Haberman commentary from the US edition). However, I believe all previous DVD editions of the Spanish version have only included SDH captions as well.

10/4/16

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
It Came from Outer Space 3D (1953)