Evil Dead 2, Dawn of the Dead Blu-ray

[SAH]

Saw this over on AVS:-

http://www.dvdreview.com/news/

'In addition to “Masters Of Horror” we have heard mention of another number of Blu-Ray titles from Anchor Bay, scheduled for Halloween. Look out for announcements of John Carpenter’s Halloween, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead II and George A. Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead to be released on Blu-Ray some time in September or early October.'

[SeedyR]

Great news. If they could get all 3 cuts of the original dawn of the dead on blu-ray via seamless branching then that would be superb! However I wouldn't be surprised if it was just the director's cut.

[Glenn01]

Originally Posted by SAH

Saw this over on AVS:-

http://www.dvdreview.com/news/

'In addition to “Masters Of Horror” we have heard mention of another number of Blu-Ray titles from Anchor Bay, scheduled for Halloween. Look out for announcements of John Carpenter’s Halloween, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead II and George A. Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead to be released on Blu-Ray some time in September or early October.'

Fantastic news ... looks like I am miving onto HD at just the right time as all my fave movies are coming out, although its not great for the bank balance and its hard enough justifying re-purchases of dvd's over and over .. now I need HD / Blu ray versions.

I reckon Dawn of the Dead is the movie I must have had the most verisons of

First got the UK "cut" version
Then got the UK "fully uncut" version
Then got the remastered Reg.1 one DTS version
THEN got the multi disc box set with 4 versions of the film

NOW ... I "need" the HD vesion ... its great aint it

[matt_p]

'In addition to “Masters Of Horror” we have heard mention of another number of Blu-Ray titles from Anchor Bay, scheduled for Halloween. Look out for announcements of John Carpenter’s Halloween, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead II and George A. Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead to be released on Blu-Ray some time in September or early October.'

Sweet! Hope I can remember how to turn my PS3... it's been a while! Roll on September.

[Hugh]

Nice.

Have seen both Dawn and Day in HD.

Can't remember if Dawn was the Dir. cut or Extended, but the picture was great. Best I've seen on this film.

Day was sharper than the AB Divimax but a little dirtier, but had the correct soundtrack. My guess is the print used wasn't AnchorBay's

Here's hoping for all three versions of Dawn (Boxset or seamless branching), and Day with the correct soundtrack, not that which was on the Divimax pressing.

Been waiting for a decision making movie. HD DVD or Blu-ray? So now we know.

Thanks OP

[Geoff_D]

Damn. I'm just about holding off getting a BD deck, but those Anchor Bay titles will tip me over the edge!!!

I've also bought Dawn loads of times (laserdisc boxset x2, original AB DVD, UK censored DVD, French 'Zombi' DVD, Dutch 2-disc DVD, AB remastered DVD, AB remastered DVD boxset) and won't think twice about getting it in HD.

I pray for two things: that Starz/AB put the US theatrical edit on there (best version IMO) and don't region code it.

[Pecker]

Originally Posted by Glenn01

Fantastic news ... looks like I am miving onto HD at just the right time as all my fave movies are coming out, although its not great for the bank balance and its hard enough justifying re-purchases of dvd's over and over .. now I need HD / Blu ray versions.

I reckon Dawn of the Dead is the movie I must have had the most verisons of

First got the UK "cut" version
Then got the UK "fully uncut" version
Then got the remastered Reg.1 one DTS version
THEN got the multi disc box set with 4 versions of the film

NOW ... I "need" the HD vesion ... its great aint it

Not even close, mate!

First a copy from the original UK release (banned after the '84 VRC)
Second a UK cut VHS when it was re-released
Third an import of the US theatrical version on VHS
Fourth US LaserDisc boxed-set
Fifth US DVD of the theatrical version
Sixth European import of the Italian cut
Seventh US 'Ultimate Edition' boxed-set
Eight UK DVD Uncut Theatrical Version (what, with PAL being better than NTSC)

I'm sure some others have more.

Joking aside, I'm really loking forward to these. But I hope Anchor Bay manage to do something huicy all at once, rather than letting individual discs come out, then expecting us to buy a future boxed-set for all the other editions.

A real 'Ultimate Dead Box' would include:

'NOTLD' (Milenium Edition)


'Dawn...' (Ultimate Edition)


'Day...' (Divimax Edition)

Put them together in a boxed-set, and I'm happy forever.

But if not, I'll be happy with just the Theatrical Cut of 'Dawn...' in high def.

Steve W

[KevD]

Exactly what I consider to be my "Ultimate" Edition, although I would like to seen the supposed Ultimate version of Dawn but doubt we will ever see an English version.

Just seen this on DavisDVD



Finally some must have exclusives for Blu-ray

[av addict]

at last some good titles there to get the wife a bit more into this hd thing at least 3 titles there i think-with halloween at the top for the wife

[rickyroma]

nice, first 4 for definite , weird looking case on evil dead 2.

[Pecker]

Originally Posted by KevD

Exactly what I consider to be my "Ultimate" Edition, although I would like to seen the supposed Ultimate version of Dawn but doubt we will ever see an English version.

Just seen this on DavisDVD



Finally some must have exclusives for Blu-ray

I've just gone weak at the knees.

Any idea which cut of 'Dawn...'?

Steve W

[pRot3us]

Dawn,Day and Halloween

It may be time to go dual format

[SAH]

That's four must haves for me!

[TarPot]

That's a great ad from Anchor Bay. The first four for me.

I'm so excited by these titles.

I'd probably go for Masters of Horror if they did a reasonably priced boxset. So I'll hold fire on those for the time being.

[Glenn01]

Originally Posted by Pecker

Not even close, mate!

First a copy from the original UK release (banned after the '84 VRC)
Second a UK cut VHS when it was re-released
Third an import of the US theatrical version on VHS
Fourth US LaserDisc boxed-set
Fifth US DVD of the theatrical version
Sixth European import of the Italian cut
Seventh US 'Ultimate Edition' boxed-set
Eight UK DVD Uncut Theatrical Version (what, with PAL being better than NTSC)

I'm sure some others have more.

Joking aside, I'm really loking forward to these. But I hope Anchor Bay manage to do something huicy all at once, rather than letting individual discs come out, then expecting us to buy a future boxed-set for all the other editions.

A real 'Ultimate Dead Box' would include:

'NOTLD' (Milenium Edition)


'Dawn...' (Ultimate Edition)


'Day...' (Divimax Edition)

Put them together in a boxed-set, and I'm happy forever.

But if not, I'll be happy with just the Theatrical Cut of 'Dawn...' in high def.

Steve W

ha ha ha

Hey I totally forgot my other "none dvd" versions

I even had a BETAMAX copy of DAWN ... hey how cool is that

Then 2 VHS versions

and also a Laserdisc version

Jeeeeeeeeeeeees, we all clearly love "DAWN"

Bring on the HD versions ... and lets keep buying it more