Here's some more multo bene interessanto info that I've just picked up today: The three Eddie Romero directed Filipino films, BEYOND ATLANTIS, BEAST OF THE YELLOW NIGHT, and TWILIGHT PEOPLE have been re-released on reg. 1 DVD by VCA as part of a 12 film box set called SCREAM THEATER: THE SADISTIC 70S.
This is certainly brilliant news as these films are way outta print! There are two new copies of BEYOND ATLANTIS listed on Amazon.com right now, and the cheapest one is $95!! The cheapest second hand copy is 42 bucks. Retromedia's DVD release of BEAST OF THE YELLOW NIGHT is still available on Amazon fairly cheap (around $10) and it's a lbx print too. However, TWILIGHT PEOPLE is also rather expensive, retailing for around $40 for a new copy.
The 12 films are on 4 discs so there could be compression issues, however, a couple of gents on Dvdmanicas were nice enough and informed me that the picture quality is good on all three films. Charlie_G of Dvdmanicas sent me some screen grabs from BEYOND ATLANTIS and they certainly look alright. Obviously I don't know about compression and shit or how they'll look on a 50" TV set but when you (like me) are used to shit fullscreen pixellating VCDs from Malaysia and 5th generation video dupes then you'll think this is like watching films from Heaven. LOL.
The full set consists of these films:
Alice Sweet Alice (1977)
Beast Of The Yellow Night (1971)
Beyond Atlantis (1973)
Death Game (1976)
Don’t Open The Door (1975)
House Of The Living Dead (1976)
The Night Creature (1978)
Scream Bloody Murder (1973)
Sisters Of Death (1978)
Twilight People (1972)
The Vampire Happening (1971)
Young Hannah: Queen Of The Vampires (1972)
The set isn't listed on Amazon but it's available directly from VCI for just under $15 + postage. They do ship overseas. I already have the old releases so I won't be ordering this set but the films are cool and if you haven't got them you can certainly save a lot on this instead of coughing up for the OOP versions. I paid $40 for my copy of BEYOND ATLANTIS a couple of years back. >_<
Thanks to Ken & Charlie for the info.
Yes, that does look good, Jack, and I've had my fair share of BEYOND shoddy looking dupes over the years, too!
ReplyDeleteI love good picture quality but because I've gone thru so many bad dupes (and mega bad legal releases too) I often have a hard time understanding the problem when format fans are having fits over a slight imperfection with the picture of their new DVD. Some fans take it so seriously you almost expect them to go into a seizure or start coughing blood, haha.
ReplyDelete"Are you kidding me?!?!? The interview isn't ANAMORPHIC!!!???"
ReplyDelete"Those three transparent blocks in the upper right corner hinder my enjoyment of this movie I've waited ages to see. I guess I'll stick with my VHS transfer from Midnight Video painstakingly edited from multiple versions and impeccably synced English track done by true professionals!"
Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteAll three mentioned films in this release are about the same quality.
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