CertifiedTHX

On September 18, 2012, Shout! Factory will release Halloween II (1981) and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) on Collector's Edition Blu-ray. (Both will also be available on DVD.)

Special features for Halloween II will include:

• Audio commentary with director Rick Rosenthal
• Audio commentary with actor Dick Warlock
• The Nightmare Isn't Over: The Making of HALLOWEEN II, featuring Rick Rosenthal, Lance Guest, Dick Warlock, Alan Howarth, Dean Cundey, and more
• Horror's Hallowed Grounds - Revisiting the original shooting locations
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer, TV and Radio Spots

Special features for Halloween III: Season of the Witch will include:

• Audio commentary with director Tommy Lee Wallace
• Audio commentary with actor Tom Atkins
• Stand Alone: The Making of HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, featuring Tommy Lee Wallace, Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dick Warlock, Dean Cundey, and more
• Horror’s Hallowed Grounds - Revisiting the original shooting locations
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailers and TV Spots

Read the announcement at Shock Till You Drop for more.

--THX

islandclaws

... or read the thread where we've been discussing it for the past week.

But I do applaud your enthusiasm for both.

orangerunner

Glad I didn't buy the Universal version but I hope they add the deleted scenes from the TV version or better yet, have director Rick Rosenthal's director cut.

joltman

They announced on Facebook that the TV cut of Halloween 2 will be included on a DVD with the BD

critterdvd

Mike86

I'm tempted to order Halloween III directly from the Shout Factory! web site to get the limited poster. Not really sure I want to pay $35 for it though.

orangerunner

Close enough to adding the director's cut and deleted scenes; I'm sold!

d2cheer

Dammit. I just bought Halloween II...

Lastdaysofrain

Pre-ordered both of these and IV and V

Darth Maher

See, I am justifying my double dip as "I just bought 'Terror In The Aisles' with 'Halloween II' on it"

Josh-da-man

Sounds good.

I might consider picking up II and III on DVD instead of blu-ray since they're quite a bit cheaper to upgrade my old Goodtimes DVDs. Not sure I need these in HD.

islandclaws

You just get the fuck out of here. Right now.

NoirFan

As previously noted, there is already a thread devoted to these releases as well as all other upcoming Shout and Scream Factory titles located here:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/566...thread-12.html

onebyone

I like the way you think

I will use this too, because I love Terror in the Aisles enough to buy on its own AND because there's no way I can pass up this release.

Toddarino

If anyone doesn't really care about the poster or nurses hat, you can pre-order these from amazon for 20.95 each. I'll get part three from Shout. That poster is awesome.

SterlingBen

I'll be upgrading my VHS tapes of these. Has there always been so many commentaries (It was the reason I never went DVD on these 2 (I think)).

In fact I have all 7 on VHS, except the reboot and tv version of the original on dvd.

8 does not exist and I certainly didn't pay to see it first run in the theater.

orangerunner

I'm glad the original poster of this thread brought the release of Halloween II and III to our attention.

I never would have found the release info buried somewhere in a 14+ page Shout Factory thread.

JackBurton

Respectfully, if you are only hearing about new releases from their dedicated threads on this forum you're going to be late to the party on a good majority of what is announced. Sadly, gone are the DVDtalk days where even ancillary threads on genre releases would yield multiple pages of responses. I'd say 95%+ of what is announced in the new release thread and various boutique studio threads never have dedicated threads created for discussion.

joltman

I don't think that's reason to not have individual release threads.

RobLutter

People willfully buy Halloween III on purpose? I kid I kid!

I just bought Halloween II... so this release is kind of a surprise. I'll stick with my Universal edition if they're not going to go to the trouble to upgrade the TV version to BD quality.

Matthew Chmiel

1. Go pro and change your forum settings to show 40 posts per page, because I can see only 12 pages.
2. Halloween II, Halloween III and Terror Train have been consistently and constantly talked since page ten of the Shout! Factory thread.
3. While I agree that a lot of threads on catalog titles get buried and some of us may have no idea that some catalog titles even exist or are coming, I prefer that we have threads devoted to specific companies. I like having separate threads based upon what Arrow, Blue Underground, Criterion, Shout! Factory, Synapse, and others are releasing. It creates a far more engaging conversation, but it also guarantees the thread will remain for a longer time. Specifically on the front page or if needed to be found via the search functionality (the Google search, not the awful vB search).

islandclaws

Blu-ray.com review is up

Sounds like this is tits.

asianxcore

Awesome!

The review definitely sounds different (in a good way!) than another I read that was posted a couple weeks ago.

riotinmyskull

blu-ray.com review for HALLOWEEN III

asianxcore

Didn't sound like they were impressed, but I'm excited anyway!