QuiGonJosh

I mean come on. All of the material is already there on Laserdisc, just port it over to DVD! God, I want this so much! I mean every piece of shit from Universal get's 47 releases, but we can't get one SE of a cult movie whose director has gone on to create one of the most popular movies ever! I mean, c'mon they could really cash in on this and give fans what they want! AHHH!!!

MBuhmann

Agreed. I have heard of the laserdisc edition with all the extra footage but have never seen it. I never had a laserdisc player. I really would love to see a DVD release!

Fok

You'd think with the sucess of LOTR, they'd release this. I'm still waiting for the SE to be released

QuiGonJosh

Here's a review of the LD that has the Extended Cut and a 4.5 hour (!) Documentary!

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/frighteners-ld/

ScottsDvds

That is a great laserdisc and I love the Frighteners DTS laserdisc also. I hope it comes out on DVD.

QuiGonJosh

Really! I mean it's not like they have to produce new material. It's all there already made! Just put it on DVD! Ahhhh...it unnerves me to no end!

Matthew Chmiel

Maybe Universal is waiting for the theatrical release or video release of King Kong to put it out?

TomOpus

Since I bought the first DVD release a couple weeks ago there should be an announcement shortly

I saw a used copy with the good cover so I had to nab it. The audio/video quality was surprisingly good. Yeah, bring on an SE!

QuiGonJosh

Yeah the A/V on the current disc is top notch, even against some of the newer DVD's, given that this was a pretty old release.

I envy you and your DVD with the cool cover. I, unfortunately didn't buy that one when it was out, by the time I bought mine, it had the butt-ugly version with the two ghosts lookin like they're about to rape poor Michael J. Fox.

TomOpus

Oh god, wasn't that one of the worst covers ever? It's at least top 5 worst of all time. Truely baffling as to why they created such an attrocity.

QuiGonJosh

ugh...don't remind me of it...

Romerojpg

I downloaded a copy on dvd of the Dir Cut as I was sick of waiting! and I own the real dvd of the normal edit. So they dont really loose out cash wise as I own the Vid, Laserdisc (I dont have a LD player mind you ) and the DVD, so its not as if I havent give them loads of cash!

RyoHazuki

4 1/2 hour making of documentary? I don't think I could even watch porn that long without getting bored as hell.

QuiGonJosh

Well, all the doc's on the LOTR EE's are well over 4 hours all together and I can watch those just has much as the movies.

DarkGryphon

It's actually 4 1/2 hours total yet with broken up sections focusing on different aspects of the film. I've also read the review of the Director's Cut Signature Collection laserdisc and all Universal needs to do when they port it over to DVD is make the film anamorphic with obviously a better transfer and have it on 3 discs as Josh implied.
I also agree with Matthew's guess of releasing the Extended Edition to coinside with King Kong's release, either theatrically or on DVD.

RyoHazuki

I think the making of an epic trilogy like LOTR and the making of a low budget comedy/horror are a little different.

ThatGuamGuy

'Frighteners' wasn't all that low budget, really. Robert Zemeckis executive produced it, it was supposed to be his trial run to get to do 'King Kong'.

Anyway, I suspect that they'll give it the treatment it deserves on the 10th anniversary -- 2006 -- when 'King Kong' hits DVD as well.

movielib

I have both the box set and the DTS LDs.

Rammsteinfan

I so want a new version of the film as well w/ all the extras. I almost downloaded the Ext Edition a month ago but passed on it. I hope I cna see it someday in all its glory.

Duder

FOTR:EE had around 6 hours of documentary alone, IIRC. Multiply that by 3 and you've got an 18 hour documentary.

I too would love to see a Frighteners: SE.

cinephan

I'd jump on this as soon as it come out. I love this movie.

asianxcore

would kill for an SE version of the Frighteners. I hope someday soon they do port over the extra footage and the extras from the laserdisc. doesnt the directors cut laserdisc fetch a good amount on ebay?

MasterofDVD

This has been my most wanted DVD SE since I heard about the amazing LD years and years ago. I can't believe we are STILL waiting for this.

jaeufraser

Yeah, this was a 40 million dollar production (in 1996 that was still pretty decent sized budget) with a massive amount of special effects in it. This was no small production by any means, though not nearly as big as LoTR.

I recall that Zemeckis liked what Jackson was doing so much, he even got the budget uped from its initial 30 million to include more effects work. And, considering WETA and the New Zealand shoot, no doubt that budget was strecthed a lot further than lots of homegrown products.

Anyway, give me this stuff already. I'm hoping the Kong thing will lead to this DVD, as it is Universal again.

Squirrel God

May have to sell my copy with the cool original cover if it's worth something