Oblong Box/scream&scream Again??
02-25-05, 03:32 AM
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Oblong Box/scream&scream Again??
Was this title part of the recent re-issue of Midnite Movies by MGM?
Many of the MM doubles - including some of the earliest rarities like Who Slew Auntie Roo? seem to have been re-released recently. DVDEmpire, for example, lists nearly all of them as in stock and had a re-release date of this month.
Similarly, DVDSoon but with a date of April 5th for some reason.
However the Oblong Box title was notably absent. Only DeepDiscount showed this one as being re-issued on the 22nd.
MGM's own site shows it's in print, but unhelpfuly only links to Best Buy for orders, which is no good as I am in Britain and they don't ship here.
Does anyone know? My copy has been on backorder for ages from DVDSoon.
Many of the MM doubles - including some of the earliest rarities like Who Slew Auntie Roo? seem to have been re-released recently. DVDEmpire, for example, lists nearly all of them as in stock and had a re-release date of this month.
Similarly, DVDSoon but with a date of April 5th for some reason.
However the Oblong Box title was notably absent. Only DeepDiscount showed this one as being re-issued on the 22nd.
MGM's own site shows it's in print, but unhelpfuly only links to Best Buy for orders, which is no good as I am in Britain and they don't ship here.
Does anyone know? My copy has been on backorder for ages from DVDSoon.
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02-27-05, 01:39 PM
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still available at dvdsoon. i would imagine that they ship to uk.
link:
http://www.dvdsoon.com/show-title-details.xml?uid=38322
link:
http://www.dvdsoon.com/show-title-details.xml?uid=38322
02-27-05, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dollfins1
still available at dvdsoon. i would imagine that they ship to uk.
link:
http://www.dvdsoon.com/show-title-details.xml?uid=38322
link:
http://www.dvdsoon.com/show-title-details.xml?uid=38322
But then, they had most of the MM "available" all during the time they were Out Of Print.
My order for the Count Yorga/Return Count Yorga one sat with them for about six weeks, until the re-issue.
The only one they definitely have IN STOCK is the Invisible Invaders/Journey to the Seventh Planet one.
Most of the rest show up as being re-released on 5th April...except the one above. And the Oblong Box.
That's why I wanted to know about the Oblong Box. Neither DVDSoon or DVDEmpire show it as being RE-released, but they do show nearly all the others as being re-released. Indeed, DVDEmpire got restocked with most things, but still list Oblong Box as "unavailable" (though Amazon just got new stock)! I thought, just maybe, this one title MGM couldn't get re-release rights for it..
But then, MGM have made a piss-poor job of marketing the things. Shame, cos they made a great job of the titles themselves!
02-27-05, 03:55 PM
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They're great value, and excellent transfers - way better than you'd think for the price andconsidering they;'re not going to sell in massive numbers. Rare titles that I never thought would see the light of day. I'm a huge Vincent Price fan myself, and love the Roger Corman/Poe films particularly.
Pity that MGM made such a terrible job of marketing them though!
Pity that MGM made such a terrible job of marketing them though!
