I know that there is an existing Blue Underground thread, but I didn't want this to get lost in the shuffle.

According to Fangoria.com, at last night's NYC screening of "The Godfathers of Mondo" documentary (from BU's Mondo box set), BU announced some titles for next year, including a Blind Dead box set. Bill Lustig already has the rights to Amando De Ossorio's first two films, Tombs of the Blind Dead and Return of the Blind Dead (aka Return of the Evil Dead), and these will be given new anamorphic transfers (as well as a longer cut of the latter). BU also secured the rights to the 3rd film, The Ghost Galleon (aka Horror of the Zombies) and are currently working on getting the 4th and final film, Night of the Seagulls. This should be the definitive release of these Euro-cult films.

awesome news, i cant wait.

KICK ASS!

Great news! Loved all 4 Blind Dead films. I'm sure if Bill Lustig is behind them, we'll see the best available versions of these films.

thanks for this important heads-up. yup...I'm still buying all BU titles. these will find a loving home in my cozy library.

btw...for those who got the Mondo box, what # did you get? me...#2465.

For some strange reason, I thought that you might be interested in this, gut.


BTW, speaking of the Mondo box, is it still in stock from any online vendors, or what store chains is it showing up at? My mother just came up with the idea of getting my father this set for Christmas (he saw most of the films when they were first shown theatrically, but was too cheap to shell out for the set). I told her of its limited status but I would try to track down a set for her.

Oh, that is frigging excellent news. Thanks for making my night!

very.....thanks again, cultshock!!! I have not looked around at local retailers. it says "in stock" and ships in 24 hours at Amazon and dvd planet. didnt check any other sites. I'm sure you will be able to find one...at least for a while.

Are'nt they coming out with Fight for Your Life as well?

Fight for Your Life is indeed mentioned on BU's website as a future release. I'm looking forward to that one, along with David Cronenberg's rather obscure film, Fast Company (Fangoria says that BU is hoping to get Cronenberg involved in the DVD ).
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FFYL has been listed on the BU site for a while. I've never seen it. cant wait! I can honestly say that BU knows how to turn me on to films I may have never seen. before them...I had not even heard of flicks like Bone and Contraband. and paying respect to gems like Django and The Prowler is a huge plus. they just make me feel game for anything. until I have a reason not to...I'll trust'em 100%.

I dont know where the credit should be given under these circumstances, you, your mom, or your dad. Given the notority of these films, notably Addio Zio Tom these are not the typical films one would necesarily want to highlight in your video collection.

I watched a "grey market" video tape of FFYL several years back. I'm sure you'll like it, especially given the reverent BU treatment. I agree, they are a great company, and do a great job of introducing a lot of people to films that would otherwise remain complete obscurities.

I keep hoping that BU could get the rights to the explicity savage "Soldier Blue" that has only seen release on DVD in Germany.

Actually, that was the one film out of the set that my father didn't get to see theatrically (did it play anywhere in the US outside of 42nd street?). I found a poor quality bootleg of Addio Zio Tom about 8 years ago, and showed it to my father, who found it very interesting (he has a keen taste in exploitation, cult and trash films that he thankfully passed down to me). Believe me, neither I nor my father have "typical" video collections. My mother, to her credit, is just very understanding and open minded.

another one I have not seen. sounds worthy though.

very cool P&M, cultshock!

This is great news. I just hope that they include the English track for TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD, and that RETURN OF THE BLIND DEAD is the full uncut version.

can your family adopt me

Soldier Blue

I guess my parents are pretty cool. How many people can say that their mother has watched and liked such films as Blood Feast (my father took my mother to that film on a date, back in the 60's), Pink Flamingos, Evil Dead, etc. I owe my love of films (especially genre films) to my father's influence, god love him.

Well, FWIW, my mother rented Blood Feast for me in my much younger years, noting that it was a film she loved. My mother basically rented every horror film available for me to watch as I grew up, often noting those she liked (Night of the Living Dead (it made her cry), The Exorcist), and those she disliked (The Exorcist II: The Heretic). She basically ignored the straight-to-video and other dreck that I would routinely watch (Full Moon productions, endless sequels, etc.) and rarely watched horror films with me.

Meanwhile, my father would take me to see any movie in the theatre that I wanted (my mother rarely went to the theatre after they got rid of the smoking section), and this usually included the best (and, therefore, the worst) of what the 1980s cineplexes had to offer in horror. My father's tastes, too, are rather ecletic, and he considers Seconds and Repulsion (his girlfriend at the time ran out of the theatre in fright and nausea at the latter - he stayed in his seat until the end) to be among his very favorite films.

For all of this, though, my parents' tastes never quite stretched to the truly wild areas of cult, exploitation, and trash, and they remain confused and amused at my tastes to this day.

DJ

I have never seen any of these "Blind Dead" films, however, I have read good things about them. I am also fascinated with the Templars. So, this set is something which I am excited about. It is this type of effort which keeps me buying Blue Underground.

Now, if we can just get Blue Underground to do a "Mark of the Devil" boxed set...

MGM owns the rights to SOLDIER BLUE, so I am sure they will release it in their western month deal.

I never figured out why some are crazy about the BLIND DEAD mlovies, I know the guy who writes the Psychotronic book thinks they are foolish, the first one is rather slow, not enough blind dead action, but does have a neat last 20 minutes, the 2nd one is the best, real NIGHT OF THE LIVNG DEADish, but does have a ending that is questionable. The 3rd on on the boat is actually hyspterical, the tub toy effect is must be seen to disbelieve, the 4th one has nice eerie feel, cool opening.