Yup. I saw the non combo version for the first time on Saturday. DVD Empire has both listed.

Army of Darkness definately exists on HD DVD as a non-combo now, as noted.

Evil Dead II is coming from Anchor Bay/Stars on Blu-ray in October... Assuming they hit their release date.

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Xage, the Fry's in Burbank has the HD DVD (non-combo) release of Army of Darkness for $20.

Thanks!

Thanks ABe, for the quick note!...

Thanks for the detailed info

Yeah Im gunning for both Evil Dead 1 & 2 at Blu Ray


Got it EvlAsh! Thanks for the tip!

Revised Listing (August 28,2007)

Added:
- Complete 1999 Anchorbay Super Jewel Case Release (with the inclusion of letter "D")
- Listed UMD Evil Dead 1 & 2
- Army of Darkness HD/DVD Combo
- Evil Dead THX French Canadian Release
- Re-released HD Only (08/28/07-correction)



footnotes:

* Five "5" Releases (enough to spell D-E-V-I-L at its spine# ).

** The two released lunchboxes were always been mistaken as the same, but its NOT (One has a DVD in it, the other has a Thermos).

*** Please be aware that the sought after OOP release/version of the "Boomstick Edition" is the one with the "Limited Collectible 8 page Booklet" entitled Join the Army

**** Please take note that there were four #d Limited Edition releases of Army of Darknes. The Hard ones to obtain or the so called "rarer" versions are the ones released in Canada.

- Gold keepcase / Director's Cut limited to (US) #out of 40,000 and (Canada) #out of 5,000
- 2 disc Alpha Case limited to (US) #out of 30,000 and (Canada) #out of 4,000

**** This is an exclusive Blockbuster "Rental Only" Edition and "Not For Sale". Released back in 2002. And what made it so rare was it's limited release of availability to "Corporate" Blockbuster Stores only

Xage, what does the artwork on the non-combo disc look like?

Xage,

Do you know why the HD-DVD version was re-released? Was there a problem with the combo discs?

I heard that people complained about catalog titles being combos since most of us interested in the movies already had the SDVD version, so why have a combo disc? They now tend to apply combo to newer releases only.

I hope this related news article would help:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/866

I think the issue relies on the consumer's preference

Good side of it.. is that.. the wave of HD/DVD combo released are now DISCONTINUED!..

Evil Dead DVD....is this 'effect' really that bad?
 

Hey guys. I recently purchased Evil Dead on DVD this past week and watched it. Good movie, in a very akward way.

Nonetheless, quick question. EVERY scene outside that has the moonlight in the picture, is it really that crappy looking of a special effect job? It is almost as if there is literally a square video overlayed on the the actual picture to create the image of the full moon.

Are the special effect's this cheesy looking? I wouldn't doubt it, I'm just curious.

BTW, do the sequels get better? I know they are cheesy, almost so bad its good, but would I enjoy them?

Thanks!
-Stephen

The original movie was made for next to nothing; cut it some slack.

And yes, the production values do increase in each sequel.

How would we know? We know nothing about your taste in movies.

If I'm not mistaken what you're referring to is a bad matte painting job. It was a very low budget movie.

Most likely, if you liked the first one, you'll at least like II and probably Army of Darkness. Of course, I knew a guy in high school who loved the first, hated the second and loved AOD, so you never know. Personally EDII is my favorite.

I could be wrong, but I think one of the versions of the Evil Dead dvd had picture quality/contrast/etc issues that made the moon stand out even worse than normal?

Don't know if you'll like the other two; depends on what you like. Evil Dead was a straight-up horror movie, Evil Dead 2 struck a careful balance between horror and comedy, and Army of Darkness is flat-out comedy.

Ooh another Evil Dead topic! How soon before Xage finds it and posts the pictures of the various versions that he has? :)

Yea, what was it made for? $50,000 or 100,000? I know it wasn't much more than that. Considering that some special effects on the made for TV sci-fi productions are worse than what you see in ED then I think they did pretty good.

I thought the effects in Citizen Cane were subpar too.

There were several Evil Dead part 1 DVDs released out there. Care to share what version you got?

And looks like the suceeding paragraph after the first were more of generalized to the details of the Movie thand the DVD.

I hope the following reference below helps:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ight=evil+dead

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ight=evil+dead

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ight=evil+dead

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ight=evil+dead

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ight=evil+dead

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ight=evil+dead

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ight=evil+dead

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ight=evil+dead

:eyebrow: The One and Only Evil Dead Thread Got Updated Recently:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....&goto=lastpost

(No need to post the updated photos here)

Sorry Abe, late response but the photo comparison is in the updated group of pictures same as reposted by steebo777


Major differences were:

1. The Emblem on top of the plastic case
2. The sticker
3. Information print at the back

Doh, I meant the disc artwork :)

Just so you know, somebody started a new Evil Dead thread, and I was responding in it. The mods must have taken that thread and folded it into this one (where it belongs). It kind of made my already-lame joke fall even flatter.

Hey guys. Sorry, I forgot to check in this thread to see if the topic moved, which it was. It wasn't a 'versions' question, so I thought I would post it in a new thread.

Anywho, my version is this:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....oduct&id=53027

Standard, one disc Evil Dead version at Best Buy. Army of Darkness looks more suited to my tastes, but I might just go in order. The over-the-top gore, cheesy story, and humor makes these enjoyable. But yeah, about the moonlight thing, it is that version that I have.

Thanks guys!