One/Only Evil Dead Series Versions thread (merged in effect thread)
08-27-07, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Abe.
Didn't they re-release Army of Darkness on HD-DVD, but not as a combo?
08-27-07, 11:04 PM
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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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Evil Dead II is coming from Anchor Bay/Stars on Blu-ray in October... Assuming they hit their release date.
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08-27-07, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by xage
Originally Posted by Abe.
Didn't they re-release Army of Darkness on HD-DVD, but not as a combo?
let me check further if there were re-releases
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08-28-07, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Abe.
Didn't they re-release Army of Darkness on HD-DVD, but not as a combo?
Originally Posted by TRC
Yup. I saw the non combo version for the first time on Saturday. DVD Empire has both listed.
Originally Posted by fitprod
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.
fitprod
Evil Dead II is coming from Anchor Bay/Stars on Blu-ray in October... Assuming they hit their release date.
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Originally Posted by EvlAsh
Xage, the Fry's in Burbank has the HD DVD (non-combo) release of Army of Darkness for $20.
08-28-07, 09:48 PM
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Revised Listing (August 28,2007)
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- 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
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)
Region 1 Evil Dead DVD Variation
Evil Dead / Evil Dead II- Dead By Dawn / Army of Darkness
The Books Of The Dead - Original and Re-release
Evil Dead - 1999 Anchorbay Release in 5 different DVD Art *
Evil Dead - Anchorbay THX Variants (Excluding Book Of the Dead 1)
Evil Dead - 1999 Anchorbay DVD in a Lunchbox and Neca Lunchbox Limited #out of 5000 **
Army of Darkness: BoomStick Edition - 2003 Anchorbay Release ***
Army if Darkness - 1999-2000 Anchorbay #d Limited Edition - Rare/OOP ****
Evil Dead - Trilogy in UMD and HD/DVD Combo Format
Evil Dead - Anchorbay 2002 (RENTAL ONLY) Release - Rarest R1 *****
My Evil Dead Collection
Evil Dead / Evil Dead II- Dead By Dawn / Army of Darkness
The Books Of The Dead - Original and Re-release
Evil Dead - 1999 Anchorbay Release in 5 different DVD Art *
Evil Dead - Anchorbay THX Variants (Excluding Book Of the Dead 1)
Evil Dead - 1999 Anchorbay DVD in a Lunchbox and Neca Lunchbox Limited #out of 5000 **
Army of Darkness: BoomStick Edition - 2003 Anchorbay Release ***
Army if Darkness - 1999-2000 Anchorbay #d Limited Edition - Rare/OOP ****
Evil Dead - Trilogy in UMD and HD/DVD Combo Format
Evil Dead - Anchorbay 2002 (RENTAL ONLY) Release - Rarest R1 *****
My Evil Dead Collection
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
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08-29-07, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Abe.
Xage, what does the artwork on the non-combo disc look like?
08-29-07, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by G-Rex
Xage,
Do you know why the HD-DVD version was re-released? Was there a problem with the combo discs?
Do you know why the HD-DVD version was re-released? Was there a problem with the combo discs?
08-29-07, 08:57 PM
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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!..
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!..
Originally Posted by G-Rex
Xage,
Do you know why the HD-DVD version was re-released? Was there a problem with the combo discs?
Do you know why the HD-DVD version was re-released? Was there a problem with the combo discs?
08-29-07, 11:25 PM
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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
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
08-30-07, 12:09 AM
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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.
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.
08-30-07, 12:25 AM
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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?
08-30-07, 12:34 AM
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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.
08-30-07, 07:27 AM
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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.
I thought the effects in Citizen Cane were subpar too.
08-30-07, 09:08 AM
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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
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
Originally Posted by StephenX
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
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
08-30-07, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Peep
Ooh another Evil Dead topic! How soon before Xage finds it and posts the pictures of the various versions that he has? 
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)
08-30-07, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Abe.
Xage, what does the artwork on the non-combo disc look like?
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
08-30-07, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by xage
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)
08-30-07, 01:45 PM
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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!
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!