I also remember being freaked out by the trailer, but when I finally saw the film on video years later, it was actually quite dull. Not scary in the least.

From Bloody-Disgusting:

While at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in Burbank California, I spent most of the morning looking for Richard Attenborough's classic 1978 horror film Magic on VHS. Well to my surprise Sky Films, who released the amazing The Manson Family on DVD, revealed to B-D that they will be releasing the astoundingly creepy Magic on DVD in 2006! More details soon.

YES!!!!! It's about friggen time!!! Thanks for the info !!! It's a long way off, but I am VERY happy to hear this!!!

Great news! I look forward to seeing this again.

Oh and...

I guess so

Any updates on this one?

Glad this thread got bumped as I missed the mention of 2006. This is such a fantastic, underrated film. It ranks just slightly below Psycho for me.

Isn't this Rosie O'Donnell's favorite movie?

Yep - this one got me too, worse than any other movie in memory actually. I was too young to realize what was happening and my little imagination was running wild. I was traumatized, dammit! I rented the film again as a teenager to show to some friends one halloween and it wasn't NEARLY as horrific as I had remembered (I even had to endure some 'This is the scariest movie you've ever seen?!' jokes). Still a good movie though...

Davisdvd.com is reporting that Magic is going to be released on April 25th, 2005 by Dark Sky Films.

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

Yes....TV spots. That will be the jewel of the whole release.

Wholly crap this is awesome news!!! Much more than I ever expected! I can't fucking wait for this !!! Thanks for the update!!!

"will be presented with a 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer from a new high-definition master and Dolby Digital 2.0 audio. Extras will include a "Fats & Friends" featurette on the malevolent puppet with ventriloquist Dennis Alwood, interviews with Anthony Hopkins and cinematographer Victor J. Kemper, a vintage radio interview with Hopkins, Ann-Margret makeup test, a photo gallery, trailers, TV and radio spots. Retail will be $19.98."

Review up at DVDManiacs:
http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Reviews/M-P/magic.html

Only one more week!

I will never watch that TV spot again. As a kid, I use to run and hide behind the couch whenever it came on.


Brrrr...... It still gives me the creeps.

I've never seen this movie, but just wanted to add my name to the list of those creeped out by the trailer as a kid. I remember seeing it before Jaws 2 in 1978.

A short TV spot can be seen on deepdiscountdvd's site:

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/studi...ainStudioid=17

Don't crap your pants, kiddies.

Thanks! That is awesome!

Some asshead at Best Buy tried to tell me this got pushed back until May 16th. I had to go to a local vendor (Waterloo) to buy one of the three copies they had there for $15.99. Anyone else having trouble finding it?

I saw it today at Tower Records.

I had trouble too. Usually Dark Sky is great about keeping release dates, I didn't see this or their other releases at Best Buy or Borders. Internet time.

I had trouble. I don't have any Tower or other store like that, just the usual BB, CC, Target, and Walmart. Not one of these had it in stock, so I guess I'll have to wait for the next DDD sale or something. I was really looking forward to this too.

I didn't see it for rental at either Hollywood or Blockbuster today. I'll most likely just buy it eventually.

Digital eyes has it for 13.95

http://www.digitaleyes.net/Details.cfm?info=MPD007698