They don't do as many, but last Tuesday they released a bunch of Mario Bava titles. If you like slashers, Bay of Blood is recommended, as a lot of slasher films borrowed from this.

I compared the two from one scene, and the new version looks a little sharper, but not a lot. Not really enough to upgrade based on that.

I'd sooner wait for a HiDef edition of the film.

Did anyone pick this up @ BB? I was wondering what the poster exclusive it comes with looks like.

Pinhead just like on the other side of the flip cover... With "Hellraiser 20th Anniversary" text underneath...

so are u saying that the tin dvd version of the movies is unrated as opposed to the stand alone thx-certified version being cut? i always thought they had the same transfer/cut, since the 2 releases came around the same time.

Hellraiser 2 is uncut in both the tin and the keepcase version. Its the exact same disc.

^ thanks for the reply, though i was actually thinking he was talking about the first hellraiser, since that scene of julia killing the guy with hammer blows is in that movie. so there's really no "uncut" version of hellraiser 1 on dvd then?

well for some reason even the commentary is rather vague suggesting the scene is actually expanded - but then further into the commentary Barker remarks about furthur MPAA requested cuts... so it's still an R-rated cut, sort of.

Only this tiny bit of victim pleading was added on video. But the murder is still cut down from what it was originally. But Barker says it seems more violent in this version,than being overdone with more hammer swings. The rest of of the film still has MPAA edits as well. And I suspect some of that material Barker would want to restore,if the footage could be found. Especially Franks demise.

in the USA and features a few seconds of extended graphic footage in the scene where Julia kills one of her victims, who pleads for his life as she is about to hit him with the hammer

which oddly can be found in uncensored form on Hellraiser II ... go figure ??

in any case, as much as it'd be great to see all that excised footage someday, i think the r-rated cut as it is makes for a strong and tense movie. the cuts didn't affect the movie that much because, unlike these hostel-type movies nowadays, ultimately the movie is not really about the gore. so if this unseen footage never sees the light of day, it's still a great movie, americanized dubbing and all.