hey xage you may have explained this before buy why no love for the Army of Darkness Hd combo disc.

That is one bitchin' cover. I believe it's the first time that art has been used for home video since the original Thorn EMI release from the early 80's, and I love it. The epitome of a crop of films that you judged the awesomeness by the cover.

An old friend of mine actually has the original 1-sheet with that design (and a Stephen King quote) signed by Bruce Campbell and a few of the women who were in it. Better get that Book of the Dead ready to go...

And I should be getting Evil Dead II on Blu-ray in the mail tomorrow!

EDIT: I forgot about the Elite SE with regards to the art.

To be a total nerd. That is definitely the first time the original poster art has appeared on U.S. dvd. Since other versions of that art had slight modifications to the title font and other things. And it's good too see the old school original version on dvd finally. It does bring back memories of the Thorn EMI VHS,which I own.

Exactly what I was thinking

I'm in, even though this is like the 5th version of Evil Dead I have. Let's not get into the sequels or Dawn Of The Dead. I'm going to need a seperate section just for Evil Dead movies and Dawn Of The Dead.

Is Hatchet as good as people say?

Yeah, I'll be triple-dipping.

Check the Hatchet thread in Movie Talk. It does a pretty good job of summing up what people think.

I thought it was fucking awesome and lots of fun.

Here's the specs. Sadly no Within' The Woods. But we knew that was unlikely with the problems.

The Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition 3-Disc Set

Disc 1: THE EVIL DEAD - Widescreen Version
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English
Dolby Digital Surround EX - English
DTS 6.1 ES Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Sam Raimi - Director; Robert Tapert - Producer
Featurette - ONE BY ONE WE WILL TAKE YOU: The Untold Saga of The EVIL DEAD

Disc 2: THE EVIL DEAD - Full Frame Version
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Bruce Campbell - Star
Featurette - THE EVIL DEAD: TREASURES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR

Disc 3: LADIES OF THE EVIL DEAD
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - 1. LIFE AFTER DEATH: THE LADIES OF EVIL DEAD
2. The Ladies of THE EVIL DEAD Meet Bruce Campbell
3. Discovering The Evil Dead
4. At The Drive In
5. Make-Up Test
6. Unconventional
Trailer
TV Spots
Text/Photo Galleries:
Poster & Memorabilia Gallery
Still Gallery

AnchorBay finally gives us the Full Frame version. YAY! And with new extras. YUM!
Now all I need to make my life complete is an Army of Darkness transfer that doesn't suck. And Evil Dead: The Musical on dvd

considering I have only bought this once (The Book of The Dead), I will gladly pick this edition up. It's one of my fav films.

I'd be very interested in finding out the specs for the Blu-ray release.

Why can't the full frame version get the 5.1?

Dear friend.. I m also a big fan of evil dead. thats very excited for me to hear about the new DVD release specially about the Full frame version bcz I don't like widescreen version i already have..
.. please can someone tell me..where was this good news come from and is that true???

I can't wait more...

I'll be buying it, sure, but it sounds not as spectacular as one might have hoped.

Bruce looks sooooooooo unamused

I want a feature length film of the 'The Evil Dead Baby'

Isn't this like the most released movie on DVD already?

I bet Anchor Bay is thinking, "And next year, we'll start over in HD!"

My understanding is that the only difference between the R3 cut and the "director's cut" is the inclusion of the woman's shirt being ripped off, which Raimi does not approve of.

[Note: Yes, transfer-wise, there is a great difference, and that is the only version of the movie which I own, but I am just speaking about the cuts right now.]

if he didn't approve of it, why the hell would he shoot it?

doesn't add or detract from the film-

sounds like a lame excuse.

That's not what I'd expect from a 3 disc set. Why is everyone excited about the full screen version on disc 2?

Specs suck. I hate it when a company does a balls-out job on the audio for one version of a film and the other (sometimes preferred) version gets squat. A great example of that would be Legend, where the DC got a DTS track and the theatrical cut (with Tangerine Dream's amazing score) got 2.0. Other than that the extras seem to be nothing special. Pass.

lol, exactly. That's a pretty lame "Ultimate." Unless those special features on disc three are somehow better than I read them out to be, I'm a passin'. Looks like I'm satisfied with the BOTD edition after all.