OOP Anchor Bay titles vs. their Blue Underground reissues?
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OOP Anchor Bay titles vs. their Blue Underground reissues?
Blue Underground's been rereleasing a lot of oop Anchor Bay titles (especially Italian horror/giallo, Argento/Fulci/etc). What I'd like to know: is there any difference in audio/video quality between the old/new versions? I ask because I've been finding lots of cheap Anchor Bay versions, especially some of the Drive-In Double Features, which DVDplanet has for $5-6. I recently got the DF for Rats/Hell of the Living Dead at DVDempire for $7, both titles reissued by BU individually at $14.99 retail. Are the Anchor Bay issues somehow inferior, or am I justified in grabbing 'em where I find 'em?
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Originally Posted by Living Deadpan
I recently got the DF for Rats/Hell of the Living Dead at DVDempire for $7, both titles reissued by BU individually at $14.99 retail.
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I am almost positive that the transfers/extras/etc. are exactly the same. Obviously the discs themselves have less years on them and I prefer the BU packaging more but $6-7 on those DF is good.
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Do the BU releases have subtitles or closed-captioning on their Argento movies?
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I am almost positive that the transfers/extras/etc. are exactly the same. Obviously the discs themselves have less years on them and I prefer the BU packaging more
Just curious, why do you prefer the BU packaging, the clear keep cases?
In many cases I prefer the AB packaging because they have the lobby card insert of the cool looking European poster. That is, I dig pre-Starz AB.
While we're on the subject, do you (or anyone reading this) know if BU will be releasing Fulci's The Beyond? I still can't forgive myself for selling off my limited tin.
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It wouldn't surprise me if the releases were identical A/V-wise. I know the BU release of Suspiria is basically the first two discs of AB's Limited Edition (it only lacks the soundtrack).
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Originally Posted by Living Deadpan
Blue Underground's been rereleasing a lot of oop Anchor Bay titles (especially Italian horror/giallo, Argento/Fulci/etc). What I'd like to know: is there any difference in audio/video quality between the old/new versions? I ask because I've been finding lots of cheap Anchor Bay versions, especially some of the Drive-In Double Features, which DVDplanet has for $5-6. I recently got the DF for Rats/Hell of the Living Dead at DVDempire for $7, both titles reissued by BU individually at $14.99 retail. Are the Anchor Bay issues somehow inferior, or am I justified in grabbing 'em where I find 'em?
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Originally Posted by Living Deadpan
Thanks!
Just curious, why do you prefer the BU packaging, the clear keep cases?
In many cases I prefer the AB packaging because they have the lobby card insert of the cool looking European poster. That is, I dig pre-Starz AB.
While we're on the subject, do you (or anyone reading this) know if BU will be releasing Fulci's The Beyond? I still can't forgive myself for selling off my limited tin.
Just curious, why do you prefer the BU packaging, the clear keep cases?
In many cases I prefer the AB packaging because they have the lobby card insert of the cool looking European poster. That is, I dig pre-Starz AB.
While we're on the subject, do you (or anyone reading this) know if BU will be releasing Fulci's The Beyond? I still can't forgive myself for selling off my limited tin.
I do prefer the clear keepcases and most of their covers although I did forget about the awesomeness of the European poster cards which trumps all.
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Originally Posted by OopAnt
From what I hear and read, they are by and large they are an exact import, save some of the special features which might be owned by AB. On the other hand, titles like Suspiria, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, and a few others have been revamped to be better with new additional extras.
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Originally Posted by Zodiac_Speaking
I thought Grindhouse Releasing had the rights to The Beyond?
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Well, circumstances led me to having both the 2002 AB and 2007 BU of Michele Soavi's Stagefright. Same transfers, same extras, same synopsis on the back. Only difference is AB has the poster replica insert, BU has an insert advertising its back catalogue.