Misery and Child's Play: 9/15/09
05-27-09 | 05:01 PM
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Misery and Child's Play: 9/15/09
Mentioned in the Hannibal Lector Anthology thread, but these should probably get their own thread as well. From Blu-ray.com:
MGM Gives Blu-ray the Chills in September
Posted May 27, 2009 05:25 PM by Juan Calonge
MGM In an early announcement to retailers, it has been revealed that MGM Home Entertainment will release a set of highly-appreciated horror movies on September 15: 'Child's Play', 'Misery', and 'The Hannibal Lecter Anthology', which will include 'Manhunter', 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'Hannibal'. No spec information is available at this time.
Posted May 27, 2009 05:25 PM by Juan Calonge
MGM In an early announcement to retailers, it has been revealed that MGM Home Entertainment will release a set of highly-appreciated horror movies on September 15: 'Child's Play', 'Misery', and 'The Hannibal Lecter Anthology', which will include 'Manhunter', 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'Hannibal'. No spec information is available at this time.
05-27-09 | 05:17 PM
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Re: Misery and Child's Play: 9/15/09
Now what are our chances of getting the rest of the Child's Play franchise in HD 
05-27-09 | 05:59 PM
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05-27-09 | 06:17 PM
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05-27-09 | 06:45 PM
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I hope none of those aren't old MPEG-2 early 2007 transfers that have been sitting on the shelf. We know SOTL was.
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05-27-09 | 06:48 PM
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05-27-09 | 06:53 PM
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Re: Misery and Child's Play: 9/15/09
It's out in Canada already. No idea if Universal will release it on Blu-ray this year...but now with the first film coming out they likely will.
SOTL could have looked even better if MGM did some work on it
SOTL could have looked even better if MGM did some work on it
05-27-09 | 07:01 PM
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05-27-09 | 07:03 PM
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I thought SOTL was a mixed bag as well.
The new dvd of Child's Play came out in Sept. '08, so that gives me hope this is a fresher AVC transfer. The Misery SE, however, was out in Oct. '07.
But then again, they may surprise us like they did with Carrie. I would have bet money that was MPEG-2, but it was AVC. Didn't look that great though, but that's a source issue.
The new dvd of Child's Play came out in Sept. '08, so that gives me hope this is a fresher AVC transfer. The Misery SE, however, was out in Oct. '07.
But then again, they may surprise us like they did with Carrie. I would have bet money that was MPEG-2, but it was AVC. Didn't look that great though, but that's a source issue.
05-27-09 | 07:04 PM
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I'm okay if it's like SOTL, as long as it's NOT like The Graduate and Road House. I like the idea of including SD-DVDs instead of Digital Copies, I don't like the studios just cheapening out and using them as a way of including the special features along with a feature-free BD.
05-27-09 | 07:35 PM
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Carrie was MPEG2. Amityville Horror was the one where we thought it would be MPEG2 (being an CES 07 catchup title) but ended up being MPEG4. Both, of course, sans any extras and on BD25s.
05-29-09 | 10:36 AM
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Wait a sec, what are these BD/DVD Combos? Does it include a SD copy, or are they just like the bastard HD/DVD Combo discs?
07-22-09 | 06:00 PM
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MGM Home Entertainment in conjunction with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of Stephen King's Misery, which is scheduled to hit store shelves on September 15th, day-and-date with the DVD re-release. Video will be presented in 1.85:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
Special features for this release includes:
* Feature Commentary by Director Rob Reiner
* Feature Commentary by screenwriter William Goldman
* Misery Loves Company
* Marc Shaiman's Musical Misery Tour
* Diagnosing Annie Wilkes
* Advice for the Stalked
* Profile of a Stalker
* Celebrity Stalkers
* Anti−Stalking Laws
Special features for this release includes:
* Feature Commentary by Director Rob Reiner
* Feature Commentary by screenwriter William Goldman
* Misery Loves Company
* Marc Shaiman's Musical Misery Tour
* Diagnosing Annie Wilkes
* Advice for the Stalked
* Profile of a Stalker
* Celebrity Stalkers
* Anti−Stalking Laws
MGM Home Entertainment in conjunction with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of Child's Play, which is scheduled to hit store shelves on September 15th, day-and-date with the DVD re-release. Video will be presented in 1.85:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
Special features for this release includes:
* Audio Commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and Chucky designer Kevin Yagher
* Audio Commentary with Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Don Mancini
* Select Scene Chucky Commentaries
* Chucky's Thoughts
* The Advantages of Being Chucky
* Chucky on Filmmaking
* Up Close and Personal with Chucky
* Evil Comes in Small Packages
* The Birth of Chucky
* Creating the Horror
* Unleashed - Chucky: Building a Nightmare
* A Monster Convention
* Vintage Featurette - Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
* Chucky's Back Bitches
* Designer Toy
* Evil Comes in Little Packages
Special features for this release includes:
* Audio Commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and Chucky designer Kevin Yagher
* Audio Commentary with Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Don Mancini
* Select Scene Chucky Commentaries
* Chucky's Thoughts
* The Advantages of Being Chucky
* Chucky on Filmmaking
* Up Close and Personal with Chucky
* Evil Comes in Small Packages
* The Birth of Chucky
* Creating the Horror
* Unleashed - Chucky: Building a Nightmare
* A Monster Convention
* Vintage Featurette - Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
* Chucky's Back Bitches
* Designer Toy
* Evil Comes in Little Packages
07-22-09 | 06:08 PM
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Re: Misery and Child's Play: 9/15/09
I'm guessing these will be barebones blu-rays with the dvd counterparts holding all the features... I already have the Chucky's 20th dvd but I may grab the blu-ray if the reviews are good and it gets cheap enough - if not I'll stick with the dvd.
07-22-09 | 06:29 PM
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Re: Misery and Child's Play: 9/15/09
Pretty sure Child's Play was 'done' last year when the DVD was re-released (they are re-re-releasing it again?)...so good chances it MPEG4. Likely with Misery.
07-23-09 | 01:24 AM
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* Audio Commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and Chucky designer Kevin Yagher
* Audio Commentary with Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Don Mancini
* Select Scene Chucky Commentaries
* Chucky's Thoughts
* The Advantages of Being Chucky
* Chucky on Filmmaking
* Up Close and Personal with Chucky
* Evil Comes in Small Packages
* The Birth of Chucky
* Creating the Horror
* Unleashed - Chucky: Building a Nightmare
* A Monster Convention
* Vintage Featurette - Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
* Chucky's Back Bitches
* Designer Toy
* Evil Comes in Little Packages
* Audio Commentary with Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Don Mancini
* Select Scene Chucky Commentaries
* Chucky's Thoughts
* The Advantages of Being Chucky
* Chucky on Filmmaking
* Up Close and Personal with Chucky
* Evil Comes in Small Packages
* The Birth of Chucky
* Creating the Horror
* Unleashed - Chucky: Building a Nightmare
* A Monster Convention
* Vintage Featurette - Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
* Chucky's Back Bitches
* Designer Toy
* Evil Comes in Little Packages
On the other hand, "Designer Toy" and "Chucky's Back, Bitches" may be "new" featurettes that didn't fit on the SD-DVD.
07-23-09 | 09:50 AM
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