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I like these boutique labels that give us these lesser known films but I hate the prices. I want Blood Rage as it sounds awesome but I don't know if I really want to spend $30 on it. I know stuff from the likes of Arrow, Shout/Scream, etc. don't drop in price very often though.

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If you have an FYE around you, I've seen members of other forums post getting it there for $19.99 (Sale Price). Same reflected price online as well.

I also think Target has it for $25 (Free Shipping) via their Ebay account.

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Around Nov-Dec, it was about $18 at Deepdiscount (before a 10-15% discount code). Keep and eye out there and/or Dvdplanet.

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Arrow is working on a US store which should have cheaper prices and regular sales. Not sure when exactly that will happen, sometime this year.

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Review of Pray For Death:

http://mondo-digital.com/praydeath.html

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Both Sho Kosugi titles are down to $19.99 on Amazon, so I ordered them both.

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They only got to release it in the UK but Arrow Video did a beautiful, beautiful job on Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. A stunning film transfer with fantastic audio.

http://www.doblu.com/2016/02/10/beyo...lu-ray-review/

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US releases of Battles Without Honor & Humanity & Edgar Allen Poe's Black Cats are OOP.

Whatever stock is left among retailers is all that is left in the States.

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I am glad I got the Black Cats when I did, fantastic set.

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As is the Battles Without Honor & Humanity set!

I finally picked up Blood Rage today! :banana:

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I'm glad I got Battles through Amazon Warehouse for $60.

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I did as well, although I paid $70+ :(. Also, one of the cases is cracked. Does anyone know where I can buy Arrow replacement cases? I've never seen any like the ones they use.

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Same here, it's a great box set. I've gone through most of the movies, and they look fantastic. And the extras have been really good so far. I paid $80, and honestly, I'm fine with that.

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Wanting to pick up The Mutilator but really don't want to pay $40 for it. Haven't seen the film but it sounds like it'd be a good time.

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It is $27.99 at Diabolik DVD:

http://www.diabolikdvd.com/search/se...srch=mutilator

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or 20.75 shipped from Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Positive it should be a Region-Free release since it's a dual US and UK release.

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I went through the American Horror Project box set this weekend. I hadn't seen any of the films before and really enjoyed them. Picture quality is pretty good considering how obscure these films are. There is some damage in some scenes but a majority of the films look pretty good. I watched most of the video extras and they add a lot to the overall package.

It's great to see the love that Arrow put into this package. They could have easily just made this a cheaper no-frills set but they went the extra mile and it's really worth the added cost. I hope this sells well enough to give us a volume 2.

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I got my Pray for Death BD last week.

Great looking BD. I watched some of it last night. Movie feels very fresh looking for something that was shot 30 years ago.

Pretty decent amount of extras too. I liked the new interview with Sho Kosugi that was shot last year and there's also a TV special from 1985 where Sho talks about the movie.

The actress who played Sho's wife is pretty hot. Apparently Donna Kei Benz stopped working as an actress after 1987.

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Having watched the film and all the extras this weekend, even though $40 is a princely sum this set is well worth it.

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Nice. Looks like both Blood Rage and The Mutilator are around $20. Think I'll finally pick them both up. The reviews on Amazon UK make it sound like both are region free.

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They are both region free, the only difference will be the UK ratings logos on the packaging.

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Cool. I don't really care about the ratings logos as I've bought other UK releases in the past.

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Figured I'd bring it up as some people get hung up on packaging, but yeah, Arrow's US/UK releases are identical otherwise. I have both releases, and man, Arrow does an amazing job with these forgotten cult flicks. I really wish they were able to release Audition here in the states. I'm not region-free. :(

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Amazon UK doesn't fuck around. I ordered both Blood Rage and The Mutilator after midnight this morning and both have dispatched already.

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just snagged this. looking forward to it. Bloody Rage was bloody magnificent! Arrow really does it up right...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_SL135_.jpg

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The Mutilator (also known as Fall Break) is an easily forgettable slasher. I guess it might hold some charm for folks from North Carolina but I wouldn't buy it blind. Arrow did load up the special features. It's amazing how Arrow can have more special features for a zero-budget slasher than some Hollywood studios give Best Picture winners.

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..that's why arrow is so successful, they give the customers what they want....

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Yes, Arrow is in my estimation the BEST company producing Blu-Rays today! By a far margin. Their encodes are stellar (they actually LEANRED and improved from their earlier releases, some of which were rather poorly encoded). Unlike Scream Factory, who refuses to hire a new encoder or spend the money on good encoding software, and whose releases are still shamefully compression artifact-ridden.

Every Arrow release, no matter how obscure, is DONE RIGHT. Well-deserved kudos to them for their hard work in delivering what the fans want every time.

Unlike Criterion -- some of whose recent releases have been encoded with low bitrates, color timing modifications, and who have cowtalled to egocentric Director's wishes of revisionism...

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Meh I've heard a lot of good reviews for it and I like 80s horror/slashers so I think I'll like it.

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Me too...

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Me three! Anything from the 80s is automatic gold for me.

It's a depressing irony that Criterion's "director approval" would come back to bite them.

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Out of curiosity, what are you referring to here?

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Many people have been upset with Criterion's revisionist film transfers, often changed by the director themselves.

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And of course when people say that, they're really just talking about Thief, Dressed to Kill, and maybe a couple of the Malicks.

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And nobody can prove that Thief was supposed to have a warm look when it was first released.

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Vittorio Storaro's cropped transfer of The Last Emperor is the one that sticks in my craw the most.

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Well, I'm refering to all of those already listed, as well as DON'T LOOK NOW (low bitrate encode), and their recent Cronenberg efforts of SCANNERS and THE BROOD (color revisionism / tealification).

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The Brood wasn't tealified. It just avoided the contrast boosting used in the UK edition. The Criterion looks more like film while the UK looks more digital.

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Yeah, the encoding issues are probably the biggest bugaboo for me, but that's separate from the revisionism conversation. Good point on the Cronenbergs though. I said Malick, but I think I meant Cronenberg (although a couple of the Malicks have gotten criticism as well).