NEIGHBORS, THE ISLAND (with Michael Caine), UP THE CREEK, THE WILD LIFE, TERROR IN THE AISLES, HUMONGOUS, CURTAINS, THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN, AND HUNTER'S BLOOD !!

NOT SURE WHICH MOVIES WOULD HOLD UP TODAY BUT DAMN I WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN!

P.S. - when (if ever) will there be a special edition of ' THE HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS' ??? especially on Bluray

I can't give you the exact dates, since we haven't officially released the info on them.

Until then, I invite you to enjoy some of the films from our Kitten Party line.

http://www.amazon.com/Kitten-Party-H...3041321&sr=8-2

I remember the island, i thought that was pretty good.

I own the German release of "The Island". The German title is "Freibeuter des Todes". That would be an option if you are region free.

Your best hope for releases of these films is in MOD programs. Neighbors will undoubtedly come from Columbia soon enough.

Up the Creek, Humongous, Curtains, The Incredible Melting Man, and Hunter's Blood might make an appearance in the MGM MOD program.

curtains is on dvd already and can be found at walmart for 5 dollars it is part of midnight movie collection bloody slashers 4 films from echo bridge

Hey, he asked when they'd come out on DVD or Blu-ray, not fake discs.
Though, you're probably right that will be his best shot. I'd love to see The Incredible Melting Man and Neighbors get DVD releases. I remember seeing Neighbors several times at the theater. Oh, well.

Melting Man already has an R2 release.

DVD-R discs like the Warner Archive program are not "fake" discs. The picture and sound quality on the ones I've seen are as good as for catalogue titles of that era. They won't look as good as Star Wars does but the studios aren't putting any money into these titles. Although I have a big issue with the price of these releases, I'm fine with the quality of the dozen or so Archive titles I've watched (and I buy them when I can take full advantage of sales and get them in the $10 range).

Other than MOD, your options are pretty much limited to a handful of Criterion releases (for quality films) and releases from specialty houses like Shout Factory, Synapse, and Scorpion which specialize in cult films (often with lots of extras on the discs). The major studios have abandoned catalogue releases other than countless re-releases and repackagings (in 3 or 4 packs) of existing titles. Paramount's Legend Pictures licensing deal failed. The future of their Olive Pictures deal (at street prices close to $20 for a barebones title) remains to be seen. Sony's Martini Movies failed.

On the other hand, Warner has over 600 titles out on the archive, including later seasons of TV shows whose early seasons came out on pressed DVDs. With DVD-R, as long as the studio feels there's a market for a few hundred sales nationwide, they can release them profitably.

Apparently, you don't remember The Island, then.

A special edition of The Hollywood Knights on bluray?? I'm not sure if you really want to be holding your breath on that one.

yes they are.

and don't take my comment so seriously. I put a winky after it to soften the blow.

Too many Islands, too many choices, I feel Lost!!!!!!!

At least we finally got The African Queen on Blu-Ray. If that had gone to MOD, I would have had to hurt someone.

The sad truth is that the vast majority of Americans don't watch TCM or Sundance and have zero interest in anything made before 1990, let alone silent films or pre-Code classics. The return on investment just isn't there for the studios to invest tens of thousands of dollars to restore and release vintage cinema.

I was born in the 60s so I think mine is the last cohort ever to grow up watching B/W films on late night TV. Kids today have no interest in anything that isn't bright and colorful. We are lucky to have the films that the studios released when they opened the floodgates for a few years in the early 2000s. Do you think that movies like The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T or The Bad Seed would have seen the light of day in today's economic climate?

With the MOD programs I have the chance to own copies of films that sadly missed the window of opportunity to be released on real discs, like Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.

Still waiting on :
The Wind
The Crowd (c'mon, the lack of Vidor is criminal)
Electric Dreams
Dr.Terror's House of Horrors (available in R2, but have you seen the exchange rate between the dollar and the pound?)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Arnold
Where Have All The People Gone?
Killdozer
The Addiction
The Keep
The Devil Rides Out
The Honey Pot
Platinum Blonde (where's the Jean Harlow box set you promised in the last HTF chat?-Oh right, that was 2007)
Employees Entrance
The Locked Door
Million Dollar Legs
International House
Island of Lost Souls
Seven Footprints to Satan
Humanity and Paper Balloons
The Life of Oharu (available in R2, but this is America, dammit!)
The Boy Friend
Lisztomania


And of course, THE DEVILS!!!

I don't know if this helps, but Dr. Terror's House of Horrors and Electric Dreams are also currently available in the UK. You can import them if you got a player that can play/decode region 2 discs.

The Devil Rides Out is available in R1.

So is The Honey Pot (MGM MOD).

International House is available on this R1 collection.

I guess they will be released eventually through an "on demand" type arrangement like other obscure/semi-obscure films. Up The Creek is a pretty decent comedy, but I suspect would difficult one because of music that would have to be licensed for it.

Lisztomania and Humanity and Paper Balloons are out on DVD in Region 2 (UK) as well.

Great film. I think that was my first introduction to non-Kurosawa Japanese cinema. The Devil Rides Out is part of the fantastic R2 Hammer box, and was one of the Hammer films shown in HD on TCM a couple of months ago. Platinum Blonde was released on DVD in 2003. I wouldn't hold my breath for a Harlow box, or any catalog titles at all from the major studios, savethe occasional Sony box. Lisztomania has a recent R2 disc.

I too look forward hopefully some day of a release of Peter Benchley's 'The Island' with Michael Caine and David Warner.

I was hoping Dudes (from 1987) would be released on DVD.
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Writer: Randall Jahnson
Stars:Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck and Flea