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thrashard76
06-21-2005, 07:08 AM
Does anyone have the full specs on Shriek Shows release of this? Is this the uncut version?
I have no idea but the $9.95 NTSC Region 0 DVD released by EC Entertainment is UNCUT.
I don't know what is different about the new DVD.
DefJeff
06-21-2005, 07:37 AM
I'd sure hope one difference is a better transfer. I've heard that EC DVD is pretty awful in the A/V department.
I'm wondering if this disc got delayed, Xploited and Diabolik don't have it listed yet, but Diabolik has Images in a Convent up, which came out the same day from SS. DVDEmpire and DDD have also had it back ordered since the day it was released, and Amazon lists it as "special order".
thrashard76
06-21-2005, 07:58 AM
I'd like to order it but I can't seem to find any answers anywhere. By the way, is it just me or does DDD not sell Porno Holocaust or Organ?
I'd sure hope one difference is a better transfer. I've heard that EC DVD is pretty awful in the A/V department.
I'm wondering if this disc got delayed, Xploited and Diabolik don't have it listed yet, but Diabolik has Images in a Convent up, which came out the same day from SS. DVDEmpire and DDD have also had it back ordered since the day it was released, and Amazon lists it as "special order".
The EC DVD is not pretty awful, it's pretty good just not great. However please note that this was a "made for TV" movie, and it looks it. So it looks as good as a old TV Show on TV rather than a new movie.
legnadibrom
06-21-2005, 11:36 AM
it has a very misleading video cover
eric_angelus
06-21-2005, 12:46 PM
I don't think it is delayed as much as it is just Shriek Show being slow...I cannot recall a single SS release that was actually in stock on its so called 'street date' they always seem to be available a week or two later though.
tobaccoman
06-21-2005, 01:51 PM
Other than their Zombi 2 which had to square off with BU's release on the same day, I think you may be on to something here.
Crystal Plumage
06-21-2005, 05:50 PM
No specs yet,but available for preorder:
http://www.dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=643790
Crystal Plumage
06-21-2005, 05:54 PM
Ahhh,here ya go!From Laser's edge:
Product InformationFeatures: Trailers
Interview with Zora Kerova
Video:
Audio:
Mono
Languages:
Italian
Subtitles:
English
Release Date: 6/14/2005
Type: Single Side/Single Layer
UPC Code: 631595050790
Additional InformationActors:
Brett Halsey (http://www.lasersedge.com/cast_list.asp?CastID=7135&tMedia=1)
Directors:
Lucio Fulci (http://www.lasersedge.com/cast_list.asp?CastID=10282&tMedia=1)
Studio:
Shriek Show (http://www.lasersedge.com/item_list.asp?zset=New&StuID=375&tMedia=1&AltTitle=Shriek+Show)
Production Year: 1988
Media Year: 2005
Rating: NR
Length: 82
Categories:
Giallo (http://www.lasersedge.com/item_list.asp?zset=New&CatID=75&tMedia=1&AltTitle=Giallo)
Horror (http://www.lasersedge.com/item_list.asp?zset=New&CatID=43&tMedia=1&AltTitle=Horror)
Italian Cinema (http://www.lasersedge.com/item_list.asp?zset=New&CatID=69&tMedia=1&AltTitle=Italian+Cinema)
thrashard76
06-23-2005, 09:41 PM
So since Touch Of Death was filmed for tv then full screen should be the OAR right?
thrashard76
06-23-2005, 09:58 PM
DDD just made Touch Of Death a preorder again for 07/27/05.
Oh and thanks for the info Chris. Sucks that SS didn't meet the street date for this one.
bwana the clown
06-23-2005, 11:33 PM
DDD just made Touch Of Death a preorder again for 07/27/05.
Phew! Got my 20% discount just in time then!
DDD just cancelled my order for Porno Holocaust Maybe they said fuck it to SS
Thats to bad they had the best price on it
zombi3
06-24-2005, 02:55 AM
Touch Of Death
1.33:1 taken from a PAL Digi beta Master, Converted with a 3:2 Pull Down and
color corrected a bit.
There were no other materials available for the feature.
The disc is pretty cool it looks better than any of the bootlegs out there,
but It is not remastered from a film element so....it's the best we could
do.
I guess SS went with the same print that Synapse turned down because it looked like crap. :rolleyes:
Jason25
06-24-2005, 03:02 AM
I guess SS went with the same print that Synapse turned down because it looked like crap. :rolleyes:
Exactly. SS swore up and down that they were working from the original negatives. SS never cease to amaze me.
True, they have done some great work on occasion, but most of their product speaks for itself, and that is not always a good thing.
thrashard76
06-24-2005, 04:24 AM
Phew! Got my 20% discount just in time then!Being a preorder again does DDD usually honor a discounted item if its ordered at the time of the discount or will they have you reorder the item at regular price?
DDD just cancelled my order for Porno Holocaust Maybe they said fuck it to SS
Thats to bad they had the best price on itWhere did you see this? I couldn't find it anywhere on the site.
I preordered it 3 or 4 months ago its been on back order on my order list untill I got email saying my order has been cancelled They havent had it listed for sale for a long time
NickyDoyle
06-24-2005, 07:24 PM
Who's that "Fulci Film Historian" going to be? Steve Thrower? Chas. Balun?
bwana the clown
06-25-2005, 01:21 AM
Being a preorder again does DDD usually honor a discounted item if its ordered at the time of the discount or will they have you reorder the item at regular price?
I imagine if the new release date holds true, and they keep the title listed then they'll honour the discount (I don't think their system would be sophisticated enough to notice the change and start cancelling partial orders because of it). However, if the release keeps getting delayed and eventually drops off the site (like Lizard In A Woman's Skin did a long time ago), then they'll cancel it (quite possibly with no explanation to the poor customers).
zombi3
06-25-2005, 06:31 AM
I think I'm gonna wait till the reviews strart coming in. If this release has better pic quality than the EC disc, I'll get it. By the way, what happened to the interview with Zora?
thrashard76
06-25-2005, 06:40 AM
Yeah thats what I figured Bwana.
The Chaostar
06-25-2005, 01:19 PM
I have supported SS on several occasions, but I ain't buying this.
They shouldn't have bothered to release it anyway, the Synapse remark says it all.
I'll stick with my greek VHS, until a better release. And Touch Of Death was not made for TV like House Of Clocks. It was made for cinema, but it got released straight to video in most countries, with very few exceptions.
zombi3
07-02-2005, 03:59 AM
Here is a review (http://fangoria.com/ghastly_review.php?id=4320) from Fangoria. "Video dropouts"? I think I'll be holding on to my EC disc.
thrashard76
07-02-2005, 07:21 AM
^^^Thanks for the review link Zombi.
zombi3
07-02-2005, 07:34 AM
Quite welcome, sir.
I'll be getting it for the interview with Lucio, it reminds me of that Black Cat EC disc that had that 40 minutes of footage from a British convention with Fulci and Warbeck, and that alone (to me anyway) is worth spending a little money on.
The Chaostar
07-03-2005, 03:40 PM
What does "Converted with a 3:2 Pull Down" mean? Anyone into technical info?
Regurgitate
07-03-2005, 03:53 PM
http://www.dvdfile.com/news/special_report/production_a_z/3_2_pulldown.htm
I know what it is but this link will explain it better than I can.
The Chaostar
07-03-2005, 08:24 PM
Ok, I get it now. Thanx Regurgitate. Boy the things we learn now with DVD - I never was a HiTech freak but there are times that I get myself talking like one. You know, people giving me strange looks and all when discussing the pros of anamorphic images etc.
So, SS used this procedure to give the best possible look to a digi-beta master.
I get the feeling that Digi-beta did not exist when Touch Of Death was filmed. If I'm not wrong, then a Digi-Beta master of Touch Of Death should be a simple copy of a previous analoge master. I work with Digi-Beta and it can produce a great picture with great clarity when you work your Original Transfer with one. If not, it doesn't really makes a difference.
The Chaostar
07-16-2005, 10:42 AM
ok, another review.
http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/t-z/touchofdeth88.htm
Again, one can only think of one thing: Synapse respects both itself and the fans by not releasing sub-standard products in order to gain some $$$. SS does not. I'll be thinking before I buy ANYTHING from them in the future.
dwatts
07-16-2005, 10:53 AM
Dang, that doesn't sound good, does it. Couple of Euro missteps from SS recently (the the 4:3 uncut Lizard). Still, as the reviewer says: " It's still good to have this flick on DVD", and that 77 minute audio interview with Fulci is priceless, I reckon.
As for the transfer, the only good thing to say is - at least we know what we're getting going in :(
The Chaostar
07-16-2005, 11:57 AM
I have defended SS in the past but this is not a mistep. It's a disgrace. It's a "throw-anything-to-the-dogs-and-they-will-eat-it-up" stance and I hate it. The worst part is that I really dig the cover. Still, it's cool to know how they look down at us.
dwatts
07-16-2005, 12:26 PM
I've defended them too. But I have not suddenly started hating them. Companies like SS release a product - they don't owe us pristine transfer from negatives. Now, if they don't give us something great, we simply won't buy it, which is all fine and dandy. As long as we know what we're getting.....
That's not to say I like what they've done. If the packaging claims it's widescreen, transferred from the negative and all that jazz - then it's quite heinous. I want the best I can get - but I don't hate Brentwood for their monstrosities because I think they have contempt for me. Brentowood do their thing, and I get to choose. Same with SS.
Stil, it's not a good trend, and a huge disapointment. Who knows what is going on over there. After so many good release.......
bwana the clown
07-20-2005, 08:01 AM
DDD have shipped my copy now. Regardless of the transfer, I'm still looking forward to seeing this.
X-human
07-23-2005, 03:09 AM
Well, I'd rather have this then nothing at all. If that's the best they got, roll with it.
Anyone have any positive proof that this is a theatrical film and not made for TV?
This review says otherwise:
http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/touch_death.htm
I'd take DVD Drive-In's word over anyone elses, but there's still some debate.
DefJeff
07-27-2005, 01:32 AM
Ungh, I got around to checking this one out tonight via the Shriek Show disc. All I thought of while watching this was how perfectly this fits into the "Troma" mold (not a good thing).
While the gore was alright, it was nowhere near good enough to save this flick. The humor was so bad, I mean eye rolling while groaning bad. The music, seemingly picked to give some scenes a "light, comedic tone" was mostly out of place and really didn't work in the films favor.
Not only that, but in it's most ridiculous moment, we see Lester run down a homeless man who witnessed a murder, his guts spilled out and his torso crushed flat as a pancake on the soil. Later on, we find out that he LIVED through all that, describing Lester to the police!! That is the silliness this film serves up, and I definitally couldn't get into it.
And what is Fulci's fascination with hideously ugly women in this film? One is sporting a mean beard and mustache, the usually lovely Zora Kerova's upper lip has nasty scars on it and the girl on TV at the beginning looked deformed. What was he going for here, seriously?
Well I really had nothing good to say about this one sadly, I really wanted to like it. It's not recommended from me though, and like I said earlier, this could easily be confused with most of the shit Troma puts out.
legnadibrom
07-27-2005, 08:00 AM
all those things you just pointed out are what made me enjoy this movie, and if i had read your post before watching the movie i wouldn't have even watched it, but for some reason all that dumb junk in the movie made me smile....even the scene where he couldn't get the dead broad's feet into the trunk of his car
tobaccoman
07-27-2005, 08:30 AM
Well, any mention of Troma in a movie review makes me wanna see it twice as much. Now the fact that he mentioned 'em twice makes me wanna see it 50x more. I know, I'm retardered. but darnit if I can't be damned!
The Chaostar
07-29-2005, 05:05 PM
http://www.monstersatplay.com/review/dvd/t/touchof.php
another review.....
Atmims
07-29-2005, 07:35 PM
even the scene where he couldn't get the dead broad's feet into the trunk of his car
Hah! That was the best part of the movie.
It does fall flat at the end, but I still enjoyed it.
tobaccoman
09-07-2005, 09:43 AM
Yeah, this movie really feels like an overly long episode of Tales From The Crypt or something, which could be expected considering it's TV origins. I wasn't too impressed, but I don't really hate it. It has some fucked up shit going on although the comedy is pretty bland although the corpse gags nearly reach that over the top manner, but it's played so seriously by the guy so it's hard to even laugh. Kind of an odd direction, but I'll watch even Fulci's lesser efforts. I'll have to watch it with the interview at some point, maybe post some thoughts on that as well... maybe not.
RyanPC
09-07-2005, 12:24 PM
Saw this over the weekend and, surprisingly, I enjoyed it! It did have the feel of a really bad TV movie but the plot was great and the gore... well, let's say Mr. Fulci certainly didn't skimp on that. ;)
Really liked this movie. Although funny how the first half was better than the last. This movie had THE best bashed in the head by a blunt object scene ever, IMHO. Overall worth the $ for fulci fans.
RyanPC
03-05-2006, 04:52 AM
Yeah, it's a good movie but I didn't really understand the ending. What was up with the deformed, creepy-looking man (?) they showed on TV? Can someone explain this to me?
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