Rare Blu-Ray Titles

[micrococcus]

Hi guys, kindly post your rare blu-ray titles (or titles not released in US) in this thread & make known to (and surprise) all the blu-ray fans. I'll go first:

(I) Under the Mountain (Region A avaialble in Hong Kong & Region B avaialble in Germany)

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(II) Dead Silence (Region A available in Hong Kong & Malaysia while Region B available in UK, Spain)

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(III) King of Fighters (Region A available in Canada & Region B available in Australia)

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(IV) The Hole (Region A available in Hong Kong & Region B in UK)

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(V) Seconds Apart (Region B in UK - this disc might be region free)

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[Kolpitz]

I don't own any "rare" Blu-ray titles. I own the UK region-free releases of All the Boys Love Mandy Lane and Doghouse, but those are easily available through Amazon UK (and cheap too).

[buck135]

Watchmen (Ultimate Cut)
Evil Dead (2 Disc Set)
Zodiac (some say it's rare, others don't) Amazon has it new for $31.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Watchmen (Ultimate Cut)
Evil Dead (2 Disc Set)
Zodiac (some say it's rare, others don't) Amazon has it new for $31.

I saw Zodiac in the pawn shop and at least one other store, it can't be that rare.

I guess the only rare thing I have so far is the Evil Dead LE. Other oddities, no idea how rare they are or aren't now:

Canadian bds from Alliance:
From Dusk Till Dawn
Rounders
The Faculty

From the UK:
Black Sheep (weresheep, not Chris Farley)

The Best Buy Anchorman set with Wake-Up Ron Burgundy is supposed to be rare, but I still see a copy in the store every week. I have seen the mass release without the bonus disc at Wal-Mart though, so maybe it is going to be rare.

[JGrendel]

Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet BD [Blu-ray]
Not sure if this is rare but this version is from Anchor Bay not Lionsgate
I'm pretty sure it's region free.

[spawningblue]

I have over 30 steelbooks that are quite rare, most of them Canada exclusive, half of them exclusive to a certain store.

I also have,

Evil Dead LE
Watchmen Ultimate Cut
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Criterion release)
Blade Runner Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Limited Edition Briefcase Gift Set)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Blue Underground release)
Casablanca Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Point Break - Pure Adrenaline Edition
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Ultimate Edition
Zombieland - The "Nut Up Or Shut Up" Edition (Best Buy Exclusive).

[f.ramses]

Really not sure if any of these are really "rare" so much as they are hard to get (probably just because I don't really know where to shop for releases from certain countries...) but:

- [Rec] and [Rec]2 (Spain)
- Giallo (Brazil)
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (UK, edition I have seems to no longer be available, replaced by a BD + DVD combo pack)
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (US)
- Inside (Sweden)

I've also got a ton of UK discs and a few from Germany (The Howling) and France (Phantom of the Paradise) but I'm not counting them because I'm pretty sure you could buy them all right now from one of the International Amazon sites.
One other that is sort of worth mentioning is this copy of Mother of Tears from Japan, it comes in a DVD case with a slip printed to make it look like a BD, the packaging (and the disc, iirc) has both the DVD and the BD logo on it but I don't know what it is because it doesn't appear to be readable in any drive I put it in.

[buck135]

I forgot that Texas Chainsaw Massacre was OOP. There's one up one eBay for $2.25 right now.

[joltaddict]

There's one up one eBay for $2.25 right now.

Exactly. There are no rare BD yet. Rare is the Lunchmeat VHS or the Last House On Dead End Street DVD.

I have a feeling that ED limited edition may end up being one eventually due to the popularity of the movie and how under the radar it was sold.

But not yet.

[JGrendel]

I have over 30 steelbooks that are quite rare, most of them Canada exclusive, half of them exclusive to a certain store.

I also have,

Evil Dead LE
Watchmen Ultimate Cut
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Criterion release)
Blade Runner Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Limited Edition Briefcase Gift Set)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Blue Underground release)
Casablanca Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Point Break - Pure Adrenaline Edition
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Ultimate Edition
Zombieland - The "Nut Up Or Shut Up" Edition (Best Buy Exclusive).


Yeah I too have the texas chainsaw UE. As well as:
Heavy Metal (Best Buy Exclusive) - DTS-HD Master Audio (1981) -- Blu-ray
Last House on the Left, The - Collector's Edition - Unrated (85 Minute Restored Extended Foreign Version) (Best Buy Exclusive) (1972) -- Blu-ray
Poltergeist 2 (Best Buy Exclusive) - DTS-HD Master Audio (1986) -- Blu-ray,
Robocop 2 (Best Buy Exclusive) (1990) -- Blu-ray, REGION A
Robocop 3 (Best Buy Exclusive) (1993) -- Blu-ray, REGION A

[Katatonia]

OOP, Limited, or just hard to find:

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Blue Underground) Blu-ray
Cargo (Ltd. German SteelBook) Blu-ray
The Cave (Japanese release) Blu-ray
Evil Dead (Limited Edition) Blu-ray
Halloween Triple Feature (Canadian) Blu-ray
Heavy Metal (1981) Blu-ray - general release in June though.
The Last House on the Left (1972) Blu-ray - no general release yet?
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Criterion) Blu-ray
Per un pugno di dollari (Restored Italian version) Blu-ray - a.k.a. "A Fistful of Dollars" which destroys the MGM Blu-ray transfer.

[KamuiX]

I guess the only "rare" Blu I have would be OOP ones going for a hefty price: BU's Bird with the Crystal Plumage and the LE Battle Royale from Arrow. I have a couple others like TCM, but the market is saturated with them, so I wouldn't consider them anything worth crowing about.

[blu]

Available from the directors of each film:

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[hots4]

there are rare blu's in the UK transformers the movie (1986) blu is going for £80 brand new on amazon, Halloween (original), and dark city are also starting to get money.

[Hellbilly]

Didn't know that The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Blu is rare. I own a copy.

I also own a few German only releases. They aren't really rare though:

End of the Line
Blackout (2007) (Much better than "Devil")
Splice - Germany got a different version. Some added scenes, some alternate scenes and a few scenes slightly edited by 1-2 seconds compared to the U.S. version.
[REC] 2
The Burrowers
Cabin Fever 2
Carriers (R-Rated Version)
Pontypool
The Reflecting Skin
Vinyan
The Tribe (The Forgotten Ones)
Dance of the Dead
The Fog (Better PQ than the UK release)
Hannibal Rising (Unrated Director's Cut)
1408 (Director's Cut)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
The Descent 2

[Midnight Boy]

(i) The Faculty
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(ii) The Firm
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(iii) Poltergeist II: The Other Side
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(iv) Poltergeist III
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(v) Scent of a Woman
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(vi) Cursed
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(vii) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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[bigdaddyhorse]

Is Cursed unrated or PG-13? Unrated version is fun, never tried the lite one.

I don't know if Last House on the Left (72) and Poltergeist II are really rare or not. I think they both got an early release through Best Buy, I imagine mass release should follow. The $50 on amazon is someone hoping someone nowhere near a Best Buy or with any access to one will make a dumb move and bite. Of course, if you can go to amazon.com, you should be able to get to bestbuy.com also! Poltergeist II is looking more possible. Prices are only in the high 20-s early 30's, and I don't see 3 copies of gthat in my local Best Buy every week. In fact, I think it's been gone for weeks, Last Hopuse still sits there on the shelf.

Oh shit ya'll, my bad!
I didn't notice the second used copy of Poltergeist II on amazon was $200,476.40
It must be the rarest blu-ray ever, and I mean ever now and future ever!:D

I would probably jump on that $50 new copy in this case.:rolleyes:

Re-edit: I can't find these (House and Geist) anywhere else, so maybe they are and always will be BB exclusives. I thought they just got early dibs like they did with Boogie Nights. I see Rules of Attration and I Spit on your Grave are available everywhere now, and they were the same release day as the others at BB. Others I recall from that wave:

Almost Famous - not on dvdpriceserach but still at Best Buy, $35+ on amazon

[buck135]

Oh shit ya'll, my bad!
I didn't notice the second used copy of Poltergeist II on amazon was $200,476.40
It must be the rarest blu-ray ever, and I mean ever now and future ever!:D

I would probably jump on that $50 new copy in this case.:rolleyes:

Lol. Or it can be ordered on bestbuy.com for $16.99.

[JGrendel]

I don't know if these are rare but I just picked up:
Black Christmas - Special Edition (1974) -- Blu-ray
Fog, The - DTS-HD Master Audio (1980) -- Blu-ray

[bigdaddyhorse]

Lol. Or it can be ordered on bestbuy.com for $16.99.


Or go to the store and pay $16.99. I said they disappeared, then went to BB last night and of course, 2 new copies were sitting pretty on the rack. I care so much I left both of them. I may regret it if that they do ever sell for 200 rack.:D

[Terry44]

Prob the limited play.com Star trek steelbook or Scott Pilgrim steelbook or could even be the Psycho U.K steelbook.
Most steelbook collectors are a bit o.c.d and pay crazy money for some titles.

[buck135]

Most steelbook collectors are a bit o.c.d and pay crazy money for some titles.

You're not kidding. Steelbooks or slip-covers, many blu-ray collectors are nuts.

[JGrendel]

Hey I take a offense to that. We're ecentric lol

[buck135]

Hey I take a offense to that. We're ecentric lol

No offense intended, I'm one of those nuts. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to justify to the wife that I need to pre-order The Twilight Zone Season 5 for fear of not having the slip-cover for one and not the other four? It's amazing she hasn't thrown me out yet. :)

[Terry44]

Same here the wife hates it when I go on a steelbook buying binge lol

[JGrendel]

No offense intended, I'm one of those nuts. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to justify to the wife that I need to pre-order The Twilight Zone Season 5 for fear of not having the slip-cover for one and not the other four? It's amazing she hasn't thrown me out yet. :)


I was just kidding man, but I know exactly what you mean.