Happy Birthday to Me/When a Stranger Calls 1979 blu-ray double feature!! - Page 8

Bluenoser · 01-03-2013, 06:37 PM

Has anyone in Canada seen these yet? I know all the Walmarts here have first batch (Hostel 1&2, etc)... but none of the new ones.

Anthropophagus · 01-03-2013, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Has anyone in Canada seen these yet? I know all the Walmarts here have first batch (Hostel 1&2, etc)... but none of the new ones.

No sign of them in Montreal. Bear in mind in Quebec it may be a ban because of the lack of inclusion of a french language track-can anyone confirm if one of these is included?
In any regard, I will be in Ontario this weekend and will check there.

highclassrob · 01-03-2013, 08:15 PM

Anyone find any in the CT area? I've struck out at every walmart so far.

buck135 · 01-03-2013, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by highclassrob

Anyone find any in the CT area? I've struck out at every walmart so far.

That would be a negative. I've checked four of them myself with no luck. Bigdaddyhorse was able to hook me up thankfully.

WesReviews · 01-03-2013, 08:35 PM

Can't find them around here.

MorallySound · 01-03-2013, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Has anyone in Canada seen these yet? I know all the Walmarts here have first batch (Hostel 1&2, etc)... but none of the new ones.

Same situation that I've seen so far...

Mutilated Prey · 01-03-2013, 09:09 PM

Just went to one in Norwalk, CT and spoke to a person in charge of these kinds of displays. He knew exactly which one I was speaking of and stated they were still in transit or just not out on display yet in the majority of the stores. According to him, by mid-next week they should be everywhere assuming they made it each store.

elDomenechHDG · 01-03-2013, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mutilated Prey

Just went to one in Norwalk, CT and spoke to a person in charge of these kinds of displays. He knew exactly which one I was speaking of and stated they were still in transit or just not out on display yet in the majority of the stores. According to him, by mid-next week they should be everywhere assuming they made it each store.

Do you think they'll have them for sale on their website?

Mutilated Prey · 01-03-2013, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by elDomenechHDG

Do you think they'll have them for sale on their website?

I have no idea. Who's knows how much truth there is to what this guy told me too. He did seem pretty informatively precise, I'll give him that. I personally think I'm just going to have someone here grab me one and be done with it though. Running in and out of Walmart digging through shit is not all that fun

wago70 · 01-03-2013, 10:32 PM

I can't wait to score this - funny how BOTH films were paired up at drive-ins when "Birthday" was released in '81.

highclassrob · 01-04-2013, 02:38 AM

Found them in CT at the Walmart along I-91 in Rocky Hill. Display was hidden by a pallet of paper towels not far from the dvd section. Also has 4 packs in the dig bin, which I may go back for.

satans-sadists · 01-04-2013, 05:37 AM

Struck out at two different Wal-Marts so far. Maybe the third time will be the charm this weekend?

bigdaddyhorse · 01-05-2013, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wago70

I can't wait to score this - funny how BOTH films were paired up at drive-ins when "Birthday" was released in '81.

That makes this set brilliant in that aspect, a true double feature from the drive-in days! Are you sure it was paired with a film 2 years older though? I was too young to recall, and lived too far from a drive-in to get ads when I was that age anyway.

My store is down to 2 copies, and by my math, I'm the only one who bought any. They started with 10, I've mailed 5, kept one and have 2 pending. I love that they just keep them for me, and I go get em as people request. Wonder how long it will take to get a new rack in here, nothing else is moving from it, nothing! There's 8-10 copies of every other set, and the ones that are down to 8, I got a copy for others of, along with the Birthday set.

Methinks Wally or Milly should put me on the payroll.

CPT HOOK · 01-05-2013, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

That makes this set brilliant in that aspect, a true double feature from the drive-in days! Are you sure it was paired with a film 2 years older though? I was too young to recall, and lived too far from a drive-in to get ads when I was that age anyway.

It's not unlikely. This was before the days of VHS, so for some of these films, the only way to see them was in theaters.

Kim Bruun · 01-05-2013, 06:58 PM

I ordered it from this site: http://www.bluraysforeveryone.com/

I've never dealt with them before, but they offered it a lot cheaper than the Ebay sellers willing to shipping to Europe.

Happy Birthday to Me was never one of my favourite slashers - perhaps because it lacks a thrilling final chase. But I'll gladly revisit it on blu. When a Stranger Calls, however, is a must own. The opening sequence is iconic horror, and the overall structure of the movie is bold.

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01-03-2013, 06:37 PM	#106
Bluenoser Stalker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 196	Has anyone in Canada seen these yet? I know all the Walmarts here have first batch (Hostel 1&2, etc)... but none of the new ones.

01-03-2013, 08:15 PM	#108
highclassrob Victim Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 149	Anyone find any in the CT area? I've struck out at every walmart so far.

01-03-2013, 10:32 PM	#115
wago70 Robinson Crusoe on Mars Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Francisco - down by them two ol' sheds Posts: 2,978	I can't wait to score this - funny how BOTH films were paired up at drive-ins when "Birthday" was released in '81.

01-04-2013, 02:38 AM	#116
highclassrob Victim Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 149	Found them in CT at the Walmart along I-91 in Rocky Hill. Display was hidden by a pallet of paper towels not far from the dvd section. Also has 4 packs in the dig bin, which I may go back for.

01-04-2013, 05:37 AM	#117
satans-sadists Humanitarian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,867	Struck out at two different Wal-Marts so far. Maybe the third time will be the charm this weekend?

01-05-2013, 06:58 PM	#120
Kim Bruun Maniac Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 922	I ordered it from this site: http://www.bluraysforeveryone.com/ I've never dealt with them before, but they offered it a lot cheaper than the Ebay sellers willing to shipping to Europe. Happy Birthday to Me was never one of my favourite slashers - perhaps because it lacks a thrilling final chase. But I'll gladly revisit it on blu. When a Stranger Calls, however, is a must own. The opening sequence is iconic horror, and the overall structure of the movie is bold.