Rare Blu-Ray Titles

micrococcus · 05-25-2011, 04:49 PM

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)

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

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

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

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

Kolpitz · 05-25-2011, 05:16 PM

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 · 05-25-2011, 05:59 PM

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

bigdaddyhorse · 05-25-2011, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buck135

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 · 05-25-2011, 06:10 PM

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 · 05-25-2011, 07:39 PM

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 · 05-25-2011, 08:02 PM

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 · 05-25-2011, 09:54 PM

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

joltaddict · 05-25-2011, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buck135

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 · 05-26-2011, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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).

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 · 05-26-2011, 02:40 AM

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 · 05-26-2011, 03:16 AM

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 · 05-26-2011, 03:25 AM

Available from the directors of each film:

hots4 · 05-26-2011, 11:37 AM

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 · 05-26-2011, 11:54 AM

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

05-25-2011, 04:49 PM	#1
micrococcus Victim Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 84	Rare Blu-Ray Titles 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) (II) Dead Silence (Region A available in Hong Kong & Malaysia while Region B available in UK, Spain) (III) King of Fighters (Region A available in Canada & Region B available in Australia) (IV) The Hole (Region A available in Hong Kong & Region B in UK) (V) Seconds Apart (Region B in UK - this disc might be region free) Last edited by micrococcus; 05-25-2011 at 04:55 PM.

05-25-2011, 05:16 PM	#2
Kolpitz Purely and Simply Evil Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Boxborough, MA Posts: 1,503	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). __________________ Everyone is entitled to one good scare. My DVD Collection Everybody's Doing It Be a Follower The Films I've Watched: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

05-25-2011, 05:59 PM	#3
buck135 HackMaster Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 1,837	Watchmen (Ultimate Cut) Evil Dead (2 Disc Set) Zodiac (some say it's rare, others don't) Amazon has it new for $31. __________________ "Do you read Sutter Cane?"

05-25-2011, 06:10 PM	#5
JGrendel HackMaster Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Olds Alberta Canada Posts: 1,877	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. Last edited by JGrendel; 05-25-2011 at 06:16 PM.

05-25-2011, 07:39 PM	#6
spawningblue Deadite Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,364	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). __________________ "First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me. Blow." My Movie Collection

05-25-2011, 08:02 PM	#7
f.ramses Maniac Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 691	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. __________________ "I keep wondering why they keep making all these stupid fucking movies!" - Mickey Knox, Natural Born Killers

05-25-2011, 09:54 PM	#8
buck135 HackMaster Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 1,837	I forgot that Texas Chainsaw Massacre was OOP. There's one up one eBay for $2.25 right now. __________________ "Do you read Sutter Cane?"

05-26-2011, 02:40 AM	#11
Katatonia Hellbound Heart Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 15,883	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. __________________ "The machines are faster and the bombs are worse, as we're all sucked into this unholy curse." - Saint Vitus - War Is Our Destiny DVD Profiler Collection

05-26-2011, 03:16 AM	#12
KamuiX The Eighth Samurai Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1,948	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. __________________ Please visit my site...It's the future! Wii Friend Code: 8897-8584-2714-5768 // XBL & PS3 GamerTag: KamuiXZero

05-26-2011, 03:25 AM	#13
blu Stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 307	Available from the directors of each film: Last edited by blu; 05-26-2011 at 03:29 AM.

05-26-2011, 11:37 AM	#14
hots4 Stalker Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 322	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.

05-26-2011, 11:54 AM	#15
Hellbilly Water-squirting greatness Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Franconia Posts: 13,663	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 __________________ "Common sense turns me on" Last edited by Hellbilly; 05-26-2011 at 11:59 AM.

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