My Latest Laserdisc Buys ......

[Uncle Jay]

Originally Posted by X-human

They released Boggy Creek II on LD? Why?

Why not?

[Dave]

Haha. Well, according to lddb, Boggy Creek II was released on LD back in the 80s. I think Elite actually released it on DVD, right?

There was a small period of time where AB would release the DVD and Elite would release the LD. That was kind of cool.

[Uncle Jay]

Yeah, ELITE put out a nice version of "Boggy Creek II" on DVD a few years back.

I saw the first one, never saw the second...but I found it in on LD in pristine condition for $2.50 in a record store...couldn't pass it up!

-UJ

[Dave]

To answer the question, though, near everything in the late 80s through mid 90s made it onto laser. There are always exceptions, especially in the horror/home video market, one notable being Waxwork II - never had a laser release here or in Japan.

Originally Posted by Uncle Jay

Just snagged these:

...It Came from Hollywood (1982, Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt)


-UJ

You have officially earned my envy! Been trying to get that one for a while now!

[ekent]

I picked up William Lustig's Hit List. $13.00 shipped.

[Uncle Jay]

Originally Posted by ekent

I picked up William Lustig's Hit List. $13.00 shipped.

That's a great flick! Good cast, too.

-UJ

[Uncle Jay]

Originally Posted by elahrairrah

You have officially earned my envy! Been trying to get that one for a while now!

Yeah, me too. This is a great flick/doc, I remember when it was in theaters, it came out around Halloween of '82 and it was only in a few theaters. I wanted to see it so bad, but it wasn't playing anywhere near my home...and when your 9 years old at that time, it's hard to convince your mother to take you 25 miles out the way to see a comedy-documentary about bad sci-fi flicks (I've already worn my mother out with repeated viewings of "Star Wars" with all the re-releases). My wish would come true when The Movie Channel aired it a year later.

I've owned a nice VHS of it over the years, but the Laserdisc takes the cake! And to top it off, the sleeve and disc are both in pristine/mint shape! A rare find. I remember back in the early 90's when LD's were at its height, I worked at Suncoast and "It Came from Hollywood" was hard to find even then! I ordered it from a company called Ingram and it was on back order forever...never got it.

-UJ

P.S. - Off topic - I do have to give props to my mother because at that time, October '82, Larry Cohen's "Q" was released and she took me to see that. At 9 years of age, I sat and watched "Q" on the big screen. She was always good that way...never gave me crap about watching R-rated fare, as long as the theater was close-by! Gotta love hippies!

Yeah, I get to post in this section, and I don't even own a LD player!!!!!
Halloween Criterion Collection $10 (One more to go!)

[NaturesMistake]

Society (already have a beautiful dvd quality copy, but wanted the artwork).

To go:
Dawn of the Dead
Robocop criterion
The Wall
(Might stop at society though)

[Erick H.]

Originally Posted by Uncle Jay

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Yeah, me too. This is a great flick/doc, I remember when it was in theaters, it came out around Halloween of '82 and it was only in a few theaters. I wanted to see it so bad, but it wasn't playing anywhere near my home...and when your 9 years old at that time, it's hard to convince your mother to take you 25 miles out the way to see a comedy-documentary about bad sci-fi flicks (I've already worn my mother out with repeated viewings of "Star Wars" with all the re-releases). My wish would come true when The Movie Channel aired it a year later.

I actually saw it in the theater,went with my older sister,fun film,never seems to show up anymore.

[Paff]

Originally Posted by CasEjonz

Yeah, I get to post in this section, and I don't even own a LD player!!!!!
Halloween Criterion Collection $10 (One more to go!)

Two disc version or one?
(Back then, Criterion would release a bare bones movie-only edition, and a feature laden special edition. Since the movie only edition cost $50, and the special edition was usually over $100, it kind of made sense. If $50 for a bare bones disc could be described as "making sense")

Originally Posted by Paff

Two disc version or one?
(Back then, Criterion would release a bare bones movie-only edition, and a feature laden special edition. Since the movie only edition cost $50, and the special edition was usually over $100, it kind of made sense. If $50 for a bare bones disc could be described as "making sense")

2 disc

[NaturesMistake]

Snagged Jurassic Park, and Texas Chainsaw 2 at Rasputin's for a dollar each

They had a Pink Flamingos criterion but it was like $15 (at least I think it was a criterion).

[Uncle Jay]

Snagged these:

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966, Terence Fisher)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967, John Gilling)
The Evil Dead [Special Collector's Edition] (1981, Sam Raimi)
Q - The Winged Serpent (1982, Larry Cohen)
Incident at Channel Q (1986, Storm Thorgerson)
Prison (1988, Renny Harlin)

-UJ