Well, that's pretty darn disappointing, but thanks for the info. I'm not looking to replace all my Hammer DVDs with Blu versions, but I was hoping to be able to upgrade "Quatermass and the Pit" with a Region A anamorphic disc, with a mono soundtrack option --the old Anchor Bay DVD has new sound...
Great news about The Quatermass Xperiment, Mr. Lime, I will definitely be buying! And I echo the hope that KinoLorber will release "Burn, Witch, Burn", as well.
In the North America, the distributor should be Millennium Entertainment, which released the Region A Blu-ray discs of "Dracula...
The irony: unlike MGM's previous DVD release, and (apparently) the upcoming Kino Blu-ray, MGM's old laserdisc release of VIVA MARIA! had both the original French and the dubbed U.S. theatrical soundtracks as options... with non-removable English subtitles (a technical limitation of the format)...
I'm thankful for anamorphic upgrades from MGM's old non-anamorphic DVD releases, but is there any chance we might get some 'first-time-on-disc' releases of some worthy MGM-owned films that have been streamed (presumably in HD) on the major services, like:
Canon City (1948, Scott Brady, Jeff...