Anchor Bay to re-release Evil Dead 2 (1 Viewer)

[Jack Briggs]

Gentlemen, please, let's stop the tit-for-tat posts. Continue discussing the disc. Thanks.

 

[Mike Wadkins]

i have the uk mega box and it aint that great !

 

[Ocean Phoenix]

Are Divimax DVDs like those Superbit DVDs where the main selling point is improved picture quality, which takes up so much space on the disc that there isn't much room for special features? I'm just wondering if the new Evil Dead 2 DVD would have new special features, or the same ones as the previous release, only differing from that release through picture quality.

 

[Drew Reiber]

No, they all contain special features when appropriate. A Divimax Series disc is just a transfer that was made from downgrading a high-definition remastered print.

 

[EnricoE]

hmm, a new dvd of ed2??? well, i have the blood red ld and the old l.e. metal box and sofar i've seen the movie in a long time, which means i dunno how the quality of it is for modern standards if they gonna re-release it i like to see a new audio commentary, top notch video quality, influence of the evil dead for other filmmakers and how horror films evolved after the release of e.d., trailers, new interviews of cast and crew. ohh and make it a 2 disc set

 

[Paul Strilka]

I have a bootleg of "Within the Woods" and several other Sam and Bruce super 8 films.
They are all very, very bad. Just a bunch of kids running around with a camera. It's tough to watch.

 

[Kramer Lowry]

 

[John CW]

I found Within The Woods creepily effective. It's also historically interesting because this is the short film that Raimi and Co made to show investors to get money for his first film.

"Within The Woods" literally started his entire career!

It's also a shame that the "short" version of Blood Simple that the Coen Brothers made after hearing about the success of Raimi's trailer hasn't been released either :frowning:

 

[Ian_H]

Over on the Anchor Bay site they updated thier "In The Future" page. Apparently the ED2 re-release is going to be a "Book of the Dead" release. It will also have a sound chip in it that screams when you push the extended eyeball! It is a DIVIMAX release but no mention of any other extras yet or a release date.

--Ian

 

[Jesse Blough]

Geez, I hope this new "Book of the Dead" edition isn't as expensive as the Evil Dead 1 "Book of the Dead" edition. I wasn't willing to spend that much and I'm still not willing to spend that much.

 

[Matt Czyz]

 

[Prentice Cotham]

I can't wait to smell it!

 

[Patrick.C]

No kidding! That thing would smell up an entire room! I wonder if they'll be making this one out of a different material...

 

[TravisR]

C'mon now, guys. That smell goes away after only a few months

 

[Michael Osadciw]

I agree...it was the smell that made the first book great!

mike

 

[Jussi Tarvainen]

Back when I got the Book of the Dead Edition of the first film, I left it on the balcony for a day. That got rid of (most of) the smell nicely.

 

[ChadMcCallum]

Looks more like the book from Evil Dead 1. Then again I thought the first BOTD looked like the Evil Dead 2 book. Hopefully the disc is better protected this time. I hated that little sleeve on the old Book. I ended up putting the dvd in an old cd case so it wouldn't get scratched.

 

[Kevin M]

Well speaking of which, an extra I would like to see would be a nice long unedited look at the BTS video that was partially offered on the Elite LD and showed up severely edited in the "The Gore The Merrier" featurette on the last DVD.

 

[Mark_TS]

"Anchor Bay to rerelease Evil Dead..."

Hmmm... now THERES something you dont see every day-

oh, wait! I guess we do...

 

[Daniel P]

So, does anyone know any release date on this yet? Can't wait to pre-oder it...