The MGM Wish List (1 Viewer)

[Martin Welch]

With MGM and its vast film library up for sale, hopefully we won't have to wait another two years to see any of their catalog titles on DVD. Here's a few of my wants, if anyone's looking:

ANGEL, ANGEL DOWN WE GO
THE BED SITTING ROOM
BLACK SABBATH
THE BLACK SLEEP
BLOOD AND LACE
BLOOD BATH
BOBBIE JO AND THE OUTLAW
BURN WITCH BURN
THE CRIMSON CULT
CURSE OF THE FACELESS MAN
DAGMAR’S HOT PANTS
DAUGHTERS OF SATAN
DEATH RIDES A HORSE
THE DEVIL WITHIN HER
THE DEVIL’S ANGELS
DIARY OF A MADMAN
DR GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS
DRACULA VS FRAKENSTEIN
THE EVICTORS
THE GLORY STOMPERS
GOD FORGIVES I DON’T
GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE
HANDS OF THE RIPPER
THE HARD RIDE
HORROR HOUSE
HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS
HOUSE OF 1000 DOLLS
HOW I WON THE WAR
THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN
MARYJANE
MASTER OF THE WORLD
MILLION EYES OF SUMURU
MONSTER DOG
THE MUSIC LOVERS
NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT
OLD DRACULA
OCTA-MAN
PHAROAH’S CURSE
RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP
THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT
QUEEN OF BLOOD
ROLLING THUNDER
THE SAVAGE SEVEN
SHOUT AT THE DEVIL
SUPER BEAST
SUGAR HILL
THE TOMB
THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN
TWINS OF EVIL
THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA
VAMPIRE CIRCUS
VOYAGE INTO SPACE
WINTERHAWK
WITHOUT WARNING

 

[AlanBrom]

You would think that with the enormous success of the new "Twilight" movie and the overall vampire craze, MGM or whoever inherits their library would be quick on getting out VAMPIRE CIRCUS and TWINS OF EVIL in the United States. Also, love your list and would like to ad a region 1 disk of BLOOD ON SATANS CLAW.

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

I second Riot On Sunset Strip, Glory Stompers, Savage Seven, Dr Goldfoot, The Black Sleep, Vampire Circus, Hands Of The Ripper, Blood On Satan's Claw and any other b-grade exploito rock'n'roll/teen/cycle "trash" that would've been issued under the Midnite Movies banner. I would especially love to see a legit release for Riot though! I would be gassed if they asked Domenic Priore (writer / filmmaker / music and cultural historian of '60s LA/Hollywood/Sunset Strip scene) to record a commentary track with Dave Aguilar of the Chocolate Watchband! And similarly, a music-only track and commentary with Davie Allen for the Glory Stompers would be totally boss!

It's also about time that the damn Kubrick films were given proper restorations and reissues with some extras. If not, they should be licensed out to Criterion as they did with Night of The Hunter.

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

I'd buy several of the titles on Martin's wish list, namely-- BLACK SABBATH
THE BLACK SLEEP
BURN WITCH BURN
THE CRIMSON CULT
CURSE OF THE FACELESS MAN
DEATH RIDES A HORSE
DIARY OF A MADMAN
GOD FORGIVES I DON’T
HANDS OF THE RIPPER
HOUSE OF 1000 DOLLS
MASTER OF THE WORLD
MILLION EYES OF SUMURU
THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT
QUEEN OF BLOOD
ROLLING THUNDER
SHOUT AT THE DEVIL
TWINS OF EVIL
THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA
VAMPIRE CIRCUS
VOYAGE INTO SPACE
--plus these additions: ALAKAZAM THE GREAT THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN DANGER ROUTE THE DESTRUCTORS ('74) GOG GORATH HARRY IN YOUR POCKET THE HUMAN VAPOR JOHNNY COOL THE KILLER IS LOOSE LADYBUG LADYBUG THE MAGNETIC MONSTER MASQUERADE ('65) THE MERCENARY (a.k.a. A PROFESSIONAL GUN) 99 RIVER STREET SOME GIRLS DO THE TIME TRAVELERS UP IN THE CELLAR

 

[AlanBrom]

Let's hope the bulk of these titles are saved from MGM's new DVD-on-demand endeavor, which looks to be a dead end disaster.

 

[DeWilson]

Originally Posted by AlanBrom

Let's hope the bulk of these titles are saved from MGM's new DVD-on-demand endeavor, which looks to be a dead end disaster.

What leads you to believe it is a "dead end disaster"?

 

[AlanBrom]

What leads you to believe it is a "dead end disaster"?

...Replicated DVD-Rs for 20 bucks a pop, only available through Amazon, with no covers to boot, compared with the good old days of pressed DVDs for around 10 bucks a pop, a lot of times getting a double feature for that low price. I don't mind that they do this for certain titles, but I certainly don't want to see stuff like ROLLING THUNDER, TWINS OF EVIL, DEATH RIDES A HORSE or THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN come out that way.

 

[kingfish]

I believe that Men of the Fighting Lady is an MGM title.

 

[ahollis]

Originally Posted by kingfish

I believe that Men of the Fighting Lady is an MGM title.

It is and MGM title that belongs to Warner Brothers.

 

[IanD]

My MGM wishlist

More Midnite movies

and anamorphic versions of

Night Of The Hunter
Moby Dick
Pit And The Pendulum
Lifeforce

 

[AlanBrom]

Would also love to see anamorphic versions of THE THING WITH TWO HEADS and MADHOUSE.

 

[WadeM]

Another vote for the Hammer Horror films.
Unbelievable that those haven't been released in R1 yet.

 

[Martin Welch]

It is incredible, just incredible that MGM's Hammer Horror films haven't been released yet. I mean, VAMPIRE CIRCUS and TWINS OF EVIL...Vampires! HELLO!!!!

 

[cineMANIAC]

Originally Posted by Martin Welch

It is incredible, just incredible that MGM's Hammer Horror films haven't been released yet. I mean, VAMPIRE CIRCUS and TWINS OF EVIL...Vampires! HELLO!!!!

If you were talking about Lionsgate, yes, they would have re-released all of the vampire-themed films they own (I'm waiting for a Fright Night 2 reissue myself) just to cash in on Twilight. But this is MGM - a currently moribund studio barely on life support. I actually don't expect ANYTHING from them until the economic fog lifts completely or until someone buys them out.

 

[MLamarre]

I would rather have had the following on pressed disc but since the VOD program is in full-swing, I'd rather see them on dvd-r than never at all. I'd like to suggest:

Sidney Lumet's The Offence (1972)
John Cassavettes' A Child is Waiting (1963)
Peter Yates' Robbery (1967)
Stanley Kramer's Not as a Stranger (1955)

and of course some unreleased horror;

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1977)
TerrorVision (1986)
The Video Dead (1987)

 

[Martin Welch]

and of course some unreleased horror;

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1977)
TerrorVision (1986)
The Video Dead (1987)

Let's hope that these and others get licensed to the Shout! Factory as it has been rumored as such according to the guy trying to get The Video Dead out on DVD.

 

[MLamarre]

Two more I just remembered:

Elia Kazan's The Visitors (1972)
Carol Reed's The Man Between (1953)

 

[Simon Howson]

Originally Posted by MLamarre

Two more I just remembered:

Elia Kazan's The Visitors (1972)

The Visitors is out in Region 4:
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/808058

 

[cineMANIAC]

Will we ever see a decent version of Runaway Train? I find it hard to fathom such a great film still neglected on DVD and that nobody has asked about it. It belongs on a top 10 list of forgotten films or something.

 

[dana martin]

with all the sets multi disc that MGM has put out lately on Blu, i wonder where the Corman/Price Poe Set is


List of the Corman Poe films

1. House of Usher (1960)
2. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
3. The Premature Burial (1962)
4. Tales of Terror (1962)
5. The Raven (1963)
6. The Haunted Palace (1963)
7. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
8. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)