Wow awesome news. It seems like once or twice a year Austria gets some thing a bit special. This time around it's the classic slasher Don't Open Till Christmas in a nifty DVD/BD combo Mediabook, with a choice of two covers.
I might be wrong as I don't speak/read the native tongue but I think it might be limited to 500 per cover, so get in quick. If anyone could confirm that it would be great.
Release date for Don't Open Till Christmas is March 19th. So not long to wait either.
Ohhh yeah. Looking forward to this,
From Synapse Facebook page:
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'NEW SYNAPSE FILMS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR BLU/DVD!
Buy A Bag, Go Home In A Box!
Popcorn, the 1991 cult classic starring Jill Schoelen (The Stepfather, Cutting Class), Malcolm Danare (Christine, Heaven Help Us), Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-terrestrial, The Frighteners, The Lords of Salem) and Tom Villard (One Crazy Summer, My Girl) is coming to Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD from Synapse Films, Inc in 2014!
This release will give fans a brand-new 2K restoration of the film, taken directly from original vault materials. Supplementary materials from Michael Felsher’s Red Shirt Pictures will round out the exciting package. While the line-up of bonus materials has not yet been finalized, it will feature a retrospective documentary on the making of and legacy of Popcorn along with more extra features currently in the planning stages.
“We are thrilled to be working closely with Kristy Jett and Red Shirt Pictures to bring Popcorn out properly. We now have some amazing materials, including the original camera negative and 35mm Interpositive materials to go through, to make sure this release is the best it can be. We just got a palette of amazing stuff we have to sort through for extras, including never before seen behind-the-scenes photos, documents, vintage interview tapes and even an alternate, never used original movie poster design that I found in the bottom of a random box,” says Donald May, Jr., President of Synapse Films.
Getting Popcorn to this point started very simply with a dedicated fan, Kristy Jett of HorrorHound Magazine, launching a Facebook page with the sole purpose of gaining momentum to encourage a distributor to re-release Popcorn. A year in, she gained the support and guidance of Michael Felsher and within the next year she had secured advocacy from Don May, Jr. and Jerry Chandler of Synapse Films. In late 2013, Synapse Films was able to finally secure the rights to the film, to bring it out properly for the fans.
“Make no mistake, this would not have happened without the support and efforts of Don May, Jr. and Jerry Chandler of Synapse. Other companies inquired over the years but Don and Jerry fought alongside me for the past two years. Without them or Michael Felsher, we would not be here.” –Kristy Jett
More details will be released in the coming months, including the release date (estimated date is Halloween 2014, but this is not confirmed). In the meantime, keep up to date on developments at Popcorn’s Facebook fan page:http://www.facebook.com/popcornmovie'
Wow I hadn't even heard of this obscure slasher until internet rummblings of indie label Slasher//Video getting their hands on it for their first foray into Blu-ray. I certainly will be supporting them on this one. It's so obscure every slasher fan should get behind it IMO. Hopefully they will continue to bring us more obscure titles in the future. As far as I'm aware they have teased the Blu-Ray release but it isn't 100% announced yet. But I sure hope it's happening.
2014 is looking like a awesome year for Slasher Blu-Rays. Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Years.
