I Heart Germany...

So peridocially in my quest to create trhe ultimate Slasher movie Blu-Ray collection I randomly have a butchers at a few stratigic online stores from different parts of the globe. Yesterday I discovered a bunch of cool releases I had no idea were out there from Germany. It appears like Germany has quite the hunger for slashers in HD as they seem to put out the stuff nobody else seems to worried about.

Anguish - Germany & Austria
Blood Runs Cold - Germany
Bloody Mary 3D - Germany (3D Blu-Ray only)
Madison County - Germany (2D & 3D available)
Mother's Day Massacre - Germany (cut)

All of those are out right now and these are available to preorder

The Bunnyman Massacre - Germany March 8th
The Card Player - Germany April 11th
Rites of Spring - Germany May 17th
Sleepless - Germany March 7th

We'll have to wait and see if any of those are cut but but its pretty cool none the less. I'll update the lists as and when I find out.

I've been wanting to see Madison County for some time so it's pretty exciting to find it available on BD anywhere. If your fan of lists or seeing what is available for your own collection you can view the ongoing lists of,

Slasher movies available on BD NOT in my collection

and

My Slasher movie Blu-Ray collection A-Z

Sleepless and The Card Player coming to Germany...

Previously only available as premium priced limited edition Austrian Blu-Ray Media books both Sleepless and The Card Player are being released in Germany in regular editions. This suits me fine as long as they are uncut. I've never seen either and honestly the Austrian Media books, whilst very nice are just to pricey for me to import to the UK. Sleepless is due on Blu-Ray March 7th and The Card Player April 11th from Sun Film Entertainment. It's always nice to get a bit more Dario Argento in my collection.

Psycho 2 coming to Holland...

It seems Universal are gearing up to release the fantastic sequel to Hitchcock's Grandpappy of them all. Psycho 2 is out on Blu Ray in Holland on May 8th. Hopefully this means they are planning a world wide release sooner or later. Otherwise it looks like I'm importing.

Blog's Not Dead...

Hi Slash fans, as you can see it's been a little while since I've posted. Sadly following Christmas holiday my computer decided without warning that it would not connect to the internet despite every other device in the house having no issue with it. Making posting on here and other fun stuff like downloading Podcasts a tad difficult. Wouldn't you know it out of nowhere yesterday the PC just changes it's mind after over a month.

Anyway here's a bit of an update to reassure you the quest for the ultimate Slasher movie Blu-Ray collection isn't dead. I've added several titles to both the complete A-Z of Slasher movies in my Blu-Ray collection and the list of Slasher movies that are available all over the world that I haven't got my hands on as of yet.

The Slasher Movie Blu-Ray Collection A-Z...

Slasher Movies available on BD NOT in the collection yet...

As you can see there's a fair few more of them. Perhaps the most surprising of which was the sudden appearance of a exclusive double feature from Mill Creek Entertainment at Walmart stores in the US of When A Stranger Calls / Happy Birthday To Me. Not only did it appear out of nowhere at a bargain price but the transfers of both films are tremendous. Mill Creek get a giant thumbs up from me on this one. If there was one criticism it would be the astonishingly ugly cover artwork but as a disc its stellar. If your having trouble picking up the Walmart fear not it will be available on general release on March 26th in the US.

I mentioned Podcasts earlier and I have to mention The Hysteria Continues from the guys that run the OG Slasher movie review site Hysteria-lives.co.uk and The Bodycount Continues forum. I've listened to it a fair bit and as a Slasher fan its a must listen podcast. Its funny, charming, informative and passionate. There's not much more you can ask than that. You can subscribe for free at iTunes or at Hysteria Lives!

Whilst I'm at it the chap that runs Hysteria-lives.co.uk Justin Kerswell also has a frankly jaw dropping coffee table book out named Teenage Wasteland: The Slasher Movie Uncut in the UK and The Slasher Movie Book in the US. Next time your in a decent book store check it out. The artwork it contains alone makes it a must have not to mention its a great, in depth chronicling of the history of the Slasher movie. BUY IT!

Hopefully now my PC has resurrected itself I won't be quite as MIA as I have been from the blog.

Back soon....

(Crosses fingers)

The Burning is coming to BD!

Slasher fans of the world rejoice. The wonderful people at the US company Scream Factory announced there line up of Blu-Ray heavy hitters for 2013 this past weekend at the Horror Hound Convention in Indianapolis. Shortly after which they posted the following on Facebook,

'***EXCLUSIVE "SUPER-SIZED" ANNOUNCE!***

The wait is over! We can now officially reveal some really cool and beloved horror classics from the 80s that will be coming from the "Factory" in 2013:

- THE FOG (1980): John Carpenter's seaside ghostly revenge flick with Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis. New extras are in the works! First time on Blu-ray

- THE BURNING (1981): Summer Camp. Garden shears. Tom Savini effects. Need we say more? First time on Blu-ray

- THE HOWLING (1981): Joe Dante's ultimate werewolf pic with superb Rob Bottin effects. First time on Blu-ray.

- LIFEFORCE (1985): Tobe Hooper's space vampires and light-show extravaganza finally gets its first ever anamorphic widescreen presentation! First time on Blu-ray.

- NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984): Shopping and zombies highlight this post-Doomsday cult classic. First time on Blu-ray.

- DAY OF THE DEAD (1985): George Romero's splattery undead classic gets a new collector's edition with new extras.

More details on all of these frightfests will be revealed more next year. Have a great weekend!'

I think we can all agree there's something for every Horror fan in that awesome selection. Not to mention that Scream Factory do a superb job of creating new content and presenting there films with the best possible available image quality. Frankly I'm excited. None has got more excited than the announcement of The Burning however. Why am I so excited you ask? Well I've never seen The Burning. Not especially unusual as there are many classic Slasher movies I haven't seen and many I have but The Burning is something I've come so close to seeing so often that I was beginning to think it would never happen. Its definitely in my Top 5 Most Wanted Blu-Ray Slasher Movies. Hey now there's an idea, I love a good list.

Nail Gun Massacre coming in 2013

Some very exciting news from Code Red today. They are making there first steps in the world of Blu Ray in 2013 with The Electric Chair and Slasher classic Nail Gun Massacre.

Taken from Code Red's News Blog

'NAIL GUN MASSACRE (Blu-Ray 002) with a brand new 2012 HD 1.78 transfer and a new 2012 HD fullframe boom mic cut and more dvd extras by original extra creator Loyd Cryer.'

This is cracking news. Hopefully we can look forward to more of there catalogue coming to Blu-Ray. Lets hope they sell well. We really need more niche labels putting out BDs hopefully now its financially viable for them. From what I've read Code Red do there utmost to create good transfers and its always been sad that they haven't made it over to BD. That looks like its going to change thankfully.

Warner acquires the Friday the 13th license...

Potentially very exciting news. Warner have acquired the Friday the 13th license from Paramount.

Daniel Farrands has confirmed on his Facebook page:

'It's confirmed that Warner Bros. DID acquire the F13th titles from Paramount. But they haven't yet decided whether they will release a full Blu-ray box set or simply release "one offs" of each title. Stay tuned.'

Paramount seemed to be sitting on the remainder of the franchise rather than releasing them to Blu-ray. Hopefully we will get a Box set similarly to the Nightmare on Elm Street collection that Warner released. The really great thing about this deal is Warner already owns the New Line Cinema entries to the series so we could get the whole franchise for the first time in one Blu-ray Box Set.

I really hope this happens soon because I need me some Jason Lives and Jason X in glorious HD.