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bgart13	Thoughts on this interesting BCI related development...	Lead	[-]
Posts: 3248 (06/25/09 19:08:42) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I saw this a couple of days ago and was rather...shocked...to see what appears to be a legitimate release from Mill Creek: http://www.amazon.com/Grindhouse-Greats-Collection-John-Carradine/dp/B002DHACSS/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1245965547&sr=1-17 Looking more at Amazon, it seems Mill Creek has quite a few properties that once belonged to BCI and others that were going to be released by BCI. Mirek - have you heard any rumblings from Mill Creek about re-releases of the Naschy movies? What's everyone's thoughts on this? Would Mill Creek be adventurous enough to spring into legit dvds by starting their own Spanish horror line? I think it'd be great, but unfortunately foolish (for them, not us) -- we know what happened to BCI. Ben Lux Interior: 10.21.46-2.4.09 RIP
Latarnia		#1	[-]
Posts: 15224 (06/25/09 19:29:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hmm, I've heard nothing regarding Naschy. I like the cover above. BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE never managed to get released by BCI, I think. Mirek
bgart13		#2	[-]
Posts: 3249 (06/25/09 21:05:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Same with NIGHTMARE IN WAX and perhaps BLOOD MANIA. Those were canceled Exploitation Cinema double-features. Lux Interior: 10.21.46-2.4.09 RIP
frankie marino		#3	[-]
Posts: 1959 (06/25/09 22:19:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	bgart13 wrote: Same with NIGHTMARE IN WAX and perhaps BLOOD MANIA. Those were canceled Exploitation Cinema double-features. Blood Mania is on a split with...something. it's also on Drive In Classics Vol. 3. just watched it the other night. pretty decent. Stanley i don't think was part of the double features, but i read a review of it somewhere.
Howling Beast		#4	[-]
Posts: 3519 (06/26/09 03:15:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	3 discs, so they're still squeezing 2 films to a side, which might be okay if they're dual layered DVD-9, but somehow I doubt it. Most Millcreeks are great for checking out a large number of films for little money, but beyond that most of the films they release look like shit because they cram 2 or 3 films on one side of a DVD-5 disc, so they're not ideal in terms of collecting and often look worse than VHS. I'm betting this isn't even a legit release, but who knows. If they do take the time to make these look half way decent as well as actually pay the rights-holders for the films, then I welcome their release. I'd love to see more Naschy and Spanish horror films.
Domenick Fraumeni		#5	[-]
Posts: 2644 (06/26/09 05:53:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Something tells me that STANLEY is not going to have any of the extras with it...
ThunderScore.monsterkidclass...		#6	[-]
Posts: 69 (06/26/09 05:55:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I read on another forum that Mill Creek will be releasing a lot of BCI titles. I want to see BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE, so I guess I'll be getting this set.
bela64	The Grindhouse Greats Collection	#7	[-]
Posts: 130 (06/26/09 08:37:27) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	did someone noticed that the collection is described as FULLSCREEN. I remember that Dracula's Castle - Nightmare in wax were supposed to be in Widescreen with BCI.
John Bernhard		#8	[-]
Posts: 1167 (06/26/09 10:09:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Maybe the old Rhino video masters will be making the rounds again on this set?
luisj40		#9	[-]
Posts: 3779 (06/26/09 10:45:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Crazy stuff if Mill Creek is picking up BCI's old catalog but a course I already own the original BCI or the Rhino DVD versions for those films so I'll pass. Luis
bgart13		#10	[-]
Posts: 3253 (06/26/09 10:55:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Over at everyone's fave forum, AV Maniacs, there's a discussion about this I started too. Someone did post that Mill Creek did indeed purchase BCI's stuff, so for now it appears to be legit. Lux Interior: 10.21.46-2.4.09 RIP
Koukol 5		#11	[-]
Posts: 3320 (06/26/09 11:29:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well I already have a boot of BLOOD/NIGHTMARE. So i'm hoping that this won't be the same as the Rhino release. I love BLOOD OF DRACULAS CASTLE. If it had the serial killer turn into the werewolf... i'd be thrilled. Thanks for the heads up, Ben.
Domenick Fraumeni		#12	[-]
Posts: 2650 (06/26/09 14:38:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I wonder if this'll be the theatrical or television version of BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE. The T.V. version had an added subplot with a werewolf in order to pad out the running time.
bela64	The werewolf sequences in BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE	#13	[-]
Posts: 131 (06/26/09 14:59:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Were those sequences filmed by Adamson or taken from an obscure or unreleased film ? I saw that version with those sequences and the music is different and the actress is not in the theatrical version. I'm sure the werewolf was not played by Robert Dix.
bgart13		#14	[-]
Posts: 3257 (06/26/09 15:20:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Over at AVM, Cliff Mac. replied to a question I had about these releases. Here's his response: They did pick up the library. It will be interesting to see what masters they use. Hope he doesn't mind, and I hope he actually comes back to posting at Latarnia some time down the road... Ben Lux Interior: 10.21.46-2.4.09 RIP
Domenick Fraumeni		#15	[-]
Posts: 2651 (06/26/09 17:07:16) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	bela64 wrote: Were those sequences filmed by Adamson or taken from an obscure or unreleased film ? I saw that version with those sequences and the music is different and the actress is not in the theatrical version. I'm sure the werewolf was not played by Robert Dix. I believe they were shot without Al Adamson or Sam Sherman's consent or knowledge. Information on DRACULA'S CASTLE
HombreLobo44		#16	[-]
Posts: 4099 (06/26/09 18:10:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have only one thing to say about Dracula's castle. Vicky Volante! Yum. She fueled many an adolescent fantasy back in the 70's! HombreLobo44 Last Edited By: HombreLobo44 06/26/09 18:15:07. Edited 1 times.
Jobla.scarletstreet		#17	[-]
Posts: 114 (06/26/09 23:08:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	As Cliff said elsewhere, it will be interesting to see which prints of BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE and NIGHTMARE IN WAX surface from Mill Creek. Widescreen? Fullscreen? Extra TV footage? Who knows? I don't expect to see the TV werewolf footage. I don't think that BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE is being sold by Sinister Cinema anymore (I believe that SC was the source for the TV print). I do hope that the prints are widescreen, and not the fullframe Rhino versions. However, I don't know how far BCI progressed with the unreleased transfers, so this is a stab in the dark. Amazon.com does specify fullscreen, but they've been wrong before. Perhaps their info hasn't been updated? I just wish that the Exploitation Cinema double-billing of those titles had been released. I agree with Mirek that spreading the 12 films over three discs will result in some image degradation.
Latarnia		#18	[-]
Posts: 15231 (06/27/09 03:42:01) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That was Brant (Howling Beast) making the image degradation observation. I believe that BCI was just about to release BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE and NIGHTMARE IN WAX, so I do think that's what Mill Creek picked up. BTW, does Mill Creek still place their logo onto their presentations? Mirek
Jobla.scarletstreet		#19	[-]
Posts: 115 (06/27/09 09:37:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	My apologies to Brant, thanks for the correction. Yes, BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE/NIGHTMARE IN WAX and HORROR HIGH/THE UNSEEN (???) were due in late January, after having been delayed a time or two. I don't know if those discs were actually pressed, however. I would guess that they weren't actually manufactured, because if they had been, they might have shown up on the secondary market by now (eBay, Big Lots, Half Price Books, Amazon "used," etc.). I do believe that at least the materials were prepared, so hopefully Mill Creek has acquired those widescreen transfers. The DRIVE-IN CULT CLASSICS VOL. 4 set was released in early January, but almost exclusively to mail-order only. Retailers such as Best Buy didn't stock that release, although they had previously carried the BCI product line.
brianalbright.monsterkidclass...		#20	[-]
Posts: 1 (07/04/09 07:31:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sinister is still selling the TV version, according to their web site. The new sequences in BODC were shot by Donald Hulette, who re-edited Crown's films for TV and often shot new footage using his own actors and crew. His most famous and most elaborate of these was restructuring MADMEN OF MANDORAS intoTHEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN. When I interviewed him, he didn't remember shooting the stuff for DRACULA'S CASTLE, but indicated he probably took some folks into Griffith Park with a 16mm camera and did it all in one day, which was their standard practice at the time. He also added the sequence with HORROR HIGH where the main kid talks to his dad on the phone.

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