Original MY BLOODY VALENTINE now on DVD.....UNCUT!!!
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:30 pm
Finally got the DVD for the original version of MY BLOODY VALENTINE today and actually saw it for the first time ever! Lionsgate gave this film a nice anamorphic transfer and the picture quality is very impressive given the age and low-budget nature of the movie. But the big news is that they have also included all of the gore that was cut prior to the initial release. Best part is that you can watch the scenes separately or in the movie itself as an "extended version" via seamless branching. The quality of the cut footage is not as sharp as the rest of the film, but it is still in fairly good quality. Fans of the film should be very pleased to see this as the FX are awesome. Just don't expect the cut footage to have the same quality as MGM's recent DVD of THE BURNING (which was terrific) and you won't be disappointed. The other extras are very slim: a very short featurette, an interactive timeline on the history of slasher films, and previews of other Lionsgate films. That's it! But for the price you can't really complain. I actually found this at Wal-Mart (of all places!) for $13, so it should be easy to find at a cheap price.
Now that I've seen the original, I'm even more fired up about seeing that remake this weekend to see how it compares.
One more final thought.....if Paramount actually had this cut footage, who is to say they don't have other lost treasures in their vaults? Is it possible we may in the near future see "uncut" versions of all the FRIDAY THE 13TH films:) An uncut DVD and Blu-Ray of Part 1 is coming out next month, but what about the other films in the series?
Now that I've seen the original, I'm even more fired up about seeing that remake this weekend to see how it compares.
One more final thought.....if Paramount actually had this cut footage, who is to say they don't have other lost treasures in their vaults? Is it possible we may in the near future see "uncut" versions of all the FRIDAY THE 13TH films:) An uncut DVD and Blu-Ray of Part 1 is coming out next month, but what about the other films in the series?