Night 90 Blu-ray up for Pre-Order

[Kaos]

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_...990-PRE-ORDER/ 21678.jpg Fans of the remake have at it!

[bassman]

So I guess the director's cut we heard rumors of a few years back isn't happening? Either way, this is a definite purchase.

[ProfessorChaos]

limited release of only 3k copies with no significant special features.....as much as i want to jump on this one, i'm probably gonna have to pass for 30 bones....

[Kaos]

The usual deal is that Screen Archives contracts to do a quality edition of the movie on blu-ray with a limited run. As part of that contract they have exclusive rights to produce and release a blu-ray of the film for 3 years. So there won't be a director's cut anytime soon. They produced the Fright Night 1985 blu-ray too. High Def Digest reviewed it here: http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/3644/frightnight.html In any event, this is not a low end budget release, so only die hard fans will drop the cash. I have been tracking this release for months, and was probably one of the first to pre-order.

[bassman]

Are there any further details elsewhere? Have they spent the time to go through the PQ or just thrown a poor copy on blu ray like some companies do? Also.....I wonder why it doesn't include the making of documentary? It's a bummer the director's cut with new features isn't happening anytime soon, but it will be nice to have this on blu ray for the Halloween season...

[Kaos]

I haven't found any yet. Even though in past discs they used decent transfers, there is always a possibility they will do a crappy job on this one. You can probably wait for a review of the transfer before buying it since there is no option to pay anything but retail for it. The Fright Night disc sold out quick and runs over a $100 on ebay, but I think there is a much larger nostalgic fan base for Fright Night. As far as extras are concerned Screen Archives is no Criterion, and they probably didn't want to pay for the rights to add any "making of featurettes."

[MinionZombie]

*ahem* http://forum.homepageofthedead.com/s...064#post289064

[Kaos]

You better get some cough syrup for that, MZ. You sound awful.

[MinionZombie]

You better get some cough syrup for that, MZ. You sound awful.

[ProfessorChaos]

thanks for the additional info, kaos. three more years without a blu ray available for this is too long for this fan-boy, it turns out. i'm one of three thousand.

[Mr.G]

I'm not a fan of the cover art but I couldn't pass it up. Too many a**holes are buying multiple copies hoping to score big on ebay. I missed the Fright Night release and refuse to buy it at an inflated price.

[EvilNed]

Isolated score track? *shudders* I have the DVD which is a cropped "fake" widescreen. It's almost worth getting this one just to be able to throw the old one out the door, but I don't find this film that good to begin with.

[Kaos]

Someone on facebook said that they have already pre-sold 1300 discs, but I don't know how they know that number. Definitely should be taken with a grain of salt.

[bassman]

If I could just get some sort of confirmation that the transfer is quality, I would be all over this. Hopefully a review will hit before they're all gone...

[Kaos]

On facebook Screen Archives stated there are less than 400 left.