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What are some movies that you know about on VHS that will never make to DVD?
I can only name like three or four.

John Water's MONDO TRASHO or MULTIPLE MANIACS, due to music rights issues. It's sad to think today's youth will never get to see The Cavalcade of Perversions featuring the astounding 'Puke Eater' ("Watch him lap it up. He luvs it!").

With the drastic slowing down of DVD sales we not too likely to see the rest of the Universal horror catalog like THE MAD GHOUL, HOUSE OF HORRORS and the other two 'Paula the Ape Woman' movies - or  the early Paramount horror films now owned by Universal, including ISLAND OF LOST SOULS and MURDERS IN THE ZOO.

Are you kidding?  I OWN most of them!

Cool Breeze - The Asphalt Jungle, only darker.

Night of Horror - Tony Malanowski's pride and joy.

Tintorera - fifth-rate Jaws ripoff in English and Spanish. Woo.

Alien 2: Sulla Terra (Alien : On Earth) - an Italian ripoff of Star Wars.  Just kidding.

Rad - False advertising courtesy of Hal (Cannonball Run) Needham.

MegaForce - see above.

Body Slam - ditto.

Santa and The Ice Cream Bunny - even Hollywood has its pride.

Sextette - for necrophiliacs only.

Song of the South - I think this one, especially, is a pretty safe bet.

I've heard they are trying to find a way to release this on DVD due to fan demand.  You know there is some group out there waiting for the announcement of the release so they can go ape sh*t over it. It was just a stupid movie released back when civil rights had no meaning. Take it as a historical time capsule, shut up and move on to more important things.

Welcome to your nightmare!

http://www.amazon.com/Sextette-Mae-West/dp/B00004YA6M (http://www.amazon.com/Sextette-Mae-West/dp/B00004YA6M)

 Actually I lie I can name a few:
Quest for the Mighty Sword-- My proudest find, litterally a dream come true, as I had dreams I was watching "Troll 3".
Nukie-- though aint worth nothing, you can find it on Ebay for less than $2.00... or you can trade me something for it, as I have two copies  :teddyr:)
Zombie Nightmare-- was MST3k'd
Teenage Frankenstien
It Conquered the World-- (DVD+R at Ebay-- cheaters)
Amazing Colossal Man-- was MST3k'd  (if you see it on Ebay it's DVD+R, doesn't count I can do that too-- cheater.)
Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters (AKA Caperucita y Pulgarcito contra los monstruos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhhPemapM18
-- in New condition this goes for $100!, maybe theres a few K. Gordon Murray flicks in the same position. The best thing in the world is that you can sometimes get Santa (1959) on DVD at Amazon fot like $0.98; that was my Christmas present this year  :teddyr:.

I've mentioned these in some other threads but;

Radioactive Dreams
Damnation Alley
Cellar Dweller
Ratboy
Shock 'Em Dead

I have heard that Damnation Alley is getting a DVD release at the end of the year, as it has been shown in high def at special screenings, which would point to an updated transfer. Ratboy is the one I don't hold too many high hopes for, most people who've seen it don't have much good to say. I need it for nostalgia purposes, as I viewed it when I was about 6 or 7 and depressed the crap outta me even then. I need closure.

Ratboy! i saw it at a friends house when i was like 8 or 9, it was on hbo or showtime i think. i remember some kid that lived in manhatten or some penthouse that befriends ratboy and ratboy crying in an alley, thats about it. i saw a vhs copy on ebay a couple of years ago, i regret not buying the damn thing. (sigh)

Wrong.
This is for necrophiliacs only :
http://www.amazon.com/Kissed-Molly-Parker/dp/B0009X7BH8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1236534570&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Kissed-Molly-Parker/dp/B0009X7BH8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1236534570&sr=1-1)

PROJECT METALBEAST

HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS

THE DARK

FRIGHT NIGHT Part 2

Holy hell! Yeah, how could I forget that gem!  :smile:

It used to be on ITV 4 all the bleedin' time....
You can get it on DVD in the US

Donald Jackson's DEMON LOVER (aka DEVIL MASTER)

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(I am lucky enuff to have the above vhs....thanks to the flea market)

 Fellow Michigander Donald Jackson also made the classic(?) HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN and ROLLER BLADE,among others!

Destroyer... :bluesad:

i'd like to know why "the incredible shrinking man" won't make it to dvd, i've been waiting for it for YEARS

Saturday the 14th won't make it, neither will the series "Earthworm Jim". .

I would buy several proper DVD copies of Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark and House of The Long Shadows if they ever came out on DVD.  :smile:

It did  :smile: - it was included on this Sci Fi movie collection from Universal, along with nine other of their 50s sci-fi movies.

http://tinyurl.com/cqyana (http://tinyurl.com/cqyana)

King Cobra AKA Jaws of Satan
I doubt it will ever be on DVD. I had a bootleg copy of it on VHS but my VCR died.

Arena

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ROBO-C.H.I.C. aka CYBER-C.H.I.C. will never make it to DVD, as nobody knows where the print is or who has the rights to it -- Windstar is long gone as a production company -- Jeff Mandel, the writer & first director, would give me the right to distribute it if it could ever be found.

Kill Line may or may not go to DVD some day, or may have already in Korea, but not in the US.

Ah! Marie!  will never get a US DVD release, but could in Italy.

peter johnson/gimp the satan's onion

Deadly Prey

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Wow!!
David A. Prior worked on ROBO-C.H.I.C. too!!  I think he was an line producer, or something --

peter gimp the satan's onion

Metalbeast is on French DVD I think, and Fright Night 2 was once on DVD, only now it's like 70 bucks... (I got it while it was still cheap! F.U. Artisan letting things go OOP!!!)

I kind of doubt DANCE OF THE DWARFS will make it to DVD despite Peter Fonda starring in it, since hardly anyone knows about it... :P

Code Red is releasing Zombie Nightmare on DVD sometime this year. Will these ever find their way on DVD?

Iced (1988)
Eyes Of Fire (1983)
Night School (1981)
Necropolis (1987)
TerrorVision (1986)
Screams Of A Winter Night (1979)
T.A.G.: The Assassination Game (1982)
Hospital Massacre (1982)
Humongous (1982)
Spellcaster (1988)
Demented (1980)
Shallow Grave (1987)
Lone Wolf (1988)

Eyes of Fire (1983) is on DVD but it's about $160 US to get it from Amazon.

The Keep

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In regards to Zombie Nightmare, it better damn well have the original cover art!

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I hate the way companies change the artwork for some DVD's, they take away most of the magic.  :bluesad:

Buford's Beach Bunnies (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103894/)

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It may star Jim Hanks, but I can't imagine anybody getting it into their head to release this on DVD. It's a shame, because the girls in the movie are actually pretty attractive, which is not always the case in these cheap '80s T&A movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62KXf08Mew&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&ei=moW1SaGyDJTcMcD2xMYE&resnum=0&q=buford%27s+beach+bunnies&&feature=player_embedded

I hope Jon Mikl Thor records a commentary track!

it seems to me godzilla 1985 godzilla vs biolante and godzilla vs megalon. will never get region 1 dvd releases

For Godzilla vs Megalon on a Region 1 DVD go here.
http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-Monster-Megalon-Double-Feature/dp/B001FR7IKC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1236697850&sr=1-1

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday. . . . Kinda bums me out. . .

It seems that if the copyright on these things have gone belly-up, any company could release them and sell them dirt cheap. All it would take would be some searching through copyright records.

http://www.copyright.gov/records/cohm.html (http://www.copyright.gov/records/cohm.html)

Mill Creek could go BONKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Moontrap" seems to be lost in some sort of rights issue hell. 

"Somewhere Under the Rainbow" - midgets, including a little Nazi midget.  I don't know what is up with this one.

I'd also very much like to think that "Treasure of the Four Crowns" will someday come to DVD.

Where is DR.FEANKENSTEIN ON CAMPUS? Or OCTOMAN? I think NIGHT of BLOODY HORROR ( I got it on vhs) has a dvd release somewhere...but what about WOMEN AND BLOODY TERROR?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ua7FY4_DU

And yes...that is Gerald McRaney-star of Simon and Simon and Major Dad!

Yes, "Night Of Bloody Horror" is available in one of those ba-zillion movie sets for $20. I don't recall which one off the top of my head, but if I can remember to, I'll track it down when I get home tonight. I loved it, but I have not watched since the first time. It would make a great double-feature with "Three On A Meathook".

The Gavin Miller/Denis potter "Dreamchild" with Ian Holm giving a performance which ranks him in likes of the great character actors and Coral Brown, as Lewis Carroll and Alice. It's a "highly" original film (if flawed, with an unnecessary romantic subplot) and, I may be mistaken here, but one of the last films Jim Henson worked on. Long overdue dvd transfer.

" The Gathering" . Ed Asner and Maureen Stapleton. If the faceless corporate Scrooges only had an inkling of the nostalgic demand for this film.

Well, they finally released Edmund Goulding's "Nightmare Alley" with Tyrone Power, so perhaps there's hope.

I would really like to see the US version of No Retreat, No Surrender on DVD, but I doubt that will ever happen.  I don't like the non US version since they took out a great song and changed up some of the scenes that were shown.

that's a bootleg. i am pretty sure of it.

If they were made in the past 30 years, the copyrights are most likely still valid.  Copyright law is ludicrously long in the USA.  I just wish the companies that have no interest in releasing a film at all, as they feel it would be unprofitable, would simply open it to the public domain.  Sometimes they can't, sometimes they don't have full control of the copyright (or don't have video rights to the music, etc), and sometimes they're just being greedy.

One thing I might add, there is some kind of theoretical thing that if they aren't defending their copyright at all, it doesn't apply.  That is, if very publicly pirate releases kept coming out and they simply totally ignored or tolerated them, I think that can cause them to essentially lose the copyright.  Anyone know what I'm talking about?

"Highway to Hell" I doubt will ever be released...
Nor will "Rockula", it seems.
Or "It Came From Holywood", possibly the greatest bad movie clip compilation video ever, because they apparently broke copyright laws when they released it the first time...

That's incorrect, although it's commonly believed.  Abandonment of copyright requires an affirmative act and an intent to relinquish the interest. 

As a practical matter, though, this may happen if the copyright holder isn't aware of his rights, or doesn't care to assert them because it would cost more to enforce the right in court than he would gain from enforcing it.  Some of these niche cult films are probably not worth enough $$$ to the copyright holders to bother with.

I've seen Saturday the 14th on DVD before. I used to own it.

Phantasm II has yet to surface on DVD. Every other Phantasm film has.

Phantasm II is on DVD.

I think there is a legal rights problem that is keeping The Wizard of Speed and Time from getting a DVD release.  Which is a rotten shame.  My freind showed me this movie on VHS a while back and I fell in love with it. Its a great tribute to special effects.

While Inchon was never released on tape I doubt it will be ever released on DVD.  Part of me wishes it will be because I have such a huge urge to watch it.

I'd also like to see alot of the old metal VHS tapes on dvd. Bands in the 80's-early 90's put out quite a few, with all their promo videos on, interviews and general goofing off.

Really, I remember seeing a site where people could request that a movie be released on DVD and S14 had like 2 requests, mine made 3. . I haven't been able to find it. .

Also, if anyone knows of a site where people show their interest in movies being put on DVD, please let me know. I used to know of one but I've forgotten the name of it. .

Hardware aka M.A.R.K. 13 will likely never see a DVD release, as they ripped the whole thing off from a 2000 AD comic and got their pants sued off sometime around the VHS release.

http://www.videoupdates.net/2009/02/hardware-1990.html

I've Never Seen NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 3 On DVD Or VHS , And I'm still wondering how to get my hands on a copy

Phantasm II is on DVD in the U.K. I guess, but not in the U.S.

I got Saturday the 14th years ago at a used/new record store. I guess it's out of print now.

I spoke with Mike Jittlov on the phone a few years back.  The problem was not with the rights, but with finding a company interested in releasing the film.  He was a very nice person to talk to on the phone, but his experience in making the film definitely hurt him.  From what I have read, and the conversation with Mike, the real producer ended up acting like the producer that is portrayed in the movie.

A DVD with "The Wizard of Speed and Time" and all of Mr. Jittlov's shorts would be an instant purchase for me.  He had a fantastic talent for those special effects.

CLOWN FIGHT!  CLOWN FIGHT!

I don't know what the problem is with these (they may get a DVD release after all), but I'd like to see BLOOD DINER, ROSAURA A LAS 10, GOODBYE 20TH CENTURY, and a reissue of LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD on DVD, among others.

 :bouncegiggle:  HAHAHAHAH!!!!!

I just read that short comic.  It has similarities, but I'm amazed they lost a lawsuit.  The similarities are so broad, and the styles are so different, that I really don't see it.  It'd be like if the people who made Predator sued the people who made Watchers 3.

Oh wow, there is a long list of movies that need to be released on DVD.

I have quite a few of the movies listed here on DVD. I prefer legal copies, but until they come out in a official studio release I'll have to settle for the "Official Asian Release"

My copy of "Decline Of The Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" is in Thai.  :smile:

I saw that one a few weeks ago, the metal years are my years ... wild ass times. 

The Refrigerator...

I suspect a full fledged SE.
On a sidenote, Synapse were suppose to release Zombie Nightmare but ditched plans because their release of Jon Mikl Thor's Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare hardly sold any copies (Black Roses flopped as well). Ah well. At least we are getting Zombie Nightmare on DVD after all.

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The one thing on want to see on dvd is the Maxx. One of the greatest shows to ever come off of MTV and it has yet to come to dvd. Damn them.

Yeah, what's up with Marienbad being OOP for so long.  I always thought it was an artsy-fartsy film standard.  (I know I had to watch it back in film school.)

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Black Devil Doll From Hell. Shot on s**teo and thats where it will (most likely)stay
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NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957) the classic original (not that stupid TRACI LORDS version) is not available on DVD (and maybe wasn't on VHS).  I don't understand why this awesome film is so hard to get a copy of!!!

DUDES (1987)

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How about Pulgasari?

Proteus (the one about the mutant creature on a ship- not the gay romance one)

Superbeast (thank god)

The Abomination

Porno Holocaust (I could be wrong about this one)

LOL @ Joe

i just bought a proteus VHS off of amazon and when i first typed in the name i got that gay flick. i was like what the hell is going on here? ive been actually trying to buy up vhs of old movies that havent or more likely will never be released on dvd. i make my own dvd copies for myself just to ensure that they stay in tact and are still watchable. VHS get worn out and eventually get all crappy. as long as you dont scratch the disc you're good to go until some other form of video comes out. soon we'll all be watching on the computer and store our movies in files instead of discs. hell some of us already do.

Just make sure you check your DVD-Rs every few years.  They gradually get errors over the years, and can become unplayable.  They'll start to skip first though.  At that point, you can just make a new copy, as your computer will be able to sort it out still.

I think I remembered a few.  At least, not in US release, but I'm not sure about elsewhere:

Razorback (though I've heard rumor that someone is trying to get the rights to this one)

Blue Monkey

The Cellar

Monster Shark

Aatank

Blood Beach

Wangmagwi

I should have cosulted this thread before posting my most recent rant (Welcome to the Land of NOD (Not on DVD) (http://cosmic-cinema.blogspot.com/2009/04/welcome-to-land-of-nod-not-on-dvd.html)) at Cosmic Cinema.  Looks like I missed quite a few titles.

Blue Monkey?

Aatank?

Wangmagwi?

Superbeast?

Dudes?

Platoon Leader.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095877/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095877/)

Destroy All Monsters and Godzilla vs the Smog Monster, AIP versions will probably never see an offical release.

sorry for my ignorance but what is the "AIP" versions? i own godzilla vs. hedorah and that comes with the original jap language version.

really? i didnt know that. i capture from my vcr right to my computer so i have an original .avi that i store on a external hard drive for backup.

Its the company that did the origianl dubs. For example in G vs the Smog Monster the Save the Earth song is in English, the DVD Godzilla vs Hedorah uses Toho's "International" dub, the song is in Japanese, also the dubbing is completely different. Smog Monster was released on VHS but the AIP DAM has never been offically released.

Most of the Gamera films are like this too, orignally dubbed by AIP but later redubbed by Sandy Frank.

thats interesting, i wonder why classic media didnt get the right music for godzilla vs hedorah. they went through the trouble to get the jap language print and clean it up, i mean why not?

Sony released Hedora as well as some other toho monster flicks (sea monster, gigan,...). They just got the rights directly from Toho and just used toho's "international" dub.

I just found out today that THE REFLECTING SKIN is not on DVD, and I have no idea why.  I ordered a "like new" VHS copy.

The AVI is a good idea.  In my experience, hard drives are more reliable than burned optical media.

On the DVD-R thing, I should probably mention that it isn't GUARANTEED they'll become unplayable, and there are people with 10 year old DVD-Rs that play perfectly fine.  It's just a possibility, especially if you're using low grade media.  It's also possible they might last 50+ years, but I wouldn't count on it, that's all.

Blood Beach: I just heard of this movie and now I can't get it out of my head.  I really want to see what this one is about and I'm sort of being forced to use YouTube to see it as my last option.  A movie about a killer beach?  That just grabs my attention.  Yeah someone mentioned it earlier, but I think it should be noted that someone else is curious about it.

Blood Beach is a fun one, I've only seen it on tv though not uncut.

Razorback - as stated earlier in this thread this definitely needs a region 1 release. Its out as a region 4. Probably watched this one a dozen times in the '80s.

Inframan - one of my all time favorites. I know The Super Inframan is already out, but I would like to have them both on DVD.

Spectreman - there were random episodes available on vhs throughout the '80s-90s.

Akira - The Streamline version that was in theaters in 1988, I want my Leonardo voice back for Kaneda  :hatred:

LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD is coming out this week!

Per the director, BEGOTTEN will never be re-released on DVD (so the original 1000 copies or so are all that will ever exist).  He is considering a Blu-Ray release, though.

Yor Hunter from the Future
Sorceress

To name a few more.

Well this is a surprise... have to check around to see if it actually came out.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099740/news#ni0836357 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099740/news#ni0836357)

The moment I looked at that I saw Reb Brown in a diaper holding a machinegun for an instant.

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Man, I've been looking for that. :bluesad:

Found it a thrift store.
I'll trade ya something for it!

I think all VHS movies will be on DVD someday.  Even movies that have copyright issues with music and stuff.  Somewhere, somehow, these problems will be solved.  I remember Spielberg saying ET would never be released on video because it's a group experience that needs to be shared in a large auditorium.  I remember movies like SLAPSHOT and THE LONGEST YARD being released in "home video" versions with some of the music altered or edited out completely (the VHS version of SLAPSHOT had alternate music in place of the song "Get Right Back" by Maxine Nightingale and the VHS version of THE LONGEST YARD was missing a short sequence with transvestite inmates singing "Born Free" . . . but the DVDs have the original music for both of these movies intact).  Where there's a will, there's a way . . .

Well, now we are drifting away from DVDs with avi. files and such-- which I personally don't really like, cos I wanna sit on my couch and enjoy.

Not in an official capacity.  You said it, "where there's a will, there's a way".  There's no will for a lot of unreleased films, as there isn't any money in it. 

It's the same movie . . . they just used the title SUPER INFRAMAN for the DVD.  I own a copy.

But it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.  If a DVD release is likely to be profitable, someone will release it.  If it is unlikely to be profitable, eventually it will become public domain material and then EVERYONE will release a cheap version of it.  If a movie was on VHS it WILL be on DVD some day.  You MUST believe!  Drink with me from the cup of faith!

I have fallen from the True Faith...  I RENEW MY VOWS!  I DRINK HEARTILY OF THE CUP OF FAITH!!!   YEEARGH!

This Kool-Aid tastes funny, Reverend Jones.....glurk!

ROBO-C.H.I.C., aka CYBER-C.H.I.C., will never be released on DVD, nor will a number of other films, simply because it is impossible to determine who actually owns the rights to the finished product.

Legal reasons alone drive a lot of this stuff.  The dream era wherein every single thing existing gets an electronic release of some sort depends upon the passage of time and the death of lawyers and legal entities.  Quite possibly Robomess will get a DVD or Ethernet or Squidly-Diddly release sometime in 2015, when the technology and law changes drastically, but not before.

peter johnson/denny i know too many (unprintable) lawyers.

What happens in 2015?

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Also known as Quest for the Mighty Sword
Also known as Troll 3: The Sword of Power

Least it's got "goblin" in the title, though I hear this movie had something to do with tentacles or something, still can't believe d'Amato was trying to make something out of that (godly) abomination of a "sequel".

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Manos, not the Mst3ked version. Also,  The green slime :teddyr:

Manos (non MST) IS on dvd.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manos-Hands-Fate-Region-NTSC/dp/B0000AGWMF/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248811902&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manos-Hands-Fate-Region-NTSC/dp/B0000AGWMF/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248811902&sr=8-1)

Scream (1981?) will probably never make it to DVD.

The uncut ver. of Gamera vs. Guiron. I have the old vhs tape and it's longer and has lots of blood in it.

New DVD Example ... Guiron fights Space Gyaos when the kids first crash land. Guiron deflects Space Gyaos lasers, hits Space Gyaos leg then Space Gyaos flys away with 1 leg, end of fight.

Old VHS Example ... The fight is much better imo, starts out the same but after Gyaos leg is cut off, Guiron jumps at Gyaos and cuts off his wing, lots of blood, then Guiron walks up to the injured Gyaos and cuts of the head! wait, now it gets good. The kids from Earth just watch in horror as Guiron cuts up Gyaos in 3 parts! blood everywhere, Guiron picks up some of the slop and smells it then throws it away like it stinks.

(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7238/gameravsguiron.png) (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/gameravsguiron.png/)

No joke my vhs tape has all that on it, and it's in English.

Code Red is gonna release this.

Sadly the release was pushed back. I was actually looking forward to see Scream with a 16x9 HD transfer and director's audio commentary, as promised on the code red site.

You might as well also add 95% of the sword-and-sandal and historical epics ever made, at least in R1.  This genre gets no respect here for some reason.  This despite the fact a lot of these movies have been released in R2.  Yet not even the usual peddlers of ports seem to care, releasing instead inferior quality FS boots of Nth gen VHS dubs.

Hercules Unchained
Colossos and the Amazon Women
Vulcan, Son of Jupiter
War of the Zombies
Sins of Rome
Theodora, Slave Empress
Gold of the Caesars
Revolt of the Slaves
Romulus & Remus
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (Lou Ferrigno)
Rape of the Sabines (Romulus & the Sabine Women)
Shame of the Sabine Women
Seven Slaves Against the World
Spartacus and the 10 Gladiators
Slaves of Babylon
The Loves of Salammbo
Cleopatra's Daughter
Siren of the Nile
&tc

But at least some of the above have had shady bootleg quality releases.  The sexy peplums seem to be totally awol in R1. .

Quo Goddess
Caligula, The Untold Story
Nero and Poppea (Neron y Popea)
Caligula et Messalina
Messalina, Messalina
Caligula's Slaves
Helen, yes. . . Helen of Troy
&tc

Sword-and-sorcery/barbarian movies aren't treated much better.  The following are AWOL in R1 last I checked:

Throne of Fire
The Invincible Barbarian
The Barbarians
Sorceress (1982)
Ator, The Fighting Eagle
Ator 2
Iron Warrior (Ator 3)
Warriors of the Lost Kingdom 1 & 2
Deathstalker 3
Archer & the Sorceress
Hearts & Armor
Hundra*
Battle of the Amazons*
Amazons Against Supermen*
Stormquest

(*) Is a movie really released if not a single brick and mortar store ever carried it or could special order it before it got listed as being OOP by it's niche label?

And, possibly due to world evens, the entire genre of Arabian Fantasy seems to be unrepresented on DVD.  I say "seems" because you can often find some of these movies in collections or special release sets that collect movies for certain actors.  So I'm not even sure which are and aren't available on DVD.

Manos you can get in a few multipacks from Amazon. I got a copy of it in a 50 movie pack and it's not a bootleg cut.

One movie I seriously doubt will ever be released on DVD is a low budget comedy/horror film I saw back in the 80's called Curse of the Pansy-Wolf or spelled something like that. I can't even find a listing for it on IMDB and pretty sure I know why. This movie was rather offensive to cross dressers, homosexuals, and almost anyone who was not white heterosexual males.

The Invicible Barbarian (1982) is an Instant View on Netflix.

I bet you mean Curse of the Queerwolf (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094930/).  I haven't seen it, I just remember the title and plot summary (the queerwolf bites you on the butt and turns you gay).  According to the IMDB it was once released on DVD by MTI Home Video.

Here's the trailer  :bouncegiggle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsXhr-FM2M

That's it. I couldn't remember the name exactly but I remember the film being seriously messed up.

Now is that the one with David Carradine and the woman that spends the entire movie topless :wink:?Cuz' I saw that at the theater long time a go and would not mind seeing it again.

A few random pics of covers and poster art from movies AWOL on R1 DVD thrown together in a collage for you...

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Click the above pic for full sized image.  Or click on the pic below.  Either way works just the same.

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There were topless twins in it, and it was released in 1982 if that helps.

The movie was pretty horrid, but the commentary might be worthwhile.

Not sure, but Hobgoblins non mst3ked

It's been available without the riff track for a few years now I think.

A few more. .

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Here is One... :question:

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There's always hope.

Don't think I've ever heard of Space Zombie Bingo.  Is it as bad as the title makes it sound?

A few more rarities no one probably cares enough about to release to DVD. . .

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Admittedly there's a few in the above I've no idea what are so it's possible they've had a DVD release under some other title.  And, in case anyone is curious, Altar is AKA Turkish Conan.

Blood Hook was released as a Troma Triple B-Header, along with Blades and Zombie Island Massacre. The video quality was terrible, but it was an official DVD release.

I kind of enjoyed Blades and Blood Hook. The other, though, that was a stinker.

I'd like to see a DVD of Dead End Drive-In.

Dead End Drive In was released by Anchor Bay a couple of years ago. I own the disc, gorgeous widescreen transfer on that one  :smile:

Space Zombie Bingo!!! was released by Brentwood through their Toxie's Triple Terror series in a collaboration with Troma. I own the entire set. Space Zombie Bingo will cause brain explosions most likely. That one was really hard to sit through  :bluesad:

I've heard that many, if not all, of the Troma DVD releases have been crap.  It's like the company doesn't even care about video quality.


Huh.  I was almost 90% sure that one wasn't on DVD.

Space Zombie Bingo!!! was released by Brentwood through their Toxie's Triple Terror series in a collaboration with Troma. I own the entire set. Space Zombie Bingo will cause brain explosions most likely. That one was really hard to sit through  :bluesad:
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Ah.  That explains it.  I steered clear of those Troma releases.  So, you have it on DVD, eh? 

pixplsthnx

 :cheers:

Yep.
I believe those Triple Terror Sets are OOP now. I bought mine three years ago for $9.95 each. Quality ain't great but it was worth it because they included Nightmare Weekend (1986), Epitaph (1987), Play Dead (1986), The House On Tombstone Hill (1991), Rana: The Legend Of Shadow Lake (1975) and Beyond Evil (1980). Cheesetastic trash, they are always fun to watch  :thumbup:

While I have to give Code Red a big thumbs up for unearthing forgotten slashers, Scream has to be the most pointless movie I ever had the displeasure of watching. Bleeding Skull declared it the worst slasher ever (and if you know Bleeding Skull, it's got to be pretty awful), I mean, a buch of old farts in a ghost town getting killed (mostly offscreen), then...I don't know, was it supposed to be a ghost pirate or something....AAAGGHH..just thinking about this "movie" makes me want to gouge my eyes out.

"F... AND LOTS OF IT" is on DVD.  I imagine many of the others are available in unsanctioned versions; SPERMULA certainly is.

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A Canadian SOV atrocity.  :thumbdown:

Is the DVD version called Attack of the Monsters? If so thats the old AIP dubbed version, the vs VHS is the Sandy Frank dubbed version, worse dubbing but less editing.

I'd like to see the MST3K Gamera's on DVD but I heard that Sandy Frank wants too much money for them. apparently hes p**sed at the show for making fun of him personally, the guy cant take a joke.

As I hear, Sandy Frank no longer holds the rights to the Gamera dubs.  The holdup apparently is the Japanese, who don't believe in tarnishing the image of their kaiju franchises (at least not unless their paid more money than niche DVD producers can afford to pay).  It appears that the Godzilla MST3K's may never be released, but the Gamera ones are merely unlikely. 

I wish these 3 bad classics would get a DVD release.

1. NO HOLDS BARRED - the Hulk Hogan wrestling masterpiece.  :tongueout:

2. NEVER TOO YOUNG TO DIE - the 1986 action flick with Gene Simmons as a hermaphrodite & John Stamos (with a mullet) as the hero.

3. LETHAL WOMAN - A rip-off of 'The Most Dangerous Game' where men can have their fantasies fulfilled at this island but end up getting hunted by these women who have been raped/attacked by men. A low budget action flick from 1989 starring a young Shannon Tweed (yes, she gets naked).   :thumbup:

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Didn't see anyone else mention it and don't know if it's a bootleg or not, but relatively recently a Region 2 version of Nukie went up in South Africa on SA sites kalahari and take 2. I got my copy the same day as Razor Sharpe and Mr Hell. It was a good day. 

Oh and I'm pining for a Deadly Prey dvd release as well. And a proper (with subtitles) Shaitani Dracula release. I want to know what Dracula-on-safari was actually saying...

There's too many pages to sift through because I'm at work and I don't have the time, but I hope nobody's mentioned these already..

Student Bodies
Nightmare At Shadow Woods
Cherry Hill High
Scream (1983)
Dreamaniac
Rana: Legend Of Shadow Lake
Spasms
To All A Goodnight
Lunch Wagon

I did not see these two titles:

Cybernator

Shadowzone

Soul Taker

Murdercycle

and

R.O.T.O.R.

I will add pictures later.

John

You can get some if not all of these from online DVD-R sources who have imported them from other countries.  Try websites like Cinema de Bizarre and Video Search of Miami.  I have seen Cherry Hill High and Spasms on sites like these very recently.

A CLOCKWORK BANANA, SPERMULA, CHATTERBOX are available on DVD-R from Cinema de Bizarre and other online sources.  Coincidentally, my copy of CHATTERBOX just arrived in the mail, along with THE LEGEND OF BLOOD CASTLE, COLLEGE DORMITORY, A CANDLE FOR THE DEVIL, NEW YORK CALLING SUPERDRAGON, MAMA'S DIRTY GIRLS, and BLOOD CEREMONY.  Another good source is Video Search of Miami.  Stumpy Disks also has a website with tons of this kind of stuff . . . but my first experience with Stumpy Disks has been rough and I'm still trying to get the movies I ordered 6 weeks ago.  Apparently, the guy who runs the website is on vacation in Europe until next week.

HERCULES UNCHAINED (and maybe a few of the others you mentioned) are in Mill Creek's WARRIORS 50 Movie Pack.  I have this set.  Not great quality (full screen and the color is somewhat washed out) but available if you really want some of these movies.

You can get a DVD-R copy online.  I've seen it on some sites within the last week or two.

I've always wanted to see CHATTERBOX, if only to hear Virginia sing the hit song Wang Dang Doodle.

Roboman, "The kill machine with the megaton mind". It's apparently so archaic that I can't even find a picture of the box in any search.

Wow.. that's just.. sad.  :wink:

I can think of a few..

The Lonely Lady
Death Drug
The Vals
The Sex Machine
Screwball Hotel
Off the Wall
Rush
Fighting Mad
Household Saints
Equalizer 2000

Does anyone know who owns the rights to the entire Paragon Video collection? I thought that those movies would make a great catalog to restore to DVD. I can't think of any of there titles that have been remastered and they have a TON of great-bad movies.

Doesn't Code Red have plans on releasing Fightning Mad?

The Day The Clown Cried
Song Of The South (Fight For Your Life gets released but SOTS still nothing  :lookingup:)

You would think it would be. Disneyland even has the ride Splash Mountain themed on it. Wierd.

Mutant Hunt (1987)
Death Spa (1988)
Alien Predators (1987)
Jaws of Death (1977)
The Pack (1977)

~George

Death Spa is already available on DVD in Germany an Japan uncut licensed and in English audio too. Jaws of Death is even available on DVD in the US itself.

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Oh really? I searched before posting, but I didn't find anything, thanks for the info!
So Death Spa and Jaws of Death is out of the List!

~George

Student Bodies - Available from Legend Films.
Nightmare at Shadow Woods - Released in Canada by grey market DVD company. Decent transfer but its the edited R-Rated version of "Blood Rage".
Scream - Available from Code Red.
Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake - Available as "Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell" from Troma released by Brentwood.

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I don't think this is on dvd yet.

Is it true that the great action film and so called "greatest fight scene of all time" movie, "Undefeatable" will never be released on dvd? Damn the man! Also while asking about great action b movies, did they ever release "no retreat, no surrender" on dvd?

as far as i know, my two new favorites are not on dvd.
they are
1. The Annihilators(christopher stone)
2.Blastfighter(Michael Sopkiw and George Eastman)

My God, you're kidding.. of all these, Scream REALLY doesn't deserve a DVD release.

Hmm.. one more, and this is for obvious reasons.

TERROR ON TAPE (1983)

I assume you're talking about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxkr4wS7XqY

It's available on Region 1 DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/Undefeatable-Cynthia-Rothrock/dp/B0024F08FQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1277229792&sr=1-1

yeah unfortunately i live in the states so the great britain version isnt going to do me much good. guess i'll have to keep flea market shopping for vhs

There will be no Robochic, no Cyberchic, no Kill Line and no Ah! Marie!, for sure -

peter i acted in all of those johnson/denny b-monster crane

I think Silent Night Deadly Night 3, 4 and 5 were never released on DVD. :question:

Region 1 is USA and Canada.  I'm sure it's tough to find in a store but pretty much any online retailer will have it.

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Horror host Zacherly had a great compilation tape of B - Z movies back in the 80s called 'Horrible Horror'. I credit this for introducing me to several favorites like SPIDER BABY and MESA OF LOST WOMEN.


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I hope I didn't repeat any..

Cherry Hill High
Earthbound (1981)
Sex & Violence (1978) aka Ensalada Baudelaire
Rana: Legend Of Shadow Lake
Barracuda
Slithis

You did, actually ;)

Rana: Legend Of Shadow Lake - DVD by Brentwood under the title Croaked: Frog Monster From Hell
Barracuda - DVD by Dark Sky Films: Drive in Double Feature: Barracuda/Island Fury
Slithis - DVD by Code Red

I have this tape!!! In fact,I traded some tapes (ORGY OF THE DEAD was one,I believe) on this site! I got this! Its wonderful! Goodnight-whatever you are!  :teddyr:

I have to get this movie.  I put it on as liked for the Facebook.

Funny stuff.

Later,

John

I saw this movie too.  I was a young pup too.  I would not mind owing this one too.

Later,

John

Sledgehammer.

It's a shot on video 80's flick. Recently, all the rights to the film were purchased by a poster at another horror movie forum I go to. Question is if the guy will actually do anything with the rights to the film...he's had them for a while now and I haven't heard anything new from him about an official DVD. I have a feeling it'll be one of those things that just never gets put together. 

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I didn't know Peter Gabriel was into horror films..

Available on DVD-R from several websites, if you want it bad enough.

Cinema de Bizarre has BLASTFIGHTER on a special edition widescreen DVD-R for $12.99.

You can buy it on DVD-R online.  In fact, I saw many of the Mexican Little Red Riding Hood movies and other kiddie movies from the same period online.  Look here: http://brutallo.com/

If you count bootlegs then of course there's no such thing as a VHS tape that will never be on DVD.

"Shock 'em Dead" is out on DVD. I saw it on Amazon, but it may be a bootleg. The VHS is way overpriced, Traci Lords fans are like perverted Trekkies and will pay top dollar for her movies. The MST3K version of "Zombie Nightmare" is out and has interviews with Jon Mikl Thor and Frank Dietz. It's in a high priced boxed set, though so if your not into MST3K you probably won't get it (BTW: I love MST3K). I've heard the original version might be released soon. If it is I hope it get's a proper remastering job unlike "Hard Rock Zombies" which is just a crappy transfer. Most old b&w movies tend to get a non formatted slim box $1 at Wal-mart release. Sometimes companies like Mill Creek will put out those 100 movies for $10 boxes out with duel sided disc that don't work half the time anyway. The only movie that I can think of that will probably never be released on DVD is "The Star Wars Holiday Special" and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

According to retroslashers, Night School is getting a DVD release in 2011.  So is Killer Party (1986).  Also hear that Code Red inked a deal with VCX to release Mardi Gras Massacre and Night Of The Demon by year's end as well as much of VCX's catalog.

Would love to see Humongous on a DVD soon!

Night School, Killer Party (and The Pack) will be DVD-R's, so technically not really DVDs. But I'm happy those are getting released anyway.

You can still watch "Terrorvision" on Netflix if you can't find a used VHS copy.

I own a solid widescreen HD transfer of Terrorvision on DVD-R. That should do until we get a DVD. If ever  :bluesad:

Annihilators has been released in the UK by a dirt cheap company. I got mine for 75p a few years ago, its on Amazon.co.uk for 1p


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Thanks man. University has been hella hectic the last few weeks and that, but I am making time to get back on this forum. It's the first one I've enjoyed posting on in years, as you guys have some mad knowledge. And are nice people :)

I've been looking for Ken Russel's movie Whore but I can't find it anywhere.

Hmmm.  I have most of the Mill Creek 50 movie sets and also the 100 movie "Westerns" pack and I never had a problem with any movie not working.

Could be my cheap DVD player. I have alot of double sided DVD's that I have had trouble with. I'm not a fan of double sided disc. I'd rather have double the amount of one sided ones.

It's available on DVD, but not in the U.S.

The German DVD (with German audio only) contains the Letterboxed unrated director's cut but one scene (throat slit) is censored.
The Russian DVD (with English audio) contains a 16x9 widescreen print of the R-Rated version (but is missing 3 minutes of footage from the director's cut).
The OOP U.S. Laserdisc contains the unrated director's cut but is 4:3 full screen.

What's funny about this topic is that a few films I would have named just recently appeared on Netflix's instant view. Such as R.O.T.O.R. and Arena. They have found a way to worm into the new age but no, they will never make it to DVD, lol. And once Netflix's contracted run is up they will disappear back into obscurity.

I Was a Teenage Werewolf
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
The Amazing Colossal Man

(all are I think owned by the Susan Hart, widow of the late James Nicholson, estate)

Some others I'd like to see:

Madhouse
Diary of a Madman
Master of the World
The Quatermass Xperiment
It Conquered the World
Burn, Witch, Burn

If you mean the Vincent Price MADHOUSE, I have it in an MGM VP box set---not sure if its available separately.

I believe QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT was released by A&E in 2005.

I'm talking about the 50s film-- AKA: The Creeping Unknown. So far it's only got a Region 2 release as far as I know.

Didn't know Madhouse was released.

One I saw on tv back in the late 80s, called "The House That Cried Murder".  Not a bad flick IIRC.

I remember when this movie was released on VHS back in the 90's. It was released in R, unrated and NC-17 versions but if my memory serves me correctly, the NC-17 was the full uncut version and the unrated version was edited slightly for some strange reason. 

A tape I just bought'll probably have a tough time of seeing the digital light:

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I don't remember too much about the plot other than it's a revenge tale, but here're some quotes regarding the director that are from an IMDB review from a guy that worked on the film:







The review also mentions that there's a small fan club for this film in Scotland, and that they're trying to get a DVD release (the soundtrack got a CD release that's available on cdbaby.com).  I'm looking forward to watching it!

Thanks for the flashback. I've never seen The Courier of Death but I was well aware of its existence as there was a copy in the Action section of our video rental place. Considering all the junk I rented I don't know why I never watched The Courier of Death.
If that DVD should ever happen I'll try to track down a copy for sure.

For the record I'd like to add "The Caller" from 1987, directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman.
Apparently I am not the only who noticed this, as one of the plot keywords in IMDB is "Not on DVD".

I really hope it will be available one day, it's rather "unique" and very enjoyable. Once I hit the 10-post limit, I'll be able to post a link to my review of this movie ;)

I have it on a Midnite Movies double feature with THEATRE OF BLOOD.

The problem with some movies and shows are that the master prints are in such bad shape they can't be restored. I've got a 70's cartoon compilation and there is a disclaimer on it that says they tried to restore it as close to possible to the original broadcast but that some of the source material was either damaged or missing and had to be edited. I've seen cheap transfers on budget DVD's that were so bad they just shouldn't have bothered releasing it. Old kung fu movies are the worst for this. Sadly other countries in Europe and Asia didn't do a very good job archiving their old films.

i've got 2 that i'd probably kill to get on dvd!
paperhouse&shock!shock!shock!
the first is a truly GOOD movie,but the other one fits in here for total garbage,lol! :cheers:

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I own the German Paperhouse DVD which was released seven years ago. Gorgeous 16x9 Widescreen transfer with English audio. There is a DVD release from the UK as well.

 

How about....
Straight Jacket (aka Dark Sanity) (1982)
Icy Death (aka Death Dimension) (1978)

I seriously can't beleive, as mentioned before, that Hospital Massacre (1982) isn't on DVD yet (are you listening, Code Red?). I absolutely LOVED this one since I saw it around the time of it's release on VHS.

I'm thinking my latest review, THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION, will never be on DVD.  Total unfounded speculation on my part, but I imagine the holdup is that there are two pre-fame Celine Dion numbers on there.  I imagine her camp wants a fortune to license them for DVD.  It's really too bad, it would be a much better movie if they took her songs out.

What's false advertising thing you're talking about?