I was directed today to a message board post that listed a number of Shout! Factory's planned titles for 2011. Among those was the long-anticipated
Battle Beyond the Stars, which, if the information is to be believed, is now scheduled for next Summer for both DVD and Blu-Ray formats. Reportedly, it's taken Shout! some time to prepare an adequate HD master for the film. Other Corman Cult Classics titles listed for 2011 include
Timewalker, a
Deathstalker double feature and
The Arena (hopefully in widescreen).
The post also listed a number of other upcoming discs, including a slew of old 20th Century Fox catalog titles, some of which were previously issued on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment (
Death Hunt, Race With the Devil, etc.). Of most interest to
Space: 1970 readers was the announcement that 1977's
Damnation Alley is on tap for sometime next year. There were no further details provided, but hopefully, Shout! will put together some sort of special edition.
Let's hope that the information is accurate. I'm eagerly looking forward to both releases.
"This town is filled with killer cockaroaches!"
ReplyDeleteWill the previously-Anchor Bay-released titles be remastered? (Anchor did pretty damned good stuff! Loved and collected their Hammer releases!)
ReplyDeleteIs The Arena the Euro or American cut? (More nude Pam Grier in the Euro)
Looking forward to Battle. What I'd REALLY like, though, is a decently-remastered soundtrack cd. The now OOP one is just the vinyl album, and not really properly cleaned-up. I did a better version for myself with my USB turntable and Audacity!
Hooray for our side! This gives me plenty of time to save my pennies for some DVD purchases!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen "Race with the Devil" since it first came out. I still have leftover trauma from seeing that as a kid. ;)
ReplyDeleteJvstin - "killer cockroaches" was the very first thing that popped into my head when I read this post. :)
ReplyDeleteI have not seen either of these sinc ethe 80's when they shown on some UHF channel probably on a Saturday afternoon.
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