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Wow! Das ist aber mal ein Geschenk. Und das so kurz VOR Weihnachten? Oder ist das schon das Weihnachtsgeschenk und sie kriegt es früher als geplant? Ach so, außerdem: Adoptierst Du mich, bitte?

War bestimmt auch nicht direkt an Dich gerichtet, die Kritik. Ich find's auch blöde, aber weiß ja (wie wahrscheinlich jeder hier), dass Du da nichts dran ändern kannst, und das alles an Filmarena liegt. Aber denen kann's wohl egal sein - die Dinger verkaufen sich so oder so wie geschnitten Brot (ich bin ja selbst Teil dieser "Maschinerie" 🤪). Bin mal gespannt, was Filmarena da zaubern wird. Skull Island fand ich schon klasse, Godzilla hat das noch mal getoppt und ist für mich der erste Godzilla-Film den ich richtig feiere und der auch nach mehrmaligem Gucken echt großartig funktioniert. Hoffe sie machen ein tolles durchgängiges Design, ähnlich wie bei den Jurassic Parks. Das wäre der Hammer

@Veum Oh, sorry to hear that. And no, I didn't know. I wish you both all the best, and hope she can beat that nasty thing. Best of luck to you!

Thank you very much, @Veum. Normally I am a pretty private guy (or at least I used to be), and I was never big on sharing my illnesses - not even with my family (my first hospital stay this year I was wondering wether or not I should tell my mother. I decided to do so, because I would never hear the end of it, if anything would have happened 🤣). But your words mean very much to me, and I try to keep you posted I have an inflammation in my pancreas, and it seems to be chronic, as it is reappearing, which apparently is a very bad thing, as it is not treatable. Normally, I don't feel anything, but I've been having "attacks" where there are strong stomach aches. I had these for the first time some years ago, and only short and well spread (maybe 3 times, in the last 6 years), but this year I've had them 4 times since June, pretty heavy and two times I was in hospital, first time because the pain was too much and did not get better for more than 6 hours, and second time, because this time I was also vomitting. But they cannot find a cause for it. There are a couple of things that could trigger something like this (heavy alcoholism, smoking, drug/medical abuse, tumors, gall stones, high blood fat levels, unknown insulin deficiency, bacterial or viral infection, etc.), but none of these apply to me. So now I am under doctoral observation - I get my blood analyzed every week, plus I am still on pain medication. And for the rest, it's waiting, and hoping... I am a bit torn between hoping for never having to go to hospital again, and having another attack so maybe this time they'll find something. It is rather unsatisfactory and frustrating to not know what might cause it, because I don't know what I can change, and so I'm a bit worried that this could happen any time (e.g. "inconvenient" times, like when you meet with friends or family, or on Christmas eve, etc.). But yeah, what can you do... movies and blu-rays provide a good distraction

One week in hospital once more But after I returned, this week I did not only had to work a lot, but also got a lot of packages. Wednesday this package by @forenhase arrived: #1094 | SVK | Gremlins | Black Barons #27 XL Fullslip + WWA Steelbook Release date: Nov. 11th, 2020 Paid: 70,93€ Now this is a disgrace to admit, but actually I've never seen the GREMLINS movie, so I am pretty excited to finally have a good edition - I've heard that this is a movie worth watching around Christmas, so that's what I'm gonna do I really enjoy the edition, and I have shared some information and photos here: #1095 | CZE | Forrest Gump | Filmarena #138 XL Fullslip + WWA Steelbook Release date: Oct. 21st, 2020 Paid: 59,44€ Haven't I disgraced myself enough already? Well, actually I also never saw FORREST GUMP before - well, not exactly. I've seen this movie as a child about 2 or 3 times in free TV, but I never saw it in its entirety, and also I did not really like it. Growing up I learned that this is actually considerd a really good movie by a lot of people, so I always wanted to give this movie another chance. Given that I am older now, maybe I'll see things differently? So I was excited in this release. I also enjoyed the edition, and here I've posted my impressions and some photos: On Thursday, I got a package from Amazon, containing this movie: #1096 | DEU | Pandemie [O-Title: 감기 (Gamgi), lit. ‘Flu’, int. Title: The Flu] | 2xBD Mediabook EAN: 4260080328616 Release date: Oct. 2nd, 2020 Region Code: B Paid: 18,00€ In 2013, the Korean movie 감기 (The Flu) was released, and as usually, this movie did not make it to Germany. It tells the story of a mutated H5N1 Virus that spreads in a Korean city, which leads to this city being quarantined, and scientist starting to work on an antidote. The film escalates and shows how a scenario like this could get really ugly. In 2013 the critics where mixed, with some criticizing the conspiracy theories and exaggeration. Now, in 2020, we have the Corona Virus and actually there are a lot of parallels to the movie. And all of a sudden local distributors and labels realized that there was this movie, which is why this year - seven years later! - the movie gets a release in Taiwan, in Germany, and in Mexico, and instead of using the direct translation, that was also used for the internationla title, we get something like "Pandemie" (Pandemic), which is actually wrong, as this movie is locally contained in Korea, so it's actually just an epidemic. Mexico is worse: "Coronavirus. El inicio de la epidemia" ("Corona virus - beginning of an epidemic"). In Germany, it was advertised as a "Virus thriller" and got a cinematic release in August 2020, and in October the label Alive! released this mediabook. I haven't seen the movie, but I heard a lot of positive things about it, so I thought: Why not get it? I am working on growing my Asian movie collection as well as my Asian movie knowledge, so this was a no-brainer. The Mediabook is not of the best quality, but it is limited and individually numbered to 2000 pieces, and instead of a DVD copy, we get a second Blu-ray with a lot of extras. Unfortunately the Audio is just German dubbing or Korean (with English parts?) audio. And only German subtitles. So you need to either know German or Korean if you are interested internationally. And it is locked to Region B. A shame. Next package arrived on Friday, from Wicked Vision, containing a couple of movies as well as this one: I've not advertised this here, but still I'd like to share it with you. It's a cooperation from Wicked Vision's Daniel with one of the Bands he really loves: "The Other". They produced a "radio play" - in Germany we call these Hörspiel - and they got a couple of famous German stars to play a role, e.g. Micha Rhein (singer of In Extremo), Anna R. (singer of Rosenstolz), Dr. Mark Benecke (Germany's first forensic entomology researcher and forensic consulting), Wolfgang Holbein (Germany's most famous fantasy author), Joachim Witt (famous singer), and many more. The MC is limited to 150 numbered copies and sold out fast - it includes a pencil (we all know why) - unfortunately it is a round pencil, so the joke is not really working (fail ), the CD is limited to 2000 copies and still available. There was a bundle (which you see in the picture) limited to 200 numbered copies that also included a large personalized card with signatures of the Band on the back side. I actually love radio plays, my most favorite ones being "Die drei ???" and "John Sinclair". This audio play is rather similar to John Sinclair, and I am a huge fan of In Extremo, I like a couple of Rosenstolz songs, and as a child I read a lot of Wolfgang Holbein books, so naturally I was excited to get it, even if it wasn't by Wicked Vision. The rest of the package contained this: #1097 | DEU | FBI jagt Phantom | BD+DVD Amaray with O-Card EAN: 4041036350987 Release date: Oct. 16th, 2020 Region Code: B Paid: 20,99€ I've written all about this release in this thread and also added some photos and impressions, so find it all here: #1098 | DEU | Frankenstein schuf ein Weib | 1xBD Digibook EAN: 4041036371265 Release date: Oct. 16th, 2020 Region Code: B Paid: 28,99€ Find all about this release here: #1099 | DEU | Die Nonnen von Clinchy | 4xBD Mediabook EAN: 4260448732413 Release date: Nov. 6th, 2020 Region Code: free Paid: 32,99€ And last but not least - I could have linked to a post I've written for this release as well (including a lot of pictures) but unfortunately it was deleted again by the admins - for good reasons! It contains a lot of nudity, and I wasn't feeling to comfortable posting it, and wasn't even sure if it was allowed - I decided to do it anyways, as I guessed this is a 18+ forum, because people here do business with each other and to being able to do so you need to be of legal age (at least in Germany), but of course I totally comply with their deleting it again. Bit unfortunate that the entire post was deleted, not just the pictures, because I wrote quite a bit about this edition as well. Just to sum it up in short: We get a 4 disc release, and Wicked put a lot of effort in this release - the pictures however suggest that this is much more erotic than I had imagined, and I am not sure how I feel about it. Happy, however: I did not want to have this naked images on the front cover of my mediabook so I chose NOT to go with the Timo Würz, though I love having his artwork. I was lucky to be under the first 200 pre-orders, so I got his artwork as a limited and numbered postcard I was asked to reupload the images if I censor the nudity, but to be quite honest, I don't think it is worth the effort, as there was also no reaction to the thread I created. It would take me too long to do this, so if someone is really interested in this, I'd rather send them via pm, instead. And on Saturday, another package from Wicked Vision, arrived, as well as one from Amazon, that was really strangely packed: #1100 | DEU | Er kam nur nachts | BD+DVD Amaray [G1] EAN: 4041036310929 Release date: Oct. 18th, 2020 Region Code: B / 2 Paid: 29,99€ Next entry in the "Der Fluch der Galerie des Grauens" series, and I've already created a post for it, here: #1101 | DEU | Bloody mama | BD+DVD Mediabook EAN: 4260448732451 Release date: Nov. 1st, 2020 Region Code: B / 2 Paid: 29,99€ And the next entry in Wicked Visions Collector's series, and I've again already created and described it here: Ever got a Mediabook in a pyramid shaped package? Well, I did #1102 | DEU | Ist das leben nicht schön? [O-Title: It's a Wonderful Life] | BD+2xDVD Mediabook EAN: 4260448732451 Release date: Oct. 12th, 2018 Region Code: B / 2 Paid: 18,99€ This was a spontaneous buy, and I ordered it together with PANDEMIE. I actually don't know the movie, but a lot of people have recommended it to me, plus they said it's a great movie to watch during Christmas season, and this is why I got this Mediabook, that was released by Alive! under their "Filmjuwelen" sublabel. It comes with a couple of extras: The movie is available in four versions: the original version and the colorized version on DVD, and then in a HD restauration in black and white and again also in HD in a colorized version. Additionally we also get the short movie ISN'T LIFE TERRIBLE?. Unfortunately that's it.

And next release, that arrived today. Here are the pictures I took. As you can see, a great booklet once more, with a couple of behind-the-scenes photos as well as cover artworks from around the world. Enjoy!

Today my copy of BLOODY MAMA arrived, and lucky me, I once again got a postcard, i.e. I was the 177th pre-order. I chose cover C which is once more the artwork by Timo Würz, cover A was too much text for a cover artwork for my taste, and cover B was a bit too much like a collage. I did not know beforehand that cover C was by Timo Würz, but once I had it in my hand I was sure of it, and checking the last page, I was right The booklet is full of stills from the film, which I don't care too much about (I'd rather see different artwork, behind the scenes pictures, screenplays etc. pp.). But on page 18 there is something highly interesting! As I already mentioned, this is based on a real case, and from page 18 to 21 we not only get some information about the real people this story is based of, we also get some pictures of the real persons. Neat! Here are some photos I took:

Here is a first glance of the Lineup and covers (taken from the back side of the front cover card from FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN). As we can see, Anolis plans just 2 Mediabooks, and a keep case. And as we can also see, no drawn covers, just two collages (which makes me really sad - I usually don't go for these covers and I also think they don't fit the rest of my Anolis Hammer collection at all - but well). Still wondering if they'll actually keep their promise. Both titles on the cover card where announced for this year, PRINCE OF DARKNESS was actually to be released on Halloween, while REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN was just announced recently to be released still in this year. Remember the joksters on Facebook and co? Seems like they where right: Just two and a half more weeks before the holidays. They usually announce their releases on Sunday, that gives them two more days to still make this happen this year. One of them is tomorrow Go Anolis! Make it happen!

My copy arrived today, and though I still believe I should have gotten both covers, I do like my colorful front artwork. The front cover card's backside - as usually - announces the next releases, PRINCE OF DARKNESS is already well known and there's nothing special about it, other than this should have been released in October and we haven't heard anything as of yet (I ordered the coffin in Febuary, as soon as it was open for pre-orders, and the Cover B a long while ago), but REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN has finally some artworks. Unfortunately, to be quite honest, I do not like any of the ones shown - I hope they'll still add another one, as for now there are only two alternatives for the Mediabook release. We'll see. If it stays as it is, I'll probably get the middle one. But let's get back to this release, and I love it. Open the booklet and the first thing you'll get to see is a rare Japanese poster artwork. That's what I really LOVE with Anolis releases - they go the extra mile to get all the alternative and rare artworks that people will probably have never seen, even it this is a nearly 60 years old move! Browsing through the mediabook we get the classical british Quadposters, but also a Turkish(!) artwork, besides the German one, plus PR and set photos of the actors and rare lobby cards - and only a few scene photos. So all in all, once more, these pictures have added value to the 24p booklet. Great release, and I am happy to see the 4 extras and two audio commentaries together with the movie

My copy arrived today, so naturally the first thing I did, was make some photos for you (as long as the sun is still up - these days that yellow steaming ball makes itself rather rare). Here you go, enjoy Oh, and a few notes up front: FSK seal sticker was just on the shrinkwrap, pretty neat! Its the typical rather thin cardboard for the slip cover, the innser cover sheet uses thick paper, as does the booklet It uses the early days 14mm original Amaray keep case. Strangely it uses a 2-disc mount case, but it is just a single-disc release Especially as they use a "inner print" I would have loved a clear transparent package; but given that it is a 14mm package, one could actually even swap the ugly blue amaray with a Scanavo full-sleeve package. You would of course then need to print your own cover inlay - the original one would be too short. But it would be a possiblity if you are like me and dislike the blue package so much. The booklet looks from the design and content like your typical Anolis booklet, so I guess there was some cooperation there. It does however not bear the Anolis logo at all. All in all it makes a good impression, and I am looking forward to seeing what other titles they might dig up that have been long forgotten. And finally, here are the pictures:

This one's more to my liking. Dracula is always good, Christopher Lee is always good, I am pretty excited for this release

Release: 2021 Link (Wicked Shop): ??? Price: ???€ Limited: ??? Wicked is doing another "30 days - 30 news" announcement round, and I thought, why not share with you all the information as early as possible, so when the time comes, I just need to add the specific data still missing. Their third announcement is for a movie they had already teased in 2018 but then never mentioned it again - until now: COUNT DRACULA is a movie by Spanish horror exploitation director Jesús 'Jesse Franco' Franco Manera, and stars Dracula icon Christopher Lee, together with Herbert Lom and Klaus Kinski. Advertised as the film that stayed truest to the novel by Bram Stoker. A lot of people mistake this movie for a Hammer production, due to Christopher Lee's involvement, yet it is not, and instead filmed at the Tirrenia Studios in Spain. Wicked Vision promises this release for the first half of 2021, and announces massive bonuses. Other than that we don't have any information once more, and as with SILENT MOVIE this time Wicked Vision did not use the #Mediabook hashtag (contrary to their first announcement, THE WIND). Yet, judging from their previous releases, as they already released LES DEMONS by Jesse Franco as Mediabook, this will probably be one as well (making it likely that Wicked Vision is a bit negligent while using the Hashtags). As for trailers, I could only find a German trailer - but with English subtitles. No other trailers on YouTube Hope you can still enjoy it.

To be quite honest, this is absolutely not my cup of tea. I've seen (larger) parts of Robin Hood, Dracula and Space Ball, and did not like any of them, so I do not know what to make of this title... I am not big on comedy anyways, so.... What do you think? Do you know the movie? Is it worth watching and owning?

Release: 2021 Link (Wicked Shop): ??? Price: ???€ Limited: ??? Wicked is doing another "30 days - 30 news" announcement round, and I thought, why not share with you all the information as early as possible, so when the time comes, I just need to add the specific data still missing. Their second announcement is the 45th anniversary edition of a comedy movie: SILENT MOVIE is a satirical comedy written, and directed by Mel Brooks (Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving), who is also starring in this 1976 movie, that is produced in the manner of silent film and makes fun of typical slapstick silent film comedies, such as those by Charlie Chaplin. There is no additional information as of now. This might even not be a Mediabook - for their first announcement they used a couple of tags including #Mediabook, which is missing for this (and the next) release. I don't know if that is intentional, or just negligence, but in my opinion this title does not really fit to their Mediabook lineup. Judging from already released titles I could see this one besides the 30th Anniversary Edition of Wicked Visions Cadillac Man release, which was a Scanavo fullsleeve keepcase; in that case this would be a single or dual disk release, with a booklet. Let's see - if this is the case for this release as well, I'll ask a moderator to move it to the other section, but for now, as Wicked Vison is mainly a Mediabook label, I'll keep it here for the sake of the doubt. Here's the trailer:

Want to see something really stunning, that may make you question your Cover choice (if it wasn't cover B)? Someone else already asked the question that instantly popped into my mind: Will this also be the case for cover A, where you also have tears? But no, it won't - just the cover B. In a way this makes sense, as cover A has drawn tears and cover B doesn't. Still, this effect looks quite great and I do really like it.

Ah, nice to hear. I haven't seen the movie yet (nor did I ever hear about it before), but it seems like it could be good fun. As I love supporting Wicked Vision for their superb quality and efforts, and as I am eager to watch and get to know more movies that I haven't heard of yet, and as I trust Daniel at least a little bit in his taste of movies (with exception of their erotic and Jean Rollin series ), I would have gotten this no matter what. Still it is nice to hear that this is a movie to look forward to

Small update on the Mediabooks: Basically they are sold out. Cover B seemd to be the most desired one, followed by Cover C. Cover A - the one that I chose - seems to be the one nobody is interested in. This one is also sold out in most shops now, but Pretz still carries a few, and I guess other shops might as well. Big update on the Piece of Art boxes, which is probably worth it's own thread - maybe I'll open one in the special editions section. We finally get some pictures, and what can I say. It looks stunning. It's like the boxes that Turbine uses (check it out here), so a box that is made out of a single piece of cardboard (I think Turbine calls them "cap boxes"), but it has a fixed glued in tray for the disk. As there is no bag or slip or anything for the booklet, that will probably just lay in there, which might be problematic for shipment as it might fly around, and get damaged. We'll see. Description from Birnenblatt: The Size will be as high as a Mediabook, and the width will be 1.5x the width of a Mediabook (comapred to Tape editions, the tape editions have 2x the width of a Piece of Art box). The surface will be matt and they'll use thick varnish to create a relief on the title. The interior will also be used for artwork. And as someone asked in the comments (once more) Birnenblatt revealed, that there will be 4,000 units, so quite a large number. Interesting as well for us collectors: They have three more titles that are being prepared right now for these Pieces of Art packaging. Their next title is already available for pre-order: Dawn of the Dead. And now for what you've all be waiting: PICTURES!!!! One more thing that is probably interesting: We don't see the back of the box. I'm wondering if that will show an Artwork as well, or maybe only a text back side? In the end, these things are made to be sold in stores, and for stores the advertisement information about the film and the technical data still seems to be a major factor (unfortunately). On the other hand, these boxes would be perfect for a continuous artwork (as shown on the inside). Finally, I'll tag @Lordpercy, @Casiusco and @Mattrivers95 because if I properly read and understood your comments in this thread, you where the ones interested in this release, weren't you? Hope you'll enjoy and as always, I'd like to read your thoughts on this release as well, so if you are liking it or even getting it, or if you are hating it, please share you reasons with us I myself still haven't made up my mind, yet. I've bought the Mediabook, I love the artwork of the boxes, but I am not sure, if I want these enough to double dip, or if I should even cancel my Mediabook for the Box, or... I don't know 🤣

Release: 2021 Link (Wicked Shop): ??? Price: ???€ Limited: ??? Wicked is doing another "30 days - 30 news" announcement round, and I thought, why not share with you all the information as early as possible, so when the time comes, I just need to add the specific data still missing. So, they start their announcement with a atmospheric horror movie that will have its 35th anniversary next year: THE WIND (aka THE EDGE OF TERROR and aka TERROR'S EDGE) is a 1986 American slasher film by Nico mastorakis, staring Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, Robert Morley and David McCallum, and tells the story of an Los Angeles author who travels to the Greek island Monemvasia to write her new book. During nights she is to stay home, as there are massive winds coming from the sea - however, a killer is using this to hunt his prey on the island. This movie was never shown in cinemas, but directly released to VHS in 1987, and later as well on DVD. Arrow Video announced this title for this year on Blu-ray and did a release on April 14th, making it the HD world premiere. Other countries labels haven't followed yet, making the announcement from Wicked Vision the second Blu-ray release world wide, and the first premium package (as Arrow Video only releases Amarays). Wicked promises to have this release to be filled with bonuses and be ready for the first half of 2021. As something really special, this release will also include the original score on a CD. As usually, I'll end with a trailer. Enjoy:

Release date: Dec. 18th, 2020 Preorder date: Nov. 27th, 2020 (!!!) Buy Link: Single release, Bundle, Subscription (see below for explanation) Price: 24,99€, 50,00€ or 279,99€ Limitation: 1500 numbered copies Format: Dual format (BD+DVD) Booklet: 24-p by Thorsten Hanisch (German) Together with SLAUGHTER as their #1 in their "Black Cinema Collection", Wicked Vision is also releasing their #2 title for the series: THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS! As they are released together, you can either get it separately, or in a bundle with their #1 title, and there is also a subscription offer to get all ten titles. I've explained it all in great detail in the other post, so please let me refer you to that post instead of having to repost it all here: As with their first release, this will come in the same unified overall series design that features the original poster artwork on the front, and other than that is just kept in a black-and-white design. It will of course also come in a full-sleeve Scanavo package (aka Criterion case, or pH Indicator case), and it will come without an reversible cover but instead feature an black-and-white inner-print. We again get a dual format, i.e. the movie being delivered on both DVD and BD. And also there is a booklet, but this time it's written by Thorsten Hanisch. Of course, what's not included is the box, as that is exclusively for the first release. As with the first release, we get the main feature with English and German dubbing, but only German subtitles. But the extras do also come with English subtitles. Again, we get a German audio cmmentary with PhD Gerd Naumann and Christopher Klaese, and we get the second part of the 10-part documentary "From Mr. Tibbs to John Shaft: New stars and perspectives", as well as the original trailer and a picture gallery. THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS (1970) is actually the second movie of a trilogy, the first one being IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) which is actually not considered a Blaxxploitation movie, probably, because of the cast and crew being dominantly white, and the movie not being a low budget production, but actually the adaptation of a novel by John Ball; this also led to a nomination for 7 Oscars and an award in 5 of these categories and is today considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS, which came 3 years later, tried to build on that success, but as a low budget film, that was totally different in tonality and style, it could not fulfill the expectation at box offices. Still, today it is considered as one of the most important movies of the blaxxploitation movies, that is seen as an early model for the infamous SHAFT (1971) In the film by Gordon Douglas features Sidney Poitier as police detective Virgil Tibbs who is investigating the murder of a prostitute and falls into an labyrinth of deceits, and is torn between his duty and loyalty. Here's the trailer. Enjoy:

Shoot. I forgot to add the link for getting the single release. Can a moderator or admin please add this to the intial post? Use "Single Release" as an anchor for this link, please: https://www.wicked-shop.com/en/slaughter-black-cinema-collection-01-incl-matt-hard-slipcase-dual-disc-set.html Thank you, and sorry for messing it up

As usually, especially if I start something like this, I'd like to know, if this is interesting for you? If it is, please let me know, and tell me, especially if you are planning to not get them as subscription, because then I know that I'll generate some value for you guys when posting these, and then I'll keep it up for the rest of the series, to inform you and let you know about new releases, so you don't miss them. If no one is interested in these, I can use the time differently I myself was pretty excited about the release, and after sharing the teaser news in my collection thread (as I did not know where else to put them - maybe we should think about a "teasers and rumors" section for this forum? ), I also contacted Daniel and shared my excitement with him, and he then already told me a lot of information ahead of time, including sending me the covers. But I was sworn to secrecy . For the first time in my life I opted for the "subscription". I know there are also a couple of other labels that have these (Birnenblatt, Anolis, etc.), but with Wicked Vision I not only have a good feeling and trust, but I also like to support the label. With the subscription with Anolis on the other hand, I had a lot of problems, ordering it, and as they already cancelled another order without any information just like that, I feel saver getting them separately from third party shops. So my very first subscription - I'll tell you how it goes (if it's interesting for you ), I am pretty excited about those small gimmicks that are included - I live for those goodies

Release date: Dec. 18th, 2020 Preorder date: Nov. 27th, 2020 (!!!) Buy Link: Single release, Bundle, Subscription (see below for explanation) Price: 24,99€, 50,00€ or 279,99€ Limitation: 1500 numbered copies Format: Dual format (BD+DVD) Booklet: 24-p by Christoph N. Kellerbach (German) For over a year now, the German independent label Wicked Vision (mostly famous for their Mediabooks which I am constantly presenting to you here 😉) has been working on releasing a series of titles that can be classified under the series name "Black Cinema". It will probably be heavy on the Blaxxploitation genre but not limited to it. While this might be not so interesting to US/UK (and maybe even other countries?), as there has been a lot of releases from this Genre, for Germany this is huge, as most of these films will be Blu-ray premieres to us. The release series is somewhat inspired by Anolis' Galerie des Grauens series (which I described for you in great detail here), in that it will be limited to a fixed number of releases (10) and their first release will come in a slipcase that will fit in all the 10 releases. This slipcase box will be made out of sturdy hard cardboard with a matte finish and spot gloss varnish. I had a talk with Daniel and he was pretty excited about the end product and said it looks really stunning. Each release itself will come in a Keepcase. However different to Anolis in a G2 sized case, instead of a G1 sized one; however not in a standard Amaray, but instead a more sturdy and more stunning looking full-sleeve Scanavo packing (the ones also used by Criterion or pH Indicator). Same as Anolis' boxsets they will include a thick booklet, come as dual format disc releases, and will be accompanied by a lot on-disc of bonuses. The artwork will feature the original poster artworks in a unified series design, that is a plain but elegant black and white design with not much gimmickry, except for the Wicked Vision logo on top of the spine and a spine number. And - different to all previous releases by Wicked Vision, this Scanavo release will not come with a reversible cover, but will feature a black-and-white inner print. Interestingly for international buyers: Wicked Vision promises these bonuses to be English-friendly (with the exception of the booklet, I guess), so all the extras will also come with additional English subtitles. Another thing that took Wicked Vision such long time to get ready for these releases was the documentary that will be included in these releases. It's a exclusively produced 10-part documentation on Black Cinema, produced by Wicked Vision in cooperation with PD PhD Andreas Rauscher, which Wicked Vision is also mighty proud of. In the comments Wicked also promises to finish this until September 2021 the latest. That would mean, a new release could be come every month (if they are released individually) or if they are always in pairs, then every second month. At least for the start the first two parts of the series will come as double feature release, and besides buying them separately, they can also be bought in a bundle. And talking about the bundle, there is also a subscription offer, pay the 10 movies in advance, and you'll get them as soon as they get released and with some small additional goodies. It is 30€ more expensive if you get them individually, that 30€ is the price for shipping, which you would also pay if you get them individually. To offer you something additionally if you get the subscription release (which would help Wicked Vision, in advance for finishing the other titles of this series, one of which will be the anniversary edition of COFFY), Wicked will add you to their exclusive subscription newsletter that will provide a lot of production behind-the-scenes information and a lot of updates, you will also get an exclusive and personalized collector's card with every film, an exclusive beer coaster sets and exclusive posters. This beer coaster set will also be gifted to the first 100 customers that are the first to preorder the releases individually. Now enough about the series as such, let's take a look at their first release of the series: SLAUGHTER. This release will be the first, and as such it will be the one that comes with the box (with no additional charge) to collect all the other parts. It will come - as usually with German dubbing as well as the original English audio, and it is the first time this is shown/released uncut in German (i.e. 92 minutes @ 24fps [BD], or 88 minutes @ 25 fps [DVD]). The feature film will not come with English subtitles, however all extras are with English subtitles as well. As for the extras we'll get the 24-page booklet with an essay by Christoph N. Kellerbach, an audio commentary with PhD Gerd Naumann and Christopher Klaese, and the first episode of Wicked Visions exclusive featurette on "Black Cinema" titled: "The Gangster as a style-conscious anti-hero", as well as a German theatrical intro, the original trailer and a picture gallery. SLAUGHTER is a 1972 blaxploitation film directed by Jack Starrett (Race with the Devil, The Losers), staring NFL-player Jim Brown (The Dirty Dozen, The Running Man) as Slaughter, who wants to avenge the dead of his Green Beret Vietnam veteran father, who is killed by a mobster via a car bomb. To avenge him, Slaughter has to bend the rules himself and is hunted by both, the mob and the police alike. As usually, I'll close with a movie trailer, but I'd also like to add two teasers that Wicked Vision posted long ago when first anouncing this series. I am only writing about it now, as we didn't yet know what package they would come in (at least not officially) and I didn't know where to put it in the forums at mediapsychos. Also sorry for posting this "so late" - it was already announced beginning of the week and preorder has also started nearly two days ago, but I was in hospital the entire week - hope you can forgive me ).

Ui, sehr nice! DANKE!!! Ich bin zwar in der Regel nie so unrasiert, wie auf dem Bild 🤣 aber es gab auch zeiten, wo ich das mal war und sogar einen langen Bart hatte, von daher, passt das. Sehr sehr cool! Sag mal, hast Du die Gesichter auch einzeln? Und wenn ja, dürfte ich mein Gesicht haben um es hier als Profilbild zu verwenden? Auf jeden FAll vielen lieben Dank!

An English proverbs says "Do not count your chickens before they are hatched". Rember my last week, i.e. "movie week"? No? Then read the post above. Yes? Well, on Saturday I got another small package, ordered from Amazon because I was too late to order it from Capelight directly: #1087 | DEU | Gretel & Hänsel | BD+UHD Mediabook EAN: 4042564209259 Release dates: Nov. 11th, 2020 Region Code: B / - Paid: 23,49€ Don't know that movie, have heard mixed things, but I got it for quite cheap, regarding that it also contains the UHD besides the HD blu-ray, and the mediabook looks phenomenal, has a really informative text, so all in all, I am pretty excited to watch this one, soon. This week I only got one package, from my standard mediabook dealer, containing a large variation of different Mediabooks that I've had my dealer collecto for me over the year (9 are still missing, but as there are a large number of preorder titles, it's all fine with me - I save a lot of shipping money and he send's them in the batches as it fits him, so all are happy #1088 | DEU | Gangland - Cops unter Beschuss [O-Title: Gang Related] | BD+DVD Mediabook EAN: 4260646120623 Release dates: Nov. 13th, 2020 Region Code: B / 2 Paid: 19,99€ In my youth I used to listen to hip hop and most of it was actually German Hip Hop (90s Hip Hop from mainly Hamburg rappers/bands). Only a few American/english speanking rappers/bands managed to interest me, and the one that was my most favorite rapper, who I would say was also really influential to me and formed my thinking, was 2Pac. It therefore is a shame that I havent watched a single movie he did. This is a perfect possibility for me, to fix that gap. #1089 | DEU | Ingenium | BD+DVD Mediabook EAN: 4042564209464 Release dates: Oct. 23rd, 2020 Region Code: B / 2 Paid: 22,99€ This is a release of a German movie that is pretty unknown even in Germany. I just stumbled upon this by accident, but the trailer looked really great and interesting. This release from Camera Obscure looks rather great, a nice booklet, lot's of behind the scenes material, and unbelievable but true: This actually comes with German, English and French subtitles. Finally a German film that I could even recommend for international buyers - however I am not yet sure if the movie is also worth getting #1090 | DEU | Todesparty 2 [O-Title: Cutting Class] | BD+DVD Mediabook EAN: 4042564209259 Release dates: Oct. 25th, 2020 Region Code: B / 2 Paid: 29,99€ When you knwo my other postings, you know that I often b*tch about the horrible "translations" of titles we had in Germany. Cutting Class (1989), a movie staring a really young Brad Pitt (his seventh movie, but only the third he was also actually credited, in his third year of his acting career), was deemed to be better marketed to the audience if it was marketed as the second part of a movie it has nothing in common with: Slaughter High (1986). Slaughter High was released in Germany as "Die Todesparty" (Party of Death), and this one became "Todesparty II". To make things even worse, when Terror Train from 1980(!) was released for home video, the labels in Germany decided to release it as the third part of this series: "Todesparty 3". This strange thing makes it even funny for it's curiosity to have it in the collection under the German title. I own the "Todesparty 3", so I was interested in getting the other two as well - Slaughter High has a Mediabook release, and Cutting Class just got one. Movie is said to be horrible, but I am rather curious to also see one of Brad Pitts earliest performances. #1091 | DEU | Upgrade | BD+DVD Mediabook EAN: 7220347774676 Release dates: Sept. 18th, 2020 Region Code: B / 2 Paid: 31,99€ I cannot tell you anything more about this movie other than it is (in Germany) a direct to video release that actually was a total suprise and gaind a lot of praise. It wasn't even released in Germany for a long time, and people imported it from Denmark(?). Now we have this Mediabook from Nameless. #1092 | DEU | Meine teuflischen Nachbarn [O-Title: The 'Burbs] | BD Mediabook EAN: 4260186032554 Release dates: Sept. 15th, 2020 Region Code: free Paid: 29,99€ This is a release, that Birnenblatt didn't really want to make, and I didn't really want to buy. It's a Vanilla movie release, and for that reason Birnenblatt only made a simple release (I think it was a VHS), and they didn't want to make a Mediabook as for them the Mediabook is the "high value" release with a lot of extras. But after a lot of request, Birnenblatt made a survey and then decided on this low quantity (333 copies) single-disk mediabook with no extras but of course a nice booklet text. I own The 'Burbs in a beautiful Scanavo-Fullslip release by Steelarchive, and therefore I didn't want to get it. But then it was sold out, people where posting images, and selling it for really high prices, and I felt like I did a mistake. Lucky me, there where a few additional copies that appeard in one of the web shops, and so I ordered it. Plus, of course, informed you: #1093 | DEU | Nummer 5 gibt nicht auf [O-Title: Short Circuit 2] | BD+DVD Mediabook EAN: 7220347777714 Release dates: Oct. 16th, 2020 Region Code: B / 2 Paid: 31,99€ Short Circuit and it's successor is one of the most influential movies of my life. I've seen it as a child, and always wanted to build my own robot, ever since. This got me interested in programming with age 14, and made me study computer science, and even specialize in robots, and work for a while in science with robots. So I was pretty excited that Short Circuit was released as a Steelbook a while ago, and I was rooting for Short Circuit 2 as well. Now I am a bit disappointed that I didn't double dip for this movie, when Nameless also released Short Circuit as a mediabook, but I will try to get that one sometimes later. And that's it already it. Anything you want to see in more detail?

Thank you @Veum for posting that Group Buy link (I also didn't know where it was - due to my lack of Group Buying German articles for obvious reasons ). Birnenblatt answered me regarding my questions: Product pictures will follow as soon as possible and before release date They are not yet fixed on the limitation and will finalize their decision based on the preorders. They hope and plan for a 4000 units limitation but it could also just be 3000 copies. Regarding their answers, I think it will be safe to wait a bit, for everyone that is still curious about the packaging and don't want to buy a "pig in a poke" (funny - in Germany we'd say "to buy a cat in a sack"). Given that 3000 copies is also quite high, especially if this release follows a 1000 units Mediabook release, this will not sell out during preorder time. I am still curious as I have no idea of what to expect here. I'll keep you informed