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Slaughter (Wicked Vision's Black Cinema Collection #1) (Scanavo Fullsleeve) [Germany]


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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)

 

 

 

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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 ;) ).
 

 

 

 

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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? :D ), 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 :D.

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 :D

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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 :(

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3 hours ago, pygospa said:

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 :(

 

No worries. I added the link to the OP.

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  • 2 weeks later...

As I have probably already mentioned, I signed up for the subscription, and just a few minutes ago, Wicked send out the first two E-Mails. The first one a general "Welcoming" mail, with some general information about the mailing list, that was already announced in their advertisements (and summarized and explained by me in the initial post as best as I can :D ), and the plea to not share the behind the scenes information contained in the newsletters, as they would like to keep this kind of exclusivity.

So unfortunately I will not be able to share the things, as I will of course fullfil their request. Just so much: first "live" pictures where shared and the date will be kept. I'm pretty excited for it. I will of course share my own pictures once I have mine in hand, but for this you'll still have to wait a wile. Unfortunately up to now no one reacted to this, so I am not sure, if it's at all worth to keep posting on the still coming releases. But at least I'll "complete" these two threads I started with pictures and impressions :)

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So... even though I feel like this interests no one, I'll add the pictures for 1 and 2, which arrived just today. Again it was very well packed, and the package was huge (Mediabook for scale and address coverup). I also ordered another movie that is briefly seen in one of the pictures by accident. If you are interested take a look here.

 

A few remarks:

  • The individual Editions are not numbreed, just the boxset is, so I've got boxset no 264.
  • The beer mats where part of the early pre-orderes (and the subscription orderers) and are limited to 100 pieces each.
  • All the other extras must be subscription extras, although I am not quite sure, if some of these are not subscription or bundle extras. This includes a poster for Slaughter, a postcard for Slaughter and a lobby card for Slaugther, as well as a postcard and a lobby card for Mister Tibbs. The lobby cards are individually numbered and personalized for the subscribers, so I've got subscription no. 13 (nice :D ). Also included are two stickers.
  • All sides of the rigid box look nice, three sides have spot gloss - the back with the fist and the collection title, as well as both sides. The sides have spot gloss as an invisible text, and this is really great. If you look from the front, you cannot see it, really nice.

All in all a really decent release. I'm loving it. And before the pictures, here 's a little spoiler alert: Wicked has released a list of all coming titles. As I won't do any further of these posts, as there seem to be no interest, I just post the list here. If there are titles that interest you, let me know, then I'll make a post for these selected titles, including all the extras and photos from the edition. But spending all the time if you are not interested feels like wasting time

  1. Slaguther (this post)
  2. 10 Stunden Zeit für Tibbs / They Call Me Mister Tibbs
  3. Strasse zum Jenseits / Accross 110th Street (Feb. 2021)
  4. Foxy Brown (Feb. 2021)
  5. Die Organisation / The Organization (March 2021)
  6. Ghettobusters / I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (Apr. 2021)
  7. Car Wash (May 2021)
  8. Black Gunn (June 2021)
  9. Coffy (Aug. 2021)
  10. Black Ceasar (Aug. 2021)

 

Small remark on the photos: Because of the bad lightning this time of year, I tiried to make them a bit lighter, however this also makes them look kind of blueish/grayish. But its black and white and grey. Not blue. Sorry for that. I am not really good in photo editing, unfortnuately 😐

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