One severe cheap-ass mask...
Maybe with the rights in such a mess that the region 4 version may be complete?????
Maybe I will win the lottery next week as well..

No Not this time This is just a repackage job.  There is nothing new here.

I was gonna rant about how pointles feeble and disappointing this release is but you all beat me to it.
O.K. I've got to say it, why is the newly found footage not included?

No,no can't stop myself, that mask looks f**king cheap and not accurate or scary.

Tenderheart Bear wrote: MovieNerd777 wrote: Does anyone know if they will release The Children of the Corn series on dvd? I haven't seen all of them but I'd buy it if there was a set that included every single movie. After the Halloween series, I'm not going to search for the dvds in a series, unless I buy them as they are coming out (for new franchises only). I hope someone understands that, I tend to ramble & mush my ideas together.

I should think you have the same probem as with Halloween.  In the UK we have the Anchor Bay boxset of COTC I, II and III and the Dimension boxset of IV, V, VI and VII.  At least you can stand them side by side on the shelf.

Anchor Bay also released Hellraiser I, II and III but yet again Dimension have the rest.  We didn't even get Hellseeker, Deader or Hellworld.  (Or Dracula III for that matter).

Are those COTC sets available in America or R1 (I guess) or just in the UK (R2?)

& It might just be me but are sets usually cheaper than buying each one individually?

I need to get more money (after buying a new tv) so I can finish collections & start new ones. I still have 3 Halloween movies to get & then I want the Puppetmaster series, COTC, Leprechaun, Hellraiser, Poltergeist, & other horror series. I also need to get the last Pirates of the Caribbean film...I need to catch up haha...

Zachariah

WORST. ANNIVERSARY EDITION. EVER.

The fact that all that missing footage was just found and not even being released as a bonus feature is sad enough, but the fact that Halloween - a true landmark for scary movies, independent cinema and just plain cinema in general - is getting such c**p treatment for its anniversary when Hellraiser, Evil Dead and Dawn of the Dead got the "Royale with Cheese" treatment is just depressing and a tad offensive.

What they SHOULD HAVE DONE was:

Disc 1 with the original film (remastered video with Carpenter/Cundy approval), remastered 5.1 EX/DTS sound and original mono, isolated music track with Carpenter commentary, new commentary with Carpenter, Curtis, Soles, Castle, Cundy and other crew members and archived commentaries from previous DVDs; Disc 2 with the extended cut with remastered video and audio and Carpenter commentary; Disc 3 with the three main documentaries (Unmasked; A Cut Above the Rest; 25 Years of Terror), On Location and various featurettes; Disc 4 should be all the deleted material, the various bonus features from 25 Years of Terror, a video commemorating all involved with the original Halloween who have passed on, trailes, TV spots, radio ads and trailers for other Halloween films; and for packaging bonuses, the Myers mask and a copy of the screenplay signed by John Carpenter

I'll probably get this since I don't have the Extended Edition or Halloween 4 or 5.

I wish they would try and bring out the Producers cut of Curse Of Michael Myers. I want to see it.

The different distributors is the obvious reason for the mix/mash of flicks in this set. Not sure if I want to dip AGAIN into this pot. As mentioned, the mask doesn't look close to the REAL mask and the lack of hair makes it even more of a joke looking. The only draw of this is the extended version (I don't have). I have everything else, so I will probably give this one about 5 months after its release and catch it for 3/4 the price in a bargin bin at BestBuy or Circuit City.  

beckmen wrote: That mask is one of the most depressing things I have ever seen! He seriously looks like he is about to cry.

Haha yeah I didn't notice that til you said it...it does look like he's sad

That mask is one of the most depressing things I have ever seen! He seriously looks like he is about to cry.

Further notes for Dimension:

What about finally releasing Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later and Scream in anamorphic widescreen on DVD or why not on skip that altogether and release them on Blu-Ray?

As for this box set; I'm a huge Halloween fan and i have all the films on DVD in multiple versions, even have the TV versions of 1 and 2 and the Producer's Cut of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers on VHS. However, i'm gonna stay as far away from this as humanly possible. This box set sucks! First off: The mask looks horrible, downright ugly, i'd never put that on and i'd feel ashamed to have it on display. In what way is that a replica!?? Then there's the fact that it doesn't includes all films. That's still unbelivably stupid. Can't they buy the other films from Dimension?

George Wright wrote: What a mess of a release this is! I wouldn't buy this even if I didn't own the movie. The original Anchor Bay Limited 2-disc Edition is still tops.

Agreed. I have the Anchor Bay 2-Disc, and I'm perfectly happy with it. This is a great movie, but I absolutely hate parts 4 and 5, and I refuse to purchase a Blu-ray player. So, this is pretty unnecessary for me.

Uncalled for. As many here have suggested, a multi-film re-release should, ideally, include the following:
Halloween: Theatrical/Extended TV Version
Halloween II: Theatrical/Extended TV Version
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers/Producer's Cut
Halloween H20
Halloween: Resurrection
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Halloween Remastered Blu-Ray

They could throw all that together, WITHOUT a mask, limit and number it to something like 100,000 or 200,000 copies, and they'd probably sell out in preorder. They could price it at $200, I'd pop for a "30 Years of Terror: The Definitive Collection", although even with that kind of dough coming in for it, it'd probably take them so long to free up all the rights it would end up being the 40th anniversary. Instead, we get the "Halloween: Over 10 Years of Double-dipping!" Edition. Pass.

Anchor Bay really should have tidied this one up long ago. In addition, we still need:
Children of the Corn Anthology
Hellraiser Anthology (with first three Unrated, even a Lament Configuration package like the R2)
Phantasm Sphere for R1
Book of the Dead: Army of Darkness

I'd personally love to see the last one just to have it next to the first two BOTD Evil Dead releases. You would think the studios would be smart enough to realize that they could easily partner for a limited release of these films in anthology, and such a release would let them test the waters for current demand in these films to see if they could get away with BD releases on all of them.

I own almost every edition of Halloween.  Being the completist that I am, I will probably buy this.  Especially since I'm going to the 30 Years of Terror con in Pasadena.

However, I know I will get screwed since Don May Jr. found some of the sc**ps and extra film from Halloween from the editing bay.

Its kinda cool but expensive so I won't be buying

I wish the Halloween 6 Producer's Cut would get a release since it is my favorite version of H6.  It fits more with the tone of John Carpenter's films from the last half of the 1980s.

I've been looking for a few of the movies in this set. I'll totally buy this!

Does anyone know if they will release The Children of the Corn series on dvd? I haven't seen all of them but I'd buy it if there was a set that included every single movie. After the Halloween series, I'm not going to search for the dvds in a series, unless I buy them as they are coming out (for new franchises only). I hope someone understands that, I tend to ramble & mush my ideas together.

I was also just wondering, will there be versions without the Blu-Ray disc? Because I was wondering if it'd be less if that disc wasn't in there.

Zachariah

George Wright wrote: What a mess of a release this is! I wouldn't buy this even if I didn't own the movie. The original Anchor Bay Limited 2-disc Edition is still tops.Well, seeing as the first two discs seems to be that "Limited Edition", I don't know what else you want.

this is not needed...its the 30th Anniversary of the original not the others...they should have just re-released the 2-Disc Limited set for people who didn't get to pick that one up

I'm surprised Universal haven't sold the rights for Halloween II and III to Anchor Bay/Starz.  They can't be making much from those titles.  I can understand Dimension/Disney not doing so with their titles, they're not known for their co-oporational skills.

That said, the R2 boxset from a few years back consisting from Halloween to Resurrection must have taken some doing.

I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo there!

I don't own any of these yet, so I'll definitely pick it up. I'm not really sure how I feel about it having 4 and 5, but no 2, 3, H20 or Resurection; I really only like 1 and 2 anyway. There's no topping the original, so I kinda wish this just had that and the EE, but oh well.

more double dipping with Anchor Bay starring Michael Myers,within the past year weve had Evil Dead, Hellraiser, & Phantasm all re-released again. Is there no end to their shameless double dipping x 1000..
I am so passing on this..
I bet we are do for another edition of the Evil Dead Trilogy sometime soon
SHAME on Anchor Bay - release some other horror title for a change, theres plenty of good ones out there that fans would want ...every year its the same thing, Halloween, Evil Dead, Dawn or Day or the Dead ad nauseum...next year will be the 31st anniversary set of Halloween , audio commentary by Michael Myers (both the killer and the comedian) I can see it now SIGH

Michael Friedrichsen wrote: Why is Halloween 2,6,H20 and Resurrection NOT in this set????
That is damn weird

welcome to the wonderful world of R1, where complete series that have been made with different studios will never see the light of day in one collection. i'm not sure how R2 releases bypass this though..not fair.  lol

oh..and i guess they're gonna release an anniversary edition every 5yrs now?  lol

The reasons are as follows:
Halloween 2 was released on dvd thru Universal.
Halloween 6, H20 & Resurrection were released thru Dimension.
I guess there was a problem with releasing rights That Anchor Bay & the above companies could not agree on.

Wow. They release this movie every six months!

I'll pass on this.

Hmm that mask doesn't look right.

Check out Dvd Pacific. It is up for preorder @ $55.86 releasing October 7th

This is a perfect set. I don't have any of the films and I don't have the mask. Genius. Although $89.97 is way too much.

I also have the individual releases of the above mentioned. But the mask is a great collectable to have. It's to bad that Anchor Bay did not get the rights to re-release the television version of Halloween II or even better the long gestated R1 release of H6-The Producer's Cut.

PS. I think Dimension is mooting a follow-up to Zombie's version, but I don't think Zombie will be involved.

That mask is mine, b***h!

This is a must own. I own HALLOWEEN 25 ANNIVERSARY EDITION as well as THE EXTENDED CUT on dvd. I also own HALLOWEEN 4 & 5 and 25 YEARS OF TERROR.I even own HALLOWEEN on Blu-Ray.

So you ask why buy it if you own everything in the set? I want the mask!!!!