In case anyone is interested in owning this one in HD, an English-friendly German Blu-Ray release will be out later this month, on 31/03:

https://www.amazon.de/Detective-Belli-Blu-ray/dp/B0BW2H5L9N

Thank you, AlbertoSordi.

To you too.

Merry Xmas Funktion - and thanks for the posts!

 

Speaking of Christmas, Al Festa reminds me a lot of Claudio Fragasso - in the sense that they both probably thought they were making cinematic gold, but ended up producing some real turkeys.

Fatal Frames has been released on Blu-Ray in Italy, in an English friendly release.

Besides including several (but not all) of the extras from the Synapse DVD (making of, deleted scenes, some of the music videos, ...), there's a new interview with Al Festa as well.

A limited edition was also available, with a postcard signed by Al Festa + the soundtrack, but sadly I missed it.



As a big "fan" of the film (it's a huge guilty pleasure of mine; check an earlier post I made about it above), I had to own this one in HD. 

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On a side note, I just noticed that today marks the 15th anniversary of my very first post on these forums, and it was a post about... Fatal Frames. 
A lot has changed since then, but if anyone from the "old guard" happens to check this post, my regards to all. 

In case anyone is interested, the series has received its first Blu-Ray release in Italy, with English subtitles.
This first set has the first 4 episodes (seasons 1 and 2), which have been recently remastered in 4k.

Run, Man, Run (Corri uomo corri) is getting a Blu-Ray release in the UK by Eureka Entertainment on January 2023.

The limited edition will have a bonus disc.

Here are the announced specs:

DISC ONE:

*NEW 4K RESTORATION of the original uncut version of the film, with additional color grading completed exclusively for this release
*NEW audio commentary with writers Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (Uncut Version)
*NEW interview with film scholar Stephen Thrower
*Alternate opening credits
*Theatrical Trailer
*Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release

DISC TWO - LIMITED BONUS DISC

*NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE THEATRICAL CUT, RUN, MAN, RUN (85 min) with additional colour grading completed exclusively for this release (Limited Edition Exclusive)
*NEW audio commentary with author Howard Hughes and filmmaker Richard Knew (Theatrical Version - Limited Edition Exclusive)

*Reversible sleeve
*A collector's booklet featuring two new essays by Howard Hughes, covering both the film and the "Zapata Western" sub-genre.

Kinda boring but also over the top "Compañeros".

I couldn't agree more with anything you say here. And I really appreciate that you tried for quite some time to get things going in this forum again after the "reboot". But community building is a very tough job and I think a lot of things must fall into place for it to work. I am grateful that this place is at least still up and available as an archive and a great web resource for information on Eurocult films. Whenever I stop by I notice dozens of guests browsing the forum and I suppose they can't be all bots or crawlers.

Thanks for the kind words. 

Yeah, I keep posting stuff whenever I have some time, because I know some people end up here through search engines (when searching for certain films and directors, it's curious how frequently these forums still pop-up as one of the first, if not the first, result), while in other cases I post about new BD releases, so that former members may (hopefully) receive a reply notification, and become aware certain hard to find titles are now available on BD. 

That's why it's a bit sad this place isn't as active as it once was.
There's currently not a lot of places to discuss Euro cult cinema, despite being easier than ever to watch a lot of these films (I mean, you have places discussing certain Blu-Ray releases, but they are more interested in discussing the packaging or slipcovers, and not really the actual work), and social media isn't really a good place to store and find information, nor to share media and info on films, cast and crew.

I couldn't agree more with anything you say here. And I really appreciate that you tried for quite some time to get things going in this forum again after the "reboot". But community building is a very tough job and I think a lot of things must fall into place for it to work. I am grateful that this place is at least still up and available as an archive and a great web resource for information on Eurocult films. Whenever I stop by I notice dozens of guests browsing the forum and I suppose they can't be all bots or crawlers.

So many other forums have died since social media more or less monopolised the internet. 1-2 years ago the dirtypictures forum (kind of the German equivalent to LLL) had to start all over again after losing the whole content of more than 10 years. Incredibly, it's the 2nd time it happened to them. Not sure if this is the death knell for them sooner or later, now that their user base has been decimated and forums in general seem to have less and less appeal.

I read about this a while back.
Sad news. 

Some of the people who featured in the films we love to watch, especially lesser known "character actors" and "bit players", remain unaware that decades later, there are still people enjoying their work.

That's why it's a bit sad this place isn't as active as it once was.
There's currently not a lot of places to discuss Euro cult cinema, despite being easier than ever to watch a lot of these films (I mean, you have places discussing certain Blu-Ray releases, but they are more interested in discussing the packaging or slipcovers, and not really the actual work), and social media isn't really a good place to store and find information, nor to share media and info on films, cast and crew.