Blue Underground Announces Initial Blu-ray Title Slate

Cult specialist distributor Blue Underground has given a glimpse of its first Blu-ray releases, ranging from animation to horror and science fiction. Known for going to great lengths to feature remastered transfers from original vault elements, the company promises to use the best available technical specs on their BD output, as is detailed on a slickly-edited two minute promotional video on Blue Underground's web site. Full 1080p video encoding, 7.1 DTS-HD MA and 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio, D-Box Motion Code and extensive extras will be featured on 50GB dual layered discs. Announced titles include - The Final Countdown L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (aka The Bird With The Crystal Plumage) La sindrome di Stendhal (aka The Stendhal Syndrome) Maniac (1980) Vigilante (1983) Fire & Ice Dead & Buried (1981) Due occhi diabolici (aka Two Evil Eyes) Uncle Sam (1997)
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BluPayne4400  » May 30, 2008	Show comment Hide comment
Hmmmm????????

NoQuestion  » May 30, 2008
awesome. I will definately get uncle Sam and the final countdown!!

dmarvin  » May 30, 2008

The Final Countdown is terrific. For anyone wondering, it's a B-movie that rises above the level due to the A-list casting of Kirk Douglas and a young Martin Sheen. Released in 1980, it plays like a feature-length episode of The Twilight Zone wherein the U.S.S. Nimitz in 1980 is suddenly transported back in time to 1941 Pearl Harbor just before the Japanese attack. Fascinating stuff and an easy recommendation from me. As for the other titles, looks like a couple of Dario Argento (not surprisingly) made the cut. But not Suspiria, which leads me to believe Blue Underground has lost the rights to Weinstein on that one. A/V looks great though. Can't wait to check a couple of these out.

The Guilty Party  » May 30, 2008	Show comment Hide comment
I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it, but "The Final Countdown" is a movie about nothing. For those who have seen it.... what's the point of that story??? Either way... it's good to see more and more titles coming to BD.

katharsis  » May 30, 2008
Maniac, Dead & Buried, Fire & Ice !!! Now lets hope that they will be reasonably priced...

Midnightsailor  » May 30, 2008
Maniac!! =O

EricJ  » May 30, 2008

I'll agree with Guilty that "Final" is infuriatingly wimpy...But have to take history into account: If it wasn't for Underground's sterling cult-rescue efforts, FC would still be locked away in the infamously weaselly semi-bootleg dungeons of Pacific Video-- Nice to see it not only rescued and restored, but given hi-def treatment, for complete redemption...BCI Eclipse's cult-Blu's have looked pretty good so far; time to make it a *real* Blu Underground

diamondfoxxx  » May 30, 2008
Holy shit! They are releasing Maniac! Who the hell would've thought that! Blu-ray is definitely cemented now.

demoni  » May 30, 2008
Awesome!!! The Blue Underground standard DVD's look amazing, so can't wait to see theire Blu-ray releases! And what a start! Maniac is just sick!! Love it. )

HDJK  » May 30, 2008
Whatever anyone says, I'll get 'The final countdown' for sure :-)

Turnda643  » May 30, 2008
Oh yeaaa!!! Final Countdown!!!!! IN BLU!!!!!!!!! Iam soooo gona need a second job. (maybe even a third!)

hc666  » May 30, 2008
YES FINALLY! LOL Uncle Sam... one of the worst movies I have ever seen! A must have on blu haha. Gonna buy alot from these guys

Xboxbydegrees  » May 30, 2008
I love Final Countdown!

shakeyspear  » May 30, 2008
The Final Countdown is a definite buy for me! Love it!

kuliddar  » May 30, 2008
Final Countdown!!! Cool! Gonna wait to read reviews though to see how Blue Underground masters their products. Final Countdown is currently on my DVD want list....may change the column to Blu list hehe.

redtornado  » May 30, 2008
Thank god. Theres not alot of horror on BluRay. I cant wait for Uncle Sam and Final Countdown. Two Evil Eyes looks good too.

tru blu  » May 30, 2008
7.1 DTS-HD MA & 7.1 Dolby True HD.... What a way to jump into Blu-ray!! Welcome.

Beta Man  » May 30, 2008
half are great.... the other half I can do with out...... but it's good to see more join the camp!!!!

mntwister  » May 30, 2008
Final Countdown: Great-can't wait!!!!! This is all good news, as well as the soundtracks they are using!

CptGreedle  » May 30, 2008
Interesting. I will have to look some of these up since so many are so excited about these.

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