Apparently Richard Stanley’s cult classic and debut feature Hardware came out on DVD and Blu Ray from Momentum in the UK over a week ago and nobody bothered to tell us. What the F people?
For those region free challenged in the US you will have to wait a little longer as the good folks at Severin will release the Uncut 2 Disc Special Edition, or U2DSE for short, on September 29th.
For those who don’t know, Hardware is a kick ass cyber punk horror flick where a young Dylan McDermott unwittingly gives his artist girlfriend a busted up self repairing military robot which comes to life and starts havoc in her apartment, leaving behind a trail of blood and guts. People have been asking about this title for years and news have regularly appeared in the past about this coming out and then nothing has happened. Finally its here and it completely passed us by.
Right now it seems that there are some differences in special features between the releases (the UK version from is single disc) so completists will most likely grumble and dig in to their pockets.
Here are the specs for the UK release:
UK exclusive commentary with the director and producer
Voices of the Moon - documentary by Richard Stanley
Two of Richard Stanley’s super 8 shorts
Never before seen deleted, extended and behind the scenes clips
Promotional featurette - Original market promo
Trailer
Set of original concept art cards
Booklet containing liner notes written by Kim Newman and Shok! Reprinted with permission of 2000AD
And here are the US specs:
NTSC All Region
Uncut Uncensored Version!
DD 5.1 Audio
Anamorphic Widescreen
2 DVD SE
Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley
Sea of Perdition - Short Film
Making of Documentary
Early Super 8 Version of Hardware
Both releases are stellar and something that a proper Sci-Fi fan needs to own in their collection. You can order the UK release right now but the US version is not up for preorder on Amazon yet but Diabolik DVD have started to take down orders if you are really anxious.
Thanks to Dread Central for the heads up.
Brothers Michael and Peter Spierig made an impressive debut with their home made zombie effort Undead a few years ago and since then they have been working hard on their first studio picture, the vampire action film Daybreakers. The story revolves around a world where vampires are the norm and humans are hunted for blood. Now comes a time where the blood supply is drying up as humans have become more harder to find. Blood substitute has been made but has some rather unfortunate effects on the vampires themselves so the need for the real thing is high on the priority list. Hilarity ensues. 
2012. Trailer. Watch. Now. Preferably HD on a large screen with the sound way up.
It’s a big one this time. Three new posters for all you fans out there for three fantastic films. First up is the poster created for the Night Of The Creeps screening last saturday. The print was created by John Smith and it measures 24” X 36” and glows in the dark! It’s hand numbered and goes for 30 bucks. Next up is an amazing Goonies poster by UK illustrator Drew Millward and is approximately 18” x 24”. This one comes in two versions, a regular and a GOLD variant, which is extremely limited and printed on parchment paper and is limited to 30 copies. Regular version goes for 30 bucks, variant 50 bucks.
Last saturday in Austin Texas was an event that I wished I could have attended but being located half a world away that was not possible. The cast and crew of the cult classic Night Of the Creeps celebrated the upcoming DVD release of the film by screening a brand new print of the director’s cut at the Alamo Drafthouse. After the show the cast and director Fred Dekker talked about the film and some of the special features that Red Shirt producer Michael Felsher is putting on the disc.
So I’m a little late with this, mostly to do with me being in Berlin when these two items hit and some of it because I forgot. Nakatomi recently released its second print in the Godfather inspired series of posters. Tim Doyle is the man behind these and the new one is called “Full Of Grace” and depicts the scene where Fredo goes fishing for the last time. The bad news is that Nakatomi itself have sold out of the paper edition but the good news is that you can get them soon over at PandorasPrints.com when they open up for business. You can still get the limited edition wood print at Nakatomi Plaza if you have a 100 bucks burning a hole in your pocket. This print measures 12x36, is 4 colors, signed and numbered by the artist.
This should make Kurt a happy boy. A whole film featuring one of his favorite actors Olafur Darri.
The sci-fi horror film Pandorum popped out of nowhere really, with poster boy for fan hate Paul W.S. Anderson producing and Antibodies director Christian Alvart at the helm. The first teaser posted a couple of months ago looked very nice and recently Screenrant.com premiered the final trailer online. I have to say though the final one doesn’t pack the same punch as the teaser. But still I look forward to see this because competently made sci-fi horror flicks are few and far between.
This is one of the drawbacks of living on this rock in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, I miss these types of events all the time. But for those living in Austin or plan to go there in early June you have a chance to attend a special screening of the director’s cut of my all time favorite film Night Of The Creeps. The screening will take place on June 13th and in attendance will be stars Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Steve Marshall and man legend Tom Atkins. Director Fred Dekker will also be there and take part in the festivities. The whole thing will be filmed by DVD producer Michael Felsher for the upcoming DVD release of this classic.
Good news everyone! Mondotees is having a Memorial Day sale over the weekend, starting tomorrow friday and lasting till next monday. That means it’s 20% off off everything, everythings I tells ya! And if you are local or in town stop by their S. Lamar Blvd store and take part in their Rummage Sale and find even better deals on that poster you’ve always wanted or that T-Shirt you think looks hilarious.
Two pretty bad ass posters for Sly’s new action flick were revealed in Cannes the other day. 
For some reason the hyper low budget monster movie The Deadly Spawn has always had a place in my heart. It was made by a group of enthusiastic youngsters and wears its love for the genre on its sleeve. But I think it was the insane monster design that captured my attention in the first place, a multi headed red blob full of teeth that eats anything in its path.
It seems like we’ve been waiting for the feature film adaption of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road forever now having been pushed back far too often with it finally reaching our eyeballs at the end of this year. Now usually when a film is shelved or pushed back people usually wonder if the final product was too awful for human consumption but that, strangely enough, has been absent from the discussion about this film. People want to see it no matter what it seems. It is still a few months away but Tom Chiarella over at Esquire has taken a peek at it and doesn’t hold back on the praise. So for now my fears that the film just simply sucked and that was the reason for its delay have been put to rest for a while but it also makes you wonder why the hell it was done in the first place. My guess is Weinstein money problems with an incredible uncommercial and bleak film wanting to at least spread their losses a bit.
It’s been relatively quiet lately on the mondotees print front but they’re back with a few sweet items to wet your collector’s needs. First up is the T-Shirt that originally Nakatomi Inc released, Never Forget VHS T-Shirt that I posted about a few months ago. This has now a permanent home over at Mondotees and you can show your love for the olden days by picking up one of these. They come in old school VHS clam shells and in three colors. 
Icelandic filmmaker Ólafur Jóhannesson is one of the country’s busiest director. Last year he premiered his first feature length fiction film The Higher Force, co starring The Sopranos’ Michael Imperioli, after focusing solely on documentaries earlier in his career. His pseudo doc The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela won The Teddy at last year’s Berlin Film Festival and this summer he’s gearing up for another feature. But after The Higher Force he created a TV series about angels working basically as God’s bureaucrats who want to be reborn as humans. The series was created by Olafur and his frequent collaborator Stefan Schaefer and co-stars other Soprano alumni Steve Schirripa and Sharon Angela.
