Dumplings
Good news! 6 Films To Keep You Awake, a series of Spanish made-for-TV horror films has received a DVD release in Spain with English subtitles on each release. The DVD boxed set is going by the DVD release title of Pack Películas para no Dormir in Spain. The majority of these films are very impressive, especially Jaume Balagueró and Álex de la Iglesia’s efforts. In fact I’m surprised neither of these films have been picked for remake yet. The films included in this 6-DVD boxed set from Spain are:
Disc 1: Blame
Disc 2: To Let
Disc 3: The Baby´s Room
Disc 4: The Christmas Tale
Disc 5: A Real Friend
Disc 6: Spectre
See the links below for DVD order details and Twitch’s previous articles on these films.
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Reader Comments
junky 01/09/2008 @ 11:59pm
Does anyone know an ENGLISH website where I can order this?
I tried navigating the Spanish site listed by Twitch but couldn’t hack it (took French in high school, not Spanish) and Alta Vista’s Babel Fish was not help.
I’m trying to get the good guys at Xploited Cinema in Cleveland, OH to carry it (which shouldn’t be a problem, as they’ve been waiting for this thing just about as long as I have).
But if anyone knows a good English website where I can order this box set let me know and I’ll be eternally grateful!
roystalin 01/10/2008 @ 12:02am
Junky just go to http://www.dvdgo.com and click ‘ENTER DVDGO’ it takes you to their English version of the site.
There is no other English friendly website that carries Spanish dvds, DVDGO is the only choice I’m afraid, they do occassionally have pretty good sales on though, and their shipping is very speedy.
Swarez 01/10/2008 @ 4:42am
Their shipping costs an arm and a leg though. The total for this set plus shipping to Iceland is over 100 Euros so the shipping costs more than the actual product.
A damn shame. I’ll try Ebay instead.
Collin Armstrong 01/10/2008 @ 6:17am
Shipping to the US is a bitch too. Hopefully there’ll be a price break on the set sometime soon - these are all a lot of fun and worth checking out - kind of the Masters of Horror concept realized.
Swarez 01/10/2008 @ 6:42am
Hopefully Xploited cinema or Diabolik DVD will be selling these.
junky 01/10/2008 @ 7:51am
I just got the e-mail from Tony at Xploited Cinema!
He says they will have the complete box set of SIX FILMS TO KEEP YOU AWAKE late next week!
So… shipping costs be damned!
Just order it from Xploited and it’ll ship from Cleveland, OH. from a site that’s easily navigated!
I think I’ve heard of Diabolik… never used them, though.
At any rate, thanks to everyone for all their comments and helpful resources… I love this site and all the helpful, kind people on it.
I look forward to hearing reviews and thoughts on SIX FILMS TO KEEP YOU AWAKE… I’ve been waiting for this series to get an English subbed box set since (sheeesh! I dunno know...) late 2005 or 2006…
long time coming!
Hope I haven’t built it up too bad!
Swarez 01/10/2008 @ 10:36am
Hurray! Thanks for that Junky.
roystalin 01/10/2008 @ 10:56am
How much was it included shipping Junky?
junky 01/10/2008 @ 2:36pm
Roystalin,
Not sure yet.
I’m guessing not cheap, but I could be wrong.
I suppose if you take whatever dvdgo.com is charging and add about ten bucks that’s usually how Xploited Cinema runs things.
I just like the fact that I can order my DVDs from an eaily navigated site, it ships right away (and quickly!) and I sometimes like buying my import DVDs from fellow Midwestern genre dorks.
At any rate I’ll pay whatever they ask… ahhhhh man! I’ve been waiting so long for this box set and Alex De La Iglesia and Paco Plaza are two of my all-time faves… this is going to be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep checking:
http://www.xploitedcinema.com
for updates.
Like I said, Tony told me it should be late next week.
roystalin 01/10/2008 @ 2:41pm
Good to see people are finally going to get to see this rather impressive lot of films! I was very impressed by the one called ‘The Christmas Tale’ set in the the 80s, maybe my favorite one of the bunch.