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Apr
15
2008

[REC] DVD release confirmed for May 28th in Spain - with English subs!

Posted by Collin Armstrong at 5:21am.

Posted in DVD News , Thriller, Horror, Continental Europe & Russia.

Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s mighty terrifying [Rec] has been announced for release on DVD and Blu-Ray in its home territory of Spain on May 28th in three iterations, each featuring English-language subtitles.

The single-disc edition sports an anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer, DTS and Dolby Digital sound, director commentary, a making-of featurette, promotional stills and materials, TV spots, teasers, and trailers.

The two-disc special edition retains the above and also features footage from the premier at Sitges, interviews, clips from casting sessions, deleted scenes, and quite a bit more.

The Blu-Ray release retains everything from the two-disc set with the feature presented in full 1080p.  One would assume it’ll be a Region B release.

The discs don’t seem to be up for pre-order yet, but we’ll let you know when they are.  Despite the dollar’s ever-dwindling status on the international scene, I’ll be taking a hit and ordering this ASAP.  [Rec] is one of those rare cases of a film living up to considerable hype - it’s just damn scary, bloody fun.

Worth noting too that Balagueró’s potent debut feature, Los Sin Nombre (The Nameless), will see a Blu-Ray release in Spain on May14th.  As with the two-disc set of the film released several years back, the director’s outstanding short films Alicia and Días sin Luz will be included (and almost warrant a purchase by themselves).

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Reader Comments

  1. Swarez 04/15/2008 @ 6:43am

    How are zonadvd on shipping? DVDGO charge insane amount for their shipping outside of Spain so I’ll never order from them.

  2. Collin Armstrong 04/15/2008 @ 7:00am

    Zona is, I think, just a news site.  They filter business to either DVDGO or Fnac’s Spanish arm.  I’ve only ever ordered Spanish titles from DVDGO, and I usually wait to order several at once since it costs the same to ship three or four as it does one.

    Don’t know about Fnac - I just know their French arm won’t (or at least didn’t) ship to the US.

    Anyone else know of a source for Spanish titles out there?

    I’m sure the Xploiteds and Diaboliks of the world will be picking these up, too.  You’ll pay a bump for dealing with a middle man but will probably save on shipping.

  3. Nouvelle_Vague 04/15/2008 @ 10:32am

    So, can anyone recommend a good multi region BR player?

  4. Collin Armstrong 04/15/2008 @ 10:48am

    Good?  I dunno.  There are more and more turning up online.  Here are a few sites to check out…

    http://www.stegen.com/index.php/cPath/61

    http://www.dvdirect.net/

    http://www.planetomni.com/Prod_BLURAY.shtml

    They aren’t cheap.  You want to look for players that are hard-modded to defeat region-coding - they shouldn’t be affected by firmware updates that way.  I’m sure there’ll be software patches, too (which will have to be re-hacked and re-set with every firmware update performed).

  5. Mike 04/15/2008 @ 11:02am

    This is definitely one I’ve been waiting to hear about.

  6. Caterpillar 04/15/2008 @ 6:17pm

    It’s also worth noting that DIAS SIN LUZ most likely still won’t have English subs on the Blu-Ray.

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