{"id":61359,"date":"2014-03-27T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=61359"},"modified":"2014-03-26T09:19:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T16:19:49","slug":"steelbook-bluray-alien-vampire-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/steelbook-bluray-alien-vampire-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"SteelBook Alert: With a Bit of a Mind Flip…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SteelBook collecting scene has been pretty busy lately. In addition to recent theatrical features, a bunch of notable catalog titles are scheduled for reissue in metal case packaging.
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Earlier this year, UK retailer Zavvi offered an exclusive SteelBook edition of James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’<\/a>. At the time, it seemed strange that none of the other titles in the franchise would receive the same treatment. I suppose it’s not too much of a surprise to find them announced after all. These, however, are not exclusives. <\/p>\n

When given the option, I generally recommend that American shoppers purchase from Amazon UK rather than Zavvi, because Amazon deducts VAT during checkout while Zavvi doesn’t. If you live outside the UK, your final price will be lower at Amazon. On a couple of the listings below, I’ve provided links to both retailers, because Amazon didn’t have any photos for ‘Alien’ (I’d feel bad about swiping the images from Zavvi without crediting the site) and hasn’t yet opened the preorder for ‘Alien: Resurrection’.<\/p>\n

In any case, the artwork on these three ‘Alien’ cases is classy enough, though very familiar from past poster art and video editions. ‘Resurrection’ has the least exciting design.<\/p>\n

‘Alien’<\/h2>\n

Available at: Amazon UK<\/a> or Zavvi<\/a>
\nRelease date: April 14, 2014
\nPrice: \u00a319.99
\nRegion code: Region-free <\/p>\n

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‘Alien 3’<\/h2>\n

Available at: Amazon UK<\/a>
\nRelease date: April 14, 2014
\nPrice: \u00a318.50
\nRegion code: Region-free <\/p>\n

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‘Alien: Resurrection’<\/h2>\n

Available at: Amazon UK<\/a> or Zavvi<\/a>
\nRelease date: May 12, 2014
\nPrice: \u00a319.99
\nRegion code: Region-free <\/p>\n

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‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’<\/h2>\n

Available at: Amazon UK<\/a>
\nRelease date: May 12, 2014
\nPrice: \u00a318.50
\nRegion code: Region B (unconfirmed) <\/p>\n

I’m not particularly a fan of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’, but if I were, this case art is pretty hilarious and awesome. I especially like the back cover instructions for how to do the Timewarp dance.<\/p>\n

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‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ [1951]<\/h2>\n

Available at: Amazon UK<\/a>
\nRelease date: May 12, 2014
\nPrice: \u00a318.50
\nRegion code: Region B (unconfirmed) <\/p>\n

Forget the crappy remake with Keanu Reeves, this is the original sci-fi classic. I like the vintage poster art style of the case.<\/p>\n

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‘Nosferatu, The Vampire’ [1979]<\/h2>\n

Available at: Amazon UK<\/a>
\nRelease date: May 19, 2014
\nPrice: \u00a314.72
\nRegion code: Region B <\/p>\n

For almost two decades, Werner Herzog’s remake of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 classic ‘Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror’ was unavailable on home video, until it was finally resurrected from obscurity with a DVD release in 1999. Now it’s also coming to Blu-ray with both its English and German versions remastered for high definition. (Herzog filmed the movie in both languages, using alternate dialogue takes for each version.) <\/p>\n

The SteelBook from BFI features the standard poster art that has been used on past video editions, but it looks nice on the case. <\/p>\n

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Incidentally, if you’d like to compare the remake to the original film, that one also got an interesting SteelBook<\/a> from UK label Eureka! late last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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