{"id":34168,"date":"2020-11-18T11:21:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=34168"},"modified":"2020-11-18T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:22:17","slug":"five-gems-still-not-on-dvd-blu-ray-or-4k-uhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/five-gems-still-not-on-dvd-blu-ray-or-4k-uhd\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Gems Still Not on DVD, Blu-Ray, or 4K UHD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With many calling the death of physical media and some studios switching over to streaming for some of their titles, the market for collectors is as interesting as ever. What with the theaters closing, studios are rushing to release a lot of their films on new formats or present them in a new way for movie fans. Sadly there haven\u2019t been a lot of really big unveilings in terms of titles unleashed. Save for a few surprises here and there (\u201cRad,\u201d \u201cThe Gate II,\u201d “36.15 Code P\u00e8re No\u00ebl”), it\u2019s all more of the same ad nauseum (Do we really<\/em><\/strong> need yet another edition of \u201cE.T.\u201d or \u201cBack to the Future\u201d?) there are still so many movies out there that have yet to see a release on Blu-Ray, 4K UHD, and yes, even Standard DVD.<\/p>\n

That said, these are five very good movies that deserve a home media release.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Meet the Applegates aka The Applegates (1990)
\n<\/strong>Man size sentient, anthropomorphic cockroaches from Brazil seek to escape predatory humans by turning in to humans (Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Camille Cooper, and Robert Jayne) and trying to mix in as a normal suburban family. It\u2019s a silly concept, and it gives way to a movie that\u2019s unpleasant, bizarre, and absolutely disgusting. Although not at all what I\u2019d consider a classic, it\u2019s screaming for a Blu-Ray release on Vinegar Syndrome. Since its release in 1990 it\u2019s only ever seen a VHS and Laser Disc release, and pretty much nothing else. This has potential to be the next \u201cTammy and the T Rex.\u201d
\nSuggested Distributor:<\/strong> Vinegar Syndrome<\/p>\n

Stranded (1987)
\n<\/strong>A group of alien refugees being pursued by an assassin crash lands on a small farm run by a girl and her grandmother. Desperate for safety, the women agree to shelter them and help them fend off the ruthless killer. Things get even tougher when the local police force filled with trigger happy bigots gets wind of the disturbance, prompting them to arrive to muck things up. Filled with racial overtones, and some pretty great special effects, \u201cStranded\u201d is an atmospheric and engaging sci-fi thriller that\u2019s yet to see a DVD or Blu-Ray release. A movie this bizarre, entertaining, and downright exciting deserves to win over a new audience oblivious to its existence.
\nSuggested Distributor:<\/strong> Vestron Video Collector\u2019s Series<\/p>\n

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
\n<\/strong>Diane Keaton\u2019s wonderful drama thriller has been on VHS and Laserdisc but not on DVD or Blu-Ray. That\u2019s stunning considering the movie stars Diane Keaton at her best, along with supporting performances by very young Richard Gere and Tom Berenger. Keaton plays a woman who teaches deaf children by day, and by night seeks sexual adventure. She does so by cruising shady bars and picks up men for one nighters that becomes increasingly harrowing. Not only is \u201cLooking for Mr. Goodbar\u201d an engaging and engrossing drama thriller, but it features a climax that\u2019ll haunt you for days.
\nSuggested Distributor:<\/strong> Criterion Collection<\/p>\n

Sorority House Massacre III aka Hard to Die (1990)
\n<\/strong>Very hot women working in a skyscraper\/lingerie shop are forced to stay overnight by their bosses to take stock of the inventory. While doing so they try on the skimpy lingerie, take showers together naked, and awaken a horrible demon during their work party. Ahh, the eighties. Forced to fend off the body jumping demon with a conveniently handy stock of assault rifles, they try to make it through the night, and keep the body count down. Also there’s a weird janitor that can\u2019t die no matter what happens to him. It\u2019s so much cheesy, trashy fun.
\nSuggested Distributor:<\/strong> Vestron Video Collector\u2019s Series<\/p>\n

I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
\n<\/strong>The Michael Landon horror movie is shockingly not on any contemporary format, which is a shame considering Shout! recently releasing the \u201cTeen Wolf\u201d movies on deluxe Blu-Ray. \u201cI Was a Teenage Werewolf\u201d is a great teen oriented horror movie starring Landon as a young man with temper issues. After a visit with a scheming psychiatrist his inner primal urges emerge turning him in to a murderous werewolf. Landon\u2019s role in the film was lived down over the course of his long career, but it\u2019s still considered a cult classic that deserves a deluxe edition on Blu-Ray. Shout! could even include the MST3K episode as an extra feature.
\nSuggested Distributor: <\/strong>Scream Factory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With many calling the death of physical media and some studios switching over to streaming for some of their titles, the market for collectors is as interesting as ever. What with the theaters closing, studios are rushing to release a lot of their films on new formats or present them in a new way for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[88,302,477,898,906,1087],"class_list":["post-34168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","category-list-junkies","tag-aliens","tag-drama","tag-horror","tag-satire","tag-science-fiction","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34170,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34168\/revisions\/34170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}