Mr. Vampire Coming To Blu-ray!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

It's a media book release limited to 777 copies.



Genre: Action
Directors: Ricky Lau
Actors: Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-Ho Chin, Ricky Hui
Aspect Ratio & Format: 1080P High Definition 1.85:1
Language: Chinese / English
Sound Mix: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Korean / English
Rating: 15
Region Code: all
Run Time: 97+20 mins
Number of discs: 1

http://kimchidvd.com/en/good/goods.jsp?good_seq=20994

$24 US isn't too crazy and it does have Eng. subtitles supposedly, but the Fortune Star logo on that URL could be a red flag.

- Original Trailer
- New Edited Movie Trailer
- Movie Photo Slideshow
- Ricky Lau Interview

[Lalala76 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lalala76]

Gonna pick this up, myself. BTW probably not a mediabook, Nova medias blu-rays are in a plastic case but with a Shiny embossed cardboard slipcase. Have a couple from them already (Zu warriors from Magic mountain and the Dreamers). Some great stuff at Kimchidvd.

[enandalusiskhund An Andalusian Dog Find all posts View Profile Close enandalusiskhund]

Hmm, love the film, but I'm not sure if I have the balls to preorder. A lot of Fortune Star stuff has been simple SD upscales on BD.

[enandalusiskhund An Andalusian Dog Find all posts View Profile Close enandalusiskhund]

How do the BD's you have from this company look, Lalala76?

[Lalala76 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lalala76]

Well, Zu warriors is on the soft side I'm afraid. however, it was that long since I last saw this that I was just really pleased to have it on blu. Dreamers looked good, but now I come to think of it that may not be Nova Media. I think it was Sin City 2 that I picked up from them ( It had the Eva Green art and I couldnt resist)

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Pre-order page up at YesAsia.

http://www.yesasia.com/mr-vampire-bl...0-en/info.html

[Lalala76 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lalala76]

Pre-ordered from Kimchidvd.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Special edition coming from Eureka in July.

https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/mr-v...mited-edition/

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

Fuck yeah! The eureka disc will be mine as I never bothered to get the previous release.

[Marshall Crist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marshall Crist]

Thanks! Pre-ordered.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Extras for the Eureka release:

SPECIAL FEATURES
Limited Edition O-CARD with new artwork by Darren Wheeling [2000 units]
Limited edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film [2000 units]
1080p presentation from a brand new 2K restoration
Original Cantonese audio (original mono presentation)
English dub track produced for the film's original European home video release
English dub track produced for the film's original American home video release
Newly translated English subtitles
Brand new and exclusive feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
Alternate end credits
Archival interview with Chin Siu-Hou [40 mins]
Archival interview with Moon Lee [15 mins]
Archival interview with Ricky Lau [12 mins]
Original Hong Kong Trailer

[Marshall Crist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marshall Crist]

Is it possible that the Eureka disc is cut due to violence imposed on a rubber rat? Haven't watched this in forever and don't currently have access to my old DVD, but it seemed like there is a moment where the head bad guy is getting ready to eat or "wring out" a rat, then they chastely cut away.

[Zaibatan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Zaibatan]

Is it possible that the Eureka disc is cut due to violence imposed on a rubber rat?

I can't conclusively answer your question but it is curious that the BBFC doesn't list a new submission of the film for 2020. According to them, the film was last submitted and rated in 2002, 18 years ago, when UK censorship was quite a bit more strict than it is now:

https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/mr-vampire-1985

They also claim it was passed without cuts but that is never 100% trustworthy since there's always a possibility that the UK distributor pre-cut the film before submission to save costs of resubmitting a film that was refused classification. Only way we can be sure is if someone can compare a HK release with the new BD.

[Marshall Crist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marshall Crist]

Appreciate the response—pretty sure I'm just being alarmist.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

Is it possible that the Eureka disc is cut due to violence imposed on a rubber rat? Haven't watched this in forever and don't currently have access to my old DVD, but it seemed like there is a moment where the head bad guy is getting ready to eat or "wring out" a rat, then they chastely cut away.

I can check my DVD if you'd like; just give me a time stamp of where the rat scene occurs.