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  • Grindhouse Releasing Pieces On Blu-ray!

    It seems that, yes, they are releasing Pieces on Blu-ray 2/16/16.

    And it appears to be quite a set.

    YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO TEXAS FOR A CHAINSAW MASSACRE!

    Grindhouse Releasing is proud to present the sickest and most violent of all the early '80s slasher movies. A psychopathic killer stalks a Boston campus, brutally slaughtering nubile young college co-eds, collecting body parts from each victim to create the likeness of his mother who he savagely murdered with an axe when he was ten years old! PIECES is a wild, unrated gorefest, with enough splatter and sleaze to shock the most jaded horror fan.

    Special Features:

    TWO complete versions of this shocking gore classic
    PIECES (83 minutes) - the original, unrated U.S. theatrical version, presented in English
    MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE (86 minutes) - the original uncensored director's cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor
    Spectacular new 4K transfers - scanned from the original camera negative
    Brand new audio commentary by star Jack Taylor
    Special 5.1 audio option - the Vine Theater Experience!
    In-depth interviews with director Juan Piquer Simí³n and genre superstar Paul L. Smith
    42nd STREET MEMORIES - all-new feature-length documentary containing interviews with Sam Sherman, Bill Lustig, Larry Cohen, Frank Henenlotter, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeff Lieberman, John Skipp, Lynn Lowry, Terry Levene, and many other exploitation icons
    Extensive gallery of stills and poster art
    Exhaustive filmographies
    Liner notes by legendary horror journalist Chas. Balun and Rick Sullivan
    BONUS CD - original soundtrack - newly remastered from the original studio tapes
    Beautiful embossed slipcover
    First 3000 units include an actual jigsaw puzzle! Strictly limited to 3000 units!
    AND OTHER SURPRISES!
    Rock! Shock! Pop!

  • #2
    I may jump on Pieces much quicker than I did other GH blu releases (Just recently bought C.Ferox & have been looking for C.H. but it's on backorder everywhere). Not sure I'll order the first 3,000 with the jigsaw but if the price is right & it looks cool, I may. The soundtrack will be nice to have & curious about the liner notes by Rick Sullivan (I remember talking to him on the phone a couple of times back when he had some legal issues during the Gore Gazette days).

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    • #3
      OK, so as you'll notice I've gone ahead and cleaned this thread up. Keep it on topic please. I have no problem with people debating the merits of the disc and the extras on it (when the disc comes out of the extras that Callum is related with aren't your cup of tea, by all means, say so) but this turned into a series of personal attacks and, like it or not, I'm not ok with that.

      Let's keep this thread limited to the discussion of Pieces and Pieces-disc related subjects please.
      Rock! Shock! Pop!

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      • #4
        I wonder if this 86 minute cut is the version of the film with footage I remember being mentioned in a Juan Piquer Simon interview? Anyone have a clue what is different in this cut?
        https://lightandshadowcinematicmusings.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          Different score is all I know for sure.
          https://rosalbaneri.blogspot.com/

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          • #6
            Formal press release and sell sheets...

            Pieces
            Blu-ray
            (3 Discs) Label: Grindhouse Releasing
            Pre-book: 02/02/2016 Streets: 03/01/2016
            SRP: $44.95 UPC: 797679001420 Cat: BOS 014 Run Time: 83 minutes
            In English and Spanish with English subtitles
            Color Widescreen 1.66:1 DTS-HDMA MONO All Region
            Production year: 1983 Genre: Horror
            Director: Juan Piquer Simon
            Cast: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Paul L. Smith, Edmund Purdom, Jack Taylor

            Synopsis:

            YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO TEXAS FOR A CHAINSAW MASSACRE!

            Grindhouse Releasing is proud to present the sickest and most violent of all the early '80s slasher movies. A psychopathic killer stalks a Boston campus, brutally slaughtering nubile young college co-eds, collecting body parts from each victim to create the likeness of his mother who he savagely murdered with an axe when he was ten years old! PIECES is a wild, unrated gorefest, with enough splatter and sleaze to shock the most jaded horror fan.

            Bonus Features:

            TWO complete versions of this shocking gore classic:
            PIECES (83 minutes) - the original, unrated U.S. theatrical version, presented in English
            MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE (86 minutes) - the original uncensored director's cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor
            Spectacular new 4K transfers - scanned from the original camera negative
            Brand new audio commentary by star Jack Taylor
            Special 5.1 audio option - the Vine Theater Experience!
            In-depth interviews with director Juan Piquer Simon and genre superstar Paul L. Smith
            42nd STREET MEMORIES - all-new feature-length documentary produced by Calum Waddell containing interviews with Sam Sherman, Bill Lustig, Larry Cohen, Frank Henenlotter, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeff Lieberman, John Skipp, Lynn Lowry, Terry Levene, and many other exploitation icons
            Extensive gallery of stills and poster art
            Exhaustive filmographies
            Liner notes by legendary horror journalists Chas. Balun and Rick Sullivan
            BONUS CD - original soundtrack - newly remastered from the original studio tapes
            Beautiful embossed slipcover
            First 3000 units include an actual jigsaw puzzle! Strictly limited to 3000 units!
            AND OTHER SURPRISES!



            REVIEWS:

            One of my top horror films of all time! Not only is this the ultimate chainsaw movie, it's the ultimate slasher film. It has everything you could possibly want, by the bucketful. Full on chainsaw violence, absurd amounts of nudity, and the greatest ending in horror history. A masterpiece of early '80s sleaze.
            - Eli Roth, director of HOSTEL and THE GREEN INFERNO

            A barrage of great, graphic entrail-spewed slaughter executed in super-gross European gore technician style.
            - Rick Sullivan, GORE GAZETTE

            One of the most shocking exponents to hit the Deuce in the 1980s. PIECES went straight for the jugular... one of the few movies at the time that silenced the most raucous grindhouse audiences.
            - Bill Landis, SLEAZOID EXPRESS

            a PERFECT 10!
            - Chas. Balun, THE GORE SCORE

            The best chain-saw flick since the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Head roll before the titles roll. Splatter City. FOUR STARS!
            - Joe Bob Briggs

            PIECES is one scary flick that changed 42nd Street forever. Nothing will ever top PIECES.
            - Rick Sullivan, GORE GAZETTE





            Rock! Shock! Pop!

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            • #7
              Amazon has the date @ March 1st now.
              https://rosalbaneri.blogspot.com/

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              • #8
                An update on this release from Grindhouse's brand spanking new press release:

                Grindhouse Releasing Presents PIECES

                80s Slasher Classic Coming to Blu-ray, Theaters in 2016

                For Immediate Release

                HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Grindhouse Releasing is blazing a bloody trail of chainsaw carnage in 2016 with the company's best home video release to date: the highly anticipated 3-disc deluxe Blu-ray edition of the 1980s slasher classic PIECES.

                Hitting stores March 1, this jam-packed, definitive hi-def set (specs below) comes complete with an eye-popping PIECES jigsaw puzzle (limited to the first 3000 copies, available now for pre-order at Diabolik DVD (link) and Amazon.com (link). Through an exclusive deal with Grindhouse Releasing, Diabolik DVD customers will receive PIECES a week early on February 23 - and get first crack at the limited edition, which is projected to sell out fast.

                "We've had phenomenal response to our announcement of PIECES," says Grindhouse Releasing theatrical director and publicist David Szulkin. "It's been one of our most requested titles for the Blu-ray market, and already, in pre-orders alone PIECES ranked as one of Diabolik DVD?s top ten Blu-ray best-sellers of 2015. PIECES is also a real crowd-pleaser in theaters, and we will be screening it at midnight shows and on college campuses across the country to promote the Blu-ray, starting at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston where the movie takes place."

                Directed by Juan Piquer Simí³n and starring Christopher George (Lucio Fulci's CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, GRIZZLY, TV's RAT PATROL), Edmund Purdom (DON'T OPEN TIL CHRISTMAS), Paul L. Smith (MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, David Lynch's DUNE, and Robert Altman's POPEYE) and Lynda Day George (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE), PIECES tells the story of a psychopathic killer stalking a Boston campus, brutally slaughtering nubile young college co-eds, collecting body parts from each victim to create the likeness of his mother who he savagely murdered with an axe when he was ten years old.

                PIECES was a Variety Top 10 box office smash in its original release, debuting at #5 in its first week (ahead of RETURN OF THE JEDI at #6!). It has remained a favorite among connoisseurs of gore, including director Eli Roth who ranks PIECES as one of his top horror films of all time.

                "We are very proud of this release," says Grindhouse Releasing co-founder Bob Murawski, an Academy Award-winning film editor whose credits include THE HURT LOCKER, SPIDER MAN 1, 2, & 3, ARMY OF DARKNESS, and the hit Starz TV series ASH VS. EVIL DEAD. "The stunning 4K masters, the incredible 42nd Street documentary produced by Calum Waddell and Naomi Holwill, the terrific new audio commentary by Jack Taylor, Jim Kunz' grueling 9 months of encoding, transcoding, authoring and menu design, the beautiful packaging by Tad Leger and Dan Harrington, and what we consider to be the coup of the century: the long-awaited, highly anticipated return of Rick Sullivan of GORE GAZETTE fame, contributing magnificent new liner notes to the release. We think it's our best release yet!"

                PIECES is the latest in a series of essential horror Blu-ray releases from Grindhouse Releasing, following the best-selling success of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, CANNIBAL FEROX, and THE BEYOND. Grindhouse Releasing is known for its lavishly restored, exhaustively detailed releases of cult-classic movies including Frank Perry's THE SWIMMER, starring Burt Lancaster, which won the 2014 Satellite Award for Best Overall Blu-ray from the International Press Academy, Sergio Sollima's classic spaghetti western THE BIG GUNDOWN, starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian, Duke Mitchell's crime epics MASSACRE MAFIA STYLE and GONE WITH THE POPE. Robert Hartford-Davies' CORRUPTION, starring Peter Cushing, and Amos Sefer's AN AMERICAN HIPPIE IN ISRAEL, starring Asher Tzarfati and Shmuel Wolf.

                For more information visit www.GrindhouseReleasing.com

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Grindhouse-...5392227536411/

                Twitter @GrindhouseFilm

                Email: info@Grindhousereleasing.com

                Grindhouse Releasing?s PIECES 3-disc Blu-ray/CD specs:

                - TWO complete versions of this shocking gore classic:
                PIECES (83 min.) - the original, unrated U.S. theatrical version, presented in English
                MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE (86 min.) - the original uncensored director's cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor
                - Spectacular new 4K transfers - scanned from the original camera negative
                - Brand new audio commentary by star Jack Taylor
                - Special 5.1 audio option - the Vine Theater Experience!
                - In-depth interviews with director Juan Piquer Simí³n and genre superstar Paul L. Smith
                - 42nd STREET MEMORIES - all-new feature-length documentary containing interviews with Bill Lustig, Larry Cohen, Frank Henenlotter, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeff Lieberman, John Skipp, Lynn Lowry, Terry Levene, and many other exploitation icons
                - Extensive gallery of stills and poster art
                - Exhaustive filmographies
                - Liner notes by legendary horror journalists Chas. Balun (DEEP RED) and Rick Sullivan (GORE GAZETTE)
                - BONUS CD - original soundtrack - newly remastered from the original studio tapes
                - Beautiful embossed slipcover
                - First 3000 units include an actual jigsaw puzzle! Strictly limited to 3000 units!
                - AND OTHER SURPRISES!
                Rock! Shock! Pop!

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                • #9
                  I could not resist so I pre-ordered from Diabolik to get that silly jigsaw puzzle.

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                  • #10
                    Oh,man I sure hope Pieces ships early from DiabolikDVD:

                    http://zombiesdontrun.net/random-ter...u-ray-release/

                    There's a review up on Mondo Digital, too.

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                    • #11
                      Anywhere else selling this with the Puzzle? I was just about to buy from Diabolik and they are 100% out. :(

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                      • #12
                        After a 3 week long wait this landed in my mailbox today. Damn you slow, Cdwow.

                        Looks like an awesome release. I only removed the plastic to peek inside and wouldn't you know it... it did come with the puzzle. Nnnice!
                        https://www.instagram.com/moviemorpho83/

                        Oh, not on Cauliflower! Oh, not on Broccoli!

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                        • #13
                          X-rated announced that they'll be putting this out on Blu-ray in Europe in 2017. No other details yet.
                          Rock! Shock! Pop!

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                          • #14
                            Coming from Arrow UK:

                            Format: Blu-Ray + DVD
                            Starring: Jack Taylor, Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braí±a
                            Directed by: Juan Piquer Simí³n

                            Synopsis:

                            IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS!

                            From Juan Piquer Simí³n, director of the equally unhinged Slugs, Pieces is the original sickening slasher classic, now restored in glorious 4K!

                            A Boston college campus is being terrorised by a black-clad maniac who collects body parts from his unfortunate co-ed victims. As the corpses (and red herrings) begin to pile up, can Professor Brown (genre veteran Jack Taylor) unmask the murderer before his morbid puzzle is complete?

                            Boasting some of the most outrageous gore set-pieces ever to splash their way across the screen (including a particularly memorable slow-motion evisceration atop a waterbed), Pieces is an essential slice of Spanish splatter and more gruesome than ever on Blu-ray.

                            LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

                            Brand new 4K transfer from the original camera negative
                            Two versions of the feature: Pieces, the US theatrical version, and Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche, the original uncensored director's cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor [Blu-ray exclusive]
                            High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
                            Original English and Spanish Mono Audio
                            Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
                            5.1 Vine Theater Experience
                            Alternate Re-score by composer Umberto
                            Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues
                            It's Exactly What You Think It Is! - brand new featurette offering up an appreciation of Pieces by various filmmaker fans
                            Brand new interview with art director Gonzalo Gonzalo
                            Pieces of Juan - a career-spanning interview with director Juan Piquer Simí³n
                            The Reddest Herring - extensive interview with actor Paul Smith, including a discussion of Pieces
                            Audio Interview with producer Steve Minasian
                            Image Galleries
                            Theatrical Trailer
                            Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach
                            Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Michael Gingold
                            Soundtrack CD featuring the entire original score


                            DETAILS:
                            RRP: £59.99 £32.99
                            Region: B / 2
                            Rating: 18
                            Duration: 86 mins
                            Language: English/Spanish
                            Subtitles: English SDH/English
                            Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
                            Audio: Mono
                            Colour
                            Discs: 3

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                            • #15
                              NEW UK ONLY TITLE: Pieces Deluxe Limited Edition (Dual Format, CD, Vinyl, Puzzle) ARROW STORE EXCLUSIVE

                              Pieces is the original sickening slasher classic, now restored in glorious 4K!

                              ***Please note!*** Our store exclusive Pieces release won't be up for pre-order until early 2017. We'll of course keep you posted on developments
                              Release Date: 27th March 2017

                              IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS!

                              From Juan Piquer Simí³n, director of the equally unhinged Slugs, Pieces is the original sickening slasher classic, now restored in glorious 4K!

                              A Boston college campus is being terrorised by a black-clad maniac who collects body parts from his unfortunate co-ed victims. As the corpses (and red herrings) begin to pile up, can Professor Brown (genre veteran Jack Taylor) unmask the murderer before his morbid puzzle is complete?

                              Boasting some of the most outrageous gore set-pieces ever to splash their way across the screen (including a particularly memorable slow-motion evisceration atop a waterbed), Pieces is an essential slice of Spanish splatter and more gruesome than ever on Blu-ray.

                              LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
                              •Limited to 500 - 1,000 pieces
                              •Brand new 4K transfer from the original camera negative
                              •Two versions of the feature: Pieces, the US theatrical version, and Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche, the original uncensored director's cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor [Blu-ray exclusive]
                              •High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
                              •Original English and Spanish Mono Audio
                              •Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
                              •5.1 Vine Theater Experience
                              •Alternate Re-score by composer Umberto
                              •Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues
                              •It's Exactly What You Think It Is! - brand new featurette offering up an appreciation of Pieces by various filmmaker fans
                              •Brand new interview with art director Gonzalo Gonzalo
                              •Pieces of Juan - a career-spanning interview with director Juan Piquer Simí³n
                              •The Reddest Herring - extensive interview with actor Paul Smith, including a discussion of Pieces
                              •Audio Interview with producer Steve Minasian
                              •Image Galleries
                              •Theatrical Trailer
                              •Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach
                              •Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Michael Gingold
                              •Soundtrack CD featuring the entire original score
                              •Limited Edition 180 gram 12” Vinyl of the original score, featuring expanded artwork by Marc Schoenbach
                              •100-piece jigsaw puzzle replica

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