The Synapse Films Thread

[Mark C. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark C.]

You know what would be nice? to see them working on Thundercrack! before doing two "we are all alike" slasher films. It was supposed to be release at least 3 years ago for Christ sake...

Yeah THUNDERCRACK! is long overdue, I've been waiting for a proper release for this film for over 15 years.

[Body Boy Member Find all posts View Profile Close Body Boy]

before doing two "we are all alike" slasher films.

Because sex comedies aren't all alike or anything...

I'm hoping for Blood Rage or Fatal Games. They did a great job on Dorm That Dripped Blood. If they had access to Night Warning I'd be very happy. That NEEDS to come out. :/

[Jimmy Simard Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jimmy Simard]

No they aren't, but I won't waste my time argumenting on that again with you. I have my opinion you have yours, I won't change mine you won't change yours. As I told you previously the only opinion that matters to me on this subject is mine as I'm the one who watch the films.

BTW you are wrong with your two guesses...

[Body Boy Member Find all posts View Profile Close Body Boy]

No they aren't, but I won't waste my time argumenting on that again with you. I have my opinion you have yours, I won't change mine you won't change yours. As I told you previously the only opinion that matters to me on this subject is mine as I'm the one who watch the films.

BTW you are wrong with your two guesses...

You brought your opinion, I brought mine. You respond, I respond. That's how it works.
So in response to slashers, "no, they aren't all the same". Berp.

If I'm wrong, tell me which ones they are please.

[Jimmy Simard Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jimmy Simard]

You brought your opinion, I brought mine. You respond, I respond. That's how it works.

Sure but it's the second time you came with this weak argument with me in less than a week... Even if you tell me the same thing a thousand time my opinion won't change and, as I said previously, my opinion is the only one that matters to me on this subject.

If I'm wrong, tell me which ones they are please.

I can't sorry. You will have to wait...

[Body Boy Member Find all posts View Profile Close Body Boy]

Sure but it's the second time you came with this weak argument with me in less than a week... Even if you tell me the same thing a thousand time my opinion won't change and, as I said previously, my opinion is the only one that matters to me on this subject.


I can't sorry. You will have to wait...

Um, I haven't talked to you in well over a week. I can't remember the last time.
Weak argument? What are you talking about? You bashed films I like, so I returned the favor. I think you're mixing me up with someone else. I replied the same way you began, so if my argument was weak so is yours.

Can we have a hint, at least, have they been released on official DVD before? Or are they new?
The Prey would be nice.

[bgart13 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bgart13]

Nevermind...

[Jimmy Simard Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jimmy Simard]

Um, I haven't talked to you in well over a week. I can't remember the last time.

Maybe... even if I'm sure you said the same thing to me on another forum not so long ago. Anyway it's not a big deal we can't like the same things...

Can we have a hint, at least, have they been released on official DVD before? Or are they new?

No I really can't say anything, but at least I can tell you they were previously released so it isn't something new.

[Derrick King Waterfall Puncher Find all posts View Profile Close Derrick King]

Whatever those '80s slashers are, their identity will remain hidden for now

I'll blame Jerry on that... I was all set to let everyone know what they were, and he vetoed my idea! He said we should wait to let everyone know what they were.

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

For those who haven't gone Blu yet, Sept. releases will include the two new Nikkatsu titles mentioned in the Nikkatsu thread and DVD only releases of Frankehooker and Twins Of Evil.

http://synapse-films.com/coming-soon/

[Jimmy Simard Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jimmy Simard]

For those who haven't gone Blu yet, (...) Twins Of Evil.

Why? The DVD is already included with the blu-ray release

No big deal as I've the blu anyway, but I just don't understand or see the point... sound like a waste of money from them to do a DVD only pressing.

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

Synapse said that people were asking for it, so they did it. I'm sure it'll be available at a lower cost than the combo packs.

[Jason C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jason C]

^^For a lot of these low budget horror and exploitation titles I can hardly tell the difference betwen BD and DVD. Unless the film has a dynamic soundtrack and the BD has lossless audio I'd rather save the $5.

[Derrick King Waterfall Puncher Find all posts View Profile Close Derrick King]

Synapse was asked on facebook if they had any plans for The Long Weekend on Blu-ray and they said:

Funny you should ask... yes, indeed! Probably November or December.

[Derrick King Waterfall Puncher Find all posts View Profile Close Derrick King]

Something extraordinary happened today. A day I really never though would come. Let me explain.

Around 20 years ago, when I first started in this business, I never dreamed I would have the opportunity to work on so many horror/cult classics. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, DAWN OF THE DEAD, LEMORA, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 1-3, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 1 & 2, EVIL DEAD 2, STREET TRASH, INTRUDER, THUNDERCRACK!, RE-ANIMATOR, THE STEPFORD WIVES, PROM NIGHT, BRAIN DAMAGE, FRANKENHOOKER, CURTAINS, TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD, BLUE SUNSHINE, DEMONS, DEMONS 2, PHENOMENA, TENEBRE, all those HAMMER classics … Just a small selection of the many films I've helped release on home video (some listed above are still to come, of course) in one form or another with the two companies I've owned.

I grew up on these films, and it is a huge honor that I've been able to work on them all before I either quit the business or dropped dead (probably from exhaustion caused by actually working on said films). But there are still a few films on my “bucket list” that I've always wanted to work on that I haven't been able to for one reason (money) or another (stingy studios). My “dream” films. Many others I really wanted to work on slipped right through my fingers even though we started working on them: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4 & 5 (The license expired too quickly and we only got out the first three. But we tried. Hard.), MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (I don't even remember why that failed to get finished), and WILD AT HEART (After a huge amount of pre-production, phone calls and element searches with David Lynch and his office), too. The film license was left to die after I left Elite Entertainment, I guess. We even made an ad for it! Then there was the huge DVD life-project I started with Clive Barker around 10 years ago, when we discovered the “NIGHTBREED: CABAL CUT” VHS tape in a random box at his place. Clive was a saint, and I loved visiting when he was covered head to toe in paint, but his agents stuck a fork in all our great plans. Maybe another day, Clive.

But, there is ONE particular film that, since I took that risky, all-or-nothing head-first dive into the home video biz, I've always wanted to do and it's always been out of reach. I've met and talked with the director over the years about it, but was never able to get it. But, we got a lead not long ago, and pursued it immediately. There was a small bit of hope.

I was working on DEMONS at home when my business partner, Jerry Chandler, called me with the news. I pick up my phone and he says in his non-reactive, calm, easygoing tone that he always tries to fool me with (but it never works), “Just wanted to let you know, we got the signed contract today. Just throwing that out there, in case you needed to get some good news this morning.” I was sitting on my couch and I just hung up the phone and stared at the floor for a few minutes trying to absorb what I'd just heard. I couldn't believe it. I have to admit I got a bit misty eyed, too.

Getting this film has been quite a few stressful months in the making. As a matter of fact, knowing that there was really only a slight chance we could get it, we had to let a few other titles slip through our fingers that we wanted. We were in the running for NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, WITCHBOARD and one other film that we know went to Scream Factory. I won't spill the beans on what that one is. I'll let SF announce it when they are ready. Truth is, with my bucket list film as a possibility for Synapse, we just didn't want to put a lot of money towards these other three films. We didn't offer a lot of money for them because we knew getting this one film was much more important to me. We couldn't really have afforded larger advances on those other three films, and then this one too (contrary to what some folks would like you to believe, we are a struggling indie company… we aren't loaded with money, and we have to be smart about how we spend it). We gambled that we would get it, held our breath, and let the other three films slip away… All three films went to Scream Factory, but the film we wanted wasn't locked up yet. It wasn't a sure thing. I was torn, anxious… almost devastated that we lost the three and started to believe we'd never get the one we gave them up for. This ONE film was more important to me than anything else on the table and I thought we'd made a horrible mistake.

But, then it came to us. The agreement was in.

Now, at this point you are probably like… “Don, what the fuck? Tell us what it is already.” I will eventually, but not today. WAY too much planning, scanning and work await me on this one before I'm comfortable with talking more about what we're doing. I just had to get this off my chest tonight. I needed to shout out to the world that dreams do come true sometimes. Sometimes. And for me, today was that day.

So I sit here, in awe of what just went down at Synapse Films. I'm stunned, ecstatic, shaking… not exactly sure if I believe what happened, even though I know it did. We got it. Twenty years… and it's finally mine. Twenty long, hopeful, wishful, mother fucking years! I have never been more proud to be in the home video business than I am right now.

Any guesses?