For me personally, £55 for the "special one off screening" plus exclusive, limited poster is waaaay too much - but then again i don't anything about prices for limited edition mondo posters. I went to a couple Arrow screeenings in London last year (Hills have eyes and The Burning) and the tickets were roughly around £15 each, if my memory serves me right. Do theses type of limited edition posters cost around £35 - £40? I don't know. But If they do, then fair enough. Still, £55 to see a movie and get a poster is a bit heavy.......IMHO.The original UK Anchor Bay HELLRAISER release back in May 2009 was region free . . . then along came Arrow in Oct. 2015 with their Scarlet Box and locked it . . . now this new disc is reportedly back to region free status . . . same transfer.
As we all know this will be 4th Blu-ray release from Arrow of this title and the popular yet cult status of the film, clearly helped by the steelbook packaging, resulting in similar demand to that of other cult films released in steelbooks - FRIGHT NIGHT and THE BURNING being two recent examples that come to mind of UK horror releases selling out quickly.
As for the artwork, immortalised on this steelbook, on poster and on the soundtrack sleeve - fingers crossed it'll look just fine in-hand with some sheen to the underside of the chains to the profile and to those pins . . .
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Hoping that it looks better in-hand than its Mondo steelbook relative LABYRINTH, at least, as not a fan of that front artwork.
For anyone just wanting the re-mastered in 2K Arrow disc of the film in the clear Amaray it's still available from HMV in their "5 for 30 quid" promo - same disc as in the steelbook apart from the region "B" locked status of the Amaray
https://store.hmv.com/film-tv/blu-ray/hellraiser
. . . and, finally, as for the 55 quid screening price - that does include the limited to 350 poster for each ticket purchased.
Quote from Prince Charles Cinema
"HELLRAISER - 35mm presentation - exclusive posdter with every ticket!
Mondo, in conjunction with Arrow Video, is thrilled to host a 30th anniversary screening of one of the greatest horror movies of the '80s, Clive Barker's HELLRAISER, back where the nightmare originally began. The Prince Charles Cinema hosted the first-ever public screening of HELLRAISER 30 years ago, so it's only fitting that they come to The PCC for a special one-off screening of the film on 35mm direct from Arrow Video’s vault.
To add to the excitement of Mondo’s very first London screening event, they will be bringing an exclusive variant of their forthcoming soundtrack reissue of HELLRAISER (a full two weeks ahead of the actual release date), and all tickets will include an exclusive screen-printed poster by artist Matt Ryan Tobin."
MONDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2017 . . . 6:30PM
It's not like everyone prefer a glossy just because. As Flloydo said, some arts, especially in this case the 'Hellraiser' steelbook would probably look better glossy because of its dark art and i agree with that. That being said, i'm getting it regardless, love the movie and the steelbook looks very nice to me.
........well, i better book my ticket for that one off screening then, lol! But yeah, if they have collectability then there is that to consider. I didn't know that.
I do. I don't buy the premium editions though, that's too expensive for me. I go with Arrow Video steelbooks, or Zavvi as i find that the prices are generally quite reasonable and you can also pick some of them up in one of their sales or price reductions. For me, a movie has to have rewatch value, that's what jusifies my purchase in the first place. I don't buy movies in steelbooks just for the sake of collecting steelbooks. There are movies i love that come in, what most people regard as, a subpar steelbook - "Quarermass and the pit" is a good example. But that's the type of movie i would never have imagined would get a steelbook release, so having a classic horror film like that in a steelbook is a big bonus, IMO. (By the way, personally i like that steelbook.). The movie must be worth it for me, or else it's no buy.Buying a steelbook because you like the movie?
I mean if that's why people buy steelbooks how do you explain premium editions for titles like:
Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, Suicide Squad, Alien Covenant, Prometheus, King Arthur Legend of the Sword, Rogue One, The Force Awakens, Avengers Age of Ultron...the list goes on.
All I ever read on forums everywhere is how disappointed movie goers were after watching these films.
There hasn't been a decent Alien movie since Aliens (that's 4 stinkers in a row for those counting) and everybody is already planning to buy the premium editions of the next 3 (or is it 4?) Alien films that Ridley Scott plans to churn out.
And now some are asking for Batman & Robin? What's next? Star Trek V?
Buying a steelbook because you like the movie? Who does that anymore?
I purchase steelbooks as do a lot of other now get the steelbook release of a film instead of the amaray and is why you have a lot of steelbook releases be it new films or back catalog releasesBuying a steelbook because you like the movie?
I mean if that's why people buy steelbooks how do you explain premium editions for titles like:
Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, Suicide Squad, Alien Covenant, Prometheus, King Arthur Legend of the Sword, Rogue One, The Force Awakens, Avengers Age of Ultron...the list goes on.
All I ever read on forums everywhere is how disappointed movie goers were after watching these films.
There hasn't been a decent Alien movie since Aliens (that's 4 stinkers in a row for those counting) and everybody is already planning to buy the premium editions of the next 3 (or is it 4?) Alien films that Ridley Scott plans to churn out.
And now some are asking for Batman & Robin? What's next? Star Trek V?
Buying a steelbook because you like the movie? Who does that anymore?
It's very likely to come back in stock
After all, i'm also considering to cancel and get me a complete box with all movies or at least part 1-3.
Yeah, i get you. I do think the design is ok, though....JUST, but i'm fed up chuckin' hard earned money at the these companies when they give us very little back. I have the Scarlet box release........now THERE's a package, but i've noticed with Arrow that they try to squeeze as much cash out of us as they can ( especially of late) with limited editions of the same movie - limited edition steelbook, and limited edition digipak or amaray in hard slipbox. To me, looks like they're getting greedy because then they can release 10,000 limited editions - for example, 5000 steelbooks, 5000 hard slipboxes.
