ELITE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
8/07/03
On August 19th Elite teams up with Image entertainment to release the 3rd installment of the "Drive-In Discs" series.
This volume will include the 2 vintage horror films, "I Bury The Living" also "The Hand"
It will include the fun drive-in experience of trailers, intermission countdowns and to fully give this a true drive-in feel, it features what they call "Distort-o" an optional sound feature that will duplicate that great speaker that rested on car windows.
Get your copy of "Drive-In Discs 3" here at the "Drive-Thru Store"!
Also Elite and Image will be releasing a box set of all 3 DVD's the same day.
5/07/03
Elite releases MIchael Laughlin's very weird cult fav,
"Strange Behavior"
Galesburg, Illinois.
It’s a quiet, peaceful town where nothing ever happens... until a brutal serial killer begins a terrifying campaign targeting local teens. The killer’s signature is the horrible mutilation of the victims.
As fear mounts, law enforcement officer John Brady is inexorably drawn to the high school’s psychology department where he suspects he will find the killer. There is something sinister about the department’s research program on behavioral control and Brady is determined to uncover it.
His determination takes on a more desperate and personal nature when he finds his son has unwittingly become involved in the experiments. -Elite Home Entertainment
DVD Features:
• New Digital Transfer
• 16 x 9 Anamorphic Widescreen Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Theatrical Trailers –
U.S and Australian
• Photo Gallery
• Commentary Track with Director Michael Laughlin and Writer Bill Condon
4/07/03
Scarborough, ME – As a result of their successful pairing on the Millennium Edition of “I Spit On Your Grave,” Elite Entertainment and cult film guru Joe Bob Briggs have reached an exclusive agreement for Briggs to serve as host of, and provide commentary for, a series of the company’s upcoming horror, science fiction and cult titles. The announcement was made today by Vini Bancalari, President, Elite Entertainment.
“In the cult film world, no critic or fan is more popular than Joe Bob Briggs,” said Bancalari. “His current commentary on the ‘I Spit On Your Grave Millennium Edition’ DVD is testament to Joe’s knowledge and appreciation of these types of films. Both his hosting duties and unique commentaries on our future titles will no doubt leave our cult fan base wanting to hear more.”
“Elite is acquiring the rights to some of the most artistically… uh… interesting films of the drive-in era,” said Briggs. “I’m honored to be the guy picked to slice-and-dice ‘em… uh… I mean, interpret them for the cinematic community.”
The first title in the agreement, “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter,” will be released in the second quarter of 2003.
Joe Bob Briggs is the drive-in movie critic of Grapevine, Texas, best known from his long-running shows on The Movie Channel and TNT, and his syndicated column “Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In.” He’s written six books, most recently “Profoundly Disturbing: Shocking Movies That Changed History.”-Elite home Entertainment
3/07/02
The new Millennium Edition series from Elite will feature jam packed special features for all us horror fans out there. First, released on 3/12/02 comes the most released film on home video,"Night of the Living Dead", but this time around look at the extras included:
Newly Approved THX Transfer
Trailers/TV Spots
Dual Commentary Tracks featuring George A. Romero and the Entire Cast.
Film Parody "Night of the Living Bread"
Original Mono Soundtrack.
Dolby Digital 5.1 Remix.
Still Photo Gallery Featuring RARE COLOR Photos.
The History of Romero's Company, The Latent Image.
Scenes from the "Lost" Romero Film, "There's Always Vanilla".
Video Interview with "Living Dead's" Judy Ridley.
Final Interview by Living Dead's star Duane Jones.
Foreign and Domestic Posters and Collectibles.
Original Props.
The Entire Original Shooting Script.
Cast Member's Personal Scrapbooks.
THX Optimizer to Assure Proper TV/Monitor Calibration.
Romero Directed Television Spots and Short Films.
Liner notes by George A. Romero and Stephen King.
Next up on 4/30/02 "Millennium Edition" comes the classic
H.P. Love Craft's,"The Re-Animator".
Elite put together a uiltimate 2 disc edition, It includes:
Disc One
THX Approved
New Digital Master.
16 x 9 Anamorphic WideScreen (Aspect Ratio 1.85:1).
Animated Motion Menus.
24 Chapters with Motion Images.
DTS 5.1 Digital Surround.
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Isolated 5.1 Dolby Digital Music Score.
Original 2.0 Mono mix.
Commentary with Director Stuart Gordon.
Commentary with Producer Brian Yuzna and Actors Jeffrey Combs, Robert Sampson, Barbara Crampton and Bruce Abbott.
Lucasfilm THX Optimizer Audio-Video Test.
Dual Layer Disc (SSDL) for High Quality Picture and Sound.
Disc Two
Animated Motion Menus.
New Video Interviews with Director Stuart Gordon and Producer Brian Yuzna.
New Video Interview with Writer Dennis Paoli.
New Video Interview with Composer Richard Band.
New Video Interview with Fangoria Editor Tony Timpone.
16 Extended Scenes (16 x 9 Anamorphic).
Deleted Scene (16 x 9 Anamorphic).
Theatrical Trailer (16 x 9 Anamorphic).
5 TV Spots.
Multi-Angle Story Boards (3 scenes).
Behind-The-Scenes Photo Gallery .
Biographies and Filmographies of Cast and Filmmakers.
11/10/01
Elite's newest DVD release's.
"Popcorn" and the lost Doris Wishman film from the early 80's "A Night To Dismember" staring 80's porn star Samantha Fox.
7/18/01
Elite has just re-issued their once hard to find "Re-Animator" DVD to retail stores. This DVD had been release a couple of years ago, Then for some reason had become out of print. Fans of the film were bidding $100.00 and over on E-bay for this cult classic. Now available at a retail price $29.95, fans can relax. Elite has said that this DVD is the most requested title they ever had. The DVD features a Digitaly Remasted unrated Widescreen transfer, Two Audio Commentaries featuring director Stuart Gordon, producer Brian Yuzna and the original cast members, Over 20 minutes of additional 'R' rated footage, A never before seen dream sequence, Theatrical Trailers and T.V. Spot.
Elite is releasing the Australian horror/Comedy "The Howling 3: The Marsupials" with a newly re-masted 16x9 widscreen transfer. Extras include: A Commentary track fror Director Philippe Mara, Still Photo Gallery, New 5.1 remasted audio track, T.V. Spot and Promotional Trailer.
Long ago the now-extinct marsupial wolf (aka Tasmanian Tiger) roomed to the Australian Outback. Today, a Warewolf colaony that has desended from these marsupials has taken over the land. The race for servival is on as the humans struggle to contain these out of control creatures.
older news
ELITE Releases their "Drive-In Discs Vol. 1" DVD!.
It contains a good ole drive-in double feature of two feature lenght films "The Screaming Skull" & "The Giant Leeches", complete with the drive-in experience of trailers, intermission countdowns and to fully give this a true drive-in feel, it feature what they call "Distort-o" an optional sound feature that will duplicate that great speaker that rested on car windows.
Check out our review here
Elite has the details on it's next Drive-In Disc double bill. The two titles will be "The Wasp Woman" & "The Giant Gilla Monster". No street date as of yet.
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