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IT ARRIVES ON DVD R1 MIDNITE MOVIE ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

posted 18 years ago by dvdafficianado
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from dvddrive-in.com:

MGM Home Video (as distributed through Fox Home Video) has begun to announce their slate of Halloween DVD titles. On September 11, they will release as Midnite Movies single editions Michael Reeves’ WITCHFINDER GENERAL (aka THE CONQUEROR WORM) starring Vincent Price, and Bert I. Gordon’s nature-gone-wild epic THE FOOD OF THE GODS. Both titles will retail for 14.98 each. More Midnite Movies releases for the fall are expected to be announced very shortly, so look here for further details, cover art, etc. September 11 will also bring other horror releases from MGM, including AFTER MIDNIGHT, FROM BEYOND (SPECIAL EDITION), RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (SPECIAL EDITION) and SCARECROWS.

[–] ttucker-12 18 years ago

Wow! Hallelujah!

[–] fileusblue 18 years ago

Great news I have been wanting Witchfinder General for a long time.

[–] mandarin992000 18 years ago

Yes, but will it be restored and uncut? I always hoped Criterion would pick this film up for a dvd release as i think they would have put a lot of effort into making it look exactly the way Michael Reeves would have liked it-he had huge battles with the british censor over it's content upon it's initial release, and a lot of footage was cut. It's true you can get a restored Director's cut on region 2 dvd, but the quality is very poor in the restored scenes( allegedly obtained from an old japanese export print).Let's hope MGM have done the business.