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Extended Cut ("The Burning") Officially Out on Blu-Ray

posted 8 years ago by Crazyhorse30
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As detailed earlier in the year, Don’t Go in the House is officially out on Blu-Ray via Scorpion Releasing. Things have been very cryptic lately with no news coming for months. Then Scorpion made a few posts on their Facebook page last week and voila, we have a release. Yesterday, December 5th is the official date. They are being kind enough to send me a free copy as well as one to keep on hand at the Strauss Mansion Museum, it’s filming location. We actually screened the film this past October and the event sold out. Like so sold out that we had people sitting on the floor and standing on the staircase in the foyer to catch a glimpse.

Earlier in the year, I worked with Scorpion on the special features you will see on the disc. The first is Don’t Go in the House…Again, a “Then and Now” documentary where a tour I give of the house is cut with scenes of the movie. The second is a separate video (Ghost Hunting in the Strauss Mansion) of me telling actual ghost stories from the museum. It wasn’t planned, but when I told the director/editor we had some real ghosts, he wanted to add it as another feature. I’ve seen these two videos already, and they came out really good.

This release is also special for another reason: it contains the original title of The Burning (which is more fitting if you ask anyone who has seen the film) and nine minutes of never-before-seen footage that was found when they went through the original negatives. How exciting is that? Nearly 40 years later and we get to see something new. One review is already in from Mondo Digital and they praised the restoration work, saying this is the best the film has ever looked and sounded.

You can read the rest here: https://gcaggiano.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/dont-go-in-the-house-is-out-on-blu-ray/
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[–] [deleted] 8 months ago

Gonna have to find this.

[–] whynotwriteme (7815) 8 months ago

This is going to be confusing to shop for, with two roughly contemporary slasher flicks called "The Burning".

I remember back in 1980 as a young teen, reading (probably in Fangoria) a mention of a movie with a flamethrower killer. I thought the murderer was going to be a crazed army veteran.

A movie came out in 1981 called "The Burning" and of course I assumed this was the flamethrower movie. When my buddies and I lied about our ages to to see it, I couldn't figure out why the killer in that used a lame pair of hedge clippers instead of a flamethrower.