The Reviews Are In...Again

When Takashi Miike's "banned" contribution to the Masters of Horror series, Imprint, was released to DVD by Anchor Bay a while back, many reviews singled out the audio commentary by Chris D. and myself for special praise. Now Imprint has been released to Blu-Ray with our commentary in tow, and the kudos are flying once again.

Says Gabriel Powers of DVDActive:

"...Every episode does come with an audio commentary, but of the four tracks only Imprint's commentary is particularly stunning. Japanese film experts Chris D. and Writer Wyatt Doyle are engaging and entertaining as they try to contextualize Miike’s wacky feature within the realms of their expertise."

I can't say for sure whether or not it's a first, but Imprint is the only DVD release I can recall where critics have lambasted the movie while praising the commentary track. It's very flattering, to say the least.

Sony: Vote for the least worst!

Sony is releasing four titles from the Hammer Films archive to DVD this October: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (aka House of Fright), Scream of Fear and The Gorgon.

In addition, Sony has partnered with Amazon.com on a contest to determine which of three design choices will be the set's cover art:

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Now is it just me, or are all the contenders kind of shitty?

I mean, do any of the designs feel particularly "Hammer" to you?

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to see these titles released (and for cheap, too!); but any way the contest goes, they're sure gonna have some lousy packaging.

Interested parties can vote here if they care to. You've got til the 30th.