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Our favourite sicko movies - now in high definition! WRITTEN BY: Brain Eater EVERY TIME I SEE ONE I think the same thing: "who'da thunk it?! A "video nasty" on Blu-Ray!" Wonders never cease. The truth is: very few so-called video nasties (by that I mean villified horror and exploitation films) are actually worth releasing in high def. Some nasties are so poorly filmed that to release them in high definition would be akin to laminating a turd, rather than polishing it. A select few, though, have made it to Blu-Ray, and here's a run down of what's available. Note: Some Blu-Ray discs are region locked, and some are region free. Check our notes on disc regions and TV systems here. Also, check the detail in the product listings if you are unsure. FOUR CHOICE REGION A (USA/CAN) DISCS Manchester Morgue in glorious Blu-Ray Scott Spiegel's gory Intruder in hi def Lucio Fulci's Zombie on Blu-Ray Sam Raimi's Evil Dead in high definition! At the time of writing, North America - also known as Region A - is best served with high definition sicko movies, though the UK and Europe (also known as Region B) also have a number of surprising releases. To be commended are companies like Arrow Video, Shameless, Blue Underground, Synapse and Anchor Bay, all of whom are at least trying to make some kind of a dent into this marketplace - the world of sleazy movies! Quality, as you might expect at this stage, is patchy. High definition can really show the grain in a poorly filmed (and poor transferred) video nasty, but having clearer grain (!) really isn't a deal-breaker with any of these films. I guess cost and value are the most important factors when deciding whether to upgrade your films from DVD or not. THESE FOUR ARE REGION B (UK & EUR) DISCS Battle Royale special Blu-Ray edition Cannibal Holocaust on Blu-Ray, though not uncut The original Human Centipede on Blu-Ray The mean-spirited Wolf Creek on Blu-Ray In terms of 'no-brainers' - that is: Blu-Ray editions you really have to own - the Arrow Video high def edition of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead remains the best transfer to Blu-Ray we've ever seen. It really is incredibly good. Synapse Films' Intruder combo pack is also a perfect tribute to a long-lost slasher classic. The PAL versions of Lucio Fulci's cheeseball classics The Beyond, House By The Cemetery, City of the Living Dead and Zombie are all well represented on Blu-Ray too. Not to mention the seminal Battle Royale. In terms of 'surprises', there are quite a few. Who'd ever think the work of Herschell Gordon Lewis would ever reach Blu-Ray? Well it has. With a double pack comprising of The Wizard of Gore and The Gore Gore Girls. Sick, eh? How about Frank Henenlotter's cheapo-but-great Basket Case? Something Weird has released a Blu-Ray edition. No shit. Christ, even Faces of Death has been released on Blu-Ray! Wonders never cease... So what next for Blu-Ray and our favourite kinds of films? Is the small but perfectly-formed selection we've currently got all that we're going to get, or will there be more released in future? I guess that all depends on whether people like me and you continue to buy what's out there already. If we support Blu-Ray then the companies will release more titles. Finally a few suggestions for sick films we'd like to see on Blu-Ray, but haven't yet managed to squeeze their way through the mire... Re-Animator, Street Trash, Flesh For Frankenstein, House On The Edge of the Park, Island of Death, Don't Go In The House, Evilspeak, and a bunch of Brigitte Lahaie porno movies from the 70s. Oops, did we just type that out loud? :-) FOUR MORE DESIRABLE REGION A DISCS Beyond the Darkness Blu-Ray DVD combo Frank Henenlotter's Basket Case on Blu-Ray Hi def celebration of Grindhouse cinema Criterion Blu-Ray of Cronenberg's Videodrome List of interesting "sick films" currently available on high definiton Blu-Ray... Region A (USA/CAN) 2001 Maniacs Blu-Ray 28 Days Later Blu-Ray 42nd Street Forever Blu-Ray A Nightmare On Elm Street Blu-Ray Army of Darkness Blu-Ray Screw Ed. Basket Case Blu-Ray Battle Royale Blu-Ray Beyond the Darkness Blu-Ray combo Braindead aka Dead Alive Blu-Ray Burial Ground Blu-Ray City of the Living Dead Blu-Ray Creepshow Blu-Ray Dawn of the Dead 2004 Blu-Ray Dawn of the Dead 1978 Blu-Ray import Day of the Dead Blu-Ray Dead & Buried Blu-Ray Deadly Spawn, The Blu-Ray Deep Red Blu-Ray Evil Aliens Blu-Ray Evil Dead 2 Blu-Ray Evil Dead, The Blu-Ray Exorcist, The Blu-Ray Faces of Death Blu-Ray Frankenhooker Blu-Ray Galaxy of Terror Blu-Ray Gore Gore Girls/Wizard of Gore Blu-Ray Grindhouse Blu-Ray 2 disc Coll. Ed. Halloween II Blu-Ray 30th Ann. Ed. Hardware Blu-Ray Hatchet Blu-Ray Hatchet II Blu-Ray Hellraiser Blu-Ray Hellraiser Blu-Ray Midnight Madness Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Blu-Ray Hills Have Eyes, The Blu-Ray Hostel Blu-Ray Hostel II Blu-Ray House By The Cemetery Blu-Ray Human Centipede Blu-Ray Human Centipede II Blu-Ray Humanoids From The Deep Blu-Ray I Spit On Your Grave Blu-Ray Inferno Blu-Ray Intruder Blu-Ray DVD combo Jacob's Ladder Blu-Ray Killer Nun Blu-Ray Killer's Moon Blu-Ray Land of the Dead Blu-Ray Last House on the Left 1972 Blu-Ray Living Dead Manchester Morgue Blu-Ray Maniac Blu-Ray Maniac Cop Blu-Ray Mother's Day Blu-Ray My Bloody Valentine 3D Blu-Ray New York Ripper, The Blu-Ray Night of the Creeps Blu-Ray Prowler, The Blu-Ray Return of the Living Dead Blu-Ray Santa Sangre Blu-Ray Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 Blu-Ray Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 Blu-Ray Toolbox Murders, The Blu-Ray Torso Blu-Ray Two Evil Eyes Blu-Ray Vampyres Blu-Ray Videodrome Blu-Ray Zombie Blu-Ray Zombie Holocaust Blu-Ray Region B (UK & EUR) Battle Royale Blu-Ray 3 discs Cannibal Holocaust Blu-Ray City of the Living Dead Blu-Ray Dawn of the Dead Blu-Ray Day of the Dead Blu-Ray Diary of the Dead Blu-Ray Eraserhead Blu-Ray Evil Dead, The Blu-Ray Evil Dead II Blu-Ray Exorcist, The Blu-Ray Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Blu-Ray Hostel Blu-Ray House By the Cemetery Blu-Ray Human Centipede Blu-Ray I Spit On Your Grave Blu-Ray Land of the Dead Blu-Ray Maniac Cop Blu-Ray Return of the Living Dead Blu-Ray Survival of the Dead Blu-Ray Suspiria Blu-Ray Tenebrae Blu-Ray Texas Chainsaw Massacre Blu-Ray Videodrome Blu-Ray Wolf Creek Blu-Ray TELL US IF THERE ARE MORE! If you know of any other films that deserve to be on this list: drop us an email, with details, and we'll consider including them. Also: we don't know a great deal about Blu-Ray in other regions, but would like to include them, so - if you can help us compile a list - drop us a line. Many thanks! UNRATED REGION A RELEASE The Human Centipede 2 Main Menu Top of page