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Media Blasters Has A Lot Of Guts: Riki-Oh Blu-ray Coming Soon!
I counted out Media Blasters’ Blu-ray output after their HORRIBLE Ichi The Killer release (it’s as bad as the early Lionsgate titles), but from what I understand, their recent Buio Omega and Death Kappa Blus are a definite step up.
Here’s hoping the the company really turned a new leaf because they just announced a September 27 street date for Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, which is one of the most preposterous flicks I’ve ever seen (in a good way, of course). Even though it’s fun, the DVD release was really subpar, so this’ll be a good way for Media Blasters to show if they’ve really got it together or not. No specs or cover art has been released yet.
Speaking of Ichi, Media Blasters Manager John Sirabella recently spoke out about the transfer, which even he admits is awful. “I agree Ichi the Killer sucked! When I screw up I can fess up. But I will fix it. I went back to Hong Kong and told them to do a new transfer. They supplied us HD masters and we had it done out of house as we did not have the equipment. Now we do. I will get a new supervised transfer as I am trying to use Bey Logan out there to work with them. I will do a trade-in.
The fifth installment in the late George A. Romero’s zombie franchise, found footage horror movie Diary of the Dead is getting a new SteelBook Blu-ray on July 2 from Lionsgate.
Lionsgate lets us know in a press release this afternoon, “This gruesome fright flick is only available at Walmart on SteelBook Blu-ray for the suggested retail price of $24.99.”
In Diary of the Dead, Romero continues his influential “Dead” series, this time focusing on a terrified group of college film students who record the pandemic rise of flesh-eating zombies.
Luiz H.C. wrote about the 2008 zombie movie here on Bloody Disgusting a few years back, calling it an underrated movie in Romero’s filmography. Luiz wrote, “Diary of the Dead is far from Romero’s greatest work, but it’s still worth watching after all these years.”
His article continued, “The subtext is still on point, the zombies are still scary and there’s no beating that chilling apocalyptic atmosphere. So, whether you’re a zombie enthusiast, Found Footage fan or just a casual horror hound up for some socially conscious thrills, I wholeheartedly recommend digging this one up. The revolution may not be televised, but if the late, great George A. Romero is to be believed, it might just show up online.”
“And I think that’s a relevant message for these troubling times,” Luiz added.
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