Zombie Holocaust (1980) - Shriek Show DVD and Blu-ray + DVD

[Darrel_Griffin]

Zombie Holocaust (1980) - Media Blasters/Shriek Show Blu-ray + DVD


Initial notes:

1. There are multiple corrections/additions required, so I have decided to lay it out in the same way as with new submissions.

2. Currently listed is a Shriek Show Blu-ray only release, but as far as I am aware they have only released it in 2 forms: a DVD only and a 2 disc Blu-ray + DVD set.

3. I believe the DVD in the Blu-ray + DVD set is the same as the DVD only, but the Blu-ray + DVD set does not include the booklet that came with the DVD only release. The Blu-ray extra "A Trip to the Doctor..." scrolling text essay might have the same content as the booklet that comes with the DVD only release, but I can't confirm this.

4. The Blu-ray and the DVD have similar but slightly different extras.

5. I have reordered the extra features to reflect the orders in the onscreen menus.

6. The 2 DVD extras "Zombie Art Gallery" + "Roy Frumkes Personal Photos" have similar but somewhat different content to the 2 Blu-ray extras: "Still & Poster gallery" + "US Pressbook".

7. according to IMDb, Roy Frumkes DID NOT direct "Street Trash", but he did write and produce it. I have amended the entries below to reflect this.



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DVD:

Title: Zombie Holocaust
Country: America
Region: 1 (checked by me)
Releasing Studio: Media Blasters/Shriek Show
Case Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Anamorphic?: Yes
PAL or NTSC?: NTSC
Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): No
Cuts: no cuts - Italian version (84:02)
Commentaries: none
Extras:

US theatrical trailer (Doctor Butcher M.D. version) (2:43)
German theatrical trailer (in German, no subtitles) (3:17)
Interview with special effects artist Maurizio Trani (1.33:1, in Italian with optional English subtitles) (6:37)
"Zombie Art Gallery": stills, posters, lobby cards and photos of the promotional campaign that heralded the film's opening in New York (42 images + scrolling text + 5 images) (6:04)

Bonus trailers:
- Jungle Holocaust (3:43)
- Eaten Alive (3:04)
- Beyond The Darkness (2:55)
- Burial Ground (3:31)

Deleted scene "The Pit" which was cut from the original Italian print (5:04, non-anamorphic)
Clip from Roy Frumkes' unfinished student project "Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out" with narration by Frumkes (these scenes were added to the American theatrical versions of the film) (8:00)
Interview with "Street Trash" writer and producer Roy Frumkes (14:51)
"Roy Frumkes Personal Photos" (17 images) (1:27)


Notes:

All extras are in English except where stated otherwise.
Print uses Italian opening and closing credits.
DVD only release includes a booklet with essay by Chris Poggiali.
Blu-ray + DVD release does not include the booklet.

Easter Eggs: From Extras, select "Special Thanks" page, press UP to highlight the name of Edwin Samuelson, then ENTER to view the film's English language opening and closing credits (2:56, non-anamorphic)

Amazon ASIN:

DVD only: B00005UQ9H
Blu-ray + DVD: B003QLECZY

Source: I own the Blu-ray + DVD release


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Blu-ray:

Title: Zombie Holocaust
Country: America
Region: ALL (checked by me)
Releasing Studio: Media Blasters/Shriek Show
Case Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Codec: AVC MPEG-4
Picture: 1080p, 24fps
Soundtracks: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): No
Cuts: no cuts - Italian version (84:05)
Commentaries: none
Extras:

Deleted scene "The Pit" which was cut from the original Italian print (5:07, non-anamorphic)
Italian opening and closing credits (3:16) - PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER DELETED SCENE
Textless opening and closing credits (3:23) - PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER ITALIAN OPENING AND CLOSING CREDITS
Theatrical trailer (Zombi Holocaust version) (in English, but on-screen title and credits are in Italian) (4:18)
German theatrical trailer (in German, no subtitles) (3:17) - PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER THEATRICAL TRAILER
US theatrical trailer (Doctor Butcher M.D. version) (2:44) - PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER GERMAN THEATRICAL TRAILER
Still & Poster gallery (58 images) (4:56)
US Pressbook (scrolling text + 5 images) (2:32) - PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER STILL & POSTER GALLERY
"A Trip to the Doctor..." scrolling text essay read aloud by Chris Poggiali (10:51) - PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER US PRESSBOOK
Interview with special effects artist Maurizio Trani (1.78:1, in Italian with burnt-in English subtitles) (6:36)
Interview with "Street Trash" writer and producer Roy Frumkes (14:50) - PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER INTERVIEW WITH MAURIZIO TRANI
Clip from Roy Frumkes' unfinished student project "Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out" with narration by Frumkes (these scenes were added to the American theatrical versions of the film) (8:00) - PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY AFTER INTERVIEW WITH ROY FRUMKES

Bonus trailers:
- Late Fee (1:17)
- Smash Cut (2:11)
- Beyond The Darkness (2:56)
- Burial Ground (3:36)


Notes:

All extras are in English except where stated otherwise.
Print uses English opening and closing credits.
Cover erroneously states the disc to be coded for region 'A' playback only.

Easter Eggs: none as such, but some extras are not mentioned in the menu - see items marked "PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY..." in Extras section above for details

Amazon ASIN:

Blu-ray + DVD: B003QLECZY

Source: I own the Blu-ray + DVD release

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Updated, thank you

[Darrel_Griffin]

Thanks James - excellent idea using asterisks for the extras that play automatically.

A few points:

1. The German trailers (on both discs on the Blu-ray + DVD) need to be marked as being in German, otherwise the note: "All extras are in English except where stated otherwise" won't be true.

2. There are different opening and closing credits on the Blu-ray versus the DVD:

Print on Blu-ray uses English opening and closing credits.
Print on DVD uses Italian opening and closing credits.

3. On the DVD page, in the CUTS section at the bottom it currently erroneously states the R1 Media Blasters DVD is PAL - it isn't, it's NTSC. Judging by the runtime of the Australian release, I expect it is either an NTSC->PAL conversion, or it is in fact also NTSC - but I have no way to check this.

4. I forgot to check this before, but I've just realised the Media Blasters DVD plays at 60Hz only - which I assume means it's a non-progressive transfer. This will be for the DVD only and also the DVD of the Blu-ray + DVD.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

1. The German trailers (on both discs on the Blu-ray + DVD) need to be marked as being in German, otherwise the note: "All extras are in English except where stated otherwise" won't be true.

If it says "German" it's in German. Why would it be another language? It seems redundant saying "German Trailer in German"

2. There are different opening and closing credits on the Blu-ray versus the DVD

3. On the DVD page, in the CUTS section at the bottom it currently erroneously states the R1 Media Blasters DVD is PAL
4. I forgot to check this before, but I've just realised the Media Blasters DVD plays at 60Hz only

Fixed

[Darrel_Griffin]

I thought you might say that about the German trailers - I know it sounds redundant, but on the other hand, I think I've seen foreign trailers for some movies with English dubbing, although I can't think of any examples right now. Up to you anyway. Everything else looks good