Some exciting news for the cult film fan.
Dutch Filmworks have announced that they will support both
HD formats and will be releasing the following titles come 13
th November:
Reservoir Dogs (1992),
Flyboys (2006),
Running Scared (2006),
Saw III (2006) and (2005). I already have the German import of
Running Scared which looks fantastic in
HD but the most interesting releases here are
Reservoir Dogs and
Saw III. Both of these films are available only on
Blu-Ray in the US and the former is region coded meaning it will not be playable on a UK player. It is good to see
Blu-Ray only titles being released in Europe on
HD-DVD. I will most certainly be purchasing
Reservoir Dogs.
But what I find most exciting this news is that Dutch
Filmworks also hold the rights to Romero's zombie films and the majority of Dario
Argento's back catalogue. They have also released a wealth of cult film on DVD over the past few years. Fingers crossed these eventually make their way to
HD-DVD in the near future.