hoDS/NoDS DVD Release?

[Mysterious Benefactor]

What's fascinating is to reread though this topic and to see that in July of last year it was reported with absolute certainty that the NoDS restoration was a go and the release of the hoDS/NoDS DVD/Blu-ray should coincide with the release of the Depp/Burton film - then in January of this year it was reported that the release of hoDS/NoDS had been moved to 2013 so that it would be separate from the Depp/Burton film - then in February a report that there had been absolutely no movement on the restoration - then just today Darren reported that a couple months later, even before the Depp/Burton film was released, they gotten wind that the decision had already been made not to restore NoDS and to release hoDS/NoDS this coming October. Seemingly bizarre. But apparently it all makes weird sense in the twisted mind of the WB video division's exec in charge who in the end appears to have gotten what he'd seemingly always wanted: no restoration and a DVD/Blu-ray release with no extras. 

[jimbo]

I think after 42 years WB had sufficient time to learn how to spell Jonathan's name correctly!

[Cousin_Barnabas]

I sincerely hope that the cover doesn't have that mistake, jimbo.   

It's interesting whose names went on each cover.  For HoDS, it's Jonathan and Joan, something I love very much, despite the fact that I don't think Joan has a large enough role in this film to warrant it.  But I am not complaining.     (The VHS only listed Frid.)

For NoDS, however, I don't know why David Selby's is the only name.  The old VHS gave Kate Jackson the top billing followed by David.  I guess her name isn't that recognizable anymore? 

[mm#7]

For those interested, on Blu Ray .com, you can get the link to amazon to preorder them at $13.99 each. Mine are ordered, one set for me, and the other for my little sister, although she is not so little anymore, but if it wasn't for her, I never would have watched Dark Shadows to begin with, she got me started watching it on Thanksgiving, 1968.I am hopeful, that someday, perhaps Warner Brothers will have a change of heart, and complete the restoration of Night.

[Sara Monster]

Here's the links for pre-ordering on Amazon:

House of Dark Shadows dvd:
http://www.amazon.com/House-Dark-Shadows-Jonathan-Frid/dp/B008JL8NQ0/ref=sr_1_24...

House of Dark Shadows blu-ray:
http://www.amazon.com/House-Dark-Shadows-BD-Blu-ray/dp/B008JLBNJE/ref=sr_1_2?s=m...

Night of Dark Shadows dvd:
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Of-Dark-Shadows-DVD/dp/B008JLBNLW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_...

Night of Dark Shadows blu-Ray:
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Dark-Shadows-BD-Blu-ray/dp/B008JLBNNA/ref=sr_1_3?s=m...

At the moment, the dvds are only $10.47 a piece (while the blu-rays are $13.99 each), with free shipping on orders over $25! 

[Cousin_Barnabas]

That's very reasonable for these bare bones releases.  Would I gladly pay $20 for bonus features?  Yes, I would.  Would I gladly pay $30.00 for the restoration?  Yes, I would.  Does Warner Bros. care at this point?  No, they do not.   

[retzev]

Not a fan of the box "art," btw.

Likewise. Weak.
  [original promotional art drum]


I'll buy them. And I'm pleased and hopeful that the Depp/Burton film won't be mentioned anywhere on the packaging, for purity's sake.

I never imagined a more anti-climactic fallout from this new movie.

Somehow, I still feel optimistic about the future of the restoration.

[B.Collins]

i really doubt they will ever put out Darren's Version. but i of course hope i am wrong. i'm curious & this may sound like a stupid question but how well did the Depp version do anyways? i wasn't really following it. it of course didn't do business like say "Batman' did back in (1989) for example. or "Edward Scissorhands' both are
i think classic in their own right.

but is there going to be a sequel to the Depp film? i thought i heard somewhere that it was greenlight for one. but the thing is though i have heard that. i haven't heard anything since if that is still going to even happen. if they do make one & by the trailers it looks like they added comedy? in it they should remove that in the next film. maybe have someone who will do it better since i haven't heard the greatest things about the film. & honestly i don't always get the spelling of "J.Frids's name right either. but than i don't often type or write his name anyways it's only on a rare occassion so that's my excuse. what's theirs?

i think with them using "Joan Bennet's name on the front makes sense actually. no her part isn't big in the film but she is  a name actress. kind how like some films that "John Carradine" did through the years when he only had a cameo in it, he was billed on the front.  & in some of the 'Christopher Lee" films where he's only has a cameo or just a small role or just even hell a narrator. he gets sometimes top billing. even though

he wasn't used that much. that's prolly the same reason on why "Joan's B.' name is on the front.
i dunno why Kate Jackson's name isn't on the cover she's i think still a name. just from "Charlie's Angel's itself. unless the current moron's running that department hasn't even taken a look at the film.

i don't mean the people who did restore it a few years ago at the Warners. anyways if the Depp Version did flop maybe they just don't want to tie it in together? or something? i dunno it'll prolly say something mentioning it though. no doubt they will stick a trailer on for the film before the film starts. or i dunno they may think that people will get confused on which film they are buying. i may have said this in the past here. where some people are pretty damn stupid. back when my brother was manager at various video stores through the years. people would rent say "Malcom X' sorry about my spelling. when that was out in the theatre. & when they saw a video in the video store called that. they thought it was the actual film.

than they'd rent it & watch it & than complain that it wasn't the film but the actual documentary! they didn't carry porn so it wouldn't surprise me if someone would even get those titles confused. well the paradoy's anyways. there are some pretty stupid people out there. i'm not calling anyone here stupid but you all know someone like this. or are related to at least one person. my point is maybe that's WB reasoning on putting them release wise apart?

[Willie Loomis]

Don't forget that Grayson Hall was an Academy Award nominee and John Karlen has made a name for himself as well.  Joan Bennet should get an AND Joan Bennet billing.  As far as NODS, again Grayson Hall.  David Selby, Kate Jackson and John Karlen are well known names as well.  Lara Parker might be recognizable now because of her writing.   

[Cousin_Barnabas]

Yeah, I too was suprised there was no mention of "Academy Award nominee" Grayson Hall or "Emmy winner" John Karlen, Kate Jackson (nominee), etc.  Maybe it will pop up on the bacK?  And while we're at it, how about "film legend" before Joan Bennett's name?   

I never imagined a more anti-climactic fallout from this new movie.

Tell me about it.   

[Cousin_Barnabas]

The back cover art is up for both HoDS and NoDS.  No mention of Depp Shadows anywhere.  Check it out for yourself on Amazon.  Really kind of digging the backs.

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Dark-Shadows-David-Selby/dp/B008JLBNLW/ref=sr_1_24?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1343715871&sr=1-24&keywords=dark+shadows

http://www.amazon.com/House-Dark-Shadows-Jonathan-Frid/dp/B008JL8NQ0/ref=sr_1_11?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1343716149&sr=1-11&keywords=dark+shadows

Though I would have loved for this to have been the cover art...

http://www.amazon.com/House-of-Dark-Shadows/dp/B0012DP6L2/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1343716224&sr=1-3&keywords=dark+shadows

This must be new, because I don't recall this being the image used for the Amazon rental.  It was the old VHS art. 

[Willie Loomis]

I like the new cover art, both front and back.    The back artwork is cool. 

Bennet's name is on the front cover, no?

The third artwork has been used so much.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

The more I'm seeing of the packaging, the more I'm liking it. Thanks so much for the links, Cousin_Barnabas. 

As for using the hoDS poster, as much as I love it, I'm sort of glad they're not using it on the packaging because it gives away that Carolyn gets staked. But then, too much of the hoDS promotional materials gave away too much IMHO. And that poster has been being used for a while now for the Amazon Instant Video because I've been seeing it come up in DS searches since around sometime in May.

One thing about the NoDS packaging that's interesting is that the billing on the back seems to be a mixture of the opening credits and the poster credits. The film has:

Starring David Selby
Also Starring Grayson Hall
Lara Parker, John Karlen, Nancy Barrett, James Storm, Thayer David, Christopher Pennock, Diana Millay
And Introducing Kate Jackson as Tracy

(as opposed to the film's closing credits which are:
David Selby, Grayson Hall, Kate Jackson, Lara Parker, John Karlen, Nancy Barrett, James Storm, Thayer David, Christopher Pennock, Diana Millay, ...)

whereas the posters have:

Starring David Selby
Also Starring Grayson Hall - With John Karlen - Nancy Barrett - Lara Parker

but the packaging has:

Starring David Selby Also Starring Grayson Hall With John Karlen Nancy Barrett Lara Parker James Storm Thayer David Christopher Pennock Diana Millay And Introducing Kate Jackson as Tracy

Also, I don't think I've ever seen that photo of Nancy Barrett as Claire that positioned next to Collinwood - or the one of David Selby and Lara Parker as Charles and Angelique with his face buried in her neck. And after all these years it's great to see something new (or at least new to me).

[Nicky]

I'm thrilled with that picture of Angelique looking out the window which I've never seen before; seems to be a variation of that photo shoot with Lara Parker looking melancholic that was so heavily featured in The Dark Shadows Companion.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Ah ha - I was thinking it might have been the same one that's in the DS Companion, but I didn't compare them. Now I see how foolish I was to ever think that because they're very different - and the version on the packaging is something that I've never seen either.