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Phantasm AKA Never Dead (The) (1979)
Gruesome horror about the living dead!Director: Don Coscarelli
Year of Copyright: 1978
Year of Production: 1977-78
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
Between the US Remastered release from Well Go USA for the 4K transfer and the optional original Mono, although some visual alterations have been made and the Japanese box set for the unaltered version, additional extras, and DTS audio track.
Do note, the R1 MGM release also has a few exclusive extras (including the original Mono track), but it's non-anamorphic and OOP.
There is also a vanilla release available from Anchor Bay UK under there 'Horror Classics' label which should be avoided. -
CUTS:
- R1 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts.
- R1 Phantasm 5 Movie DVD Collection America- Well Go USA - No censor cuts. However some visual alterations have been made such as the original sphere replaced with a newer version and a paint bucket in one shot has been digitally removed. In addition, the original Avco Embassay logo has been restored (89:03 NTSC).
- R1 Remastered America- Well Go USA - No censor cuts. However some visual alterations have been made such as the original sphere replaced with a newer version and a paint bucket in one shot has been digitally removed. In addition, the original Avco Embassay logo has been restored (89:07 NTSC).
- R1 Special Edition America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (88:28 NTSC).
- R2 Limited Edition Austria- XT Video - No cuts.
- R2 Japan- Geneon - No cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- Digital Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 5 DVD Box Set United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts (84:58 PAL).
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Comparison added by Craig on 17/07/01
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 10/06/24UPDATE LOG:
20/05/11: Minor corrections and fixes to the R1 releases and addition of the DVDActive link.
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23/05/16: Clean-up and addition of ASIN and Caps-A-Holic link.
12/12/16: Addition of the R1 Remastered release.
12/12/16: Additional clean-up.
05/05/17: Added detail to UK Anchor Bay listings.
07/05/17: Corrected film year.
07/05/17: Altered the year to reflect copyright on print and early festival screenings. The film was shot 1977-78, completed in '78 when it played at MIFED. Finally released in June '79.
30/08/17: Added Well Go set.
01/05/22: Dates.
04/09/23: Updated Caps-A-Holic link and clean-up.
10/06/24: Minor clean-up.
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