My copy of HODS on Blu-ray arrived yesterday (yay!) and I watched it last night. I hadn't seen it a number of years, and I have to say that it didn't hold up very well (for me, at least). While I certainly enjoyed it, the pacing and editing problems really stood out, and I was not really impressed by the acting of most of the principals (or the material they had to work with). It's really funny that I recall it being very gory for its time--a veritable bloodbath. But now, being used to stuff like
True Blood, it seems so restrained! (And that '50s-'70s "bright red paint" blood is a hoot!) It was quite a pleasure to finally see Don Briscoe in his blue jammies in hi-def!
Best Buy sent me a message this morning that they have shipped my backordered copy of NODS, so if I'm lucky I'll get it tomorrow (more likely it'll be Monday). That's the one that I'm
really looking forward to. I tend to watch this one once every year or two. When it first was released, I considered it to be quite inferior to HODS, but since then I've definitely changed my opinion. I think it holds up
quite well. Plus, for those who are enamored with Lyndhurst, it's virtually a religious experience.
I'm
hoping that the (brief) backordered status of my BB order--and the fact that I saw no copies of either movie at a local strip mall--is maybe a clue that these are selling very well. (I don't want to entertain the idea that they just had a really small print run and distribution...) Hopefully WB will be surprised by the sales and quickly give the green light to a restoration of NODS!!!