Blu-ray Hunt

[@stuartlostinlaspalmas1632]

Yet another classic video Alan. Loving the CGI snow

[@kermitsghost]

Thanks very much Stuart, your too kind 😀 yeah, it’s been years since we’ve had real snow down here on the coast 😟 enjoy the rest of your week brother, take care👍😃👍

[@carlinio9]

Great video Alan and always love your Christmas set up. I see the Brighton Decs don’t improve 😆. Few dramas out today I noticed. Aww the Wombles!. Nice gifts at the end too. Speak soon.😀👍

[@kermitsghost]

Cheers Carl, I’ll let Mel know, she always put the decorations up, she will be pleased to hear that mate 👌 yeah Brighton’s Christmas decorations are always abysmal 😟 if they spent more on lights, I’m sure it would attract more shoppers 🧐 god I hated the Wombles 😆 take care mate👍😃👍

[@80s_Film_Fan]

Great update as always, Alan. I may not always comment, but I assure you I never miss a video. Always find your new release updates very informative mate. Appreciate the heads up on the HMV sale too! I always wait a month or two for standard studio releases to drop in price now, so I'll have to check out this sale for sure.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Steve, cheers mate, awe thanks Steve, I appreciate that very much 👌 no worries on the comments 🧐 glad to bring any information about sales and new releases, hope you find some bargains, take care mate👍😃👍

[@BigPauly]

I probably would’ve picked that Pryor and Wilder set up had it had Silver Streak which is a shame. Alan you’re very Christmasy lol still too early for my tree to go up your decs always look like a Christmas card mate lol 🎅🏻🎄

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Paul, yeah it;s such a shame Silver Streak wasn’t included, I love that movie, fingers crossed this will set will sell well and they will consider putting Silver Streak out over here 🤞oooh I love a Christmas Tree Paul, it’s never too early mate 😆 when are you putting yours up? Thanks mate, I will tell the wife, she puts all the decorations up, she won’t let me help 😁 take care mate👍😃👍

[@MattVs_Movies]

Those shopping centre decorations never get any better each year.😂 Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor classic combination 👌

[@kermitsghost]

Your not wrong Matt, Brighton county council are just like Scrooge when it comes to festive cheer and decorations 🙄 I see a lot of people are getting the Pryor and Wilder set, it’s definitely worth the price 🧐 cheers mate, take care👍😃👍

[@lostnthenoise]

Nice assortment of movies coming out this week. Lots of oldies to whet my whistle... I really wish we had a store like HMV here in the US. Have a great week as always and stay warm!

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Erik, HMV have just opened a new store here in the UK, so it’s doing well, so never say never mate, one day it could be in your neck of the woods 🤔 enjoy the rest of your week Erik and happy Thanksgiving for Thursday, take care mate👍😃👍

[@lostnthenoise]

@@kermitsghost we actually had an HMV store in the mid 1990s here in Atlanta. At the time I was not buying movies, but I would go into the city to get imported music there (at that time mostly Britpop.) They all closed down here about 20 years ago. It would be a good time to come back since all their competition at the time (there was a huge Tower Records a block over) are also gone.

[@kermitsghost]

That’s cool mate, fingers crossed it will make a return one day or you could always visit the UK 🧐

[@Kotdt1]

Great video and great collection of films you got there mate

[@kermitsghost]

Thanks Danny, much appreciated mate, enjoy the rest of your week, take care👍😃👍

[@Dawn-d8y]

Hello Alan! I love your Christmas snow and hope you and your family are doing well

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Dawn, thank you very much, gotta love a snowy scene 👌 we are all doing well thank you, hope you and your family are too, enjoy the rest of your week Dawn, take care👍🎅🏻👍

[@MUSICLOVER72]

Great video Alan. Another eclectic selection out this week. I love 'Stir Crazy' and 'See No Evil...'. I hope you don't suffer from Mens Rea ha ha. Take care mate 👍

[@kermitsghost]

Hi mate, 🤣 Men’s Rea 😁 they don’t make comedies like that anymore , I was in stitches from start to finish with Stir Crazy… cheers mate, enjoy the rest of your week, take care👍😃👍

[@barryaldridge1113]

Love the decorations Alan. In the US it is Tuesday as I get that from my American friends. I will head into Brighton in the next couple of weeks as I live 30 minutes away on the train. I feel the sales are quicker nowadays for everything nowadays. For us consumers it’s excellent.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Barry, yeah I had a feeling it was on a Tuesday (remembering from when I was in the United States last) hope you find plenty of bargains on your visit. I’m gonna wait for the Boxing Day sales as I’m sure family members are picking me up a title or two for Christmas 🧐 take care mate👍😃👍

[@Markchro]

Hi Alan! Loving the Xmas snow scene and "Slowcar to China"! Many thanks as always for the great videos. Take care!

[@kermitsghost]

You are most welcome Mark,as long as people keep watching, I will keep putting the videos out. Slowcar To China is a great and relaxing tune 👌 take care mate👍😃👍

[@neilsmoviechannel3199]

Hi Alan. A very festive living room. Of those new releases, although I have Watership Down on laserdisc and dvd, I’d love that BFI release.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Neil, thanks mate, the decorations are all down to the wife, she’s a big fan of Christmas and puts them up a little earlier each year 😁 I have the Watership Down release that came out on Blu-ray in 2013 by Universal Studios but it’s long out of print 🧐 the BFI edition is sweet though 👀 cheers mate, enjoy the rest of your week, take care👍😃👍

[@GizParsons]

Very festive behind you Alan 👍. No pick ups for me this week, but I am looking forward to pre orders of Strange Darling & Alien Romulus arriving next week, cheers mate 👍.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi mate, thanks the decorations were all my wife’s doing, she loves Christmas as much as I do 🎅🏻I’ve heard Strange Darling is very good (I need to check out the trailer 🧐) I will be grabbing Alien Romulus as well but will talk about it the week after as I tend to watch them before talking about them 🤔 cheers mate, take care👍😃👍

[@miserableoldgit1411]

alan great vid nice to see some xmas lights good to see santa makeing a c omeback in towns thats a high price for the wombles tc and stay well steve

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Steve, yeah it’s nice to see Santa is making a return to Brighton, it’s been years. IKEA have purchased the mall now so it may all change next year 😬 I agree £50 is steep for the Wombles set 🤑 cheers mate, take care👍😃👍

[@roybarratt5609]

Hello 👋 Alan. My word! It only seems like 5 minutes since you were slaughtering last years Christmas decorations. I groaned inwardly when you showed that Wombles set and I'm totally with you as hating it as a kid 😅

[@kermitsghost]

🤣 you know me Roy, I’m consistent if nothing else 🤣 oh god yeah, I despised The Wombles, including their god awful Christmas song 🤭 cheers Roy, take care mate👍😃👍

[@bushmanblu426]

Hi Alan, At the beginning of your video i thought, bloody Hell look at the snow outside your window haha. That Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder set looks great, not seen Another you though, i do plan on picking up that set, I also need to get my hands on Silver streak which is another great film. Didn't realize Ticks was coming out, remember that being a good film so will also lookout for that one. Thanks mate.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Mark, yeah your not the first to think that about the snowy window 😁 better than just having a blank screen behind me 🤔 it’s a shame Silver Streak wasn’t included in this set, for me it’s the best of their collaborations 🤔 yeah I didn’t see any advertising for Ticks, I’ve not seen anyone else show it… cheers mate, enjoy the rest of your week, take care👍😃👍

[@SAMTYLER1974]

Biggest release this week, quite literally, would be Volume 3 of the always essential Shawscope sets which will not only hurt my wallet but cause my OCD to flare up deciding how and where to put the bloody thing on the shelf! Other than that it’s Vincent Price’s Cooking Show which is not only #50 in the equally essential and, in my eyes, utterly stupendous BFI Flipside range. Watched the first 4 episodes this evening alongside some of the extras and its truly delightful viewing with Price on fine form and a welcome lack of polish that fans of Gordon Ramsey or Nigella may wince at (Out of focus camera angles, forgotten lines, a kitsch Seventies kitchen with to little counter space and a bizarre bongo styled theme tune) but for fans of Price as well as cult curios it truly is a delight to watch alongside all manner of contextual extras including plenty of short films (How To Cook A Cabbage and a decidedly unsettling guide to serving tea with a male presenter sporting the kind of eyebrows and gaze usually found in nightmares … trust me, you’ll never see tea in the same light again!) But that’s just the tip of a mighty Blu iceberg as my multiple preorders are all arriving at once so there’s the utterly bewitching Vol 2 of All The Haunts Be Ours from Severin to scratch my folk horror itch (The recent Starve Acre from BFI comes highly recommended btw with Matt Smith and Morfyyd Clarke in a fantastically unsettling adaptation of Andrew Michael Harley’s book … the book also comes recommended) Then I’ve got 2 volumes of Ozploitation rarities from Umbrella along with their Full Moon Fright Box that pairs Dollman with Demonic Toys for some cheesy B movie mayhem and a total of FIVE versions of Caligula including the recent Ultimate Cut so plenty of bloodshed, wanton nudity and the music from The Apprentice to entertain there! There’s also The Neverending Story from Imprint who I know you champion (The cap is a big clue) so I don’t know if you’ll be lucky to get a freebie but at the price it’s going for I imagine they’ll want to sell every copy! All in all a nice bumper bundle to hopefully get me through the Winter months and get me settled into my new flat. I’ve been here just over 5 months now but as I was at my old address for 49-50 years it’s still all new to me but fingers crossed for a calmer 2025 after 2 1/2 years of utter shit that’s left me living alone after losing my dear brother and Mum within 8 months before being unceremoniously kicked out of my old home by an uncaring council … … but that’s enough blathering for now and certainly enough ranting as I’m just too tired now and longing for some time to try and process everything and hopefully find some degree of a future. Sorry for the overlong comment but it’s always good to share whether it’s life experience or good old movies. Hope all is well with you and you have a relaxing Xmas. Oh, and did you watch Kinds of Kindness in the end? I know you loved Pretty Things as did I but this one is definitely worth a watch as well, as are all Lanthimos’ films, and though it’s not for everyone it’s definitely one of the more memorable films I’ve watched recently.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Sam, it’s a shame I couldn’t show the Shawscope Volume 3 set, HMV didn’t have a copy in store, I believe it’s restricted to their website only. Hope you find a suitable space for it mate 🧐 Gotta say you have sold the idea of the Vincent Price cooking show to me 🤔 agreed, there are a lot of titles that have peaked my interest too, Starve Acres being one of them. I enjoy a golf horror if done well. I’ve not watched Caligula since a young impressionable age and wasn’t aware it had so many different cuts to the film 😮 I was offered a copy of Never Ending Story to review but declined as I don’t own a 4K player (I know I could have blagged a review and sold my copy on but that’s not something I would do) If Imprint Films are nice enough to send my copies to show on my channel, then I take the time to do a proper presentation and then I keep the product rather than make any money by selling it on. Wow moving to a new address after five decades at the same house must have been such an upheaval Sam. I do not envy you at all. So sorry for your loss as well. If that wasn’t incredibly painful enough for you, what the council did was deplorable…. your council should hang their head in shame. You never have to apologise for leaving a long comment on here, mate, feel free to offload what’s on your mind, whenever you need to. I appreciate the festive well wishes Sam and I wish the same to you. No unfortunately I haven’t seen Kinds Of Kindness, that just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to keep up with everything (and run a KZbin channel). Take good care of yourself Sam and enjoy the rest of your week, take care mate.👍😃👍

[@lesisking1]

Another great K Day Alan good to see the tree up and snow scene ....Churchill square is so much better but are coming from a low base....yeah I think I remember blurays were released on Fridays in the UK....I think it coincided wiv music releases b4 streaming became a thing ...but don't know if that is why it changed....thanx Alan av a great week mate 👍

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Les, cheers mate, my wife puts the tree up, she won’t let me near it, it’s her project 😁 I’m glad I wasn’t imagining things with the Friday release day 🧐 ahh I didn’t think about the music scene being a possible reason for it moving 🤔 thanks mate, have a great week too, take care👍😃👍

[@h0l1yw0od]

I can't remember what kiddie film came out at the same time as End Of Days, but when i saw it on release, a family came in with their little ones and took their seats just in time for the reveal of the priest hanging from the ceiling in the hospital. They clearly had turned left instead of right, and promptly got their kiddies up and left! :D

[@kermitsghost]

🤣 that’s something that will stick in the children’s minds for a while 🤣 the parents should be paying more attention to the screen number 🧐 End Of Days is such a good watch, I have the American import, it took far too long for it to come out over here 🧐 cheers mate, take care👍😃👍

[@stuartgeorge2324]

In our area a latte was called a milky coffee ☕ great video mate 👍🏻

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Stuart, yeah we called it that as well, if I went back in time and told my younger self I would be paying a fiver for a coffee, I would not have believed it (to be honest, I have trouble believing it now 😮) take care mate👍😃👍

[@groundhoglife]

I do love my morning coffee but for me it has to be black. I picked up Pryor and Wilder as I absolutely love stir crazy, when the judge reads out the sentence 🤣. I also picked up watership down as it’s a nice collectible set.

[@kermitsghost]

Ooh yes, gotta start the day with a coffee, my wife enjoys a very strong coffee too. I found myself laughing out load with Stir Crazy, it was so much better than I remembered. That bull riding scene 🤣 I have Watership Down when it came out a few years ago, a very good but traumatic film from what I remember 😬 cheers mate, take care👍😃👍

[@movieedge7370]

All the Gene Wilder Richard Pryor movies I have from umbrella and Blu-ray with extra Gene Wilder movie called hanky-panky. Are those the first time you owned those movies from Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor .

[@kermitsghost]

I wish I had these releases in separate cases, I’m not a fan of a box set with card cases 😬 ooh Hanky Panky, I’d forgotten about that movie, this is the first time I’ve had these on blu-ray, I did have them on dvd years ago though 🧐 also I’d like to wish you, Lisa and Ripley a very happy Thanksgiving 🙌 cheers Mike, take care mate 👍😃👍

[@blujustin4175]

Definitely Tuesday for releases in the US. I think Europe _tends_ to be end of the week, but it doesn'r appear to be as regimented. You may also be interested, given you're asking about staggering them, I did hear a while ago that the BIG studios in the US were actually going to release every other Tuesday (same Tuesday for all studios) to minimise transport costs to warehouses from the production plants (all in Mexico now I believe) as they production plant, which produces discs for multiple studios, could do one journey with everyone's discs less often. I must say I haven't actually _noticed_ this happening though, but I haven't been looking. Maybe HMV have decided they'll attract people to stores for 'impulse purchases' with the 20% Off that they must be aware lots of collectors are getting on every online order... Waiting for my *Black Cat 2* to come with the post (as promised)... I have *Black Cat* and intend to watch as a 'double bill'... watched the trailer for the latter and it looks utterly bonkers, combining those explosions that throw people 25 feet but they get up again, 'James Bond style' ski chases and Kung fu 'wire work' as the protagonist 'leaps' superhuman distances! The release has been delayed twice and I can't wait to finally get hold of it. I _have_ to get _Vincent Price_ doing a cookery show but don't feel this is the right time to be spending on frivolities... *Dark Winds* sounds interesting, thanks for another for my list! _Lisa Loves_ gave out a lot of information on *Kneecap* in her _September 24th What I Watched_ catchup; being more aware of the background and present situation than most of us. The movie didn't sound like something I'd enjoy but Lisa has a unique perspective and speaks very knowledgably about the attempted bans by politicians and controversy and potential tensions it has caused in Northern Ireland (she won't tell some of her neighbours she's even seen it). Worth checking out, even if you don't watch Lisa's great channel regularly. I would like *Wallace and Gromit* upgraded to 4K but I think it's a shame *Curse of the Were-Rabbit* is missing, though this seems to be the usual case so I suspect different rights? *Generation Z* and *Red Eye* are already on my Wishlist; the former sounds very silly and a horror I would be perfectly fine with and laugh. Awwww, I loved *The Wombles* - much better when they were on the regular run of those to end childrens TV for the day than *Noah and Nelly* or the indecipherable *Ludwig*... though that's obviously not the same as the brilliant new comedy detective drama of the same name. Lots of horror considering October has passed... The only thing I know about *Chip and Dale* apart from them being chipmunks is that I had to remember we were in the 'Chip' carpark and *Disneyland* in Florida for getting off the shuttle service! As usual, a great video that adds to my Wishlist; stay well 👍😀

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Justin, thanks for confirming the Tuesday release day in America 👍 ooh that would be strange, having a release day every other week 🤔 it would cut down the struggle of putting out a video every week 🧐 I think that’s my issue with Asian martial Arts films (Black Cat 2) when they use wire work and people jumping twenty feet while fighting mid air…I just can’t swallow it 🙄 I’ve heard the Vincent Price Cooking video is a must have…. And it does sound insane. Yeah, whist I was reading up about Dark Winds, I convinced myself to get it too 🤣 I’m sure that The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit will get a separate 4K release, I think it was done by a different studio (but I could be completely wrong) I picked up Red Eye (It will feature next week) and I would like to grab Generation Z too 😬 dang this is an expensive hobby 🤑 yeah I noticed there was a lot of Horror titles out this week, I guess there are a lot of horror fans that don’t care what the month is 🤔 haha that’s a good memory, I remember parking in The Universal Studios car park in the Jaws section 🤣 cheers Justin, take care mate👍😃👍

[@Napsterrr123]

Wish Monday wasn’t release day tbh! I can only go to town at the weekend - and always feels like a long time to have to wait haha!

[@kermitsghost]

It would make more sense to me if release day was a Saturday if I’m honest 🧐 yeah I bet it feels like an eternity having to wait all week, I’m lucky enough to live just a few minutes from the store 🙌 enjoy the rest of your week mate, take care👍😃👍

[@markrowe8824]

this hmv store used to have a bigger selection of blurays etc and had more individual sections for different genres like world cinema etc.

[@kermitsghost]

They most certainly did Mark, in earlier videos I have filmed what it used to be like, changing times I’m afraid 😬 it used to be incredible in there, cheers mate take care👍😃👍

[@markrowe8824]

@@kermitsghost straight after the store reopened after their refurbishment it was really bad with only a couple of racks of dvd's/blurays all mixed up, so I wrote an email to HMV head office complaining about the change, I noticed not long after doing so that more space (and racks) magically appeared, it's not as good as before but it's better than it was.

[@kermitsghost]

Ahh that’s great, on behalf of the residents of Brighton, thanks for your letter to head office 🙌 as they say, the squeaky wheel get the oil 👍

[@markrowe8824]

@@kermitsghost thanks, but I doubt if I was the only one, I did post a review on Google too.

[@movieedge7370]

I’ve had a great catalog titles release in the UK .

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Mike, what title did you get mate? 👍😃👍

[@jimmydbags1070]

No shawscope volume 3 arrow films boxset? 🤔 Biggest release of the week.

[@kermitsghost]

I think with a big expensive set like that, it’s restricted to their website only 😬 shame as I would love to show those in the video and I’m sure people would like to see what it looks like in hand 🧐 cheers mate, enjoy the rest of your week, take care👍😃👍

[@garytilford6503]

Nice one Alan, got my Watership Down 4k box set and Wallace & Gromit The Collection also on 4k earlier today. Shame there's no Curse Of The Were-Rabbit on the latter. I did notice that the age ratings for Watership Down only appear on the j card and nowhere else, not even on the amaray inlay artwork. Take care mate. Gaz.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Gary, that’s a nice set of Watership Down (I’ve seen a few unboxings for it) nice they haven’t spoilt it with printed age logos 👍 I agree, they should have included Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (maybe it will get released late, more money for the studios no doubt) cheers mate, take care👍😃👍

[@garyturley2435]

Just had eyeball 4k special edition collector's set on 88 films with limited edition artwork website exclusive. Alien romulus 4k steelbook and godzilla minus one 4k special edition collector's set on the way in post 😊

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Gary, I’m surprised they didn’t have any copies of Eyeball in store today for me to film, HMV usually have 88 Films titles come in 🧐 I will be picking up Alien Romulus and Godzilla Minus One but will feature them the week after as I need to watch them first 🤔 cheers mate, take care👍😃👍

[@bobbobby2122]

The Kevin Spacey "lump" was real, he had it removed , it might have been his brain or something 👍

[@kermitsghost]

Ooh blimey, thanks for the information Bob (wait did you say he had part of his Brian removed…. That would explain a few things 🤣) take care mate👍😃👍

[@Eva_H]

Auyup Alan How’s you and yours? Just wanted to say hi is all.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Eva, I’m doing ok thanks, the sun keeps rising and life goes on…. 😁 same old same old. Hoping things with you are well and dandy…. Big hugs and cuddles Eva, take care👍😃👍

[@Eva_H]

@ thanks for the cuddles I’m not ok to be honest, things are up in the air emotionally

[@kermitsghost]

Sorry to hear that Eva, hope things change in your favour 🤞

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

Are you looking forward to the upcoming Wallace and Gromit film Vengeance most Fowl? It comes out on Christmas day in the UK.

[@kermitsghost]

I most certainly am Jared, I take it you are too? Cheers mate, take care 👍😃👍

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

@@kermitsghost Yeah I'm looking forward to it too!

[@wolverine169logan19]

It's just pity iy has not got the movie

[@kermitsghost]

Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean mate 🧐 enjoy the rest of your week, take care👍😃👍

[@SBAYLISS]

Hi Alan nice decorations very festive pity the silver streak wasn’t on the wilder/pryor box set (me scratches head). The Brighton effort still leaves a lot to be desired.as other cities here in the uk. Makes me laugh all this crap Christmas was toned down years ago as supposedly not to offend Muslims yet in Dubai and other countries of like have fantastic Christmas displays go figure (me scratches head again) 😊 all the best mate.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Dave, thanks mate, my wife put the tree up (she insist on doing it alone so I don’t mess it up 😁) yeah Silver Streak for me was their best collaboration, I’m miffed it wasn’t included in the set 🤬 Brighton is so cheap when it comes to Christmas lights, even the local paper have a go at the council about it 😠 yeah this country was built on Christian belief but everyone is to afraid of offending others (this country needs a backbone) especially as you mention, they do actually have Christmas displays themselves 🤯 cheers mate, take care👍🎅🏻👍

[@prophysicalmedia]

The crow 2024 is a new although loose adaptation of the graphic novel it has nothing to do with the 1994 movie.

[@kermitsghost]

Ahh fair enough, I appreciate the correction mate, enjoy the rest of your week, take care👍😃👍

[@prophysicalmedia]

​@kermitsghost it's all good mate you are not the only one to say it's a remake, everyone seems to call it that online only the the cast and writer/director have called it what it is, a new adaptation. ❤ enjoy the rest of your week 🐸