End of q1 update

Here are some TV shipping updates for those who have preorders (when I say “done” that means 95% of packages are out the door. There could be some lingering intl orders or combined orders remaining):

  • The Basement: Done and out the door to customers

  • The Last Screening: Done and out the door to customers

  • Best Worst Movie: Done and out the door to customers

  • New Religion: Done and out the door to customers

  • Patchwork: All is wrapped and en route to packaging people who will assemble and shrinkwrap and then ship to us in the next 7-10 days.

  • Silent Night Deadly Night 3XLP: Singles are done and most everyone else should have tracking by now.

  • Slashers LP: 85% done.

  • In the Mouth of Madness: Done and out the door to customers

  • Shoestring Slashers Vol 1 (standard edition): Done and out the door to customers

  • 90s Nightmares and Shoestring 2 Box sets: Packaging is wrapped and we’re expected to receive them mid to late April

  • Happy Hell Night: Packaging is wrapped. Waiting on test discs. Restoration complete and approved.

  • Boggy Creek Done and out the door to customers

  • All the VHS (Thanksgiving, Boggy, Paramount titles): Done and out the door to customers

  • Hide and Go Shriek and Student Bodies: both are in the same place with a different problem. Packaging has been in hand for literally months, and with HAGs the BD is good and the UHD is bunk and on Student Bodies the opposite. We’re requiring new test discs and are awaiting those. Thank GOODNESS we’re doing test discs now as both would’ve required a replacement program. So yes, taking longer this way but at least no replacement program.

  • Gator Bait 1 & 2: GB1 has been done and authored for a few weeks. GB2 we have some exciting updates. During us acquiring several reels of some OTHER films, we uncovered some footage recently that had some snippets and trims from GB2. This footage has only been available from an Italian VHS and never made it stateside even with the DVD that the Sebastian’s released. This includes more violence, nudity, and a few extended shots that were never released in the U.S. We were able to scan those elements and re-introduce them into our version. Sorry for being a little silent on these details but we have to make sure everything is foolproof before we give details on something so significant for the release.  UHD is incredibly complicated when using source material that isn’t film and in this case we have BETA SP, VHS, DVD, Laserdisc, and using our IN and IP of Gator Bait II.

    So much work went into this release from so many parties; we are very grateful for all the teamwork. Couldn’t have done it without all our peers to present something like that. Truly monumental.

    Special thanks to; Jaime Busby, Danny Nguyen, and The Gotham Photochemical Team. Big thanks to Michael D’Angelo and his team at Paramount. Thank you to Todd Weiner, Steven Hill, and Staci Hogsett at UCLA. Huge shoutout to Michael Keene. Thank you to the Sebastian Family and to everyone else that was involved with this project to start to finish.

    When will Gator Bait finish and ship? We will make that announcement soon but hopefully no later than early May.