3-31-02 Latest News

Frighteners Collectors Edition DVD Announced! :)
Lewman @ 9:47 pm EST

Fantastic news! I should have posted this up the other day, but have been overloaded with work during the Easter holiday. Its happened. Universal have announced The Frighteners Collectors Edition DVD! We've even been able to locate the full box art and specifications, and it looks like it's going to be even better than the long sort after Laser Disc version.

It will be a 3-disk set, with the film being on the first disk, and the documentary being split over 2 disks. It is being released on 6/11/02 at a retail of $39.99

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Extras:

• Director's Cut including approximately 12 minutes of additional never-before-seen footage
  
• Feature commentary with director Peter Jackson
  
• The Making of The Frighteners, an original full-length (4 1/2 hours) documentary on the making of the film directed by Peter Jackson and featuring interviews with Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Dee Wallace Stone, Jake Busey, Jim Fyfe and Chi McBride.
  Including:
  
• Rehearsing
  
• Storyboarding
  
• Miniatures
  
• Extensive exploration of the special effects motion control and bluescreens
  
• Deleted scenes
  
• Bloopers
  
• Theatrical trailer

  Case:
  

• Custom Packaging

  Video Formats:
  

• 2.35:1 Anamorphic

  Audio Formats:
  

• DTS 5.1 ES (English)
  
• Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (English)
  
• Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround (English)

  Subtitles:
  

• English
  
• French