Thursday, April 18, 2013

WANTED: WITHOUT WARNING THE 1980 HORROR FILM THAT NEEDS A REAL DVD RELEASE

Without Warning, which is also known as It Came... Without Warning and Alien Shock (German title), is a 1980 science fiction horror film starring Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter, and Kevin Peter Hall (Predator), directed by Greydon Clark. Special effects designer Greg Cannom, who was later involved in major studio productions such as Jurassic Park, Hook and Titanic, created the memorable aliens for this low-budget film.

This film is pretty effective.  It delivers scares.  The flm had a troubled theatrical release.  The film got treated like an ugly step-child when the studio that was going to release the film was eithier sold or went bankrupt.

The film however did find a life with late night Showings on HBO.  The film premiered on the Cable Channel  in 1981.  The film then started to develop a cult following however for some reason it was never even released in the United States in Vhs or Dvd.  For years the film was available on bootleg videos sold on e-bay from recording that were made decades ago.  However the film was released   in foreign markets and some dvd were made off of those recordings and sold on the net as well.   However again the film has never had an official  Home Video release here in  America.  After the HBO showing on 1981 the film all but disappeared.  In fact for years it wasn't shown on TV at all Cable or Broadcast..  However in 2010 MGM TV did start running the film an d the print was outstanding.  Most people like me who are fans of this film were hoping that maybe the film would finally get a home video release in the USA but so far nothing.  Even if MGM release the film on DVD-R format it would still be worth buying.

If you google this film you will be surprised at the feverish following this film has gathered.

Lets hope this film will get a release date soon!

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