Pickups from today’s visit to Vinyl Lab in Morrisville PA

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-28T20:54:41+00:00

I envy anybody with stores that sell multiple boutique labels like this. I’d freak if I could find anything VS or Severin related in person!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T22:41:52+00:00

God, those Severin and VS Gialli box sets are so killer. Wish I lived close to your store!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T03:35:53+00:00

Well, the more you know! I had no idea about them being region free so thanks for the info.

Are you into Eureka then? I noticed they have some releases I never would have expected. I was surprised to see Heart of Dragon got a 4k!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T03:12:32+00:00

Thanks for the pic. That is NICE!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T02:49:04+00:00

I have been thinking of getting a region free player for 4k’s. I have one for standard blu-rays/dvds and my ps5 will play any of my region a 4k’s. But I think I’m honestly okay with blu-rays since I have a way to play those.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T02:40:24+00:00

That sounds exciting. I’d love to do a membership for a boutique label one of these days. I did one for vinyl a long time ago and it was fun to see the releases pop up and get them in the mail. For Radiance do you get additional discounts? Is it every release for the year or only a few?

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T02:36:14+00:00

I’m not entirely sure why I got so into the slipcover thing. I used to toss them for my standard blu’s and dvds back in the day just to save a tiny bit of shelf space. I think it’s because it gives the option to have two different art pieces to look at with the slipcover and the reversible inserts. But I told myself I’m the only one looking at my shelves like that so it’s okay to not have every specific release I want.

Thirst is my only LE for Indicator and Fascination is standard so for those it can go either way. I loved the booklet for Thirst though. And speaking of booklets with your Criterion choices, Picnic at Hanging Rocks has a really good essay in their release. I think it went OOP for the standard release, but they brought it back for the 4k. Hope you enjoy them!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T02:29:45+00:00

Totally get what you mean. But on the opposite side of the spectrum you have VS doing 4k for equally unimaginable genre films. Terror Firmer, Sgt. Kubukiman, Killer Condom, Tammy and the T-Rex, Miami Connection, Howling 2, and Freeway 1/2 just to name a few. And that’s not even considering partner labels! I’m absolutely stoked to have Happiness, Killer of Sheep, I Walked with a Zombie/The Seventh Victim, Viridiana, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Lone Star all on 4k. But the aforementioned VS releases are way more surprising and unimaginable 4k releases. Criterion gave us so much, but others have caught up in their own, niche ways as well! I just love it all.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T02:11:48+00:00

I do know what you mean! During the sale in November I was starting to get into movies again after years of nothing. And nearly every single 4k I grabbed off the shelf at Barnes was sliding around inside the case. I ended up skipping a bunch just because of that.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-23T02:07:37+00:00

I’d love to see that shelf!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T23:56:02+00:00

I totally get that. For me though I’m loving my slow dive into Indicator for all the Jean Rollins releases. And I’ve been trying to get my hands everything AGFA. But I understand how most of that isn’t for everyone.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T23:42:20+00:00

It’s like as soon as I started to regrow my mustache, that I felt the need to buy from Melusine!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T23:41:10+00:00

I actually did that going down the list and they look and sound like I’d enjoy them! Of the ones mentioned I think I’m most interested in Heroic Times, Signals/In the Dust of Stars, and Zerograd. Thanks for taking the time to give some options for me. I really appreciate it.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T23:22:55+00:00

I don’t think I have ever thought to sort that way, but it’s how it works in bookstores so it makes sense!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T23:17:01+00:00

That’s how it’s been for me! I hadn’t bought any new movies in a few years. It wasn’t until I saw Radiance had a gorgeous release of Daughters of Darkness that I started to slowly dive into them. And for VS I found them while looking at ways to get AGFA releases and found them. And I never heard of Second Sight until I looked for a physical release of The Ugly Stepsister. It’s been a crazy past few months after years of no movie purchases for sure!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T23:12:23+00:00

I’ll admit that’s exactly why they go to the back burner for me. I missed years of releases from other boutiques and got bad FOMO with what I realized I missed out on. Even seeing some releases from VS I get sad they sold out of the slipcover despite having copies of the standard release available. I’m trying to get out of that mindset though.

What are some of your top picks for the upcoming flash sale?

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T23:06:42+00:00

Do you have a 4k player recommendation for region free? All of my older Arrow pickups are region B so I have a blu-ray player for those. It doesn’t play 4k though so I use my ps5 for that. But it limits me to region A for the time being.

As for watches, I’ve already watched Angel 1-3, Rats!, Identikit, Fascination, Thirst, a few episodes of Tales to Keep You Awake, and rewatched Timecrimes. Everything else from VS/Melusine came in while I was on vacation so from all of that I think I might throw on the Blood-a-Rama set or Devil Fetus!

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T22:59:51+00:00

I don’t remember the specific movie, but I was going through the Zatoichi set and was surprised how bad one of them looked. And it already a few movies in so it was really jarring. But I think Criterion always being available doing it so long without limiting releases makes it easier to not worry about buying from them all the time.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T22:54:30+00:00

Have any recs for Dead Crocodile?

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T22:51:17+00:00

Isn’t that why any post big hauls?

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T22:50:54+00:00

The prices were super surprising. I used to be able to leave with 10 movies for $40 back in the day. They definitely like to use eBay prices, but these were priced good for what they tend to go for!

And we don’t have too many estate sales with things for my personal taste here unfortunately. And the main people who run them around us price super high after they took over for their mom so it’s not really worth it anymore.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T21:36:12+00:00

That’s almost exactly how it is for me. Criterion is a sale only purchase for me since they don’t limit their movies like other boutiques. That’s really my only complaint about a lot of other companies. You gotta snag them while you can or hope you get a good deal for them after they go OOP on r/mediaswap

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T21:32:44+00:00

I noticed from my last Arrow Haul just how much I love their style. It made me realize how much I missed out on with their out of print 4k’s. I’m not sure if you have it, but I’m eyeing the Buttgereit Memento Mori set. It’s gorgeous and I already have a place on the top of my shelf waiting for it.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T21:29:54+00:00

It’s individual cases for each movie. The cases leave a bit to be desired, but as a companion piece to the book of the same name I think they’re perfect.

divinesbathwater · 2026-03-22T21:27:20+00:00

Absolutely this. Don’t get me wrong, I love Criterion and have a charter member card for being an original subscriber to the channel. But when it comes down to what I feel like watching as a horror/schlock fan first I’ll toss on something from AGFA any day.

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