Rob's Nostalgia Projects

Rob's Nostalgia Projects Here you can keep up with updates to my latest & future projects, and current requests for material.

If you're interested in any of my projects, please get in touch!

02/07/2025

Just an update on the 35mm sets. For those who haven't seen the project page lately, I've recently compiled all the future features & trailers I have, into compilation sets, to take me up to the end of the project (likely early 2026). All future releases are now listed;

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/35mm_scans/br_35mm_movie_scans_blu-ray_box-set.html

That means there are still seven sets to release; SET16 will be the final set, with a SET17 containing all the project's trailers, snipes & adverts together in one compilation.

Now I have an endgame, I want to try and motor through and release/duplicate more than one set at once. Ideally I'll be releasing SET10-13 all at once (including the IJ1-3 standalone set), then possibly SET14-16 together a few months later as another batch. I appreciate that means people will be waiting longer than a set-by-set release, but it just makes more sense for me to do it this way.

Since the end of May, I've been completing at least one feature a week. So NOES3, Assault on P13, F13th, Henry POASK, Scanners, They Live, and Raw Deal are all done. Currently working on Horror Express & Dr Terror. That will leave nine features left to do in SETS10-13 (plus trailers), before the next release, so I've already made significant headway on the next batch.

Everyone on the mailing list will be contacted once I'm ready, or if/when I do some duplication in the mean time.

Here is the artwork for the Gamesmaster & Bad Influence sets. All the contents for each disc is transferred (where neede...
21/06/2025

Here is the artwork for the Gamesmaster & Bad Influence sets. All the contents for each disc is transferred (where needed), encoded, sorted and ready to go in to Encore for authoring.

The Gamesmaster set contains every episode and runs a total of 55 hours over 8-discs, and includes Channel 4 ident intros on Series 1/2/3, along with two TV adverts in between each episode (Mostly console & kids toys ads, over 100 in total), and a handful of Ch4 promos/junctions. S4/5/6/7 just play the episodes alone, all totalling 364 items.

Bad Influence also contains every episode, runs 20 hours over 4-discs, and has two ads between each episode on all four series' (again, mostly console & kids toys ads, over 100 in total), plus some ITV promos/juctions totalling 175 items. Huge thanks to James from Bad-Influence.co.uk for assembling all the listings for each episode, which I have used on the inside cover.

The various Blu-Ray menus are in-progress, and they are the last bit before disc assembly. Then there is burning & test watching each disc before completion. It's a mammoth project but the end is in sight!

Lastly an update on the 35mm project; just about finished NOES3, and making a start on Scanners next too. I'm working on films as I feel like it, rather than doing them in the specific order they are listed.

Sneak peek at an upcoming Blu-Ray project; an overhaul of my 2011 Gamesmaster S1-7 DVD project;https://www.bookofthedead...
08/06/2025

Sneak peek at an upcoming Blu-Ray project; an overhaul of my 2011 Gamesmaster S1-7 DVD project;

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/dvd_gamesmaster_s1-7.html

This will be reformatting the 24 GM DVD discs on to around 8 Blu-Ray discs, all in one case with one cover. The 126 episodes alone total around 53 hours. The original project was assembled from source VHS tapes belonging to three people. A couple of years back, I made contact with them again, and two of the three had binned their tapes back in 2011 once I made the DVD set, so re-capturing those with my current set-up is not an option. I do have the tapes from that third person though. I've also picked up odd upgraded episodes while capturing other stuff over the years too.

In addition I'll be adding a second case with all four series of Bad Influence on around 4 discs. Most of these were captured years back by James from Bad-Influence.co.uk, and I have his permission to include them here. I did ask about re-capturing his source tapes, but they were lost to mould years back. Plus there are a number of episodes from S1 which are my new VHS captures.

If anyone has any old VHS tapes with Bad Influence or Gamesmaster which they'd be prepared to loan for transfer, please message me! Alternatively, if you'd be interested in a copy, also message me so I can add you to the mailing/waiting list.

07/06/2025

Quick heads up, my 2022 Texas Chainsaw Massacre Blu-Ray set has just been updated;

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/35mm_scans/br_texas_chain_saw_massacre_blu-ray.html

Anyone who already has the old TCM set, along with 35mm sets and the Censorship set will have everything new here. Really this is just to update the set with the latest material as new people still request it from time to time.

The three old features; TCM, Psycho & Silence of the Lambs have been upgraded with the newer versions from the 35mm set, there's 9 new 35mm trailers on there, along with snipes and ads lifted from the 35mm set too. In addition, of the 8 original extras, one has been upgraded, and one replaced, along with giving a little polish to the artwork.

I'll be doing the same to the old Dawn set, but I'm still looking to get a couple of upcoming bits to add to that first so that won't be for a while.

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/br_dawn_of_the_dead_blu-ray.html

The 35mm project is still ticking along, working on features and trailers here and there and updating the page as I go. Duplicating is the most laborious part, so I'll get the next 2-3 sets completed before I go back to that, which might be another two months-ish. I've set an end-goal and compiled everything on the page up to SET 16. That should be everything I will be releasing. I won't be getting any further scans after that unless a 'top-want' becomes newly available. Once all the trailers for the preceeding sets are done; SET 17 will be a Trailers, Snipes & Adverts set, which some people have been asking about;

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/35mm_scans/br_35mm_movie_scans_blu-ray_box-set.html

28/01/2025

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I spent all day yesterday (8am till past midnight) transferring the eight Bad Influence VHS tapes (I don't have a BetaMa...
03/11/2024

I spent all day yesterday (8am till past midnight) transferring the eight Bad Influence VHS tapes (I don't have a BetaMax player so can't do those two tapes, although they're the later series' which I already have in decent quality). Seven were 240min tapes recorded in Long-Play so 7-8hrs each, with the last one a 300min tape in LP; 10hrs, so around 60hrs to trawl through! Each one had one BI episode on, along with an assortment of other shows; One Foot In The Grave, A Touch Of Frost, Quantum Leap, Allo Allo, Spitting Image, The Detectives, plus a few films; Splash, Abyss, Karate Kid 2/3, etc... I set each tape recording, then fast-forwarded through stopping to catch and ad breaks or promos which might be useful, and the episodes themselves.

So I have around 7hrs of usable material. That's eight BI episodes from Series 1 (of the 15 broadcast), and one from S4, plus there were five Gamesmaster S2 episodes, and a Head To Head episode on computer games, an episode of Cyber Zone presented by Andi Peters played during BBC2's DEFII, a few SNES, MegaDrive & Game Gear adverts, plus a couple of other little bits & pieces. It's all LP, but the quality is quite decent.

It's certainly a good start, but please share this post, and if anyone out there has more tapes to add, please get in touch!

Hi all,I got these tapes though in the post this week; 8 VHS tapes and 2 BetaMax tapes containing episodes of the ITV ki...
02/11/2024

Hi all,

I got these tapes though in the post this week; 8 VHS tapes and 2 BetaMax tapes containing episodes of the ITV kids computer games show Bad Influence which ran over four series from 1992 to 1996 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Influence! ), I'll be transferring the VHS tapes this weekend.

So I need your help!

Does anyone have original VHS recordings of either Bad Influence or Gamesmaster?

Some of you with long memories might remember my 2011 Gamesmaster DVD project. It's long been my intention to do a SD Blu-Ray upgrade, with as much new/upgraded footage as I can get, along with including Bad Influence.

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/dvd_gamesmaster_s1-7.html

A year or so back, I did look at re-loaning and re-transferring all the original Gamesmaster source VHS tapes with the much better capture setup I have today, but I found that two out of the three source tape owners, binned them back in 2011 once they got a copy of my original DVD set. I have the third tape owner's tapes, but unless I get more new footage, it might not be worth doing a new transfer of that.

I also tracked down the original owner of the defunct Bad Influence website, he traded a 12-disc DVD set containing all the episodes of Bad Influence with me around 2010, and I have his permission to re-author and include that as part of my revised Blu-Ray set. I also asked after his source tapes, but they were lost to mould years back. The DVD set is complete, although S1's quality is a bit rough.

If you can help with this project, please get in touch, and if not, please share this post!

The Bunker Blu-Ray has finally been completed. It's a two-disc set with a reversible cover. D1 has a 35mm scan the film ...
09/10/2024

The Bunker Blu-Ray has finally been completed. It's a two-disc set with a reversible cover. D1 has a 35mm scan the film cropped into 1.77:1, with a number of extras carried over from the old 2003 UK DVD release. D2 has the 35mm open matte release, with 35mm trailers and snipes.

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/br_the_bunker_blu-ray.html

It has long been a favourite of mine, since I saw it at the 2001 London Frightfest. It's an outstanding slow burning atmospheric World War II N**i ghost story in the same mould as the BBC Ghost Stories For Christmas. After the very limited theatrical run, it was released on DVD by Salvation in 2003, and then nothing. No Blu-Ray, 4K, or HD streaming, and only a handful of SD TV airings & foreign DVD releases pre-2009.

In May 2023 on a shot to nothing, I contacted the director through Facebook to see if he would be interested in my making a Blu-Ray set, and if had a print he could loan out for scanning. Unexpectedly, it turns out he was both was interested, and had a print. This was scanned back in June 2023. You can read more at the link above,

The set was coming together but was put on hold awaiting one additional element. A new commentary track with the director and a number of the cast, recorded specifically for this release.

Cut to October 2024 over a year later, and between Covid, the actor's strike, acting jobs, injury and other commitments, this still hasn't come together, so I decided to complete the set as-is, and I can always release an upgraded first disc to add the commentary if it's done at some point in the future.

If you are interested in being added to the mailing list for a copy of this project, please message me (don't just add a comment to this post as they're easy to miss).

All the Censorship Blu-Ray orders are being dispatched tomorrow!UK orders should arrive by the weekend, and overseas wit...
24/04/2024

All the Censorship Blu-Ray orders are being dispatched tomorrow!

UK orders should arrive by the weekend, and overseas within a few weeks or less.

The Censorship/Forbidden Weekend Blu-Ray is finally ready to be duplicated! Apologies it's taken way too long to get the...
06/04/2024

The Censorship/Forbidden Weekend Blu-Ray is finally ready to be duplicated! Apologies it's taken way too long to get the cases I wanted, but they're on their way to me now;

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/br_censorship_blu-ray.html

Everyone on the project mailing list has already been emailed. If you're interested please message me with your email address to be added. Please see the webpage linked above for all the project details.

08/03/2024

Another quick update on the Censorship/Forbidden Weekend Blu-Ray;

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/.../br_censorship_blu-ray.html

So, all 8 discs have been authored & checked (most multiple times), the Radio Times is finalized and I have the paper for that, and the BD-R discs I should need. The last thing I was waiting on was the cases.

Due to the shipping diversion/Red Sea situation, Covid issues, economy, and/or Ukraine war (take your assorted pick!), I'm still waiting for the cases I want on backorder (8 or 10-way Blu-Ray with 25mm spines). I've tried various suppliers in the UK including eBay, plus mainland Europe but no luck. Some places have them listed, but don't actually have them in stock. Really just means waiting a few more weeks. Still waiting on a few replies, but not much point in dashing it out in cheap DVD cases just to have it done.

I don't want to confirm any orders until I know I can fill them, so I'll just hang on for a bit. Apologies for the longer than expected wait!

The Forbidden Weekend Blu-Ray set has now been re-titled to the Censorship Blu-ray Set. It's been given its own page you...
25/02/2024

The Forbidden Weekend Blu-Ray set has now been re-titled to the Censorship Blu-ray Set. It's been given its own page you can see here

https://www.bookofthedead.ws/online_portfolio/br_censorship_blu-ray.html

It's still in progress with tweaks to make, but most of the information is there.

Really, I just have to finish the menus, then I'm on to assembling & checking each disc, and final tweaks to the webpage, and waiting for the 8-way cases to arrive in a week or two.

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