I ordered the Anchor Bay DVD of Black Belly of the Tarantula recently from DVD Pacific (great cheap company) in the US. When i received it, it wouldn't play on the DVD player on my PC which usually plays anything. It also wouldnt play on my girlfriends laptop PC, or my other DVD player. I sent it back to DVD Pacific who replaced it with another copy and now this doesn't work either. Has anyone else had trouble with this title? I did get a copy from a file sharing program but it was in Italian with no subtitles! Arghh!

Yeah, i had exactly the same problem with this Movie, except mine was the Blue Underground release.

I have 2 copies of the film and like yourself, i tried them on loads of different DVD players and none of them would load the disks at all.

I thought i was in luck, though, when i tried it on my portable DVD player ( a region 1 Philips DCP850/37 ). It actually worked... for the first 50-odd minutes of the film. It then crashed and wouldn't play any further. Damn!

I was really looking forward to watching this film, but i have to say i was pretty disapointed with the 50 mins i did manage to see. I'm not really that bothered about seeing the rest of it!

I'm glad it's not just me! It is actually the blue underground release. Not had any trouble wih other BU releases either. I'll just have to use it as a coaster i spose.

I'm going to be of absolutely no help to you at all I'm afraid, but I accidentally got this disc in a boxed set in place of Last Cannibal World/Jungle Holocaust (a Shriek Show release - not even the same label!!) and decided to watch it anyway (on my mum and dad's cheap-n-cheerful player) - - it played fine but it really wasn't anything to write home about. Maybe it's not worth the bother?!

Actually now you two have mentioned it, I haven't tried it on my OWN players yet...perhaps I'll test it tonight and see... For reference, what make is your player?

I've got a Pioneer DV-575A, but also tried it on a Philips DCP850/37, Playstation2, and a Samsung DVD-807. All to no avail.

OK, I've had a look-see and it also plays fine on my Pioneer DV-525 (all the way from 1999!) - - maybe you've come across a bad batch? In which case it may be worth pursuing a replacement… Blue Underground are usually excellent, as I'm sure you know!

Yep, it must be a dodgy batch. It's funny, though, that i've never heard of any complaints about it elsewhere on t'internet.

I dunno about returning them. They're US discs and i'm in the UK, and i bought one on Ebay, the other at a film fair, both over a year ago.

I guess i've given up! Doesn't sound like it's a very good movie anyway. Cool title, though.

Just gotta say, since from my name you can tell I'm a big Tarantino fan, I love your icon.