Firstly, the ideal scenario was always that the actual original film elements would be found for the purposes of the restoration. Sadly, this hasn't happened, so
the DVD will be produced using the second-best option of restoring the VHS for the extra scenes.
"There's still no sign of the negatives," opines Cherrington. "We've had a few leads that have all been dead ends, although I really hope we can find more film elements. They found most of the original Wicker Man on film just today, so it could happen!"
Secondly,
a Blu-ray to go along with the DVD doesn't seem to be guaranteed at this point. But, says Cherrington, "I've spent the last year researching what can be done with the VHS materials, and I know that with money and time this can look at least as good as the Alien3 workprint. I have every hope for 1080p!"
Finally, with Scream Factory a US company, this seems, so far, to be a US only release, with questions of region locking unclear. So for the UK and Europe?
"We have a distributor of fine genre cinema who wants to put The Cabal Cut out in the UK," Cherrington promises. "Morgan Creek wants it out there, and so does Seraphim, so it's only a matter of time. Once we've worked out the rights it will be out in Clive Barker's and my own home country."
"Nobody is willingly witholding a [European] release," adds Miller. "These are complicated legal matters but everyone is working their way through them!"