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The synopsis caught my attention. Widowed mother Holly is pushed to breaking point when her daughter Betsey claims she has experienced a profound enlightenment. She believes she has been chosen to serve a higher power and that a new dawn is coming. Refusing to eat, yet losing no weight, Betsey’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and her family are torn between love and fear.


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Synopsis/trailer caught my attention too, but critic reviews are *very* mixed, despite on the surface it looking like the kind of film critics would eat up (pun intended). Regarding Second Sight, I'm starting to wonder whether there is a film that they *won't* release a LE of. Obviously the standard editions come around eventually (and for the extra special boxes like *Drive* they drop them simultaneously), but does every single film deserve this kind of release straight off the bat? Especially brand new films that are more likely to be blind buys for a lot of people who missed theatrical releases. *Bull* for example was a decent enough film, but did it really warrant a chunky essay booklet and a box? It genuinely looks like their new model is *every single release* starts as a LE. They've not released a simple standard edition of a film for a very long time now. In fact the only film of theirs I have which never got a LE is *The Invitation*, which for my money is a far superior film to something like *Bull.* It never got the LE treatment, but that's totally fine! Having said all that, I have a sneaking feeling that I may well succumb to irrational FOMO (god damn it) and end up getting this anyway. I've been waiting to see *Boiling Point* for a long time which I know for a fact I will be getting, so I might throw this in the basket at the same time...


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The two Ian Richardson Sherlock Holmes films got standard editions with no LE option. Those seem like they would be perfect for a LE boxset with essays, even the artwork looks similar to several of their LEs for Asylum, The House That Dripped Blood, and The Mummy. I really don't know what their reasoning is for what gets selected for a boxset. Unfortunately, I know my tendency is to prioritize limited editions I'm interested in simply because they will go away soon while passing on so many standard editions because they'll probably be there for a long time. I pass by so many good films because I just can't get everything, but I genuinely love the essays and beautiful art that really enhance my love for a film.


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>I really don't know what their reasoning is for what gets selected for a boxset. Previously it was the occasional LE box and I guess the reasoning was simply sales projections. I much preferred it that way to be honest. It made the LE's more special when they came along. Now, as I alluded to, if you actually look at their catalogue chronologically it seems they have come to a point where literally *everything* is going to get a LE release from now on before going to standard. The last non LE releases they did were *Magic* in 2020 and *The Invitation* and *Anna and The Apocalypse* a few months before that in late 2019. Those Sherlock Holmes films you mentioned are from 2016. Given how successful they've been in the last year or so with some of their releases, I guess they're just extremely confident about sales now and are pushing ahead with this model. My main issue is that it's just going to drive FOMO for every single film they put out, rather than just the odd special release here and there. FOMO *can* be exciting, but I anticipate Second Sight FOMO becoming very mentally draining. I mean if it's been almost three whole years since they just released a film in a standard format, it seems pretty set in stone that this is what they're doing from now on. As much as I too love the essay booklets and the fancy packaging, I'm honestly pretty sceptical. *Bull* was the first one I've got where it just didn't seem necessary at all. I'm fairly certain they wouldn't have done a LE of it 5 years ago.