There's an incredibly popular movie which is just not available on Blu-Ray anywhere right now, which has made the discs worth a lot of money.
The film is incredibly popular and successful, but in certain countries you can't stream it on any platform and you can't buy the discs on Blu-Ray as they're out of production.
Hop onto eBay and you'll be able to buy it, but you'd have to fork over a relative fortune which means that if you have the discs in your possession they're worth something decent.
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Danny Boyle's 2002 zombie apocalypse flick 28 Days Later is one hell of a film but if you were of a mind to go and watch it now you'd hit something of a brick wall.
Is it on Netflix? Nope.
Any of the other streaming platforms? Nah.
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If you go delving onto YouTube then you might find a version of dubious quality posted on there in its entirety, but it's a far cry from the best quality you could get.
Horror fans are kind of ticked off that such a classic movie is really difficult to watch, and if you want to see it in the best quality that's going to be a lottery.
You'll have to either pop down to CEX and peruse the shelves of used Blu-Rays or head onto eBay and be ready to part with somewhere around £40 to buy this one movie.
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On the other hand, if for some ungodly reason you bought an industrial quantity of 28 Days Later Blu-Rays in the hope that they'd get expensive one day then it's your time to shine and redistribute the Cillian Murphy-led action.
TikToker @unkn0wns0ldier11 laid out the problem, pointing out that someone over in the US was able to sell their copy for $110 (£86) because there's no supply but demand still exists.
He turned out to be one of the lucky ones who already had a copy of the film so he's safe, but the rest of us still need that vital disc.
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If anything this is proof that despite the plethora of streaming platforms available physical media is still the most reliable option.
Your favourite movie might be on that streaming platform you never plan to unsubscribe from, but one day you might discover the film isn't going to be there forever and it's not going to pop up anywhere else.
Having a copy of it yourself is still the safest option, so if you're thinking your Blu-Ray collection takes up too much space just imagine how screwed you'd be if they just disappeared one day.
Could you imagine a world without 28 Days Later? It doesn't bear thinking about.
Topics: TV and Film, Ebay
Joe Harker