The GMG SF/Fantasy/Horror Club

[DavidW]

I think that #4 directed by the notorious Alan Smithee is worth viewing only once DA, it was pretty bad.

By far I like #1 and 2 the best, #3 was alright (well okay I might only like it because it had the girl from DS9 and Becker) and the rest were bad.  #1 on blu-ray is AMAZING pq btw (well as compared to the vhs that I was used to!

That one guy in #2 is really nightmarish I think you know what I'm talking about, oh man... 

[DarkAngel]

I think that #4 directed by the notorious Alan Smithee is worth viewing only once DA, it was pretty bad.

Didn't you like the endgame in Bloodlines where the future toymaker sets the ultimate trap in space for Pinhead?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kC6-Id1Rjk&feature=related

[DavidW]

Well um... yeah... that's pretty... interesting...

[Scarpia]

I will have to see if this is on my double Kong disc set.  I always love HIFPE material.

Some very inventive special effects.  In the scenes where Kong is seen moving while one of the human actors is acting in another part of the screen, they had a small rear projection screen on the set where they would project a movie of the human actor, advancing one frame at a time as the animation of Kong was done.  For the scenes of Kong moving through the jungle they had multiple layers of glass with foliage painted on with Kong in between, creating the illusion of depth.  Very clever.

[DarkAngel]

I think that #4 directed by the notorious Alan Smithee is worth viewing only once DA, it was pretty bad.

By far I like #1 and 2 the best, #3 was alright (well okay I might only like it because it had the girl from DS9 and Becker) and the rest were bad.  #1 on blu-ray is AMAZING pq btw (well as compared to the vhs that I was used to!

That one guy in #2 is really nightmarish I think you know what I'm talking about, oh man...

I almost went for the puzzle box set with deluxe package........

[DarkAngel]

Anyone get a horror masterpiece that has been remastered in Blu ray that they are really impressed with?
I just ordered these two to see if they deliver the goods........

 

[MN Dave]

I don't do blu-ray but DotD is one of my fave movies.

[DarkAngel]

I don't do blu-ray but DotD is one of my fave movies.

Some of these 1970-80s horror movie classics were filmed with such low budgets that I suspect it will be hard to squeeze too much more picture quality out of them......but I have read that Nightmare on Elm Street looks great for instance

as for Dawn of the Dead..........
mindless zombies at a shopping mall, a stroke of ironic genius!

[MN Dave]

as for Dawn of the Dead..........
mindless zombies at a shopping mall, a stroke of ironic genius!

Indeed. 

[Scarpia]

Some of these 1970-80s horror movie classics were filmed with such low budgets that I suspect it will be hard to squeeze too much more picture quality out of them......but I have read that Nightmare on Elm Street looks great for instance

The original "Halloween" looks no better on Blu-Ray than it did on standard DVD.

[DarkAngel]

The original "Halloween" looks no better on Blu-Ray than it did on standard DVD.

For Halloween I have settled on the 25th anniverary 2 disc DVD version......there are so many versions now hard to keep track of them all

[Scarpia]

For Halloween I have settled on the 25th anniverary 2 disc DVD version......there are so many versions now hard to keep track of them all

What does that edition have beyond the movie itself?

It's a pity, in those days they did not envision DVDs.  When the ratings board told them to take something out to keep the R rating, they just cut it out didn't bother to save the materials.  As a result there is no "directors cut" of those old films.   Some striking special effects were cut from those films (according to what various people claim on various web sites) particularly Friday the 13th, and are lost.  Maybe not a loss on the order of Sibelius' 8th, but still.

[DavidW]

The original "Halloween" looks no better on Blu-Ray than it did on standard DVD.

Yeah it's very soft, but even worse than that it is the highly incorrect color timing.  It was filmed in summer and then they filtered it to make it look like fall, very orange look in the day, and then very blue at night.  The blu-ray doesn't preserve that color timing, nor does the dvd mentioned on this thread.  Only the Cundey masters do it right.  They also didn't crop it right for the bd, too many shocks are not shocking because you see Michael enter the scene before you were supposed to.

That still isn't the worse blu-ray I've seen though-- that honor goes to Black Christmas, which came out almost at the same time that Halloween did.  The difference is that these Canadians had even a lower budget, and it showed the film is extremely grainy and the movie itself is very, very soft even softer than Halloween and showing absolutely no extra detail over the dvd, and in fact both look like vhs.

[DavidW]

Anyone get a horror masterpiece that has been remastered in Blu ray that they are really impressed with?
I just ordered these two to see if they deliver the goods........

The newer ones tend to look great, but as for the older ones I was surprised with how vibrant Friday the 13th looked on bd.  Of course the surprise was probably due to how poor the dvd looked.  Ditto Dune (I know not horror), the dvd looks wretched but the blu-ray is one of the best I've seen.

[Bogey]

The newer ones tend to look great, but as for the older ones I was surprised with how vibrant Friday the 13th looked on bd.  Of course the surprise was probably due to how poor the dvd looked.  Ditto Dune (I know not horror), the dvd looks wretched but the blu-ray is one of the best I've seen.

There is talk that they may be given the BR treatment to the old Universal Horror films.....not sure about this as they are my favorite horror flicks of all time.....but you knew that, David.

[DavidW]

There is talk that they may be given the BR treatment to the old Universal Horror films.....not sure about this as they are my favorite horror flicks of all time.....but you knew that, David.

Yeah they are great, especially the Mummy.  What were they 30s though?  That might be old enough to not expect that much, even though they were high budget.

[Bogey]

I've heard that TNG will but it will take along time due to the show having been mastered on sd, and it won't actually have as much potential to shine as TOS since TOS had better quality film stock.

Just watched a TNG (season 1) on our Blu-Ray player.....about the worst looking disc we have viewed as far a picture quality goes.  Mainly when the showed the ship or a planet.  Really fuzzy.

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[MN Dave]

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