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Originally Posted by AllAboutMatt
I'm torn right now. I don't know if I should go with the indicator releases (better transfers) or with this set (better value). Anyone want to try and sway my opinion to a certain side?
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If the upcoming Mill Creek set does not contain the restored version of “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” then I highly recommend that you buy the Powerhouse/Indicator Region Free Blu-ray --
The movie suffers terribly (flat/colorless/littered with dirt) on the old DVD and the USA Mill Creek Blu-ray. Really robs you of the experience of this excellent film. And it is one of Hammer’s best.
It presently only sells with the box set from Powerhouse/Indicator, but it will be available individually once that set sells out (which should be soon).
I may buy the Mill Creek set when the price goes down, but I do own 9 of the Hammer Films put out by Powerhouse/Indicator in the UK. All of them that I own are on All Region/Region Free discs from their company.
If you do decide to buy the Box Set from Powerhouse/Indicator, I will say that it also has their encoding of “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll” and it looks far better on the Powerhouse/Indicator Blu-ray set than on the 2-movie USA Blu-ray from Mill Creek. Not nearly as big a difference as the major restoration on “The Revenge of Frankentein,” but a difference that is certainly an improvement.