Umbrella August, Sept & Oct Releases

[Anamnesis]

Horror fans rejoice, over the next few months Umbrella will be releasing some absolute classics on Blu-ray!!

August 7th
A River Runs Through It

September 8th
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead (2 Disc)
Day of the Dead (2 Disc)

October 13th
Shallow Grave
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Bad Boy Bubby

Most will be feature packed with most extras ported from the Special Edition DVD's

[majestic1]

Is that the 74 original Chainsaw Massacre? I don't think the remake is out here yet either. Anyway, looking forward to the Dead movies!

[Anamnesis]

Originally Posted by majestic1

Is that the 74 original Chainsaw Massacre? I don't think the remake is out here yet either. Anyway, looking forward to the Dead movies!

Yep, Tobe Hooper's Original

Will post cover art as soon as I get my scanner working again

[LordCrumb]

I'll be getting these (even though I have imports of TCM,Day,Dawn);

September 8th
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead (2 Disc)
Day of the Dead (2 Disc)

October 13th
Shallow Grave
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Bad Boy Bubby

[kobeson]

How are we expecting Romero's three films, and TCM to look?

[LordCrumb]

I'd say TCM will be the Dark Sky transfer, and Dawn, Day will be Arrow UK, so all in all thumbs-up for all.

[blu-bren]

how are Umbrella's Blurays and also Beyond's bluray, as far as PQ , AQ ?

[kobeson]

Originally Posted by KaiGusto

I'd say TCM will be the Dark Sky transfer, and Dawn, Day will be Arrow UK, so all in all thumbs-up for all.

Sounds good

[thetechnique]

Does anyone kNow if bad boybubby ended up being released I can't find it in Any stores?

[Anamnesis]

Originally Posted by thetechnique

Does anyone kNow if bad boybubby ended up being released I can't find it in Any stores?

Yes it has been released, but for some reason no one seems to have stocked that or Shallow Grave, but my wholesaler definitely has stock of both titles.

[donuthaters12]

Is the PQ and AQ of A River Runs Through It similar to Sony's?

[Boschy]

Originally Posted by donuthaters12

Is the PQ and AQ of A River Runs Through It similar to Sony's?

I have the US Blu-ray of this film. The local one was listed as 1.66:1 and I wanted the 1.85:1 ratio. Plus the US disk got rave reviews for PQ, so that's what I bought.

Superb transfer as expected, but I haven't read anything about the Umbrella yet, good or bad. But I'm assuming it can't be the US master due to the ratio difference.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by donuthaters12

Is the PQ and AQ of A River Runs Through It similar to Sony's?

Originally Posted by Boschy

I have the US Blu-ray of this film. The local one was listed as 1.66:1 and I wanted the 1.85:1 ratio. Plus the US disk got rave reviews for PQ, so that's what I bought.

Superb transfer as expected, but I haven't read anything about the Umbrella yet, good or bad. But I'm assuming it can't be the US master due to the ratio difference.

I own the disc and the database listing has the correct specs.



It's just the back cover that lists the incorrect ratio. It is actually 1.86:1, very close to the 1.84:1 the US disc has. It is a different transfer and encode. Ours is softer but it also happens to have a much warmer and slightly more saturated look to it.

The audio quality is fine and I suspect similar if not the same as the US disc.

As for which is better, well the US is sharper looking but I like the colours better on our disc. Audio is pretty much no difference. That leaves special features. The US has a couple of features including a 30 minute and 16 min doco. Ours has a 55 min doco.

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by atexp80

I own the disc and the database listing has the correct specs.



It's just the back cover that lists the incorrect ratio. It is actually 1.86:1, very close to the 1.84:1 the US disc has. It is a different transfer and encode. Ours is softer but it also happens to have a much warmer and slightly more saturated look to it.

The audio quality is fine and I suspect similar if not the same as the US disc.

As for which is better, well the US is sharper looking but I like the colours better on our disc. Audio is pretty much no difference. That leaves special features. The US has a couple of features including a 30 minute and 16 min doco. Ours has a 55 min doco.

It's also $8 at K-Mart. The U.S disc is currently listed for $10, which is over $15 when you factor in the exchange rate and shipping.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

It's also $8 at K-Mart. The U.S disc is currently listed for $10, which is over $15 when you factor in the exchange rate and shipping.

That too.

[Caustic]

These things are cheap as chips now.