Halloween II & III Steelbooks - NEW 4K TRANSFERS

[GeoffOliver]

MICHAEL MYERS & SILVER SHAMROCK STEELBOOKS!

Calling all fans of HALLOWEEN II (1981) and HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH! You’re in for a special treat this Halloween season as both films are being reissued from us in limited-edition Steelbook® packaging! Read on for more details:

- Official Release Date for is October 9th (and just ahead of the new Halloween film that stalks into theaters Oct 19th).

- Only 10,000 of each steelbook are being produced.

- Steelbooks will be shrinkwrapped. The Blu-rays included inside will have the same content (but with different disc label art) that is currently available in their respective Collector Edition releases but with one big exception: We are doing a NEW 4K scan film transfer on both!

- The artwork you see pictured on both come to us from by artist Nathanael Marsh (who also illustrated our prior John Carpenter-themed steelbooks). If you order directly from our site, your packaging will also include a 28.5” x 16.5” rolled lithograph of the illustrations. The litho will not be available elsewhere and only 1,000 of them each are being made.

Pre-order links on our site:

HALLOWEEN II: https://www.shoutfactory.com/…/hallo...mited-edition…
HALLOWEEN III: https://www.shoutfactory.com/…/hallo...eason-of-the-…

[lilboyblu]

You were scooped.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=307327
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=307328

[GeoffOliver]

Sorry, I don't really visit the steelbook sub-forum and completely forgot it existed, but I guess this is a bigger deal than usual since they're new discs with new transfers.

I wonder if Scream Factory will release the new discs in standard packaging, like they did with Fargo. If so I'll probably swap out the discs in my complete collection with those.

[Donl1282]

New 4K scan transfer... will they likely be released on 4K UHD later?

[GeoffOliver]

No new extras. They might also have subtitles for those that want/need them, since the old discs are from back when Shout! discs didn't have them.

Universal might release them to UHD down the line unless Shout! starts releasing discs in that format.

[DenOfEarth]

Hope they look better than ever.

[Nailwraps]

Both pre-ordered!!!

The only thing that can make this more excellent is if Lionsgate/Anchor Bay announce a 40th anniversary edition of the original.

[JohnCarpenterFan]

Hopefully they go back to the original negatives. SF's 4K IP scans have been pretty lacklustre.

Kind of a waste scanning IPs in 4K then scaling them down to 1080p. Even a 2K scan of the negative would look much better in 1080p if done right.

[The Great Owl]

Argh...haha. I already own the stand-alone Scream Factory discs and the Scream Factory box set.

I'm all in for the 4K transfers, though. I love the first three movies.

[RickWJ324]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Argh...haha. I already own the stand-alone Scream Factory discs and the Scream Factory box set.

I'm all in for the 4K transfers, though. I love the first three movies.

Are these really a big upgrade from the discs in the 15 disc set? I've bought and re-bought these movies so many times on every format...just wondering how much of an improvement these movies would be over the deluxe boxed set that I currently have.
--Rick

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by JohnCarpenterFan

Hopefully they go back to the original negatives. SF's 4K IP scans have been pretty lacklustre.

Kind of a waste scanning IPs in 4K then scaling them down to 1080p. Even a 2K scan of the negative would look much better in 1080p if done right.

Do you feel original negatives are better than IPs?

[JohnCarpenterFan]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

Do you feel original negatives are better than IPs?

Well they are the original element which IPs are then derived from. There's loss of detail between every step from OCN>release prints.

[takeasneededforpain]

Shame that isn't the '78 original with the classic poster art in steel form.

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by takeasneededforpain

Shame that isn't the '78 original with the classic poster art in steel form.

You mean, like this?

[takeasneededforpain]

Originally Posted by Martoto

You mean, like this?

Nice!!!!

I assume the mono mix is screwed up on that though right???

[MrVorhees]

Originally Posted by takeasneededforpain

Nice!!!!

I assume the mono mix is screwed up on that though right???

I own this edition. I've watched the Blu-ray a couple of times, i personally didn't notice anything wrong with the audio, quite the opposite, it sounds good to me.

[BNex99]

Originally Posted by MrVorhees

I own this edition. I've watched the Blu-ray a couple of times, i personally didn't notice anything wrong with the audio, quite the opposite, it sounds good to me.

The 35th Anniversary Edition included a mono fold-down of the remix instead of the actual original mono soundtrack. It was corrected for the box set the following year (and an additional commentary was added). Not sure if it was ever fixed on later pressings of the single disc version.

An easy way to tell right off the bat are the extra thunderclaps during Dr. Loomis's first scene in the car.

[takeasneededforpain]

Originally Posted by MrVorhees

I own this edition. I've watched the Blu-ray a couple of times, i personally didn't notice anything wrong with the audio, quite the opposite, it sounds good to me.

Does it have the mono mix??

[Worship.my.wreck]

Double dipping for sure. Esp finally for H2, it looks amazing!

[Donl1282]

Hope they do the same for Psycho 2-4 4K scan and steelbook.