Total Terror 1: Demonic / Uninvited - "What an epic disaster of a release."

[Q?]

Total Terror 1: Demonic / Uninvited

So who's getting this?

I might get this if it's region free, just to see how bad it is, I found the review entertaining, also felt a little sorry for the reviewer who had to do this.

[threefiftyrocket]

Originally Posted by Q!

Total Terror 1: Demonic / Uninvited

So who's getting this?

I might get this if it's region free, just to see how bad it is, I found the review entertaining, also felt a little sorry for the reviewer who had to do this.

Don't do it Q! Resist temptation! You can never get that $6.00 back...

[bfellow]

Peter Benchley's the Beast was pretty bad PQ as it was 480i upconverted to 720p.

[Scooby Blu]

Originally Posted by Q!

Total Terror 1: Demonic / Uninvited

So who's getting this?

I might get this if it's region free, just to see how bad it is, I found the review entertaining, also felt a little sorry for the reviewer who had to do this.

I was enjoying the review of this horrific blu ray as well.

[Clark Kent]

I owned these movies on DVD. Demonic looked awful on DVD, I do not believe it was shot with anything more than a low-grade camcorder.

[Crimson King]

This is the company that released the Gamera twofer... MILL CREEK

[Arkadin]

I wish if a company like Mill Creek was going to release a blu-ray maybe at least make it something worth releasing, like the Monogram John Wayne films for example.
I have the 2 disc dvd release of a bunch of those films that they put out that I got at BB for like $5; why not release those?
If they used some decent prints, the 1080p bump alone would make it a very worthwhile release.
this crap is just a total waste of time.

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

I wish if a company like Mill Creek was going to release a blu-ray maybe at least make it something worth releasing, like the Monogram John Wayne films for example.
I have the 2 disc dvd release of a bunch of those films that they put out that I got at BB for like $5; why not release those?
If they used some decent prints, the 1080p bump alone would make it a very worthwhile release.
this crap is just a total waste of time.

You're talking about films like The Star Packer and Randy Rides Alone, right?

[OrlandoEastwood]

I will be buying this. I'm big on obscure and foreign stuff. $5 + Shipping ain't bad.

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

I will be buying this. I'm big on obscure and foreign stuff. $5 + Shipping ain't bad.

wish they would release some of their spaghetti westerns on blu!

[OrlandoEastwood]

My favorite Mill Creek DVD is the Spirited Killer Trilogy. The first film is Tony Jaa's first acting gig. Now, if they could correct the problems with the DVD and do a Blu-ray release, that would be great.

For the first film:
2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
Thai Audio
English Dub Audio
AND ENGLISH SUBS (Which is missing on the first film)!!!

Second film:
2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO (Aspect ratio is stretched from SCOPE to MATTED)
Thai Audio
English Subs

Third film:
Again: 2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO (Aspect ratio is stretched from SCOPE to MATTED)
Thai Audio
English Subs

I made this mock up cover art from the DVD and cropped the bottom off of the cover:


The English dubbing on the first film is F**KING HILARIOUS!!! I recommend the English dubbing if you need a good laugh.

[Arkadin]

yeah those are the ones.

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

My favorite Mill Creek DVD is the Spirited Killer Trilogy. The first film is Tony Jaa's first acting gig. Now, if they could correct the problems with the DVD and do a Blu-ray release, that would be great.

For the first film:
2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
Thai Audio
English Dub Audio
AND ENGLISH SUBS (Which is missing on the first film)!!!

Second film:
2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO (Aspect ratio is stretched from SCOPE to MATTED)
Thai Audio
English Subs

Third film:
Again: 2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO (Aspect ratio is stretched from SCOPE to MATTED)
Thai Audio
English Subs

I made this mock up cover art from the DVD and cropped the bottom off of the cover:


The English dubbing on the first film is F**KING HILARIOUS!!! I recommend the English dubbing if you need a good laugh.

are the transfers anamorpic on the DVD?

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by BillyJack

are the transfers anamorpic on the DVD?

Yeap



Spirited Killer is 2.59 GB.
Spirited Killers is 2.66 GB.
Spirited Killers: Ghost War is 2.48 GB.

Total is 7.74 GB.

[bboisvert]

Since the blu-ray's quality is terrible anyway, those looking to torture themselves with these movies should maybe look at Mill Creek's DVD set:
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Bath-12-.../dp/B003VOVW22

It includes 10 additional movies and is only $5.49.

[McCrutchy]

I have a huge problem with these types of releases, and it's akin to the problems with the Dragon Dynasty releases as well:

If you (i.e. the distributor) are not willing to put the proper time and effort into a BD release, and if you are instead willing to knowingly encode poor (technical) quality masters of poor quality films onto the format simply to use the new format as a sales platform, then please, save your money and go DVD-only.

At this point, in 2010, releases like "Total Terror 1" are exactly the kinds of releases that should be DVD-only--if anything. It makes me angry to think that there are distributors who will pay more for BD media and authoring, when what they wish to release only mars the reputation of the Blu-ray Disc format. I would greatly prefer, that instead of pumping out dozens of poor-quality releases, these people diverted that money to obtaining well-made catalog films and restoring/remastering them properly for BD. If they do not have the funds to do so, then they should not consider using the Blu-ray format until it has become as widely and inexpensively available as DVD is now.

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by BillyJack

This is the company that released the Gamera twofer... MILL CREEK

Ahh the legendary Mill Creek...I don't think I actually own any MC releases, but I know enough to know what the name means.

[OrlandoEastwood]

I just finished Demonic. And all I have to ask is; "Was there a script?"

Seriously, this film is nothing but jumbled non-sense. I'm just going to say that this film is nothing but

[Show spoiler]an excuse to show nudity for 84 minutes

. Literally, that's it,

[Show spoiler]tits and ass with those s**ty 50 cent gumball machine Bubba Redneck Teeth

for 84 minutes. And, Tom Savini,

[Show spoiler]is barely in it. He's in it for two minutes tops

. All of the money must have went into getting him to appear in this garbage.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give Demonic a 1/10.

Now, let's talk audio and video...

Video, I don't know what's wrong with it. It's got these weird vertical lines that pop up constantly in certain shots. It's really soft too. I'd give it a 1.5/5.

Audio, it's ok. 2.5/5.

[Crimson King]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

I just finished Demonic. And all I have to ask is; "Was there a script?"

Seriously, this film is nothing but jumbled non-sense. I'm just going to say that this film is nothing but

[Show spoiler]an excuse to show nudity for 84 minutes

. Literally, that's it,

[Show spoiler]tits and ass with those s**ty 50 cent gumball machine Bubba Redneck Teeth

for 84 minutes. And, Tom Savini,

[Show spoiler]is barely in it. He's in it for two minutes tops

. All of the money must have went into getting him to appear in this garbage.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give Demonic a 1/10.

Now, let's talk audio and video...

Video, I don't know what's wrong with it. It's got these weird vertical lines that pop up constantly in certain shots. It's really soft too. I'd give it a 1.5/5.

Audio, it's ok. 2.5/5.

The other film The Uninvited is much better, and just like Tom Savani, the late Jack Elam (who has 1st billing by the way) is only in it for one scene in the beginning (betcha he worked one day and probably got "scale" for being in the fiilm)

[OrlandoEastwood]

Will Uninvited make it worth the $6 on this one? I mean, I'll probably watch Demonic every Halloween for fun.