The horror fan's BD buyers guide

[DenOfEarth]

Are you a horror fan? if so, then if your starting with collecting genre BDs, here are the best ones in each category worth owning.

Best Picture quality (Classic): As in films from the 30s to 70s.

Psycho.
Jaws.
The Exorcist.
Alien.
Halloween.
The Island of Lost Souls.
Rosemary's Baby.
Vampire Circus.
Twins of Evil.
King Kong.
Godzilla (Criterion).
Zombie: 2-disc 30th anniversary edition.

Best Picture quality (modern): Now modern horror means from 1980 to today.
Pan's Labyrinth.
Drag Me to Hell.
The Crow.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow.
The Thing (1982).
The Evil Dead.
Evil Dead 2 25th anniversary Edition.
My Bloody Valentine 1981.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
Videodrome.
Halloween 2 (1981) (Shout edition).
Halloween 3.
Prometheus.
Dawn of the Dead 2004.
Aliens.
Grindhouse.
Night of the Creeps.
The Descent.
The Nightmare Before Christmas.
The Hills Have Eyes 2006.

Best BD exclusives: It's hard to know when a BD is superior to DVD in terms of extras but some studios can slip a BD exclusive in some bonus content, here are the best buys just for their BD exclusive content.

Mimic Director's Cut.
Jaws. (The Shark is Still Working documentary)
Halloween 2 Universal release. (This one is worth owning just only for "Terror in The Aisles" which makes it's HD debut and exclusive on this BD and you can still own the Scream edition).
Alien Quadrilogy.
Trick R Treat.
Young Frankenstein.

Best Sound: What can i say, it's a diffcult one to categorize but these ones have the best ones to try out on your home theater system with the finest soundtracks to rattle your system.

Hellboy 2. (Yes the film is a mix of horror, fantasy, comedy and action yet the film has incredible lossless DTS MA 7.1 surround sound to take your ears to sensations)
Jaws. (Audiophiles will be pleased at the new 7.1 loseless remastered soundtrack but don't worry the original mono is included too)
Jurassic Park.
The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Alien.
Aliens.
Drag Me to Hell.
Pan's Labyrinth.
Psycho.

Best supplements:
The Monster Squad (Lionsgate).
An American Werewolf in London.
The Howling.
Alien Quadrilogy.
Jaws.
Phantasm 2.
Halloween 2 (Scream) and Halloween 3.
Evil Dead 2: 25th anniversary Edition.
The Crow.
Prometheus: 4-disc Collector's Edition.
Videodrome.
Grindhouse.

Best region free BD: Not every BD is here in the US but some US residents don't always realize that some foreign release BDs can play on US based players. Some can be purchased on Amazon.Com or Amazon.Com.UK or DiabolikDVD or Arrowfilms.

Vamp (Arrow). (Better than the crappy Image BD has this has crisp picture/sound/coloring with extras abound to please anyone who enjoyed this movie and a must own for fans of this cult fave)
A Bay of Blood (Arrow). (Quality picture here)
Let The Right One In (Optimum) (This one has more extras than the US release).
Dawn of the Dead (1978) Arrow.

Best upgrade BDs: Is your goal to upgrade your DVD collection BDs into high definition? here are the best ones money can buy with quality picture/sound and extras that made the DVDs so special yet even better here.

Jaws.
Alien.
Jurassic Park.
Night of the Creeps.
Little Shop of Horrors Director's Cut. (Plenty of reasons to upgrade from your DVD is for some of the extras but also for the director's cut with a long lost 20 minute alternate ending in restored picture/color/sound quality but fans don't worry the theatrical happy ending cut is included)
Halloween 2 (Scream) and Halloween 3.
The Fog.
They Live.


Best 3D: 'nuff said.
Prometheus 4-disc Collector's Edition.
My Bloody Valentine 3D.
Piranha 3D.
The Final Destination.


Best Boxsets and multi-packs: Want the best bang for your buck? these packages contain great content imaginable.

Universal Classic Monsters.
Blood Trilogy. (Unexpected vivid coloring and 3 movies on one disc being Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs and Color Me Blood red with extras abound)
The Nightmare on Elm Street collection.
Alien Anthology.
Scream Trilogy Collection.
The Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection.
Jurassic Park Trilogy. (Yes the franchise is Sci-fi/horror/adventure)

They May Surprise You BDs: When coming to something like this you think i'd be pimping Jaws, Alien, Evil Dead, Halloween etc. which are well known titles but what about those more obscure titles you wouldn't consider worthy of a BD purchase, well these titles may surprise you not just for their extras but for their amazing PQ transfers and SQ.

Intruder.
Frankenhooker.
From Beyond.
Lifeforce.
Prison.
Ticks. (Only one extra which is a commentary but that's ok but what matters is the crisp solid transfer it has)
Amer.
Ninja III The Dominion.
Santa Sangre.
Hardware.
The Funhouse.


Worst BDs: I can't give the best without presenting the worst BDs that anyone could "accidentally" own and there is alot sometimes, these are BDs to avoid at all cost.
Machine Girl.
Ichi The Killer.
Night of the Living Dead 1990.
Dead Alive.
Jacob's Ladder.
Dog Soldiers.
Gremlins.
Ichi The Killer.
Deadly Spawn.
The Crazies 1973.
The Hill have Eyes 1977. (Stick to your old 2-disc DVD from AB and you get better picture quality than this lousy BD)
Black Christmas (1974).
Halloween H2O.
Dead and Buried.

Name your picks out of any of these categories?