Name the best horror BDs?

[DenOfEarth]

Are you a horror fan? if so, then if your starting with collecting genre BDs, name some of best horror blu-rays in any of the categories of Best PQ, best SQ, best extras, best boxsets, best BD exclusives, best region free BDs, best BD upgrades, best 3D, They may surprise you BD titles (obscure films with great PQ/SQ and some fine extras) to the worst BDs (in terms of PQ).

Best Picture quality (Classic): As in films from the 30s to 1975.
Night of the Living Dead Criterion Collection.
Carnival of Souls: Criterion.
Psycho.
Jaws.
The Exorcist.
Cat People (1942): Criterion.
The Island of Lost Souls: Criterion.
Rosemary's Baby: Criterion.
Vampire Circus.
Twins of Evil.
King Kong.
Godzilla (Criterion).
Deep Red: Arrow Edition.


Best Picture quality (modern): Now modern horror means from 1976 to today.
Silence of the Lambs: Criterion Collection.
Pan's Labyrinth: Criterion Collection.
Re-Animator: Arrow special Edition.
Bride of Re-Animator: Arrow Special Edition.
Suspiria: 2-disc Special Edition.
The Devil's Backbone: Criterion Collection.
Cronos: Criterion Collection.
House (1977): Criterion Collection.
The Crow.
Phantasm.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow.
John Carpenter's The Thing: Collector's Edition.
The Evil Dead.
Evil Dead 2 25th anniversary Edition.
My Bloody Valentine 1981.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
Videodrome: Criterion.
Tenebre.
Phenomena.
Halloween: 35th Anniversary Edition.
The Mist.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): 40th Anniversary Edition.
Alien.
Prometheus..
Aliens.
Se7en.
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.
C.H.U.D. (Includes both cuts).
Evil Ed (includes both cuts).
The Exorcist III: Collector's Edition (Director's Cut with theatrical cut).

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: Collector's Edition.
Night of the Living Dead 1968: Criterion.
Pan's Labyrinth: Criterion.
Psycho.
The Others.
Maniac Cop.
The Strangers: Collector's Edition.
The Exorcist.
The Thing: Collector's Edition.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): 40th Anniversary Special Edition.

Best supplements:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): 40th Anniversary Special Edition.
John Carpenter's The Thing: Collector's Edition.
The Monster Squad (Lionsgate).
An American Werewolf in London.
The Howling.
Alien Quadrilogy.
Jaws.
The Gate.
Blood Diner.
Chopping Mall.
Phantasm Collection.
Darkman: Collector's Edition.
Maniac (1980): 2-disc Special Edition.
Halloween 2 (Scream) and Halloween 3 Scream Factory.
They Live.
The Fog.
Evil Dead 2: 25th anniversary Edition.
The Crow.
Prometheus: 4-disc Collector's Edition.
Videodrome.
Grindhouse.
Evil Dead (1981) Limited Edition.
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Arrow.
The Hills Have Eyes (2006).
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: Collector's Edition.
The Exorcist III Collector's Edition.
Shocker: Collector's Edition.
People Under the Stairs: Collector's Edition.



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.

Fright Night (1985) Special Edition.
Julia's Eyes: UK edition.
Mother's Day (1980): Special Edition.

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 and Aliens.
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..
Basket Case: Arrow Special Edition.
Re-Animator: Arrow Special Edition.
Child's Play Collector's Edition.
Carrie: Collector's Edition.
Misery: Collector's Edition.
John Carpenter's The Thing: Collector's Edition.
Dawn of the Dead 2004: Collector's Edition.
Drag me to Hell: Collector's Edition.
Pan's Labyrinth: Criterion Collection.
The Devil's Backbone: Criterion Collection.
The Exorcist.
The Exorcist III: Collector's Edition.
Manhunter: Collector's Edition.
Army of Darkness: Collector's Edition.
Dead Ringers: Collector's Edition.
Rabid: Collector's Edition.
Black Christmas (1974): Collector's Edition.
Lord of Illusions: Collector's Edition.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): 40th anniversary special edition 2-disc set.
Lord of Illusions: Collector's Edition.
Land of the Dead: Collector's Edition.
Slither: Collector's Edition.
Suspiria: two-disc Special Edition.
Night of the Living Dead: Criterion Collection.
Raising Cain: Collector's Edition.



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.
Halloween Collection.
Universal Classic Monsters.
Alien Anthology.
Scream Trilogy Collection.
The Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection.
Jurassic Park quadrilogy. (Yes the franchise is Sci-fi/horror/adventure)
Hellraiser Trilogy Arrow boxset.
The Vincent Price Collections.


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.

Nightbreed Director's Cut.
Intruder.
Frankenhooker.
Lifeforce.
Amer.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: Arrow special edition.
Basket Case: Arrow Special Edition.
Vamp (1986).
The Host.
Demons.
Popcorn.
The Gate II.
Lady in White.
Prince of Darkness Collector's Edition.
Lake Placid: Collector's Edition.
Phantom of the Paradise: Collector's Edition.
Bad Moon.
Santa Sangre.
Creepshow 2: Arrow Special Edition.
The Brood: Criterion Collection.
Night of the Creeps.
Street Trash.
JD's Revenge.
Splinter.
Silent Night (2012).
Silent Night Deadly Night: Collector's Edition. (Theatrical version mostly on PQ)
Hardware.
Driller Killer.
Prom Night (1980).
Curtains.
Firestarter: Collector's Edition.
Society: Arrow Edition.
Evil Ed.
The Stuff.
The Prowler.
Amsterdamned.
Julia's Eyes
Sleepaway Camp: Collector's Edition.
Slugs.
Pieces.
Jack's Back.



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 original BD.
Rabid Grannies.
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter.
Moontrap.
Night of the Living Dead 1990 Twilight Time. (I hope Scream Factory gets this and does a 2K or 4K restoration and all).
Dead Alive.
Gremlins.
Ichi The Killer.
Deadly Spawn.
Black Christmas (1974) Koch original BD, get the Scream Factory Collector's Edition you'll be happy.
Halloween H2O.

[fairmat]

Great list! I'll have to go through my collection and see if there are any titles I can add to your already impressive listing. I pretty much buy anything Scream/Shout factory releases. They do an amazing job in picture/audio quality as well as some great documentaries.

[Dailyan]

The Shout release of "The Thing" is too artificial sharpened and has a drastically different color from every prior home video release to be considered in the "Best Picture quality". Also "Halloween" was released in 1978, so it doesn't belong in "classic".

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

The Shout release of "The Thing" is too artificial sharpened and has a drastically different color from every prior home video release to be considered in the "Best Picture quality". Also "Halloween" was released in 1978, so it doesn't belong in "classic".

No way Shout's release of The Thing looks far superior than Universal's version and was supervised by the guy who worked on the cinematography and it looks/sounds better than ever.

I did have Halloween in modern horror.

[Ernest Rister]

Slightly off-topic, but I can't find a digital purchase for Damien: Omen II. Vudu, MoviesAnywhere, and iTunes have The Omen, Omen III: The Final Conflict, and even Omen IV: The Awakening (of all things), but not Damien. I loaned my Omen films on DVD to my nephew ("Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!") and he somehow managed to lose the middle chapter. Damien Omen II is garbage, but it's the first horror film I ever saw on HBO, and the first Omen film I ever saw, so despite the fact it's not exactly a good film, it's a guilty nostalgic pleasure. Was looking for it to add to my streaming collection, and it's MIA.

Guess I'll have to pick it up on Blu...or wait for a 4k release down the road.

[splintersan]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

No way Shout's release of The Thing looks far superior than Universal's version and was supervised by the guy who worked on the cinematography and it looks/sounds better than ever.

I did have Halloween in modern horror.

We don't need to really get into this as The Thing thread is full of pages and pages of debate and bickering. Shouts is definitely a little too sharpened (has haloing) and the color timing is pushed very very blue. Arrows release (region B) has better color timing, also surpervised by Dean Cundy and Mr. Carpenter as well but it's a little soft for some people. If we are talking region A then yes Scream Factorys release is the best available, if we are talking world wide then it's up to your preferences as they both are very good but different from each other. I personally own both, SF has a ridiculous amount of special features and I prefer Arrows transfer. Region Free is the way to be!

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by splintersan

We don't need to really get into this as The Thing thread is full of pages and pages of debate and bickering. Shouts is definitely a little too sharpened (has haloing) and the color timing is pushed very very blue. Arrows release (region B) has better color timing, also surpervised by Dean Cundy and Mr. Carpenter as well but it's a little soft for some people. If we are talking region A then yes Scream Factorys release is the best available, if we are talking world wide then it's up to your preferences as they both are very good but different from each other. I personally own both, SF has a ridiculous amount of special features and I prefer Arrows transfer. Region Free is the way to be!

Besides i can only play all-region BDs and Region A BDs only on my BD player and playstation 3 and 4.