Fright night part 2 (1988)

[UFOX]

Hello,
Can somebody tell me more about this release?

Fright Night part 2 on blu-ray,

-Is the disc pressed or is it a bd-r?
-can the subtitles turned off?

http://https://www.amazon.es/gp/aw/d/B01LHC2LJM?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=&tag=bluraycom06-21

Many thanks in advance!!

[hansolo]

You might want to follow "Fright Night Part II" thread on Germany board. Somebody there ordered copy from Spain but have not received it yet.

I would assume subtitles can be turned off because there is also option of English subtitles. But better wait reports from users who actually have the disc.

Then there is also question if Spanish edition will have correct stereo audio unlike the first German edition.

[WilsonBros]

Originally Posted by hansolo

You might want to follow [url=https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=12680015&postcount=303]I would assume subtitles can be turned off because there is also option of English subtitles..

I have a couple of other dubious Spanish releaees, and they come with the option to remove the subs when playing in English. The only thing to watch is that they often default to Spanish from startup.

[Region_unlocked]

I said it in the German thread and I'll say it again here, this disc looks like a bootleg to me:

1. It's from Spain (TONS of boots from there)
2. Region free
3. From what I can see on the Amazon listing there's no label attached to it
4. The text at the bottom mentions that the movie is copyrighted but it doesn't say who the holder is

I hope it's real, cause it's a lot cheaper than the German disc, but right now I'm not really convinced.

[WilsonBros]

Things don't bode well for this release. It has no distributor logo or even name on it, and they list is as starring "Merrick Butrcik"

It's also bloody odd that the one review at Amazon.es claims it's in 5.1, when the case says 2.0.

[alexf187]

Originally Posted by WilsonBros

Things don't bode well for this release. It has no distributor logo or even name on it, and they list is as starring "Merrick Butrcik"

It's also bloody odd that the one review at Amazon.es claims it's in 5.1, when the case says 2.0.

The distributor is Resen they stopped using their logo on their releases awhile back. I reckon its because people were associating them with pirate BD-R copies. Most of the bricks and mortar stores here weren't stocking their editions now they seem to be moving away from BD-Rs.

The audio mentioned in the review at Amazon.es is only for the spanish dub it doesn't mention the english track at all.

[DMRI2006]

OK my Amazon.es shipment came in, I literally just threw the disc on so here are some very quick thoughts (without having watched it all the way through):

It's a pressed disc

English audio is mono (DTS MA 2.0), so it could well be a "port" of the German transfer

Subtitles aren't turned on

Region-free

Transfer looks decent, BD-25 with AVC bit-rate in the low-mid 20s.

Only extra is the trailer, which looks like it was ripped off Youtube

For roughly $10+, seems to be passable outside of the audio -- will do until something better comes along.

[UFOX]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

OK my Amazon.es shipment came in, I literally just threw the disc on so here are some very quick thoughts (without having watched it all the way through):

It's a pressed disc

English audio is mono (DTS MA 2.0), so it could well be a "port" of the German transfer

Subtitles aren't turned on

Region-free

Transfer looks decent, BD-25 with AVC bit-rate in the low-mid 20s.

Only extra is the trailer, which looks like it was ripped off Youtube

For roughly $10+, seems to be passable outside of the audio -- will do until something better comes along.

Thank you for all the info!
It's doesn't cost as much as the German release,so i gonna pick it up!

[oddbox83]

Got mine today. Definitely a pressed disc. I still don't know whether it's official or a bootleg, but it's significantly cheaper than the German disc so I'm happy until something better comes along. I won't retire my pan and scan DVD-R off-air just yet though, as it has the stereo audio.

[JMDiaz718]

I received my copy over the weekend. I was worried at first, because after the blood red warning appears, the movie would just go back to my player menu. I have a 3D player in my living room. I was thinking I had a defective disc. I went up to my bedroom and slipped the disc in and it played fine.

BTW, the picture is beautiful. It looks awesome and it's in it's original aspect ratio.

[Behemot]

The image froze about 4-5 times when I watched it a couple of weeks ago; otherwise it looked and sounded fine to me.

[odriley]

Anyone got a link to a custom insert I could print out? To swap with the Spanish one.


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[Davidian]

Originally Posted by odriley

Anyone got a link to a custom insert I could print out? To swap with the Spanish one.


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Yeah I did one:

[WilsonBros]

Did one as well. OK, it's a crap picture....

frnt2.jpg

[Kilgore Trout]

I got this one a few weeks back. As previously said the sound is unfortunately mono. I spent a lot of time with this movie the past two weeks as I ripped the audio from the laserdisc to decode it in surround (it's Ultra Stereo), and although I was aware of the risk of it being mono, it was not really an issue since I could also include the undecoded stereo from my rip. However, the worst part is that there are at least four encoding errors (@Behemot: did it freeze in the staircase scene with Regine and Peter, and also when Peter arrives at the loony bin? That might explain it). I'll end up buying the German edition anyway, which hopefully doesn't have these encoding issues.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by Kilgore Trout

I got this one a few weeks back. As previously said the sound is unfortunately mono. I spent a lot of time with this movie the past two weeks as I ripped the audio from the laserdisc to decode it in surround (it's Ultra Stereo), and although I was aware of the risk of it being mono, it was not really an issue since I could also include the undecoded stereo from my rip. However, the worst part is that there are at least four encoding errors (@Behemot: did it freeze in the staircase scene with Regine and Peter, and also when Peter arrives at the loony bin? That might explain it). I'll end up buying the German edition anyway, which hopefully doesn't have these encoding issues.

What made you buy a bootleg blu-ray movie in the first place because, you knew that Fright Night 2 was not originally recorded in mono, so that's a major flaw besides the other defected playing issues encoded in the piracy production, and you've purchased it anyway.

[Kilgore Trout]

Originally Posted by slimdude

What made you buy a bootleg blu-ray movie in the first place because, you knew that Fright Night 2 was not originally recorded in mono, so that's a major flaw besides the other defected playing issues encoded in the piracy production, and you've purchased it anyway.

1. I wasn't sure it's a bootleg, now I am. I didn't know there were also video encoding issues on this one either. The purpose of my post was to inform potential customers, be it a bootleg or not. Given your reaction I think next time I'll keep it under my hat (just kidding here, I'm not that kind, but you get the point).

2. The German is confirmed mono, and though 84 Entertainment ran a replacement campaign (for only two weeks!) in the end of August, I was unable to buy it by then and now they would refuse to replace it. Go to Amazon.de and check the first post, it's from a US buyer (using a machine translator) who thought he'd get a correct disc by buying it in December, thinking Amazon would have replaced them buy then. No cigar! Even Amazon doesn't give a fig.

3. I'm not rich so I preferred to chance the Spanish one which might have been stereo. Would 84 Entertainment or Amazon be honest to their customers I would of course have bought the official one, but given the high price it was too much a risk. I lost to the Spanish one, but not a lot.

4. When some companies will stop taking their customers for idiots then perhaps bootlegs/piracy will disappear.

[theimpcaiman]

So I ordered the Blu-Ray from Amazon from Spain for the German one was out of print. Got it and popped it in my Blu-Ray. It plays the warning and then stops and goes back to the player's menu. It does this in all players except my PlayStation 4. It claims to be Region Free but I'm starting to doubt this. My PS4 is region free so I at least got to see how nice it looked and sounded.

Anyone else have this problem, found a solution to it to get it to play in their players? Is this a disc issue or any info would be helpful.

[philip74]

Could anyone be so kind to send me a custom cover for this. Best case scenario the US bootleg one with the white artwork, as I can`t find it anywhere online.
Much appreciated and thanks in advance!

[Alan Fraser]

Originally Posted by theimpcaiman

So I ordered the Blu-Ray from Amazon from Spain for the German one was out of print. Got it and popped it in my Blu-Ray. It plays the warning and then stops and goes back to the player's menu. It does this in all players except my PlayStation 4. It claims to be Region Free but I'm starting to doubt this. My PS4 is region free so I at least got to see how nice it looked and sounded.

Anyone else have this problem, found a solution to it to get it to play in their players? Is this a disc issue or any info would be helpful.

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No one responded to you and I've been wondering about these discs too, as I've had playback issues as well... but now I have a little info to pass on.
I ordered a copy of the 2016 blu-ray release of Fright Night Part 2 (1988) from the Amazon Spain site as well, back in 2017 - the decision came after Amazon's partner blu-ray.com had listed this as region free.
My Sony blu-ray players wouldn't play anything but the copyright, too, so I contacted Amazon (U.S.) instead of dealing with their Spain site.
They assisted in getting another copy for me - and that one wouldn't play either.
Given all the evidence that this may be listed wrong, Amazon (U.S.) assisted me in obtaining a refund instead of going through all the BS of sending both back to Spain.
In the last year, I've ordered several Sony 4k players and had issues with ALL of them.
Amazon allowed me to exchange units and eventually a refund and I gave up on searching for a decent low end 4k player for a while.
Several months ago as I grew sick and tired of looking at the 4k discs I purchased during the holiday sales, I finally found a mid level priced 4k player that didn't give me too many issues (Panasonic).
I don't have a PS 4 or any gaming system so I don't know what this disc will play on... until I recently found these discs and tried them on the Panasonic 4k player - they played.
Sony has given me another reason to look elsewhere for players and the Panasonic 4k player didn't have an issue with this or other (Australia) DVD discs.
I hope this helps you and others who may be looking at purchasing the Part 2 version of this movie, especially now as the original Fright Night movie is getting a 4k release on October 4, 2022 and may look at adding the Part 2 blu-ray to their collection.