Halloween 4K UHD (1978)

[halloween5309]

i would like to get the tv version with subtitles, i have an old netflix bd disc with the mono track on it

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by CreasyBear

The only Scream Factory release where I actually use the new cover is Escape from LA. That is a fine cover and better than the original poster. The Escape from NY is pretty good too. Besides those, every other release I own with a new cover is dogshit.

Paul Shipper’s ones are usually pretty dang good, if a little heavy on floating heads. Everyone else Shout uses….eeeeeesh

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by themadbutcher

Big agree. Shout only seems to work with the same 3-4 artists recently and while their style might fit a certain movie, it completely fails for others. It looks like the Halloween covers might be from Joel Robinson. His artwork for HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, MY BLOODY VALENTINE and TEXAS CHAINSAW 2 are amazing.



On the other end, these are pretty garish and terrible.

I actually like that Exorcist art.

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by Snikt

So…I thought the general consensus was the original UHD release of Halloween was very good? So what are the odds SF outdoes the Lionsgate 4K disc?

Only if they include the original mono and fix the aspect ratio issue that’s almost impossible to notice. All previous extras(including boxset exclusive ones) and some new ones would be nice, too.

[Xephix]

If they put the same effort they did for the Friday the 13th boxset we should be fine.

[battlechateau]

If memory serves, I remember reading somewhere in the Halloween Complete Collection that when mixing the Extended scenes in, there was the slightest bit of an adui mixing issue right after Loomis speaks to young Michael as the screen cuts to "Smith's Grove, Illinois". If this is right, hopefully SF corrects it this time around.

[Nosferatu31]

Originally Posted by Xephix

If they put the same effort they did for the Friday the 13th boxset we should be fine.

So that means 3 of the 5 films will need replacement discs.

[BluProofie]

I wish the specs for these leaked instead of the art lol

[dcx4610]

Damn shame these weren't used instead.

[VIDEOgameDROME]

FAH just put out a video recommending people follow GeekGab lol One of his images had GeekGab's watermark on it. He also said From Dusk Till Dawn was directed by Tarantino and that Unbreakable came out in the late 90's. Jfc.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by VIDEOgameDROME

FAH just put out a video recommending people follow GeekGab

A match made in hell.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by Xephix

If they put the same effort they did for the Friday the 13th boxset we should be fine.

This.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

I heard Anchor Bay/Lionsgate's distribution rights to Halloween 1, 4 and 5 expired and reverted back to Trancas International Films. First off, when Lionsgate acquired Anchor Bay, they got the video rights to Halloween 1/4/5 renewed and carried over from the previous licence with Trancas. Lionsgate probably couldn't renew and Shout made $,$$$,$$$ offers to Trancas (who they worked with for Hell Night) to swoop them up, so that would make sense.
Yes, Shout have worked with Lionsgate and Miramax for title inclusions in the last Halloween boxset at the time, but that went OOP and only II and III remained in print from their Universal deal. Lionsgate rarely ever sub-licence aside from inclusions in box sets, let alone big titles they control with UHD rights. Also, if H1/4/5 did come from a Lionsgate sub-licence, then we'd be getting another LE boxset and not individual releases. If this is the case, expect the Lionsgate/AB releases to slowly go OOP physically and digital versions get delisted.

I also hear that Shout and Dean Cundey did a totally new 4k HDR master from the OCN for Halloween, so it will definitely not be using the 2016 Lionsgate HDR master. Halloween II and Season of the Witch are completely new 4k HDR transfers from the OCNs by Universal, and not the 4k SDR IP scans Shout did for the steelbooks. Shout also did totally new 4k HDR transfers for 4&5, as the old Anchor Bay HD masters are really starting to show their age.

Shout may have gotten the Miramax produced Halloween sequels from Paramount before they ceased licencing. But since Paramount haven't licenced any Miramax titles and seems to be on a role with remastering them in 4k HDR with Scream and From Dusk till Dawn to go by, they'll probably end up coming from them.

[eledoremassis02]

Wonder if the Shout Pre-order will include alternate slips with the theatrical posters...bet they'd make bank doing that lol

[plissken99]

Originally Posted by jayman3

What a downgrade…

Yeah I’m having a hard time actually putting my steelbook up for sale lol.

[Martoto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfxr...ature=youtu.be

[dylrichard02]

Originally Posted by VIDEOgameDROME

FAH just put out a video recommending people follow GeekGab lol One of his images had GeekGab's watermark on it. He also said From Dusk Till Dawn was directed by Tarantino and that Unbreakable came out in the late 90's. Jfc.

Unwatchable.

EDIT: He said that Fox did the 4K transfer for Unbreakable when the previous Blu ray came from Disney.

EDIT 2: He said that Arrow will release the 4K of Highlander. What sense does that make?
Also, "I'm not going to blow up scream factories announcement, but they are releasing Halloween 1-5 on 4K."

[bobbyh64]

Originally Posted by bradnoyes

I'd love someone to do a cover that is a take on this shot:



It always has been and always will be one of the most affecting and evocative shots in any horror movie and for me it defines what is so creepy and unsettling about the movie and Michael Myers himself.

Fun fact: that’s Debra Hill playing Myers in that shot.

[GeoffOliver]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

I heard Anchor Bay/Lionsgate's distribution rights to Halloween 1, 4 and 5 expired and reverted back to Trancas International Films. First off, when Lionsgate acquired Anchor Bay, they got the video rights to Halloween 1/4/5 renewed and carried over from the previous licence with Trancas. Lionsgate probably couldn't renew and Shout made $,$$$,$$$ offers to Trancas (who they worked with for Hell Night) to swoop them up, so that would make sense.
Yes, Shout have worked with Lionsgate and Miramax for title inclusions in the last Halloween boxset at the time, but that went OOP and only II and III remained in print from their Universal deal. Lionsgate rarely ever sub-licence aside from inclusions in box sets, let alone big titles they control with UHD rights. Also, if H1/4/5 did come from a Lionsgate sub-licence, then we'd be getting another LE boxset and not individual releases. If this is the case, expect the Lionsgate/AB releases to slowly go OOP physically and digital versions get delisted.

I also hear that Shout and Dean Cundey did a totally new 4k HDR master from the OCN for Halloween, so it will definitely not be using the 2016 Lionsgate HDR master. Halloween II and Season of the Witch are completely new 4k HDR transfers from the OCNs by Universal, and not the 4k SDR IP scans Shout did for the steelbooks. Shout also did totally new 4k HDR transfers for 4&5, as the old Anchor Bay HD masters are really starting to show their age.

Shout may have gotten the Miramax produced Halloween sequels from Paramount before they ceased licencing. But since Paramount haven't licenced any Miramax titles and seems to be on a role with remastering them in 4k HDR with Scream and From Dusk till Dawn to go by, they'll probably end up coming from them.

Lionsgate was not involved in the 2014 Shout Factory boxset. Curse, H20, and Resurrection were licensed straight from Miramax, apparently for a deal specific to the boxset. Lionsgate's logo and name is nowhere to be found anywhere amongst the sea of logos on the bottom, or on any of the individual packages.

I guess a new scan for Halloween sort of makes sense considering the 2013 remaster IS 8 years old now (by comparison, the previous Divimax transfer was 10 years old at that point), but I doubt we'd see that much of a difference. I thought it looked pretty definitive, and it seems like a waste to drag Dean Cundey and the OCN out again for yet another new scan. They could just use the previous scan and just run a new HDR pass with more color correction.

[bobbyh64]

Originally Posted by jstxanothrxstory

I can only assume whoever designed this has never actually seen the original Friday the 13th.

Nor the people who approved it.