Halloween 4K UHD (1978)

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by crowe-t

I hope there's a review done on this soon.

It's probably going to be a few months.

[tazz13]

Anyone found a Canadian site selling these yet?

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by tazz13

Anyone found a Canadian site selling these yet?

Unobstructed Views has them all for 38$, easily the best deal so far. It's still way too expensive, imo, so I only ordered the first 3 movies for now.

[tazz13]

Originally Posted by fred25_Ca

Unobstructed Views has them all for 38$, easily the best deal so far. It's still way too expensive, imo, so I only ordered the first 3 movies for now.

I’ve never heard of them. How are they for service, shipping, packaging, etc?

[themadbutcher]

Originally Posted by tazz13

I’ve never heard of them. How are they for service, shipping, packaging, etc?

I only ordered 2 or 3 times from them but so far, great on all accounts!

[UnbelievableMontages]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REx5cII6_mY

Cliff MacMillan talks about the transfer at 23:40.

[chad1231]

Originally Posted by tazz13

Anyone found a Canadian site selling these yet?

they should be up on amazon.ca soon id think

[d3nt0n]

Finally gave in and pre-ordered all 5. Hope it's worth the almost ~$150

[beelzebomb]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

Am I the only here who feels the '07 blu-ray has the correct color timing? To me it has a warmer ..brighter feel to it... just like the early VHS had.

Not saying the VHS had the correct color timing since I didn't see HALLOWEEN in theatres.. but I imagine it's closest to what the 35mm prints looked like.

The 35th blu-ray/Lionsgate 4K... the colors look way too muted to me. For example.. the day sequences look like it's always overcast... and I don't think it was supposed to look that way.

Totally agree. I’m in the UK & here everyone loves autumn - it’s still warm but the sun isn’t quite so bright so theres a more golden warmer look to everything. I was very disappointed with the drab 4k when it came out a few years back - more bleak January than October! I do remember seeing the VHS at college (I studied film, & Halloween was one of the genre films we studied) & it looked good to me.

[tcripe]

Wait so youre telling me this transfer is going to be different than the UHD copy i already have?

[beelzebomb]

Originally Posted by tcripe

Wait so youre telling me this transfer is going to be different than the UHD copy i already have?

Personally, I hope so: blue cast for night scenes, warm tones for day.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by tcripe

Wait so youre telling me this transfer is going to be different than the UHD copy i already have?

Yes.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

You mean taking someone else’s 4K master and encoding it in the wrong colour space?

That kind of dumb sh*t bogles my mind.

[tcripe]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Yes.

Will be interesting to see the comparisons!

[Nick Michalak]

Originally Posted by d3nt0n

Finally gave in and pre-ordered all 5. Hope it's worth the almost ~$150

I'm very tempted myself. I kind of want to know how the 4K transfer of Season of the Witch differs from the Steelbook release first, and what the new scan for the original film gives us now. It feels like a LONG wait until late September.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by JCRW82

It does, with some caveats explained in this post: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...ostcount=33884

"The recent Shout Factory disc (which has the remastered 35th anniversary video) thankfully has a proper version of the original mono mix. But, it’s been nuked hard with noise reduction and sounds quite murky as a result (the 5.1 is similar, actually).

The LaserDisc mono track sounds miles better than the SF mono track."

Then you have this post with a link to a comparison of the Criterion Mono track vs the 5.1 mix we have had for years and years: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...ostcount=33887

Halloween (1978) - Original Mono vs. 5.1 Remix - YouTube

Wow, even when we get the mono track there's no guarantee it will sound correct. There's no reason a laserdisc mono track should sound better than the blu-ray mono track.

That comparison between the mono track and the 5.1 is embarrassing.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by cuzzin

Understatement of the year. I don't know why any collector would even consider ordering an item from Amazon at this point, especially a boutique release with special packaging. More than worth paying the extra $10 (including shipping) from Diabolik to have some actual secure packing. And besides, Amazon charges sales tax; Diabolik does not. (At least here in Texas.) So it's cheaper, albeit slightly, to order from Diabolik anyway.

Shout has had issues with scratched discs. With Amazon it's simple to get a replacement shipped before I even send the other one back, in case the new one is worse. While Amazon always carries the likelihood of some exterior damage, my bad luck with scratched discs has to be factored in, and Amazon wins when it comes to ease of replacements. Though I do get tired of getting half the stuff I buy dinged up. If I could count on my discs not being scratched up, I'd absolutely go with Diabolik more often.

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Wow, even when we get the mono track there's no guarantee it will sound correct. There's no reason a laserdisc mono track should sound better than the blu-ray mono track.

What do you mean? That's actually what it tends to be most the time...

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

What do you mean? That's actually what it tends to be most the time...

Originally Posted by JCRW82

"The recent Shout Factory disc (which has the remastered 35th anniversary video) thankfully has a proper version of the original mono mix. But, it’s been nuked hard with noise reduction and sounds quite murky as a result (the 5.1 is similar, actually).

The LaserDisc mono track sounds miles better than the SF mono track."

.

[Canchola93]

I assume if you want the poster its only through shout correct? Not amazon or bestbuy