Halloween 4K UHD (1978)

[barrycameron]

Originally Posted by DJR662

I wonder why this still isn't available on eBay yet? Same goes for The Evil Dead.

eBay? eBay don't stock anything. Only sellers stock it and sell on eBay. Buy from Amazon or somewhere that you can buy at a good price.

[UpsetSmiley]

eBay had some nice promotions lately, if all your music had it for sale along with that 20% discount on top, it would be a nice saving.

[BladeRunner2007]

I am curious about the color timing of the 4K release....

[ROSS.T.G.]

Why do people keep saying it won’t look better than the BD? It’s as if nobody has seen HDR and WCG. The 35th anniversary would look great with the benefits of the UHD format.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

That’s true, but it would be nice to have it all in one definitive edition, and plus there has to be something new they can include. There’s the legendary outtake footage that Synapse has in their possession that could’ve finally been included in some way. Maybe more archival interviews, commercials for TV airings, the screenplay through BD-rom, interviews with more filmmakers inspired by the movie, any unreleased shorts from John Carpenter. Halloween needs an edition much like Criterion’s excellent release for Night of the Living Dead. Actually Criterion’s Halloween LaserDisc had a great commentary too with Carpenter, Debra Hill, and Jamie Lee Curtis (recorded separately), and it’s on Anchor Bay’s original 2007 Blu-ray. I would absolutely quadruple-dip on a Criterion Blu-ray edition of Halloween.

Aren't the rights holders to those outtakes asking for a silly amount of money? If there's one thing you can take to the bank it's that there never will be a definitive version of this film, not in terms of the extras or the look. I've already got a shedload of extras for this movie, don't need any more, certainly not a bunch of random filmmakers waffling about how great the movie is. I know it's great.

Decent 4K transfer with the true original mono audio and I'm golden. Anything more than that for this movie is ephemeral wank at this point.

[IntelliVolume]

Originally Posted by gj217

That first transfer was dreadful. Waxy, everyone looks sun-baked, the signature Carpenter/Cundey blue and orange glows are absent... the only “orange glows” to be seen are emanating from the characters’ faces.

That and it’s got far too bright and sunny a look for October in Illinois. The 35th (almost certainly the same master used to source this UHD edition), while having a fair amount of greenery, has an appropriately cold chill in the outdoor scenes, capturing the feeling of Halloween in IL very well. And being from the middle of the state, I can say that on Halloween day, there’s still a fair amount of green grass and quite a few green trees.

I totally agree about what the first Starz/Anchor Bay Blu-ray looked like; aside from the color temperature/timing issues mentioned, I didn't care for the excessive film grain in dark areas, and the whole thing just didn't look like what I was used to with the THX DVD. I know there's been a lot of discussion, nearly ad nauseum, about the filming of this title during summer in California and how filters had to be added to simulate the look of fall in Illinois -- let's not even get into the whole "I can still see that palm tree in the distance" error -- but I was definitely not happy with that first Blu release (even the uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio mix didn't sound any better to me than the already-excellent Dolby Digital track prepared by Chase for the remastered DVD).

[bradnoyes]

It's almost time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-uC0LDllM

Just one month to go!

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Aren't the rights holders to those outtakes asking for a silly amount of money? If there's one thing you can take to the bank it's that there never will be a definitive version of this film, not in terms of the extras or the look. I've already got a shedload of extras for this movie, don't need any more, certainly not a bunch of random filmmakers waffling about how great the movie is. I know it's great.

Yeah, its rights issues and whatnot prevent a massive collection of everything IMO. I would think any big fan of the series would own the Scream Factory set though, which has two discs and tons of supplements. Just put this 4k disc in with that and boom, you have a very nice 3-disc set. That's what I'll be doing.

[Geoff D]

I done made my own 'ultimate editions' for several UHDs by taking the bonus discs from other editions and putting them in there, yep.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I done made my own 'ultimate editions' for several UHDs by taking the bonus discs from other editions and putting them in there, yep.

Speaking of which does anyone sell 3-disc UHD cases yet? I really need some.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

That would've been nice, but LIONSGATE has to hold something back for the 45th Anniversary.

Lionsgate? Try Anchor Bay/Starz, they may be owned by Lionsgate now but that doesn’t mean AB has been completely gutted of employees by LG.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I done made my own 'ultimate editions' for several UHDs by taking the bonus discs from other editions and putting them in there, yep.

Does the criterion Laser fit?

[Geoff D]

I dunno, you could take a hacksaw to it I guess

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I dunno, you could take a hacksaw to it I guess

Would the exclusive extras and audio still work?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

Would the exclusive extras and audio still work?

depends on which part you chop out

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

depends on which part you chop out

The label?

[RevengeFrankenstein]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

I am curious about the color timing of the 4K release....

Same. It changes with every new release, so...this might be the 5th distinct look the film has had since 1999.

In all seriousness, this will probably look like the 35th release with all the zazz of 4K, but we'll see.

[afr52]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Speaking of which does anyone sell 3-disc UHD cases yet? I really need some.

Yes they do. http://www.casetopia.com/Viva_Elite_...3-elite-4k.htm

[Stormyyy]

Originally Posted by afr52

Yes they do. http://www.casetopia.com/Viva_Elite_...3-elite-4k.htm

Not to throw this wonderful movie topic off too much, but does this company make the original blu-ray cases that the studios use or are they knock offs? When I go to collect again, i would like to replace all of my ECO cases with the nicer elite cases! Thanks in advance!

Back on Topic: This movie is going to look EPIC on 4K and one of the best films ever made!! Here's to hoping they do a boxset one day in 4K.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Stormyyy

Not to throw this wonderful movie topic off too much, but does this company make the original blu-ray cases that the studios use or are they knock offs? When I go to collect again, i would like to replace all of my ECO cases with the nicer elite cases! Thanks in advance!

Viva Elite is the brand most studios use, so just look for that (as linked to above) and you're good to go. Thanks afr52!