Halloween 4K UHD (1978)

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Bill Hunt now confirms the UHS does NOT have the original mono from the Anchor Bay box set disc, but the same down mix from the 35th anniversary blu.

...I can't believe this. They FINALLY get the picture the most CORRECT it is has EVER been on home video through countless editions, and formats, and they manage to F**K the MONO track?!

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Bill Hunt now confirms the UHS does NOT have the original mono from the Anchor Bay box set disc, but the same down mix from the 35th anniversary blu.

Thank you.

FFS. Bunch of bloody clueless clowns.

They need to do replacement discs.

[PowellPressburger]

It's obvious the powers that be at Lionsgate don't know what they are doing and know very little about film and film preservation.

How long do we think Lionsgate will own the rights to Halloween?

[dml1988]

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

Thank you.

FFS. Bunch of bloody clueless clowns.

They need to do replacement discs.

And you would think, if they would just do their due diligence, they wouldn't need to do replacement disks. Get it right the first time and you won't have to waste time and money fixing a mistake that should've never happened.

[jrock1185]

Originally Posted by Jpapp25

This is one of my favorite films and I just ordered from Target with express shipping and it says it will be here tomorrow (9/18). It came in right under $25 but I'll take the hit if I can get it a week early. If they put it on hold or delay I'll just cancel and keep my Amazon pre-order. Probably not the best use of $10 but for this title it's worth it if they deliver with the 4k quality.

Curious...Did your copy arrive yesterday?

[WITCHCULT]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Bill Hunt now confirms the UHS does NOT have the original mono from the Anchor Bay box set disc, but the same down mix from the 35th anniversary blu.

Wow, can't believe they did that.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

Thank you.

FFS. Bunch of bloody clueless clowns.

They need to do replacement discs.

That was my IMMEDIATE reaction. Replace them.

[lilboyblu]

Fantastic. Don’t even have it yet, and already feeling some disappointment. If this truly is the case, guess I’ll hang onto my Blu-ray then too if that’s the only way to get “true original” mono. Otherwise, to echo others, hope Lionsgate do a replacement program.

[Noremac Mij]

You guys are getting worked up over nothing. I’m willing to bet cash money that the Scream! box didn’t have lossless either. Lionsgate probably sent them the same lossy file. And all Scream! did was drag it into a DTS-MA timeline and re-encode it into lossless to fool everyone. They’ve been known to do that and are not the only label to play tricks on unsuspecting movie fans.

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by Noremac Mij

You guys are getting worked up over nothing. I’m willing to bet cash money that the Scream! box didn’t have lossless either. Lionsgate probably sent them the same lossy file. And all Scream! did was drag it into a DTS-MA timeline and re-encode it into lossless to fool everyone. They’ve been known to do that and are not the only label to play tricks on unsuspecting movie fans.

Lossless isn’t the issue. A 7.1 remix down converted into a mono track is the issue.

[Noremac Mij]

Originally Posted by lilboyblu

Lossless isn’t the issue; a downmixed mono track is.

I won’t get worked up over that either until I have a chance to verify it myself or it’s done by someone more competent than Bill Hunt.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by Noremac Mij

You guys are getting worked up over nothing. I’m willing to bet cash money that the Scream! box didn’t have lossless either. Lionsgate probably sent them the same lossy file. And all Scream! did was drag it into a DTS-MA timeline and re-encode it into lossless to fool everyone. They’ve been known to do that and are not the only label to play tricks on unsuspecting movie fans.

Nice try, but Scream had nothing to do with the disc of the original that was Anchor Bay aka Lionsgate

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by dml1988

And you would think, if they would just do their due diligence, they wouldn't need to do replacement disks. Get it right the first time and you won't have to waste time and money fixing a mistake that should've never happened.

Lionsgate isn’t going to do replacement discs, they didn’t for the 35th anniversary edition. Really doubt they do it here.

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by Jay Mammoth

Lionsgate isn’t going to do replacement discs, they didn’t for the 35th anniversary edition. Really doubt they do it here.

Now's the time for them to finally step up and do things right then. 5 years later.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

Now's the time for them to finally step up and do things right then. 5 years later.

Yeah it’s baffling that they finally got it right for the boxed set, and now go back to a fold down for the UHD.

[Markgway]

See, this is why I held off pre-ordering!

Looks like I'll be hanging on to my 2007 Blu-ray for a little while longer...

[GasmaskAvenger]

Meh, I'll still get the 4K. Someone will make a remux with the lossless true mono track.

[WJWS Channel 13:Amity]

cant wait, to bad Lionsgate couldnt have included a digital copy with it, but looking forward to getting the 4K disc

[Nosferatu31]

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

This guy had apparently seen the disc two days ago.





Not that I find his posts credible.

I'm sure you're aware that some people do receive releases a week or two before release date. I know someone who received a copy on September 15th and we watched it the following day. You don't have to find my post credible if you don't want to, that's your decision.

[ambient_indie]

Well, if Bill Hunt is correct, thanks Lionsgate for doing your research and slapping on a fold down as your mono mix.



While I can live with remixes there's a several important movies where I am adamant about watching in their original mono mix. Halloween is one. So Scream Factory it is. Or if someone has a UHD drive and capable to mux I'll seek that out.