Fright Night (1985) (30th Anniversary Edition) (Limited Edition) - SOLD OUT - Page 200 - Blu-ray Forum

Paul.R.S · 01-12-2019, 05:26 AM

FWIW I agree re 35th anni.

At least in the cases I'm thinking of, I think Sony's fondness of anniversaries makes more sense than the idea that only the "very popular" is what's preferred for UHD BD. Even if b.o. (Philadelphia outgrossed Christine and Fright Night) remained the strong prognosticator it once was of number of units sold on home vid; even if the pics I'm most interested in and using as examples weren't a few decades old; even if a growing number of people under, say, 35 didn't discover such "older"/cult pictures via streaming these days . . . the fact would remain that Sony licensed Fright Night twice but didn't do that for Philadelphia. But Phila and Christine got an anni-labeled UHD BD releases.

Count Yorga · 02-16-2019, 12:26 AM

Sorry for posting this here, but being a newbie I'm not permitted to start new threads, and I just wanted to warn people not to waste their money buying the Australia blu-ray release of this movie.

I snapped up Fright Night the other day, thinking that I would be able to see the movie in all its original widescreen glory. Silly me. The original aspect ratio was 2.39:1, but the aspect ratio of this blu-ray is a miserly 1.77:1. A pity I didn't bring my reading glasses to the store where I bought it, then I would have been able to read the microscopic print on the back cover that gives the aspect ratio.

It would seem that Cinema Cult has extended its policy of not including any extras at all on its blu-rays to not including the correct aspect ratios now. Well, they won't be getting any business from me in the future.

01-12-2019, 05:26 AM	#3981
Paul.R.S Banned Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Hollywood, California 4K collection:69 Blu-ray collection:250 DVD collection:48 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:8	FWIW I agree re 35th anni. At least in the cases I'm thinking of, I think Sony's fondness of anniversaries makes more sense than the idea that only the "very popular" is what's preferred for UHD BD. Even if b.o. (Philadelphia outgrossed Christine and Fright Night) remained the strong prognosticator it once was of number of units sold on home vid; even if the pics I'm most interested in and using as examples weren't a few decades old; even if a growing number of people under, say, 35 didn't discover such "older"/cult pictures via streaming these days . . . the fact would remain that Sony licensed Fright Night twice but didn't do that for Philadelphia. But Phila and Christine got an anni-labeled UHD BD releases. Last edited by Paul.R.S; 01-12-2019 at 06:49 AM.

02-16-2019, 12:26 AM	#3982
Count Yorga Member Member since:Feb 2019 Location:Melbourne	Sorry for posting this here, but being a newbie I'm not permitted to start new threads, and I just wanted to warn people not to waste their money buying the Australia blu-ray release of this movie. I snapped up Fright Night the other day, thinking that I would be able to see the movie in all its original widescreen glory. Silly me. The original aspect ratio was 2.39:1, but the aspect ratio of this blu-ray is a miserly 1.77:1. A pity I didn't bring my reading glasses to the store where I bought it, then I would have been able to read the microscopic print on the back cover that gives the aspect ratio. It would seem that Cinema Cult has extended its policy of not including any extras at all on its blu-rays to not including the correct aspect ratios now. Well, they won't be getting any business from me in the future.

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