Night of the Living Dead (1990) - Out of Print

[GaragePoet]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Much of the film was shot day-for-night and made intentionally dark. I do think the gamma curve could have been tweaked a bit in the opening act to brighten up the image, but shadow detail is resolved quite well with no hint of crushed blacks. The darker tonality gets lighter once the action shifts to inside the farmhouse.

my DVD still makes daytime look like real sunlight; this presentation gives a false impression of early evening, and poorly at that...

edit again: the DVD was severely lacking in quality & detail, but this BD is just about the bluest movie i've ever seen...

[madlost1]

When I get home at 9 if I still have the dvd sitting around someplace I'll post a screenshot comparison.

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[HyperRealist]

Originally Posted by madlost1

when i get home at 9 if i still have the dvd sitting around someplace i'll post a screenshot comparison.

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+1

[Ned Schneebly]

Originally Posted by EffenBlue

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Hopefully these turn out right.
Courtesy of Makemkv, Media Player Classic, Print Screen and Photoshop:

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Gotta run.

screen shots were posted here, and thanks! looks dark but does have good detail

[jstxanothrxstory]

Got mine in the mail today.

[wormraper]

mailman JUST dropped off my copies

[Chloenator]

Just arrived today!

[rdodolak]

I'm going to guess with the number of people who purchased atleast 2 copies of this release, with more than a handful purchasing much more than that, that there couldn't have been more that 1,500-2,000 people who purchased directly from SAE.

[ChristmasFnatic]

One can say its their fault for not knowing about this, but its a small release. If its not for Blu-ray.com, I doubt most of us would know about this. How much more the general public who just wanna buy movies and dont research them months ahead.

[Tybo28]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Much of the film was shot day-for-night and made intentionally dark. I do think the gamma curve could have been tweaked a bit in the opening act to brighten up the image, but shadow detail is resolved quite well with no hint of crushed blacks. The darker tonality gets lighter once the action shifts to inside the farmhouse.

I'm going to have to disagree with you. Were you familiar with this movie before this release? I'm asking because the difference is actually quite shocking...in a bad way. It may have been day for night during some night time scenes, but the first 20 minutes do not take place at night. There is a sequence of images showing the transition from day to night. It happens after Ben tells Barbara, "fighting will keep your thinking straight." It cuts to the sun going down behind a graveyard to the moon rising. This transfer appears to turn into " fake" evening from the moment Barbara gets in the car to escape. Sunlight is gone. It does let up a little every now and then inside the farmhouse, but there is still a sickly blue tint to it. The blacks are great, detail is good, the sound is great, but I don't recognize this image. Maybe this is how it was all ways supposed to look? I guess I don't know. Speaking for myself, as a huge fan, I'm very disappointed. I don't think anyone needs to worry about finding a copy. I'm all ready thinking of unloading mine, and not for profit.

[rdodolak]

Found this on the TT facebook page. Guess I can see what others are talking about.

Chad Sapp
Was there a problem with some of the Night 90 blu-rays? The transfer is way to dark. The daylight scenes look almost dark.

Twilight Time DVD Label
Nope, no problem.

Chad Sapp
Im not bashing your releases. I honestly love all the ones I own. But you are probably gonna have alot of complaints over the darkness level.

Twilight Time DVD Label
Well, the Blu-ray is an accurate representation of the transfer...obviously things like bright/dark levels are utterly subjective. The transfer was undoubtedly approved by the filmmakers.

[jbh1967]

i purchased one copy of notld to trade or sell to go towards the purchase of fright night if any one is interested. my copy is arriving on monday.

[Tybo28]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Found this on the TT facebook page. Guess I can see what others are talking about.

Thank you.

[bkhage01]

Just got my copy in! Can't wait to watch it So happy this came in today instead of Monday - now I can enjoy it this weekend. I'll post back post-viewing!

[kinkyqueen]

I bought a black doubledisc case for this. The dvd will be placed in that too

[evoxturbo]

Who would of thought that the fasting selling Twilight Time release of 8 days sold out after pre-order would have the worst transfer.

[dantexaiver]

Whats with the extreme color difference between the dvd and bluray? that Bluray image is not what I remember this film looking like

[HyperRealist]

Starting to think TT is no Criterion. They are dumping ground for subpar titles the studios are ashamed to release themselves.

[A.MONK]

Originally Posted by evoxturbo

Who would of thought that the fasting selling Twilight Time release of 8 days sold out after pre-order would have the worst transfer.

I know! I thought this movie sold out fast because of certain scalpers wanting to make Fright Night money off of it. Although I'm very disappointed with the transfer, I hope it comes back to bite some folks in the ass

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

Starting to think TT is no Criterion. They are dumping ground for subpar titles the studios are ashamed to release themselves.

STARTING to think??? it's been obvious from day one that they are a dumping ground for sh!t that either wont' sell or titles they don't want. they just have jacked up prices compared to EB and Mill Creek.