Re-Animator (1985)

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Re-Animator Blu-ray

Re-Animator Blu-ray Review


Barbara Crampton joined Twitter recently. (Although she's not verified, several of my press friends talk to and have interviewed her in person, so it's definitely her.) She's very responsive, so I asked her about Re-Animator. Today, she got back to me:

http://twitter.com/#!/barbaracrampto...31373605961728

Not the most watertight, foolproof info in the world, but still, sounds good to me.

[thetechnique]

Awesome. Absolutely love this flick. Wonder if anchor bay has the rights still?

[Beast]

Good news if it pans out. And hopefully it's Anchor Bay if so. I'd happily buy both the first and second films.

[frightism]

Have never seen this, I'll have to blind buy if this comes out! Have heard lots of good things!

[bgart13]

Eeeeee!

I still have the original Elite dvd, been waiting to see if a bd would come along soon. Patience is a virtue!

[DetroitSportsFan]

Great news.

[Aristide Massaccesi]

Such a wonderful movie, it'll be a day 1 buy for me.

[MTRodaba2468]

I saw this on DVDTalk, and I'll say the same thing I said there.

As much as I love this movie and want to see a great Blu-Ray, I am a bit hesitant about it. If Anchor Bay is still working on it, then I'll be looking forward to it. If it's one of the titles that Image obtained, based on what we're seeing with The Hills Have Eyes and Hellraiser II, I won't be too enthused.

[black coffee]

Day frickin' 1 if this comes to fruition. One of those flicks I can watch over and over again and still enjoy.

[csdot]

one of the reasons the 1980s were the greatest decade for horror/comedy.
must-own day one purchase for sure.

[Banger]

I'll never forget the once scene toward the end and my reaction to it.

I don't think I really need to explain what scene i'm talking about, gents.

[Clark Kent]

It is very possible Image got their mitts on it to release, which would not be a positive development if you read some of the reviews for their recent horror BDs.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by Banger

I'll never forget the once scene toward the end and my reaction to it.

I don't think I really need to explain what scene i'm talking about, gents.

Nope.

Man, what a blast from the past. I haven't seen this film since it's original release to home video!

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by Banger

I'll never forget the once scene toward the end and my reaction to it.

I don't think I really need to explain what scene i'm talking about, gents.

Are you refering to:

[Show spoiler] I must say, Dr. Hill, I'm VERY disappointed in you. You steal the secret of life and death, and here you are trysting with a bubble-headed coed. You're not even a second-rate scientist!

Really hope they include the documentary from the last release. And as others have said, the highlighter.

[flynn226]

Pre-order is also up on amazon.com U.S.:

Re-Animator Blu-ray

[NoirFan]

Those screenshots look pretty blah, and a few posters on av maniacs who have the disc are saying its an up convert. I'll wait for the Second Sight disc.

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Those screenshots look pretty blah, and a few posters on av maniacs who have the disc are saying its an up convert. I'll wait for the Second Sight disc.

Obviously, screen grabs don't tell the whole truth--but from what I've seen it looks way better than "an up convert". Hey, Brian Yuzna signed off on it--that's good enough for me.

[Kentai]

Originally Posted by Seymour

Obviously, screen grabs don't tell the whole truth--but from what I've seen it looks way better than "an up convert". Hey, Brian Yuzna signed off on it--that's good enough for me.

It looks a lot better than some upconverts, certainly...

[Show spoiler]

Image Blu-ray

Elite Millennium Edition DVD (Upscaled to 1080p)

The difference between the Blu-ray and the NTSC DVD on static shots is actually quite minor. The Elite DVD had a lot of problems - pushed color saturation (particularly reds), a middling bitrate, and sloppy DVNR - but in terms of actual resolution, this Blu-ray is not much better...

Whether it is or isn't an SD upconversion... I don't really care at this point. It stinks. It only looks good by comparison because the bar to jump over was so damn low, Image tripped right over it!

Glad plenty of people who love this movie are happy with the Blu-ray Image gave us. Personally, I wish Don May had gotten in touch with Yuzna just a little earlier...

[psicon]

Well, guess I'll be cancelling. Hope Second Sight do a better job.

[mar3o]

Wow, looking at those last 2 screens posted...I don't even know what to say. I honestly would not be able to tell which one was blu-ray if I didn't know because of the difference in cropping, and the somewheat better color of the blu-ray. There's absolutely no additional detail to be found. I'm shocked if this isn't an upconversion.

I was disappointed in the release as a whole, but I was at least hoping for a nice image. This film deserves a much better release than this. Look at the upcoming release of Halloween II - a 2nd disc with the tv version of the film, and several brand-new documentaries and extras, in HD. Now look at this release. They just dumped everything from the old DVDs onto the blu-ray disc. Now I'm glad that they did include those extras, because I hate when blu-rays don't include previously-releases extras, but really, it seems they couldn't be bothered to go out and put anything new together for this release. Just a quick cash-grab. At the very least, they could have gone back and scanned the deleted scenes in HD - they don't have to remaster them, just offer them up in HD so we don't have to see 20 minutes of footage in a tiny window because they're widescreen SD.

Anyways, now that it seems like the transfer may not be very good, I'm thinking it might be better to see what the other release looks like. Will that be region-free?

EDIT: And...cancelled. This disc just isn't worth it. Too many other great discs coming out. I'll certainly be watching for the other release - hopefully it will be better (and region-free).