Night of the Living Dead 3D Blu-ray (1968) [Region Free] [BD-R]

[Jsmith82]

I stumbled on this. Then I drooled on myself. Just might have found gold.

Evidently a company named Passmorelab based out of CA took Romero's original Night of the Living Dead, cleaned it up to high quality, rendered it into color, then converted the entire film to 3D.

Here is the link to the site:
http://www.passmorelab.com/films/cult/NOLD/

If this was done correctly, consider me sold. I couldn't however find a stereoscopic preview anywhere on the web (though there are a couple previews for some of their other films that were filmed in 3d).

I've emailed asking if this would be available for purchase anytime soon or if they would be interested in sharing a stereoscopic preview to the public, once I hear back I'll definitely share the response. The project from what I can gather was completed in 2009.

Fingers crossed people, what a fantastic movie to convert (provided the conversion was done correctly..........)

More soon I hope!

[Gae]

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

I stumbled on this. Then I drooled on myself. Just might have found gold.

Evidently a company named Passmorelab based out of CA took Romero's original Night of the Living Dead, cleaned it up to high quality, rendered it into color, then converted the entire film to 3D.

Here is the link to the site:
http://www.passmorelab.com/films/cult/NOLD/

If this was done correctly, consider me sold. I couldn't however find a stereoscopic preview anywhere on the web (though there are a couple previews for some of their other films that were filmed in 3d).

I've emailed asking if this would be available for purchase anytime soon or if they would be interested in sharing a stereoscopic preview to the public, once I hear back I'll definitely share the response. The project from what I can gather was completed in 2009.

Fingers crossed people, what a fantastic movie to convert (provided the conversion was done correctly..........)

More soon I hope!

If you like the idea of Classic Old Horror Movies converted to 3D, you could always buy and download my Carnival of Souls 3D conversion!!

Carnival of Souls 3D

Zivouhr bought a copy and kindly did a positive review a few weeks ago....Here

[Zivouhr]

I'd be interested in NOTLD 3D in stereo 3D compared to the recent anaglyph Sid Haig version NOTLD 3D in black and white about ten years ago.

Of course it'd be nice if a percent of the profits were donated from the company to Romero, as he originally lost the copyright due to an oversight back before the copyright law was revised.

I'd have to see how strong the 3D was before deciding.
Also interested in Creature Black Lagoon 3D.

OFF TOPIC:
Yes, Carnival of Souls recommended in side by side view stereo 3D so you can watch it on your 3DTV instead of an anaglyph version with red/cyan glasses. For one guy converting the entire movie, I was impressed. Would also be nice if the side by side version was offered on DVD from Gaetano. Then just put it into your blu ray player, set your 3DTV to side by side and go.

[Jsmith82]

Originally Posted by Gae

If you like the idea of Classic Old Horror Movies converted to 3D, you could always buy and download my Carnival of Souls 3D conversion!!

Carnival of Souls 3D

Zivouhr bought a copy and kindly did a positive review a few weeks ago....Here

Haha - yeah you'll get a purchase from me soon, but not until I can burn it to disc (I don't stream my computer to the TV nor do I use a 3D monitor). The clips I have seen, it looks very good especially since you went frame for frame mapping it out.

Side note Gae - I completely fell off my conversion project, it's just too exhausting. The irony is there are programs out there that can easily make everything smoother and faster but unless you're ready to drop 4-5 figures on software, it's not conveniently priced for your average consumer.

And I don't sale the high seas if you know what I'm saying... Arrrgh, not my style, I like to buy lol..

[Gae]

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

Haha - yeah you'll get a purchase from me soon, but not until I can burn it to disc (I don't stream my computer to the TV nor do I use a 3D monitor). The clips I have seen, it looks very good especially since you went frame for frame mapping it out.

Side note Gae - I completely fell off my conversion project, it's just too exhausting. The irony is there are programs out there that can easily make everything smoother and faster but unless you're ready to drop 4-5 figures on software, it's not conveniently priced for your average consumer.

And I don't sale the high seas if you know what I'm saying... Arrrgh, not my style, I like to buy lol..

It is the most laborious and time consuming process to do, especially on your own. I'm stubborn though and was determined to at least complete one movie conversion. I also started to convert House on Haunted Hill (the 12 minute opening is included with a COS purchase) but by the time I started it, I'd had enough of the whole process. I was drawing depth maps for every 5-10 frames, batch merging them and then having to fine tune and rotoscope areas that overlapped and created noticeable distortions. It was an incredibly slow process and in the end, too tedious. I'm glad I did carnival of Souls though, but it was definitely a one-off project.

Can I ask how you view your 3D JSmith82? The downloadable side by side AVI file of Carnival of Souls 3D could be burned to a disc or even downloaded to a USB stick and viewed if you have a Player that can read AVI files. Alternatively it can easily be converted to MP4 etc using freeware like Virtualdub or AviDemux.

Zivouhr, Creature from the Black Lagoon has great 3D in it..especially the underwater shots and shots in the Grotto. You realize that it's not a conversion though don't you?

Gae

[Jsmith82]

In that case I may give it a go, I've never screened a downloaded burned movie before with my 3DBR player but my TV can view horizontal or vertical split films so in theory it should work. How big is the file btw?

[Gae]

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

In that case I may give it a go, I've never screened a downloaded burned movie before with my 3DBR player but my TV can view horizontal or vertical split films so in theory it should work. How big is the file btw?

4.15 Gb so it could be fit on a DVD+R. You can read all the information at the Download page

Gae

[Taygan315]

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

I stumbled on this. Then I drooled on myself. Just might have found gold.

Evidently a company named Passmorelab based out of CA took Romero's original Night of the Living Dead, cleaned it up to high quality, rendered it into color, then converted the entire film to 3D.

Here is the link to the site:
http://www.passmorelab.com/films/cult/NOLD/

If this was done correctly, consider me sold. I couldn't however find a stereoscopic preview anywhere on the web (though there are a couple previews for some of their other films that were filmed in 3d).

I've emailed asking if this would be available for purchase anytime soon or if they would be interested in sharing a stereoscopic preview to the public, once I hear back I'll definitely share the response. The project from what I can gather was completed in 2009.

Fingers crossed people, what a fantastic movie to convert (provided the conversion was done correctly..........)

More soon I hope!

Thats a great find!! I would definitely be interested in buying this (if the conversion is a good one). Thanks for posting this. Hopefully it will be released soon....along with some others I would love to see (Jaws 3D, Revenge Of The Creature From The Black Lagoon)

[Will21st]

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

I stumbled on this. Then I drooled on myself. Just might have found gold.

Evidently a company named Passmorelab based out of CA took Romero's original Night of the Living Dead, cleaned it up to high quality, rendered it into color, then converted the entire film to 3D.

It's funny,apparently Rubinstein has had Dawn of the Dead converted to 3D,he actually showed Romero a sequence and he thought it looked great. This was in 2008, I believe.... only God knows what happened since then.

[Jsmith82]

This movie was one of my favorites when I was young, I swear I've probably seen it 30+ times. Owning a high quality 3d version of this movie would be a total treat for me. It's interesting that more companies have not taken the public domain films and released conversions of them. Seems like easy profits, and a great way to promote your conversion company.

Gae converted Carnival of Souls, you guys should definitely check that out if you haven't yet.

I emailed this company from my work, my fingers are crossed I'll walk into a response tomorrow morning. Guess I should add I tried to call them as well today, but dead end extensions all around... Booo...

[tigermoth]

They also have done Plan 9 from Outer Space. Would like to see how their conversions turned out.

Marketing wise if they have done a reasonable job converting these their best bet would be to release them both in a double bill package. That's what the people who converted March of the Wooden Soldiers and the Three Stooges should have done.

[Jsmith82]

Big surprise - no reply again.

Just gets me bent out of shape when you can't take 2 seconds to send anything of a reply! Say NO! Say go to hell and stop emailing me! Say something in Spanish... anything!

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

I emailed this company from my work, my fingers are crossed I'll walk into a response tomorrow morning. Guess I should add I tried to call them as well today, but dead end extensions all around... Booo...

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

Big surprise - no reply again.

Just gets me bent out of shape when you can't take 2 seconds to send anything of a reply! Say NO! Say go to hell and stop emailing me! Say something in Spanish... anything!

Nice attempts. Doesn't look good.

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

Here is the link to the site:
http://www.passmorelab.com/films/cult/NOLD/

Even the site link is no longer found on the server.

[Jsmith82]

Originally Posted by Paul H

Nice attempts. Doesn't look good. Even the site link is no longer found on the server.

http://www.passmorelab.com/films/fea...iving-Dead-3D/

They are still there, just revamped and face-lifted the original web site.

I wish we had a local member to their location (San Diego I think?) - I'd be nagging them to go check it out in person lol

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Gae

Can I ask how you view your 3D JSmith82? The downloadable side by side AVI file of Carnival of Souls 3D could be burned to a disc or even downloaded to a USB stick and viewed if you have a Player that can read AVI files. Alternatively it can easily be converted to MP4 etc using freeware like Virtualdub or AviDemux.

Zivouhr, Creature from the Black Lagoon has great 3D in it..especially the underwater shots and shots in the Grotto. You realize that it's not a conversion though don't you?

Gae

Yes to Creature 3D, and for the review you had awhile back, thanks.

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

Big surprise - no reply again.

Just gets me bent out of shape when you can't take 2 seconds to send anything of a reply! Say NO! Say go to hell and stop emailing me! Say something in Spanish... anything!

I wonder if they're logging into that email account to check their emails. Or maybe they're filtering through hundreds of junk mails just to get to the real fan mail? Not sure, but I agree a response, even if it's late, is always good.

[tonesforchris]

I came across an old online newsletter for the LA 3D club which had more information about the intended release plan for this;

http://la3dclub.com/3dnews/2009/Febr...9_3-D_News.pdf

"Night of the Living Dead" to
Be Released in Color and 3D

The 3D film will be released by
Legend in Europe theatrically and in the
United States in a limited theatrical release. It
will also be released on DVD and as a down-
loadable version available on Rifftrax.com.
The downloadable version will include hilari-
ous RiffTrax commentary by former Mystery
Science Theater 3000 stars Mike Nelson, Bill
Corbett and Kevin Murphy.

I reached out to Rifftrax to confirm whether they had released the 3D version, but unfortunately the release that eventuated was only the 2D colorized version.

Thanks for writing! I actually kind of remember this, so thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I asked around and I don't think we ever did release the 3D version of NOTLD. I believe we may have had the limited theatrical run as they mentioned, but I don't think we ever released it on DVD. It definitely got released in Color with Mike's commentary originally, but I don't recall any other home versions of it.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! Please let me know if there's anything else I can help with.

[reaper232]

Night Of The Living Dead 1968 3D exist but was this ever released or was it cancelled? Will this version ever be released on Blu-Ray 3D?

[Camps]

The Passmore colorized 3D upconvert of Plan Nine actually came out nicely, judging from this brief clip (assuming it was sourced from Passmore) on YouTube:

Plan 9 From Outer Space 3D Trailer - YouTube

.... but the full version of this and for that matter Passmore's NOTLD upconvert seem to have disappeared.

[Variety Films 3D]

I did notice a literal few shots that may have had minimal rotoscoping but the vast majority looked like a flat pushed-back autoconvert.

[Camps]

Originally Posted by Variety Films 3D

I did notice a literal few shots that may have had minimal rotoscoping but the vast majority looked like a flat pushed-back autoconvert.

Well, I for one wouldn't mind were a certain craftsman skilled at 3D upconverts to take a crack at a proper Plan 9 conversion -- or for that matter a few more PD '50s sci-fi's ...

(That's assuming there isn't still some claim Wade Williams' estate is trying to make to this....?)