Immaculate 4K UHD (2024) (NEON)

[MifuneFan]

NEON (via Decal Releasing) will be releasing Immaculate (2024) on 4K UHD on December 17th. It will include several new extras tthat wweren't included with the Blu-ray release.

Immaculate 4K Blu-ray

Extras

• Feature Commentary With Director Michael Mohan
• Sydney Sweeney Reads The Bible
• Sydney Sweeney Watches Immaculate With Real Pastors
• Interviews With Álvaro Morte, Sydney Sweeney And Michael Mohan
• "Vow" Spot
• Trailer

An American nun embarks on a new journey when she joins a remote convent in the Italian countryside. However, her warm welcome quickly turns into a living nightmare when she discovers her new home harbours a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.

IMMACULATE - Official Redband Trailer - In Theaters March 22 - YouTube

[Majin Blu]

I'm glad this is coming out for those who want it.

I enjoyed the film, but not enough to buy it again. This whole, "the UHD coming out later" practice is nonsensical. I refuse to stress about it.

[RevolverOcelScott]

I imported the Capelight 4K, but these companies have GOT TO STOP DOING THIS. Why not when you released the blu-ray? These choices feel intentional to get the physical media nuts to buy the Blu-ray, then shoot out a 4K once those sales stagnate to get the double dip in less than a year. This is why I've stopped buying blu-rays for the most part, or wait for them to be sub 10 bucks. It's greedy and slimy as hell.

Violent Night, Thanksgiving, M3gan, Promising Young Woman, and the many more I'm forgetting.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

I imported the Capelight 4K, but these companies have GOT TO STOP DOING THIS. Why not when you released the blu-ray? These choices feel intentional to get the physical media nuts to buy the Blu-ray, then shoot out a 4K once those sales stagnate to get the double dip. This is why I've stopped buying blu-rays for the most part.

Violent Night, Thanksgiving, M3gan, Promising Young Woman, and the many more I'm forgetting.

Yeah, this is now the third time Decal/NEON are doing this. First two were Crimes of the Future, and Infinity Pool (uncut with the 4K). I guess it's a miracle they decided to release Longlegs on 4K the same day as the BD.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Yeah, this is now the third time Decal/NEON are doing this. First two were Crimes of the Future, and Infinity Pool. I guess it's a miracle they decided to release Longlegs on 4K the same day as the BD.

Yep. Glad about Longlegs. A24/Neon/Horror/Popular Indie horror titles I refuse to buy blus for now. It's becoming an increasing trend that I do not care for.

[TheNickSweat]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

Yep. Glad about Longlegs. A24/Neon/Horror/Popular Indie horror titles I refuse to buy blus for now. It's becoming an increasing trend that I do not care for.

Same here. I also went with the Capelight mediabook when it dropped months back. I refuse to buy new releases on blu-ray now in hopes of a 4K from somewhere in the world. It's the reason I don't own The First Omen, Abigail, and now Cuckoo. Hopefully Neon decides to give Cuckoo this treatment a few months from now.

[ghostbarista]

Originally Posted by TheNickSweat

It's the reason I don't own The First Omen, Abigail, and now Cuckoo. Hopefully Neon decides to give Cuckoo this treatment a few months from now.

Yeah, I didn't buy those (and Immaculate) so far because I was like... whyyyyyyy?????

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

I imported the Capelight 4K, but these companies have GOT TO STOP DOING THIS. Why not when you released the blu-ray? These choices feel intentional to get the physical media nuts to buy the Blu-ray, then shoot out a 4K once those sales stagnate to get the double dip in less than a year. This is why I've stopped buying blu-rays for the most part, or wait for them to be sub 10 bucks. It's greedy and slimy as hell.

Violent Night, Thanksgiving, M3gan, Promising Young Woman, and the many more I'm forgetting.

Or maybe the strong blu-ray sales encouraged them to release it. For every title that got a 4K later down the line you can probably name 5 that would've been just as deserving if not more so that won't.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

Or maybe the strong blu-ray sales encouraged them to release it. For every title that got a 4K later down the line you can probably name 5 that would've been just as deserving if not more so that won't.

But if the blu-ray sales were good enough to warrant a 4K, who is left to buy it?

When they were releasing it on disc, they should understand not everyone is going to double dip.

[HorrorBlu]

How very Universal of them.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

But if the blu-ray sales were good enough to warrant a 4K, who is left to buy it?

When they were releasing it on disc, they should understand not everyone is going to double dip.

Look at Sony, people are willing to double dip just for a DV upgrade or the steelbook packaging.
If someone is willing to pick up the BD, when they can just as easily watch it in 4K digitally, odds are they'll probably double dip for the UHD.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

Look at Sony, people are willing to double dip just for a DV upgrade or the steelbook packaging.
If someone is willing to pick up the BD, when they can just as easily watch it in 4K digitally, odds are they'll probably double dip for the UHD.

Which all leads back to this being intentional. They see pre-order numbers/fulfillment requests. They know how well something is going to sell before it releases, and can extrapolate from there. Putting something out with the thought "Well, if this sells well, we can probably squeeze a few more bucks out of folks with an upgrade in 6 months" was exactly the point I originally made.

If this werent happening constantly you'd have a point. Horror sells, they know this.

[Scottie]

[Cortiz]

Lots of justify complains about the 4K coming later. How about the movie itself? Any good? Worth a blind buy? I'm not completely sold on this new "IT" girl the media has been pushing hard lately.

[The Great Owl]

I initially intended to watch this on Christmas, but I ended up being too busy that week. I finally watched the disc last night.

My old review after my theatrical viewing...

The notion of women being reduced to mere vessels for childbirth and kept under strict control by the powers that be, with no consideration for their own health or safety, is certainly a timely topic worthy of cinematic treatment. Regardless of where they fall on the political debate spectrum, most viewers of the 2024 psychological horror film, Immaculate, will undoubtedly relate to the feelings of helplessness and despair experienced by its pregnant lead character as she realizes that her fate lies in the hands of others while she is ushered through a situation over which she has no autonomy or control.

Childbirth and scary screen stories have always existed hand-in-hand. The 1968 Roman Polanski classic, Rosemary's Baby, is still a benchmark of its kind, thanks to the way that it puts a clever supernatural spin on the all-too-real predicament of nervous expectant mothers who often receive conflicting advice from multiple doctors, friends, and associates over the course of their pregnancies. The 1974 Larry Cohen drive-in extravaganza, It's Alive, about an infant that goes on a killing rampage immediately upon emerging from the womb, is decidedly less cerebral and ambitious, but nonetheless fun and engaging. As the latest addition to this particular genre crib, Immaculate, directed by Michael Mohan, is not the profound meditation on sociopolitics and religion that many are hoping for it to be, instead setting its sights on capturing the aesthetics of the bloody Italian giallo movies and sleazy European nunsploitation films that both thrived during the 1970s, but it succeeds smashingly well at conveying the apprehension inherent in having to place trust on others for a medical procedure that is still highly dangerous even in our modern era.

Sydney Sweeney delivers...yes, delivers...a incredible powerhouse acting performance here, demonstrating more than enough raw commitment to her role to disprove any critics who may have dismissed her as just another vapid screen star. As Sister Cecilia, a novitiate who travels from America to an idyllic countryside convent in Italy, Sweeney initially exudes the perfect blend of self-assured resolution and uneasy naivety as a woman of strong faith who is eager to spend the rest of her life serving God and the Church to the best of her ability. One early scene, where Cecilia takes her vow of poverty, chastity, and obedience, shines with a genuine sense of joy, inviting we the audience to share her feelings of burdens lifting off of her shoulders now that she is following a chosen path in life.

Although I am aware that organized religion is littered with corrupt clergy and self-righteous Bible thumpers who have built their stairways to Heaven upon the misery and suffering of the abused and marginalized, I also have nothing but respect and admiration for those who warmly embrace their beliefs in an earnest and humble way, as truly gentle souls who are cognizant that they themselves have the right not to do things that are against their chosen religion and that they do not have the right to prevent other people from doing things that are against their chosen religion. Since Sweeney's Cecilia is clearly one of the good ones, we the viewers feel an immediate kinship with her and want the best for her in her life of giving, although, thanks to a chilling prologue sequence, we know from the get-go that unimaginable darkness awaits her.

After its early scenes of mostly peaceful tranquility that depict Sister Cecilia learning the ropes of convent life and becoming accustomed to daily routines, this movie takes some unflinchingly graphic and unapologetically transgressive turns, veering into territory that had even me, a jaded lifelong fan of violent horror films, recoiling in shock. Through it all, Sweeney hits all of the right notes, showing bewilderment during a surprising revelation, shedding tears at the sting of hurtful betrayal, pleading frantically to those who exert control over her to set her free, fiercely lashing out at those who wronged her, and, finally, screaming horridly in a feral unhinged state, with a blood-splattered face, when she has been pushed beyond the frayed boundaries of sanity. The sight of Cecilia in the final camera frame is for the ages.

Several years ago, when I was driving a co-worker to lunch, he expressed disapproval at the Sex Pistols music that I was playing in my car stereo. He told me that he only listened to music that praises the Lord. I just smiled and replied to him, “ALL music praises the Lord.”

I still stand by what I said to that co-worker that day. I believe that all music, literature, art, and cinema ultimately praises the Lord, in a sense that, if one believes in a higher power that created all, then one should probably acknowledge that the creative pursuits of humans, however controversial, are ultimately His creations, honoring His Grace whether they were intended to or not by the artists.

This motion picture is not for the squeamish or for the easily-offended. It is also not particularly highbrow, falling squarely into the realms of pulpy grindhouse drive-in fare instead of belonging in the prestigious tiers of “elevated horror” (a recent term that annoys me to no end). For those of us who love movies that defy our expectations and shock us by totally going there when we do not expect them to go there, however, there is an odd sort of grace to be found here. As I stated in my review of Darren Aronofsky's film, mother!, back in 2017, I always enjoy movies that make me feel something, even if that feeling is disgust. Michael Mohan's Immaculate is often repulsive, but it is never dull. This is not a cloyingly mundane big budget franchise installment made by filmmakers who are trying to shake whatever money is left from a mostly empty well of inspiration. This is a gutsy work that looks as though it came straight from the heart to make us feel something, ushered every step of the way by a talented actress who gives her absolute best even when the material is beneath her. This stairway may not go up, but it never lies on the whispering wind.



The 4K looks quite wonderful. The "Sydney Sweeney read the Bible" extra is a hoot.

[JoelGoodsen]

Infuriating practice. Just offer the Blu and 4K on the same release date. Greedy pigs.

Not supporting this nonsense, so I’ll stick with the Blu.

[King O.A.]

Goddammit I just bought the bluray.

You're welcome jerks!

[ghostsofjoy]

I’ve stopped buying Blu-rays of horror titles for this very reason. I’ll definitely be picking this one up!

[Mosley likes BFDI]

Glad I passed on the Blu-ray.

[jard]

Interesting. I just imported the mediabook 4k which looks great. Hopefully this will be nice for some folks who didn't already import. If it under-performs, I hope they don't learn the wrong thing and think it's because no one wanted this on UHD.