Black Christmas (1974)

[GregS]

How is this movie on BD?
Can't find reviews anywhere, nothing on the main webpage either.
Cheers.

[cinema725]

I believe it is only available as a German import right now. Might have to check out some German websites to find reviews.

[Blu-News]

Originally Posted by cinema725

I believe it is only available as a German import right now. Might have to check out some German websites to find reviews.

He's talking about the original, which is out now on Blu-ray. Most will be disappointed with the transfer, but I found it good considering the very weak original source.

[PowellPressburger]

most say it is the "worst looking" blu ray out there... It is the worst looking one I own. But it isn't interlaced like the old DVD... it has a lot of grain which doesn't bother me. For some odd reason I really like watching the blu ray though.

if you don't own the original DVD then the Blu is worth it since most online prices are the same for the blu as they are with the DVD.

[GregS]

Yeah I don't own the dvd so I thought it would be best to just buy the BD and get the best version available at the moment.

I definitly won't be picking up the 2006 version.. now thats gotta be one of the worst remakes I've ever seen.

[PowellPressburger]

here is DVDbeavers review link

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRe..._christmas.htm

[t0nythebeat]

Originally Posted by GregS

I definitly won't be picking up the 2006 version.. now thats gotta be one of the worst remakes I've ever seen.

I really want this on blu. I loved the remake.
It was just enough campyness, and it was fun.

[mustang-gt-2002]

no. the worst transfer to Blu-ray is tomb raider. nothing can be that bad or is it?

[glenn-bob]

oh ya, it's a horrible transfer, but like mentioned above, I didn't own this on SD-DVD and believe it or not, I'd never seen this flick before so I picked it up. It looks terrible but that's fine. Another thing i noticed is that the left hand side of the frame appears to be darker in some of the shadowy scenes. Anyone else notice this. It might be on the right as well but the left is where I continually noticed it. At fist I thought it was just a camera effect they were using at the first if the movie but the darkness continues throughout the film.

[GGX]

Originally Posted by glenn-bob

oh ya, it's a horrible transfer, but like mentioned above, I didn't own this on SD-DVD and believe it or not, I'd never seen this flick before so I picked it up. It looks terrible but that's fine. Another thing i noticed is that the left hand side of the frame appears to be darker in some of the shadowy scenes. Anyone else notice this. It might be on the right as well but the left is where I continually noticed it. At fist I thought it was just a camera effect they were using at the first if the movie but the darkness continues throughout the film.

How can it be a horrible transfer when its totally accurate to the source?

[glenn-bob]

Originally Posted by GGX

How can it be a horrible transfer when its totally accurate to the source?

oh god, here we go. Sorry, i guess then what i ment to say is it's horrible quality. if that's the way the director wanted it to look then I guess he likes stuff looking like shit. Did the director intend to have a darker shodow on the left hand side of the frame?

[GGX]

Originally Posted by glenn-bob

oh god, here we go. Sorry, i guess then what i ment to say is it's horrible quality. if that's the way the director wanted it to look then I guess he likes stuff looking like shit. Did the director intend to have a darker shodow on the left hand side of the frame?

What I am saying is in regards to what an insider that worked on the Blu-ray transfer stated (High-Def Digest forums).

http://forums.highdefdigest.com/blu-...st-review.html


"Black Christmas on Blu Ray is pretty much what the movie looks like on 35mm, and probably always has. I doubt it has ever been different to this, apart from improved contrast levels on a better stored print."


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[travisbickle]

I watched the Blu last night and noticed that in some of the dark scenes (and some light) there are a few lines mostly on the right side of the screen. Anyone else notice this? I'm hoping it's not burn in on my tv...pretty sure it's not.

You can really notice it in the scene where Billy goes apeshit in the attic and starts knocking stuff over and making a mess.

[Dylan34]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

I watched the Blu last night and noticed that in some of the dark scenes (and some light) there are a few lines mostly on the right side of the screen. Anyone else notice this? I'm hoping it's not burn in on my tv...pretty sure it's not.

You can really notice it in the scene where Billy goes apeshit in the attic and starts knocking stuff over and making a mess.

I'll have to check my copy but the blu-ray transfer is crap!! It needs a remaster bad! a terrible transfer for such a pretty decent horror flick.

[Member-167298]

Just started my annual viewing of this classic.

Anyone else watching this tonight or tomorrow?

[Omen2002]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Just started my annual viewing of this classic.

Anyone else watching this tonight or tomorrow?

I'll definitely be watching it Christmas day.

[noirjunkie]

For those who are saying that the blu-ray is a terrible transfer, you should know that the source material looks just like the transfer. I know this because I just saw a screening of an archival 35mm print of the film. The blu-ray is faithful to the source material, including the dense grain. The 35mm print had some of the densest grain I've ever seen.

The only thing about the blu-ray that I find kind of interesting is that it's framed at 1.78.1, whereas the print I saw was an open matte 1.37.1. The 1.37.1 ratio actually looked like the correct AR; having seen both, some of the shots on the blu-ray look a little tight.

[Blu Myers]

I will definately be watching this today. I just discovered the original a few years ago. It was mentioned on the Halloween:25 Years of Terror doc. It is now one of my favorite horror flicks!

[jrsl76]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Just started my annual viewing of this classic.

Anyone else watching this tonight or tomorrow?

I watched this yesterday.

[chrisron]

I watched this movie for the first time a couple of days ago.

[Show spoiler]I know that a movie like this is not one to put you in the Christmas spirit, but I was disappointed in just how little Christmas was a part of it. Will not become a part of my Christmas tradition.