Sinister Cinema

[hamchuck1]

Has anyone here ever bought from SinisterCinema.com? I'm curious about the quality of their transfers for their catalog titles. More specifically if they use the "VHS" type transfers on their DVD's. I don't mind a little print damage here and there on a film transfer but the VHS blurry quality really sinks the movie watching experience for me.

They seem to charge quite a bit more(~$10) over the bargain DVD's of the same titles on amazon which usually tend to be really bad VHS scans to DVD.

I'd like to load up on some older films for october but can't get a hold of their quality. I've searched around the net but have found nothing specific.

An example title would be something like Murder Mansion (1972). The customer reviews on Amazon for it talk about super poor video quality and its about $7 new. Sinister has it for about $17.

Thanks!

[Gerby]

I bought a dvd from them a couple of years ago. It was a old obscure British quota quickie called 'Shot In The Dark' (1933).
The quality wasn't great but I didn't expect it to be, as i said it is very obscure & never had any kind of home video release. I just wanted the film & I couldn't find it anywhere else.
No idea what their other titles are like as far as transfers go.

[hamchuck1]

Originally Posted by Gerby

I bought a dvd from them a couple of years ago. It was a old obscure British quota quickie called 'Shot In The Dark' (1933).
The quality wasn't great but I didn't expect it to be, as i said it is very obscure & never had any kind of home video release. I just wanted the film & I couldn't find it anywhere else.
No idea what their other titles are like as far as transfers go.

thanks for the heads up! If you dont mind commenting again, was it not great because the print was damaged or because it looked like a copy of a vhs?

[Gerby]

It had print damage but perfectly watchable (especially if you grew up on vhs quality like i did), don't know if it ever had a vhs release tbh, could've been from a TV recording.