The Sword and the Sorcerer 4K UHD (1982) coming from Shout! Factory

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by Waboman

I think Shout did a great job on this. Especially considering it wasn’t in great shape to begin with. Apparently the audio they had to work with was even worse. I watched in 2.0. Yes there’s grain, at times quite a lot, like a hoard of soccer hooligans trying to touch Pele. But that’s to be expected. Other times the pic looked fantastic. I never expect much specular highlights out of these older, low budget movies, but the final battle between Talon and Cromwell was DV awesomeness. Add in this movie is simply a hoot to watch and I’m pleased. 4 boobs out of 5. Now let’s give Matt Houston the 4K HDR love.��

Yeah, it comes up with the text screen before the film plays regarding the audio issues.

They don't specifically say, but it sure sounds like the 5.1 track comes sourced directly from the old Anchor Bay DVD release (which had spacial issues from what I recall) — and they most likely just "upscaled" that to the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track.

They recommend viewing with the 2,0 Stereo track (optically sourced) as the best source, even though it still has some minor damage at times.