The Blood Trilogy 1963-1965 (Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs, Color Me Blood Red)

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Originally Posted by bgart13

HG has said that they were meant to be projected at 1.78:1. Although, I did find it odd that the titles for TWO THOUSAND MANIACS are at 1.66.

COLOR ME BLOOD RED's title card wouldn't even be readable at 1.78:1.

I seriously think a lot of old-school independent film makers honestly didn't know any better and just shot using the 1.37:1 viewfinder, only to realize much later that theaters would crop them anyway. But if HG's said that's what he likes, hey, it's his movie...


Edit: A recent interview on Dead Central makes it clear that Lewis had nothing to do with the new Blu-ray...

"I would definitely agree that it seems rather unusual to have a Blu-Ray release for a trio of movies like these but ultimately, the decision wasn't up to me," explained Lewis. "I no longer own the rights and I guess the powers that be decided now was a good time to release these in this kind of format so we'll see how it goes. Honestly, I don't really know what to think about Blu-Ray; I'm still not entirely convinced it's another kind of fad. Will it last? Probably, but it's hard to tell. I was one of the first people who said back in 2008/2009 that 3D was going to be a flash in the pan fad and sure enough, I was right on that one. So who knows about Blu-Ray? But regardless, if this latest disc introduces new fans to the films, then that's great."

He was actually around to do the commentaries and the like for the 4:3 DVD, so I'm calling BS on him "preferring" the 1.78:1 version, unless someone can point me to an interview where he actually says it.