Ghost Story (1981) - Blu-ray Forum

DMRI2006 · 03-19-2015, 01:19 AM

I ordered a copy as well, though the Germany-US shipping has been very slow of late so who knows when it will arrive. I wouldn't worry about upscaling -- these new Paragon/Edel budget compilation discs have been surprisingly good. Even if they are HDTV masters they are better than DVD and quite affordable too...the one weak transfer I've seen was Paradise Alley on the Stallone Box, which was DNR'd to death (though the source materials are so poor there was probably a reason for it). However it wasn't an upscale, and the other two titles in it looked very good.

I was hoping someone would do a full Special Edition of GHOST STORY because so much was cut from the film (I mean, it's a better movie than CAT PEOPLE, and yet that got the "Special Edition" status).

If you have the old Cinefantastique article on the movie, they have stills from the multiple endings they shot but didn't use...one was a reshoot, and they didn't end up using any of that, either, in addition to all kinds of Dick Smith make-up FX that were taken out. The movie had a really difficult ride in the editing room and that article was extensive in how badly it was treated.

A shame the film was so compromised, because it's still decent and there are some good moments in it...it's just a better film was in there, somewhere, that didn't end up on-screen.

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03-19-2015, 01:19 AM	#11
DMRI2006 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:215	I ordered a copy as well, though the Germany-US shipping has been very slow of late so who knows when it will arrive. I wouldn't worry about upscaling -- these new Paragon/Edel budget compilation discs have been surprisingly good. Even if they are HDTV masters they are better than DVD and quite affordable too...the one weak transfer I've seen was Paradise Alley on the Stallone Box, which was DNR'd to death (though the source materials are so poor there was probably a reason for it). However it wasn't an upscale, and the other two titles in it looked very good. I was hoping someone would do a full Special Edition of GHOST STORY because so much was cut from the film (I mean, it's a better movie than CAT PEOPLE, and yet that got the "Special Edition" status). If you have the old Cinefantastique article on the movie, they have stills from the multiple endings they shot but didn't use...one was a reshoot, and they didn't end up using any of that, either, in addition to all kinds of Dick Smith make-up FX that were taken out. The movie had a really difficult ride in the editing room and that article was extensive in how badly it was treated. A shame the film was so compromised, because it's still decent and there are some good moments in it...it's just a better film was in there, somewhere, that didn't end up on-screen.

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