Return of the Living Dead (UK - Second Sight) Pre-order - Blu-ray Forum

Jester217300 · 01-16-2012, 04:13 PM

The Return of the Living Dead Blu-ray

Looks like Second Sight will be releasing Return of the Living Dead in the UK. No street date yet. Severin was licensed to make three all-new, exclusive featurettes for the release.

http://secondsightfilms.co.uk/coming_soon.php?a=192

http://www.severin-films.com/2012/01...e-living-dead/

I wonder how this will compare in terms of PQ to the US release? I'm very interested in comparing the two and might have to import this one regardless just to see the new features.

The cover art is certainly A LOT better than what we got in the US.

However my favorite is still the Thai poster art (which I have a framed original of

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DEF! · 01-16-2012, 05:07 PM

Awesome stuff, cracking cover and I never got round to importing the US edition. Would love the sequals to.

SymbioticFunction · 01-16-2012, 08:33 PM

Heard the US bd was extremely underwhelming. Still, I love the film so I'll certainly take a punt on this.

insomniac013 · 01-16-2012, 09:55 PM

Annoyed Arrow didn't cover this!

Bad Sandwich · 01-16-2012, 11:50 PM

Nice...

Troy73 · 01-16-2012, 11:57 PM

If Return of the Living Dead is region free I'll buy it. If Severin wants to put out a Blu-ray of The Guardian I'll buy a region free player just to have that. I still have the old AB DVD release. That is one of the most unknown and underrated horror films of all time.

Nighteyes · 01-17-2012, 12:31 PM

I'm not familiar with Second Sight, are they any good?

Blu MacReady · 01-17-2012, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nighteyes

I'm not familiar with Second Sight, are they any good?

+1 Never heard of them ?

Have this on DVD R1 collectors edition, love it. Not sure if it got UK release ?

Will go for this is PQ gets good review, has decent extras and is cheap.

Not much to ask for

.

McCrutchy · 01-17-2012, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Nighteyes

I'm not familiar with Second Sight, are they any good?

See here. We have reviewed one of their discs and the others have been reviewed by users--high marks all around.

I will certainly be curious to see how this compares to the MGM US disc.

Nighteyes · 01-17-2012, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Have this on DVD R1 collectors edition, love it. Not sure if it got UK release ?

Yeah, it got a UK release. The Tartan DVD was crap. It was pan & scan to begin with.

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Originally Posted by McCrutchy

See here. We have reviewed one of their discs and the others have been reviewed by users--high marks all around.

Thanks, here's hoping then.

I actually own Baraka, which is a superb disc. Wasn't aware this was the same company.

Jester217300 · 01-17-2012, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Troy73

If Return of the Living Dead is region free I'll buy it. If Severin wants to put out a Blu-ray of The Guardian I'll buy a region free player just to have that. I still have the old AB DVD release. That is one of the most unknown and underrated horror films of all time.

I don't think Severin actively releases films in the UK. These are all being released by Second Sight.

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Originally Posted by Nighteyes

I'm not familiar with Second Sight, are they any good?

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Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

+1 Never heard of them ?

Have this on DVD R1 collectors edition, love it. Not sure if it got UK release ?

Will go for this is PQ gets good review, has decent extras and is cheap.

Not much to ask for

.

AFAIK Second Sight hasn't screwed anything up yet. It looks like they are a fairly small distributor. I'm not sure if they do any restoration work or just license current masters. Anyway their releases of Baraka, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are all known to be very good.

sapphire_nick · 01-17-2012, 02:10 PM

Awesome! Will definitely purchase!

The Driver · 01-17-2012, 04:34 PM

The US MGM Blu-ray looks fabulous! https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-R.../14065/#Review Locked A incidentally.

Second Sight have done some good stuff but there's one way for them to draw attention to this (apart from digging up the grave of Dan O'Bannon) and that's to pay real money and license some good material

The US also got a lenticular for the DVD so I'm not sure this can be bettered.

I hope they have something worthy of this great zombie film.

http://www.secondsightfilms.co.uk

http://www.getmorebrains.com

SymbioticFunction · 01-17-2012, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The Driver

The US MGM Blu-ray looks fabulous! https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-R.../14065/#Review

Judging from those screenshots, no it doesn't.

The Driver · 01-17-2012, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

Judging from those screenshots, no it doesn't.

Yes, but I watch films not JPEGs. You can only stare at JPEGs -they do nothing. It looks great compared to anything we're used to in the past -obviously. In fact I think it looks pretty darn amazing when you consider the budget.

The great HD image reminded me of To Live and Die in LA -but with zombies. Great colour and contrast.

HD discs were made for films like this.

SymbioticFunction · 01-17-2012, 06:30 PM

Needs a new high definition master, not one previously used for the dvd format.

DetroitSportsFan · 01-18-2012, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

Needs a new high definition master, not one previously used for the dvd format.

But will Second Sight shell out the money to make that happen? I highly doubt it.

SymbioticFunction · 01-18-2012, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I highly doubt it.

So do I.

Blu MacReady · 01-18-2012, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

So do I.

Any reason why not? Earlier in this thread Second Sight was praised

Bad Sandwich · 01-18-2012, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Any reason why not? Earlier in this thread Second Sight was praised

Because SS, like so many of the smaller labels, typically use only existing masters as the cost of doing their own scans is cost prohibitive. Thus speculation this could likely just be derived from MGM's master.

01-16-2012, 04:13 PM	#1
Jester217300 Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Trading Score:30	Return of the Living Dead (UK - Second Sight) Pre-order The Return of the Living Dead Blu-ray Looks like Second Sight will be releasing Return of the Living Dead in the UK. No street date yet. Severin was licensed to make three all-new, exclusive featurettes for the release. http://secondsightfilms.co.uk/coming_soon.php?a=192 http://www.severin-films.com/2012/01...e-living-dead/ I wonder how this will compare in terms of PQ to the US release? I'm very interested in comparing the two and might have to import this one regardless just to see the new features. The cover art is certainly A LOT better than what we got in the US. However my favorite is still the Thai poster art (which I have a framed original of ) Last edited by Deciazulado; 02-29-2012 at 01:10 PM. Reason: Hotlink removed

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01-16-2012, 05:07 PM	#2
DEF! Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:2203 Trading Score:2	Awesome stuff, cracking cover and I never got round to importing the US edition. Would love the sequals to.

01-16-2012, 08:33 PM	#3
SymbioticFunction Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Chichester, UK 4K collection:153 Blu-ray collection:994 DVD collection:121 Prime collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:2	Heard the US bd was extremely underwhelming. Still, I love the film so I'll certainly take a punt on this.

01-16-2012, 09:55 PM	#4
insomniac013 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Gravity Falls Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	Annoyed Arrow didn't cover this!

01-16-2012, 11:50 PM	#5
Bad Sandwich Special Member Member since:Jan 2011 Trading Score:1	Nice...

01-16-2012, 11:57 PM	#6
Troy73 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:58 Blu-ray collection:258 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:2	If Return of the Living Dead is region free I'll buy it. If Severin wants to put out a Blu-ray of The Guardian I'll buy a region free player just to have that. I still have the old AB DVD release. That is one of the most unknown and underrated horror films of all time.

01-17-2012, 12:31 PM	#7
Nighteyes Expert Member Member since:Dec 2010	I'm not familiar with Second Sight, are they any good?

01-17-2012, 02:10 PM	#12
sapphire_nick Expert Member Member since:May 2009 Blu-ray collection:13	Awesome! Will definitely purchase!

01-17-2012, 04:34 PM	#13
The Driver Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2009 Location:UK Trading Score:1	The US MGM Blu-ray looks fabulous! https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-R.../14065/#Review Locked A incidentally. Second Sight have done some good stuff but there's one way for them to draw attention to this (apart from digging up the grave of Dan O'Bannon) and that's to pay real money and license some good material The US also got a lenticular for the DVD so I'm not sure this can be bettered. I hope they have something worthy of this great zombie film. http://www.secondsightfilms.co.uk http://www.getmorebrains.com

01-17-2012, 06:30 PM	#16
SymbioticFunction Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Chichester, UK 4K collection:153 Blu-ray collection:994 DVD collection:121 Prime collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:2	Needs a new high definition master, not one previously used for the dvd format.

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