An American Werewolf in London (1981) (Limited Edition)

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by dr. wai

Got my copy today. It is gorgeous. They use a different image on the poster than the one used 9n the reverse cover. I will post pictures when I get home.

Is the DNR gone?

[Darthbooth1978]

Originally Posted by dr. wai

They use a different image on the poster than the one used 9n the reverse cover. I will post pictures when I get home.

It’s the teaser poster they use on the mini poster I believe.

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

Is the DNR gone?

Yes. Screenshots began at page 17.

[Member-222782]

I got a shipping notice from Diabolik for a previous order but not for AWIL. Hmmm.

[sperezmore]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Looking at the caps, I wouldn't even call the Arrow release a night and day difference from the restored transfer. I believe both in motion will look fairly similar for most people to be honest. Now zooming in 200% there's no doubt a noticeable difference, but people don't watch films that way. I'd say for big fans of the film, for those that want the new extras, and for those that don't already own it, the Arrow release is the way to go. But I still think the Universal disc is good enough for mostly everyone else.

Agree 100%

Regards,

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Has anyone hotten a shipping date notification from amazon? I just got one for the blob..which comes out the same day. I pre ordered awil mid September.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

I'm with you. Why is mine taking its sweet ass time to ship too?

Same here. Waiting for this to ship along with the Ringu collection.

[CelestialAgent]

Is the book a valuable read? What is the reprinted material like? Trying to decide between whether to go for the limited and standard editions as they're out on the same day.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Wizard-of-Wars

Has anyone hotten a shipping date notification from amazon? I just got one for the blob..which comes out the same day. I pre ordered awil mid September.

This doesn't release until 10/29 and Amazon almost never ships early. You won't likely get a shipping notice for another 11 days. I have no idea why the Blob would be shipping so early.

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

This doesn't release until 10/29 and Amazon almost never ships early. You won't likely get a shipping notice for another 11 days. I have no idea why the Blob would be shipping so early.

It was a notification of a delivery date...which for some reason is Oct 31st. While awil is still order pending.

[dr. wai]

Here's the packaging. Please keep in mind that I do not have the greatest camera in the world.

The Front:

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The Back:

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The Back (minus J-card):

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The Front (amaray):

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The Reverse (amaray):

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The Booklet (front only):

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Poster (front):

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Poster (reverse)

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The Whole Package:

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The booklet contains three essays about the film and its makers as well as the usual info about the transfer.

The disc art is the same as the theatrical poster.

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Originally Posted by dr. wai

Here's the packaging. Please keep in mind that I do not have the greatest camera in the world.

The Front:

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The Back:

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The Back (minus J-card):

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The Front (amaray):

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The Reverse (amaray):

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The Booklet (front only):

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Poster (front):

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Poster (reverse)

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The Whole Package:

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The booklet contains three essays about the film and its makers as well as the usual info about the transfer.

The disc art is the same as the theatrical poster.

Thanks for the pic share! How'd you get it so early? Are you a reviewer?

[spatafore]

Originally Posted by anthonyls

The 60 page booklet is really the big difference between the two releases.

Yes, actually I buy the limited editions for the big booklets, I don't care much about the cards and the poster.

Also well some Limited has an extra cut of the film or an extra disc. Like Deep Red.

[kamphausd1]

I'm seriously hoping the standard edition goes down in price sometime before release date.

[dr. wai]

Originally Posted by Wizard-of-Wars

Thanks for the pic share! How'd you get it so early? Are you a reviewer?

I do reviews on my site, and I am working on a review for this, but I found it at a used record store by my dentist's office. They get stuff early and I got lucky.

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by kamphausd1

I'm seriously hoping the standard edition goes down in price sometime before release date.

$26 shipped from Deep Discount was more than a great price for a package like this. I had planned to wait on the standard edition as well when I couldn’t get this one for less than $34, but for $26, it’s a no-brainer for a classic like this.

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by sperezmore

Agree 100%

Regards,

I don’t know. I absolutely notice the smudgy DNR artifacts on the Universal transfer, even in motion and at a normal viewing distance. There’s not a chance in the slaughtered lamb that I won’t notice all that luscious grain when I upgrade to the Arrow version. In all honesty, I’m a bit flabbergasted to see this kind of “meh” attitude toward a transfer that so clearly betters what came before - at least on this forum. I mean if this isn’t a substantial enough upgrade, I can’t imagine being at all impressed with the vast majority of 4K upgrades, either.

[captainjoe]

I totally agree that the new transfer is definitely worth it. The DNR algorithm was a pretty competent one that Universal used for the 2016 release but when I'm watching that one I'm missing the texture of what would be on the OCN. It's great Arrow went the extra mile for this when they could've used the existing transfer.

[TripleHBK]

So is the standard edition of this actually up for pre-order somewhere? I cancelled my 3 month old pre-order of the Limited Edition on Amazon in order to take advantage of the great price on Deepdiscount and 15% off code today, and am now a bit worried that what I ordered was the standard edition. I can only see one listing on Deepdiscount and as far as I can tell it's the LE, but given the significantly better price I'm a bit worried by what I may get.

[Monterey Jack]

Anyone know the dimensions of the fold-out poster?