A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection

[djdirty75]

I have been lurking on this site for quite a while and finally decided to become a member...based solely on the fact that I purchased the Australian "A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection" today.

I own the original US DVD boxset (bought it before I even owned a DVD player), the 2 "half" Australian boxsets, the video's, the various DVD versions of the original film from the US and Australia, the US Blu Ray of the original and the recent US Warner release of part's 2 & 3.

Anyway...I finally sat down and skipped through the Australian Blu Ray set.

Parts 1, 2 & 3 were what I had already seen on the individual releases.

I know this has already been stated by others but Part 4 is just too dark. It takes away from the wonderful colour palette the film had on both its theatrical and DVD release. Freddy gets lost in the shadows even though he was deliberately brought out of them for that film...this was the beginning of the disappointment.

Part 5 looks very similar to the DVD release but it is the version that suffered cuts from the MPAA during Dan's bike scene and Greta's death scene.

I have the Australian VHS release of part 5 and those edited scenes are intact....another disappointment from the Blu Ray set.

...but here's the bit that bothered me most...

Part 6 doesn't include the 3D ending.

Why not?

It was on the DVD release.

If this was a true "collection" it would include this version.

After all, the main character wears 3D glasses during the finale of Part 6...and we are meant to be part of her journey.

I was utterly dumbfounded by this omission.

"New Nightmare" looks ok, but overall, I would have to say that this boxset is a major disappointment.

The picture quality on the latter sequels looks average at best...a minor step up from the DVD's.

We can all argue about Warner not being concerned about quality blah blah, grab for cash yada yada...but I would seriously warn others to think twice about this purchase.

I won't be returning the boxset...I really just can't be bothered and being a completist, I'll just add it to the collection...but I do hope that in years to come, someone actually gets around to releasing definitive versions of these films.