Amityville 3-D 3D Blu-ray (1983) [Region Locked / Free]

[thebat2]

If you are on the fence about this (as far as the 3D goes), hop of the fence and buy it. The 3D is amazing. This is the way 3D movies should be presented. It is layered well with plenty of depth. The pop outs, man the pop outs are in your face!!!! Any director about to film a 3D movie should watch this as reference material. The movie itself is kind of meh, but the 3D makes up for it. If you are a fan of old school 3D, you will love this title.

[Blueoktober]

Originally Posted by thebat2

If you are on the fence about this (as far as the 3D goes), hop of the fence and buy it. The 3D is amazing. This is the way 3D movies should be presented. It is layered well with plenty of depth. The pop outs, man the pop outs are in your face!!!! Any director about to film a 3D movie should watch this as reference material. The movie itself is kind of meh, but the 3D makes up for it. If you are a fan of old school 3D, you will love this title.

+1!

[Taygan315]

Okay....may pick this up after all...thanks to some of my fellow blu brothas on this site. Preciate the intel.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by dmode

I have it. If you have an active display that is prone to ghosting, it is pretty bad. If you don't, go for it. I couldn't watch the whole thing on my active lcd tv, but I also have a HMD and it is awesome on it.

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

This site's review of Amityville 3-D is atrocious. The reviewer has no clue what 3-D films in the early-mid 80s looked like -- the issues he describes are artifacts of the Arrivision process.

He also seems to think Damiani directed it. It's actually Richard Fleischer -- and the review still hasn't been corrected.

Par for the course, regrettably, with some of the recent "reviews" the site has run recently.

Originally Posted by visualsynth

The opening credits in 3D are very cool! You guys will be happy with this release i'm sure of it.

Originally Posted by cinerama

This reviewer likes the 3D a bit more.

Originally Posted by Blueoktober

The 3D is AWESOME!! This is what I remember about loving 3D in the 80s and what kept me loving it still today! It's not the kind of 3D we have been getting the past few years, it's gimmick and it's very in your face!

Wow, after the horrid review here I was very worried but I am absolutely thrilled with this release. Mind you on my Active there's some ghosting, but on the passive set it's just incredible. Scream Factory rocks.

Thanks for that information and 3D reviews. This sounds good for 3D pop outs.

[Robert Furmanek]

This was posted on the HTF by Greg Kintz, Technical Director for the 3-D Film Archive. http://www.3dfilmarchive.com

A few nights ago I was finally able to view AMITYVILLE 3-D, which as we all know has the distinction of being the first 3-D movie from the 1980s to be released in the 3-D bluray format. What follows is, for the most part, a technical critique of the 3-D presentation.

As expected, certain 1980's single-strip-shot 3-D traits rear their head. Occasional chromatic fringing, some vignetting, and a few occasions of focus issues with one eye compared to the other. These short comings are understandable, as for the most part, these are "baked in" issues that in many cases don't always have an easy fix. But the misalignment issues, ranging from mild to occasional moderate in severity were non-stop throughout the feature, including various geometric 3-D alignment errors. While these various errors thankfully leaned more towards mild misalignment much of the time it is still unfortunate, as these could be corrected. A final bit of irony regarding fixing these misalignments: The older anaglyph 3-D DVD release in the UK *had* some alignment and convergence adjustments done. A pity this wasn't also done for the HD masters, considering the 3-D blu-ray can obviously deliver such a far superior presentation over anaglyph.

So I don't inadvertently send a mixed message, the presentation again IS still quite viewable in 3-D. The 3-D parallax is typical 1980's style wide, which for some can present another form of eyestrain in itself. Speaking for myself, when viewed on a DLP projection setup, the 3-D offered a refreshingly deep image with plenty of positive parallax. Negative (out of screen) parallax is in no short supply either, with an array of flies, spirits, lights, microphones, pipes, and even a burned corpse lunging out of the screen. Sometimes off-screen material was literally within arm's length, an effect certainly missing from today's "new and improved" 3-D features. With this title having an abundance of parallax, it is highly recommended to watch this title on a display known for no or little ghosting for maximum 3-Dimensional effect.

Along with the admittedly minor but always present 3-D misalignments, the biggest head scratcher is the "new" alternate titles which are in place of the missing originals. There is a good reason these alternate titles have never been seen before: They were layered wrong and simply do NOT work correctly in 3-D. The 3-D logo is supposed to slide out of the screen. But instead, this alternate title open as presented on this disc, tries to slide out while being "stuck" behind the Amityville title. The result is both a ruined 3-D effect and eyestrain. Add to that a missing "large fly" in a scene later on in the movie. These anomalies seem to suggest the IP is not a completed version of the feature. Strange that this was not caught before hand.. Certainly so with the opening credits, which are totally different and inferior to what was shown theatrically. This is why 3-D QC is important.

[Paul H]

Originally Posted by Robert Furmanek

This was posted on the HTF by Greg Kintz, Technical Director for the 3-D Film Archive. http://www.3dfilmarchive.com

Thanks Bob for the heads-up! Very informative observations from an experienced 3D archivist's point of view.

[Robert Furmanek]

Thank you, Paul.

It's unfortunate that we were not consulted. We would have spotted the wrong opening title from a mile away!

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by Robert Furmanek

This was posted on the HTF by Greg Kintz, Technical Director for the 3-D Film Archive. http://www.3dfilmarchive.com

A few nights ago I was finally able to view AMITYVILLE 3-D, which as we all know has the distinction of being the first 3-D movie from the 1980s to be released in the 3-D bluray format. What follows is, for the most part, a technical critique of the 3-D presentation.

As expected, certain 1980's single-strip-shot 3-D traits rear their head. Occasional chromatic fringing, some vignetting, and a few occasions of focus issues with one eye compared to the other. These short comings are understandable, as for the most part, these are "baked in" issues that in many cases don't always have an easy fix. But the misalignment issues, ranging from mild to occasional moderate in severity were non-stop throughout the feature, including various geometric 3-D alignment errors. While these various errors thankfully leaned more towards mild misalignment much of the time it is still unfortunate, as these could be corrected. A final bit of irony regarding fixing these misalignments: The older anaglyph 3-D DVD release in the UK *had* some alignment and convergence adjustments done. A pity this wasn't also done for the HD masters, considering the 3-D blu-ray can obviously deliver such a far superior presentation over anaglyph.

So I don't inadvertently send a mixed message, the presentation again IS still quite viewable in 3-D. The 3-D parallax is typical 1980's style wide, which for some can present another form of eyestrain in itself. Speaking for myself, when viewed on a DLP projection setup, the 3-D offered a refreshingly deep image with plenty of positive parallax. Negative (out of screen) parallax is in no short supply either, with an array of flies, spirits, lights, microphones, pipes, and even a burned corpse lunging out of the screen. Sometimes off-screen material was literally within arm's length, an effect certainly missing from today's "new and improved" 3-D features. With this title having an abundance of parallax, it is highly recommended to watch this title on a display known for no or little ghosting for maximum 3-Dimensional effect.

Along with the admittedly minor but always present 3-D misalignments, the biggest head scratcher is the "new" alternate titles which are in place of the missing originals. There is a good reason these alternate titles have never been seen before: They were layered wrong and simply do NOT work correctly in 3-D. The 3-D logo is supposed to slide out of the screen. But instead, this alternate title open as presented on this disc, tries to slide out while being "stuck" behind the Amityville title. The result is both a ruined 3-D effect and eyestrain. Add to that a missing "large fly" in a scene later on in the movie. These anomalies seem to suggest the IP is not a completed version of the feature. Strange that this was not caught before hand.. Certainly so with the opening credits, which are totally different and inferior to what was shown theatrically. This is why 3-D QC is important.

Wanted: more 3-D blu-ray reviews like this one.

[Zivouhr]

Amityville 3D. If I remember an earlier post, it is the one where the lamp is a conduit to the evil spirits. If that's the one, I have to see it again soon once the price hopefully drops to under 30$.