Sherlock Holmes films & TV on blu-ray

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by drsyn71

Oooh. That's proving to be a bit of a problem. I can't find anybody that has it any more. It has a copyright of 2014. The UPC is 9322225201408

It’s long OOP.

There is a German version without the commentary.

[Diorm]

Maybe you can add the Young Sherlock Holmes blu ray, that movie "Holmes & Watson", Sherlock Jr. with Buster Keaton and... Sherlock Gnomes...

[Bourne1886]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
― Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four

Box-Set Collections






Films




Modern-Day Spin-Offs



Animated Cartoons



Recommended Reading:
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: the 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sidney Paget
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (3 volumes) edited by Leslie S. Klinger
The Annotated Sherlock Holmes (2 volumes) edited by William S. Baring-Gould
The Mysterious World of Sherlock Holmes by Bruce Wexler
The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz
Morarity by Anthony Horowitz
The Canary Trainer by Nicholas Meyer
The West-End Horror by Nicholas Meyer
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer
The Return of the Pharaoh by Nicholas Meyer
Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram From Hell by Nicholas Meyer
Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula by Dr. John H. Watson (aka Loren D. Estleman)
The Perils of Sherlock Holmes by Dr. John H. Watson (aka Loren D. Estleman)
Murder by Decree by Robert Weverka

Have you seen this book. I’ve got it. Maybe you could add to your list?
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[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by Diorm

Maybe you can add the Young Sherlock Holmes blu ray, that movie "Holmes & Watson", Sherlock Jr. with Buster Keaton and... Sherlock Gnomes...

Thanks.

Young Sherlock Holmes has been in there since the
first day. Added the other titles. I loathe the movies
that make fun of Holmes. There's too damn many of
them. So I created a special heading just for them.

Originally Posted by Bourne1886

Have you seen this book. I’ve got it. Maybe you could add to your list?
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Do you have to quote the entire OP? Please.

I left out hundreds of books, but I'll look into this one.

[Bourne1886]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

Thanks.

Young Sherlock Holmes has been in there since the
first day. Added the other titles. I loathe the movies
that make fun of Holmes. There's too damn many of
them. So I created a special heading just for them.




Do you have to quote the entire OP? Please.

I left out hundreds of books, but I'll look into this one.

I didn’t think it was an issue. Thought you might not have seen this book of new Sherlock stories so posted it hoping it would be of interest. Don’t know why I bothered.

[Richard--W]

Your recommendation is noted and appreciated. There
are literally hundreds of continuation novels and short
story collections. New books come out each year. It's
just endless. I included a handful that are authorized
by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but, in view
of the fact that this is a blu-ray and DVD forum I'm
not going to list anymore of them.

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by Bourne1886

I didn’t think it was an issue. Thought you might not have seen this book of new Sherlock stories so posted it hoping it would be of interest. Don’t know why I bothered.

Don't know if there are any existing threads about books of Sherlock Holmes stories etc. in there, but there is a Books sub-forum towards the bottom of the main forum page (the one that shows the various sub-forums).

[drush9999]

The various Sherlock Holmes apocrypha should be obtained as well to complete any Sherlock Holmes library. You get at least two extra short stories and a plot outline of dubious origin written by Doyle himself at the very least, plus essays and ariticles.

Recommended to get all or some of them, as there's unique stuff in each:

Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha (edited by Jack Tracy)
The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (edited by Peter Haining)
The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes (edited by Richard Lancelyn Green)

[Richard--W]

Reposting this review because it's of interest
to Holmes blu-ray collectors.

Originally Posted by Admonisher

With the stand-alone Blu-ray release of Sherlock Holmes (a.k.a. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, the 1968 BBC series featuring Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock) imminent, I thought I would post a few thoughts on the release.



My presumption is that this disc will be identical to that included as part of Severin's Cushing Curiosities boxed set. You can go back and read some of the previous discussion on the thread for that release ... but in a nutshell, I concur that both the video and audio on this release have been compromised in some unfortunate ways.

Severin's Blu-ray is a 23.976fps 1080p upconversion from the show's native 576i 25fps. I compared the video directly to the PAL DVDs released by the BBC in 2004, and the DVDs look significantly better to my eye. The Blu-rays are deinterlaced, but they suffer from intensified video noise (the "grain" is chunkier and more distracting in motion) and there is some noticeable color banding. Comparing the candle flame under the opening title credits of "A Study in Scarlet," for example, the Blu-ray has multiple layers of bands surrounding the flame that are quite obvious. One can detect a bit of this if one views the DVDs frame-by-frame, but it is not nearly so apparent in motion. I saw no real improvement in resolution or color on the Blu-ray, leaving the DVDs as a generally smoother and more pleasant watch.

Compounding matters, the conversion to 23.976fps 1080p has resulted in numerous dropped frames and a 4% slower playback speed. The audio has not been pitch-corrected, so everything is slightly lower in pitch than how it was originally recorded. The PAL DVDs are correct in this regard.

At the end of the day, this is was never a particularly good-looking show. It was made on the cheap and it shows. The main reason to watch is the generally well-written adaptations and the joy (especially if you are a devotee) of watching Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock perform these iconic roles. On that level, you may find that the Blu-ray release suffices for your purposes. Nonetheless, if you insist on optimum video and audio and can view R2 PAL DVDs, I'd say your best bet is to acquire the 2024 BBC releases: three discs that were released individually and also collected into a boxed set. They are not hard to find or very pricey.

(As a footnote, I also have the 2009 A&E DVD set. This suffers from NTSC slowdown, but overall video quality is on par with the PAL set despite the small downtick in vertical resolution.)

Having said all this, I do still recommend the Severin Blu-ray to die-hard fans for one important reason: the supplements. All episodes feature informative audio commentaries, and it's nice that Severin has included a BBC Countdown Clock option. The David Stuart Davies interview with Cushing is not available on any prior release of this series that I am aware of. And the missing episode clips (most of which do not feature Cushing, alas) were previously only available on a bonus DVD that accompanied an obscure book. (That disc also includes a rare Dutch television special featuring Cushing that is not present on the Severin Blu-ray, so it's still worth tracking down for the super-fans.)

My takeaway: a flawed release, but worth owning for fans who will enjoy the supplemental content or have no way to view Region 2 DVDs ... especially if you can get it at a good sale price.

[Richard--W]

Someone has thoughtfully uploaded what appears to be
a vhs transfer of Roy Ward Baker's Sherlock Holmes
and the Masks of Death (1987). Pity about the Spanish
subtitles. This wonderful film is in dire need of a hi-def
transfer on blu-ray.

Sherlock Holmes Máscaras da Morte 1984 Legendado - Peter Cushing - YouTube

[saltysam]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

Someone has thoughtfully uploaded what appears to be
a vhs transfer of Roy Ward Baker's Sherlock Holmes
and the Masks of Death (1987). Pity about the Spanish
subtitles. This wonderful film is in dire need of a hi-def
transfer on blu-ray.

Sherlock Holmes Máscaras da Morte 1984 Legendado - Peter Cushing - YouTube

Isn't it a Tyburn movie? Can't see it happening anytime soon sadly.

[Admonisher]

Originally Posted by saltysam

Isn't it a Tyburn movie? Can't see it happening anytime soon sadly.

Yes, I believe the highest-quality format it was ever released on was Laserdisc. A highly enjoyable film, though ... perhaps Cushing's best performance as Holmes.

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by saltysam

Isn't it a Tyburn movie? Can't see it happening anytime soon sadly.

Yes, it's a Tyburn.

I suppose not, but I wish, I wish ....

[Mikezilla3k]

Shouldn't the Sandpiper release of the Hammer Hound be included in the OP as well?

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Shouldn't the Sandpiper release of the Hammer Hound be included in the OP as well? ....

Thanks for the alert I put it in.

When I started this thread I thought there
would be more Holmes films. A lot more.

Try to "like" the OP it gets no love whatsoever.

[Richard--W]

Exciting news from the BFI:

Inside the Archive: restoring Conan Doyle's favourite screen Sherlock | BFI - YouTube

[Richard--W]

Last week three of the restored Eille Norwood silent two-reelers
premiered at the London Film Festival, on October 16. Lucky
Brits. I wonder how the films were received. Have not read a
single review. Another 40 titles are undergoing restoration,
which is good news for us Holmes & Watson fans.

Silent Sherlock film restored (UK) 15/Oct/2024 - YouTube

[Richard--W]

A list of the Eille Norwood silent two-reelers:

Eille Norwood on imdb

Evidently Sir Arthur Conan Doyle participated creatively
in the series and personally chose Norwood to be Holmes.

[Diorm]

New Sherlock Holmes Double-Feature release coming soon via the Archive Collection (BD-R), which will include The Triumph of SHerlock Holmes (1935) and Silver Blaze (1937).



Both films were part of the Sherlock Holmes Vault collection from The Film Detective.

I wonder if it's just a rerelease of their old release when they were The Film Detective?

[Diorm]

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