Amityville Horror (1979), Carrie (1976), Young Frankenstein - October 7

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Good to see these are coming out though. More blu rays is good for the world as whole.

(Uh, check the original posting date--They've been out for two years.
Will someone PLEASE kill that nostalgic "Similar Threads" bot at the bottom, or at least let readers be aware it's bringing up oldie hits from 2008?)

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

The Smithsonian HD channel occasionally runs a documentary on the real Amityville house. You are correct, in the modern footage the house looks totally different. I assume the real estate value was being hurt because of its infamy so the owners renovated it.

Even when the book came out, it was revealed that it was a big fat hoax and the then-owners pretty much improvised the story with the author over a couple bottles of cheap wine.
That pretty much explains why there's no consistent logic to any of the hauntings, and the demonic forces seem to be making things up as they go along.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Even when the book came out, it was revealed that it was a big fat hoax and the then-owners pretty much improvised the story with the author over a couple bottles of cheap wine.
That pretty much explains why there's no consistent logic to any of the hauntings, and the demonic forces seem to be making things up as they go along.

The killings by Ronald DeFeo though were no hoax. The Lutzes likely embellished much of what happened to them.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by HuggyBear73

CARRIE needs to be re-released with a better transfer and extras.....35th Anniversary this yr.

Looks like Carrie is getting a cover remake in Feburary. I'm assuming this will be the same disc as previously released but guess we won't know for sure until this is released.

http://www.foxconnect.com/carrie.html

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Looks like Carrie is getting a cover remake in Feburary. I'm assuming this will be the same disc as previously released but guess we won't know for sure until this is released.

http://www.foxconnect.com/carrie.html

Hopefully it's at least the version that comes with the SE DVD in it.

[moviebuff75]

I really hope that "Carrie" gets restored at some point. The current BR looks ok, but the film always had a flatter contrast. The prom scene is now too bright. The fire has blown out contrast and it loses its impact. The whites in the film are also too bright and blown out. Check out the documentary included and that's how it is supposed to look.

[cmac]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Looks like Carrie is getting a cover remake in Feburary. I'm assuming this will be the same disc as previously released but guess we won't know for sure until this is released.

http://www.foxconnect.com/carrie.html

It will be the same disc. The film needs some serious restoration. We talked to them about doing it, but the elements are very fragile.

[Shakingman]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Very excited for Carrie... hopefully they will have more bonus features for it for the retail price they will charge on it. I still have my Criterion LD with commentary track.

Hopefully they will carry over previous bonus feature from the most recent DVD release. WARNING to those who think all films should look like candy... this one will be very murky more than likely and will have grain. Get used to it. .. Will be cool to see what the transfer will look like in the end.

I have the previous Canadian release on blu-ray and its a terrible picture - hopefully they've looked into this - or did they just throw the bare bones, poor quality picture and sound into a new cover?

[dsman71]

It needs more than a new cover, it needs the bonus features found on the DVD...this title would be a great Scream Factory release

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by cmac

It will be the same disc. The film needs some serious restoration. We talked to them about doing it, but the elements are very fragile.

That's a shame, however if they are fragile now imagine them later on. I think DePalma should get involved to push for a restoration.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by cmac

We talked to them about doing it, but the elements are very fragile.

Interesting! A remastered Scream disc with extras would have been nice.

[josuv22]

I just went to play the amityville horror 1979 and found the first half the movie has macro-blocking and other picture issues. any one else gets these issues. or did I receive a faulty disk?

[eiknarf]

Originally Posted by josuv22

I just went to play the amityville horror 1979 and found the first half the movie has macro-blocking and other picture issues. any one else gets these issues. or did I receive a faulty disk?

what's macro-blocking?

[Chloenator]

Originally Posted by eiknarf

what's macro-blocking?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroblock

Google is your friend.

[moviebuff75]

My copy of "Amityville" doesn't have macroblocking or any other artifact in the opening.

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by josuv22

I just went to play the amityville horror 1979 and found the first half the movie has macro-blocking and other picture issues. any one else gets these issues. or did I receive a faulty disk?

Make sure the settings on your HD TV for sharpness are turned completely down to off. Sometimes this helps on compression. In HD you need no sharpness.

[josuv22]

there all off. it is on the pc it playing on. IF i skip on the picture is the way it suspose to be. this is what I see for the first 40 mins.

it is the same on 2 different bluray playback SW and all other disks that load play fine.
pc the only way I can play Locked to A disks.

[josuv22]

I email amazon they shipping me a replacement copy with Expedited shipping
hope it was once off fluke

[josuv22]

got my replacement disk and it has the same issues.
can anyone try it off their PC to see if they have issues playing it that way

[Shakingman]

Anyone know the stats on the re-release of Carrie yet? Audio/Visual? The original blu-ray release sucked - is this one better?

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by Shakingman

Anyone know the stats on the re-release of Carrie yet? Audio/Visual? The original blu-ray release sucked - is this one better?

According to what Cliff from Shout Factory said, it's the same disc...