Halloween 4K UHD (1978)

[nekromantik]

Zavvi has it for pre order but at £24.99!
Ouch!

[KazzPetrelli]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Zavvi has it for pre order but at £24.99!
Ouch!

Should be down to £19.99 near to release date I guess

[Pieter V]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Hallo...lu-ray/212835/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Halloween-4...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Hallo...lu-ray/212835/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Halloween-4...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Nice.

I assume this will be up for pre-order at Zoom UK any moment now.

[Gozerhead]

I tried to share the actual link from my phone, but Taptalk is freaking out. My understanding is that the UHD has 7.1 and the English Mono track for sound!

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by IntelliVolume

I don't agree with just buying a film in a "UHD package" that uses a previous lower-resolution master, but with that being said, what happened with the Terminator 2 UHD?

The studio would be using the 4k scan master, if the 35th Anniversary release was from an ultra-high res telecine of the OCN's.

They wouldn't be using a 1080p or 2k DI and upscaling it since there is a 4k scan to go by. They would then create a Dolby Vision HDR pass from the raw scan file.


The problem would come if they decided to not use the DP's approved color timing and slathered it with DNR.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by IntelliVolume

I do too, believe it or not -- Anchor Bay's THX DVD, to be exact, which came out circa '99...

To me, this always had the correct color timing elements (crucial for certain aspects of this motion picture).

It seems a lot of people preferred the THX DVD color above all else. Although looking at a few caps, it seems some scenes look very close to the 35th ann BD where as others look very different.

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...10121&i=10&l=0

[Conan The Barbarian]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

It seems a lot of people preferred the THX DVD color above all else. Although looking at a few caps, it seems some scenes look very close to the 35th ann BD where as others look very different.

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...10121&i=10&l=0

I dont know, I mean, the only downfall is that it takes the fall look away from the film. But, looking at the screens back to back, the 35th looks more natural. To each their own I believe. I have many copies of this movie, so I am not missing out on anything.

[RedHarvest]

Predator 4K looks so filmic and natural, with dancing, resolving grain. That's how 4K is supposed to look. I'm hoping for Predator and not T2.

[pottyaboutpotter1]

Glad they've announced a UK release. Pre-ordered. Looking forward to revisiting this in time for the sequel. It's been so long since I've seen it that I barely remember it.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

It seems a lot of people preferred the THX DVD color above all else. Although looking at a few caps, it seems some scenes look very close to the 35th ann BD where as others look very different.

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...10121&i=10&l=0

Shhh you will invoke him

[JD1388]

I don't think anyone knows what this movie is supposed to look like anymore.

[bradnoyes]

I spent eight years trying to resolve that grain, and then another seven trying to wipe it clean, because I realized that what was living behind that optical texture was purely and simply... evil.

[Show spoiler]

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by bradnoyes

I spent eight years trying to resolve that grain, and then another seven trying to wipe it clean, because I realized that what was living behind that optical texture was purely and simply... evil.

[Show spoiler]

More fancy talk.

[IntelliVolume]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

Digimax was a mistake

Do you mean "DiviMax"?

If so, the DVD we've been discussing -- Anchor Bay's THX disc -- didn't use the DiviMax transfer.

On a side note, the DiviMax version/transfer of the original Dawn of the Dead I own actually looks very nice (Halloween, from what I have seen, had issues in terms of color timing).

[IntelliVolume]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

It seems a lot of people preferred the THX DVD color above all else. Although looking at a few caps, it seems some scenes look very close to the 35th ann BD where as others look very different.

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...10121&i=10&l=0

Indeed; as I have been saying, I never saw/picked up the 35th anniversary disc so I don't know what it looks like compared to other variants...I own Anchor Bay's first stripped-down Blu-ray of Halloween and just don't care for the transfer...don't know what it is.

[gj217]

Originally Posted by IntelliVolume

Indeed; as I have been saying, I never saw/picked up the 35th anniversary disc so I don't know what it looks like compared to other variants...I own Anchor Bay's first stripped-down Blu-ray of Halloween and just don't care for the transfer...don't know what it is.

That first transfer was dreadful. Waxy, everyone looks sun-baked, the signature Carpenter/Cundey blue and orange glows are absent... the only “orange glows” to be seen are emanating from the characters’ faces.

That and it’s got far too bright and sunny a look for October in Illinois. The 35th (almost certainly the same master used to source this UHD edition), while having a fair amount of greenery, has an appropriately cold chill in the outdoor scenes, capturing the feeling of Halloween in IL very well. And being from the middle of the state, I can say that on Halloween day, there’s still a fair amount of green grass and quite a few green trees.

[PyroArrow]

Ok, but where is the 4k Digital streaming? Then I would by this.

[gj217]

Originally Posted by PyroArrow

Ok, but where is the 4k Digital streaming? Then I would by this.

Lionsgate doesn't have digital rights. They actually don't own the rights at all. They're just the physical distributor for the actual owners, Trancas International... and Trancas only distributes digitally through iTunes and Amazon.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by PyroArrow

Ok, but where is the 4k Digital streaming? Then I would by this.

Only available on the superior physical format.