Night of the Living Dead (1968) Blu-ray from The Film Detective

[HonestJohn]

Originally Posted by Gargus

How bad is the cropping on it? If it doesn't look horrendous on a wide screen TV I might get it.

Not bad at all. 50,000,000 Blu-ray.com members can't be wrong .....

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Still not right though. It's the best option right now.

Exactly ....

[oddbox83]

Still not right though. It's the best option right now.

[Gargus]

Originally Posted by HonestJohn

Not bad at all. 50,000,000 Blu-ray.com members can't be wrong .....

Is that version region free? It doesnt say on the website

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Gargus

Is that version region free? It doesnt say on the website

Yes, the JP disc is region free.

[Vixen of the Night]

Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

Interesting, thanks. Couldn't imagine a cropped 1.85:1 ratio complimenting the film very much.

I thought it looked pretty good in 1.85:1. If anyone wants to see what it looks like. Here's an example taken from a 35mm print of the movie. It's in rough shape, but is a legit matted presentation of the movie that doesn't suffer from the bad cropping in some scenes like the current Dimension Films restored version do. It'd be cool if the movie were restored and both aspect ratios were given to view like on The Evil Dead. In the case of Evil Dead, I prefer the 1.33:1 ratio, while Night works in either format in my opinion.

https://youtu.be/vKUw-CiKHAo

[sa5150]

Anything more on a bluray from Film detective yet ? Seems like the majority of the new releases are just dvd

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by sa5150

Anything more on a bluray from Film detective yet ? Seems like the majority of the new releases are just dvd

They mentioned it almost 3 years ago. It's probably not going to happen.

[NoirFan]

...Meanwhile, everyone in the general NOTLD thread has turned their attention/ARguing to the upcoming 4K restoration/eventual BD release.