Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

[returnofthemack]

Originally Posted by Mystic

I'll definitely be picking this up. Scream Factory maybe offering more in terms of packaging and bonus features, but they aren't known for superior transfers, so in my book, this will be the release to have.

To be fair universal isn't exactly known for superior transfers either unless it's one of their premium movies (sometimes not even the then). I will own both releases and put them in a two disc case with screams original theatrical artwork as the cover art. subtitles are key though.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

Because they can not afford to create subtitles for movies since they need to hire specialists for it. They talked about this several years ago.

And since both films already have subtitle tracks created, there' son need for specialists. All they have to do is license them, and it's not expensive.

Originally Posted by Eny-

They understand since the first two releases - H2 / H3 - are the only ones without subtitles.

They obviously don't, since they neglected to get subs for several of the Halloween releases. I can go online and download sub tracks for those films for free, so they should've used resources to license them as well. It's just cheapness on their part, especially when bargain bin companies like Mill Creek can afford sub tracks in some cases.

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

They obviously don't, since they neglected to get subs for several of the Halloween releases. I can go online and download sub tracks for those films for free, so they should've used resources to license them as well. It's just cheapness on their part, especially when bargain bin companies like Mill Creek can afford sub tracks in some cases.

Every Halloween movie had subs in the box set, except Halloween 2/3 (basically because they recycled their old CE's). And to be fair, Shout/Scream has gotten way better/more consistent when it comes to including subtitles.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Seymour

Every Halloween movie had subs in the box set, except Halloween 2/3 (basically because they recycled their old CE's). And to be fair, Shout/Scream has gotten way better/more consistent when it comes to including subtitles.

Again, don't "recycle" when you're advertising the box set as "definitive." I had to download free english subs for III and burn my own disc because Scream was too cheap to do so. That's just a basic fact. And I have the Universal version of II because, again, Scream was too cheap to port over Universal's subs.

If they spent the time on the Producers's cut of Resurrection and box art, and including all the versions (which meant licensing deals with several companies), then they shouldn't be so cheap as to discriminate against the hard of hearing who — if they bought the set — wouldn't be able to watch parts 2 or 3. It's not a moral victory that they got 8 our of 10 right, it's that they got 2 wrong and chose not to fix it.

[Dylan34]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

Blu-ray cover (which looks pretty sweet and is pretty reminiscent of Universal's cover for II):


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Like the cover art actually!!! Nice! Can't wait to see the transfer!

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

Blu-ray cover (which looks pretty sweet and is pretty reminiscent of Universal's cover for II):


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The cover art is cool, and definitely captures the spirit of the film. Definitely looking forward to this release.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

Blu-ray cover (which looks pretty sweet and is pretty reminiscent of Universal's cover for II):


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I'd have preferred the original poster, but I like this cover. It's basically a reworked version of the poster anyway, plus like you say, it goes nicely with the Halloween II cover.

[jacksparrow900]

the cover looks so much like the goodtimes release

[kidglov3s]

Originally Posted by jacksparrow900

the cover looks so much like the goodtimes release

I was fascinated to kind of see that art evolve over time when I was looking through images today.

Halloween II One Sheet:


Halloween II Goodtimes VHS, takes the Skullkin and adds the glowing eyes and beams:


Halloween III Goodtimes DVD, reuses glowing beaming Skullkin, beams changed a little:


Halloween III Universal BD, reuses GT DVD art except changes font to match Universal HII BD, beams changed a little again:


I was never a fan of the GT Halloween films art, but find it kind of charming that these clunky design aesthetics linger on now some twenty years later.

[Vlad Draculi]

Shout's release has better covers.

[Nailwraps]

Originally Posted by jacksparrow900

the cover looks so much like the goodtimes release

Yes... but better!

[Liquid_Swords]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

Shout's release has better covers.

Yes. Because the original is on the flip side

[Nailwraps]

The Amazon listing has been updated with the back cover and as expected, no extras and no 5.1 upgrade. DTS-HD Mono and English, French, and Spanish subtitles.

Though I'll be amazed if at least 1 of the 2 trailers will be included.

[PowellPressburger]

Looks like it will feature the DTS HD 2.0 track, so that is true to the original release. (and Scream Release was 2.0 also)

[MifuneFan]

Nice to see them using a BD-50 disc. Not sure if that's the norm with Universal catalog release, but considering this is bsrebonrs, they could have definitely put it on a BD-25 disc. Hopefully they do make the most of that extra space when encoding.

[Liquid_Swords]

This is coming out right around the corner. Can't wait to see how this compares to the Scream Factory release.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Liquid_Swords

This is coming out right around the corner. Can't wait to see how this compares to the Scream Factory release.

Same here. Looking forward to the reviews and I think/hope this will be the best the movie has looked on home video so far. By how much is the question though.

[tskwerl]

Given what seems to be Universal's "new" stance on creating the best possible transfers, my expectations for this transfer are probably too high. *fingers crossed*

If only that new stance had been put in place before the new Back to the Future set was announced.

[balthazar_bee]

I'm such a sucker for this movie...if it's even remotelybetter, I'm sure I'll jump again.

But yeah, it'd be awesome if Universal had an unmolested, grain-rich master lying around.

[samuel1976]

It will most likely be better PQ than the SF release.