Halloween (1978) (35th Anniversary Edition)

[Lacrymosa]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

It still may be, just don't go by unofficial listings on this site. People can basically add any listing they want.

I don't normally go by the listings on this site, I've added a movie on here myself so I know wrong info can be put. I just saw this and usually the basic info is correct so I was hoping.

[BluEggsandHam]

Originally Posted by ashedmaniac

I am not "going after you" at all but I sometimes wonder if this type of attitude is why some studios release fairly mediocre transfers to begin with.

"Oh, just get it out there. Who cares? If it does well enough, we'll just fix it later and add a few extras. Then those that really care will buy it again. So releasing a subpar transfer first is a win/win!"

I'm sure studios simply put out the most cost-effective version available. If you're a studio, seeking to maximize profit, would you perform a 4K scan of every film you release on format? Probably not. You have no idea how that product/film is going to perform.

You also hit the nail on the head, in regard to your comment on re-releases. What incentive is there for studios to provide comprehensive product (full of commentaries, bonus material, extras, etc) when they can release two products and double-tap the market?

[BladeRunner2007]

4K scan sounds awesome. I just hope they use the Cundey colors from the THX DVD. Lossles original mono is a must, too.

[Ill_Be_Back]

I am glad I held back, I can't wait!

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by Lacrymosa

I don't normally go by the listings on this site, I've added a movie on here myself so I know wrong info can be put. I just saw this and usually the basic info is correct so I was hoping.

The info that was uploaded for this release was done last August before any sort of official or semi-official announcements were made. I wouldn't put any creedence into it at this time.

[deepbreathsanddeath]

Originally Posted by pedromc69

I think your right lol.

Hey, at least you can admit it. If Criterion releases a turd, people force themselves to believe its an under appreciated masterpiece. Same goes for fashion.

Not that I'm comparing Halloween to anything horrible. I'm just pointing out how funny, we as humans/consumers are. If something we wouldn't otherwise buy is released through a classy studio or brand and we will find a reason to convince ourselves we need it.

I'll be getting the 35th anniversary edition but if I wasn't, then it was announced that Scream Factory was releasing it, I would pre-order it. Why? Because I'm a moron. Not only that, I just love horror but more importantly, so does scream.

They go out of their way to give fans something new and they're doing right by us. Nobody in the horror scene likes Anchor Bay anymore and with good reason. There's no further incentive to buy their products other than however much the product itself appeals to whoever the consumer is.

Scream basically gives us definitive packages right off the bat if possible so they can move onto the next title and keep on pumping great titles that will likely be ignored or given a lazy release if they don't intervene. Anchor Bay milks it and pisses us off.

Will this be the definitive release of Halloween? No. Probably not. In 5 years comes the 40th anniversary which is a bigger deal and we will get a bigger, badder set then and so on and so forth but this will surely have a new transfer and a couple new extras and that's enough to tide me over for another 5 years.

People wondering how much better it can look. Well, nobody could see how Casablanca could look better, then the new transfer topped it's already gorgeous transfer in a noticeable way. Halloween may not look as drastically different due to its low budget origins and soft photography but I'm willing to bet it'll be pretty damn good and overall worth the purchase but only time will tell if that's the case.

[therock666]

this better have the extended version with the footage they shot during Halloween II!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bookcase]

Originally Posted by therock666

this better have the extended version with the footage they shot during Halloween II!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That would be fine as long as they give you the option to watch the theatrical version, as well. Halloween is my favorite horror movie of all time, and I thought the added version killed the pacing of the movie.

[Nailwraps]

New commentary recorded!:

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news...loween-blu-ray

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

I hope in this version Michael Myers doesn't shoot first.

I think that you're out of luck.

I've also heard that, in the upcoming Blu-ray, Myers yells, "NOOOOOOOOO!", as he is falling off the balcony.

[Blu Warrior]

I wonder how much new stuff they will talk about on the commentary. The previous commentary they did for Halloween is perfection.

[oliviergregoire]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

New commentary recorded!:

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news...loween-blu-ray

I hope we'll still have the original one.

And add for me, lossless audio on the mono track cause the 5.1 remix add elements not on the original soundtrack.

[tonylopez]

How about some in character Michael Myers commentary with him breathing in the microphone for 90 minutes.

[RedZeppelin]

I think all of my thoughts have already been expressed by others in this thread:

1) Current Blu looks darn good already.
2) Existing commentary is excellent.
3) Halloween is my favorite horror movie of all time. I watch it every year. Still not sure if I'm going to double-dip on this one, though. Will wait and see the details of the new release.

[Roy Batty]

Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

I respect your view on this, but when it aired on tv, it was already edited. What's wrong with me wanting something that was already done? The version that the TV Censors felt was appropriate, was good enough for me. They also edited out the graphic violence and left it as a very suspenseful thriller that was WAY more appropriate for younger teens. Much like a PG-13 version.

Why does a film have to have graphic violence, sex and profanity to make it scary? It doesn't. Anyways, I respect your view, but I just personally prefer the TV edited version. I would never try to force my view on others, I KNOW I'm in the minority on this, but it's ok....I can still HOPE for the TV version to be released.

You have your point, and it should go without saying that you are completely entitled to own this or any other movie in whatever form you prefer from what's available.

But a movie doesn't need "graphic violence, sex and profanity to make it scary", it just needs to be untinkered and offered the way it was. You can consider that all that is gratuitous, and you may even be right in some cases, but that's beyond the point; it's part of the movie in its original form, and you can't pick what you like and discard what you don't to have it conform to your tastes, as if you were building some customized construction-blocks movie.

And when you would like to do that based not on your tastes but on some moral grounds... it's even worse.

The problem here is that you are working with a completely wrong premise, because movies definitely don't have to be appropriate for nobody, as you put it. They just have to be whatever they are, whatever their creators want them to be, and then people can choose what they like or not.

But the idea of having it work the other way around, reshaping movies to comply with anyone's particular views... feels VERY dangerous and bothering to me.

I would never go into a bookstore and ask them to tear some pages off a given book so I can "safely" read it without being offended by those parts; but it's very disturbing how casually and naturally that attitude is set and accepted as normal on the United States. I can hardly imagine any other country in the so-called free world selling a separate, censored edition of records with the lyrics bleeped-off, and having the hypocrisy of calling that the "clean" edition, as in some zealot's cult or 1984-ish society. It really gives me the shivers.

[Gardenofstone10]

OH heck yeah! One of my favorites of all time. We need this, too, because Scream Factory did such a good job on 2 and 3 I always felt like my collection was lacking given the nothing bonus features on the first.

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by tonylopez

How about some in character Michael Myers commentary with him breathing in the microphone for 90 minutes.

He would also provide the SHHH SHHH SHHH! sound effects.

[balthazar_bee]

I, and I suspect most other posters, agree with Roy's points about altering movies in this way.

Having said that, technically, the TV version in any form is a bit of a bastardization -- violence included or not.

The TV scenes are a nice little curiosity, but I have no desire to see them reinserted into the film (and was a bit baffled when Anchor Bay did this some years ago). They add next to nothing, aren't particularly gripping in and of themselves, and they strip away much of the film's lean efficiency.

I happily snapped up the AB two-disc/two-cut lenticular cover DVD release when it first appeared on the scene (as I recall, AB was atoning for its appalling treatment of the film in a previous release), but did I watch the TV version regularly? Or even more than once? Nope, and with good reason -- the added scenes weaken the film.

But hey, for all the folks who like the "extended" version, I hope you get your wish.

[therock666]

just have both versions included and new audio commentary and the Michael myers featurette that was on the new 4k theatrical print last Halloween also even if the extended version is in SD would be fine but both versions should be included on the Blu-ray disc alatotal recall remake new die hard film etc something like that

[Beachguy]

I agree with the post above.

They're not going to forgo the theatrical cut - I don't want them to do this myself.

If would just be nice to have the tv cut as a bonus.