The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) - 3 Disc Limited Edition

[BladeRunner2007]

Video:
1080p24 Full HD (1,78:1) - Digitally Remastered

Audio:
English - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stero and 2.0 Mono

German - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Special Features:
Commentary by Actors und Art Director
Commentary by Hooper, Pearl und Hansen
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (72:54 Min.)
Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw (71:42 Min.)
A Tour of the TCSM House with Gunnar Hansen (8:03 Min.)
Off the hook mit Teri McMinn (17:02 Min.)
Deleted Scenes and Outtakes (25:24 Min.)
Blooper Reel (2:23 Min.)
Outtakes from "The Shocking Truth" (7:34 Min.)
Dr. W.E. Barnes presents "Making Grandpa" (Gallery)
Still Gallery
Trailer 1 (1:43 Min.)
Trailer 2 (1:30 Min.)
TV Spot 1 (0:34 Min.)
TV Spot 2 (0:35 Min.)
TV Spot 3 (0:33 Min.)
Radio Spot 1 (0:32 Min.)
Radio Spot 2 (0:32 Min.)

Limited to 5.000 copies! Digipak!

Disc 1: Film on Blu-ray Disc
Disc 2: Film on DVD
Disc 3: Special Features

[LordCrumb]

wow I love that artwork... extras appear the same as the US at first glance. but that artwork is worth the purchase alone.

where can we get it?

[USiT]

I don't like the typeo on the cover

[Funktion]

This release is a waste of money (and discs). The UK release has all these special features and more (it has some lengthy bonus interviews not included in neither the US or this release) on a single BD disc, and it's quite cheap.

This release is probably using a single layer disc, why else did they bump the extras to a separate DVD?

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by USiT

I don't like the typeo on the cover

are you refering to the word 'Chainsaw' not being 'Chain Saw'?

Originally Posted by Funktion

This release is a waste of money (and discs). The UK release has all these special features and more (it has some lengthy bonus interviews not included in neither the US or this release) on a single BD disc, and it's quite cheap.

This release is probably using a single layer disc, why else did they bump the extras to a separate DVD?

What are the extras on the UK disc?

[Funktion]

Originally Posted by KaiGusto

What are the extras on the UK disc?

-Commentary with director Tobe Hooper, cinematographer Daniel Pearl and actor Gunnar Hansen
-Commentary with actors Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger and art director Robert A. Burns
-'Off The Hook' - an interview with Teri McMinn
-Interview with Production Manager Ron Bozman
-'The Shocking Truth' documentary
-A tour of the TCSM house with Gunnar Hansen
-'Shocking Truth' outtakes
-'Flesh Wounds' documentary
-Interview with director Tobe Hooper
-Interview with writer Kim Henkel
-Outtakes and deleted scenes
-Trailers, TV and radio spots
-Bloopers
-Stills gallery

Or to make it simple, everything from this German release (same as the US release) + "Interview with director Tobe Hooper" + "Interview with writer Kim Henkel" + "Interview with Production Manager Ron Bozman". The 3 interviews amount to over 40 minutes.

[LordCrumb]

Cool, thanks.

[USiT]

Originally Posted by KaiGusto

are you refering to the word 'Chainsaw' not being 'Chain Saw'?

Yes... not a big deal but i dont like it when they write it "chainsaw" it feals like the remake of the movie that had that spelling

[Ceaucescu]

Is the blu-ray disc region locked?

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Ceaucescu

Is the blu-ray disc region locked?

It's region B only.

[Ceaucescu]

I see.

Thanks for the response, BladeRunner!

[demiscy]

where can we buy this from?

[OpFeRmEtZgER]

the german release also has a new transfer!
it´s not the same transfer as the US Blu Ray.
As far as i heard it does have a way better transfer which makes the movie look more natural!(i´m still waiting for my copy to arrive altogether with the german Boondock Saints Mediabook!)

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by OpFeRmEtZgER

the german release also has a new transfer!
it´s not the same transfer as the US Blu Ray.
As far as i heard it does have a way better transfer which makes the movie look more natural!(i´m still waiting for my copy to arrive altogether with the german Boondock Saints Mediabook!)

Very interesting... I will have to look into getting this one then..

[BladeRunner2007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J84XASl1LbM

[Funktion]

Originally Posted by OpFeRmEtZgER

the german release also has a new transfer!
it´s not the same transfer as the US Blu Ray.
As far as i heard it does have a way better transfer which makes the movie look more natural!

Having seen the transfer on the UK BD disc (which is the same as the one on the US disc), if a new transfer was indeed made (I still think the german disc is probably using the same transfer, they are already using the very same extras from the US release, and with the costs involved in a new HD transfer it wouldn't be very cost-efficient to do a new one) I have serious doubts it will be superior to the already existing HD transfer. The transfer on the UK and US discs was slowly and painstakingly restored by Don May Jr. (from Synapse Films), and he did such a wonderful job I just can't see how a film like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, filmed with such cheap film stock, can look "way better" and "more natural" than this.

But if anyone buys the disc, post some screencaps, I'm now curious to see how it looks.

[BladeRunner2007]

The US BD uses a noise filter, the german BD does not. So you can see more filmgrain and the image looks more natural.

[Funktion]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

The US BD uses a noise filter, the german BD does not. So you can see more filmgrain and the image looks more natural.

Where did you hear about the use of a noise filter? It's already been stated numerous times that the restoration work was done manually, and that there was no filtering or noise reduction applied to the HD master (as it's pretty clear to see on the existing BD releases, it's very grainy, which is no surprise to those familiar with the film). I watched the existing HD transfer (on the UK BD disc), and it looks very grainy, and the image sure looks "natural".

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the new German release can't possibly be better than the existing HD transfer, it's just that a lot of time and money was spent restoring TCM, and I seriously doubt the company behind the German release got both access to the original materials + spend additional 10s of thousands of dollars further working on a new HD master, to sell in an edition limited to 5000 copies.

But when someone receives their discs, please post some screencaps, if the transfer is indeed such a huge improvement I would be interested in purchasing this release.

[BladeRunner2007]

The label gave me that information. I don't know if that is true or not, but that's what they said to me.

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

The US BD uses a noise filter, the german BD does not. So you can see more filmgrain and the image looks more natural.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

The label gave me that information. I don't know if that is true or not, but that's what they said to me.

The German label gave you the information that the US had a noise filter? I will have to +1 with Funktion at this stage, untill some screencaps come out, we cant really say for sure that it is 'superior' to the US transfer (which btw, if you havnt seen it, looks so good).