Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 4K UHD (1994) Coming in March 29th, 2022. https://highdefdiscnews.com/2021/12/17/1994-film-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-on-4k-in-march/ I'm a Frankenstein fanatic but even still I'm lukewarm on this adaptation but I'm intrigued by the extras. Then Edison's Frankenstein is what really sold me as I watch it every October on Frankenstein Friday.
It seemed like Arrow's limited edition Robocop blu-ray came out recently but when I checked it's already been over two years.
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but the Arrow "Video Nasty Edition" Arrow store exclusive of Don't Go in the House will have a bonus 3rd disc not included on their standard retail edition: So yeah, I'm definitely going with that over the Severin release... who knows what they'd screw up. I went ahead and pre-ordered that + the "Creepers" Arrow UK store exclusive of the "Phenomena" 4K release. That variant does look really sweet the more I looked at the product images. I was just going to get the Synapse 4K release of Phenomena, but then I realized the Dario Argento's World of Horror documentary is only on the old Synapse SteelBook Blu-ray release, but was not on the old Arrow UK Blu-ray set. So I'll just get the "Creepers" UK 4K exclusive, and get rid of the old Arrow UK Blu-ray set.
This probably means that eventually every film they did with a 4K scan in the past will get an UHD release, which i'm fine with as it saves me a lot of money!
I find it pretty dodgy that they're just using the same art now for some of these 4k re-releases. The Argento ones at least have new art. Just feels lazy.
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Amazon has the Cat O'Nine Tails limited UHD release for $25.50. That is a pretty good price if anyone was on the fence. https://www.amazon.com/The-Cat-o-Ni...35-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
The Dune limited edition on blu ray has become almost impossible to find. I waited patiently for it to come to my local Bull Moose store and it never did. It finally appeared but only the regular edition. By that time I really had my heart set on the limited edition so I checked on line only to find that it wasn’t available anywhere in America. The only place I found some still available is the UK Zavvi site so I snagged one (for the same price as the regular edition at bull moose, btw). Hopefully they really have it in stock!
Amazon UK have this in stock currently and on offer: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dune-UHD-L...1_6?keywords=Dune&qid=1641663270&s=dvd&sr=1-6
That's cool, but it isn't what I wanted. The 4K edition is actually a lot easier to come across. I could have gotten that used for less than $30 a few week ago.
Here are some random screenshots I grabbed from the Arrow disc of The Mangler: BDInfo scan: Code: Total Video Title Codec Length Movie Size Disc Size Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track Secondary Audio Track ----- ------ ------- -------------- -------------- ------- ------- ------------------ --------------------- 00001.MPLS AVC 1:46:16 35,450,567,616 48,762,827,933 44.48 34.82 LPCM 2.0 2304Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) DTS-HD Master 5.1 4012Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) Code: DISC INFO: Disc Title: THE MANGLER Disc Label: THE MANGLER Disc Size: 48,762,827,933 bytes Protection: AACS BDInfo: 0.7.5.8 PLAYLIST REPORT: Name: 00001.MPLS Length: 1:46:16.036 (h:m:s.ms) Size: 35,450,567,616 bytes Total Bitrate: 44.48 Mbps VIDEO: Codec Bitrate Description ----- ------- ----------- MPEG-4 AVC Video 34822 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 AUDIO: Codec Language Bitrate Description ----- -------- ------- ----------- LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit DTS-HD Master Audio English 4012 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4012 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps / DN -31dB Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps / DN -31dB Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps / DN -31dB SUBTITLES: Codec Language Bitrate Description ----- -------- ------- ----------- Presentation Graphics English 30.238 kbps FILES: Name Time In Length Size Total Bitrate ---- ------- ------ ---- ------------- 00006.M2TS 0:00:00.000 1:46:15.035 35,450,551,872 44,486 00010.M2TS 1:46:15.035 0:00:01.000 15,744 121 CHAPTERS: Number Time In Length Avg Video Rate Max 1-Sec Rate Max 1-Sec Time Max 5-Sec Rate Max 5-Sec Time Max 10Sec Rate Max 10Sec Time Avg Frame Size Max Frame Size Max Frame Time ------ ------- ------ -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- 1 0:00:00.000 0:08:31.636 32,463 kbps 54,551 kbps 00:04:19.300 39,580 kbps 00:05:13.730 37,601 kbps 00:08:12.992 0 bytes 756,606 bytes 00:05:39.881 2 0:08:31.636 0:09:00.373 35,655 kbps 46,959 kbps 00:17:07.651 39,190 kbps 00:09:56.929 37,485 kbps 00:12:18.863 0 bytes 679,994 bytes 00:13:11.665 3 0:17:32.009 0:09:59.223 35,721 kbps 51,329 kbps 00:21:02.761 38,877 kbps 00:22:29.014 37,531 kbps 00:22:23.342 0 bytes 644,940 bytes 00:26:47.897 4 0:27:31.232 0:05:56.230 35,978 kbps 44,381 kbps 00:29:15.044 38,824 kbps 00:30:42.257 37,160 kbps 00:30:18.983 0 bytes 560,899 bytes 00:29:57.337 5 0:33:27.463 0:09:54.135 35,942 kbps 49,628 kbps 00:41:47.504 39,183 kbps 00:41:44.627 37,740 kbps 00:41:46.420 0 bytes 567,351 bytes 00:35:07.271 6 0:43:21.599 0:13:03.574 35,966 kbps 48,710 kbps 00:50:06.795 39,175 kbps 00:45:55.043 37,697 kbps 00:52:02.035 0 bytes 614,388 bytes 00:50:49.755 7 0:56:25.173 0:05:47.555 36,007 kbps 44,363 kbps 00:57:37.036 38,751 kbps 00:58:49.943 37,426 kbps 00:58:43.937 0 bytes 577,829 bytes 00:59:15.927 8 1:02:12.729 0:08:15.661 35,983 kbps 47,483 kbps 01:09:29.290 38,206 kbps 01:06:35.491 37,136 kbps 01:06:35.616 0 bytes 539,304 bytes 01:09:34.128 9 1:10:28.390 0:06:54.997 36,005 kbps 49,991 kbps 01:14:40.476 38,846 kbps 01:13:28.612 37,377 kbps 01:11:58.564 0 bytes 791,958 bytes 01:15:11.924 10 1:17:23.388 0:10:41.307 35,987 kbps 47,593 kbps 01:26:53.166 39,272 kbps 01:25:57.986 37,454 kbps 01:25:53.022 0 bytes 590,419 bytes 01:21:31.887 11 1:28:04.696 0:09:26.065 35,904 kbps 54,698 kbps 01:35:45.072 39,038 kbps 01:30:46.566 37,623 kbps 01:30:29.298 0 bytes 818,045 bytes 01:35:45.114 12 1:37:30.761 0:08:44.273 26,134 kbps 46,717 kbps 01:40:42.828 39,098 kbps 01:39:17.910 37,454 kbps 01:39:17.910 0 bytes 732,857 bytes 01:39:35.260 13 1:46:15.035 0:00:01.001 23 kbps 0 kbps 00:00:00.000 0 kbps 00:00:00.000 0 kbps 00:00:00.000 0 bytes 158 bytes 01:46:15.702 STREAM DIAGNOSTICS: File PID Type Codec Language Seconds Bitrate Bytes Packets ---- --- ---- ----- -------- -------------- -------------- ------------- ----- 00006.M2TS 4113 (0x1011) 0x1B AVC 6374.952 34,828 27,753,727,916 150,927,009 00006.M2TS 4352 (0x1100) 0x80 LPCM eng (English) 6374.952 2,310 1,841,110,108 10,200,056 00006.M2TS 4353 (0x1101) 0x86 DTS-HD MA eng (English) 6374.952 4,013 3,198,016,696 18,375,900 00006.M2TS 4354 (0x1102) 0x81 AC3 eng (English) 6374.952 320 255,001,600 1,593,760 00006.M2TS 4355 (0x1103) 0x81 AC3 eng (English) 6374.952 320 255,001,600 1,593,760 00006.M2TS 4356 (0x1104) 0x81 AC3 eng (English) 6374.952 320 255,001,600 1,593,760 00006.M2TS 4608 (0x1200) 0x90 PGS eng (English) 6374.952 30 24,100,499 140,458 00010.M2TS 4113 (0x1011) 0x1B AVC 0.876 41 4,531 32 The main difference between the Shout and Arrow transfers are mainly this: Shout presented the film in a 1.85:1 ratio mirroring the original theatrical ratio, yet Arrow presented it as a 1.78:1 ratio on their release. Why Arrow decided not to go with the original aspect ratio? No clue. Arrow lists on their back cover and also in the booklet that it's a 4K scan from the original camera negative, but "produced and supplied by Shout! Factory" Shout listed it as being a 2K scan from the original camera negative on the back cover of their older Blu-ray... Here is also a new review: http://www.dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=6866 The Arrow booklet is 36-pages if anyone was wondering.
Just got my UK Dune disc in and I can verify that it isn't locked to Region B. Why would it be when it was released simultaneously in the US? Just in case anybody was wondering because I couldn't find that info anywhere.
That's pretty much the default with all Arrow releases that are dual US/UK territory releases. They are either fully region free, or dual locked to both A and B regions. It's always the same exact disc content, same exact disc ID's, etc.
That’s what I figured. It only makes sense because why press two virtually identical releases just for region coding if you have licenses for both places? But still, confirmation is always appreciated.
I think the UK releases often have different "UK" rating logos on the disc label, but that's really the sole difference with Arrow's dual territory releases.
For those who missed the Limited Edition of Phantom Of The Mall, a standard edition including only the first disc will be available on March 29th. Also, April announcements will be revealed this Friday.
I skipped this one...with the name, and knowing it's got pauly shore in it...it seemed pretty silly. But now I'm wondering if I may have been mistaken. Do people like this one? Is it a spoof, or an actual horror film?
