Full Moon Releases Slew Of Remastered Flicks!

[crikan]

VHS tapes transferred onto Blu-ray. YIPPIE!

[Nailwraps]

Pics of the new PM II and III transfers via 88 Films on Facebook!:

[Katatonia]

Nice!

I have the UK Blu-rays on pre-order, and they sound like they'll be solid releases with the packaging, lossless audio choices, exclusive commentary and bonus features.

I'm not even sure if I'll keep the US Blu-rays on pre-order at Amazon...even though they are cheap as a trilogy.

[booper71]

R.I.P Richard Lynch, from PM3

[Katatonia]

Review (with screenshots) of the UK Blu-ray & DVD of Puppet Master:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film4/dvd_r...pet_master.htm

[Zombie Dude]

Originally Posted by Katatonia

Review (with screenshots) of the UK Blu-ray & DVD of Puppet Master:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film4/dvd_r...pet_master.htm

Sweet! Those images look very nice. Looking forward to this and the sequels. Hope they do 4 and 5 soon.

[Nailwraps]

PM II Commentary and original Stereo mixes confirmed for US releases!:

http://fullmoonhorror.com/2012/08/21...railers-debut/

"Puppet Master II and III are coming to Blu-ray for the first time ever on September 18th!

These remastered classics look and sound better than they ever have. Plus they are loaded up with never-before-seen special features that every true fan must witness to believe!

Each movie contains:

•Brand new remastered video in 16:9 widescreen format
•Brand new remastered audio in stereo and 5:1 surround sound
•Brand new introduction by Full Moon Features CEO and Puppet Master creator Charles Band
•Brand new audio commentary by Charles Band (Puppet Master II)
•Brand new audio commentary by David DeCoteau with C. Courtney Joyner (Puppet Master III)
•Behind the scenes uncut VideoZones
•Rare Puppet Master action figure promo video
•Killer Puppet Master video montage
•Full Moon trailers"

And we got a sneak peek of the new PM II commentary as well as another look as PM II's new long-awaited transfer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYXLS...m_medium=email

[Katatonia]

88 Films has done a nice job on the UK Blu-ray of Puppet Master.

My mini-review of the disc:

I'm unable to do a comparison with the old US Full Moon Blu-ray, since it has since rotted (THANKS Full Moon!! ) — but the transfer almost definitely looks better. The details appear sharper, and the color/contrast/black levels look better. It just seems like a better overall encode, if not even an entirely different transfer.

The Blu-ray is region-free.

We get lossless DTS HD-Master 5.1 and uncompressed PCM 2.0

It does indeed come with a reversible cover and a nice booklet.

The trailer for Puppet Master is in full 1080p (not just an upconvert) on the disc, as is Castle Freak and about 8 others.

The original Videozone featurette is included, as is the CB introduction from the old Blu-ray.

I haven't yet had a chance to listen to CB commentary or the UK exclusive commentary.

I look forward to getting II, III, Subspecies and Castle Freak on Blu-ray from them.

[Agentsusp]

The CB commentary is just ok. The sound quality of it is very bad, sounds like they recorded it in a public restroom. Chris Gore is also a terrible moderator. His first question is "where do you get your ideas from?" and it stays along those lines from there. Band doesn't really remember too much about the movie and probably spends more time talking about Puppet Master 9 than the original. There's some interesting information though, but a lot of long long silences. It was also recorded in 2009 apparently.

[Mark Relford]

Originally Posted by Katatonia

88 Films has done a nice job on the UK Blu-ray of Puppet Master.

My mini-review of the disc:

I'm unable to do a comparison with the old US Full Moon Blu-ray, since it has since rotted (THANKS Full Moon!! ) — but the transfer almost definitely looks better. The details appear sharper, and the color/contrast/black levels look better. It just seems like a better overall encode, if not even an entirely different transfer.

The Blu-ray is region-free.

We get lossless DTS HD-Master 5.1 and uncompressed PCM 2.0

It does indeed come with a reversible cover and a nice booklet.

The trailer for Puppet Master is in full 1080p (not just an upconvert) on the disc, as is Castle Freak and about 8 others.

The original Videozone featurette is included, as is the CB introduction from the old Blu-ray.

I haven't yet had a chance to listen to CB commentary or the UK exclusive commentary.

I look forward to getting II, III, Subspecies and Castle Freak on Blu-ray from them.

It is a nice release compared to the other blu. I have the sequels on pre-order. I'm hoping for a quality release of Trancers down the road.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by Mark Relford

It is a nice release compared to the other blu. I have the sequels on pre-order. I'm hoping for a quality release of Trancers down the road.

Same here, I have the sequels on pre-order at Amazon UK.

I'm not even messing with the US Full Moon Blu-rays... especially since they botched the first releases not once, but twice.

[Demoni]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

PM II Commentary and original Stereo mixes confirmed for US releases!:

http://fullmoonhorror.com/2012/08/21...railers-debut/

"Puppet Master II and III are coming to Blu-ray for the first time ever on September 18th!

These remastered classics look and sound better than they ever have. Plus they are loaded up with never-before-seen special features that every true fan must witness to believe!

Each movie contains:

•Brand new remastered video in 16:9 widescreen format
•Brand new remastered audio in stereo and 5:1 surround sound
•Brand new introduction by Full Moon Features CEO and Puppet Master creator Charles Band
•Brand new audio commentary by Charles Band (Puppet Master II)
•Brand new audio commentary by David DeCoteau with C. Courtney Joyner (Puppet Master III)
•Behind the scenes uncut VideoZones
•Rare Puppet Master action figure promo video
•Killer Puppet Master video montage
•Full Moon trailers"

And we got a sneak peek of the new PM II commentary as well as another look as PM II's new long-awaited transfer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYXLS...m_medium=email

I don´t see the original stereo mix confirmed, as it only says "Brand new remastered audio in stereo and 5:1 surround sound".

The stereo mix can be a downconversion of the 5.1 mix, this was done many times in the past.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by Demoni

I don´t see the original stereo mix confirmed, as it only says "Brand new remastered audio in stereo and 5:1 surround sound".

The stereo mix can be a downconversion of the 5.1 mix, this was done many times in the past.

The UK Blu-rays advertise both sequels with the "original" Stereo audio, so I would imagine it should be the same with the US Blu-ray release.

They only advertise the audio as "DD" (Dolby Digital) however, so I wonder whether we'll get lossless and uncompressed audio choices with these two sequels.

[Nailwraps]

Sneak Peek of the new PM III commentary (and III's new transfer)!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g66SmM0Pns

[bruce h]

Art for the box set, courtesy of RockShockPop: