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CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN bd (UK) on October 15th!

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perfsol		#101	[-]
Oct 27 12 3:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Watched this a few days ago in the default 1.37. Some shots had too much head room, others would be tight. It seems the matte painting shots are composed for full frame but the live action has allowed for the soft 1.66. At any rate, the most problematic are the colours which are faded and although they have done as much as possible to rectify this, it is clear that the source material is compromised with weak skin colour and an overall washed out look. Given the budget of 60,000 GBP, I suspect the film stock wasn't top notch. I've always found previous versions of CoF quite weak, so overall the blu is an improvement and the extensive extras are quite good even if a couple of announced items were dropped. Ted, any word on where your inside scoop on the making of Tales of Frankenstein might pop up?
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MonsterGuy95		#102	[-]
Jan 1 13 9:25 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Has anyone here got it? How would you rate the extras?
Squire Hamilton		#103	[-]
Jan 1 13 10:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MonsterGuy95 wrote: Has anyone here got it? How would you rate the extras? The 'Making Of' documentary is very good, with plenty of new and archive interviews. And, at just over half an hour, it doesn't outstay its welcome. The commentary - by Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby - is even better, full of interesting information and astute observations. Life With Sir is a touching and very personal 11-minute interview with Joyce Broughton, who was Peter Cushing's personal assistant and secretary for more than thirty years. At one point, it had me close to tears... The Four Sided Triangle (1953) is in standard def, but is a nice quality print, in the correct (1.37:1) Academy ratio. Tales Of Frankenstein is a couple of notches down in quality - although perhaps still a little better than some of the public domain versions I've encountered. The World Of Hammer (Frankenstein) is an okay makeweight, even if most Hammer fans will probably already own a copy of it, as it's previously appeared on a couple of Anchor Bay discs. Finally, there's an informative 18-page illustrated PDF booklet embedded onto the 2nd Dvd, written by Hammer scholar and archivist Robert Simpson. Overall, I'd say the extras are very good, and go quite a way to compensate for the less than perfect print(s) of the film itself. Last Edited By: Squire Hamilton Jan 1 13 10:16 AM. Edited 1 times.
MonsterGuy95		#104	[-]
Jan 2 13 10:54 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well I have just ordered it. I have the WB DVD, which I will be keeping. The only reason I am getting this is for the Extra's and the Audio Commentary which I take it is on the DVD - not the Blu-Ray. I don't even have a Blu-Ray player!
Squire Hamilton		#105	[-]
Jan 2 13 11:29 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MonsterGuy95 wrote: Well I have just ordered it. I have the WB DVD, which I will be keeping. The only reason I am getting this is for the Extra's and the Audio Commentary which I take it is on the DVD - not the Blu-Ray. I don't even have a Blu-Ray player! The commentary track is on the first DVD - the rest of the extras are on the second disc.

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