award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
The tenth birthday of cinematic boogeyman Freddy Krueger should have been a big deal to start with, that's for sure. Why? Well, in the ...
Awesome! Too bad it'll be 4:3, but at least it won't suffer from the mismatched SD-effects/HD-live-action problem that Babylon 5 did. And I'll bet Brian Johnson's FX will *still* look great in HD!
ReplyDeleteI have been waiting for this! This is exciting. These must include the UK digitally remastered versions I should think.
ReplyDeleteI am over the moon John. Thanks.
To upgrade or not to upgrade?...that is the question. On the wish list it goes. 70 bones is a bit rich for my blood for something I've already got (albeit in standard definition), but after it's released and the inevitable "Sci-Fi and/or TV shows on DVD at Amazon" sale happens, it may be too tempting to resist. Such was the case with The Prisoner blu-ray which I picked up for a mere $40 earlier this year.
ReplyDeleteBeyond the fact that this is going to look and sound a LOT better (if the Region 2 set reviews are any indication), to reduce the footprint of this set to 6 discs(!) is worth the price of admission alone : ) And that Prisoner set is fantastic!
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