Another of his broad adaptations of the works of h. His work on reanimator is given new life with a lustrous new 4k transfer from arrow films. Well, theyve done an equally definitive job for its delicious sequel, bride of re animator. I am so glad that i ordered this movie and was so impressed with it that i have just ordered the re animator and bride of re animator german import blu ray steel book from amazon, as i found that this was the cheapest way to get bride of re animator on blu ray as the single release of bride on blu ray was twice the price that this double. Discussion in high definition started by foller, feb 23. Reanimator on bluray 014381822052 from image ent directed by stuart gordon. One of the most wildly popular horror movies of all time, stuart gordon s enduring splattercomedy classic reanimator returns to bluray in a stunning 4k restoration packed with special features. Buy beyond reanimator dvd from amazons movies store. Preferably, if you want to save and share content using a bluray disk, you need an external bluray burner. Directed by stuart gordon and produced by brian yuzna, the film stars jeffrey combs as herbert west, a medical student who has invented. Through his experiences in the pages of the legendary books, richard.
Re animator was originally released on blu ray a few years back, and the results were not half bad, but given that arrow video have released two brian yuzna films already society and bride of re animator it made perfect sense for them to do. Reanimator, published in a magazine called home brew in early 1922. Even so, most of reanimators success has come from its growing cult followingbig enough to spawn two sequels bride of reanimator and beyond reanimator, both directed by producer brian yuzna and starring jeffrey combs, at least one comic book series, and even a musical adaptation that opened in 2011. Alfred hitchcock jamaica inn bluray disc maureen ohara film dvd png. It kind of sticks out if youre accustomed to hearing robert ryans voice coming out of his mouth. Now i have checked the blu ray quality and they have done a very nice job, you do get some beautiful scenes, all in all it gets a 45 from me. Director luis bunuel, in the interview book objects of desire. Although the technical side of the blu ray is not spectacular, the library of special features though not new may be a big selling point for fans. Reanimators best line comes when west gives hill career advice on bluray disc courtesy of image entertainment.
The media book packaging includes a nice 24page booklet, but the text is all in german. Limited to 10,000 copieswhich, according to multiple sources, are tough to get alreadythis new bricksized bluray edition of reanimator is arrow videos 100th us release, and will likely thrill fans with its topnotch av presentation, impressive packaging, and jawdropping collection of extras including many from older home video releases, naturally. So, thats whats cool about the 3disc media book editions. Jul 24, 2017 re animator is a cult classic and this new limited edition blu ray set is a must own for fans. Two disc limited edition one of the most wildly popular horror movies of all time, stuart gordons enduring splattercomedy classic reanimator returns to bluray in a stunning 4k restoration with special features when medical student dan cain advertises for a. Lovecraft, along the lines of 1986s from beyond, reanimator is a genre bending, bmovie cult classic saturated with wry humor, and plenty of. Lets just get right into the nitty gritty of this new bluray release from arrow video, shall we. Bluray authority started out in 1999 then dvd authority. Reanimator was originally released on bluray a few years back, and the results were not half bad, but given that arrow video have released two brian yuzna films already society and bride of reanimator it made perfect sense for them to do. Aug 16, 2017 lets just get right into the nitty gritty of this new bluray release from arrow video, shall we.
Lovecraft, a writer who during his own lifetime languished in obscurity and, depending on who you asked, either reveled in or eventually overcame the racism which surfaced in some of his work. Both the unrated and integral versions have been through a 4k restoration and this package comes with a ton of bonus features. One clip shows former unrated footage, the other one footage from the r rated version. This film has also been released in canada from paradoxentertainment one. Reanimator is a cult classic and this new limited edition bluray set is a must own for fans. Anchor bay would follow this up in 2007 with the same extras as well as a new seventyminute documentary reanimator.
I really feel that bride of reanimator is a success as a gory fx freak show, but a failure as a story. Producer brian yuzna takes the reins from stuart gordon and while the results were mixed, umbrellas bluray treatment of both films is nothing short of impressive. Hexxus and the machine are both simultaneously imprisoned by the newly grown tree at. We re committed to providing low prices every day, on everything.
But otherwise, the original unrated cut is the only version you need. Thus, rrated and tv versions containing less carnage but more character development were created. Reanimator 2disc limited edition bluray arrow films 2disc limited edition contents. Arrow video brings bride of re animator to blu ray for the very first time in america, and the results are satisfying. Re animator s best line comes when west gives hill career advice on blu ray disc courtesy of image entertainment. Reanimator skip to main search results amazon prime. Arrows limited edition release is a true upgrade in. Bride of reanimator limited edition steelbook bluray. Aug 05, 2017 director stuart gordons overthetop gorefest based on h. Frightening, gross, and quite funny, it remains an ideal midnight movie, with a standout performance by jeffrey combs. If you re a fan of re animator then i urge you to give this blu ray a go.
Lovecrafts tale of a scientists mad quest to bring the dead back to life looks more gruesome than ever in a new, limited. A behindthescenes reel joins the rrated cut on the second bd. Reanimator by stuart gordon jeffrey combs, bruce abbott. Jan 21, 2016 reanimator limited 3disc blu raydvd mediabook unboxing. Jeffrey combs, bruce abbott, barbara crampton, david gale, stuart gordon. Resurrectus, all of which would be carried over to image entertainments 2012 bluray, but the dated hd master received criticism including some claiming that it was an upscale which at the time was not hard to buy given the. Jun 27, 2016 a couple months ago, i posted about how the german blu ray company capelight brought re animator back to life with a stunning new transfer.
Both bride of reanimators bluray releases are pretty sweet, but unless you only speak german, id say arrow. After returning home to the reef, marlin and dory watch mr. Bluray disc reanimator splatter film dvd, png, 1024x1024px. Sep 20, 2017 reanimator is a movie that manages to be both scary and profoundly silly, placing it squarely among the decades best genre flicks. If youre a fan of reanimator then i urge you to give this blu ray a go. When medical student dan cain advertises for a roommate, he finds one in the form of herbert west.
This is something that is not a very common occurrence in hollywood, but following the success of reanimator, which made more than double its modest budget at the box office and enjoyed home video success, the same team of actors reunited for bride of reanimator, and with a new director at the helm read more about bride of reanimator limited edition. The film is a bona fide classic and the bluray rocks. Finding nemo is a 2003 american computeranimated adventure film produced by pixar. Both versions of the movie look great here and show very strong detail and nice color reproduction. So if you find a current lower price from an online retailer on an identical, instock product, tell us and well match it. Suspiria german 3 disc bluray dvd leatherbook limited edition. This is something that is not a very common occurrence in hollywood, but following the success of re animator, which made more than double its modest budget at the box office and enjoyed home video success, the same team of actors re united for bride of re animator, and with a new director at the helm read more about bride of re animator limited edition. So if you find a current lower price from an online retailer on an identical, instock product, tell us.
Were committed to providing low prices every day, on everything. Whatever criticisms can be leveled against bride of reanimator, it cant be accused of playing it safe. The german label capelight has posted two clips from their upcoming bride of re animator blu ray to give us an idea about the picture quality. Please note the 2 blurays are region free but the dvd is pal and not u. No one can accuse 80s horror maven stuart gordon of subtlety, and reanimator is no exception. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bride of reanimator 3 disc german media book bluray and dvd. The storyline is solid enough for a horror movie, especially since it offers so much potential for splatter and gross special effects, which the film more than delivers on, i assure you. All in all an excellent blu ray release of a top notch horror film, all i need to get now is beyond reanimator on blu ray, so i hope there is a blu ray release soon. This bluray of reanimator is identical to the one released previously by umbrella in australia but is rereleased in conjunction with the bluray release of the films two sequels bride of reanimator 1989 and beyond reanimator 2003.
Adapted from the book of the same name by diana young, the film is an australian. Lovecrafts series of short stories called herbert west. All of those features, including the multiple commentaries, hourlong retrospective documentary, interviews, marketing spots, and a half hours worth of alternate scenes are found here, as are many, many. Bride of reanimator 3 disc limited collectors edition. While i couldnt call this a razorsharp image, it showed pretty good delineation and clarity, with only. I was excited to see that arrow video was going to release the cult classic horrorcomedy re animator. The film looks and sounds better than ever and the special features are the price of admission alone. The success of stuart gordons hit horrorcomedy reanimator meant that a sequel was all but inevitable. I had the pleasure to be contacted by the gentlemen from capelight pictures berlin, germany. Barbra crampton and jeffery combs are awesome as always. The resulting followup, bride of reanimator this time helmed by director brian yuzna society, return of the living dead iii would prove that there was a good deal more life and death left in the story of dr herbert west and his ghoulish exploits. User iasoansdss uploaded this reanimator bluray disc reanimator. Re animator holds up well after nearly thirty years.
The cover does not show a rating logo or advertising banners. Both the rrated and unrated cuts are included, presented in 1080p hd in their. It will include the unrated and rrated versions on blu ray and the unrated version on dvd. Although the technical side of the bluray is not spectacular, the library of special features though not new may be a. Aug 08, 2017 the last 58 years has seen an explosion in interest in the works and universe created by h. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Reanimator the original 1991 comic book adaptation, reprinted in its entirety. Although it was theatrically released unrated, reanimator was reedited for certain markets without the filmmakers consent, of course. Now i have checked the bluray quality and they have done a very nice job, you do get some beautiful scenes, all in all it gets a 45 from me. At startup, the disc goes straight to an animated main menu with fullmotion clips and music. Not one to leave fans hanging, umbrella entertainments second volume of its dedicated sublabel, beyond genres. Do note that capelight has also released a 2bluray edition of reanimator with its sequel bride of reanimator.
Bluray burners help share multimedia files with clients, friends and family. For this 3 disc limited edition release, both rrated and unrated cuts of the film are. Theres also a couple inserts and autoplaying bonus trailers for other capelight releases on each disc. This item is the limited edition uk arrow video blu ray release of. Arrow video brings bride of reanimator to bluray for the first time in the us in a limited edition threedisc edition with a limited run of 5,000 units. One could quickly lose count of how many editions of reanimator are out there on dvd, bluray and so on. Aug 21, 2017 fans who havent already sprung for one of the prior bluray releases of reanimator will want to pick this wonderful arrow release up without hesitation and those who already own one of the other releases might consider a doubledip. Image entertainment has now injected this cult classic into the bluray era, and have done a rather fine job doing so. Fortunately, we can experience the bizarre exploits of herbert west whenever we wish, as this movie keeps coming back to life. Bride of reanimator bluray disc details highdef digest. Bride of reanimator blu ray sealed limited edition 3.
Reanimator holds up well after nearly thirty years. Staring jeffrey combs, robert sampson, david gale and barbara crampton. Loves struggle throughout the ages 1916 cohen media note. Lovecraft, along the lines of 1986s from beyond, reanimator is a genre bending, bmovie cult classic saturated with wry humor, and plenty of gore. Oct 15, 20 falls euch dieses video gefallen hat, verge. All in all an excellent blu ray release of a top notch horror film, all i need to get now is beyond re animator on blu ray, so i hope there is a blu ray release soon. For its 20th anniversary, ferngully was released on bluray disc on march 6, 2012. May 04, 2016 i really feel that bride of re animator is a success as a gory fx freak show, but a failure as a story. Bride of reanimator director approved 3disc limited edition blu. Reanimator arrow video limited edition blu ray unboxing. Bride of reanimator arrives on bluray from arrow video framed at 1. Lovecrafts reanimator is a 1985 american horror comedy film loosely based on the 1922 h. Pre90s catalog on blu a comprehensive list home theater forum.
And bride of re animator is another brilliant release to add to their ever growing catalogue. In fact, the only real negative here is that we realize just how inferior the re animator sequels are. Were talking about severed heads, spurts of blood, insane undead creatures, you name it and reanimator probably has it, and in spades. While i couldnt call this a razorsharp image, it showed pretty good delineation and clarity, with only a few slightly soft shots. If you own this release, please let us know via our forums. Fifteen years ago, it looked like millenniums 2disc dvd. I was excited to see that arrow video was going to release the cult classic horrorcomedy reanimator. Arrow video brings bride of reanimator to bluray for the very first time in america, and the results are satisfying. Reanimator 12, beyond reanimator, society, the dentist 12, rottweiler, etc. I am so glad that i ordered this movie and was so impressed with it that i have just ordered the reanimator and bride of reanimator german import blu ray steel book from amazon, as i found that this was the cheapest way to get bride of reanimator on blu ray as the single release of bride on blu ray was twice the price that this double. Fans who havent already sprung for one of the prior bluray releases of reanimator will want to pick this wonderful arrow release up without hesitation and those who already own one of the other releases might consider a doubledip. They wanted to use some of my reanimator artworks to make their bluray steelbook cover.
Image entertainment brings reanimator to bluray on a region a locked, bd50 disc inside an ecovortex keepcase. As a result, pixars animator for dory, gini cruz santos, integrated the fish. British animator john stevensons oncamera appreciation is more personal than. Reanimator appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1. Its basically up there with halloween and evil dead ii. Its pretty ridiculous, but i think we can finally end the costly buying cycle with arrow videos limited edition release of reanimator. Reanimator is a movie that manages to be both scary and. Bluray disc, brian yuzna, comic book, comics, disk. Worlds on film, brought with it sequels bride of reanimator and beyond reanimator. The resulting followup, bride of re animator this time helmed by director brian yuzna society, return of the living dead iii would prove that there was a good deal more life and death left in the story of dr herbert west and his ghoulish exploits. Improving the storage capacity of your computer means finding compatible cd dvd and bluray media. Arrows new blu ray edition, with its exhaustive array.
The black book aka reign of terror 1949 kit parker note. Director stuart gordons overthetop gorefest based on h. Unsurprising for a film with such hallowed cult status, reanimator has already been graced with a number of absurdly extrasladen special editions. Marlin and dory exit the east australian current and are engulfed by a blue. Since the transition of home media to dvd and beyond, reanimator has cycled through numerous releases both of its director preferred unrated cut and the far rarer integral cut, highly sought after by fans for its blending and rearranging of scenes from both the rrated and unrated cuts of. The success of stuart gordons hit horrorcomedy re animator meant that a sequel was all but inevitable. The integral reanimator from capelight dvd bluray comparison. Bluray discs are in a high definition format and need to be played on a bluray. A disk offers an enormous storage capacity for images.
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