More Argento Blu-Rays coming from Arrow...

[HungFist]

It was easier during the dvd era when the "best possible" was pretty much the same for all films... now you don't really know how good something could look like. Then we've got a board full of idiots who bought a ridiculously large TV and are seeing additional problems in the already shitty looking image...

[gasteropod]

http://www.landofwhimsy.com/archives/20 ... d-release/

[Markgway]

A confirm for Blue Underground.

[gasteropod]

Tenebrae official announcement:

Terror Beyond Belief!

A notorious horror classic returns in all its depraved glory. This infamous video nasty updated the classic Giallo blueprint for the gorified 80s, courting controversy and drenching the viewer in crimson arterial spray.

A razor-wielding psycho is stalking the horror writer Peter Neal, in Rome to promote his latest work, Tenebre. But the author isn’t the obsessive killer’s only target, the beautiful women who surround him are doomed as one by one, they fall victim to the murderer’s slashing blade…

Will fiction and reality blur as fear and madness take hold? Watch in terror as by turns the cast fall victim to the sadistic imagination of Dario Argento, Italy’s master of horror.

THIS AMAZING EDITION CONTAINS:
- 4 Sleeve art options with original and newly commissioned art work
- Double-sided fold-out poster
- Exclusive collector’s booklet featuring brand new writing on Tenebrae by Alan Jones, author of Profondo Argento
- Brand new HD restoration of the film
- Optional original mono English and Italian audio
- Audio Commentary with Argento experts, journalists and writers Kim Newman and Alan Jones
- Audio Commentary with Argento expert Thomas Rostock
- Introduction by Daria Nicolodi
- Screaming Queen! Daria Nicolodi remembers Tenebrae
- The Unsane World of Tenebrae: An interview with Dario Argento
- A Composition for Carnage: Claudio Simonetti on Tenebrae
- Goblin: Tenebrae and Phenomena Live from the Glasgow Arches
- Original Trailer

Original art by Rick Melton

In original 1.85:1 aspect ratio with mono Italian and English (LPCM on the Blu-ray, Dolby Digital on the DVD) audio with optional English subtitles for English and Italian audio

Blu-ray running time 101 mins
DVD running time 97 mins
Blu-ray Region ABC
DVD Region 0 PAL

DVD RRP £19.99
Blu-ray RRP £27.99

Released 23rd May 2011

Really looking forward to this, and have had it pre-ordered for 3 months already haha.

[Markgway]

Specs look very promising.

[Markgway]

Deep Red (Blue Underground):

http://10kbullets.com/reviews/d/deep-re ... nd-bluray/

[gasteropod]

Arrow's Blu-ray has been added to the comparison of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/dvdrevie ... lu-ray.htm

Storaro is nuts. On the upside it has the Italian title credit.

[Markgway]

Half-time score:

Blue Underground (3) Arrow (0)

Inferno... Deep Red... and now Crystal Plumage

It's a shame Arrow are putting in so much apparent effort only to be bested every time.

[gasteropod]

The upcoming Blue Underground Blu-ray of Cat O' Nine Tails appears to have the same problem as their Stendhal Syndrome BD, look at the weird noise in the image: http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/cont ... Nine-Tails

[saltysam]

Couple of caps from Tenebrae

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/tenabrae3.jpg/

[Shingster]

More artifical grain goodness, if I was unsure if City of the Living Dead should look that way, I'm certain Tenebrae shouldn't!

[Markgway]

Unfortunately there's no Blue Underground to compare it to.

[Markgway]

Tenebre comparison @ DVD Beaver:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare5/tenebre.htm

Arrow DVD misses original English mono. I presume their BD does likewise.

Will hang on to my Dutch DVD.

[gasteropod]

Right, the English track on the Tenebrae Blu-ray is not very good quality, there's lots of nasty distortion, particularly in the crane shot scene with the main theme tune. Thankfully the Italian track doesn't suffer this problem and sounds much better. Also in the English track there's a bit where Daria Nicolodi mouths something, but the dialogue doesn't come till a few seconds later!

[Markgway]

Couldn't listen to the movie with an Italian dub.

[saltysam]

Four Flies On Grey Velvet coming from Shameless

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Four-Flie ... ray/26192/

[gasteropod]

Four Flies On Grey Velvet coming from Shameless

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Four-Flie ... ray/26192/

Nice! I really hope it has Italian with English subs though.

[HungFist]

Is this the first official home video release outside Italy? I kinda remember there was an English friedly DVD release, but something was wrong with it... some leagal issues that made it less than "official" release, maybe. Or am I mistaken?

[gasteropod]

There's an American DVD but it has a sound pitch issue, everyone's voices are too deep or something. Plus it doesn't have subs for the Italian track.

[Ricochan38]

I hope the upcoming new dario movie "Dracula" will be better then his last few movies, it has dutch hero Rutger hauer in it so cant wait to see that one...this one will be in english also.

[Markgway]

My expectations for Argento are very low these days.

His work was always uneven, but at least had style and panache. Since the 80s that has been lost.

[Ricochan38]

My expectations for Argento are very low these days.

His work was always uneven, but at least had style and panache. Since the 80s that has been lost.

his movies nowadays still look cheapish and it doesnt have the briliant music anymore...

[Markgway]

Hang on! I've avoided buying the Arrow BD of Tenebrae because the only audio track available (in English) is downmixed stereo, yet according to this link http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Tenebrae-Blu-ray/12028/ the audio is LPCM mono(!)

Have I been misinformed?

I know the image has artifical grain, but the French BD has forced subs (stupid frogs!)
Is that racist?

I have the Dutch DVD (AFAIK the best DVD available) and need to compare it to the BD to see how much of an improvement there is. No point buying it if it looks the same (or worse).

The BD is currently £8.99 at Amazon BTW.

[gasteropod]

The English track is poor quality, especially noticeable during the crane sequence with the theme tune it sounds naaaaaasty.

[Markgway]

The English track is poor quality, especially noticeable during the crane sequence with the theme tune it sounds naaaaaasty.

...but it IS mono though...?

I'm gonna post a comp between the Arrow BD and caps taken from my Dutch DVD in the reviews thread.

Your opinion is welcome.