Grindhouse Releasing Fulci's The Beyond On Blu-ray

[Roderick Butthorn Find all posts View Profile Close Roderick]

I'd call that a significant upgrade. Mine shipped from Amazon this weekend and should show up on Tuesday.

[Damin J. Toell Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Damin J. Toell]

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/114378

Looks like Arrow's release had too much noise reduction.

[Keeth Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Keeth]

I have the tin box dvd release from Anchor Bay so I may upgrade at some point. It is a fave film of mine.

[Ignatius Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ignatius]

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/114378

Looks like Arrow's release had too much noise reduction.

Given that the master looks like it's afflicted with that weird noise that plagued so many early transfers of Italian genre films I can understand why they'd want to get rid of it, but in doing so they wiped out all the texture left in the image. Between that and the colour timing the Grindhouse looks vastly better, but it can only be as good as the flawed master is in the first place.

[Killer Meteor Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Killer Meteor]

I'm getting this for the soundtrack album. Otherwise I'd have stuck with the older Grindhouse dvd.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

From those in MA:

"35 years after the shooting of this horror/thriller masterpiece, Maestro Fabio Frizzi retraces his steps in order to realize one of the boldest projects of his life: a composer's cut.

We are used to having theatrical cuts and director's cuts, but nobody ever dared to conceive and perform a movie version following the musician's point of view. A new score for a cult classic, realized in a more modern way, almost in the Hollywood style, with very few moments of silence but with great respect for its original identity. A true expanded version of itself, realized through renewed skill and mastery with the important ally of 35 years of added proficiency.

An iconic past renewed through a modern stylization of itself, which can now be experienced as the score is performed live to the images of one of the most famous movies shot by this incredible director, Lucio Fulci. Phonic orchestra and another energized by the rock prog strength derived by the orchestration for the Frizzi 2 Fulci band, the 7 artist top performers in the Maestro's band.

Featuring an opening set from Dust Witch!"

http://www.coolidge.org/films/beyond...e-fabio-frizzi

[enandalusiskhund An Andalusian Dog Find all posts View Profile Close enandalusiskhund]

I would absolutely love to see this.

[JLG Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JLG]

that would be very cool to see

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

The Beyond is playing in 35mm June 4th at Alamo NYC.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

This is one of the only Fulci titles that I haven't upgraded since the Anchor Bay DVD. Is the 3-disc Grindhouse version still the best option? Is it worth upgrading from the AB disc? It only gets 3 stars for Video on Bluray.com, but some of the users rate it 4 and higher.

[Lalala76 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lalala76]

This is one of the only Fulci titles that I haven't upgraded since the Anchor Bay DVD. Is the 3-disc Grindhouse version still the best option? Is it worth upgrading from the AB disc? It only gets 3 stars for Video on Bluray.com, but some of the users rate it 4 and higher.

The Shameless release looks the best (it was a new scan), but unfortunately the audio is awful. I believe Arrow and Grindhouse are very much on par with each other.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

I'm not upgrading this from the Arrow until someone puts out an English friendly UHD, it seems they're all flawed to some degree.

[Derrick King Waterfall Puncher Find all posts View Profile Close Derrick King]

Calum Waddell has posted over at the Blu-ray.com forums that a new release from a 4K scan is in the works. So, Matt, at this point I'd just wait for that.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

Yeah, I was hoping that there was a new one in the works. No sense in settling for a mediocre version.

[Derrick King Waterfall Puncher Find all posts View Profile Close Derrick King]

Grindhouse announced they are going to be releasing The Beyond on UHD. No details or dates given.