Shitty prints you still love

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

New EVIL DEAD blu has the open matte transfer as well. I liked it, I thought that they preserved the rough look of the film by not scrubbing it, and it was almost like seeing a new film with it not being matted.

I agree. I just watched this recently and thought it was pretty much an ideal presentation of the film.

[Robert W Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Robert W]

I still like those scrunched, cramped looking pan&scan dubs AIP made for those Godzilla flicks.

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

I still like those scrunched, cramped looking pan&scan dubs AIP made for those Godzilla flicks.

I get nostalgic for them in a sense that it reminds me of seeing them on TV as as kid, but if I'm going to watch one one my own, I'm going widescreen all the way.

[Todd Jordan Smut is good. Find all posts View Profile Close Todd Jordan]

I notice a lot more detail in the backgrounds throughout the house that I never really picked up on in the murkier presentations and seeing how dirty and fucked up looking everything in the house was made it a creepier movie for me.

I agree, the cleaned up version allows for lots of missed details and brings more to the movie, it just loses its impact. Not that I've watched it still, but I imagine a movie like Cannibal Holocaust would lose a lot of it's kick to the nuts if it looked all nice and spiffy.

[Travis Sheldon Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Travis Sheldon]

CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS will never look good. I have a dvd-r of my old full screen vhs that suits me just fine.

I had a beta record of that complete with commercials and plenty of static from the misaligned aerial antenna from around 1984-5.
Also the Blacula films and Phantasm.
Sadly, they no longer exist.