PhantomStranger

Echo Bridge has been an awful distributor on both DVD and Blu-ray, going off everything they have ever released to this point. They target low price points and wide distribution to make a profit. Quality transfers and loaded special editions are anathema to their business model. Echo Bridge is probably the last distributor I would have wanted handling the Miramax catalog on Blu-ray.

tylergfoster

From Dusk Till Dawn? Guess my re-investment in the 2-disc DVD (so I could get it autographed by Juliette Lewis) might not have been such a bad idea after all...

Plus, I bet that means no special edition of Mimic.

Josh-da-man

Disappointing news. Granted, Dimension's Halloween/Hellraiser/Children of the Corn were all pretty much crap (I may be in the minority, but H20 bores the shit out of me), but it would be kind of nice to have the PC of H6 released, even though I doubt that turd could be polished.

Really sad to see them get their hands on FDTD and Mimic, though. And what about The Crow? I thought that ended up at LG, but I also thought all of this stuff was at a LG until today.

Sad to see the Miramax carcass being picked apart by vultures.

therock69

yeah i know i dont understand anchor bay got the rights to put out newer sequels that come about such as the upcoming hellraiser revelation and children of the corn dweller but not the old movies i heard many times anchor bay was gonna acquire halloween 6-8 for releases

islandclaws

Well, this news sucks. I'd be excited for the probably low price point if I had even the slightest inclination they're going to be any good. I expect barebones BDs with passable transfers - anything else and I'd be thrilled.

NoirFan

If this review of one of Echo Bridge's DVD releases is any indicator, these will be complete garbage.

abintra

If Echo Bridge gives a couple people with passion for film the lead role in ensuring quality transfers they should turn out more than adequate.

It seems most of the time quality control problems are caused by too much tinkering and arbitrary templates than anything else. Use or create a master without excessive dnr, contrast/color boosting, no edge enhancement and worry less about expensive restorations to remove or clean up every instance of film debris. Utilize all of the previously created DVD extras when at all possible and not excessively costly to retain and lossless audio and save larger budgets for films that might benefit the most from additional work like new/additional cuts, creating/licensing new content for films that warrant them, etc.

It seems companies will spend as much time and money trying to cut corners as it sometimes takes to just do a quality job once.

Josh-da-man

Echo Bridge's business strategy seems to be getting stores to fill up their bargain bins with cheap DVDs consisting of z-grade schlock and public domain filler. I'm not expecting much.

LosingMyMind

I'll switch over some of the DVD's that were bare bones, but that's it.

kidorange

"Now there are some franchises that are "safe" with Lionsgate:

- Anything involved with the name Kevin Smith."

Actually EBHE will be releasing Jersey Girl.

Matthew Chmiel

Jersey what?



This will be another title to judge EBHE by too, especially since the longer cut exists and is already good to go.

Matthew Chmiel

Unfair comparison.

Here's real comparisons from titles they released in 2010:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/I-Am-Omega-Blu-ray/12290/
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Haunti...Blu-ray/12287/
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/War-of...Blu-ray/10358/
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/30000-...Blu-ray/10359/
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/2012-D...Blu-ray/10360/
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Merlin...Blu-ray/10361/
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/MegaFault-Blu-ray/10363/

Out of those titles, only one contained a lossless audio track. The rest? Lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround. Classy.

JJE-187

To be fair those are all cheap-o DTV/Syfy movies from The Asylum and they probally worked with what The Asylum gave them. I assume Miramax will have access to DTS HD.

I hope that they release a Rebel Highway Blu-Ray box set. They could do 5 double features with all 10 movies in a box set for like $50 and I would be happy.

Matthew Chmiel

When you assume...

Also, it's not exactly hard to make a DTS-HD track...

leem6453

I think I might be holding on to my Alliance release of Halloween 6, 7, and 8. At least they have a kickass DTS-HD audio track and great PQ for 6 and 8. I've heard H20 was filmed too soft to begin with and since it's not my favorite Halloween flick, I don't mind. It's just too Dawson's Creeky for my liking.

I've always been a big fan of Curse of Michael Myers myself.

big e

That is a bold statement, sir.

islandclaws

I saw Curse in theaters when I saw 15, so I view it with slightly rose-tinted glasses. It's a mess plot-wise, but there are some great shots in the film and it's also the last we get of the amazing Donald Pleasence.

tylergfoster

How do you know?? Have you built one yourself??

leem6453

That's what's cool about the Halloween franchise. The fans are so divided with certain plotlines. The purists only like the original, II, and H20; then you have the "thorn trilogy" fans like myself (4 - 6); and finally the Zombie series (which I also enjoy). Everyone hates Resurrection .

My ranking would be:

Halloween ('78)
Halloween 4
Halloween: Curse of MM
Halloween II ('09)
Halloween II ('81)
Halloween III
Halloween ('07)
Halloween H20
Halloween 5
Halloween Resurrection

islandclaws

I would watch Resurrection on an endless loop before I watched Zombie's H2 again. By including it above the real Halloween II, you have invalidated any and all future opinions you post.

tylergfoster

Halloween 6 is the only one I truly and completely hate. Resurrection ain't good, but why it has this reputation of being specially or uniquely awful when it's pretty standard slasher trash. The only added slap in the face is Laurie's send-off -- a big, painful slap in the face for fans, but still, the movie is lame in pretty run-of-the-mill ways. And I still believe people are too busy assessing the idea that Rob Zombie gets to have a take on Halloween and how he did not deviate from his usual M.O. as a writer/director than anything he's actually trying to do, successfully or unsuccessfully, in his entries.

SethDLH

This.

godzilla rules

Rob Zombie's Halloween II is WAY better than most of the Halloween sequels. People hate on it without giving it a chance. I think that the movie is very creepy and gives us some real situations that we can see ourselves in. Zombie did a great job of breaking out of the Halloween mold and making the sequel his own.

islandclaws

Dude, I want to love you because of your screen name, but that just killed it for me. I realize it's your opinion, but Zombie hates Halloween fans and this was his way of giving you a 2-hour middle finger. It isn't creepy - it's just a white trash delusion of horror. Some style, zero substance. And what he did to the Loomis character was blasphemous.

SethDLH

Zombieween 2 is one of the worst major movies ever made. Yea, ever.

I'd buy Curse of Michael Myers pretty quick on blu, assuming it doesn't look like crap.