Is it worthwhile to upgrade The Curse of Frankenstein DVD and get the Blu-ray? Some say it isn't very good. But it includes an uncropped version.

The Hammer Horror DVDs are pretty heavily cropped to wide screen format. Whether or not they were originally shown that way in the theatres, I still prefer a higher format, so that interesting information and the top of heads are not cut off.

The Hammers have been a very mixed bag so far on Blu-ray. TCOF wouldn't be the first Hammer I'd upgrade on BD.

I assume we're talking about the U. K. version and not a Warner release that flew under the radar. It's probably worth buying for the extras alone but it's not a high quality upgrade. I would hope that Warner would release a higher quality disc but I'm starting to wonder if they even care.

I'd really love for the UK Blu-ray of the The Mummy to get a release here. Shame they didn't make it region-free.

I'm assuming the Hammer films were shot flat and presented in widescreen?

I assume it's the UK version too. I didn't see a US release. I have a lot of the Frankenstein and Dracula Hammers. I'm pretty happy with the standard DVD's. But I would upgrade them if they would become available. I have managed to upgrade a couple of them through Synapse, but still waiting for a few more.

Yes, I think there is only a UK version.

Not sure what you mean by "flat" Hans, but it was shot in a full format (square, or 1.33:1, or whatever the camera light entrance was). Then it seems it was masked haphazardly to widescreen by the projectors in the theatres, and there is no definite "correct" aspect ratio for it. Personally I prefer to see all of the picture, unmasked.

Sounds like one of those open matte situations in which nobody can agree on the "correct" aspect ratio.

All I know is that my DVDs look fine, with no hugely obvious or obnoxious cropping.

The Blu-ray disc includes both widescreen version and uncropped version. One reviewer said that the uncropped version looks higher quality upgrade. But I have a suspicion that this might be merely fancy, because the dimensions of every detail in the widescreen is larger, since the picture reaches all the way out to left and right on the screen, therefore making imperfections more easily noticeable.