Setting up camp...
Let's do this!
1) 10/06 The Return of the Vampire (1943) [Svengoolie]
TV Shows & Specials
1) 10/07 Kolchak: The Night Stalker, S01E20, "The Sentry" (March 28, 1975) [60 min.]
Movies/TV Specials
10/01 The Monolith Monsters (1957) [Svengoolie]
10/08 They Live (1988)
10/08 Black Friday (1940) [Svengoolie]
10/12 The Blob (1988)
10/15 Revenge of the Creature (1955) [Svengoolie]
10/22 Dracula's Daughter (1936) [Svengoolie]
10/24 Club Dread (2004)
10/29 Abbot and Costello...
First-time viewings in blood red.
Movies:
10/01 Ghostbusters (1984)
10/19 The Howling (1981)
10/21 Psycho (1960)
10/22 War of the Worlds (2005)
10/25 The World's End (2013)
10/26 Ghostbusters II (1989)
Television:
10/03 The X-Files, S06E02, "Drive" (November 15, 1998) [60 min.]
10/03 The...
First time viewings in red.
Movies:
01) 10/05/12 Misery (1990)
02) 10/10/12 The Haunting (1963)
03) 10/10/12 The Uninvited (1944)
04) 10/10/12 House on Haunted Hill (1959)
05) 10/17/12 The Mummy (1959)
06) 10/20/12 Jeepers Creepers (2001)
07) 10/20/12 The Lost Boys (1987)
08) 10/25/12...
First time viewings in red. Movies: 01) 10/03/11 Frankenstein (1931) 02) 10/05/11 The Thing from Another World (1951) 03) 10/05/11 It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) 04) 10/05/11 The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) 05) 10/10/11 The Uninvited (1944) 06) 10/12/11 Dead of Night (1945) 07)...
Setting up camp! First time viewings in blood red. Movies: 01) 10/01 Virus Undead (aka Wolf Wolff's Beast Within) (2008) 02) 10/03 The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) 03) 10/04 Sleepy Hollow (1999) 04) 10/05 White Zombie (1932) 05) 10/06 Dog Soldiers (2002) 06) 10/15 The Mist...
D'oh! I'm a little late this year in setting up camp...
Ratings out of four stars, first timers in dark red.
October Scary Movie Challenge 2009
01) 10/01 - The Fog
Direct captures from the BDs (albeit at 1280x720) - Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball and For Your Eyes Only: 007 Blu-ray : 100 captures HD I have to say, upon cursory examination, these look better than I thought they'd turn out. Look at that beautiful grain structure! The...
John, According to a post on AVS, the color in the titles sequence has indeed been fixed. That gives me hope that at least some of the problems from the UEs have been fixed, but, as you said, there may be new problems that have been introduced as well. p.s. I tried linking to the post...
I've been anticipating this for months! The last two years' challenges didn't go so well for me; both of them I got burned out early on and lost interest in completing the challenge. I'm going to pace myself better this year, and write out a rough schedule for the month. Looking forward to...
Is anyone able to comment on these? I only saw the "new digitally remastered picture" sticker on the RH2. I thought the Infinifilm version looked pretty good already, so I'm more interested in the first film and if it got a new transfer.
Hi Rob, I am using the Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD player over component at 1080i, and the picture quality is fantastic. The previous model, the HD-A2 should produce the same results, but they are in extremely short supply due to the price drops which occurred within the last couple of days. It's...
I'm still disappointed with my performance last year. I was off to a good start, but after three unsuccessful attempts to watch Scream 3, I lost all desire to watch anything for two weeks. That really destroyed my enjoyment of the Challenge. However, I will attempt to make up for that this year...
Well, I've decided to assemble my own "Ultimate" collection of the 007 DVDs, from both the SE and UE sets. I already had the 007 vol. 1 from the last go around, and now I'm going to buy the additional single DVDs from various sources (eBay being the primary one I suppose). So here's how it's...
Those screens from the UE of YOLT look absolutely disgusting. Another example of an intentional change in the color of daytime lighting is the exterior shot of the geodesic domes. On the SE, it has a nice golden highlights in the reflections and in the clouds. On the UE, it has a cheap looking...
Aww, crumbs. I've been watching each Bond movie in order this month, filling in the gaps of the DVDs I don't own by renting them from Netflix, but I just received Diamonds Are Forever today and it's the Ultimate Edition. So I guess I can't rely on Netflix anymore if I want to watch the SE versions.
Doesn't the original disc expose too much information on the sides? I recall there being things in the frame that you weren't supposed to see, like the unfinished edges of sets and whatnot.
It's a great performance and the sound quality is absolutely wonderful. The LPCM stereo track is encoded at 24-bit 48 kHz. The DTS surround track sounds great too. I think it's worth buying it just for the song "Behind The House" (which is the one in that Youtube clip on the ACL DVD page), as...
Thanks for that link, Jim. Those screenshots really illustrate what a mixed bag these new transfers are. Some of the movies like Moonraker are massive improvements, while others have been ruined, most notably GoldenEye. Even different scenes in the same movie have differing levels of quality. A...
Reserving my spot here! As always, I look forward to participating in discussion with my friends here at the HTF. I anticipate the October Scary Movie Challenge all year! Okay, here we go: 10/01 1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) 10/03 2. They Live 3. Westworld 10/05 4...
I agree with other's sentiments who feel that popular Country music nowadays is not really Country. I think the last big hurrah of decent popular Country was in the early 90's. Back when there was still some twang, honky tonkin', and swing to the music. Now it's just a slightly Nashvilled...