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Scream Factory has given us two Columbia releases - both genre films - and they're both glorious on Blu-ray, typical of Columbia product.

Urban Legend is a 1998 college age kids in jeopardy production, with all of the normal accoutrements.

Sleepwalkers arrived 6 years earlier, directed by Mick Garris, based on a Stephen King work, and with a host of fun cameos.

Both have numerous special features (Urban Legend needs a second disc), and probably look better than they did at the time of their release.

As to audio, Urban Legend is DTS-HD MA 5.1, while Sleepwalkers is DTS monaural.

Shout & Scream Factory continue to release quality fare, where masters are available.

Image - 5

Audio - 5

Pass / Fail - Pass

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Sleepwalkers - from DVD - absolutely
Urban Legend - from earlier Blu-ray - for fans

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Did you actually sit through Sleepwalkers? My condolences. That's a painful one.
 

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There are a handful of good ones, but you have to admit that, by volume, most Stephen King adaptations are pretty lousy.

I saw Sleepwalkers in the theater and found it dreadful. The "How Did This Get Made?" podcast tore it apart to hilarious effect in an episode last year.
 

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Really Sleepwalkers is 2.0 Mono? I figured that movie had to have a Dolby Stereo track! Hmmmm

It seems unlikely that a studio movie released in 1992 would be monaural. IMDb just says "Dolby," which isn't helpful. The older Blu-ray from 2012 had a 2.0 stereo track. RAH may be either mistaken or joking about this one.
 

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It was Dolby Stereo theatrically.

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I enjoy Sleepwalkers too. Not a masterpiece but good
There are a handful of good ones, but you have to admit that, by volume, most Stephen King adaptations are pretty lousy.

I saw Sleepwalkers in the theater and found it dreadful. The "How Did This Get Made?" podcast tore it apart to hilarious effect in an episode last year.
I found Slepwalkers very entertaining. A good but not great film. A rare 80's or 90's horror film that actually did something new. Compared to Urban Legend or a lot of the 80's schlock that gets released by Scream Sleepwalkers is a masterpiece. So many really bad 80's horror films get head scratching blu ray releases. Many were the dime a dozen horror films that we rented in the 80's and felt we wasted the $3 renting it. But now they get Blu Rays. So I can't see the complaint on Sleepwalkers compared to so many other bad horror film releases.
 
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