UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Creepshow -- in 4k UHD (1 Viewer)

[Robert Harris]

Very much based upon the old EC Comics, George Romero created an omnibus production in 1982, that while being decidedly low-rent, gave audiences the fun chill they desired, creating a great "date" flick.

Scream Factory's new 4k is anything but low-rent. It begins with a new 4k OCN scan, which is beautifully rendered in color, density, grain, etc., and builds upon it with a Criterion-quality Collector's Edition replete with commentaries, docs, interviews, that I'm betting are longer than the run time of the film, at two hours.

The packaging is enclosed in an attractive, yet probably unnecessary slip cover (potentially First Edition only) that really adds nothing to the value, as it replicates what is within. Better to save a few trees.

Image – 5 (Dolby Vision)

Audio – 5 (DTS HD-MA 5.1)

Pass / Fail – Pass

Plays nicely with projectors - Yes

Makes use of and works well in 4k - 4

Worth your attention - 6.5

Upgrade from Blu-ray - Absolutely

Slipcover rating - 1

Recommended

RAH



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[Tino]

But is it an upgrade over the Scream Factory special edition Blu ray ( which I purchased just before this was announced!)?

 

[jim_falconer]

I’m not a horror fan in the least, but remember enjoying this quite a bit back in the day. I think because a lot of it was tongue in cheek.

 

[Malcolm R]

But is it an upgrade over the Scream Factory special edition Blu ray ( which I purchased just before this was announced!)?

Upgrade from Blu-ray - Absolutely

 

[Tino]

There’s a previous bare bones Blu-Ray. Which one is RAH referring to as a definite upgrade is my question. The barebones or the special edition?

 

[Lord Dalek]

This is probably the closest we're going to get to Tales from the Darkside in 4k (let alone HD).

 

[Jeffrey D]

But is it an upgrade over the Scream Factory special edition Blu ray ( which I purchased just before this was announced!)?

Someone posted a while back that the original Scream Factory BluRay release has pitch problems in the surround audio.

 

[Tino]

Someone posted a while back that the original Scream Factory BluRay release has pitch problems in the surround audio.

I watched it recently and didn’t notice any issues.

 

[Tino]

Someone posted a while back that the original Scream Factory BluRay release has pitch problems in the surround audio.

Does anyone know if it was ever acknowledged and corrected?

 

[AcesHighStudios]

The packaging is enclosed in an attractive, yet probably unnecessary slip cover (potentially First Edition only) that really adds nothing to the value, as it replicates what is within. Better to save a few trees.

Slipcovers were never intended to make a release more valuable or to give it a bit more class. Slipcovers are there to make it just a little more difficult to steal the disc inside from the store. That's it's sole purpose.

 

[Malcolm R]

So then, they'd be mostly irrelevant these days where most all discs have to be purchased from online stores, especially catalog titles. Yet we still see lots of them.

 

[JoshZ]

Slipcovers were never intended to make a release more valuable or to give it a bit more class. Slipcovers are there to make it just a little more difficult to steal the disc inside from the store. That's it's sole purpose.

RAH was being sarcastic. That may be the actual purpose of a slipcover, but there are collectors who obsess over them, refuse to buy a disc without a slipcover, and buy or sell the slipcovers on eBay.

 

[TravisR]

RAH was being sarcastic. That may be the actual purpose of a slipcover, but there are collectors who obsess over them, refuse to buy a disc without a slipcover, and buy or sell the slipcovers on eBay.

Yeah, the boutique labels absolutely use them as an incentive for collectors.

 

[Richard Kaufman]

Not only do I not obsess over slip covers, I don't even keep the boxes. The disc goes into a binder with 95 others and the boxes all go in the attic.

 

[AcesHighStudios]

RAH was being sarcastic. That may be the actual purpose of a slipcover, but there are collectors who obsess over them, refuse to buy a disc without a slipcover, and buy or sell the slipcovers on eBay.

I'm aware that collectors -- and annoying YouTube reviewers -- obsess over slipcovers. My comment was as much for them as RAH's comment. I do have a dry wit, but RAH's is the Sahara Desert.

 

[AcesHighStudios]

Yeah, the boutique labels absolutely use them as an incentive for collectors.

Even to the extent of selling an extra "collectible" slipcover, and people actually pay for those. I've even jumped off the steelbook train, especially with Best Buy charging as much as $8 extra for the exact same movie in steelbook packaging. Ridiculous!

 

[Felix Martinez]

Just saw this last night. The 4K is absolutely GORGEOUS. What a treat!

 

[Dave H]

As a kid, this used to air on cable all of the time and I saw it countless times. I don't think I've seen it since. I may pick this up at some point.

 

[Tino]

Audio – 5 (DTS HD-MA 5.1)

There is actually a Dolby Atmos track on this 4K release. It’s not listed anywhere on the packaging and it’s terrific.

 

[Bryan^H]

Just saw this last night. The 4K is absolutely GORGEOUS. What a treat!

Same here. This may be the best overall 4K disc in my collection.