A Few Words About A few words about...™ Urban Legend & Sleepwalkers -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Robert Harris]

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

Upgrades

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

RAH

 

[JoshZ]

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

 

[Tino]

I really enjoyed Sleepwalkers. One of the better King films imo.

 

[JoshZ]

One of the better King films imo.

Not a high bar to clear.

 

[Tino]

Not a high bar to clear.

To some.

 

[Robert Harris]

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

No. Not my kind of film. But no reason not to give tech clearance for fans.

 

[Powell&Pressburger]

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

 

[JoshZ]

To some.

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.

 

[JoshZ]

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.

 

[Worth]

It was Dolby Stereo theatrically.

 

[Randy Korstick]

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.

 

[Tino]

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

No I don’t.

 

[Robert Harris]

I believe it is Dolby 2-track