John Hodson
Senior HTF Member
I *think* these are their first BD releases; no reports of any SD disasters, but I don't own any of their titles personally - they released Curse of The Werewolf on DVD a couple of times, but I own the R1 disc. I'll quote from a poster at CHFB:Reed Grele said:How is their track record on quality? Now that I've been spoiled with the latest DRACULA transfer, I'd demand that BRIDES of DRACULA, and EVIL of FRANKENSTEIN to be nothing less than stunning.
Have just spoken with Final Cut Entertainment, and the HD masters for Brides Of Dracula and Evil Of Frankenstein have just arrived in their offices from Universal this morning - these releases are DEFINITELY planned as BR/Dvd 'double-plays'. They're also in the process of creating some new extras for them.At this point (obviously), the masters have still to be checked over for quality, aspect ratio and framing etc - but I've alerted them to the differences between the excellent R1 Dvd of Brides from 2005 (the original master of which has since been destroyed in a fire, unfortunately) - and the dark, poorly framed print that appeared on the US TCM channel back in October 2010.At this stage, it's not clear if the film has since undergone a further remastering; The Kiss Of The Vampire, which FCE released on Dvd last year, was clearly from a newer master, superior to the R1 version.