The French DVD and Blu-ray Thread

[The Limey]

Originally Posted by Rik

Only ever seen this once on TV 20 odd years ago, so I can't remember much about it

I watched the BD last night - my first viewing for at least 25 years in fact. It is not a particularly gory film, although some scenes are not exactly gore free shall we say... It is a sumptuously photographed movie which looks superb in Hi Def. No grain reduction whatsoever. In particular, the summer night sequences in the garden are both evocative and creepy.
Death is rendered to a realism that reflects the real world - the face of Lucy in death in particular should bring shudders to those of us who have seen corpses in real life.

Palance gives a strong performance as Dracula. Nigel Davenport and Simon Ward both shine in their roles as Dr Van Helsing and Arthur Holmwood.
The BD has an English stereo track with no subs. The disc is also region free.
All in all a great BD of one of the better renditions of Dracula.

[Linbro]

Anyone know if the French BD of 'Killing Zoe' has removable subs, or are they permanent?
Thanks, Lincoln.

[The Limey]

Godzilla gets a 3D steelbook in France on September 17th:
Amazon.fr - Godzilla - Steelbook Ultimate Edition - Blu-Ray 3D + Blu-Ray + DVD + DIGITAL Ultraviolet - Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Sally Hawkins, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Gareth Edwards : DVD & Blu-

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Linbro

Anyone know if the French BD of 'Killing Zoe' has removable subs, or are they permanent?

Thanks, Lincoln.

The review on blu-ray.com says it has optional French subtitles. And there are small portions where the dialogue is in French that have no subtitles in English.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Killin...y/9176/#Review

[The Limey]

For those of you disappointed by the Region A release (transfer wise) from 3 years ago, it can only be good news to see this being released by Carlotta Films on August 20th. Carlotta have form for very strong transfers - they chipped in to fund Arrow's restoration of The Fury and by all accounts are doing the same with Arrow's upcoming release of The Burbs.
Therefore, their release of Dreamscape should be a good 'un.

Additional Content
New restored HD master
Interview with Dennis Quaid (15 ')
Trailer

My order is in.

Amazon.fr - Dreamscape [Blu-ray] - Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert, Kate Capshaw, David Patrick Kelly, George Wendt, Joseph Ruben : DVD & Blu-ray

[The Limey]

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At long last - The Hammer House of Horror limbers up for a debut on Blu-ray on October 21st:

Amazon.fr - Coffret de tous les cauchemars - hammer [Blu-ray] - Adrienne Corri, Eric Porter, Peter Cushing, Peter Sasdy, John Hough, Robert Young : DVD & Blu-ray

[Vampix]

What?! France gets Night of the Demon and Hammer House of Horror on Blu-ray before we do. That's not on.

[The Limey]

This is the French release of DOTD from 2010. Generally positive user reviews and a new Hi Def Transfer. I wonder if it betters the Arrow and Anchor Bay efforts?

Product Details
Acteurs: David Emge , Ken Foree , Scott H. Reininger , Gaylen Ross , Tom Savini
Réalisateur: David Emge , Ken Foree , Scott H. Reininger , Gaylen Ross , Tom Savini
Format: Colour
Audio: Anglais (DTS 5.1), Français (DTS 5.1)
Subtitles: French
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of Discs: 1
Studio : Aventi
DVD Release Date: October 19, 2010
Duration: 119 minutes


Additional Content
New high-definition master
film in its original mounting U.S. (DD 2.0 - 1.85 - 16/9 - 121 '- VOST)
Documentary: "Document of the Dead," Roy Frumkes (1989 - 4/3 1.33 - 83'57 "- VOST)
Making of (7 ')
Analysis of mounting Zombie, Eric Dinkian why two versions of the film (16'43 "- VF)
Special effects Zombie by Benoît Lestang (17'45 "- VF)
"About Romero" by Jean-Pierre Putters (18 ')
Trailer (3 '- VOST)

Amazon.fr - Zombie [Blu-ray] - David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reininger, Gaylen Ross, Tom Savini, George A. Romero : DVD & Blu-ray

[Vampix]

I wouldn't know whether the transfer betters the Arrow Blu, but the cover artwork for the French Blu is terrible!

[The Limey]

At long last James Cameron's sequel to Piranha gets a BD release on November 2nd:
http://www.amazon.fr/Piranha-2-Blu-r...8190731&sr=1-1