Evil Dead Trilogy [DVD]

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As of 2013, there is still only really one standout Blu-Ray release; the 2011 US Lionsgate Evil Dead II 1. There were a couple more releases - in a tin, a THX version, and the book of the dead version - but nothing more was ever really added to the mix. This release also comes with some interesting new extras, a couple of which can only be found in this box-set.

Discovering Evil Dead” – All new featurette tracing the film’s history from humble beginnings to legendary status with Evil Dead interviews and more. The easter egg; 'Book Of The Dead The Other Pages' is a single unedited shot showing of Ash thumbing through each page the Book Of The Dead. Well, the first one turned out to be a nice upgrade, if also a little bit of a compromise (hint: hold onto one of your older special editions).While brighter than my Elite Entertainment reference copy, the image Anchor Bay provided had too much brown and red in it. edition that Anchor Bay has access to and very little, if much was done about colour timing and the like. They take the opportunity to innovate more, get crazier, even sillier, and take things to more outlandish, epic proportions. Strange how it seems like Anchor Bay releases a new version of The Evil Dead every six months but, in reality, it has actually been almost 6 years since The Book of the Dead came out.

Elite released their laserdisc in 1998 with a commentary by Raimi, Campbell, Greg Nicotero and Scott Spiegel, plus a 30-minute making of and the trailer. Update 7/11/15 - 10/15/18: If we're going to talk about the definitive Evil Dead experience, we can't leave out its top level format release. There is some good spread among the front channels but it’s much too pinpoint rather than blended across the screen. The movie is beautifully presented in 4K resolution with High Dynamic Range in its original aspect ratio of 1.And the blu was so cheap, too; it was like a budget release except really a top shelf, first class special edition.

Starring Bruce Campbell (TV’s Ash vs Evil Dead) and Ellen Sandweiss (TV’s Ash vs Evil Dead), The Evil Dead follows five college students who travel to a remote cabin in the woods and unwittingly unleash a monstrous evil hellbent on their total destruction. Below you can see side-by-side comparison screenshots between the older Blu-Ray (scaled up for comparison) and the 4K transfer (shown actual size). The first came from Anchor Bay in 2007, essentially just bringing their old DVD into the high definition market.

It's a 2-disc set (as opposed to both movies on 1 disc), and while I've never actually opened up a copy to 100% confirm, I'm almost certain it's the two Lions Gate blu-rays (i. Whether this release is up-scaled, or simply the quality limits of the 16mm film on which it was shot being reached, is unknown.

On balance, the Ultimate Edition comes out top, although each release has some of its own exclusive extras, so they're both worth owning. Also, the Ultimate Edition has all the DVD extras from the Limited Edition, so really, it's a lot cheaper and easier to locate that DVD edition than to locate the Limited Edition blu-ray. remixes, you are out of luck because like past releases, the original mono soundtrack is nowhere to be found. Most of this stuff is pretty dry, and it doesn't help that it's mostly shot in low video quality; although some of these guys come off better than others.

The standard retail DVD transfer used the world over seems to have been zoomed in by around 5%, meaning the Blu-Ray version has more visual information on each side of the frame. Sam Raimi's original was a fun, scrappy low budget horror film about demonic possession that became a surprise hit due to its imagination and some innovative filmmaking techniques. TrueHD track, replaces the French dub with a Spanish one, and adds a third set of subtitles (making the always welcome distinction between standard English and SDH). And even though this disc features a Campbell-approved image, I much prefer the Raimi approved transfer from Elite and would like Starz to attempt to acquire it or have Raimi revisit it again. Evil Dead" Here's a chance to watch the first film with the same picture and sound quality of disc one, but presented un-matted in 1.