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

Discussion in 'Blu-ray and UHD' started by Robert Harris, Nov 28, 2018.

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    Robert Harris

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    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
     
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    Did you actually sit through Sleepwalkers? My condolences. That's a painful one.
     
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    I really enjoyed Sleepwalkers. One of the better King films imo.
     
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    Not a high bar to clear.
     
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    To some.
     
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    Robert Harris

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    No. Not my kind of film. But no reason not to give tech clearance for fans.
     
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    Really Sleepwalkers is 2.0 Mono? I figured that movie had to have a Dolby Stereo track! Hmmmm
     
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    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.
     
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    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.
     
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    It was Dolby Stereo theatrically.

    Dolby.

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    I enjoy Sleepwalkers too. Not a masterpiece but good
    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.
     
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    No I don’t.;)
     
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    I believe it is Dolby 2-track
     
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