The image is also a bit more stable without the slight wobble evident in some scenes on the Turbine/Dark Sky releases. Scoring well for Second Sight’s transfer is the new restoration, details are sharper and film grain is better resolved and runs at a much higher bitrate. Now for the nitty gritty - is Second Sight’s 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray better than the one Turbine or Dark Sky Films released? Ostensively yes, but it comes down to splitting a lot of hairs and there are pluses and minuses to both transfers. Whites are nice and crisp, any blowouts or hot whites like the windows in the van have always looked that way. Black levels are nice and inky, underlit scenes can still be a tad dodgy but otherwise appropriate without slipping too close to crush nor do they appear too soft brown or gray. Colors offer up bright primaries, blues and reds see a lot of action throughout the film. With Dolby Vision (and HDR10), colors, black levels, and contrast see some welcome results as well. It’s moments like that where the reverse shot of everyone reacting to him can make the shift in clarity a little jarring but still impressive. Soft spots are still apparent as ever when they pick up Edwin Neal’s Hitchhiker he’s still soft and barely in focus - as he's always been. Those 70s hairstyles and clothing are fully appreciable. Leatherface’s facial features, Franklin’s scrapes on his arms, and a variety of fleshy arts and crafts make a striking presence. It’s also cleaner than past releases with fewer instances of speckling or stains in the image. On its own merits, this is an excellent presentation with strong clear details and a naturally cinematic grain structure that’s appropriately noisy for a 16mm feature. To that end, Second Sight’s new transfer is damned impressive and when you thought it couldn’t get any better, they give you a new presentation to paw over. That’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and it shouldn’t look any different. The film was shot by a bunch of amateurs and it has a distinctly gritty and rugged look with heavy grain, some soft focus shots, and some scenes that were either over-exposed or under-exposed. This isn’t going to compare to your 35mm or modern digital transfers and nor should it. Now to set expectations a bit, the film was shot on 16mm - and I’ve heard it was shot on either reversal or negative stock - but either way it’s a visually limited format. Just when you thought you were done buying The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on disc, Second Sight enters the arena with their own new restoration transfer and HDR grading. All of the goodies are held in a hard stock cardboard slipcase. The set includes six art cards as well as a 190-page hardcover book featuring several fascinating essays and original artwork. The discs are held in a three-disc gatefold digipak. The 4K version is pressed on a BD-100 disc with a Region B-locked BD-50 disc for the 1080p version and bonus features, and another Region B-locked BD-25 disc for additional bonus features. Second Sight sharpens their release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with an impressive three-disc limited edition boxset release. Vital Disc Stats: The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Read our past reviews of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre:Ģ008 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Blu-ray ReviewĢ016 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review Ģ022 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review Ģ023 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review And I say that with a lot of love for Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and even some heart for the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacreand 2006’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Numerous remakes, sequels, ripoffs, and silly Netflix legacy requels can’t surpass or even come close to matching what Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel cooked up for this gnarly gritty feature. Conveniently enough the same long week off work I’d watch this film, I’d also take a crack at The Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave. Hell, ashamed to admit it but my first introduction to Leatherface was Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation! I hadn’t seen a horror movie with some guts to it. Up to that point, I’d just seen simple run-of-the-mill slasher sequels. This was one of the first of very few horror films that actually deeply disturbed me when I saw it. Enois Duarte’s reviews stand for this film.īut for a quick two cents of my own, I dearly love this movie. As we’ve covered The Texas Chain Saw Massacre a few different times now, I’ll let my colleague M.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |