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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not much effort by Image Entertainment, Sep 9 2011
By C. Watson - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Hellraiser 2 Hellbound [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
First of all let me say this review is of the blu-ray itself and not the movie. The movie Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 is a 5 star movie....one of my favorite horror films of all time actually. Image Entertainment really put no effort into this release at all. No extras at all except a very grainy trailer. The picture quality alternates between very grainy and muddy to almost quite nice..literally the entire movie. Certain dark scenes are very bad and then other dark scenes are almost HD showcase quality. Light scenes tended to look better then oddly became grainy and muddy but still watchable. Skin tones also seem more red than they should be.I know that this is a 20 year old movie but with blu-rays it's kind of expected that a remastered HD transfer is in order(...or else why upgrade?) and i understand this isn't Star Wars, so millions of dollars aren't going to be spent on the remastering process but i would have expected a better end result from Image.
I could actually forgive the image quality because i love this movie so much. What i can't comprehend is the lack of extras. The 20th anniversary DVD from Anchor Bay, which i also have, has audio commentary, interviews and tons of behind the scene footage. Even plenty of new interviews with the cast and crew. Image Entertainment saw fit to include NONE of that.
Sound quality is very good though. For the source material Hellbound sounds better than it ever has. Dialogue is clean and loud scenes will give your subwoofer a slight workout. Being a Hellraiser fan and owning all of the movies on DVD. Even Hellraiser: Hellworld..not something i'm proud of:-) i can say that i am happy to have this on blu-ray and being a sucker for anything Hellraiser related...if Image Entertainment decides to get their act together,i would buy a Hellraiser:Hellbound special edition again on blu-ray with a better HD transfer and extras.
If you haven't bought this yet. RENT IT and buy Anchor Bay's 20th Anniversary DVD. Most Blu-ray players upconvert DVD's anyway and the picture quality sadly will be the same as this blu-ray. Wait for a better release on blu-ray because this one is subpar at best.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Blew-Ray-Very disappointed, Sep 8 2011
By JRcanReid "**** master!" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Hellraiser 2 Hellbound [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
I'd be completely fine with a bare-bones "just the movie" release if the movie looks great. It doesn't. It looks like an upscaled DVD. Some scenes don't even look centered properly on the screen, and some scenes have a "jitter" for a few seconds after a transition. Soft picture overall. Fuzzy, grainy and stunning lack of detail. Been looking forward to a Blu-Ray release of this movie for a long time. Looks like I'm still waiting.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Highly disappointing Blu-Ray, Sep 15 2011
By David T. - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Hellraiser 2 Hellbound [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
I originally ordered the two midnight madness blurays of both Hellraisers, but luckily I was able to cancel the first and get the now OOP Anchorbay version. I'm not really going to review the actual movie here (I definitely prefer the original, but I think the second will require more viewings to appreciate), but will focus solely on the midnight madness bluray of Hellraiser II (the one star is for the bluray).Anyways, I came home and first watched the Anchorbay version of the original Hellraiser, the quality was better than the DVD, I first saw and while not pristine, it was an improvement (everyone should buy that while they still can over this company's version). Last night I put this bluray on and was instantly disappointed, for the first 15-20 minutes the video is just plain bad, I'd describe it as somewhere between a VHS and a first generation DVD-5, after that the video improves a bunch but even then its not much more than a glorified DVD (if even that) and the picture remains subpar and at poor DVD level quality.
As for the sound, I don't see what everyone here is so happy about, I found the sound maddeningly disappointing. Sure parts sounded great, but the volume was so out of control I was just pissed (not sure if the original movie was this way). Parts of the movie were so quite I could barely hear what was being said, so I'd turn up my volume only to have the next scene blaring at a far too loud level so the entire movie was spend adjusting my volume.
In final, I'll never order another bluray from this company without first previewing it or reading the reviews. If anyone has a different format of this movie (DVD) just keep what you have and wait for something better. This is just a shoddy release to make money, not one which has any sort of care. I own about 100 blurays, and this is the worst.
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