DVD debacle
Murder Rock first, and I must say that I am impressed... by Media Blasters, that is. Given how bad the transfers for many of the titles I've bought from them have been, they've pulled out the stops for this one and delivered an extremely watchable presentation. No, it's not perfect, but it's the best I've seen come out of that company, and it certainly shows that, while other studios now seem to be getting worse and worse at transfers, Media Blasters are committed to improving. It's too bad the same can't be said about the film, which is a laughable cross between a giallo and one of those 80s dance movies like Flashdance or Dirty Dancing. I swear, never before has the sight of sweaty, leotard-clad women girating and thrusting their crotches in the air proved so unappealing.
Final Destination 3 served as afternoon viewing, and, ironically, it turned out to be the exact reverse of the Murder Rock situation: crap transfer, decent movie. It doesn't hit the heights of Final Destination 2, which is arguably the best of the trilogy from the perspective of sheer fun, but as a black comedy it works extremely well, with some great exchanges and extremely twisted deaths. The sunbed sequence, in particular, had me cackling my head off. This is one horror movie series that doesn't take itself at all seriously - and I mean in a good way, not in a "nudge-nudge, wink-wink" Scream way.
2 Comments:
I got my copy of Murder Rock today too. The transfer looks good, but the disc seems to have, in early Anchor Bay style, an Italian language option without English subtitles. What's that all about?
By Philly Q, at 22:15
Yeah, I noticed that myself. What's especially odd is that there are actually three subtitle streams on the disc - the third is for the audio commentary. I'm guessing, therefore, that someone managed to forget to include the proper subtitles.
Bravo, Media Blasters! It just wouldn't be the same without something going wrong, would it?
By Whiggles, at 23:10
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