The Arrow Thread

[Boo Radley]

Mondo Digital has an immense write up of The Scarlet Box.
Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box

[Hawkmonger]

My badge arrived today, many thanks Vipp!

Also received my Black Cats box!

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Boo Radley

Mondo Digital has an immense write up of The Scarlet Box.

Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box

Well this is disappointing. According to the review, the unrated scenes spliced back in are fullscreen.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

And am I mistaken, or wasn't the 4:3 dvd open matte? If so, why not try and matte the unrated scenes to widescreen?

[DayzeUK]

Badges? did i miss something?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by DayzeUK

Badges? did i miss something?

Vipp picked some up at the Mayhem Film Festival and was kindly offering them to people on here on a first-come first-served basis.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by DayzeUK

Badges? did i miss something?

[tele1962]

Can anyone tell me if HMV Newcastle has Black Cats and how much please?

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

[Michael Brooke]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

And am I mistaken, or wasn't the 4:3 dvd open matte? If so, why not try and matte the unrated scenes to widescreen?

I'm afraid you are mistaken: the SD video source is missing information at the sides. So in order to create a widescreen version, you'd have to chop the picture at the top and bottom - i.e. on all four sides, and heavily at that.

This would obviously look hideous, which is why Arrow very sensibly decided to offer the viewer a choice - watch the theatrical cut in uninterrupted 2K restoration, or the longer cut with (unavoidably) analogue SD video inserts showing the entirety of the surviving picture area. I honestly don't see how they could have done it any other way in the absence of 35mm materials of the offcuts (missing presumed destroyed).