UK : An American Werewolf In London Blu-ray

[AndyBlade]

There are threads for the R1 and French discs, but nothing for this...I dont think.

Universal Pictures Video has announced the Blu-ray release of An American Werewolf in London for the 28th of September, priced at around £19.99.

The selling point for this is likely to be the feature length 'Beware the Moon' retrospective. Extras listed below...

• 1.85:1 Widescreen Transfer (1080p)
• Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1, French DTS 2.0 Mono, German DTS 2.0 Mono, Italian DTS 2.0 Mono
• Subtitles: English SDH, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Traditional Mandarin, Canadian French, Greek
• 'I Walked with a Werewolf' Featurette (HD)
• 'Beware the Moon' Feature-Length Documentary
• Making An American Werewolf in London: An Original Featurette
• An Interview with John Landis
• Makeup Artist Rick Baker on An American Werewolf in London
• Casting of the Hand
• Outtakes
• Storyboards
• Photograph Montage
• Feature Commentary with Cast Members David Naughton and Griffin Dunne

An American Werewolf in London: amazon.co.uk | play.com

[MarcMorris]

I won't be missing this...

[claire]

Oh crikey, I need to sell some body parts. Late 2009 is posing big problems for my wallet.

[cloud]

If only I lived in London...

Regarding the upcoming Blu-ray, I'm reluctant to buy again as I still hold some hope that the missing footage John Landis cut out (the killing of the tramps) will be found and included at some stage. The DVD special edition release apparently included everything Universal could find in the vault but that missing footage has to be somewhere, surely? I'd also like the screenplay as an extra, it has the doppelganger sequence in its longer and scarier form. That bed sequence is without doubt the scariest thing I've ever seen filmed but my imagination went into overdrive when picturing how it would have looked if filmed as originally written.

[Myersfan73]

I won't be missing this...

Nice one Marc, just the sort of showings you need to get to.

[Fuad Ramses]

Missed the Midnight Movies screening.

Hopefully, I will be there.

[Shaun C]

Just ordered AAWIL blu-ray as I think it's a great film which holds up well today.
I remember hearing about the NEW HIGH DEF RESTORATION on the film that was shown at the London Frightfest last year and reading how it looked amazing clarity wise etc.. Now after reading various reviews of the new blu-ray it seems a lot of reviewers comment on how grainy the picture is and only slightly better than the dvd. I was assuming the new blu-ray would be the new remastered version..
Anyone know if the new blu-ray is the ( new remastered print shown at frightfest) or just an upscaling of the old dvd version..?
thnx

[silverferox]

Not sure what print it is but it is a considerable improvement on the DVD - highly recommended!

[Harold Monroe]

i agree, this is a major improvement over the sd version. if you like the film you need to own it on blu.

the colours were brilliant and i thought it looked very detailed

great extras too

[the dude]

It's only really the opening scenes that are really grainy. After they get to the Slaughtered Lamb it settles down a bit and is quite nice. Great special features too. Most 80s films are quite grainy anyway, due to the film stock used during that era.

On a side note, does this still come with the cardboard slipcase?