DVD - Frightmare (1983) Discussion

[–] 19 years ago

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It is one of the worst looking/sounding dvds i have ever came in contact with.

And not many special features considering it is a Troma released film.

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[–] fnv790 18 years ago

I agree...very disappointing! However, deepdiscountdvd.com shows that a movie titled "Frightmare" is being released on DVD in May, 2006. Maybe this will be a better transfer of the film if it is indeed the same "Frightmare" and not another movie altogether.

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[–] easycomeeasygo333 14 years ago

I AGREE the Troma release is bad ,poor video levels ,blurry and dull color ,the audio levels are too low ..and if you watch there are video glitches ! it looks like TROMA dubbed it off The VESTRON VHS TAPE version

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[–] Coventry 17 years ago

I own it on DVD under the English title "Body Snatchers" (and it's not a copy). Found it on Ebay for only £0.50

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[–] Woodyanders 15 years ago

Don't bother with the shockingly subpar Troma DVD of this film unless you get it cheap. I paid only five bucks for a used copy, which is about all it's worth. The audio and visual quality are both quite bad.

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[–] bzius-1 15 years ago

I know this is not a DVD but . . . not sure where you are but I rented Frightmare from Audio/Video Plus in Houston, Texas. They have almost 7,000 VHS titles for rent (5 for $5 for a week) with an amazing selection of out of print and hard to find titles, especially cult and underground horror, fantasy and sci-fi but they also have art house and other types.

No, I don't work there and this is not a paid plug. As a lover of movies, good and bad, I rent 5 or more a week from them. I highly recommend it to anyone in Houston. This place is what a video store used to be and ought to still be!

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[–] easycomeeasygo333 14 years ago

dvd is out and now gone ..out of print as of 2009

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[–] robert4770 14 years ago

I just got a copy of this on a double bill for $1 and the quality is OK.

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[–] easycomeeasygo333 14 years ago

ive seen it on a double bill from a dvd company called east west video..i got my copy when it was out on the Troma label a few yrs back ..its in Fullscreen and the sound is just awfull ,who ever did the audio mix on the Troma DVD ,well volume levels in some scenes are soo low you can hardly hear ...TROMA release is blurry, in fact it looks like it was mastered off a copy of VESTRON vhs tape release ...

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[–] Hey_Sweden 12 years ago

I agree with others on the quality of the Troma DVD: subpar video, really bad audio. I had my volume cranked all the way up, and still couldn't make out some of the dialogue. Fortunately I didn't pay very much for it.

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[–] Woodyanders 9 years ago

Vinegar Syndrome re-released this film on both DVD and Blu-ray. It's a beautiful quality HD transfer done from the 35mm camera negative.

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