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New Blu-Ray from Arrow Video


I'm sure fans will be pleased to know this now has a high definition treatment courtesy of Arrow, and will be available in both Region A and B (essentially US and Europe) on the 7th and 8th of November.

I've only been able to compare my copy to a preview on iTunes which I would imagine is sourced from the DVD and it's a very different looking print. Fans of heavy, 80s grain should love it. It's a little too noisy when it should be pure black (is title cards), but I'd personally far prefer that than an artificial DNR job over the video. Original mono soundtrack too, so overall should be very similar quality to how it first looked and sounded.

Hopefully others will be getting in their hands over the next few weeks to make better comparisons to other versions which I can't do, but my initial impressions of watching it through were positive.

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