Audrey Rose Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		2.5

Audrey Rose Blu-ray Movie Review

The former Twilight Time catalog is really getting divvied up rather interestingly, as I recently mentioned in our At Close Range Blu-ray review. That linked to release from MVD Visual didn't really offer much if any noticeable difference in the technical presentation, but this new release from Arrow touts a new 2K restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, as well as offering several new supplements, both of which may make this of interest to those who didn't get the Twilight Time release, or in fact who did, but who were less than thrilled with that disc's technical merits.

Audrey Rose Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Audrey Rose is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Video with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. Arrow only sent a check disc for purposes of this review, and so I'm not privy to any verbiage they may have included in their insert booklet about this transfer, but the press sheet accompanying the check disc mentioned a "brand new 2K restoration by Arrow Films from a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative". That new effort helps to improve things measurably in the video department on this release when compared to the Twilight Time disc, which I wasn't all that enthused about, as my review of that version indicated. There's generally an uptick all around here in terms of everything from saturation to fine detail levels, though there are still some of the same intermittent rough spots that I mentioned with regard to a widely variant grain field, though even that is at least somewhat more tightly handled on this release. This may be helped, at least from a perception standpoint, by the fact that this release doesn't seem to have the same kind of artificial brightening I mentioned with regard to the Twilight Time release, which frankly may help to mask some of the chunkier looking grain. The increased darkness can also arguably lead to a lack of shadow definition in some of the less brightly lit moments. Despite the restoration gauntlet, eagle eyed viewers will still catch occasional minor age related wear and tear.

Audrey Rose Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audrey Rose features an LPCM Mono track which to my ears was virtually indistinguishable from the perfectly fine DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track that was on the Twilight Time disc. Michael Small's enjoyable score sounds full bodied and evocative, and both dialogue and sound effects are offered clearly and cleanly, without any issues. Optional English subtitles are available.

Audrey Rose Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Audio Commentary by Jon Towlson


• Faith and Fraud: A Wizard's Perspective on Audrey Rose (HD; 18:49) is an interesting interview with magician and escape artist Adam Cardone, here helpfully identified via on screen text as a "wizard", who discusses reincarnation.


• Never Birth Nor Death (HD; 4:27) is a bizarrely titled tour of locations which is listed in the press sheet accompanying the check disc as the much better titled Then and Now.


• I've Been Here Before (HD; 17:30) is another first rate analysis from critic Lee Gambin who examines how reincarnation has been presented in films in a piece originally produced for Imprint Films.


• "Investigator" The Paranormal World of Frank De Felitta (HD; 11:37) is described as a "newly edited" interview with the writer of Audrey Rose, originally produced for Imprint Films.


• The Role of a Mother (HD; 17:55) is a 2022 interview with Marsha Mason produced for Imprint Films.


• Hypnotist (HD; 16:53) is an interview with film music historian Daniel Schweiger, discussing the work of composer Michael Small. This is another 2022 effort produced for Imprint Films.


• Theatrical Trailer (HD; 1:35)


• Poster and Stills Gallery (HD)

Audrey Rose Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Audrey Rose has its proponents, but for me personally, the only Robert Wise horror film I tend to revisit regularly The Haunting. For those who are fans of the film, this new release from Arrow certainly ups the video presentation, while also offering a wealth of supplements, for anyone who may be considering making a purchase.