6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Diablo is a biker gang leader executed for the murder of a young woman. A year after his death, it's time for Spring Break. Football players Skip and Ronnie head to the beach, where Skip meets Gail, the sister of the woman who was murdered a year ago. All the fun and glory of Spring Break, however, is about to turn into a living nightmare when a mysterious person in a biker outfit begins to kill people by electrocution. Could it be that Diablo has returned from the dead?
Starring: Nicolas De Toth, Sarah Buxton, Rawley Valverde, Lance LeGault, Michael ParksHorror | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Umberto Lenzi's "Nightmare Beach" (1989) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film; video interview with composer Claudio Simonetti; and audio commentary by critic Samm Deighan. In English or Italian, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
The madman
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Nightmare Beach arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from a recent 4K remaster that makes the film look very, very fresh. The best news, however, is that there are no traces of any problematic digital work, so in addition to looking fresh the film has a very solid organic appearance as well. Colors are stable and nicely saturated, though occasionally light black crush sneaks in. Also, I think that the overall balance could have been slightly better because some of the primaries are a tad warmer than they should be, but there is plenty that still looks very good. Image stability is excellent. The encoding is good, but there is some room for encoding optimizations. My score is 4.25/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provided.
I viewed the film with the original English track. It is very healthy and with an excellent range of dynamic nuances. The dialog is very clean, crisp, and easy to follow as well. Claudio Simonetti's score also makes its presence felt during a few of the most dramatic sequences. There are no audio dropouts, distortions, or other digital anomalies to report.
I can't say that I disliked Nightmare Beach because some of the spring break silliness in it is rather hilarious, but it is very predictable. There are countless other genre films that are worth seeing before it because they are better scripted and executed. If you disagree and like the film a lot, you will be happy to hear that Kino Lorber's release is sourced from a very healthy recent 4K remaster. RENT IT.
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