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Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Bank robber Cornel Wilde, after being wounded by a bullet, seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife, and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son.
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Dan Duryea, Lee Grant, David StolleryDrama | 100% |
Film-Noir | 86% |
Crime | 42% |
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 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
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25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
1955’s “Storm Fear” is introduced as a tale of isolation, but soon surveys unusual intimacies. Scripted by Horton Foote (adapting a book by Clinton Seeley) and directed by Cornel Wilde, the feature holds attention through tremendous characterization, working through the paranoia and neuroses of a tattered family as they’re forced to survive together in a remote location. It’s a classic setting for domestic hostilities, but the production manages to unearth intriguing areas of discomfort, allowing “Storm Fear” to overcome its slightly hammy execution and land a few emotional punches.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation boasts a fresh appearance for its HD debut. Detail is strong throughout the viewing experience, good with feverish close-ups and location shooting, which delivers background particulars and winterscapes. Interior set decoration is also open for inspection. Contrast is strong and delineation holds securely, permitting frame information and mood lighting to register as intended. Source is in adequate condition, with expected scratches and speckling, along with some debris.
The 2.0 DTS-HD MA sound mix handles period limitations acceptably, marching forward with Elmer Bernstein's heavy score, which delivers a degree of instrumentation when it's not in full melodrama mode. Dialogue exchanges are crisp and direct, managing dramatic heights without slipping into distortion. Atmospherics are satisfactory, preserving interior bustle and exterior weather changes and mountain activity.
There is no supplementary material on this disc.
"Storm Fear" eventually transforms into a chase picture, taking to snow-covered mountains for a special hunt to pay off rising issues of trust and responsibility. The move toward more visceral elements of confrontation isn't nearly as interesting as earlier, more claustrophobic encounters, but it's an understandable escalation, giving the feature a boost of traditional suspense. However, "Storm Fear" eventually settles down again, returning to a position of sincerity that encourages the effort to conclude with tears, not bullets, gifting the movie welcome tenderness where most films of this ilk would rather sign off with violence.
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