6.6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Four Masters of the Macabre star in this sinister and screamingly funny scare-fest! Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price) is running his father-in-law's (Boris Karloff) funeral home business...straight into the ground! Hounded by his landlord (Basil Rathbone), Trumbull and his assistant (Peter Lorre) devise a way to make death pay: by increasing their customer base through murder and burying the secrets to their success...body by body!
Starring: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson, Beverly PowersHorror | 100% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Note: This film is available in the bundle
The Vincent Price Collection II.
Vincent Price’s career spanned everything from classic noir (
Laura) to somewhat questionable biographies (he played a rather unlikely Joseph Smith in Brigham Young in a film which
always delighted this non-Mormon Utah native), but Price’s lasting legacy will probably always be the horror films he started making in the
1950s with the now iconic House of Wax 3D. Scream
Factory, the horror themed imprint of Shout! Factory, gave Price fans a great Halloween present last year when they released The Vincent Price Collection, which included a
gaggle of Price’s American International Pictures releases, often made in collaboration with Roger Corman. Scream is back now with a second
volume just in time for this year’s Halloween festivities, casting a somewhat wider net that features some of Price’s horror themed
outings for other production entities (as well as some AIP features). Once again generally strong technical merits and some fun supplements
make this an enjoyable “treat” for horror fans.
The Comedy of Terrors is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Scream Factory, an imprint of Shout! Factory, with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.35:1. Once again elements are in largely very good shape, with only occasional dust and flecks showing up. The color space here is quite inviting, with very little fade and good tonal reproductions. Grain is natural looking, and there are no resolution problems when the film exploits things like mist strewn cemeteries. The increased resolution does tend to show things like seams on matte paintings or painted backdrops, but otherwise this is a solid, engaging looking transfer.
The Comedy of Terrors lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono track provides good support for the film's hyperbolic dialogue, as well as Les Baxter's fun (and funny) score. Fidelity is excellent throughout, though there is just very slight distortion at times when Amaryllis sings her very highest notes. Otherwise there are no issues or defects to report.
The Comedy of Terrors is one of the breeziest Price entries from this period, and it's obvious that Price, along with Karloff, Rathbone and Lorre, are having unbridled fun in this lunatic romp. Technical merits here are very strong, the supplementary package is decent (if not quite as good as some others in this set), and The Comedy of Terrors comes Highly recommended.
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