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Despite how glamorous or easy it might look from the outside, the business of film is a constant challenge. And while a company like Disney might seem like a colossus today, there are a number of times when the future or direction of the studio was in question. Perhaps the strangest period was in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Wedged between the studio’s dominance on the big and small screens and the Disney Renaissance that began in 1989 (which has essentially never stopped, as the studio went on to acquire Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, and Fox), there’s a decidedly strange period where the Disney brand tried to branch out and appeal to teens and older viewers with a group of movies that are, well, strange. Inspired in part by the post
Part of the Warner Archive Collection, this new presentation was derived from a recombination of separation masters scanned at 4K 16 bit by digital movie wizards MPI Film, before undergoing a full restoration and color correction.
Although the final results are better visually then ever released, unavoidable soft focus and occasional color shifts still exist in segments.
However, those moments can be ignored, especially while basking in the new clarity and enhanced colors. The overall visual upgrade really pays off when first viewing the face of the creature and its grotesque facial abnormalities.
The enhancements are most noticeable when viewing anything red from a smoking jacket to frothing liquid in beakers, a bulging red tongue or blood dripping from a head wound with a saturated hue that will practically burn out the eyes.
Shudder announced it would premiere the horror film "A Nightmare Wakes" on Feb. 4. The film depicts Mary Shelley (Alix Wilton Regan) s process for writing "Frankenstein."