| Series |
Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Distributor |
New Line Home Video |
| Release Date |
1/13/2004 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: DD-EX 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
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| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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| Disc 01 |
Anamophic
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Disc One of this two-disc Platinum Series set includes audio commentary with director Ronny Yu and actors Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger, and a Jump To A Death scene selection option.
Disc Two adds 16-minutes worth of deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Ronny Yu and executive producer Douglas Curtis. There is also a Production menu with two Fangoria magazine articles (“Freddy & Jason Go To Development Hell” and “Slicing Towards Completion”); five production featurettes, including Genesis: Development Hell, On Location: Springwood Revisited, Art Direction: Jason’s Decorating Tips, Stunts: When Push Comes To Shove, Make-up Effects: Freddy’s Beauty Secrets; 12 brief visual effects featurettes that can be viewed as an entire 35-minute highlight on the visual effects with comments by visual effects supervisor Ariel Velasco-Shaw and visual effects producer Kevin Elam; and extensive storyboard and production galleries. The Publicity And Promotion menu offers a four-minute clip of a Pre-Fight Press Conference held at Bally’s Casino in July 2003, the original trailer and TV spots, Ill Niño’s “How Can I Live” music video, and a fun four-minute highlight of Freddy vs. Jason’s premiere at the horrifically fun Camp Hacknslash at the Alamo Drafthouse outdoor cinema. There is also some hidden content, so click around. Both discs include DVD-ROM enhancements.SH |
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Story Synopsis:
Freddy Krueger (Englund) is really angry. Who’s that, you ask? It seems everyone has forgotten what a nightmare he used to be. No one is afraid of him anymore. They can barely even remember his name. Desperate to ravage dreams once again with his reign of terror, he enlists the help of Jason Vorhees (Ken Kirzinger) to scare the living daylights out of the teenagers. When the kids go to sleep, Freddy can start having some fun. But when Jason starts to steal the show, it’s up to Freddy to get creative in order to get the bloody credit he deserves. Blood and boobs galore, horror fans are sure to welcome Freddy and Jason back to the genre. (Suzanne Hodges)
DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1-framed DVD looks horrifyingly fantastic, especially in the darker scenes! Colors are richly saturated and perfectly contrasted to the deep, endless blacks. Images are sharp and detailed, with excellent contrast and shadow delineation that allows for just enough visual information in the suspenseful dark scenes. The picture is slick and clean, with only minor pixelization and some edge enhancement in the brighter scenes to distract. (Suzanne Hodges)
The disc also includes a modified 1.33:1 (4:3) version -- not reviewed.
Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital Surround EX™ soundtrack is incredible for its creative and technical merits. The audio in general is powerful, often rather loud, dynamic, and very well-recorded. The use of the dimensional soundstage is exemplary in terms of really engaging you into the depths of the storytelling. Atmospheric effects are effectively placed all around you throughout the movie, even during scenes that do not pertain to the horror and intensity. In many respects, the manner in which the main channels are utilized serve to enhance the suspense and fear, and this itself should be considered an artistic achievement. Like many horror movies with great sound, the use of very wide dynamic plays a vital role. In addition to the aggressive engagement of space, the imaging is outstanding, and you can certainly place sounds in definite locations all around you, and in between the physical speaker locations. This would include the three surround channels, all of which were outstandingly utilized. The music is a wonderful recording and has a palpable deep bass presence, while at the same time possessing distinguished surround sound attributes of its own. The dialogue is superlative with very natural-sounding voices and spatial integration. Last but not least, bass is downright deep and powerful in all channels, and prominent LFE channel activity is to be expected. This is definitely one of the standouts in movie sound presentation, a sound mix that was optimized for home theatre.P (Perry Sun)
This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
