Author name: Dr. Loomis

With over four decades of watching movies, Dr. Loomis has passion for films from directors such as Hitchcock, John Carpenter, Dario Argento, Christopher Nolan and Clint Eastwood. Dr. Loomis champions the restoration and release of films on 4K and Blu-ray.

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The Howling Blu-ray Review (1981)
Horror Movies UK Blu-ray Reviews

The Howling Blu-ray Review – So So 1981 Werewolf Offering

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My October horror season begins here as I count down to Halloween. It’s time to take a look at some of the horror films that are now available on Blu-ray. The film I’m looking at here is Joe Dante’s The Howling from 1981 and has a bit of a cult following. I can’t really remember it that well but with Studiocanal having released a brand new restored version on Blu-ray just last week I’m more than keen to take a look. So without further ado here’s my The Howling Blu-ray Review…

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The Howling releases on Blu-ray in the UK
Blu-ray News UK

The Howling releases on Blu-ray in the UK

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Only one of this week’s Blu-ray releases really stands out for me and that happens to be the horror film The Howling (1981). Directed by Joe Dante it stars Dee Wallace and Patrick Macnee. The Blu-ray release claims to be a “Brand New Restoration” so fingers crossed that it really does have excellent picture quality, I haven’t checked this version out yet but will be doing so soon. Anyway it’s released by Studiocanal, I’ll put a review out soon so keep an eye out for it.

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Stephen King's Carrie
Blu-ray News UK

Arrow Video to release Stephen King’s Carrie on Blu-ray (4K restoration) in December

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There have been some excellent film versions of Stephen King stories, such as The Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me & Misery to name just three. But forgetting the remake, the original Carrie (1976) must also be up there as being a superb film adaptation. Well great news Arrow Video has announced that coming on the 11th December 2017 is a brand new 4K…

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Powerhouse Films Indicator Series to release Eyes of Laura Mars on Blu-ray
Blu-ray News UK

Powerhouse Films Indicator Series to release Eyes of Laura Mars on Blu-ray

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If love seeing older titles being restored and released on to the Blu-ray format you should be keeping an eye on the UK film label Indicator Series. This month’s set of releases includes Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), for those not familiar with the film the story was written by John Carpenter. Whilst he did not direct or provide the music it’s still well regarded…

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