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Has anyone on the board picked up the Blu-ray of DRACULA (1979), which streeted this week? No one seems to have reviewed it so far, and if it's the same horrid Badham-approved, colour-drained travesty that the Universal DVD was, I want to steer clear of it. If it's gloriously basked in its original colour timing, I'm for it!
Give me good news, folks! (Or just give me the truth.)
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Has anyone on the board picked up the Blu-ray of DRACULA (1979), which streeted this week? No one seems to have reviewed it so far, and if it's the same horrid Badham-approved, colour-drained travesty that the Universal DVD was, I want to steer clear of it. If it's gloriously basked in its original colour timing, I'm for it!
Give me good news, folks! (Or just give me the truth.)
I also am awaiting news on this before ordering it. The original dvd was so awful, smeared and color drained that I donated it. I'm hoping this one's better because it sure couldn't be any worse - or could it?
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While I would never consider myself a huge fan of the film (although that was then, when competition was tough, now, it's probably Citizen Kane), I remember it looked and sounded gorgeous.
Magazines at the time (Film Review, Photoplay, Fantastic Films) had features on it and the colour stills always made it look suitably grand and gothic.
Why anyone would want to drain all that life and colour out of it, I will never understand.
I wouldn't mind watching the film again (if only to hear that wonderful score doing it's magic) but not in that horrible, drained, saturated look from the stills above.
What a shame 
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