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Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later 4K(1998)After faking her death and changing her name to evade the murderous Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, now a teacher at a Southern California private school, is again targeted by her nemesis. Most of the school goes away on a trip, but her son John stays behind along with his girlfriend and a couple of other kids. John is now the age that Laurie was when Michael first attacked her friends, and she is scared and seemingly overprotective. But her fears are proved right when Michael returns to town, stalking first the teens and then Laurie herself. For more about Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later 4K and the Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later 4K Blu-ray release, see Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later 4K Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on September 19, 2023 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.0 out of 5. Director: Steve Miner Writers: Robert Zappia, Matt Greenberg, Debra Hill, John Carpenter Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, Adam Hann-Byrd, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Janet Leigh Producer: Paul Freeman » See full cast & crew Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later 4K Blu-ray, Video Quality 4K1080pI did not review, nor do I have access to, the Shout! Factory UHD or Blu-ray presentations, so this review will be strictly a review of the Paramount disc without the usual compare-contrast analysis. I do have the Echo Bridge Blu-ray, but needless to say there is no reason to revisit that mess; this stands as a monumental upgrade to that presentation, and even if this UHD is imperfect, there is no question that it is the Echo Bridge Blu-ray's vast, vast, vast superior. With that said, Paramount's 2160p/Dolby Vision UHD presentation of Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later looks very nice. I have not watched the film since 2011 but still vaguely remember the borderline horrific Blu-ray experience: wrong aspect ratio, awful colors, flat and fuzzy textures, compression issues, and so on. None of that is in evidence here. Presented in the proper wide aspect ratio, H20 looks alive on the UHD format with a very nice-looking image, one that will not go down as one of the finest the format has seen, or will see, but certainly a picture that is worthy of the higher resolution and the film medium. Grain is generally stable if not presenting with a mildly sharp look to it. The picture never appears to have grain reduced in any significant way, leaving textures of the high yield variety where complex skin details, clothing elements, and environments in school classroom and offices, homes, and even one-off locales like a bathroom stall enjoying fruitful clarity. Look at a scene inside the school security booth, and a shot of its exterior thereafter, at the 26-minute mark. This is about the best the movie looks, with gently fine grain, razor-sharp clarity, and an experience that speaks to the might and majesty of the film medium. Those shots look fantastic, and so do many more throughout the film. Others are not quite so elegant, especially in low light, but this looks very nice overall. Colors appear slightly muted by design in many places, again and especially in lower light. The film is not one to splash lively, bold, bright, vivid colors around the screen, but the occasional splashes of a child's blue sweater, bright green grass, the red school uniforms, Halloween costumes seen during the day, and so on do offer a nice jolt of color against what is otherwise a somewhat darker, more tonally foreboding, sort of image. In that consideration, black levels are very deep if not slightly prone to showing some crush in the darkest corners. Skin tones look a little gray and pasty but are more or less on healthier end of the spectrum than not. Whites are not leaping off the screen for their brilliance, still holding to a very mild creaminess, but on the whole looking a good bit better than what Blu-ray can provide. To top things off, Paramount's UHD delivers a clean print and no immediately obvious encode problems. This is a very good looking UHD image. Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later 4K Blu-ray, Audio QualityThe included DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack delivers a healthy listen that presents the full audio experience with adequate depth, stage immersion, and detail. The overall clarity is strong, and the track creates a fine sense of place and atmosphere in both lightly atmospheric locales and more intensely exhilarating audio set pieces, both offering good stage presence and balance while holding lifelike detail. Subwoofer usage is healthy but never overzealous. Musical presentation is rich and full, offering wide front-end space and good back-channel integration. Dialogue is clear and centered for the duration. Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later: Other Editions
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