Blu-Ray ruins the films
Ive been watching the Blu-Ray for the last few years and at times it’s hard to watch due to how awful thr crystal clear 4K quality make the effects look. I thought this was just one of those great movies that had terrible, dated effects. Then I catch it on TV and I’m shocked at how much better everything looks. The effects aren’t amazing or anything, but the look passable. The Blu-Ray really unblurs the lines and makes every crack, jitter, and error clearly visible. The stopmotion on the blu-ray looks atrocious, and the scene where Henrietta’s head comes out of the cellar is the worst practical effect ever. On TV and on the normal DVD, it looks just fine. Not only that, but every greenscreen shot looks like a high school history project, the stopmotion looks godawful, and the superimposed face over the cabin when it says “JOIN US” looks like a bad Halloween mask.
So my advise is not to watch this on blu-ray if it’s your first time. I own tons of other effects-driven 80s horror movies on Blu-ray, such as The Thing and Tremors, and none of them make the effects look worse. Even the first Evil Dead film looks fine on blu-ray. It’s just this one that makes it look incredibly fake,