Wes Craven’s 1982 characteristic movie adaptation of Swamp Thing is getting a 4K remaster, and I couldn’t be extra excited! I really like this film! This is without doubt one of the films that I noticed once I was tremendous younger, and I as grew up there have been sure visuals of the movie that may pop into my thoughts sometimes and I didn’t know the place these visuals got here from.
When I used to be round 14 years outdated Swamp Thing popped up on TV, and as I watched, I began recognizing all of this loopy imagery that began matching up with visuals that I had in my head since I used to be a child. It was just like the thriller of these visuals had been solved! That was a fairly wild and funky day!
Now, 41 years after the movie was initially launched, the film is getting the 4K remedy. MVD Visual will launch the remastered Swamp Thing as a 4K Ultra HD collector’s version on August eighth, marking the primary time Craven’s cult traditional is obtainable within the enhanced format.
The two-disc set contains a 16-bit scan of the unique digital camera adverse, restoring each the US theatrical PG minimize and the unrated worldwide model in 4K, and a new HD restoration of each variations offered within the authentic 1.85:1 facet ratio on Blu-ray. Pre-orders can be found on Amazon now.
The official synopsis: “Deep in Florida’s darkest everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise, Robocop) and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter’s The Fog) have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger and change civilization forever. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane (Louis Jourdan, Octopussy) is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead in the swamp. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes ‘Swamp Thing’ — a half human/half plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue the beautiful Cable and defeat the evil Arcane… even if it costs him his life.”
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