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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Halloween III: Season of the WitchR1

    The Region 4 version of this disc misses out on;

  • Correct Aspect Ratio (The R1 DVD is actually framed at 2.35:1, which is a lot closer to the original 2.40:1 than our 1.78:1)

The Region 1 version of this disc misses out on;

  • 16x9 Enhancement
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround-Encoded Remix
  • Theatrical Trailer

According to Widescreen Review, the Region 1 video transfer exhibits "mediocre quality with a dated appearance", is "somewhat sharp, but fine detail and definition are wanting, for a picture that is quite plugged-up". Adding to Region 1's problems are "aliasing problems, artefacts and minor pixelization", leaving them with a picture that is "at best, mediocre throughout". While it is quite unfortunate that we miss out on the proper aspect ratio, the clean and mostly good-looking picture we do have would probably be preferable to what is described as an awful-looking NTSC picture.

    Unfortunately, the R4 version is missing about ninety seconds of footage (with the PAL speedup taken into account), mostly involving the scenes in which persons are killed. The cuts are very precise and hard to detect when one hasn't seen the film in a long time, but the end result is that with the quality issues regarding the R1 version(s) and the misframing of the local disc, this censorship issue tips the scales towards buying neither version.