Charles Cyphers · 1981

2 Charles Cyphers movies from 1981 on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including Escape from New York.

Decade

All 6 1970s 2 1980s 4

Year

All 4 1980 1 1981 2 1982 0 1983 0 1984 0 1985 0 1986 0 1987 0 1988 0 1989 1

Escape from New York(1981)

7.0/10

dir. John Carpenter

S-Tier

S-Tier from Shout Factory. There are multiple packaging options but the discs are identical across the standard edition, steelbook, and collector's edition. If you're new to this one and the black levels look crushed, that's normal. It was shot almost entirely at night on a low budget, and Carpenter himself has said that's just how it looks. The Eagle Pictures Italian release is a better-looking transfer for anyone willing to import. The steelbook art is a love-it-or-hate-it situation, some people think it looks more Mad Max than Snake Plissken.

Shout! Studios · Collector's Edition

Halloween II(1981)

6.6/10

dir. Rick Rosenthal

C-Tier

C-Tier Shout Factory 4K. The hospital sequel. Same transfer debate as the first Halloween.

Shout! Studios · Collector's Edition