John Ireland

3 John Ireland films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including Spartacus.

IMDb

Spartacus(1960)

dir. Stanley Kubrick

Universal S-Tier 4K with a perfect 5.0 score. Kubrick's sword-and-sandal epic gets cited as a reference disc in every catalog discussion. The 70mm photography has more detail than a modern display can fully resolve, and HDR finally gives the gladiator pit scenes the contrast they need. Available for under $13 USD on Amazon as a standalone, same disc as the one in the Kubrick 4K box set.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

The House of Seven Corpses(1974)

4.3/10

dir. Paul Harrison

B-Tier

Dark Force #9 from June 2024 with an embossed glow-in-the-dark slipcover. Paul Harrison's 1974 horror-within-a-horror about a film crew shooting at a haunted house. The 4K is from a fresh scan of the 35mm camera negative with HDR10, paired with a Blu-ray bonus disc.

Dark Force Entertainment · 4K Ultra HD

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral(1957)

7.0/10

dir. John Sturges

C-Tier

C-Tier Kino Lorber 4K. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas at the O.K. Corral.

Kino Lorber · 4K + Blu-ray