2 Lonny Chapman films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including The Birds.
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Universal 4K steelbook available. Reviewers note this is the weakest-looking Hitchcock 4K, which says more about how good the rest are than about this disc. The practical effects show their age at 4K resolution, but the attic scene and schoolhouse sequence still play. The lack of a traditional score (Hitchcock used electronic bird sounds) makes the lossless audio track unusual.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Ole Bornedal
Vinegar Syndrome picked up Ole Bornedal's 1997 US remake of his own 1994 Danish thriller, and a 4K of it was not on anyone's radar. Ewan McGregor as a law student working night shift at a morgue while a serial killer stages bodies to frame him. New scan from the 35mm camera negative in Dolby Vision, with a fresh Bornedal interview, a Will Webb video essay, and a 40-page book on the limited pressing.
Vinegar Syndrome · Limited Edition