Richard Lawson · 1980s

2 Richard Lawson movies from the 1980s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 2 S-Tier picks including Streets of Fire, Poltergeist.

Decade

All 2 1980s 2

Year

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

Poltergeist(1982)

7.2/10

dir. Tobe Hooper

S-Tier

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K with a 4.5 score. Tobe Hooper's haunted house film, and the Best Buy steelbook art was widely hated. People said the iconic "girl in front of TV" image would have been far better. A Film Vault special edition with The Shining is coming in August 2025, and Shout Factory is releasing Poltergeist II in 4K. Some collectors have been disc-swapping their 4K into older steelbook shells with better art.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray

Streets of Fire(1984)

6.9/10

dir. Walter Hill

S-Tier

Shout Factory S-Tier 4K. Walter Hill's neon-soaked rock-and-roll action film with Michael Paré and Diane Lane. People who got it early describe a strong upgrade from the Blu-ray, with the Dolby Vision doing great work on the rain-soaked streets and neon lighting. It's a Collector's Edition but surprisingly shipped without a slipcover.

Shout! Studios · Collector's Edition