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Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

10 Second Sight Films 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom) films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 8 S-Tier picks including When Evil Lurks, Crimes of the Future, Possessor.

Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future(2022)

6.0/10

dir. David Cronenberg

S-Tier

S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Cronenberg's late-career body horror. Second Sight's limited edition is the way to go.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Mean Streets

Mean Streets(1973)

7.1/10

dir. Martin Scorsese

S-Tier

S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. Early Scorsese, loud and rough. Criterion's 4K got a negative pro review that collectors have largely told each other to ignore, arguing the reviewer was comparing it to the old Blu-ray instead of judging the transfer on its own terms. Second Sight co-funded the new restoration and will likely use a Fidelity in Motion encode, which typically beats Criterion's Pixelogic encoding.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre(1974)

7.4/10

dir. Tobe Hooper

S-Tier

Second Sight's 4K arrived to the kind of reaction you'd expect for a film shot on 16mm getting a premium scan. The package sits alongside their Dawn of the Dead release as a showcase for what the label can do with horror catalog titles.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Drive

Drive(2011)

7.6/10

dir. Nicolas Winding Refn

S-Tier

Second Sight S-Tier disc with one of the best boutique transfers around. Refn's neon-noir in HDR with the Cliff Martinez score in lossless is something else.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
It Follows

It Follows(2015)

6.6/10

dir. David Robert Mitchell

S-Tier

S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K. David Robert Mitchell's horror film where the threat just walks toward you, slowly, forever. Second Sight's limited edition is the one to get over the Lionsgate release, with stronger packaging and better extras.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
Possessor

Possessor(2020)

6.4/10

dir. Brandon Cronenberg

S-Tier

S-Tier Second Sight Films 4K with a 4.5 score. Brandon Cronenberg's body-horror thriller, and one of the most underrated horror films of the 2020s. Second Sight's limited edition had people double-dipping from the basic US release. Someone's copy from Diabolik came signed by the director unexpectedly. Green Room is getting the same Second Sight 4K treatment.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Hitcher

The Hitcher(1986)

7.0/10

dir. Robert Harmon

S-Tier

Second Sight's 4K restoration replaced what was genuinely one of the worst DVD transfers in the catalog. Collectors who grabbed the limited edition are calling it their release of the year, and the standard 4K is still available through Orbit for anyone who missed the first run.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
When Evil Lurks

When Evil Lurks(2023)

6.9/10

dir. Demián Rugna

S-Tier

Second Sight Films' UK Limited Edition is the canonical best release, region-free 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10. Demián Rugna's 2023 Argentine possession horror that ran festivals through 2023-2024 and got an IFC Films US streaming release. The transfer pulls the rural Patagonia-day blue palette and the dim-cabin night scenes into proper dynamic range.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
The Florida Project

The Florida Project(2017)

7.4/10

dir. Sean Baker

A-Tier

Second Sight A-Tier 4K limited edition. The sherbet colors of the Kissimmee motel look incredible in HDR and the Second Sight packaging is up to their usual standard. Diabolik is one of the few US retailers that stocks it.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)
A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life(2005)

7.5/10

dir. Kim Jee-woon

B-Tier

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray (United Kingdom)