StudioCanal · Collector's Edition

7 StudioCanal Collector's Edition films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 4 S-Tier picks including Prince of Darkness, Highlander, Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D..

Prince of Darkness(1987)

6.8/10

dir. John Carpenter

S-Tier

S-Tier StudioCanal 4K with a 4.5 score. Carpenter's second Apocalypse Trilogy entry. Scream Factory did a steelbook at $45 USD which people thought was too much, and the price eventually dropped to $34.99 USD. The StudioCanal 4-pack has better color accuracy but zero special features, while Scream Factory's has Atmos but messed up the colors.

StudioCanal · Collector's Edition

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.(1966)

5.9/10

dir. Gordon Flemyng

S-Tier

S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. The second Cushing Doctor Who film.

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Dr. Who and the Daleks(1965)

5.7/10

dir. Gordon Flemyng

S-Tier

S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Peter Cushing as the Doctor. A fun curiosity for Who fans.

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Highlander(1986)

6.9/10

dir. Russell Mulcahy

S-Tier

40th Anniversary Collector's Edition 4K announced for June in the UK. Early looks suggest it's a repackage of the existing release with identical extras, just new physical packaging. The video transfer is apparently strong but the audio has problems, with one owner saying it sounds like it was recorded at the bottom of a trash can.

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Fear in the Night(1972)

5.8/10

dir. Jimmy Sangster

A-Tier

StudioCanal's Hammer horror 4K rollout continues with this Jimmy Sangster-directed psychological thriller. Peter Cushing carries the film and the boarding school setting gives it a different atmosphere from the usual gothic Hammer catalog.

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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb(1971)

5.5/10

dir. Seth Holt, Michael Carreras

Announced

Hammer completists grabbed the Scream Factory Blu-ray when it went OOP, so the StudioCanal Collector's Edition 4K fills a real gap. Seth Holt died during production and Michael Carreras finished it, giving the film a strange tonal split.

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Demons of the Mind(1972)

5.2/10

dir. Peter Sykes

One of the lesser-known Hammer films from the early '70s when the studio was experimenting beyond gothic horror. StudioCanal's Collector's Edition 4K is the first time this has been treated as anything more than a catalogue filler.

StudioCanal · Collector's Edition

Announced