The Exorcist [4K Ultra HD] [1973] [Blu-ray]

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Alternately, you can take a look at our roundup of the best high-end 4K TVs. These are the TVs that will get you the absolute best picture quality, though it's worth noting there's a lot of overlap in our choices between the two lists. Best 4K Blu-ray Players When an innocent young girl is possessed by a demon, a priest struggling with his faith is asked by her mother to perform the ancient rite of exorcism. For a synopsis and appreciation of the film, please see Kenneth Brown's review of the 2010 Blu-ray digibook above. As indicated by my own rating of I’m happy to say that we have a little bit of late-breaking announcement news today, and it’s one we’ve all been waiting for. Here’s the full text of Warner’s press release... THE EXORCIST COMES TO 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL TO CELEBRATE THE ICONIC SUPERNATURAL FILM’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY, THE EXORCIST WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 4K RESOLUTION WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR)

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this 4K UHD presentation are mighty impressive and the two audio options -- a terrific new Atmos mix and the original theatrical mono -- help to make If you want horror movies, October is the month for you. Tons of horror releases (and 4K horror re-releases) are heading our way in October, including a bunch of Screams, The Mist, Friday the 13th, Rosemary's Baby, and the Shrek 6-film collection. Kidding about that last one!versions -- and only choice on the director's cut, aside from a few foreign dubs -- is a new Dolby Atmos remix built from previous surround English SDH, German SDH, Italian SDH, Cantonese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Parisian French, Swedish In their 100 years of moviemaking, Warner Bros. has nine Best Picture Oscars to date, with a total of 26 nominations, making it one of the most recognized studios in that category.

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The Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs include both the 1973 theatrical version of the film and the 2000 Extended Director’s Cut of the film which features eleven additional minutes of footage not seen in theaters.The Exorcist 4K Blu-ray offers solid video and reference-quality audio in this overall recommended Blu-ray release The Exorcist tells the now-famous story of a girl's demonic possession, and a gripping fight between good and evil. Linda Blair, in a breakout role, plays Regan, a young girl who starts to exhibit strange, arcane behavior. Her mother (Burstyn) calls upon a priest, Father Karras (Miller), to investigate. But Karras, who has a spiritual crisis of his own, is suddenly confronted with the unimaginable evil of Regan's possession. Father Lankester Merrin (Von Sydow), an archeologist-priest, is called to help, and a horrific battle for her soul begins. Despite the fact that The Exorcist was a well-received film (not just with audiences but with people within the film community), the author of the original novel, William Peter Blatty, was never fully satisfied with it since aspects of the film had been compromises between he and director William Friedkin. Blatty later envisioned a sequel that took place outside the universe, but with some of the same characters. After failing to interest Friedkin in returning to direct, he wrote it as a novel entitled Legion. Years later, after Blatty began directing himself, he decided to bring Legion to the screen. The result was The Exorcist III, a film that was not quite what he had envisioned, and also initially dismayed audiences at the time for its approach.

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Warner Bros. has remixed The Exorcist in lossless Dolby Atmos for this 4K Ultra HD release. Their previous Blu-ray release had a reference quality lossless 6.1 mix and this elevates that. We get a wide soundfield, hyper-clarity of all the eerie atmospherics placed in the surrounds and overhead channels, and wide dynamic range. Speaking as a New Yorker, the early scenes with Father Karras in the subway sound completely authentic to the aural experience of the cavernous roar of the train pulling through the station. We also get moments with the ‘voice of God’ effect as Regan screams from upstairs, or a well-placed phone ring off to the side that will get your heart racing. The original mono mix is also included for the Theatrical Edition in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. It holds up very well considering the limitations of the format. The Supplements Platty’s story itself was taken from true stories of an actual exorcism that took place on young boy in 1949. Part of the film’s attraction and horror exists in this realism — these are real people, with normal lives, not monsters or aliens like your average horror film or fantasy film. It is a story that forces one to look inside oneself, question the world, and question faith. front-forward dynamic that should delight purists. It might even make up for some of the transfer's egregious sins, but that all depends on your Okay, folks... we’ve got a LOT of ground to cover today, and I’m seriously not kidding, so strap in and hold on tight...

So is there anything good about the new presentation? A lot, actually. At least 70% of The Exorcist looks better than ever, daytime Georgetown exterior scenes, well-lit indoor footage and, well, just about everything else not mentioned above. It's a largely authentic the color timing of key sequences including the exorcism itself, which pushed its otherwise natural color palette towards one bathed in cool blue The late, great William Friedkin's supernatural horror drama The Exorcist turns 50 this year, so you can be damn well sure Warner Bros. is Proving that the universe does indeed have a sense of humor, perhaps the biggest upgrade on this WB release is its audio options. The default on both