BritFilms

Region 0 - PAL

2.32:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 5.5 mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s

2.32:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 7.16 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

Dual-layered Blu-ray MPEG4 - AVC

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

BritFilms

Scorpion Releasing (Katarina's Nightmare Theater)

Severin Films
Region FREE - Blu-ray

English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.32:1

Edition Details:
• Theatrical Trailer (16:9; 2:42)
• About BritFilms
• Weblink

DVD Release Date: 26 January 2009
Amaray

Chapters 16
 

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.32:1

Edition Details:
• Playable with optional KATARINA'S NIGHTMARE THEATER introduction and post-script
• Audio Commentary with producer Anthony Ginnane, moderated by Katarina Leigh Waters
• Theatrical Trailer (16:9; 2:54)
• Trailers for MORTUARY, THE RETURN, DEATH SHIP, DOUBLE EXPOSURE, SATAN'S SLAVE, TERROR, DON'T ANSWER
• THE PHONE, THE DEVIL WITHIN HER, and FINAL EXAM
• KATARINA'S NIGHTMARE THEATER promo reel
 

Chapters 16

ADDITION: Severin Films - Region FREE - Blu-ray (January 2017): Severin's new 2K, 1080P, is a large leap beyond the older SD transfers. Colors have a tightness than the DVDs can't export. The film visuals have some inconsistencies but the Blu-ray, by far, has the best video presentation - no artifacts, noise and imperceptible damage/speckles.  It is bright with more natural skin tones and it looks very pleasing in-motion. The 2.39:1 widescreen ratio looks impressive in HD.

Severin go linear PCM (16-bit) and it handles the film's effects authentically. There is a score by Brian May (Turkey Shoot, Nightmares) that adds to the film's mystery with an occult-edge sounding supportive via the uncompressed. There are optional English subtitles on the region FREE Blu-ray disc.

This is a pretty interesting film - that may have a distant Ozploitation link but it's a cracker of a less-definable horror/thriller, regardless. It's a bit patchy but a very cool concept and some great stars in Agutter, Cotten, Powell and Sumner. The production, and script, could have used some tightening but its wayward qualities actually seem like a bonus adding to the mysterious aura. Severin continue to impress with another eclectic choice of film, expertly transferred, and a stacked package of supplements. The Survivor has some definite attributes and the Blu-ray was a pleasure to indulge in. Recommended!

***

ON THE DVDs: Scorpion's dual-layer, progressive, anamorphic transfer is considerably more colorful than the UK transfer (which opens with a Warner Bros. logo) and reveals more picture information on the left, top, and bottom of the frame. The Scorpion version also features music over the closing credits (the UK disc goes silent during this sequence). The film was released twice before in the US in non-anamorphic letterbox transfers. Exclusive to the Scorpion disc is a new commentary track with producer Anthony Ginnane (conducted by hostess Katarina Leigh Waters). Ginnane reveals that the plane crash sequence was the most expensive film shoot at the time in Australia, and that supporting actors Peter Sumner and prominently-billed Angela Punch-McGregor lost significant screentime in an effort to improve the pacing. The trailer is the same on both discs.

 - Eric Cotenas