The Howling (1980) BD UPDATED

[Brent_Reid]

The comparison footnote says:

• For the extras and superior audio. Do note, the region B releases include an exclusive featurette.

It should say:

• For the extras and superior audio. Do note, the mainland Europe region B releases include an exclusive featurette.

THe UK BD footnote says it "Features a new restoration." This is not true, despite the packaging stating "BRAND NEW RESTORATION". Instead, the old transfer was slightly remastered with different gamma, that's all. Apparently Studiocanal often lie like this. See the review and matched screenshots on BD.com: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Howl ... 56/#Review

Several thread posters state the US BD's mono track is a downmix of the 5.1 remix rather than the original, but I can't find verification of this. If true, it presumably also applies to Shout's US DVD.

Though all the Euro BD audio tracks are listed as stereo, could they actually be original mono? It does seem odd Studiocanal would make the effort to remix them but stop at "only" stereo...

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Updated what I could. Can't find sure info on the Euro releases being stereo or mono, but leaving it as is for now.

[Brent_Reid]