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| Phantasm IV Oblivion |
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Genre:Horror
Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Bill Thornbury, Heidi Marnhout, Bob Ivy, Angus Scrimm |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Orion Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
ID4718OR |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.99 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
90 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1998 |
| (LD Release Date): |
10/98 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Don Coscarelli |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Don Coscarelli |
| (Story): |
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| (Music): |
Christopher Stone |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Naython Vane |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Scott J. Gill |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
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| (Co-Producers): |
A. Michael Baldwin |
| (Producers): |
Don Coscarelli |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Digital |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Phantasm IV: Oblivion is the fourth entry in the series about the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) and his quest to rule the world with his army of undead. Michael Baldwin and Reggie Bannister fight to save mankind by traveling to the Tall Man’s past in hopes of finding a clue with which to defeat his gruesome plan.
LaserDisc Picture:
The 1.85:1 picture exhibits some minor inconsistencies. Images are sharp and detailed with nicely rendered fine detail and texture. Colors are fully, if sometimes, over saturated, with accurate fleshtones, natural colors, but blacks fall just short of true depth. The black and white sequences exhibit good gray scale. Contrast and shadow delineation are nicely rendered, with generally good visual information in the darker scenes. Noise, however, is apparent, as are minor artifacts.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Surround matrix soundtrack is nicely produced with an aggressive soundfield presence that is at times effectively dimensional and dynamic sounding. Surround envelopment is aggressive throughout and bass extension is deep and at times powerful to below 25Hz. The music score is haunting, and conveys a chilling effect. Dialogue sounds perfectly natural. This is an effectively creepy sound design.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
No |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
No |
Superb Color Fidelity: |
No |
Superb Cinematography: |
- |
Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
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