WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Stephen King’s The Night Flier
Genre:Horror

Reviewed In Issue 29 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan & Michael H. Moss

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 4.5
Sound Rating: 4.5
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DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): HBO Video
(Catalog Number): LD91466-WS
(MPAA Rating): R
(Retail Price): $39.98
(Running Time In Minutes): 97
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Theatrical Release): 1998
(LD Release Date):
(THX® Digitally Mastered): Yes

Credits Information
(Director): Mark Pavia
(Screenplay/Written By): Mark Pavia & Jack O’Donnell
(Story): NA
(Music): Brian Keane
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Burton Rencher
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(Editor): Elizabeth Schwartz
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(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): David Kappes
(Co-Producers): NA
(Producers): Richard P. Rubenstein & Mitchell Galin

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1

DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Surround
(Theatrical Sound): SDDS & Dolby Digital
(Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
(Remastered Dolby Digital): No
(Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
(Additional Languages):

WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Stephen King’s The Night Flier is a new tale of a modern-day vampire who flies by night in a dark-winged Cessna. For Richard Dees (Miguel Ferrer), his unbelievable tales make his faithful readers believe. And he wants to deliver the facts about the Night Flier who lands at secluded airports and brutally murders local residents. Dees begins to follow the unknown killer in a Cessna of his own, uncovering clues that reveal a pilot so terrifying and untamed by human nature, that their final confrontation will leave no body unbloodied.

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LaserDisc Soundtrack:
(Surround Bass Below 50Hz): Yes
(Aggressive System Surround): Yes
(Intense 25Hz Bass): No
(Deep Bass Challenging): No
(Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
(Holosonic Soundfield): Yes
(Aggressive Split Surround): Yes
(Center Back Surround Imaging): No
(Directionalized Dialogue): No
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