After much speculation, rumors, and
remastering work, Tobe Hooper’s phenomenally entertaining haunted house
thriller POLTERGEIST is due to be released in a special edition DVD on October
9th, the same day as Joe Lynch’s WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END. POLTERGEIST
was initially released on DVD by MGM/UA Home Entertainment in 1997 as a DVD-5 (single-sided,
single-layered) and looked…well…less than stellar. The new DVD, however, will of course be a
DVD-9 (singled-sided, dual-layered) and remastered in 2.40:1 anamorphic
widescreen, with the customary Dolby Digital 5.1
& 2.0 audio tracks. Some of the extras will include:
- new
documentary "They Are Here: The Real World of Poltergeists Revealed"
- “The
Science of the Spirits - Communing With The Dead”
- trailer
gallery
Notably
absent is behind-the-scenes footage and a running commentary. I really hope that these features will make
their way to the disc, as these are the very extras that I look forward to with
remastered editions of movies. To be
honest, the extras that are listed fall far short of what I’d like to see. This should most definitely be a 2-disc
set. Retail is $19.97. High definition editions should be available in 2008.
