Dog Soldiers [Blu-ray]

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Leslie Felperin (16 October 2020). "Dog Soldiers review – gory larks with furry werewolves". The Guardian. Miska, Brad (7 September 2020). "Neil Marshall's 'Dog Soldiers' Gets Restored 4K Release in the UK!". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 5 October 2020. Castro, Adam-Troy (11 November 2002). " Dog Soldiers DVD". Science Fiction Weekly ( SciFi.com). Archived from the original on 22 June 2003. cite just one salient example of a film that has absolutely nothing to do with this one other than it, too, was something of a "cult item", I

This Collector's Edition of 'Dog Soldiers' from Scream Factory is a big improvement from the previous release. This new transfer is from a 2K scan and is presented in 1080p HD. It sports a 1.78:1 aspect ratio as well, which was supervised and approved by director Neil Marshall, which is funny, because he filmed 'Dog Soldiers in 16mm. Taking a 16mm film and upgrading it to 1080p HD can cause some issues. Photo Galleries - There are two sets of photo galleries here. One is a behind the scenes slideshow and the other is promo images and stills from the film. as it is, sneaks in a bit of a romantic/family twist that does heighten the dramatic angle for thatNote: Screenshots are sourced from the 1080 disc. As of the writing of this review, Shout! is not releasing a 1080 standalone disc, and so Marshall wrote the first draft in 1996. [12] It took six years to refine the script and acquire financing. [13] Marshall wanted the focus to be on the soldiers, with the creatures being an enemy that happens to be werewolves. [14] Marshall wanted to avoid cliches about werewolf curses or "how awful it is to be a werewolf", which Marshall felt was a trope exhaustingly used in many werewolf films. [15] Filming [ edit ] Two Still Galleries: Photos from the Film and Rare Photos from Production Designer Simon Bowles and Special Effects Artist Dave Bonneywell's Archives like mist or smoke from fires. All in all, though, I can't imagine fans of the film not easily preferring this release to either the First Look Studios or Dog Soldiers was produced by the Kismet Entertainment Group, the Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, the Victor Film Company, and the Carousel Picture Company with the support of the Luxembourg Film Fund. [10] In addition to the credits in the infobox, the costume designer is Uli Simon, the casting directors are Jeremy Zimmerman and Andrea Clarke, the special makeup, animatronic and digital visual effects are by the company Image FX, and the physical-effects supervisor and stunt coordinator is Harry Wiessenhaan. [10] In the United States, the film premiered as a Sci-Fi Pictures telefilm on the Sci-Fi Channel. [10]

Leicht, Aine (2015a). Werewolves vs. Soldiers: The Making of Dog Soldiers (Blu-ray). Shout! Factory. Werewolves, Crawlers, Cannibals and More – A new 40-minute interview with Neil Marshall, in which he discusses quite frankly and candidly his career to date. An early poster of Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat was released with the tagline "Coming 2014" across the bottom on 23 March 2014. [41] D. Eric Allen announced that a prequel and another sequel are in the planning stages, and Fresh Meat would be released on 20 December 2014. [42] This date passed with no release and no additional updates on the film's status. and several otherwise inconsequential parts. This Blu-ray release isn't as fortunate in its ability to

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Due to the low quality of the original Blu-ray transfer, Shout! Factory worked hand in hand with director Neil Marshall [28] [29] to create a brand-new Blu-ray transfer for Dog Soldiers in a release titled Dog Soldiers: Collector's Edition, [30] which was released on 23 June 2015. It was a two-disc set including a brand-new Blu-ray and a DVD copy with a new cover. This edition is only available in the U.S. ( Region A). However, the original negative wasn't located at the time of the making of this release, and Shout! Factory had to rely on two original cinema prints, whose visual qualities are limited.

Sean Pertwee reflects on Dog Soldiers' legacy, on-set injuries and the sequels that never were". Radio Times. 13 October 2020 . Retrieved 4 August 2023. SHOULD I GET THIS?: Absolutely. There have been previous Blu-ray releases (only available here as US imports), but these were limited by the inferior source materials available at the time. A History of Lycanthropy: Author Gavin Baddeley on Werewolf Cinema (HD, 34 Mins.) - This film historian goes through most of the werewolf movies and navigates how each film furthered the way in horror and created its own genre. A Blu-ray edition (including a single-disc edition and a double-disc edition with a DVD copy) was released by First Look Studios on 5 May 2009, [27] available only in the U.S. and Canada. lost to the vagaries of time and tide and therefore some interstitial scenes that had been cut had to be reinserted from secondary sources, except:

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Reviewing the 2020 rerelease the Guardian gave it 3 out of 5 and note that despite the limitations of the film the talent shown by Marshall in his debut feature that "You can easily draw a clear line through this to his later work". They conclude that "Dog Soldiers has aged pretty well." [24] Awards [ edit ]