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rocko1290
09-23-06, 01:14 AM
This thread is intended to compose a list of all the different versions of the Halloween movies and the differences between them. Just post a reply stating the information and I will edit this post so the list will stay updated. I would like to find out if there is an "ultimate" version of some of the movies, so we will know which one contains all footage, features and bonus features that the other versions contain. I will place the different versions of each movie in the order which they were released.I'm sure this will help out a lot more people than just me. Might even become a STICKY.

If there is an Ultimate version: , don't worry about listing the differences in the different version of the movie. That would be pointless ;). If there are any versions that I did not list, please point them out to me.

Halloween
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Halloween (1978)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304697961.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Directors: John Carpenter
Format: Color, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: R
Studio: Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: November 12, 1997
Run Time: 93 minutes
DVD Features:
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)

Link (http://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Jamie-Lee-Curtis/dp/6304697961/ref=imdbpov_dvd_4/104-0145761-4885574?ie=UTF8)

Halloween (1978)
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305546789.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Directors: John Carpenter
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: R
Studio: Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: September 28, 1999
Run Time: 92 minutes
DVD Features:
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
"Halloween Unmasked 2000" Featurette
Photo/Still Gallery

Link (http://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Jamie-Lee-Curtis/dp/6305546789/sr=1-1/qid=1158984147/ref=sr_1_1/104-0145761-4885574?ie=UTF8&s=dvd)

Halloween: Restored Limited Edition
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6305546797.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.gif

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Directors: John Carpenter
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 2
Rating: R
Studio: Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: September 28, 1999
Run Time: 92 minutes
DVD Features:
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Complete television version including 12 minutes of additonal footage
Documentary "Halloween Unmasked 2000" featuring an interview with director 'John Carpenter'
Behind-the-scenes still and poster gallery

Link (http://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Restored-Jamie-Lee-Curtis/dp/6305546797/sr=8-4/qid=1159027471/ref=pd_bbs_4/104-0145761-4885574?ie=UTF8&s=dvd)

Halloween: Extended Edition (Sometimes incorrectly reffered to as Television Version)
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005KHJT.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Directors: John Carpenter
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Number of discs: 1
Rating: R
Studio: Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001
Run Time: 90 minutes

No bonus features? Why only 90 minutes if it is supposed to have 12 minutes of footage that was shot for television?

Link (http://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Television-Version-Brian-Andrews/dp/B00005KHJT/ref=imdbpov_dvd_5/104-0145761-4885574?ie=UTF8)

Halloween (Divimax 25th Anniversary Edition)
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009UW0N.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Directors: John Carpenter
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 2
Rating: R
Studio: Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: August 5, 2003
Run Time: 91 minutes
DVD Features:
Commentary by: Writer/Director John Carpenter, Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, and Producer Debra HillUnknown Format
Halloween - A Cut Above The Rest: An all-new 87 minute documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew
On Location - 25 years Later: An all-new 10 minutes featurette with Actress P.J. Soles and Producer Debra Hill revisiting the original Michael Myers house
TV Spots
Radio Spots
Poster and Still Gallery
Talent Bios

Link (http://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Divimax-Anniversary-Jamie-Curtis/dp/B00009UW0N/sr=1-4/qid=1158984147/ref=sr_1_4/104-0145761-4885574?ie=UTF8&s=dvd)


Total: 5 versions

Which versions are restored? Are there any other versions?

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Halloween 2
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Halloween 3
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Halloween 4
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Halloween 5
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Halloween 6
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Halloween 7
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Halloween 8
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Other Halloween DVD's
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Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006)
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FC2GA0.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V66370269_.jpg
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rocko1290
09-23-06, 01:20 AM
That's it for tonight...ZZZZZZZZZ.

I will update a lot tomorrow and make it easier to read.
rocko1290
09-23-06, 12:03 PM
What sound format does Halloween (Divimax 25th Anniversary Edition) have?
Jeff 60/40
09-23-06, 06:11 PM
Dd 5.1
Gov
09-23-06, 08:38 PM
My all time favorite horror movie!!! What a masterpiece!! Still freaks me out to this day!
suffolk112000
09-26-06, 12:07 PM
Is Halloween out on HD-DVD??
Or perhaps soon to be out on HD-DVD???

Craig
davdev
09-26-06, 01:06 PM
Halloween
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Halloween (1978)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304697961.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Directors: John Carpenter
Format: Color, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: R
Studio: Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: November 12, 1997
Run Time: 93 minutes
DVD Features:
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)



This is the one i have, bought it when it first came out, and didn' know any better, it is beyond crap. Non-anamorpic and mono soundtrack :( :(
J.H.
09-26-06, 01:40 PM
Is Halloween out on HD-DVD??
Or perhaps soon to be out on HD-DVD???

CraigGood question. I emailed Anchor bay and they never returned the email about them releasing Halloween on HD-DVD. They better though it would be awesome. J.H.
Flexx
09-28-06, 10:49 PM
I have the LE - Cundey app'd the color correction. While the Divimax version is a tad sharper, neither Cundey nor Carpenter had anything to do with it, and the colors are off. I've tried a few times to watch the Divimax, and I just get too distracted and give up. Also, for some reason, the title sequence (pumpkin credits) on the Divimax has interlace artifacts - like a chroma bug artifact - on my Panny RP-91 (which doesn't have the chroma bug).

I hope, HOPE that Anchor Bay takes the time and $ to get Cundey to come back and supervise the color correction for any future HD version.
Crazytrekker
10-05-06, 12:10 PM
Try here:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=937

Personally, the very best version is the 2-disc special edition with the lenticular cover and both versions of the movie. Marvellous.

As far as the rest:
HALLOWEEN 2 - get the R1 Universal release
HALLOWEEN 3 - get the R1 Universal (it's uncut vs. international versions)
HALLOWEEN 4 - get the R1 Anchor Bay divimax edition (you may also need the very first non-anamorphic release for the original, superior sound mix)
HALLOWEEN 5 - get the R1 Anchor Bay divimax
HALLOWEEN 6 - get the R2 edition for the anamorphic transfer
HALLOWEEN H20 - get the R2 for anamorphic
HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION - get the R1

Hope this helps!

JR
rocko1290
10-05-06, 04:41 PM
Try here:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=937

Personally, the very best version is the 2-disc special edition with the lenticular cover and both versions of the movie. Marvellous.

As far as the rest:
HALLOWEEN 2 - get the R1 Universal release
HALLOWEEN 3 - get the R1 Universal (it's uncut vs. international versions)
HALLOWEEN 4 - get the R1 Anchor Bay divimax edition (you may also need the very first non-anamorphic release for the original, superior sound mix)
HALLOWEEN 5 - get the R1 Anchor Bay divimax
HALLOWEEN 6 - get the R2 edition for the anamorphic transfer
HALLOWEEN H20 - get the R2 for anamorphic
HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION - get the R1

Hope this helps!

JRWhat is R1 and R2 referring to?
suplex
10-05-06, 07:04 PM
What is R1 and R2 referring to?

To the best of my knowledge it means Region 1 or Region 2. If you live in America (unless you have an ALL region DVD player) you can only play Region 1 anyway.
suplex
10-07-06, 05:18 PM
What I am referring to is the "Special Merged Edition".

Want to know why you have never heard of it? Because I just created it today.

I was thinking about the fact that Halloween II begins with the same sequence that Halloween ends with, and it made me think about trying something.

I have the Pioneer DVR-640H-S, which is a DVD Recorder with a Hard Drive built into it, and I played both Halloween and Part II and recorded them on the HDD as one title (allowing the HDD to continue recording while I changed discs) then I edited part of the ending of Halloween, and part of the beginning of Halloween II to make them play seamlessly as one continuous film.

When I played back the final DVD I created, even I was surprised as to how smooth the edit came out. So now I have Halloween and Halloween II as one long 3-Hour film.
rocko1290
06-07-07, 11:50 PM
So does R0 (region zero) mean region free? Or is that just another region code?
FredProgGH
06-08-07, 12:28 AM
So does R0 (region zero) mean region free?

That's the fact, Jack! :D
rocko1290
06-08-07, 01:27 AM
That's the fact, Jack! :Dso both the r1 and r0 versions will work in any american dvd player?
FredProgGH
06-08-07, 01:36 AM
Right. R0 will work in any player anywhere (well, assuming it matches your video system, i.e. PAL or NTSC) including North America. Remember to be sure you get an NTSC disk unless you know you're set up for PAL playback.
HD-DVDwonder
06-08-07, 02:07 PM
Get the AB divimax. The increased clarity and detail trumps all - some fans will notice the color issues, other will not without a direct comparison.