
Had the absolute luck of catching this tonight as part of the DMP Cinema special screenings. I’ve not much more to add that wasnt already rasied in my initial review for this film, I Consider it to be the best of the ‘Of the Dead’ films…
My only overhanging thought with this one was that, while watching it in a theatrical environment was really cool. I believe they sourced the screening copy for the viewing from the old Arrow bluray remaster which was released nearly 15 years ago (2010!) While its still LIGHTYEARS better than the DVD and VHS copies we had before it, the remaster is starting to creak a little in the face of 4k restorations and better compression techniques…Its not so noticable on the small screen, but you could tell the resolution wasnt *quite* as sharp as it could have been had this been a 4k print.
That being said, I believe theres an issue sourcing the original negative for this one, so we may have a while yet to wait for an upgrade. And absolutely no shade to DMP who’ve knocked it out of the park this year so far with some excellent screenings!
So yeh! great film, definitely recommended, but is ACHING for that 4k treatment for sure!
source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/day-of-the-dead/1/