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@ctgregula2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! I think I had every format except Beta ;)
@ChucksCherubs32 жыл бұрын
Laurie Stroud? How dare you?! :O
@NoirFan842 жыл бұрын
I don't know any other movie as this that reveals so much new detail in the image with each improved format, mainly of course I'm referring to the night scenes. This is another one that I've had on so many different formats since VHS.
@lemonysnick51712 жыл бұрын
One of the best films out there. We need the details! 🧐
@daviddrevicky55162 жыл бұрын
I remember trying to convince friends and relatives that widescreen was the way to watch “Halloween” or any 2:35.1 film but everyone wanted their “TV screen filled up”. It was very frustrating!
@Thecatdrums32 жыл бұрын
Now people want films to fill widescreen TVs so old fullscreem shows are being cropped
@SoapNugget2 жыл бұрын
Dude that's a whole bunch of releases, I'm loving this series so far, and yes my friends ask me all the time why I spend $40 on a 4K but like you said they used to spend $100 on laserdiscs
@lay10vids2 жыл бұрын
Jeff, you are freaking killing it. So glad I found your channel a few years back. You’re so knowledgeable and the videos are just enjoyable to watch. Keep up the great work!
@wrighthousemedia2 жыл бұрын
Halloween was THE movie that scared the absolute shit outta me when I was eight years old. Halloween made its debut on NBC on 10/30/81, the weekend Halloween II opened. I saw the film years later on Media Home Video & loved it. When I was working at Blockbuster, I picked up a copy of Halloween for a buck. A year later I had gotten a laserdisc player from Pioneer & got the Criterion Edition. That was great but what was even better was the 2 disc Special Edition released in 99. I still have that version w/ the lenticular cover, & of course disc 2 was the TV version w/ the new footage. ***The scene when Linda rushes into Laurie's house, saying there's an old guy out there following her. The inside is Laurie's home, but, in reality, the outside of the house is Nancy Thompson's house from a Nightmare On Street*** Right around 2002-03, during the wild west days of ebay, I placed bids on the original painting for Halloween that was used to mass produce the one sheet poster. It was on a reserve bid & I tried to find out who the seller was. It got up to sixteen grand & the only response from the seller was that it is the original painting & would come with a COA. Very weird. The painting was incredible, but, I didn't see it sell.
@danieldalton65442 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I watched it on tv in '81 at age 7 with the lights off and my dad sleeping on the couch. I kept waking him up cuz I was getting so scared. Lol.
@unconditionalprong2 жыл бұрын
I didn't have the money at the time to get the boxset when it was in print, so my 25th Anniversary DVD was my version to watch until I got the Scream Factory 4K. That release is definitely the definitive one! A great looking disc!
@kennethsprasky435810 ай бұрын
Jeff. Please , please , please keep these home video releases coming!! Some of the most outstanding content on KZfaq!!! You rock Jeff!!
@Chucknorrisatemybaby2 жыл бұрын
Before the Media orange and purple slipcase there was the Time Life mail order release, which is very rare, then the MEDA release, which was Media before it became Media. The Meda and Media look almost identical. There was also a release known as Medaween, which was a Blackenstein Meda slipcase with black and white Halloween label placed over it. That’s also very rare.
@shaner7432 жыл бұрын
As a horror fan and a VHS collector still I find this to be the most comprehensive for the Halloween releases. Excellent job on presenting it for fans of the movie. Know I’m bragging here but I was very lucky to find a non rental media VHS release maybe around 10 years back at a flea market in pristine shape for just a few bucks. One of my pride and joys of my VHS horror collection.
@cheekster7772 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks Jeff, I’ve been looking forward to the next instalment in this series! 👍🏻🙏🏻
@Robert-kj2jq Жыл бұрын
The first time I saw Halloween was in the fall of 1980, a friend from school had cable TV and after we watched it, we where scared to go upstairs, the lights where off and we where the only two in the house at the time, my friend passed in 1985, but I'll never forget that scary night in 1980.
@j.m.48582 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite franchises. I'm so glad that we've gotten these latest versions of the first five movies. I really wish Halloween 6 could've been included, but I'll take what I can get. I'm loving this new series man... awesome video.
@MonitoMR2 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see a more general long form series on the history of home media! I think that would be a fascinating subject to learn about
@gkroll84672 жыл бұрын
Eat a sandwich tubby
@chrissantucci12792 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Thanks for putting that all together. It's hard to believe that despite my frugality and resolve to not buy every version of a movie released, I still bought this thing EIGHT TIMES in my life (so far), which is probably the most times I've ever purchased a single film. I wish I kept my two-tape set from back in the day. Thanks again for running through this history!
@R.J.Godzilla812 жыл бұрын
I only saw the extended cut once, and really wish it was more easily available because I’d love to own that version
@KnightOfNewColu Жыл бұрын
Something about VHS makes Halloween scarier. The original VHS copy really makes it look like a found footage film found in the aftermath of a home invasion.
@headninjadog8120 Жыл бұрын
So I wasn’t dreaming when I remembered seeing Halloween on TV when I was 5 and my brother and cousin on the phone with each other while it was playing? 😂 Thus starting my fear and love of the series!
@mentors2 жыл бұрын
I bought the tv version on vhs from a Roses back in 1989. I had no idea that it wasn't the theatrical version, and I watched it countless times for years. So imagine my surprise when I pick up the dvd around 1999 and find out that the ACTUAL theatrical version is COMPLETELY different, there's boobs at the beginning, Loomis just appears out of nowhere, riding around in the car with the nurse, the scene with Laurie with the towel on her head is gone, and there's a few extra cursewords and scenes of violence, none of which improved the picture very much in my opinion. I STILL to this day can't STAND watching the normal theatrical version without the MUCH better introduction of Loomis at the beginning that was filmed in 1981, I actually have always wondered if the audience was extremely confused back in 1978 when he just appears out of nowhere. I wish they would release a PROPER combination of the theatrical cut together with the extra footage, and THE ORIGINAL MONO SOUNDTRACK, they don't EVER bother to put the original mono on that version on the various blu-ray releases, so it makes it unwatchable to me, I always just have to stick with the original theatrical cut, with the unsatisfying intro sequence.
@ericrawlins84442 жыл бұрын
Cool video-I thought I had all the releases (even UMD!) until I watched this! I remember seeing it in widescreen for the first time on laserdisc (mother wouldn't let me watch horror movies the whole time I was growing up, so I had to wait until I left home to see it; Never even saw it in the theatre until about six years ago when they had a festival in NYC)-what a revelation! In the scene where Bob and Linda are making out on the Wallace's couch, the camera pulls away, and then there's a musical sting-I had always been mystefied as to why, until I got to see the entire frame and realised that the camera reveals Michael standing in the shadows in the next room, watching them make out (as he did so many years prior, when his sister Judith was making out). Thanks for making this one, Halloween is definitely worthy of the treatment, given the almost countless releases its had!
@seandillon15592 жыл бұрын
My favorite film of all time! I currently own at least 5 of these releases I think. My nostalgia will always be geared towards the 1997 Anchor Bay VHS release because that’s how I first watched it as a kid. Still have that tape to this day! Great video.
@zootube752 жыл бұрын
Bought the 4K release from Shout Factory, absolutely amazing transfer. Thanks for the video, very informative!
@kidnplay39782 жыл бұрын
A man after my own heart. Thank you for saying H-20, and not H-2-0. I know it's random, but you're literally the first person I ever heard call it that and was quite satisfying 👍🏾
@Zombiezero4 Жыл бұрын
I hope you continue this video series. I especially find the history of the psychical release formats interesting.
@Piece-O-Pie2 жыл бұрын
Very much historically interesting and informative. This Halloween fan from the Netherlands thanks You!
@knownpleasures2 жыл бұрын
The misspelling of Michael Myers is hilarious
@stevemoody132 жыл бұрын
I really like this series. Please keep making them.
@treyjohnson40352 жыл бұрын
Glad someone is covering the physical formats,educate the kids
@micjoseph62502 жыл бұрын
1980 is the first time I watched Halloween on TV , I was 5 and boy oh boy it scared me. That Tommy Doyle looking out the window and seeing the shape scene . Wow
@CoinOpTV2 жыл бұрын
Bravo - feels like I purchased Halloween over and over but thankfully Scream's version gave me some closure!
@JuicySteen2 жыл бұрын
it’s so nice knowing and hearing from you that you believe the SF 4K is the peak/definitive release for Halloween because having the definitive/best release for a collection is all we want. we’re all tired of upgrading lol
@SalRocha2 жыл бұрын
I am loving this series! Please continue it 🙂
@JeffRauseo2 жыл бұрын
I will! Just takes a while to edit and create
@Bobafett3162 жыл бұрын
I kinda feel the same way about Clerks, I’ve got the Blu-ray but something about the VHS is so much more charming and just feels better.
@markjasper91162 жыл бұрын
Hi from across the pond, Milton Keynes. Been a long time subscriber and your channel has always been a go to for reviews. Your honest opinion on is it worth upgrading from blu ray to 4k has been really useful and has saved me money. I've been a collector all my life, currently have 3000 + blu ray and 4k. I started out on VHS when I was 13 and it stayed with me (which really sometimes annoys my wife), anyway just wanted to say hello, really love your channel. This feature on the evolution of films from VHS, DVD, blu ray, 4k etc is a fantastic feature, please do more. I actually helped my then 15 year old Son do a school project on the evolution of Star Wars on physical media, which got him a gold credit. He like me is a film fanatic which now he is 25, and a subscriber of your channel and collector, often annoys his wife as well ☺️ Keep up the good work my friend. 👍
@chrisquinlan6527 Жыл бұрын
I've owned this movie on VHS, DVD, Blu Ray, 4k, and if another format comes along, I'll buy it again.
@nettirocks24772 жыл бұрын
Great Video, thank you so much!
@WCR_V2 жыл бұрын
Would love more content like this. Would love to see you explore the physical media history of Asian films being brought into Region A: Tartan Express, Old Boy, Pulse, etc.
@LeShark752 жыл бұрын
I saw Halloween and Halloween 2 for the first time in the early 80's on the Video 2000 format. Those were the days =)
@runningrants27632 жыл бұрын
Like i said in your jaws video, love this idea. I think another thing you can add is a timeline that's on the bottom that as you talk about a new release you add it. This will give a visual of the time between different releases and can be super informative for anyone watching to see which two releases had the largest gap or the smallest. Will make the video a tad bit more interactive for the viewer. Otherwise amazing and watched these back to back
@JeffRauseo2 жыл бұрын
Interesting idea!
@lindsaywilmoth37472 жыл бұрын
I was at 15-year-old Junior high student in 1978 in a suburb of Kansas City. My older cousin whom I always went to rated r movies with picked me up and took me to see Halloween. I have loved Halloween ever since and have since turned by younger son onto the movie many years ago. I have real vivid memories of what it was like in the theater that night and it was crazy. It scared the crap out of everyone. I get this really Kick-Ass feeling during Halloween if you can feel the crisp air and the smell of fallen leaves reminds me of that evening every time. I watch Halloween only once a year and it is on Halloween night. One of my favorites.
@mitchellhodgemeyer73062 жыл бұрын
Great clip dude. Thanks for the thorough walkthrough.
@Thecatdrums32 жыл бұрын
The box for Ghostbusters was $100 and It was built cheaply; at least the jackets for the old laserdiscs still to this day are sturdy and protect the disc. That ghostbusters set didn’t even last transit the year it was built for. Also pricing was made back in the 80s by factoring in rentals that would be lost if you bought a film upfront. So you essentially bought prepaid watches of the movie that would equal the price you paid. So whatever the rental costs was would be that added together a few times. Bit dumb to compare them today like it means anything than rentals don’t factor into physical media pricing lol
@eriksp922 жыл бұрын
Love this (hopefully) series so far! All the work is much appreciated!
@robinbarker54072 жыл бұрын
"Halloween" was also released on UMD for the Sony PlayStation PSP in 2005.
@seanx666 Жыл бұрын
The 1999 collector's edition dvd with the lenticular case was one of the first DVDs I ever bought. I remember getting Halloween, The Shining and Taxi Driver at Circuit City. I sold my Criterion laserdisc for a pretty penny a few years ago. That was a beautiful release for it's time. Great job on these videos!
@stoneimage6662 жыл бұрын
Very good review on the history of Halloween on physical media!!👍
@user-kv3ue5fp4c9 ай бұрын
To me, Jeff, the definitive version of Carpenter's classic original is the THX DVD from 1999 (Anchor Bay) just because it most closely nails the correct color timing (so it actually LOOKS like fall in Illinois). I have that THX DVD (the single disc edition with just the mask on the cover), Halloween II on Universal's anamorphic DVD, Halloween 4 on Anchor Bay's anamorphic DVD, the first Halloween on the first Anchor Bay/Starz! Blu-ray, Halloween III on Scream Factory's 4K and the 2018 Halloween on Blu-ray. I also had that Blockbuster Presents VHS tape of the first film....wow, memories....
@Vampyre_Media2 жыл бұрын
The 1998 2 VHS (Orange) version also came in another variant. It is a larger clear plastic box. Which contained a (red) snow globe in it. I foolishly sold mine several years ago.
@Dan892012 жыл бұрын
A home video history on Star Wars would be interesting cause of its many versions
@TheyreStillOutThere Жыл бұрын
Still have my old Anchor Bay double sided DVD with the goofy purple and yellow menu selection system. You never actually knew if purple or yellow was the “right” color, and I would always accidentally select the commentary version. Good, frustrating memories. Ha!
@masonkruse81362 жыл бұрын
Jeff, thank you for putting in the research. This series is fantastic.
@vico74822 жыл бұрын
Love these new media history channels.Remember having some of these releases.
@kencarlson35452 жыл бұрын
It's amazing in the trailer at end of video... you can clearly see Myers coming down the steps (Much brighter). Every home video version I've seen... he's mainly covered in shadows.
@Savagedude112 жыл бұрын
Ok jeff we need more videos like this
@sabufinisher2 жыл бұрын
This series\type of videos is very great! Much appreciated
@maxpower78-152 жыл бұрын
I remember going into west coast video and just spending hours looking at the movie posters and art in the horror section. Those old movie box covers from the 70s and eighties give me mega nostalgia
@RK-jp4xe2 жыл бұрын
Really cool video. I love digging into physical media history especially for my favorite films. Thanks for doing this.
@MrBibi862 жыл бұрын
*A nightmare on elm street and friday the 13th video history would be cool. great job on this video*
@mikeysingleton63892 жыл бұрын
There was a release before media, you see, media used to be called MEDA and Charles Band was a co owner of the company and right before he parted ways, MEDA put out Halloween and he left and started up wizard video, and meda was changed to media after Band was gone. And the Meda release IS THE RAREST release on vhs.
@fsanborn2 жыл бұрын
I love this series! Star Wars, Superman: The Movie, Apocalypse Now, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Alien would all be great for it.
@MrBibi862 жыл бұрын
*OMG. thanks for this video. a little off topic. I love Halloween 2. the tv cut is so funny lol*
@rodrigogonzalezbetancourt9782 жыл бұрын
Halloween is one of my favorite movies of all time. I actually squealed when I saw this was the next video in this series haha I devoured it :D Keep 'em coming!!!!! This series is absolutely great
@luigiman4252 жыл бұрын
Love this series!
@adamquiles24682 жыл бұрын
I never really liked the TV version but there was an added scene in that version where Dr Loomis meets with two board members discussing Michael and his condition. It's a terrific scene with great dialogue that's rarely seen in any horror movie
@ryanpetersen37892 жыл бұрын
Agreed! I also enjoy the added moments of Annie and Linda, which makes their deaths more tragic.
@Strode782 жыл бұрын
Astral Video also released Halloween on VHS & Beta between the 1979 and the MEDIA 1981 VHS.
@triplerinse2 жыл бұрын
when someone says "no offense" it's usually followed by an offensive statement 😂
@logansorrell88282 жыл бұрын
Love your content man! Really digging this new home media history series your doing! Keep it up!
@MrBibi862 жыл бұрын
*As an Australian I love umbrella entertainment. I also love looking at amazon from other countries to see all the different Halloweens they have and different cover arts. of all the movies from the franchise*
@davidalbee50392 жыл бұрын
Yuss, so glad you’re continuing this series!!
@treyjohnson40352 жыл бұрын
Anniversary edition vhs had a snowglobe,a lenticular sleeve
@niccage6375 Жыл бұрын
Wow. I did not know that Halloween premiered in KC.
@dakotahsalazar67112 жыл бұрын
Great new segment for the channel! Would love to see more home video history, especially with something like Jaws or Indiana Jones. I think there's a further peak for the original Halloween...and that would be for Criterion to have a revived version in 4K with the tremendous special features they usually bring into their releases. Excellent video!
@JeffRauseo2 жыл бұрын
I just did Jaws!! Check the channel!
@klel682 жыл бұрын
In 1990 I bought the red stripe media edition, it was not the tv version it was the theatrical release. That was the first time I actually watched it. I watched it in my basement with the lights off and with headphones, I was scared, between the music and Jamie lee Curtis scream in the original mono track was awesome. As years went by and other transfers were made, it was not the same as my original media edition. The new 4K is awesome but the scare factor seemed to have disappeared along with my original vhs copy.
@patricklena93072 жыл бұрын
My copy of Halloween Extended Cut that came out in 2000 was really cool it came with a film cell from the movie which I still have
@AaronJohnson-mo8rf2 жыл бұрын
great video jeff love your home video history series so far would it be possible to do a video involving the history of the peanuts home video releases for both the specials and the movies
@horrorableshow2 жыл бұрын
Man if you do the OG nightmare on elm street maybe they’ll see how much we want a 4k set 😭
@KKSactown2 жыл бұрын
Nightmare on elm street needs a video like this
@frankjoyce762 жыл бұрын
I love these new style comparisons but can you show us a original first vhs release vs 4k release screen comparisons?
@raygregory3232 жыл бұрын
Hi Jeff, great video, just thought I would mention another home release in 1989/90 a UK company Derann Film Services secured the rights to release Halloween on Super 8mm full length uncut in anamorphic 2.35:1.. its a much sought after collector's item now, I think only about 500 copies were struck... keep up the great work 👍
@Shaffer06082 жыл бұрын
You should do a Evil Dead Home Video history! They’ve had a lot of em!
@MyersRe-Cuts782 жыл бұрын
i was so waiting for you to make a home video history about my favorite scary movie
@dudemcmann69362 жыл бұрын
I never saw the television version until I bought that Criterion Laserdisc. It has the additional scenes at the end of each side and you could program your player chapters to re-instert the additional scenes during playback which, of course, was very crude because, in addition to having a weird pause in the movie while it skipped chapters, the TV scenes were in 4:3 aspect ratio and the rest of the movie was wide-screen so they stood out like a sore thumb. Crazy daze back then. Ha!
@yannicklabbe66862 жыл бұрын
Hi Jeff, Awesome video! Halloween is one of my favorite movie. I bought all the 4k releases by Scream Factory and they really are amazing! Please keep the great work going!
@MrUnterward Жыл бұрын
Enter the dragon would be a good one to do
@Mclaren19762 жыл бұрын
Literally just received the 15 disc box set today. Can’t wait to watch it all these weekend.
@TheBluRayKid2 жыл бұрын
Love these videos dude ! Do one for The Terminator (1984)
@trevorriches1362 жыл бұрын
Great job on this and the Jaws videos man! I’m very interested in seeing videos like them for the films “The Ten Commandments”, “Alien”, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”, and of course the original “Star Wars” trilogy. I appreciate all your hard work! I have my own trailer editing channel, “RichesMovieTrailers”, so from one content creator/filmmaker to another, thank you for this series. :)
@FilmCollectorArchive2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, Jeff! I look forward to more from this series!
@claquetecinema91472 жыл бұрын
I'm loving this new format of video bro. Cheers from Brazil. 🇧🇷
@Dan-Null2 жыл бұрын
I had that 1999 release. Some of those dvds had a lenticular cover. I've now got 1-3 from the most recent scream factory release. So impressed with part 3.
@bachtuna2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video series keep doing these!
@nicholastotoro77212 жыл бұрын
VHS movies were absurd in terms of cost in the early-to-mid 1980's. I remember seeing "A New Hope" on VHS... new... for $120 in 1983!!!
@Thecatdrums32 жыл бұрын
Guess “we” forget to mention that pricing was made to factor in rentals that would be lost on single purchases on movies. Lol people will try and do anything to convince you things were different somehow back than. Someone is always eating the costs lol
@benji66062 жыл бұрын
Once again this series is fantastic
@MidnightsEdgeAfterDark2 жыл бұрын
I have the 2 orange tape collection still
@snakeoo2 жыл бұрын
In the UK, the 25th anniversary was released as a 4 disc edition by anchor bay. It had over 7 hours of extra content .
@batman.darthmaul2 жыл бұрын
.....and you should do Raiders of the Lost Ark next, not only because it's Indiana Jones, but because it was the first VHS release priced for, and intended to be sold to, the consumer.
@cmatista12 жыл бұрын
holy shit i’ve been looking for this type of content for AGES
@GacyOtter2 жыл бұрын
I’m so here for this!!
@GacyOtter2 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see more of these, including something like Grease or Universal Classics monster films
@malcolmhewison97442 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a video on Once Upon a Time in America, I love this movie and would like to know the history of the home format that was released
@jasonkennedy4548 Жыл бұрын
Awesome work on this video Jeff! I hope you will continue the Home Video History series with the other Halloween sequels and other movies 🤘