Paid $40 for a 4K edition that looks like a VHS rip

I grabbed a budget 4K release of a cheesy 80s horror flick last week because the cover art looked amazing. Turns out it was just an upscale from an old DVD master, all soft and waxy looking, even the subtitles were blurry. I popped it in for bad movie night with my buddies and we could barely tell the difference between this and the free stream on Tubi. Has anyone else gotten burned by these cheap boutique labels, or do you stick to the known ones?

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wesley18120d ago

Wait, so the cover art was killer but the actual movie looked like it was dragged through a Betamax player? Did you check the back of the case before you bought it, or did you just trust the pretty picture? I've seen these cheap labels slap "remastered" on anything, and honestly that waxy look is the dead giveaway. You'd think they'd at least fix the subtitles, that's just lazy. So was it a total bust for bad movie night, or did the crap quality actually make it funnier?