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The Cold Room

Warning: sound only plays from right speaker

(Edit) 21/07/2023

Rating is for film itself (to the best of my limited ability to judge it from this DVD!) rather than quality of release. This is not in releasable condition.

Left audio channel is missing. Googled and some Amazon reviewers report the same issue. Couldn't find any fix in TV settings, so had to play it on my laptop just to get sound in both ears (VLC Media Player: Audio > Stereo Mode > Right).

Only affects the film itself – the shrill blaring ident for "Elstree Hill Entertainment" plays in stereo, which is interesting, as I'd rather not draw attention to my brand if I was putting out DVDs this shoddy.

(And what's with the stock art face on the cover/menu? Not really the vibe of the film. I reverse image-searched it and got salons.)

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Rollercoaster

Re: the LC review

(Edit) 13/01/2022

"PS - For those renting the blu ray, Disc 2 contains the uncut version of the film, so you might as well just skip the first disc and go to this one."

^ This is worth noting BUT renters should also bear in mind that the extras (including a commentary, by a couple of pop culture commentators rather than anyone involved in the making of the film) are on disc 1 with the theatrical version.

Also, the difference (going by movie-censorship.com) is only 4 cuts totalling 4 seconds! Still, given the lack of carnage to start with, it does make a noticeable difference (particularly to the final denouement, which is comically abrupt in the cut version).

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