[Sehnzeleid]

Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid

Noshame's Italian DVD of City of the Living Dead

What a friggin' DNR'ed mess.

Picture: 7/10

A few years back Anchor Bay released this movie stateside under the name City of the Living Dead, and although the rough picture quality added to the bleak atmosphere, it looked perhaps a bit to grainy. NoShame's transfer, which has been taken from the original, uncut negatives, betters said release in nearly every department. The amount of grain has been reduced considerably, resulting in an altogether cleaner picture with just a fine sheen of grain which still maintains the appropriately gritty look, and furthermore the improved brightness adds some much needed clarity (a couple of shots during the opening sequence are, however, overexposed and way too bright). Equally impressive is the deep, dark blacks and the strong color reproduction, and aside from some momentary fuzziness, the image, which is presented in an anamorphically enhanced aspect ratio of 1.85:1, stays sharp throughout with a surprising high level of detail. There were no compression artifacts or edge enhancement issues worth mentioning. Great job, NoShame.

GREAT JOB?!?! MY ASS!