House

Considering this is a long forgotten movie from the mid Eighties and the financing studio went bust, Anchor Bay have done a fantastic job remastering it for DVD. The 1.85:1 picture looks like it has not aged one single day and the colours are bold and accurate with perfect blacks and perfect daytime scenes. It gets a little grainy here and there, which doesn't distract at all. This is a great transfer.

The only scenes that seem to benefit from the newly created Dolby 5.1 soundtrack - in comparison to the Region 1 release - are the Vietnam war scenes. Much of the rest of the film comes through the centre channel, as should be expected, as it was released theatrically with a Mono soundtrack. Overall, the sound seems dated, but is still free of hiss or distortion.

The commentary is a bit better than most because this is not a new movie. The participants discuss how films were made back then and how some of the special effects were pulled off. It's always fun to hear filmmakers reminisce about making a movie from years ago, instead of something that was released the week before.

The documentary is from 1986 and features new clips from the movie. It includes interviews with the cast and crew and is quite fun. It should have been longer, but was made for TV years ago.

A photo gallery of stills from the production are included, with trailers for House and House 2.