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Title: Worst Blu-ray Transfer I've Ever Seen
Review: This review is not for the film itself, which I believe you either love or you hate. Its also not for the copious supplemental material included, which is phenomenal if you enjoy a lot of extras. Its for the quality of the Blu-ray transfer, which is honestly the worst I have ever seen. Perhaps the 16 mm source material is simply not appropriate for the high definition format. The picture is full of murky blacks, persistent grain, milky picture and very little appearance of anything "high definition". At best, the soundtracks has a lot of punch and is spotless and aggressive. Blue Underground perhaps should have considered the appropriate quality of the source before making a high definition transfer, which seems rather a pointless endeavor. I don't believe there is any way to make "Maniac" look great. If you have the DVD, you might want to just keep it and forget this release.
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