Stan Helsing Blu-ray

Stan Helsing

 (2009)

Comedy | Horror



When he makes a late-night movie delivery to a strange town on Halloween, video store counter jockey Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) finds himself hunted by a who's who of slasher-film killers, including Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers and Leatherface. Now, Stan and his pals must use their knowledge of horror flicks to defeat the villains and hack their way to freedom. Bo Zenga directs this gleeful parody of classic horror movies.

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Stan Helsing Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Stan Helsing's Blu-ray release graces televisions everywhere with its workmanlike 1080p, 1.85:1-framed transfer. It's fairly colorful as the film begins; though Oscar gold is nowhere to be seen inside the Schlockbuster Video locale, the image does sport a nice array of hues -- punctuated by assorted video boxes (including Shooter and Semi-Pro; ha! mere child's play movies compared to even a single frame of Stan Helsing!) -- but the abundance of color ends there. Most of the rest of the film takes place at night, and Hitchcock's wonderful use of shadow gives the film a noir-ish tone; blacks are decent in this release, but fine detail isn't hard to come by. A few scattered shots of the villains allow for the details of the creature make-up to stand out; viewers will note the flags on the darts stuck in Pinhead's cranium, the various utensils and grooming items on Freddy's glove, and the wear-and-tear on Jason's hockey mask. The quality of the transfer doesn't really matter, though; viewers will be transfixed on the greatness that is Stan Helsing, particularly during the scene where a mouse finds its way up Dame Judi Dench's skirt.

Stan Helsing Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Stan Helsing's Greek god-like voice booms on Blu-ray via a PCM 5.1 uncompressed soundtrack. Bass is positively kickin' in one early scene. Denzel Washington's car must feature some awesome gear; no doubt there are a couple of Rockford Fosgate woofers in that bad boy's trunk. Unfortunately, there's not much surround activity here; apparently Alfred Hitchcock was not made aware of the advances in surround sound technology, but the film's Metallica-Horner-Kross-Helsing soundtrack does bleed into the back channels. A gunshot at one point in the film barely registers (the sole mistake found in Stan Helsing), but the track comes alive nicely during the intense karaoke session at the end of the film; the music spreads out across the front half of the soundstage, accompanied by a fair level of bass, and voices carry well, too. All in all, Stan Helsing's multi-Oscar-winning sound design (it's already won the award all the way through 2012, and if the world doesn't end, Roland Emmerich promises to lobby the Academy to present the award to Stan Helsing every year thereafter) is all fans should expect of it on this Blu-ray release.

Stan Helsing Blu-ray, News and Updates

• Stan Helsing Announced for Blu-ray - August 27, 2009

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