Scream 3 4K Blu-ray delivers stunning video and audio in this excellent Blu-ray release
While Sidney Prescott lives in safely guarded seclusion, bodies begins dropping around the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the latest movie sequel based on the gruesome Woodsboro killings. And when the escalating terror finally brings her out of hiding, Sidney and other Woodsboro survivors are once again drawn into an insidious game of horror movie mayhem. But just when they thought they knew how to play by the rules, they discover that all the rules have been broken.
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Paramount has released the hit 2000 Horror sequel film 'Scream 3' to the UHD format, following on the heels of the studio's October 2021 UHD
release of the original 'Scream' and the October 2022 UHD release of the sequel 'Scream 2' on the same format. New specifications include 2160p/Dolby Vision
video. No new audio
track and no new supplements are included. There is no Blu-ray disc included.
Official synopsis: The third installment in the `Scream' trilogy is set in Hollywood, where 'Stab 3' is being shot, with Gale Weathers and Dwight
Riley on set as advisors to Jennifer Jolie. Unfortunately, a killer decides to off the cast in the order of the screenplay and only 'Sid' Prescott, now in
hiding until the killer tracks her down, can solve the riddle.
For a full film review, please click here; note that this link points to the 2011 Blu-ray.
The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc.
Scream fans have been rejoicing that the less-than-stellar 2011 discs from Lionsgate are slowly being replaced with vastly superior UHD
versions, and Scream 3 is the latest to receive a spiffy new presentation. Paramount's new 2160p/Dolby Vision UHD release is excellent as it
presents the film anew with a fresh-from-theaters appearance that offers a very good image overall and certainly one which is far and away superior
to the heavily
processed Blu-ray of yore. That old Blu-ray struggled to keep up with the times, but not so here. Grain is nicely handled here, appearing even and
attractive with only a mild sense of sharpness about it. The picture is clearly faithful to its cinematic roots rather than processed and prepared for
standard definition video. The UHD resolution allows for a terrific image that is faithfully reproduced, finally. And it's not just the better grain and the
absence of severe
processing. Fine detail is wonderfully rendered, resulting in a handsome film-like look that accentuates the natural complexities of faces, clothes, and
environments. Viewers will be able to explore detail like never before at home, finding every shot to be the sort of clear, source-based, and film like
image that this format was made for. To call this a vast improvement over the Blu-ray would be an understatement.
Not to be outdone are the colors. The Dolby Vision color grading rewrites the movie's look for home by solidifying colors and finding a true spectrum
that is not limited by the poorly saturated and unbalanced colors from 2011. Here, the full palette delights with intensely red blood, powerfully
presented clothing hues, and dramatically improved environmental textures in a myriad of locales, inside and out, seen in bright or low light,
naturally vivid or naturally subdued. Every shade is greatly improved here for pop, punch, stability, accuracy, and finesse. The same may be said of
black levels, which are much deeper and more natural. Black depth is true and crush is not an issue. Whites are bright and punchy. Skin tones are
healthy and full.
Finally, Paramount has performed obvious clean-up work to not lessen but essentially eliminate any troubling print damage. Just as important,
there are no obvious encode issues to report. This is a well-rounded catalogue UHD release from Paramount. Fans are going to be
absolutely
thrilled, and like the two previous Scream releases there are few UHDs that improve so drastically over their Blu-ray counterparts as this.
Sadly, that speaks to the bad state in which
the original Blu-ray exists, but it should also speak to the overall excellence on display here.
For this UHD release of Scream 3, Paramount appears to have simply repurposed the existing, and still very good, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
lossless
soundtrack from the 2011 Blu-ray which capably captures the amped up sound effects inherent to the film's original audio engineering. For a full audio
review, please click here.
Since no Blu-ray is included, the UHD disc now houses all of the extras. The list is a straight port from the 2011 Lionsgate release. See below for a list
of what's included and please click here for full coverage. A digital copy code is included with
purchase.
Like Scream 2, Scream 3 cannot even come close to matching the excellence of the original film, but it gives it a good stab, so
to speak. Fortunately, the UHD is much better than the old Blu-ray. This is one of the more significant and substantial UHD upgrades on the market, as
have the first two Scream films been similarly upgraded. While there are no new audio and supplemental presentations (both are fine as-are),
the improved 2160p/Dolby Vision picture quality is enough to warrant a buy for fans. It's like seeing a brand-new movie. For packaging collectors, there
is also a very good looking UHD SteelBook.
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Paramount Home Media Distribution will release a Limited Edition 4K Blu-ray of Wes Craven's Scream 3 (2000), starring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, and Scott Foley. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on October 3.
Paramount Home Media Distribution is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Wes Craven's Scream 3 (2000), starring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, and Scott Foley. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on October 3.
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