Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

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10-04-2021 at 03:45 PM #2

They matched Best Buy

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10-05-2021 at 03:21 AM #3

Also available in the Universal Monsters: The Essential Collection release. Not sure of availability now, but be aware if you are interested in the other movies in the set.

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10-05-2021 at 09:32 AM #4

I have the Essential Collection. The 3d is absolutely perfect! I usually have problems with some cg 3d but this was shot in camera. Classic movie for 9 bucks!

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10-05-2021 at 10:44 AM #5

Nice to see a 3d deal. I already have this though...

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10-06-2021 at 03:38 PM #6

check your release - too many negative comments about cropped video in Blu-ray version due to wrong standard to wide format conversion.

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10-06-2021 at 05:12 PM #7

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check your release - too many negative comments about cropped video in Blu-ray version due to wrong standard to wide format conversion.

This blu-ray has the original 3D theatrical release aspect ratio of 1.85:1 for the 2D version. That's what people would have seen at the drive-in in 1954, it's not like some lazy intern butchered it in 2013.

But it would definitely be nice to have the option to see the original uncropped 2D theatrical version - bit of a let-down. Maybe we'll get lucky on a future 4k release.