The Dead Nextdoor

[switar king]

Any body seen this movie? I just bought the DVD at Tower Records. It was shot on super 8 in the 70's with Chinon cameras. The picture is rock steady. I didn't see any jitter at all in the whole movie. It looks to me like 16mm. Great stuff. Also great behind the scenes footage of the cameras and interesting comentaries.

[freddiesykes]

Is that the Sam Raimi produced one? If so, it was made in the late 80s. I read about it somewhere and have been wanting to see it for a while now. Thanks for reminding me!

[MovieStuff]

I didn't see any jitter at all in the whole movie.

Hey, didn't you hear? According to Kodak there's no such thing as jitter! ;)

Roger

[CToTheH]

awsome flick!!! I can't belive the quality of the image. Who did the transfer?? What film stock were they using?? I just can't get over the amount of time that must have went into the film. Does anybody know how many rolls were used and how much the budget was??


-Chris

[avortex]

The film was shot mostly in K40 and using E160 in some scenes.
It's a nice film, especially considering that it's a film done by teenagers!!!

You can get more info on http://www.deadnextdoor.com/

[CToTheH]

k40 makes sense. This film proves that k40 is a superior s8 film stock. Plus I can't get over how well s8 can look for a cheesy zombie flick.

-Chris

[Dre]

Is that the Sam Raimi produced one? If so, it was made in the late 80s. I read about it somewhere and have been wanting to see it for a while now. Thanks for reminding me!

The Super 8 short film Sam Raimi made was called “WITHIN THE WOODS” made in 1978. Here is some information on it. http://website.lineone.net/~kyle-p/witw-movieinfo.htm

I also want to see it, but I'm not sure where to find a copy of it.

[avortex]

This film proves that k40 is a superior s8 film stock.

That's not true. Every stock has its own applications... and the new vision2 negatives blows away K40 in terms of definition and latitude.

The Super 8 short film Sam Raimi made was called “WITHIN THE WOODS” made in 1978. Here is some information on it. http://website.lineone.net/~kyle-p/witw-movieinfo.htm

I also want to see it, but I'm not sure where to find a copy of it.

Search for it on Emule. It's very easy to find, but the online copy has a terrible image quality.

[CToTheH]

I understand that the latitude of 200t is better, but I have yet to see examples of 200t and k40 side by side.

-Chris

[tlatosmd]

As for speed, even 7240 VNF and Ektachrome tape G were superior to K40, of course. I'd suppose it'd be the same for all Vision stocks.

[Chris-B]

My favourite super 8 horror movie is Nekromantik dir Jorg Buttgereit.
See http://jb.derknecht.net/
And see pics at http://www.cinema.gothic.ru/database/nekromantik.htm

I also really enjoyed The Darkness dir Leif Jonker
See http://www.13thdream.com/ for the trailer.

I'm looking for a dvd of 5 Dead on a Crimson Canvas dir Joseph Parda. A Giallo style movie (is a Giallo still a horror movie or a thriller?)

Chris.

PS all above films are feature length and shot on super 8.

[pulsingcinema]

It was films like DND and Darkness which inspired me to shoot my own Frankenstein's Bloody Nightmare on Super-8. Those films and magazines like Cinemagic. Does anyone under 28 besides me even remember Cinemagic?

It's a very interesting look but I'm not sure if I'd do it again and if I did I probably wouldn't shoot exclusively in K40 which was what I ATTEMPTED to do...I ended up having to shoot supporting scenes in minidv. But I think if you look at my trailer there's a very consistent grit so I'm not too worried about them matching in the final version.

[Justin Lovell]

necromantik was super 8, huh. iäll have to take another look at it.

I've got within the woods, but i think it was a rip off a VHS dub, very poor quality, but was cool to see ASH playing the bad guy

[Chris-B]

I'm really looking forward to seeing your film.

I couldn't watch the trailer from the link you posted as the version of QuickTime you used won't work on my windows 98 pc. I spent ages downloading the latest verison of quickTime just so I could watch your trailer, only to be advised on installation the it can be installed on my windows 98 pc.

Is there a version of the trailer I could download and watch in another format?

Chris.

[mattias]

why would there be jitter? afaik that's a problem limited to a batch of bad carts in 2001. roger will tell you otherwise, but i've chosen to trust my own experience more than his word in this case. ;-)

/matt