Summer of Fear AKA Stranger in Our House (Wes Craven, 1978)
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DVD R2 UK Anchor Bay Entertainment
Confirmed as region 2 only.
AR is approx. 1.76:1 (it has very thin black bars on the left and right of the image). It is heavily cropped top and bottom compared with the Music Box Films / Doppelgänger Releasing Blu-ray (which is open matte).
(Therefore the uncut 1.33:1 DVDs such as the R1 Artisan Entertainment might be preferable, but I don't own any of them so I cannot be sure.)
This appears to be an NTSC -> PAL conversion.
Subtitles: English HOH
Extras:
Cast and crew biographies:
- Wes Craven (6 pages)
- Linda Blair (4 pages)
total runtime: 98:28 (NTSC -> PAL)
net runtime (minus opening and closing logos): 98:02 (NTSC -> PAL)
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Blu-ray A America - Music Box Films / Doppelgänger Releasing
Confirmed as region A locked.
AR is approx. 1.36:1 (open matte)
This release has approx. 5:40 of cuts compared with the R2 UK Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD (details below).
Extras:
Start-up Trailers:
- Eddie (2012) (2:20)
- 100 Bloody Acres (2012) (2:14)
- Alleluia (2014) (2:00) (in French with burnt-in English subtitles)
Exclusive Interview with Linda Blair (13:13)
Image Gallery (16 images)
Original Trailer (1:51)
total runtime: 92:37
net runtime (minus opening and closing logos): 92:22
Details of cuts on Blu-ray (compared with R2 UK Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD):
position on Blu-ray / position on DVD / duration of material cut from Blu-ray / description of material
Blu-ray position: 00:00:58 / DVD position: 00:01:01 / duration: 0:02 / continuous shot during POV driving scene (on the Blu-ray there is a jump cut during the shot)
Blu-ray position: 00:33:33 / DVD position: 00:33:38 / duration: 0:32 / Rachel has a dream/premonition of her and her friend Mike jogging and witnessing a car driving along a mountain road
Blu-ray position: 00:35:50 / DVD position: 00:36:27 / duration: 0:14 / extended scene of Rachel talking to her horse Sundance
Blu-ray position: 00:45:37 / DVD position: 00:46:28 / duration: 1:36 / Julia talks to her friend Carolyn as they get into and drive off in a car, then Rachel talks to her brother Tom
Blu-ray position: 00:48:36 / DVD position: 00:51:03 / duration: 3:16 / Rachel studies a book on witchcraft, then the Bryant family talk and argue in the lounge
Total duration of cuts: 5:40
In addition:
the Blu-ray has shorter opening logos (0:09 vs 0:12) - difference 0:03
the Blu-ray has shorter closing logos (0:06 vs 0:14) - difference 0:08
This brings the total difference in runtime to 5:51
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Note: According to the database, the R2 Germany - E-M-S DVD has a runtime of 88:41 PAL, which is equivalent to 92:23 at 24fps. This suggests that it is likely to have the same cuts as the Music Box Films / Doppelgänger Releasing Blu-ray, but I don't own it so I cannot be sure.
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Note: There is also a French Blu-ray release from Filmedia (probably region B locked), which is variously reported to be 100min or 98min in length, so it may be uncut, but according to one review it has forced subtitles on the English audio.
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sources:
DVD R2 UK Anchor Bay Entertainment - I own it
Blu-ray A America - Music Box Films / Doppelgänger Releasing - I own it
Blu-ray B France - Filmedia :
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Summer-o ... ray/28119/
https://www.amazon.fr/Summer-Fear-Blu-r ... 005GUINL2/