{"id":14047,"date":"2016-11-30T10:52:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=14047"},"modified":"2017-01-20T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:11:03","slug":"review-chud2-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/11\/review-chud2-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: C.H.U.D. II BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/11\/review-chud2-bd\/#more-14047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"CHUD II Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/2016\/chud2-sm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Although I preferred the original <em>C.H.U.D.<\/em> versus this sequel, there\u2019s still some fun to this campy 1980s comedy-horror that is made to be watched amongst friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&#8212; Vestron Video Collector&#8217;s Series &#8212;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1989)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Comedy, Horror<br \/>\nLionsgate | R \u2013 85 min. \u2013 $34.97 | November 22, 2016<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 11\/30\/2016 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808080;\" title=\"CHUD II: Bud the Chud\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2016\/chud2-bd.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01KP7LC1I\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>David Irving<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Ed Naha (written by)<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Robert Vaughn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Interviews, Trailer, Still Gallery<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>27.3 GB<br \/>\n<strong>Codec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/KFNT57Q.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/KFNT57Q.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>PLOT SYNOPSIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kevin (BILL CALVERT), Steve (BRIAN ROBBINS), and Katie (TRICIA LEIGH FISHER) are an inseparable trio of friends doing some extracurricular snooping in the school science lab when, among the test tubes and beakers, they discover a corpse! But before they can say \u201cAbra Cadaver,\u201d the body disappears, rolling down Route 51 strapped to a gurney. The kids need a spare stiff, and fast. What they find is \u201cBud the Chud,\u201d a half-dead decomposing turnaround, the result of a military experiment gone haywire. When Bud sets out on a killing spree, the kids, the Army, the police, and the FBI are hot on his trail, trying to save the entire town from becoming \u201cChudified!\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This release comes with a semi-glossy <strong>slip cover<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Director David Irving provides an informative track recounting the origins of the project. Nothing spectacular but worth a listen especially for hard core fans of the movie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Interviews:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Bud Speaks! \u2013 Actor Gerrit Graham (16:18; HD)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Katie\u2019s Kalamity \u2013 Actress Tricia Leigh (12:45; HD)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This C.H.U.D.\u2019s for You \u2013 Special Effects Artist Allan Apone (14:44; HD)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each recollects their time working on <em>C.H.U.D. II<\/em> as well as their respective careers and how they came to the project. These also include some behind-the-scenes footage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also included is the <strong><u>Video Trailer (1:47; SD)<\/u><\/strong> and a <strong><u>Still Gallery (6:20; HD)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/g2tpgYx.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/g2tpgYx.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>C.H.U.D. II<\/em><\/strong> arrives on Blu-ray through Lionsgate\u2019s Vestron Video Collector\u2019s Series presented here with an AVC-encoded 1080p high-definition transfer and in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio. This video is hardly perfect but I suspect has never looked (or sounded) better. Although detail is fairly well defined, it\u2019s not exactly the most vibrant with little in the way of color, has a washed out appearance. But as I said, for a low budget affair from the late \u201880s, it\u2019s probably a mark able improvement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disc includes a basic yet full-rotted-bodied DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track and for a movie like this, it\u2019s more than adequate. Dialogue levels were crisp and clear all the way through while the music reverberates pretty well for a stereo track.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Q4uoHyI.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Q4uoHyI.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, although I preferred the original <em>C.H.U.D.<\/em> versus this sequel, there\u2019s still some fun to this campy 1980s comedy-horror that is made to be watched amongst friends. The \u201cCollector\u2019s Edition\u201d Blu-ray release offers okay video, good audio and a fine selection of bonus material.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<table id=\"gallery\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 500px;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>CHUD II<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/KFNT57Q.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/KFNT57Q.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2Ih3QlZ.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2Ih3QlZ.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/5QZCIDH.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/5QZCIDH.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/4FQVSrI.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/4FQVSrI.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/F21YxRx.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/F21YxRx.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Q4uoHyI.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Q4uoHyI.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/eZlZZzU.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/eZlZZzU.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/G84CbxP.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/G84CbxP.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/v4eCpYQ.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/v4eCpYQ.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CSm59F8.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CSm59F8.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/g2tpgYx.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/g2tpgYx.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p67YAyk.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p67YAyk.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/nQO4aOv.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/nQO4aOv.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/xEU6aFO.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/xEU6aFO.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/zf44cSg.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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