{"id":28500,"date":"2022-07-16T11:54:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T18:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28500"},"modified":"2022-07-16T11:54:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T18:54:11","slug":"review-edge-of-sanity-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2022\/07\/review-edge-of-sanity-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Edge of Sanity Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/02\/review-allnighter-bd\/#more-25431\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Edge of Sanity Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/arrowvideo-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Edge of Sanity<\/em><\/strong> is another re-telling of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde stories, this one starring Anthony Perkins. The Blu-ray from Arrow Video includes an audio commentary, many interviews and a trailer.<\/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;\">Edge of Sanity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1989)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Thriller<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Arrow Video| R \u2013 91 min. \u2013 $39.95 | June 21, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 07\/16\/2022 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/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=\"Edge of Sanity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2022\/edgeofsanity-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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\" alt=\"\" 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\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B09X1X7JSD\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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\" alt=\"\" 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\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table id=\"review-info\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Director: <\/strong>Gerard Kikoine<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>J.P. Felix and Ron Raley (screenplay)<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur-Thorp, David Lodge, Ben Cole<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Interviews, Trailer<br \/>\n<strong>Slip Cover: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Number of Discs: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (PCM 2.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>49.45 GB<br \/>\n<strong>Total Bitrate: <\/strong>38.72 Mbps<br \/>\n<strong>Codecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Region(s): <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">A<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\"><b>Arrow Video provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.<br \/>\nThe opinions I share are my own.<\/b><\/span><\/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=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/c6\/b7\/4a\/MEBQ9TQ_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Edge of Sanity\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/c6\/b7\/4a\/MEBQ9TQ_o.png\" alt=\"\" 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<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When his experiments into a powerful new anaesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr. Jekyll (ANTHONY PERKINS) takes off into the night, casting aside the shackles of upper-class propriety as he disappears into the shadowy decadent of Whitechapel in pursuit of sensual pleasures under the guise of \u201cMr. Hyde.\u201d As his wife Elisabeth (GLYNIS BARBER) passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district\u2019s fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.<\/p>\n<\/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 3\u00be\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This release comes housed in an HD keep case and has a reversible cover. Inside is a <strong>booklet<\/strong> containing an essay by Jon Towlson entitled \u201cJack\u2019s Back: <em>Edge of Sanity<\/em>\u2019s Return of the Repressed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> by Writer David Flint and Author\/Filmmaker Sean Hogan who dissect the movie providing information on the production, actors and other bits of trivia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong><u>French Love (21:12)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Director Gerard Kikoine<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Staying Sane (24:17)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Kikoine discusses <em>Edge of Sanithy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Edward\u2019s Edge (12:08)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Producer Edward Simons<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Over the Edge (26:18)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Stephen Thrower, Author of \u201cNightmare USA\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Jack, Jekyll and Other Screen Psychos (28:37)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Clare Smith, Author of \u201cJack the Ripper in Film and Culture\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All told there is nearly two hours worth of interviews here giving insights into the production from both first and second hand sources, with Kikoine\u2019s comments being the most informative of the bunch. For a somewhat obscure title, nice to see this amount of interviews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also includes the <strong><u>Theatrical Trailer (0:59)<\/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=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/d4\/d3\/89\/MEBQ9U1_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Edge of Sanity\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/d4\/d3\/89\/MEBQ9U1_o.png\" alt=\"\" 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 4\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arrow Video releases <strong><em>Edge of Sanity<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray and is presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio. The 1080p high-definition transfer was taken from a new 2K restoration of a 4K scan of the original camera negative, which was provided by MGM and Deluxe. As it is, this is a very good looking picture, detail is sharp and well defined with the natural film grain and noise still retained and no glaring issues like artifacts, aliasing, dust, dirt or other flaws.<\/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\u00bc\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disc comes with a PCM 2.0 track which offers up clear enough dialogue and some good depth especially when it came to the music and score. Nothing extraordinary but certainly decent enough as there were no apparent pops or hissing.<\/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=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/28\/2f\/d8\/MEBQ9U5_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Edge of Sanity\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/28\/2f\/d8\/MEBQ9U5_o.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out some more 1080p 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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9TQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/6f\/9e\/40\/MEBQ9TQ_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity00.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9TU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/7f\/41\/13\/MEBQ9TU_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity01.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9TX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/98\/74\/d7\/MEBQ9TX_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity02.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9TY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/60\/b3\/d5\/MEBQ9TY_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity03.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9TZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/42\/ea\/52\/MEBQ9TZ_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity04.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9U0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/68\/d0\/d1\/MEBQ9U0_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity05.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9U1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/a4\/7c\/6d\/MEBQ9U1_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity06.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9U2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/67\/00\/44\/MEBQ9U2_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity07.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9U5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/cb\/2d\/27\/MEBQ9U5_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity08.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9U6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/c4\/09\/de\/MEBQ9U6_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity09.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9U8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/60\/59\/64\/MEBQ9U8_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity10.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9UD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/25\/d2\/b3\/MEBQ9UD_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity11.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEBQ9UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/e6\/23\/e3\/MEBQ9UI_t.png\" alt=\"edgeofsanity12.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edge of Sanity is another re-telling of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde stories, this one starring Anthony Perkins. 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