{"id":28668,"date":"2022-10-25T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28668"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:18:15","slug":"review-dont-open-till-christmas-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2022\/10\/review-dont-open-till-christmas-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Open Till Christmas Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Don't Open Till Christmas Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/vinegarsyndrome-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong><em>Don&#8217;t Open Till Christmas<\/em><\/strong> is a yule-tide horror movie coming to Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome and includes several interviews, an audio commentary, deleted scenes and more.<\/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;\">Don&#8217;t Open Till Christmas<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1984)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Vinegar Syndomre| NR \u2013 87 min. \u2013 $34.98 | October 25, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/25\/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=\"Don't Open Till Christmas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2022\/dontopentillchristmas-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 Vinegar Syndrome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/vinegarsyndrome-logo.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=\"https:\/\/vinegarsyndrome.com\/collections\/frontpage\/products\/dont-open-till-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome!\" 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>Edmund Purdom<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Derek Ford (written by)<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Cast: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne, Mark Jones, Gerry Sundquist<\/span><\/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, Featurettes, Interviews, Deleted\/Extended Scenes, Gallery, 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 (DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.66<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>49.67 GB<br \/>\n<strong>Total Bitrate: <\/strong>36.26 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>Vinegar Syndrome 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\/2b\/4e\/04\/MEFYFEE_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Don't Open Till Christmas\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/2b\/4e\/04\/MEFYFEE_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;\">It&#8217;s just days before Christmas in London, but not everyone is full of good cheer &#8211; as a maniac with a pathological hatred of Santa Claus stalks the streets, butchering any man that\u2019s unlucky enough to be wandering around dressed as Old Saint Nick. Not restricting them to any one method of murder, this twisted killer dishes out stabbings, gunshots, a castration, and even burns the face of one poor Santa on his own roasting chestnuts! As the bodies of slaughtered Father Christmases pile up, Chief Inspector Harris (EDMUND PURDOM) finds himself under increasing pressure to crack the case before the holiday is canceled for good!<\/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 5\/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 (for the limited edition) comes with a Blu-ray (I received the standard one for this review). Features are plentiful and another well done job by Vinegar Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Film Historian Amanda Reyes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong><u>Don\u2019t Direct Till Christmas (20:03)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Director\/Writer Alan Birkinshaw<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Slashing Miss Munro (34:36)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Actress Caroline Munro<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Purdom Babylonia (16:35)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Lilian Purdom, Daughter of Director Edmund Purdom<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Birkinshaw Uncut (56:10)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Alan Birkinshaw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>The Making of a Horror Film (52:06)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 Archival making-of documentary with cast and crew interviews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>A Dangerous Place for Santa (14:39)<\/u><\/strong> \u2014 The locations of <em>Don\u2019t Open Till Christmas<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Deleted\/Extended Scenes (16:09)<\/u><\/strong> are from the never-before-seen rough cut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also included is a <strong><u>Behind-the-Scenes Stills Gallery<\/u><\/strong> and the <strong><u>Original Theatrical Trailer (1:56)<\/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\/34\/8b\/fd\/MEFYFEN_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Don't Open Till Christmas\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/34\/8b\/fd\/MEFYFEN_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;\"><strong><em>Don\u2019t Open Till Christmas<\/em><\/strong> comes to Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome and is presented in the original 1.66 widescreen aspect ratio. The 1080p high-definition transfer was culled from a newly scanned and restored in 2K from the 35mm internegative. Detail on this was quite good with the natural film grain ever present while colors were decent, although some scenes were a tad washed out. There were no major instances of artifacts, aliasing, dust marks or scratches.<\/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\u00bd\/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 DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track which does sound rather good considering it\u2019s a niche film from the mid-80s. Dialogue comes across with good clarity and there is solid depth for the kill scenes and there were no noticeable or apparent pops, hissing or other audio flaws.<\/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\/ca\/cd\/09\/MEFYFFD_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Don't Open Till Christmas\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/ca\/cd\/09\/MEFYFFD_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>OVERALL \u2013 3\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>The Fear<\/em><\/strong> is far from a great independent horror-thriller but admittedly there are some moments of pure entertainment, mostly for the climax more so than the bulk of the film that don\u2019t make much sense, not to mention bland, one-dimensional, characters. The Blu-ray released by Vinegar Syndrome comes with great transfers and solid bonus features, including a lengthy retrospective documentary.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/MEFYFEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/91\/b8\/75\/MEFYFEE_t.png\" alt=\"dotc00.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFEH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/34\/02\/e8\/MEFYFEH_t.png\" alt=\"dotc01.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFEJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/35\/79\/5c\/MEFYFEJ_t.png\" alt=\"dotc02.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFEN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/f1\/95\/60\/MEFYFEN_t.png\" alt=\"dotc03.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFEQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/92\/db\/5e\/MEFYFEQ_t.png\" alt=\"dotc04.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFEW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/6a\/1d\/a9\/MEFYFEW_t.png\" alt=\"dotc05.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFEZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/3b\/93\/66\/MEFYFEZ_t.png\" alt=\"dotc06.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFF2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/53\/54\/0c\/MEFYFF2_t.png\" alt=\"dotc07.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFF5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/33\/31\/75\/MEFYFF5_t.png\" alt=\"dotc08.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFF9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/c9\/41\/9f\/MEFYFF9_t.png\" alt=\"dotc09.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFFD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/cf\/6d\/cb\/MEFYFFD_t.png\" alt=\"dotc10.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFFH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/e8\/9f\/37\/MEFYFFH_t.png\" alt=\"dotc11.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MEFYFFJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/de\/d3\/37\/MEFYFFJ_t.png\" alt=\"dotc12.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t Open Till Christmas is a yule-tide horror movie coming to Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome and includes several interviews, an audio commentary, deleted scenes and more. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6655,970],"tags":[4908],"class_list":["post-28668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-blu-ray-rundown","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-vinegar-syndrome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28669,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28668\/revisions\/28669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}