Both of these 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook releases will come in the form of a “combo pack” meaning that they each will also include their Blu-ray Disc counterpart. Color Reproduction: Colors are well saturated and quite lovely here with different shades and tones. Director Henry Selick's ("The Nightmare Before Christmas") beguiling 3D animated film, based on the Neil Gaiman novel, co-stars the voices of Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane. The sound effects are focused and have very smooth transitions when they need to from speaker to speaker. Covering all aspects from voice acting to puppet making and puppet costumes and how stop motion animation works this is very interesting viewing and well worth a look.

The blacks are more profound and darker, yes, but their a luminosity and vibrancy of the image that – even when compared to the 2021 Blu-Ray Edition by Shout Factory this 4K Edition is leaps ahead.Haunting and twisted, yet heartfelt and beautiful, it’s the blueprint for other LAIKA films to come, such as ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. Still, after more than a decade, this film is sweet, charming, and haunting and leaves some lasting visuals that will no doubt conjure up some nightmares.

an awkward but resourceful young boy who, along with a stray black cat (Keith David), follows her around.The story was really disturbing if you looked at it closely, and doesn’t have the same fine tuning of story elements that Laika would come to perfect in films like The Boxtrolls or Kuba and the Two Strings, but it was fascinating to say the least. dba Freestar (“Freestar”) for the purposes of placing certain advertising on the site, and Freestar will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. Many of the finer details and textures are still visible and prove even more fine in the darkest areas of the frame still.