Julia vs Julia

February 5, 2023 by Jon Kitley in Misc. Ramblings and tagged Imprint Films, Shout Factory, The Haunting of Julia | Leave a comment

A short time ago, I posted about the upcoming release of The Haunting of Julia on Blu-ray from the Australian company, Imprint Films. Shortly after that I was told that Shout Factory had also announced to release this film here in the states. But there are some dramatic differences between the two releases, which really has me in a quandary. We’ve waited decades for this film to get an actual release and now that we do, we get two of them!

As previously posted, the one from Imprint film has their presentation in a new 1080p High-Definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K scan from the original negative. But the Shout Factory release is a 4k UHD presentation.

The only extra it seems on the Shout Factory disc, if you order from them directly, is a 18×24 rolled poster of the theatrical artwork.

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The Haunting of Julia to Hit Blu-Ray

January 29, 2023 by Jon Kitley in Misc. Ramblings and tagged Colin Towns, Full Circle, Imprint Films, Jonathan Rigby, Kat Ellinger, Keir Dullea, Kevin Lyons, Mia Farrow, Peter Straub, Richard Loncraine, The Haunting of Julia | Leave a comment

Before the success of the 1981 adaptation of Peter Straub’s 1979 novel Ghost Story, and earlier novel simply called Julia, published in 1975, was made into a film called Full Circle, but was released over here in the states under the title The Haunting of Julia. Mia Farrow stars as a recently separated woman who is struggling to regain her life back after the death of her young daughter. She moves to London to start that new life, but the place she picks seems to have another presence there, one of a young girl. Also starring Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett & Robin Gammell.

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