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Great buy glad I found it Was dirt cheap what an amazing find

New blu-ray edition of one of the National Lampoon's classic

Animal House is full of characters that are both so vague that you know someone like them, and yet complex enough that you'll never know anyone like them at all. You may know a crazy guy like D-Day, but you'll never know anyone who can drive a motorcycle up a flight up stairs and make funny noises at you. You may know a guy like Bluto, but you've never seen anyone rip a guitar out of someone's hands and smash it to the ground in a horribly violent manner. And you may have know/have known an eccentric professor, but none that would ever think of even letting you over to his house, much less smoke pot with you. It is simply a movie that makes you think, "why couldn't college be that way for me?" I would love to chuck golf balls at the ROTC, or sneak a horse into an office building.

Sometimes I think people miss the pervading intelligence of this movie. Known now as being the purveyor of gross-out humor - the script actually had a lot more on its mind, including social caste, race, conformity, fascism, and a whole lot more. It's also a biting critique of the social mores of the country in the "pre-Beatles" era and, in its own way, illustrates so many of the factors that would lead to the counter-culture movement just on the horizon. Of course, it's also one of the funniest movies ever made and the fact that it would be the launch pad for Belushi and Landis and Reitman, and on and on -with lines and scenes that are still quoted to this very day - well - yeah it's one of the best comedies ever made. But it's also one of the more important ones, as well. Buy it!!!!!!

If you’ve watched shows like Family Guy, they got some of their jokes from this movie. This movie has made an impact in the community of comedy movies. Unable to gain acceptance at the snootier fraternities they pledge, the Deltas, a motley crew of misfits and sociopaths bent on disrupting the well-starched status quo, engage in various illegalities that land them in hot water with both the stern college dean and the neighboring jock fraternity. Their exploits eventually cause them to be placed on "double-secret probation," until finally, they are kicked out of school and, as the dean reminds them, newly eligible for the Vietnam draft. What's a Delta to do?

The comedic value of this movie is what makes the high-def version a must have. Bringing the old VHS quality to current standards makes the movie even more fun to watch. Boone, Otter, D-Day, Bluto, Pinto, Flounder, Greggy, Dougie and some of the other Hitler youth are in crisp detail and brought to current standards. Any fan of Belushi will love this upgrade, but the entirety of the cast in 4K is worth every penny. Anyone who doesn't know what "classic comedy" is needs to buy this and have everyone in their families watch to find out.

Animal House is a classic movie from the 80s. I previously owned the movie on DVD but jumped at the opportunity to own this movie with a steelbook in 4K. The 4K transfer of the movie is fantastic. Older movies tend to look better in 4K due to the cameras used. a 35mm camera for instance is like 6k and then lowered to 4K. More recent movies made are made with 2K cameras and then upscaled to 4K. It is always easier to take a larger image and make it smaller than it is to take a smaller image and make it larger.

I usually don’t buy movies on 4K from categories other than Action/Adventure or Sci-f. But certain films in other categories merit a look when they have a punch sound mix or score that is incredible. The picture quality is great, but I think the soundtrack alone merits the upgrade. True they could’ve added a Dolby Atmos soundtrack to a remastered Blu-ray, but the film is old enough that it seemed to benefit from the 4K process. Not too grainy, and I said before, the score, especially at the end of the movie sounds excellent.

Great looking picture! Steelbook looks amazing! Classic film!

Despite its rightful status as a classic comedy, I never thought I would see Animal House ever get a 4K Ultra HD release. Yet, here we are and the results are quite impressive. The John Landis comedy has always looked rather bland on previous home video formats, but the new 4K transfer finally gives the comedy some vitality. For the first time since its theatrical days, a home video release of Animal House looks like a really nice film print instead of an oversharpened, noisy mess. Are there drawbacks? Only a couple. It would have been nice to have the original theatrical mono sound (only a 5.1 DTS track is included) and there are no new extras included, only the legacy one from previous blu-ray and DVD editions. Still, if you love the film -as do I,- this is a must have for your 4K UHD library.

I don’t know what’s not to like about this classic frat movie! Great to see it in 4K!

This raunchy, rollicking, good time of a movie where anything goes brought back a lot of memories from back in the day. Watching it again took me back the 70's. A joy. The 4k picture is a solid transfer, even better is the sound which really stands out. It is strong and detailed throughout the disc even for an older film like this. A must have for your collection.

Beautiful looking steelbook!! Great movie!! Can’t wait to rewatch it!!

This is hands down the best edition of this film to date. The steelbook perfectly represents the film, the matte finish feels great, and the on disc content has the looking version of the film ever. Top it off with some great extras and you have a the best release of Animal House possible.

Unable to gain acceptance at the snootier fraternities they pledge, the Deltas, a a motley crew of misfits and sociopaths bent on disrupting the well-starched status quo, engage in various illegalities that land them in hot water with both the stern college dean and the neighboring jock fraternity. Their exploits eventually cause them to be placed on double-secret probation, until finally, they are kicked out of school and, as the dean reminds them, newly eligible for the Vietnam draft.

Classic comedy! Now you can own it in a very nice steelbook.

4k looks better than when I first saw it in the theater!

4k scan shows as grainy copy on my 4k player, and, like WW84, freezes intermittantly, & have to stop & reload then go to scene last viewed. in other words, normal operation. who can forget John Belushi in his role ? very good frat comedy. still a joy to watch.

Great movie...all time classic. Oldie but goldie...

John Landis and John Belushi. There's not much to say about this classic that hasn't already been said. This belongs in every comedy fan's film library. The transfer is about as good as to be expected for this type of film from this era, so I am quite pleased.