Dog Soldiers [Blu-ray]

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Werewolves, Crawlers, Cannibals and More: An Interview with Neil Marshall (HD, 38:26) – This is a pretty full on career interview with Marshall who goes over his filmmaker beginnings, Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Doomsday, Centurion, Game of Thrones (and other television), Hellboy (“It was a terrible script and a miserable experience. Bass is reasonable, there are a few LF effects, and the sub is used to fill out thumps, bumps and gunshots, and there is a wonderful deep resonance when the squaddies first encounter the house – it’s rich, powerful and unnerving; deep enough to rattle the floorboards! While the differences between this version and all of the previous releases are unquestionably dramatic, the 1080p Blu-ray included in this set uses the new master, so those differences are far more subtle.

It’s filled with blood, gore, gallows humour and a plethora of nods, winks and references to other films ranging from Aliens to The Matrix.There’s not much deep bass, though there’s a bit of rumble in the score at 34:00, as well as a handful of other places. Sam McCurdy’s lighting and the director’s eye for claustrophobic camerawork (would become so much darker in The Descent) means we are right there in the thick of the action. And the werewolves are beautifully realised: unstoppable behemoths, ripping and tearing bodies apart.

Clearly Neil Marshall likes ensembles and he also likes monsters and I'm not sure he's ever really been able to better his version of the werewolf.

version offers only the commentary tracks on the UHD, and it confines the rest of the extras to the Blu-ray.