Gorillas in the Mist (Mill Creek) Blu-ray Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

If Gorillas in the Mist were made up of watercolor paintings, this disc would score highly. This ghastly master shows egregious noise reduction, choking out detail, and ruining the location beauty. Smearing appears commonly, which isn't helped by compression.

Note grain does remain on the source - quite a bit actually - but the effort falters due to the digital tools. It's a mess. A little ringing increases the problematic transfer's issues. Mostly, the print stays clean, if enduring the occasional dusty moment.

A little faded over the years, saturation loses some zip, but still produces appealing primaries. Greens in the jungle stand out, as do various wardrobe choices. It's not a transfer without intensity in this regard, and same goes for contrast. Sunlight beams in, creating highlights, even slight clipping. Muddier black levels falter because of crush, unkind to shadows. Depth loss is minimal though.

Audio

Late '80s audio springs into 5.1 convincingly, although primarily due to the score that fills the soundstage. That's full and expansive, the orchestration gorgeous.

Sound effects split the stereos more than enter the rears. The jump between speakers convincingly creates width across the fronts, spacious and accurate. At times, fidelity withers, likely more to do with the recording conditions than this DTS-HD track.