Edge of Sanity Blu-ray Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

An aggressive cinematography style favors crushing blacks and clipping highlights, yet still allowing Edge of Sanity breathing room in terms of depth. It's beautifully calibrated to maintain the style while providing exceptional range. Slightly faded color conveys the vintage aesthetic, remaining appealing and saturated slightly. Flesh tones are especially appealing, as are the vivid red brothel lights.

Arrow's encode struggles against a heavier grain structure, inconsistent enough to cause artifacts. Rarely is Edge of Sanity wholly film-like, revealing the digital side, yet maintaining enough from the source to look well textured. Definition runs high, especially in close, and artifacting's effects prove minimally invasive. A modern, reasonably high-res scan from the film stock comes from a clean print, suffering minimal damage or dirt specks.

Audio

Minimized in the mix, the score sounds oddly subdued, as if range were pinched. There's no depth, and treble barely reaches a notable peak. Elevated dialog comes across as nearly out of place, and in addition, lightly strained.

Stereo effects often come into play though, bouncing the score around the stereos to suggest delirium. Horse drawn carriages pan to the sides in a natural motion. There's space in this PCM track.