The Return of Count Yorga Blu-ray Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

Arrow states this transfer is struck fresh from a 4K scan. Oddly, the first Count Yorga was done at 2K; only disc producers can explain that one.

Anyway, the pleasingly gritty film stock shows excellent grain reproduction all around. This stock appears on the cheaper side, so the struggle is constant for this encode. Thankfully it holds. The print itself needs a clean-up pass since dirt and nicks appear constantly. Luckily, few are severe.

Excellent, bright color saturation gives Return of Count Yorga liveliness visually, emboldening flesh tones and other primaries. Yorga's bright red shirt immediately draws the eye, even in the dark. Black levels lack fullness, if reach enough depth to do their job. Contrast remains stable and high throughout.

This new scan brings out enormous texture, aside from focal softness. Facial definition looks spectacular and consistently so. Overall sharpness shows splendid precision all around.

Audio

Mono audio supplies Return of Count Yorga with satisfying clarity, and that includes the dialog. It's clearly aged, if not struggling to reproduce the lines. The score isn't perfectly pitched, wobbling a touch. Thankfully, range doesn't venture far on either end, well controlled and clear.