Region 4 Winners and Losers

     The Region 1 version is not being released until the 19th of October. There appears to be three versions - a Widescreen 1-Disc edition, a Full-Screen 1-Disc edition and a 3-Disc 'Ultimate Collector's Edition'. Feature-wise the 1-Disc editions appear to be identical to our Disc 1, right down to the lack of DTS. The 3-Disc edition has all the same extras as Region 4 plus three other classic movies (presumably on Disc 3). They are Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931) and The Wolf Man (1941). Because all the extras that relate directly to Van Helsing appear identical on both the Region 4 and Region 1 3-Disc versions I see no reason to favour one over the other. However if you really want these three other movies you may favour the Region 1 3-Disc edition, but with a list price is US$54.95 you have to ask yourself how badly you want the third disc.