Skeet Ulrich

8 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K2 in HD

Skeet Ulrich (born Bryan Ray Trout on January 20, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in popular 1990s films, including Billy Loomis in Scream (1996), Chris Hooker in The Craft (1996) and Vincent Lopiano in As Good as It Gets (1997). Since 2017, he has starred as Forsythe Pendleton "F.P." Jones II on The CW's Riverdale. He reprised the role of Billy in the sequels Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023). His other television roles include Johnston Jacob "Jake" Green Jr. in the television series Jericho, and LAPD Detective Rex Winters, a Marine veteran from the Law & Order franchise.

Biography from TMDB

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6 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Craft (1996)

Supporting role · Director: Andrew Fleming

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray poor encode, HBO MAX stream doesn't have the sudden bitrate drops issue, remastered Shout! Factory Blu-ray included with the 4K maybe better?

Additional Info:

Sony Special Edition DVD has an isolated score

3.6

Scream (1996)

Supporting role · Director: Wes Craven

4K · Excellent

Best Video:

Theatrical: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Uncut Director's Cut: Either the Germany Kinowelt DVD, the Japan DVD, the Scandinavian DVD, or the US LaserDisc.

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Fan preservation is likely better quality.

Best Audio:

2011 Blu-ray/2021 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The 2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray is incredibly poor for every Original Trilogy film; older processed older DVD-era masters with heavy use of DNR, sharpening and edge enhancement with a really dull color grade. The 4K Blu-ray is miles better. The DTS-HD 5.1 across all three films appears to be the same on both the Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray, and they appear to be the untouched theatrical 5.1 mixes.

The Uncut version has more violence: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=256325