Indicator

80 films on Best Blurays

Based in United KingdomFounded 2016powerhousefilms.co.uk ↗

Indicator is the London-based Powerhouse Films' disc label, co-founded by John Morrissey and Sam Dunn, whose first spine-numbered release was Christine in October 2016. The catalogue leans on classic Hollywood, Columbia titles, Hammer, film noir and overlooked world cinema, sold as limited editions with booklets, new subtitles and extensive extras, later reissued as standard editions. US editions arrived in 2022 through Alliance Entertainment's Distribution Solutions.

Also known as: Powerhouse

Aliases: indicator, ph, powerhouse

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Blue Collar (1978)

Director: Paul Schrader

Best English-Friendly:

UK Indicator Blu-ray

4.1

Patrick (1978)

Director: Richard Franklin

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator UK 4K Blu-ray

3.2

The China Syndrome (1979)

Director: James Bridges

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is sharper than either Sony Blu-ray or Image Entertainment Blu-ray and a slightly different color grading see caps

Hardcore (1979)

Director: Paul Schrader

Best English-Friendly:

UK Indicator Blu-ray

3.8

Scum (1979)

Director: Alan Clarke

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly:

88 Films 4K Blu-ray or Indicator Blu-ray

Best Video:

The 88 Films 4K Blu-ray is disappointing. Indicator Blu-ray > 88 Films Blu-ray. From nicolas:

Fine master, solid HDR but very poorly encoded with strong blocking artifacts in normal areas and clipped highlights that bring Criterion’s Walkabout to mind. Their Blu-ray is slightly better overall but then again still not as good as FiM’s encode for Indicator.

4.0

Thirst (1979)

Director: Rod Hardy

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray caps

Best Audio:

Germany SchröderMedia Blu-ray

3.1

Snapshot (1979)

Director: Simon Wincer

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

3.1

Fascination (1979)

Director: Jean Rollin

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

3.4

The Night of the Hunted (1980)

Director: Jean Rollin

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

3.3

The Survivor (1981)

Director: David Hemmings

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

2.8

Strange Behavior (1981)

Director: Michael Laughlin

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

3.0

The Living Dead Girl (1982)

Director: Jean Rollin

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

3.5

Missing (1982)

Director: Costa-Gavras

Best English-Friendly:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Indicator > France ARTE > Germany Universal caps

3.9

Body Double (1984)

Director: Brian De Palma

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Indicator Blu-ray's 2.0

Audio Notes:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23006090&postcount=590

3.8

Housekeeping (1987)

Director: Bill Forsyth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Thank You, Life (1991)

Director: Bertrand Blier

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The older Studio Canal disc has incorrect pitch - 0.7 semitones lower than it should be. As their PAL DVD release was pitched correctly despite running at 25 FPS, it's likely they just took that master and slowed it down without accounting for that.