AntcuFaalb said: Is the 8mm footage just crappy or does it also suffer from digital video artifacts, e.g., blocking?

All of the above, unfortunately. It's a real shame because for the first time in years, a Halloween film was feeling "connected" to the beginning story. Perhaps the footage can still be used somehow, but I'm just not sure how. Like maybe it was "newly discovered" and disclaimed as "highly damaged" or something.

Also, for the UPDATES portion, can we have the source media listed? Such as (DVD) or (BD)?