Love the director and I love this film, it's turning into a classic.

Featuring an extraordinary performance by Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth, it’s an eerie, exciting, dark & sometimes humorous movie. A must watch. Seen this a number of times over the years now, & never loses its appeal.

Dark, uncomfortable viewing but perfectly made. Love this film but can't watch too often!

Great music, great cast, brilliant acting and weird but compelling plot

Hi. As I have never seen this movie, I wanted first of all a complete edition, with some subtitles. Nothing at all ; I tried with a BDP PANASONIC = nothing ; and a new BDP Sony... with telecom. option = idem, nothing. So, I have it, and maybe I would return to the movie some day = I kept it. But no fine hearing now, and with lost of much of the wording...difficulties to come. So, only ***, not for the movie, but for the wrong information : English subtitles ! Not at all !

Blue Velvet the movie is 5 stars and everyone has been talking up the blu-ray release as really improving on the DVD releases so I decided to buy it on Blu-ray to improve upon my DVD version.

After doing research on the item's description I learned that Blu-ray.com list only one release of Blue Velvet in the U.S, which is this 25th anniversary release, as Region Free. People in the comments section also have said it's Region Free.
People in the comments section of Amazon also constantly talk about Amazon not being accurate always with their Imports as with some they assume it is maybe region locked, and are unsure about it being region free.
So with all this I confidently bought my item to be imported. Unfortunately for me, I then learned there was in-fact, two different releases of this title, one is Region-A locked and the other is Region free, not sure why this is as it seems to make no sense but there you have it.
There is also no region free listed version of the 25th anniversary edition so that also is annoying.
My item had already dispatched before I realised this, but just to warn potential buyers to clarify with the seller, or ensure they're getting the correct version of the film before you end up like me.

The 25th Anniversary edition includes 51 minutes of unseen footage which was supposedly lost but now is included on the disk restored which makes this version the definitive version of Blue Velvet. The film itself is great and for people who enjoy films dealing with adult viewing material, the struggle of good vs evil and in this case, good seemingly having no hope against the flame that burns ever so strongly (You'll get that reference when you watch the film) in Frank Booth, then this film is certainly one you won't want to miss.

EDIT -- Ok, so the item arrived from America today and as anticipated it has a Region A on the back of the Blu-ray. I thought I'd give it a try anyway for a last resort and the disk had no region on it which was strange as the case specified A. Inserted it into my B-locked player and wouldn't you just know it, region free.
Not sure if every disk is like that but turned out so in my case. Seller informed me it was A locked, case also confirmed that, but the disk played. Probably the most unpredictable blu-ray purchase I've made.

Finally, a David Lynch film gets the home video treatment it deserves. This 25th anniversary edition boasts a beautiful new High Definition transfer overseen by Lynch himself, and a superb DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Rest assured, Blue Velvet has never looked or sounded better. Colours are rich, blacks are strong and there is no sign of obtrusive digital manipulation. The clarity, depth and atmosphere of the lossless surround soundtrack is equally impressive.

I would urge anyone to buy this version over the UK release. Despite the box stating that this is a region "A" disc (i.e.-US and surrounding territories), this will work perfectly on a British BD player. Crucially, it also features something the UK release does not: 51 minutes of newly discovered deleted scenes.

Previously featured only as stills on the earlier Region 1 DVD, the footage has been fully restored, presented in HD and featuring the original music and sound elements. The care and attention these scenes have received makes a mockery of the scrappy, unfinished workprint versions of deleted scenes featured on most releases.

Whilst it could be argued that the majority of this footage was rightly excised from the final cut, it nonetheless offers a fascinating alternate perspective to the film, and provides a wonderful insight into Lynch's creative process. Would that the production company holding the rights to the legendary deleted scenes for "Fire Walk With Me" acquiesce to Lynch's demands and afford similar respect to that footage.

The disc also features the fantastic 70 minute "Mysteries of Love" documentary carried over from the Region 1 DVD along with the trailers, TV spots and "Siskel & Ebert" review. The disc menu is rather strange: having no screen of its own, it is only accessible via the "pop up" menu whilst the film is playing (although the film can be paused whilst scrolling through the options).

All in all, a wonderful edition of an incredible film at a superb price. Every Lynch fan should own this.

Rather than try to write a critique of the movie itself, to display amongst dozens of other (much better observed) reviews here, I would simply like to comment on the product itself.

This Blu-ray 2-disc special edition (cat no. HFR0325B) offers stunning picture quality when compared to the DVD version of the film that I have been watching (repeatedly) over the past ten years or so. The DVD looked very much like the film that it was shot on - grainy (especially in the shadow areas) and slightly poorly defined around the edges of objects. The remastered Blu-ray, however, has somehow managed to eliminate nearly all of the graininess, sharpen up the details tremendously and uses a higher contrast ratio to make the shadow areas blacker and thereby, less prone to graininess and colour distortion. Equally, it doesn't look overly pixilated or over-softened, as some Blu-ray conversions I've bought recently have.

It's a testament to the improved picture quality to admit that I had never noticed before (in the DVD version) that the lead male character (Jeffrey) wore an earring throughout the entire picture! That and many other details are revealed in this improved version.

I have yet to watch the extra footage on the second disc, but I would already state that the disc is worth purchasing on the merits of the remastering and picture quality alone. Surely, the definitive version of the early classic David Lynch movie!

Now, if only someone would remaster 'Mulholland Drive' to the same standard ....