Blood & Black Lace
|
List Price: Our Price: $6.49 You Save: $8.46 (56%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of Blood & Black Lace
Movie Review: great film poor quality DVD
Summary: 2 Stars
Mario Bava is the godfather of giallo and Italian horror with "Blood and Black Lace" being one of his masterpieces. Unfortunately, this DVD does not do this great film justice. The colors are muddled and the sound is a disgrace. Quite often the voices are not loud enough but the biggest problem is that sound and image are not in sync. With a dubbed film you cannot expect perfection but with this DVD the voices don't even come close to the mouth movements. It's a serious syncing problem as the sounds of doors slamming, women getting slapped, footsteps and knocking on doors do not match the images. It's all very distracting making watching this DVD quite difficult. I was very disappointed!Movie Review: Don't let go of your old copy, this is a mixed blessing.
Summary: 1 Stars
1 star is for the DVD, 5 stars for the movie. I don't need to say anything about the film; those familiar with Bava's work know this is among his masterpieces. I'm writing this review to clear up some things about this new "Unslashed" edition. On the positive side, this version is Anamorphic widescreen and it does present noticeably more picture information on the right and left sides of the frame (the old VCI version was leterboxed a 1.66:1, where as this one is 16 x 9). Now the bad news. The color and contrast have been boosted/altered to the point that the image appears blurrier, grainier and more damaged than the previous version. Also, the interior sets (especially in the fashion house) have a putrid yellow/green hue to them not present in the old version. The soundtrack is horribly remixed, making the dialogue sound like it was recorded in a tin can and it pops quite a bit through the opening of the film. The French and Italian audio channels are reversed. None of these audio problems are present on the old version by the way. To top it off, the dvd menus are gaudy and offputting, trying to make this seem like a bloody slasher pic. In summution, the extra picture information just doesn't outweigh all of the drawbacks of this edition. My advice is to hold on to your old release until something better comes along. Thanks for reading. -JWH-Movie Review: great film, lousy dvd
Summary: 1 Stars
Just to back up the very critical review of this dvd below, this is a major disappointment: the one star is for the quality of the dvd release, not the film, which is one of Bava's best pictures. The image here is really substandard, way below what should be expected from any serious dvd release in this day and age. Although it is anamorphic, it would be hard to call this in any way improved over the first VCI release; if anything, in sharpness and color, it might actually be worse. That a dvd release this mediocre is a rerelease is a travesty; if they want to get people to upgrade and buy again, it should be for a better product. Stay away from this one and hope for another version to come. I had heard bad things but ordered anyway since it was relatively inexpensive, hoping that Tim Lucas's involvement would mean that this was a quality dvd; unfortunately, not the case.