Deváté srdce [Ninth Heart, The] ◾︎ Juraj Herz ◾︎ 1978

Trash Mountain Video

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Published on Monday 05th December 2005
Last modified on Friday 02nd January 2026, 07:43:32 PM

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Label: Trash Mountain Video (Japan)

Region: 2

RCE protection: No

Copyright protection system: CSS / CPPM

Disc type: DVD5 (the data occupy 4.31 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:28:05.19

Video: Interlaced NTSC

Aspect ratio: 1.29:1 non-anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.39 / 6.01 / 9.68 Mbps

Audio:

Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 192 kbps

Subtitles:

Japanese

Menus available in:

English & Japanese

Special features:

Photogallery (9 movie stills & VHS cover)
Trailers
- "Harem" (2:36, in English)
- "The Shout" (2:54, in English)
- "What Have You Done to Solange?" (3:03, in English)
- "Vampyros lesbos" (2:25, in German)
- "Carnal Violence" (3:05, in English)

4-page booklet (in Japanese)

Notes:

This was probably converted from a PAL VHS release,
and the print occasionally displays severe damage.

Also available in "Cheko kaiki kottou gensou hako Vol.1 GOTH-BOX,"
together with "Morgiana" & "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders."

*difference between channels is -55.65 dB (0.16 %)

CČV/Bonton

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Published on Monday 21st September 2009
Last modified on Friday 02nd January 2026, 07:43:31 PM

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Label: CČV/Bonton (Czech Republic)

Region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

RCE protection: No

Copyright protection system: None

Disc type: DVD5 (the data occupy 4.05 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:28:12.01

Video: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.30:1 non-anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 2.82 / 5.91 / 7.25 Mbps

Audio:

Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 224 kbps

Subtitles:

Czech

Menus available in:

Czech

Special features:

None

Notes:

This seems to come from the same source as the Japanese edition (the same print damage), but - being a native PAL transfer - it's progressive, which is good enough a reason for me to justify the triple-dip. (c: But I guess the Crisis must have finally hit Bonton, since this is the first time I don't see their "trademark" set of extras - 3 interviews, photogallery, and a bunch of filmographies...

*difference between channels is -77.32 dB (0.01 %)

Severin Films / Blu-ray

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Published on Friday 02nd January 2026
Last modified on Friday 02nd January 2026, 07:43:32 PM

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Label: Severin Films (US)

Region: A, B & C (?)

RCE protection: n/a

Copyright protection system: AACS

Disc type: BD50 (the data occupy 45.54 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:31:59.20

Video: MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p24/1.001

Aspect ratio: 1.37:1

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.00 / 29.00 / 38.43 Mbps

Audio:

Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono* / 1,848 kbps

Subtitles:

English

Menus available in:

English

Special features:

Commentary by Kat Ellinger, author of "Daughters of Darkness" (in English)
"The Uncanny Valley of the Dolls - The History and Liminality of Dolls, Puppets & Mannequins,"
as explained by Dr. Emily LeQuesne (13:16)
"The Curious Case of Juraj Herz and the Švankmajers,"
a video essay by Czech film programmer Cerise Howard (25:19)

(All extras are MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p24/1.001, in English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 256 kbps.)

Notes:

"The Ninth Heart" shares the disc with "Beauty and the Beast," another film by Juraj Herz.

Only available in "All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror Vol. 2" 13-disc set,
together with a veritable smorgasbord of other films and special features (full specs here).

To see the screenshots in glorious