Artus Films
Reviewed by dvdfreak
Last modified on Monday 01st June 2020, 12:15:00 AM
| | Label: Artus Films (France)
| Region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 | RCE protection: No | Copyright protection system: None
| Disc type: DVD9 (the data occupy 7.55 GB)
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:34:31.23
| Video: PAL | Aspect ratio: 1.64:1 anamorphic |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.86 / 6.04 / 8.15 Mbps
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Audio: | French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 224 kbps Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 224 kbps
| Subtitles: | French
| Menus available in: | French
| | Special features: |
- Interview with Edoardo Margheriti (10:40, in Italian**)
- "Mon ami Nini," by Luigi Cozzi ("My friend Nini," 15:29, in Italian**)
- "Antonio Margheriti," by Alain Petit (42:18, in French)
- "La sorcellerie : culte des ancêtres et des forces de la nature," by Anne Ferlat
("Witchcraft: the cult of the ancestors & the forces of nature," 17:52, in French) - Photogallery (45 pages)
- Technical notes (3 pages, in French)
- Filmographies
- Antonio Margheriti (6 pages)
- Barbara Steele (5 pages)
- Giorgio Ardisson (6 pages)
- DVD credits (1 page, in French)
- 8-page booklet (in French)
| Notes: | Although positively better looking than the Eclectic DVD, the French release sports the same, or - in some cases - worse damage, as you can see in the following examples:
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Besides the usual dirt, scratches, and whatnot, I also spotted a strange artefact - better described by the examples below - appearing multiple times throughout the film, usually lasting the entire shot:
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Another problem is that the transfer seems to have been taken from some kind of a field-based (i.e. not progressive) source, as evidenced by a very slight combing (not real interlacing, mind you), and a few odd interlaced frames here & there:
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The last thing I thought I'd mention is an abrupt cut in the film's only topless scene (see below). It might be intentional, but who knows...?
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*difference between channels is -80.18 dB (0.01 %), resp. -74.29 dB (0.02 %) **with optional French subtitles |
Eclectic DVD Distribution
Reviewed by dvdfreak
Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 11:31:59 PM
| | Label: Eclectic DVD Distribution (USA)
| Region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 | RCE protection: No | Copyright protection system: None
| Disc type: DVD5 (the data occupy 3.22 GB)
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:34:23.21
| Video: NTSC (fieldblended from PAL source) | Aspect ratio: 1.59:1 non-anamorphic |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 3.45 / 4.39 / 4.55 Mbps
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Audio: | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 320 kbps
| Subtitles: | None
| Menus available in: | English
| | Special features: | None
| Notes: | The only thing worth mentioning about this despicable version is that some time after the 30th minute the audio gets out of sync with the video by about 1/2 a second! *difference between channels is -92.04 dB (0.00 %) |
Incredibly Strange Filmworks
Reviewed by dvdfreak / Squonkamatic
Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 11:31:59 PM
| | Label: Incredibly Strange Filmworks (USA)
| Region: n/a | RCE protection: n/a | Copyright protection system: n/a
| Disc type: DVD-R5 (the data occupy 3.25 GB)
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:36:13.22*
| Video: NTSC (fieldblended from PAL source) | Aspect ratio: 1.58:1 non-anamorphic |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 2.78 / 4.53 / 6.78 Mbps
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Audio: | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono** / 192 kbps
| Subtitles: | None
| Menus available in: | English
| | Special features: | None
*the last 3,317 frames (1:50) contain a "Dr. Cadman's Secret" trailer (in English) **difference between channels is -42.99 dB (0.71 %) |
Raro Video
Reviewed by dvdfreak / Squonkamatic
Last modified on Monday 01st June 2020, 12:15:00 AM
| | Label: Raro Video (Italy)
| Region: n/a | RCE protection: n/a | Copyright protection system: n/a
| Disc type: DVD5 (the data occupy 4.27 GB)
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:33:41.10
| Video: PAL | Aspect ratio: 1.54:1 non-anamorphic |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 3.80 / 5.00 / 5.61 Mbps
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Audio: | Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 256 kbps English Dolby Digital 1.0 / 128 kbps
| Subtitles: | None
| Menus available in: | Italian & English
| | Special features: |
- Interviews (in Italian)
- Edoardo Margheriti (10:40)
- Antonio Tentori (6:17)
- DVD credits (1 page, in Italian)
- 8-page booklet (in Italian & English)
| Notes: | To begin with, many thanks to Steve N. a.k.a. Squonkamatic @ The Latarnia Forums for making this comparison possible! (c: Now, to cut it short, let's mercifully forget about the 2 American (bootleg?) editions, and focus on the European ones. To cut it even shorter: Artus Films+ anamorphic + better looking (at least to my eyes) + complete (I've no reason to think otherwise) − not English-friendly Raro Video+ English-friendly − | looking worse than the French version (there's also a greenish tinge to the picture) | − | missing a couple of snippets of footage here & there (refer to our gallery below & the print damage samples in the Artus Films review above) |
− non-anamorphic Bottom line: If youDoNotNeedEnglishFriendliness ' ;-) BuyTheFrenchDVD() Else BuyTheFrenchDVD() ' just for the visuals End If *difference between channels is -53.11 dB (0.22 %) |
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