Symptoms coming to Blu-Ray

[unclefred]

I sure would like to see Deviation and whirlpool get separate blu releases.

[Ian Jane]

Not to spam but this thread gets bumped coincidently a week after this Larraz-centric thing I penned went up: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/sensu...-ramon-larraz/

FWIW, you're good to post any links you want to anything you've written, we know you're not here to spam.

[Lorne Marshall]

Not to spam but this thread gets bumped coincidently a week after this Larraz-centric thing I penned went up: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/sensu...-ramon-larraz/

Not a problem, Tom, it was an interesting piece.

[Tom Clark]

Not to spam but this thread gets bumped coincidently a week after this Larraz-centric thing I penned went up: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/sensu...-ramon-larraz/

[Lorne Marshall]

Has anyone ordered this release of Larraz's STIGMA?

https://www.amazon.com/Stigma-Christ...eywords=stigma

Apropos of nothing on a Friday afternoon, I noticed that the cover for this DVD is the exact same picture as what is on the book by Trevor Hoyle called THE STIGMA, as mentioned in the wonderful PAPERBACKS FROM HELL and as shown on this website:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6558978-the-stigma

The two works otherwise don't seem to have anything to do with one another (the film is about a young man who can psychically commit violent acts against others, the book is about a witch's curse affecting a girl centuries later), making me wonder which came first. They're both from 1980, so the date doesn't offer a clue.

Originally I thought maybe the cheap DVD just ripped off the book cover, but the IMDb listing contains the Spanish poster (for the cinematic release titled ESTIGMA):

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079120/

That leads me to believe the British publisher Sphere Books probably saw the poster (I assume for the English-language release) and thought it was a neat illustration, so they used it for their product. Clarification from anyone with better information is always welcome.

Have a fun weekend, folks...

[Lorne Marshall]

Thanks for the additional information, Mark.

[Ian Jane]

I can post some caps from the disc when I get home from work tonight.

[Mark C.]

Thanks for the tip. I haven't even been checking out that thread (I'm an idiot), but I will going forward.

Lorne I watched this release and the issues in my opinion are not helped from the screengrabs taken with a iphone on a projected screen, (as per what someone posted on the bluray forum) I watched it on my UHD 60 inch screen and thought that the transfers were consistent with what Dorado released prior, Meaning they were taken from theatrical prints so the colors are faded, there are other issues as well but I found them watchable and not too much of distraction considering the rarity of the films. This release if far from perfect but if your interested in seeing Larraz's films I would recommend it. You can't really trust what the fanboys on bluray forums say anyway as I noticed someone said the colors were faded almost sepia, not realizing there are segments in the film that flashback and are shown in sepia :)

[Lorne Marshall]

Check out the Dorado thread, it has issues!

Thanks for the tip. I haven't even been checking out that thread (I'm an idiot), but I will going forward.

[agent999]

And then there's this Larraz double feature I see that Diabolik is offering...

http://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/c...ay-all-region/

Check out the Dorado thread, it has issues!

[Lorne Marshall]

And then there's this Larraz double feature I see that Diabolik is offering...

http://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/c...ay-all-region/

[Thomas Wood]

I see they have "bootlegged" a few of older Code Red releases, like Doom Asylum and Death Promise.

No, they sold the rights to Code Red but continue to make DVD-Rs of them. Don't know why Code Red doesn't insist that they don't press DVD-Rs while the DVDs are in print but they don't.

[Bogart]

Just to clarify, FAT-W is Films Around The World. They don't really bootleg but put out a number of films that they claim to own but really don't. Code Red has licenced a number of their films (I think VS has done a few also).

I see they have "bootlegged" a few of older Code Red releases, like Doom Asylum and Death Promise.

[Thomas Wood]

No but that FAT-W label does a lot of bootlegs so i wouldnt expect good quality. at best it would be taken from a foreign DVD release if one exists? although equally it might also come from a VHS tape.

Just to clarify, FAT-W is Films Around The World. They don't really bootleg but put out a number of films that they claim to own but really don't. Code Red has licenced a number of their films (I think VS has done a few also).

[Tom Clark]

That Stigma release is from a VHS tape. Its watchable, but clearly tape sourced and there's a weird glitch towards the end of the movie where one scene repeats.