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My copy of this arrived today. Hopefully I'll have time to watch it tonight.

Mine came yesterday, I'm saving it for some late night Halloween viewing tomorrow night. I've tentatively penciled in Clive to watch his Saturday night...Sunday is still open if anyone else has it.

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Ha! I was just commiserating with myself as it's yet to arrive. Tomorrow hopefully, so Saturday's still a possibility!

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Just a couple of quick notes. There are two audio options on the disc (both Italian), one of which is advertised on the disc menus as being 'unfiltered'. I'm not sure if there's any difference other than the level to which the audio track has been filtered/processed. The English subs aren't accessible from the menu. The German language commentary, sadly, is sans subtitles of any kind.

The disc comes with a postcard that says the next release in the series will be THE MURDER CLINIC. I shall look forward to that one - I've only seen it via rough-looking boots.

The trailer for this one is a doozy, btw :)

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Just a couple of quick notes. There are two audio options on the disc (both Italian), one of which is advertised on the disc menus as being 'unfiltered'. I'm not sure if there's any difference other than the level to which the audio track has been filtered/processed. The English subs aren't accessible from the menu. The German language commentary, sadly, is sans subtitles of any kind.

The disc comes with a postcard that says the next release in the series will be THE MURDER CLINIC. I shall look forward to that one - I've only seen it via rough-looking boots.

The trailer for this one is a doozy, btw :)

Thanks for the report, Paul. Really looking forward to watching this tonite.

I've got a pretty nice fan-made copy of THE MURDER CLINIC, along with an older, rougher one and the Code Red version that's not so hot either. I like this one a lot, good news about that.

How about a full list of the titles in FilmArt's giallo line? There's THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH, CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL, DEATH SMILES AT MURDER (I think)...and I believe I read at LL&L not long ago that NIGHT RIPPER (1986) is on tap for a future release. What am I missing? LOVE AND DEATH IN THE GARDEN OF THE GODS is #5.

Edited to add FRENCH SEX MURDERS is also one of theirs.

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How about a full list of the titles in FilmArt's giallo line?

Here's what they did so far:
#1 French Sex Murders
#2 Scorpion's Tail
#3 Polselli's Delirium
#4 Mrs. Wardh
#5 Love and Death...

plans:
#6 Murder Clinic
#7 Night Ripper

[Marshall Crist Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Marshall Crist]

Anyone know how DELIRIUM stacks up against the Anchor Bay release?

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The English subs aren't accessible from the menu.

I can't seem to access them via my remote either - only presenting option for German subs. Hmm.

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I can't seem to access them via my remote either - only presenting option for German subs. Hmm.

Weird, I was able to access the English subs on my remote. I liked this one a lot - I'll avoid any detailed thoughts for now but suffice to say it's well worth getting. Some wonderful locations and a twisted atmosphere. Reminded me a little of Romano Scavlini's A WHITE VEIL FOR MARIALE at times (specifically a trippy feast dream sequence), the director Sauro is his brother, and Romano photographed this one. Hope you can get those subs to work - do you have another player to test it on?

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Weird, I was able to access the English subs on my remote. I liked this one a lot - I'll avoid any detailed thoughts for now but suffice to say it's well worth getting. Some wonderful locations and a twisted atmosphere. Reminded me a little of Romano Scavlini's A WHITE VEIL FOR MARIALE at times (specifically a trippy feast dream sequence), the director Sauro is his brother, and Romano photographed this one. Hope you can get those subs to work - do you have another player to test it on?

Curious about those subs. They worked fine for me. Could be a player-specific issue, I guess.

I really enjoyed this too. It's been a long time (maybe around 10 years) since I've since a vintage thrilling all'italiana that's 'new' to me. I thought this one was very interestingly structured, and Romano Scavolini's photography (all wide-angle lenses and prowling POV shots) gave the deserted villa a strong sense of decay and pervading threat.

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Well, turns out I was just being a useless ass. Subs are fine! Looking forward to this one... Saturday too, as Andrew predicted!
Anyone know if any of the other Film Art titles have 'secret' English subs?

[Stephen Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Stephen]

Anyone know how DELIRIUM stacks up against the Anchor Bay release?

It's a two disc set with several different edits of the film (the original version, a version with Vietnam inserts and a kind of porn version), but I think there's no English track for any of them. I have to check, if there are any English subs.

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Well, turns out I was just being a useless ass. Subs are fine! Looking forward to this one... Saturday too, as Andrew predicted!
Anyone know if any of the other Film Art titles have 'secret' English subs?

STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH does, according to Diabolik (for the film only). Glad to hear you can watch LOVE AND DEATH.

Thanks for the list of titles, Stephen.

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I really enjoyed this too. It's been a long time (maybe around 10 years) since I've since a vintage thrilling all'italiana that's 'new' to me. I thought this one was very interestingly structured, and Romano Scavolini's photography (all wide-angle lenses and prowling POV shots) gave the deserted villa a strong sense of decay and pervading threat.

I'm in the same boat, Paul. This was the first new-to-me giallo I've seen in a long time, and even longer for a really good one. Always a thrill when that happens. The final scene was chilling when you consider the real life implications of who it was.

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Remember when gialli used to come out on DVD?

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I don't think this has been mentioned.

In Italy, a new DVD release of Umberto Lenzi's EYEBALL/GATTI ROSSI IN UN LABIRINTO DI VETRO surfaced in September.



It wouid seem to be English-friendly. I wonder if it's a significant upgrade over the admittedly weak German Marketing Film release.