CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964)
Journalist Alan Foster wants to interview Edgar Allan Poe during his visit to London, but winds up accepting a bet he can stay in Lord Blackwood's haunted castle until daybreak. Not a good idea!
This Euro flick has been a favorite of mine since I taped it off late-night from Philly's Channel 57, WITH commercial breaks intact, which made it a hassle to watch over the years.
Severin Films made a BIG DEAL out of having a "Brand new HD transfer of rare US TV print”, widescreen, lot of damage, cut, which is missing 6-1/2 minutes. Insanely, the channel 57 broadcast was only missing 6 minutes, and the Severin print is missing a line that appeared over and over during the station breaks: "And now, it is YOUR turn!"
Well, Synapse Films put it out on DVD in 2002 as an “Uncensored International Version”. NO KIDDING. VERY clear picture, slightly fuzzy SOUND, and wherever something had been cut over here (some mild nudity and the like), it switches to French language with English subtitles and back again. (JUST like my DVD sets of the 1966 ULTRAMAN.) So this 2002 Synapse DVD is VASTLY-SUPERIOR to the 2015 Severin Blu-Ray. GO FIGURE.
Now here's the other crazy part. This was one of 2 DVDs I had of foreign movies that would not play properly on my el cheapo Phillips BR player. What I mean is, on that, I had to set my TV to "zoom" for widescreen films, but, if I did, on this disc (and another one), the English subtitles were at the bottom of the screen, under the image, and CUT OFF if the TV was set to "zoom".
However, my new LG region-free BR player, you set the TV to "stretch", and the player AUTOMATICALLY adjusts the images to the correct size, whether the films are fullscreen or widescreen. And with both of these discs I thought were defective, the English subtitles appear IN FRONT of the image, and so, both discs play PERFECTLY on the LG machine! Cool.
I understand Barbara Steele (who's still around!) is recording an audio commentary for a brand-new version of this film, but, since I already have 3 copies (and am planning to THROW OUT the old videotape), do I REALLY need another one?
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Journalist Alan Foster wants to interview Edgar Allan Poe during his visit to London, but winds up accepting a bet he can stay in Lord Blackwood's haunted castle until daybreak. Not a good idea!
This Euro flick has been a favorite of mine since I taped it off late-night from Philly's Channel 57, WITH commercial breaks intact, which made it a hassle to watch over the years.
Severin Films made a BIG DEAL out of having a "Brand new HD transfer of rare US TV print”, widescreen, lot of damage, cut, which is missing 6-1/2 minutes. Insanely, the channel 57 broadcast was only missing 6 minutes, and the Severin print is missing a line that appeared over and over during the station breaks: "And now, it is YOUR turn!"
Well, Synapse Films put it out on DVD in 2002 as an “Uncensored International Version”. NO KIDDING. VERY clear picture, slightly fuzzy SOUND, and wherever something had been cut over here (some mild nudity and the like), it switches to French language with English subtitles and back again. (JUST like my DVD sets of the 1966 ULTRAMAN.) So this 2002 Synapse DVD is VASTLY-SUPERIOR to the 2015 Severin Blu-Ray. GO FIGURE.
Now here's the other crazy part. This was one of 2 DVDs I had of foreign movies that would not play properly on my el cheapo Phillips BR player. What I mean is, on that, I had to set my TV to "zoom" for widescreen films, but, if I did, on this disc (and another one), the English subtitles were at the bottom of the screen, under the image, and CUT OFF if the TV was set to "zoom".
However, my new LG region-free BR player, you set the TV to "stretch", and the player AUTOMATICALLY adjusts the images to the correct size, whether the films are fullscreen or widescreen. And with both of these discs I thought were defective, the English subtitles appear IN FRONT of the image, and so, both discs play PERFECTLY on the LG machine! Cool.
I understand Barbara Steele (who's still around!) is recording an audio commentary for a brand-new version of this film, but, since I already have 3 copies (and am planning to THROW OUT the old videotape), do I REALLY need another one?
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