Tutti i colori del buio (AKA Day Of The Maniac)

[gusse]

I recently saw Sergio Martino's "Tutti i colori del buio" (AKA Day Of The Maniac) from 1973 and found it to be a very cool movie indeed! It's sort of a psychological giallo, lots of surreal dream/flash sequences and so on. Beautiful camerawork and a awesome score! The only problem is that the version i saw (VHS) was Pan&Scaned really bad and the picturequality was bad...

Does anyone know if this movie might end up on DVD anytime soon? Perhaps in a second Giallo-box from anchor bay or anything like that?

[K']

I highly recommend the german dvd from Marketing, because the transfer albeit non-anamorphic is really great considering the age of the movie. Head over to dvd-basen (http://www.dvd-basen.dk/uk/home.php3?search=farben+der+nacht&mvis=ok&region=%25&land=%25&ok=go) for some reviews.


There is also a RC1 in the works, take a look at this thread: http://www.horrordvds.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11295

[Andrew]

I'd really like to see this.

[gusse]

Cool! Didnt think this movie already was out on DVD!

Kick ass movie. There are some giallo-like touches to it, but most of it is much more dreamlike and surreal. Very atmospheric. I think most people who tend to enjoy euro-horror/thrillers from the 70's will find this movie very enjoyable. I know I did!

Whats the word on the r1 vesion? Is it worth holding your breath?

[NickyDoyle]

Now if we can only get other Martino DVDs out, like Blade of the Ripper or Your Vice... uncut.

[BlazingMagnum]

Day Of The Maniac is cool!

[dwatts]

Hey - Secondhand, I paid 9 dollars cold for this today. Not watched it yet, but I'm looking forwward to it!

ps: I got the German release.

[Crystal Plumage]

Great film.Watched it a couple of weeks ago (german release).
My only complaint was the soundtrack.Gread DVD.
Got Torso (Xrated) in the mail today,my second Martino movie.
Oh man I love Eurocult!

[dwatts]

I really enjoyed Torso (I have the R1 AB disc). If this is as good, we're on the right track.

[Crystal Plumage]

Was Martino on drugs when he made this one?;)

[dwatts]

It's not good?!?!?!

[Crystal Plumage]

No no no!It's just a bit weird with all the dreamlike imagery.Very cool indeed!Get it!Don't hesitate!Buy it now!

[Andrew]

I agree, I enjoyed it quite a bit too. It's nothing amazing, but I definitely found Fenech gorgeous and the plot interesting. Some fantastic imagery too. Think ROSEMARY'S BABY meets CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS.

[Crystal Plumage]

Yeah,that Fenech girl liked those sexcults...
She was gorgeous wasn't she.What has become of her?

[Andrew]

It seems she's done a few scattered films here and there, but she was only working steadily in the 70s. There was a post on Mobius with a recent picture of her, and she didn't look too bad. But man, no way it was as nice as this:

http://1bonheur2plus.free.fr/Big/big4/edwige_fenech.jpg

[Crystal Plumage]

Found only this:
http://www.poliziadistato.it/pds/primapagina/librocinema/images/fenech.jpg
Well at least she looks good for someone of her age (56?)
There's alot of nude pictures of EF on the web but no real recent ones.

[FulciZombieFan]

Correct me if wrong but wasn't the USA DVD due out like Fall of 2003

If so what the hell happened to it?

- John "FulciLives" Coleman