5 anamorphic Mario Bava DVD's coming to R2

[ben1981]

E-M-S (German DVD Label) announced 5 Mario Bava Titles:

1) The Whip and the Body 1.85:1 new anamorphic italian transfer
2) Baron Blood 1.85:1 new anamorphic italian transfer
3) I Coltelli del vendicatore a.k.a Bladestorm 2.35:1 anamorphic american transfer
4) Black Sunday 1.66:1 new anamorphic italian transfer
5) Blood and Black Lace same transfer as used on the limited german edition which is now oop

All films will be uncut.
All films except Blood and Black Lace (only german) will feature englisch, italian and german soundtracks.

Extras:
Audiocommentarys on some DVD by Bava Expert Tim Lucas
Rest to be announced

Release Dates:
The Whip and the Body 29th September 2005
I Coltelli del vendicatore a.k.a Bladestorm 29th September 2005
Blood and Black Lace 29th September 2005

The other two will be released end october

Very good news :p

Best Regards
Ben

[Crystal Plumage]

Welcome Ben!!!!!
This is great news!
Thanks!

[Crystal Plumage]

Hey,wasn't Anchor Bay supposed to release some Bava's?Or AB UK?

[ben1981]

Hi.
Thank you for the warm welcome.

Here's the link to E-M-S :
http://www.e-m-s.de/preview_handel.asp

Best regards

[hellraiser40]

http://www.paradiso.be/index.php?st=retail&label=greencow&when=upcoming

this is a Belgian company which will be releasing Bava-titles january 2006

[Crystal Plumage]

http://www.paradiso.be/index.php?st=retail&label=greencow&when=upcoming

this is a Belgian company which will be releasing Bava-titles january 2006
Thanks,that looks extremely good.The Paradiso releases are always very cheap and easy to obtain (Freerecordshop!)

[Crystal Plumage]

Welcome to you too hellraiser40!;)

[dwatts]

I thought Tartan in R2 were putting them out in the UK. Not sure if this is still happening or not, but if the masters are ready one suspects they're being shopped around....

[hellraiser40]

Thanks,that looks extremely good.The Paradiso releases are always very cheap and easy to obtain (Freerecordshop!)

to be more precise, it's the Green Cow label (like Shriek Show) that's releasing them. I was always jealous how other countries had cult labels (even Holland had Japan Shock and , sometimes, A-Film) but these peopel know how to do it. They have already released Hammer Horrors and some MGM-titles (like Kingdom Of The Spiders, Haunted Palace, Empire Of The Ants and The Premature Burial) and it's rumoured that they will also be releasing a lot of Godzilla-movies. Let's hope they continue with this! :D

[darklight]

When they going to re-release, Kill, Baby Kill? The R1 release print was pretty crap, so I here...

[Crystal Plumage]

Whip and the Body @ Xploited:
http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/dvds.asp?title=5636

[Crystal Plumage]

Also a comparison between the VCI disc and this new one by EMS:
http://www.senseofview.de/showreview.php?id=376&show=compare&page=1&file=daemon_jungfrau

Most German reviews aren't really convincing but the difference between the two versions is obvious.

[Jimbo]

Man,That looks so much better.Will have to jump on this one.

[Crystal Plumage]

Pretty much broke at the moment (damn babies are expensive ;)) but I'll keep an eye on this one.

[Jimbo]

Pretty much broke at the moment (damn babies are expensive ;)) but I'll keep an eye on this one.
Indeed they are my friend.And they dont get any cheeper in their teen years ;)

[Andrew]

I just finally watched BARON BLOOD, after having it sit on my desk for over six months, and in doing so I have come to decide that this film progresses quite unevenly. The first half I found to be almost unbearably slow--snailing along at some pace perhaps deemed "plodding" in 1809--but it picks up towards the end. Bava's camera is shakey, sometimes even unsure, but in the final thirty minutes he unveils some nice tricks. For instance, I love the crucial game of Zoom Wars between little Nicoletta Elmi and the Baron's castle. The "early" split-screen shot with the medium's experience and vision also stands out. The film ended up being, to me, a formal exercise from Bava and his crew. The wagon-wheeled dollies, exaggerated zooms, and nearly-expressionistic lighting (e.g., Fraulein's run from the Baron through the city) make for a nice little presentation, especially when added to such wonderful nuggets of dialogue, like, "Come on, let's go wash up first, then you can go out and play in the garden." Ohh yeah, let's definitely be clean for a romp around in the dirt where plants are growing. Good idea.

In the end I find myself mildly impressed by BARON BLOOD, and yet not wholly fulfilled. The story is certainly not very original or compelling, but the visual flair with which the film is presented makes the latter portion an engaging watch. And a leggy Elke Sommer surely doesn't hurt the situation.

But yes, Image's R1 DVD surely could use some decent competition. The film is covered in grain/artifacts (?) and the audio is quiet in the background--I had to turn it way up just to hear the tinny, reverberated dialogue. Not too bad, but it absolutely leaves room for improvement.

[Crystal Plumage]

Here's the first screencaps from Green Cow's Bay of Blood.I don't know if it's better or worse than the Image release though:
http://www.cinema-extreme.com/wforum/viewtopic.php?p=34850#34850

Apparently the audio is about the same as Image's release.Could well be they used that one as source.I hope I can find it cheap.