Voci dal profondo aka Voices from Beyond 7/10
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maryjeanand9others — 18 years ago(March 21, 2008 12:10 PM)
Thanks for the reply. I saw House by the Cemetery years ago and remember hating it and so I've been very surprised how great Fulci's films actually are.
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maryjeanand9others — 18 years ago(March 24, 2008 11:27 AM)
LOL! I can't tell you how great it is to have a serious discussion with people about film! Lynch and Kubrick are two of the geniuses of the medium. I just hate the fact that I'm going to have to buy the box set to get the new transfer of Full Metal Jacket. And, in my defense, I watched House by the Cemetery in an awful pan and scan version that was very poorly mastered. I think you know which company made it so I won't belabor the obvious. Here's a hintit sure as hell wasn't Blue Underground or Anchor Bayboth of these companies, along with Media Blasters/Shriek Show do a stunning job in their film transfers and extras. I hate paying $36 bucks on Amazon for the Anchor Bay edition of The Beyond, but I wouldn't watch it any other way, especially that awful Seven Doors of Death edition!
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maryjeanand9others — 18 years ago(March 25, 2008 02:28 PM)
Blue Underground, Anchor Bay and Shriek Show are three of the very best DVD companies that I have ever known. Their transfers are excellent, the extras are bountiful and the packaging is top notch. The only, and I mean ONLY, complaint I have is directed at Anchor Bay and it is because they too often let their titles fall out of print. Now, this could be due to licensing rights so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. But I badly wanted Argento's Tenebre and it was out of print and so I had to pay forty dollars for it on Amazon. But that is a minor complaint because these companies are incredible.
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stephen_chow79 — 18 years ago(March 25, 2008 06:43 PM)
They're re-releasing Tenebre and Phenomena on the 27th of May with new transfers
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http://www.dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=946217
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maryjeanand9others — 18 years ago(March 26, 2008 12:18 PM)
Thanks so much for the heads up! Tenebre is my favorite Argento film and I'm kicking myself for paying $40.00 for it when it's now coming out again. Oh wellI'm going to buy this new edition just because of the transfer!
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maryjeanand9others — 18 years ago(March 26, 2008 12:21 PM)
By the way, what are your favorite Ruggero Deodato films? I'm thinking about buying Cannibal Holocaust, Jungle Holocaust, House on the Edge of the Park ( I saw the preview for this on my Zombi 4: After Death disc and it is filled with gorgeous naked babes!), Cut and Run and Phantom of Death. Have you seen any of his films and what did you think?
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jayt_26 — 18 years ago(March 27, 2008 08:06 AM)
YES! I have been waiting forever to get Phenomenon - that's excellent news! I managed to get a great copy of Tenebre at a little shop in B'more, but the only copy I have of the other is Creepers, and I can't even watch it.
To maryjeanand9others - Deodato certainly has a way of getting underneath your skin. I haven't seen Jungle Holocaust but I've watched the other two. Intense! -
maryjeanand9others — 18 years ago(March 27, 2008 11:07 AM)
LOL! I never made that connection but that's pretty funny. Let's just say that Argento's Phenomena is a much better film and leave it at that. I'm definitely putting Deodato on my list to buy from Amazon based on your recommendation. I love to be creeped out and he seems like just the guy to do it!
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DrLenera — 18 years ago(March 27, 2008 11:41 AM)
Well I haven't seen them all and I'm not sure of the order but I'll give this a go. I don't think he's ever made a '9' or a '10' movie but he was a pretty good director,esp. of horror,in the 70s and 80s. Since then he's made a fair bit of crap though!
Nightmare Concert 3/10
Voices From Beyond 4/10
The Devil's Honey 6/10
Demonia 6/10
Rome Fighter Centurions 4/10
Murderock 4/10
Aenigma 5/10
Conquest 3/10
Manhattan Baby 7/10
The New York Ripper 7/10
House By The Cemetery 8/10
The Beyond 8/10
City Of The Living Dead 8/10
The Black Cat 5/10
The Smuggler 6/10
Zombie 7/10
The Psychic 6/10
Don't Torture A Duckling 7/10
A Lizard In a Woman's Skin 8/10
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jayt_26 — 18 years ago(October 02, 2007 12:13 PM)
I'll be honest; I can't say that I "enjoyed" Cannibal Holocaust or House By. . .it was more like the "Last House on the Left" experience, if you know what I mean. Pretty brutal. As a fan of the genre, I felt that I 'had' to give it a view! I did like the moral of Cannibal, so to speak. It made a good point. It'll stay with you for a bit, too.
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stephen_chow79 — 18 years ago(March 27, 2008 06:23 PM)
Yeah I didn't enjoy CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST either but it's probably the best of the cannibal genre. The only other Deodato i've seen is LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN which was alright, not too violent and not as good as other eurocrime films imo (like Fulci's CONTRABAND).
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maryjeanand9others — 18 years ago(March 28, 2008 02:04 PM)
I'm still going to give Ruggero a chance because, as Chop Top said in TCM2 ('music is my life!'), cannibal/zombie flicks are my life! Although I have to say that Geo De Rossi's zombies in Fulci's Zombi 2 are the best I've ever seen!
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EmilioLargo — 17 years ago(April 09, 2008 10:51 PM)
I can handle a lot (everything Fulci), but Cannibal Holocaust was just upsetting. Watch House on the Edge of the Park. It is a good film IF you just disregard the last two minutes of the film and pretend that tacked-on nonsense dialogue between captor and captive never happened - you will see what I am talking about and hopefully appreciate it more. In the behind the scenes commentary Hess admitted there was no acting in the sex scene!
Cut and Run is fun as well(the casting may pleasantly surprise you). Odd logic, totally bizarre, very Italian.
and Yes beware of bad copies. I watched edited (butchered) versions of New York Ripper, Slave of the Cannibal god, and House by the Cemetery and was totally clueless. -
maryjeanand9others — 17 years ago(April 10, 2008 10:28 AM)
I know what you mean. I watched the Diamond version of House by the Cemetery which was severely butchered and that may have been why I didn't like it. Thanks for the Deodato reviews. I think I'm going to hold off on him for a while. I finished my retrospectives of Fulci and Argento and next I'm going to start on my De Palma collection. The Italian Hitchcock and the American Hitch! Classic stuff. My favorite Fulci is Zombi 2 and my favorite Argento is Tenebre. But I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked Dario's Phantom of the Opera and Sleepless. The man still has his touch! I have high hopes for The Third Mother.
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spope2 — 17 years ago(May 20, 2008 09:22 AM)
Of the one's I've seen, my ratings are:
Squartatore di New York, Lo (1982)aka The New York Ripper 7/10
The House by the Cemetery (USA) 7.5/10
The Beyond 8/10
City of the Living Dead 6/10
Zombi 2 7/10
Four of the Apocalypse 8.5/10 (I'm biased cos of the beautiful Lynne Frederick!)
Don't Torture a Duckling 9/10
Beatrice Cenci (1969) 10/10