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ADDITION: Indicator Blu-ray (February 2022): Indicator have transferred Kostas Karagiannis' The Devil's Men to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "new 2K restoration from the original negative". There are two presentations of the film: The Devil’s Men (94 minute,) the original cut; and Land of the Minotaur (86 minute), the shorter US theatrical version. These are seamlessly branched and the quality is the same for both cuts - on a dual-layered disc with a max'ed out bitrate. It looks quite pleasing, clean and a huge leap beyond the DVDs, compared HERE. There is strong detail in close-ups, realistic colors with depth and the 1080P image is consistent throughout.

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On their Blu-ray, Indicator use a DTS-HD Master 1.0 channel mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. The Devil's Men has aggressive moments; some violence (murder), screams, and the ritual sequences that come through authentically flat with minor depth. There is an intriguingly pulsating score by Brian Eno (who contributed to Y Tu Mama Tambien, Trainspotting, Dune, Love, No Telling, The Lovely Bones Velvet Goldmine,  Antonioni's Beyond the Clouds, Derek Jarman's Blue. Jubilee), sounding unique and eerily supportive via the lossless transfer. Indicator offer optional English (SDH) subtitles on their Region FREE Blu-ray.

The Indicator Blu-ray offers a new commentary by David Flint (author of Sheer Filth!: Bizarre Cinema, Weird Literature, Strange Music, Extreme Art) and Adrian J. Smith (Movies and Mania). They are pretty good discussing the cast, related films and the Greek-based production features. It does seem like a relatively easy vacation for Cushing and Pleasence with the latter, surprisingly, being paid more. You can also access a 1.5-hour John Player Lecture with Peter Cushing that fans will appreciate. He is honest, classy and always a delight. This Life and the Next is new and spends 8-minutes with producer Frixos Constantine who reflects on working with great actors and making the film. Indicator include the full-length Super 8 version of The Devil's Men as a novelty. There are trailers and a TV Spot for Land of the Minotaur and their usual interesting image gallery of promotional and publicity material. The package does have a limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet featuring a new essay by Andrew Graves, an archival interview with star Donald Pleasence, extracts from original promotional materials, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits.

Kostas Karagiannis's The Devil's Men is kind of a dud but in the hands of Indicator there is more here to be keen on with the commentary and other supplements. Donald Pleasence as a priest does remind me of John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness. He suits the role and, while I don't usually like Cushing as a dark villain, there is some appeal in that area as well in this Satanic, occult, 70's horror.  Cheese/schmaltz but the leads can carry it for enough interest. Let's not forget the gals; Vanna Reville (as Gelsomina), Anna Matzourani and the ample Luan Peters (Lust for a Vampire.) There is enough interest to indulge again. The Indicator Blu-ray is at their usual impeccably high standards. As complete a package as anyone could want. Recommended!

Gary Tooze