NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (September 2021): Kino have transferred Herschel Daugherty's The Victim to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "Brand New 2K Master". It looks authentic to the source and production - which has some inconsistencies. It appears to be weaknesses in the filming, editing rather than the fault of the 1080P transfer with a high bitrate. Generally it looks solid with a few very impressive sequences (close-ups.)  

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On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (16-bit) in the original English language. The Victim has a persistent rain storm throughout, a sequence with a car but overall is fairly modest in terms of depth. The score is by Gil Melle (The Andromeda Strain, The Deliberate Stranger, Frankenstein: The True Story, 7 episodes of Kolchak the Night Stalker, Colossus: The Forbin Project, You'll Like My Mother, The Sentinel and The Organization), sounding occasionally ominous and atmospheric supporting the rising tension and mystery. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray offers a new commentary by film historian Amanda Reyes (author of Are You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999.)  She talks a lot about Elizabeth Montgomery, Eileen Heckart (Burnt Offerings), Sue Ane Langdon (some may remember her from 3 appearances in Perry Mason), George Maharis (Route 66) and the McNight Malmar short story, the location (Carmel, Monterrey CA), Hitchcock connections, the shooting schedule and much more. She talks a mile a minute and covers a lot of ground. There is a slipcase with appealing new artwork.   

The Victim has appeal with icon Elizabeth Montgomery - the daughter of Robert Montgomery (Ride the Pink Horse.) She has huge nostalgic appeal from her exposure in TV’s Bewitched. Millions of young men had a crush on her including myself. She was remarkably attractive and talented. The Victim is reminiscent of other TV genre-crossovers with female leads; Night Terror with Valerie Harper, Dying Room Only with Cloris Leachman etc. and it uses atmospheric tropes like being alone in a potentially haunted house with a heavy rain storm and a hidden murder that only we are privy to throughout most of the running time. It's short but entertaining. The the Kino Blu-ray has the Elizabeth Montgomery TV film in 1080P and a data-filled commentary. Plenty of fans will enjoy the nostalgic trip back almost 50-years - certainly appropriate as the opening of a rainy Friday night Double Bill.

Gary Tooze