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

ADDITION: Severin Blu-ray (September 2021): Following their own fabulous Complete Lenzi / Baker Giallo Blu-ray Collection from 2020 with Orgasmo, So Sweet... So Perverse, A Quiet Place to Kill, and Knife of Ice - Severin add a new (2021) Blu-ray - Giallo-esque Carroll Baker title "The Fourth Victim", directed by Eugenio Martín, to their wonderful niche Indie label.

The Fourth Victim is cited as "scanned in 2K from the original negative". Not without its minor source flaws and inconsistencies the HD image is quite pleasing. At times fairly flat but handling the film's shadows very well. Colors are passive with minor fading and detail wavers but this would be a function of the source or original production - not the adept dual-layered transfer with a max'ed out bitrate. There are appreciated textures and I was happy to just see the film in 1080P. No fatal complaints here.

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On their Blu-ray, Severin use DTS-HD Master dual-mono tracks (24-bit) in both English and Italian options. It sounds strong in exporting the film's limited effects (no gunfire) although I only watched completely in the English track. The Fourth Victim has very few aggressive moments with a supportive, and occasionally dramatic, score by Piero Umiliani (Roy Colt and Winchester Jack, Baba Yaga, Bava's Five Dolls for an August Moon.) accentuating the suspense and mystery elements via the lossless transfer. Dialogue sync is imperfect but consistently audible. Severin offer optional English (SDH) subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Severin Blu-ray offers a no commentary although would have loved a Troy Howarth or the like. What we get is a 1/4 hour interview with Eugenio Martín Biographer Carlos Aguilar; ''Eugenio Martín, An Auteur For All Genres''. It is in Spanish discussing Martin's genre work as both director and assistant director. There is also a short deleted scene with a lawyer and distracted secretary (in Italian with optional English subtitles) and a theatrical trailer. 

Eugenio Martín's The Fourth Victim is another of Carroll Baker's Italian 70's thrillers flirting in the Giallo discussion with many desirable genre conventions. It is rarely seen and not part of the conversation with murder in the offing but minimal Baker cheesecake or graphic content. It has desirable inventive camera usage (peeking through stair railings, writing on windows, sunglass reflections etc.) higher on mystery than psychological nail-biting. I enjoyed it being big on sexy Carroll Baker and pleased to see studly, dashing, Michael Craig of less-recognizable Mysterious Island fame. Euro-genre and Baker completists fans will want to indulge in the Severin Blu-ray. There is certainly value here for those who can't get enough Giallo.

Gary Tooze