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

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (October 2022): Kino have transferred Joseph Pevney's Made-For-Television movie Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "Brand New 2K Master". It looks reasonably crisp with bright colors (shot in O'ahu, Hawaii) and depth except for about a 20-minute gap (50-minutes to 1 hour 10-minutes) where the source looks less like film and more like video. For that period it softens and looks hazy (see samples below.) I don't have an explanation but I suspect those indulging might be of a more forgiving nature. However, it was readily notable on my system but possibly the only available source.  

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On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track (16-bit) in the original English language. Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women has aggressive sequences - guns (machine guns in the opening), planes, spears, screams - that come through with hollow depth. There is a score by William Loose (The Horrible House on the Hill, The Swinging Cheerleaders, The Big Bird Cage, The Naked City TV series) and Jack K. Tillar who notably composed the animated intermission jingle "Let's All Go to the Lobby" used in theatres in the late 50's and beyond. The track supports the, almost exclusively, outdoor shooting with intentionally, scattered dialogue. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray offers a new commentary by Amanda Reyes (author of Are You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999) and Kindertrauma co-founder Lance Vaughn. They discuss what genre the film belongs; partially having qualities of a male adventure, melodrama, exploitation, fantasy but they comment on an extremely graphic image at the end of the film that evokes a horror label. They talk about producer Alan Landsburg (Jaws 3-D, Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo, Ants!, Terror Out of the Sky etc.) and his other projects, the film's exposure on video and TV, timeslots etc. Amanda finds similarities in Planet Earth with some female-centric template with strong women characters (Wonder Woman-esque) in the story arcs. She is not stop filling Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women's running time with extraneous details always showing enthusiasm or Made-For-Television movies and shows. There are also 5 different TV spots although none for Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women.

Despite the ambitious and alluring title, Joseph Pevney's Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women doesn't fulfill as some may anticipate. The story is kinda cool; young girls survive a plane crash with one making authoritarian rule as they mature - taking orders from a divine spiritual guide known only as “Sister”. There are some comely lasses; Deborah Shelton (notable in De Palma's Body Double,) Jaime Lyn Bauer (TV and Soap Opera work,) Jayne Kennedy (1981's Body and Soul,) Kathryn Davis (her only other credit being The House Without Steps,) Rosalind Chao (Kung Fu, Bill Bixby's The Incredible Hulk), and Susie Coelho (The Six Million Dollar Man.) The guys include Clint Walker (The Night of the Grizzly) and "Rat Pack"er and the brother-in-law of US president JFK, Peter Lawford! One of the men state "It's strange. It's... it's like they're all children. You know... like they reached a certain age, and then they just stopped growing up. The names... Snow... Flower? It's like they were named by a child..." I expect the nostalgia value for this genre might include Elizabeth Montgomery's The Victim and Valerie Harper's Night Terror. Yes, TV movies from the 70's have a niche appeal. I get it and there are plenty I enjoy. The Kino Blu-ray shows the film in 1080P, with an optional commentary. Keep your expectations low and you may enjoy it.

Gary Tooze