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

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (December 2023): Kino Cult have transferred Jesús Franco's Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac to Blu-ray. This is the fourth edition of Kino's new sub-label described as "Kino Cult is a deep dive into unapologetically weird genre cinema, blending recent arthouse discoveries with hundreds of outrageous midnight movies and grindhouse classics. These classics have been amazingly restored and have NEVER looked better!" The 1080P image quality has infrequent frame-specific damage (see sample below) and a few speckles. This 1080P has a few impressive close-ups and reasonably balanced colors, but is pale-ish and at the weaker end of the scale for the format's capabilities with softness inconsistencies - that may be a part of the original production. I liked the grain and I thought it was a decent HD presentation.  

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On their Blu-ray, Kino offer the option of DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel tracks (24-bit) in the original French or English DUB language choices. Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac has assaults but the violence is mostly masked. The score broadly credited Vladimir Cosma (Diva, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) and Jean-Bernard Raiteux (The Demons, Countess Perverse) sounding lounge-y at times but flows with the film's 'adult' sequences. The DUB is pretty weak, but acceptable enough so as not to bother changing to the original French. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray offers a new commentary by Tim Lucas (The Video Watchdog Book.) He identifies the small-part performers - other Franco films they have been in, the score being a conglomerate of different library tracks - which he names, and states that most of it can be found on YouTube. Tim references similar exploitation films, and titles, of the 70s, and as far back as the 30s. He identifies some of Franco's style, long takes, attempts to replicate his hero Orson Welles and more. It's amazing that Tim is able to fill so much of the film with Franco-content that relates to Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac. But he does and it is at his usual high standard. There are an hour's worth of three separate interview with actress Jacqueline Laurent (Rosa in Sinner), actress Anne Libert ('Countess Anna de Monterey' - Daughter of Dracula, The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein) and editor Gérard Kikoïne (Lorna… the Exorcist.) Lastly we get 1/2 hour of with Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents. There are no trailers nor liner notes. The package has an O-card slipcase. 

Jesús Franco churned out films at a hysterical pace and Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac probably sits somewhere in the middle, quality-wise. They are good things and 'slap-dash effort' features about the film. It has strong exploitation - nudity and sex acts that aren't always cohesive into the framework of the story. There are erotic and sleazy factors plus... tragedy. The extras are a big bonus from the Tim Lucas commentary, cast-crew interviews and Stephen Thrower video piece. This is a very good choice for Kino Cult's sub-label Blu-ray catalogue. For fans of the genre and Franco - it could be considered a must-own.

Gary Tooze