NoShame Films

Region 0 - NTSC

2.27:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced 
Average Bitrate: 7.18 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

NoShame Films

Arrow Video Blu-ray

 LPCM Audio Italian 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit
LPCM Audio English 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit
Commentary:

Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.27:1

Edition Details:
• Creepy Crawl: The Scorpion's Shadow featurette (24:10)
• Original Italian Theatrical Trailer (2:27)
• Poster & Still Gallery (0:55)
• Collectible Booklet with liner notes and talent bios

DVD Release Date: May 31st, 2005
Keep Case

Chapters 12

Disc Size: 49,538,194,681 bytes
Feature Size: 31,589,354,304 bytes
Average Bitrate: 37.13 Mbps
Dual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Videos

Edition Details:
• Audio commentary with writer Ernesto Gastaldi, moderated by filmmaker Federico Caddeo (in Italian with English subtitles)
• New interview with star George Hilton (20:57)
• New interview with director Sergio Martino (47:10)
• New analysis Sergio Martino's films by Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film (20:06)
• New video essay by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films (15:35)
• Theatrical trailer (2:31)

Image Gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Rachael Nisbet and Howard Hughes, and a biography of star Anita Strindberg by Peter Jilmstad
 

Blu-ray Release Date: July 16th-17th, 2018

Transparent Blu-ray case

Audio offers the option of original Italian or an English DUB - both in, authentic,  linear PCM mono tracks. Effects are hollow with weakness in the high-end but are true to the film's original flat audio. The score is by Bruno Nicolai (All the Colours of the Dark, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, Face to Face, The Perverse Countess, Torso, Ten Little Indians, Pasolini's Hawks and the Sparrows) which, totally suits to this Giallo with some nice flavor augmenting the style and jet-set atmosphere. There are optional English subtitles for the Italian, English (SDH) for the English DUB and subtitles for the Italian language commentary from Ernesto Gastaldi. The Blu-ray package is region FREE available on both sides of the Atlantic.

Arrow stack the supplements starting with an Italian language audio commentary with writer Ernesto Gastaldi, moderated by filmmaker Federico Caddeo offered with English subtitles. It has a few keener insights on the story and even the production aspects. I thought it was quite informative. There are also new interviews 21-minutes with star George Hilton, almost 50-minutes with director Sergio Martino who is always interesting. I enjoyed the new 20-minutes analysis of Sergio Martino's films by Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film and another strong visual essay by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films that runs 1/4 hour. Lastly we get a theatrical trailer and image gallery of lobby cards of the film. The package has a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon and for the first pressing there is an illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Rachael Nisbet and Howard Hughes, and a biography of star Anita Strindberg by Peter Jilmstad.

This is a super Giallo that makes me fall in love with the genre all over again. Great murder story, Strindberg and Hilton are excellent. I loved the ending and the image crispness really brings the film home. You can't ask for much more and it probably has the best cover of the year! This exceptional Blu-ray has our highest recommendation!

 - Gary Tooze