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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
(aka "The Living Dead Girl" )
directed by Jean Rollin
France 1982
An earth tremor causes the spill of toxic waste being stored in a family crypt. This awakens young Catherine Valmont (Françoise Blanchard) with an insatiable bloodlust. Her childhood friend Helene (Marina Pierro of Borowczyk's LOVE RITES and THREE IMMORAL WOMEN), feeling guilty for not keeping her vow to follow her friend in death, scours the village for suitable victims for her pitiable friend. Meanwhile, an American photographer (Carina Barone) finds out the girl she photographed walking through a field has been dead nearly a year and, along with her boyfriend (Mike Marshall), stumble upon Helene's activities. This alternately elegant and grisly horror film was reportedly the inspiration for Rob Zombie's song "Living Dead Girl." With the help of France's now-prominent make-up effects artist Benoit LeStang, Rollin ups the gore over the erotic content (as with GRAPES OF DEATH) though his poetic sense remains, anchored by the performances of Blanchard and Pierro with a genuinely tragic ending. |
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Comparison:
Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Encore Entertainment - Region 0 - PAL vs. Redemption - Region FREE - Blu-ray
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for all the DVD Screen Caps!
1) Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC - LEFT 2) Encore Entertainment (3 disc edition) - Region 0 - PAL - MIDDLE 3) Redemption - Region FREE - Blu-ray - RIGHT |
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Image Entertainment Region 0 - NTSC |
Encore Entertainment Region 0 - PAL |
Redemption USA Region FREE - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 1:29:42 | 1:26:12 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:29:42 |
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1.64:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 45,597,434,020 bytes Feature: 22,413,256,091 bytes Video Bitrate: 25.93 Mbps Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | French (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono) |
French/English (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono); German (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono) |
LPCM Audio French 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit |
Subtitles | English, none | English, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, none | English, none |
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Release Information: Studio: Image Entertainment Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
Chapters 16 |
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Edition Details:
DVD Release Date: 30 November
2005 Chapters 8 |
Release Information: Studio: Redemption Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 45,597,434,020 bytes Feature: 22,413,256,091 bytes Video Bitrate: 25.93 Mbps
Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Edition Details: • Introduction by Jean Rollin (1:22) Featurettes: • Jean-Pierre Bouyxou Comments (7:00) • The American Version (6:57) • Music by Phillipe D'Aram (8:22) • An Homage to Benoit Lestang (11:57)
• Jean Rollin at
Fantasia (36:23) • 10 trailers
• 12-page booklet 'The Cinema of
Jean Rollin's
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Release Date: August 28th, 2012 Chapters 10 |
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NOTE: These Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.
ADDITION: Redemption - Region FREE - Blu-ray (August 12'): Each image gets a shade darker as we go down the list. In fact the 1080P may be somewhat muted. The Blu-ray colors are probably the most true - it is 1.78:1 - and the visuals look more film-like to my eye. Audio is lossless - with optional English subs. Supplements have plenty of Rollin interviews etc. but don't quite reach the level of the Encore DVD. Fans of the genre should be pleased - it gives a dual-layered, decent 1080P, solid bitrate presentation with some interesting extras. Typical Rollin stuff from what I have seen of his past work but this is a little more approachable for the average horror aficionado. - Gary Tooze ***
ON THE DVDs: While Encore's RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE (comparison HERE) was stretched from 1.66:1 to 1.78:1 for anamorphic enhancement compared to the non-anamorphic 1.66:1 Image DVD, Encore's anamorphic disc of LA MORTE VIVANTE has the same vertical framing as the Image DVD but reveals more information on the sides with no stretching. It should be mentioned that Image's initial Redemption transfers were correctly converted to NTSC and thus exhibit none of the PAL speedup and conversion artifacts of their later Redemption titles. Encore's DVD also favors a warmer look than the Image DVD which darkens the blood but does not always look accurate for night exteriors (see capture 7).
The Encore disc also includes the German soundtrack which features an alternate music score. Extras are also in Encore's favor with an introduction and selected scenes commentary by actress François Blanchard and lengthy interviews with the still gorgeous Blanchard, Rollin, composer Philippe D'Aram, and actor/crew member Jean-Pierre Bouyxou (the victim in capture 2). Also included on a third disc is the soundtrack CD. It runs a scant 15 minutes and 45 seconds so it is unfortunate that some of D'Aram's other Rollin scores were not included. As with RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE, the 64 page booklet is almost worth the price of the set alone with many rare production photographs and a lengthy essay by Rollin. |
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