Deimos

Region 0 - NTSC

1.80:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 5.53 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

1.81:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 5.7 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

1.83:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 8.39 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.

Divisa

Deimos (Export Version with Spanish Scenes)

Deimos (US Edit)

Anchor Bay Entertainment

English (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono)

English (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono)

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.80:1

Edition Details:
• WEREWOLF VS THE VAMPIRE WOMAN (US edit; 1:22:45 - see caps)
• Still Gallery (5:44)

DVD Release Date: 10 June 2008
Amaray

Chapters 16
 

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.81:1

Edition Details:

 

Chapters 15

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.83:1

Edition Details:
• Interview with the Werewolf - A Conversation with Paul Naschy (14:50)
• Export Theatrical Trailer (3:10)
• TV Spot (4:3; 1:01)
• Paul Naschy Poster Gallery
• Paul Naschy Biography

 

Chapters 25

Although reportedly mastered in high definition, WEREWOLF SHADOW has arrived on standard definition DVD from BCI via conversion from a PAL down-conversion. Although single-layered (two single-layered transfer on one side of a dual-layered disc), the image is somewhat brighter and sharper than the OOP Anchor Bay transfer (a dual-layered release at the correct NTSC speed from Atlas International's integral cut of the film featuring two dialogue scenes from the censored Spanish language version). There are also some strange motion problems in the opening minutes where things seem intermittently sped up (note the opening panning shot which is far smoother in the Anchor Bay print). The main bonus feature is an anamorphic transfer of what is supposed to be the US theatrical edit THE WEREWOLF VS THE VAMPIRE WOMAN which opens with the appropriate now-defunct distributor logos and is in scratchier condition but the main title music is completely missing from the US credits sequence and the rest of the print turns out to be a patchwork of the US print and an older print of the export version (note the export end titles in place of the ones for the US release). Aspect ratio varies on the US edit as the hard matte dips in and out of the top and bottom of the frame. The US release (and this version of it) features a covered take (capture 3) of the altar scene but the other versions represent Atlas' integral cut from which other versions would have been edited and thus features both the covered and uncovered version of the altar scene shown in succession. A stills gallery rounds out the extras.

The Anchor Bay disc not only included a 15 minute interview with Paul Naschy but also the film's export trailer for WEREWOLF SHADOW and a TV spot for WEREWOLF VS THE VAMPIRE WOMAN. The Spanish disc is non-anamorphic widescreen but boasts different color timing than the other transfers (the US print bears the most strongest resemblance to it). The Spanish language track (in mono and bumped up 5.1) is the same as on the BCI disc with the superior music choices (second only to the choices made by the US distributors with music from Synchronfilm whose music choices also appear in the Jess Franco's VENUS IN FURS which also was post-produced in the US). All available versions on DVD replace the opening credits music with Anton Garcia Abril's loungy end-credits theme (videocassettes of the WEREWOLF SHADOW version used Abril's siren call theme - which appears later in the film and in his score for Armando de Ossorio's NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS - over the opening credits). The BCI disc with PAL speedup runs slightly longer than the Spanish disc due to the Atlas International logo.

 - Eric Cotenas