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Region 0 - NTSC

1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio
Average Bitrate: 5.24 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.

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen - 1.33:1

Edition Details:
• Audio commentary by Keith J. Crocker, George Reis, and Paul Richini
• THE BLOODY APE trailer (4:3; 0:55)
• BLITZKRIEG - STALAG 69 trailer (4:3; 0:59)
• GRINDHOUSE GORILLA - the Making of THE BLOODY APE (4:3; 23:07)
• ONE GRAVE TOO MANY short film (4:3; 6:13)
• Exploitation Journal Cover Gallery
• Pressbook
• Original VHS Cover
• Lobby Cards
• Stills Gallery
• Miscellaneous Art Gallery

DVD Release Date: February 3rd, 2009
Amaray

Chapters 6

Derived from a tape master, the transfer looks and sounds as good as the original Super 8mm shooting (apart from a 16mm sequence discussed below that has better grain) with the addition of interlacing caused by the hard telecine of the original transfer to video for editing (the film fares better on interlaced television monitors). For some reason, the scene selection menu lists 30 chapters on a screen of 6 thumbnails numbered 1-5, 6-10, and so on but there are only 6 chapters.

The filmmakers provide a rowdy commentary that touches upon everything from the makeshift sets, multiple roles filled by Reis (who now runs the cult film site DVD Drive-in), the sleazy reputation of a motel location, the movie homages as well as the outright ripoffs (including an infamous one from the bigfoot pic NIGHT OF THE DEMON and some library music including the main titles cue also heard in the trailer for CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS). They also reveal that the shower scene looks better because it was actually shot in 16mm as a promo for the film when it was to be called BIGFOOT ON CAMPUS (and is integrated into the film by having the intended victim tell the girl in the shower (offscreen) to go ahead and use the banana shampoo she received as a gift. A making of featurette rehashes some facts from the commentary but also adds some other input. The BLOODY APE trailer is the aforementioned 16mm promo shower attack scene. A B&W short film ONE GRAVE TOO MANY (produced by Joseph Parda, now an independent horror film writer/director in his own right) about a pair of Burke and Hare-type grave robbers is also included as well as a trailer for BLITZKRIEG, Crocker's homage to American and Italian Nazisploitation films as well as several still galleries of promotional materials for THE BLOODY APE (including the VHS release on Crocker's own Cinefear label from the days of grey market VHS). Extras are pretty comprehensive and I doubt some competing company from another country will unearth a new transfer (the Super 8mm reversal may now look worse than a tape master).

 - Eric Cotenas

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