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(aka "The She Beast" or "She Beast" or "La Sorella di Satana" or "Satan's Sister" or "Sister of Satan")
Directed by Michael Reeves
UK /
Italy 1966
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A tale of demonic reincarnation reminiscent of Mario Bava's Black Sunday, Revenge of the Blood Beast (Il lago di Satana, aka The She Beast) stars Barbara Steele as Veronica, a British tourist who is stranded in a remote village with her husband Philip (Ian Ogilvy) while honeymooning in Transylvania. They meet a descendent of legendary vampire-hunter Count von Helsing (John Karlsen), who reveals that the town is haunted by a satanic curse. A mysterious car accident plunges Veronica into a nearby lake, but when her body is removed, it resembles that of the legendary Witch of the Lake. Reawakened from her slumber, the blister-faced hag, armed with sickle and claws, rises from the makeshift morgue and unleashes her vengeance upon the descendants of those who executed her, centuries earlier. While the bumbling Soviet authorities stumble over themselves to solve the murders, Philip join forces with von Helsing to capture the witch and put an end to the dreadful curse. Director Michael Reeves (Witchfinder General) mixes gruesome thrills with dark comedy (courtesy of character actor Mel Welles as a devious hotel owner), to make Revenge of the Blood Beast an especially playful entry in the Euro Horror genre. *** While honeymooning near a village in Transylvania, Philip and Veronica, a young English couple, have an accident which plunges their car into a lake. Veronica is rescued, but she has been possessed by the spirit of Vardella, a witch who was impaled on a stake and dropped into the lake 200 years before. Count von Helsing explains to the distraught Philip that the only way to get his wife back is to exorcise the vengeful witch. Although Vardella escapes and rampages through the village, she is eventually captured, exorcised, and thrown back into the lake. After her death Veronica reappears, apparently unaware of the terrible experience. Excerpt from TCM located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: May 2nd, 1966
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Re-issued on Blu-ray in the UK by Raro in July 2024:
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| Distribution | Raro - Region FREE - Blu-ray | |
| Runtime | 1:19:06.742 | |
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2.35 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 16,773,390,927 bytesFeature: 13,809,881,088 bytes Video Bitrate: 19.96 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 2048 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2048 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit / DN -4dB) |
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Release Information: Studio: Raro
2.35 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 16,773,390,927 bytesFeature: 13,809,881,088 bytes Video Bitrate: 19.96 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
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• A Bloody Journey to Italy - interview with Barbara Steele (28:31)
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
After watching Reeves'
The Sorcerers Blu-ray and seeing
the excellent feature-length documentary, The Magnificent Obsession of
Michael Reeves, on the director (who died far too young at 25) included
in the package, I decided to watch another of his films since I had already
keen on
Witchfinder General.
Raro are a problematic disc producer - very
inconsistent.
Revenge of the Blood
Beast
is on a single-layered disc with a low bitrate, but
the image is not extensively flawed and seems to be a healthy improvement
over SD if lacking many of the attributes of 1080P that we see from other,
more robust, transfers. It can be a shade waxy and may have a compression
artifact or two, but nothing intrusive onto the presentation. The HD image
is not great nut not bad, and does show the over-indulgent effects make-up
of the 'Beast' thank to the higher resolution.
On their
Blu-ray,
Raro use a DTS-HD Master track (24-bit) in the English language. It is
another advancement in the film's audio and score by Paul Ferris (The Sorcerers,
The
Blood Beast Terror,
Witchfinder General), although it was exported at a low volume
for some reason. Raro offer no subtitles on their
Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Raro
Blu-ray has
a 1/2 hour audio interview with Barbara Steele shown with many
delightful photos of the actress as she related working with Elvis to
Fellini. She's so cool. There is also an 8-page liner notes booklet
included in the package with two pictures and an essay by 'Nocturne'.
There was a commentary on a previous DVD, but it was not added here.
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