NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Arrow Blu-ray (April 2021): Arrow have transferred Jack Hill's Switchblade Sisters to Blu-ray. It is on a dual-layered disc with a max'ed out bitrate. It's getting hard to think of new superlatives for Arrow's 1080P transfers. They are the most consistently adept of all Blu-ray production companies. This is another example of a beautiful, textured image, no over-embellishment of the colors that carry natural depth, contrast is sublime... it looks very film-like, clean with occasional depth. I can't imagine it looking any more authentic in this format. A wonderful HD presentation on my system.

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On their Blu-ray, Arrow use a linear PCM 1.0 channel mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. The aggression is passive and there is a score credited to Medusa (their only credit) and, Roger Corman regular, Les Baxter (How To Stuff a Wild Bikini, The Man With the X-Ray Eyes,  The Comedy of Terrors, Panic in the Year Zero, The Beast Within, US version of Baron Blood) sounding supportive and authentically flat carrying subtle depth. Like the video this is, likewise impressive - via the lossless transfer. Arrow offer optional English subtitles on their Region FREE Blu-ray.

The Arrow Blu-ray offers a new commentary by historians / critics Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger. Like their wonderful commentary on Queen of Evil, they are appreciative and passionate about the film - sharing how it so positively effected them as they were young budding cinephiles, the empowerment of women, a bit on the Shakespearean link (Iago), the performances they loved, the uniqueness of the film in the exploitation genre, extolling Jack Hill, some discussion of Corman and much much more. They joy of the film definitely transfers to the listener. Great job ladies - what a pleasure. We Are The Jezebels is a 40-minute an archival documentary featuring director Jack Hill, producer John Prizer, casting director Geno Havans, production designer B.B. Neel, stunt coordinator Bob Minor, and stars Joanne Nail, Asher Brauner, and Chase Newhart discussing the film production, details of making Switchblade Sisters and their initial impressions at that time. Gangland: The locations of Switchblade Sisters is a 7-minute archival documentary in which Jack Hill and filmmaker Elijah Drenner revisit the shooting locations of Switchblade Sisters commenting on the scenes and what has changed. There is footage of an archival interview at the 2007 Grindhouse Film Festival with Jack Hill and Joanne Nail running almost 10-minutes. We also get interviews with Jack Hill, Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail from the 1990s interview with the director and stars in conversation with Johnny Legend. There are extensive galleries of behind the scenes stills, international posters, video covers, and lobby cards and a theatrical trailer. The package offers a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil (see below) and for the first pressing there is an illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Heather Drain.     

Jack Hill's Switchblade Sisters is a quintessential classic of the exploitation genre. A decently made film with some sub-themes, good dialogue and a supremely attractive premise. There is a lot here to enjoy from the beautiful a/v transfer, the pairing of the Deighan / Ellinger commentary, documentary, interviews and delightful cover(s). Fans of this niche of films will be very pleased with this exceptional Arrow Blu-ray package. We wish all films were as completely and competently put to this home video format. A very strong recommendation!

Gary Tooze