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Black Edition | Smile Before Death / The Killer Reserved Nine Seats / The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive
Arrow | 1972-1974 | 3 Movies | 295 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2022

Giallo Essentials (Blu-ray Movie)

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Reviewer3.5 of 53.5
Overall3.5 of 53.5

Overview

Giallo Essentials (1972-1974)

Foreign100%
Horror95%
Mystery35%
Thriller14%
Erotic12%
Surreal5%
Psychological thriller5%
Crime1%

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
    Video resolution: 1080p
    Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
    Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

  • Audio

    See individual releases

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Three-disc set (3 BDs)

  • Packaging

    Slipcover in original pressing

  • Playback

    Region A, B (locked)

Review

Rating summary

Movie3.5 of 53.5
Video4.0 of 54.0
Audio3.5 of 53.5
Extras4.0 of 54.0
Overall3.5 of 53.5

Giallo Essentials Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman August 27, 2022

Some curmudgeons may want to quibble with the term "essentials", but Arrow is continuing its relatively recent tradition of offering three gialli collected together in a specially "colored" slipbox, so that this Black Edition joins the previously released Giallo Essentials (Red Edition), which included The Possessed, The Fifth Cord and The Pyjama Girl Case, and Giallo Essentials (Yellow Edition), which included What Have They Done to Your Daughters?, Torso and Strip Nude for Your Killer. While probably none of the six previously released or the three currently released (so far) films that Arrow has been offering with this kind of branding would probably jump to the top of anyone's list of "must see" gialli, they all have considerable style and often intriguing elements that make them interesting in their own ways. As usual, Arrow combines some nice packaging along with a copious supply of supplements to help sweeten the pot.


For reviews of the three films in this set, please click on the following links:

Smile Before Death Blu-ray review

The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive Blu-ray review

The Killer Reserved Nine Seats Blu-ray review


Giallo Essentials Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.0 of 5

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.


Giallo Essentials Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  3.5 of 5

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.


Giallo Essentials Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  4.0 of 5

Supplements on each disc are detailed in the above linked reviews. Additionally, this is packaged to fit in with the two other sets in this series, with the same kind of die cut slip cover and illustrated slipbox.


Giallo Essentials Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  3.5 of 5

None of the "essentials" aggregated thus far may in fact qualify as such, but this is another agreeable assortment of lesser known gialli that are being offered with generally secure technical merits and some very appealing supplements. Recommended.