5.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A mentally deranged young woman starts hallucinating, gets involved in lesbianism and murder.
Starring: Michael Gaunt, Jake Teague, Jennifer Jordan (VIII), Marlene Willoughby, Robert KermanHorror | 100% |
Erotic | 49% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
BDInfo
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Region free
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
1977’s “A Woman’s Torment” is an adult movie made by a writer/director who simply didn’t care to add any eroticism to the effort. Roberta Findlay has different ideas for this horror/sex picture, and I’m not sure any of them are translated to film properly, with the helmer striving to create a cold- blooded feature that’s covered in blood and other bodily fluids, making strange points about sexual anxiety and resentment while teasing titillating visuals. “A Woman’s Torment” is an odd endeavor, caught somewhere between a need to thrill and repulse, resulting in exploitation that’s interesting to analyze but difficult to endure.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation of "A Woman's Torment" is "Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the 35mm negative." It's a very filmic and inviting viewing experience, leading with compelling detail, which inspects island locations, household interiors, and body parts, offering impressive clarity throughout. Colors are tastefully refreshed, offering pleasant greenery with locations, while costuming and period decoration also registers vividly. Ample skintones come through as intended. Delineation is strong, preserving frame information, and heavy grain is treated with care. Source has some wear and tear, but holds together nicely. Mild judder is detected.
The 1.0 DTS-HD MA sound mix is simple but successful, leading with satisfactory dialogue exchanges. While there are a few muffled passages, emotional surges are contained, never slipping into distortive extremes. Scoring is consistent, with adequate instrumentation and placement, never disturbing the performances. Atmospherics are basic but effective.
"A Woman's Torment" doesn't know what it wants to be, and production limitations are obvious, finding Findlay fighting to put together scenes, stretching to make something perhaps meditative passably chilling. It doesn't work, but the material is certainly open for inspection, detailing unfulfilling marital roles and casually destructive misogyny. I'm not sure even Findlay has a clear idea what she wants to do with the movie, but she keeps rolling along, moving from a domestic drama to a serial killer chiller with a "Tales from the Crypt"-style ending.
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