Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		2.5

Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman April 1, 2019

Arrow Video continues to mine the world of cult cinema, offering releases that few fans would probably have ever even hoped would be coming out in high definition, in handsomely packaged editions that also offer some really interesting supplements. That commendable tradition on the part of Arrow continues with a new three disc set devoted to the little remembered (at least to mainstream film aficionados) Spanish director José Ramón Larraz, an exploitation auteur whose representation on Blu-ray has been arguably pretty spotty, but is at least there. Previous Blu-ray releases of Larraz's work include Symptoms, a film of Larraz’s which perhaps unexpectedly was screened at the Cannes Festival and evidently was in competition for the Palme d’Or that year. (A number of entries in our database seem to suggest there may have been some releases of Larraz films by Code Red, though none of them seem to have been reviewed yet.) The only prior domestic Blu-ray release of a film included in this particular set appears to be Blue Underground's version of Vampyres, which was released close to a decade ago.

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

Whirlpool Blu-ray review

Vampyres Blu-ray review

The Coming of Sin Blu-ray review

Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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

Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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

Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements included on each disc of this three disc set are detailed in the above linked reviews. Those interested should take a gander at all three reviews, as all of the discs arguably have supplements that are more generalist in nature than simply being linked to whatever film's disc they're included on. This is another very handsomely packaged set from Arrow, housed in a nice slipbox and complete with a rather lavish booklet containing writing, stills and transfer information.

Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

This is another set of cult items from Arrow where the films may frankly not be everyone's cup of tea, but where the generally excellent technical merits and really outstanding supplements may intrigue some who may find the actual films a bit on the smarmy side. Considering the rarity of these items, Arrow has really done a spectacular job on this release, and if there are any Larraz fans out there, I can't imagine them not wanting to check this out.