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A murderous barber and his equally psychopathic friend, a baker, hatch a plan whereby the barber murders people and the baker makes them into pies to be sold in his shop.
Starring: John Miranda, Berwick Kaler, Jane Hilary, Annabella Wood, Michael Cox (I)Horror | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
BDInfo
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 1.5 | |
Video | 2.5 | |
Audio | 2.5 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 1.5 |
Note: This film is available as part of
The Dungeon of Andy Milligan.
Lovers of what might be charitably termed Grade Z Cinema have had a number of outstanding releases by a variety of labels over the past few
years.
Arrow has offered fans surprisingly deluxe-ified (that's a word, I insist) editions of The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast and Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection, among others, while Severin Films has gotten
into
exploring this decidedly
odd nook and/or cranny with releases like
Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection. Severin's back with more, um, "masterpieces" with this inventively packaged homage to the
late Andy Milligan, a kinda sorta auteur whose professional life had more than its fair share of hurdles, and whose personal life
unfortunately
ended up not being much better. The 14 films (with one bonus film in HD, Toga Party) aggregated in this set are exploitation outings at
their "finest" (?), which means those with more
patrician tastes are probably well advised to steer completely clear of this release. Those with grittier sensibilities will find some at times oddly
entertaining
movies and Severin's usual supply of appealing supplements.
Bloodthirsty Butchers is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.33:1. Severin's booklet included with this release has the following information on the transfer:
Bloodthirsty Butchers (aka The Demons) has been scanned and restored in 2K from its uncensored 16mm camera reversal, which relfects Andy Milligan's original director's cut, which was X-rated for violence. Optical credits bearing Milligan's shooting title The Demons were never created, so the title sequences have been source drom a 35mm blow-up internegative of Bloodthirsty Butchers. Audio was assembled from two sources: the 35mm optical soundtrack (which had been edited to conform to an MPAA 'R' rating), and the uncesored 16mm mag stripe.While the above verbiage is remarkably similar to the verbiage afforded the transfer of Torture Dungeon, this presentation doesn't have quite the same vividness in the palette, and parts of this presentation looked a bit blanched to me. Still, there's quite a bit of energy left in the presentation, with detail levels on things like costumes often quite appealing. While there's some age related wear and tear, as with all of the presentations in this set, there are relatively few huge mars like can be seen in some of the other transfers. This is another transfer in this set that has an agreeably organic looking grain field.
Bloodthirsty Butchers may not offer a singing and dancing Sweeney and Lovett, which, considering the rest of this film may be a good thing, but the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track delivers the limited sonic ambitions of the film generally decently enough. There are some dips in amplitude at times that can make at least phonemes if not entire sentences a bit hard to make out, but on the whole dialogue is rendered clearly. Optional English subtitles are available.
Fans of the legendary Stephen Sondheim musical may get a kick out of watching this, despite this version's more than evident low budget limitations. Video and audio each have occasional hurdles to overcome, for those who are considering making a purchase.
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