6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 4.2 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A professor opens a crypt and reanimates rotten zombies. The zombies attack a jet-set-group which is celebrating a party in a villa nearby.
Starring: Karin Well, Gianluigi Chirizzi, Simone Mattioli, Antonella Antinori, Roberto CaporaliHorror | 100% |
Foreign | 30% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 16-bit)
Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Andrea Bianchi's "Burial Ground" a.k.a. "Le notti del terrore" (1981) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film; new featurette with Italian film historian Fabio Melelli; archival filmed Q&A session with actor Peter Bark; new video interview with actor Simone Mattioli; archival featurette with producer Gabriele Crisanti and actress Mariangela Giordano; and extended and deleted scenes. In English or Italian, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
The zombies
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.66:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Andrea Bianchi's Burial Ground arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films.
I assume that Severin Films used the same recent master that British label 88 Films accessed when they prepared their release of Burial Ground earlier this year. I did some direct comparisons between the two releases and the basic technical characteristics that we typically scrutinize in our reviews appear practically identical.
This release is very clearly superior to the one that Shriek Show produced back in 2011 (see our review of the first release here). Delineation and in certain cases depth are certainly superior and color balance is a lot more convincing. I would also like to mention that the new release is better encoded, and this is likely the most obvious gap in quality that viewers with larger screens and projectors will notice. This being said, the film again has that powdery appearance that impacts fluidity (which is also present on the British release). The natural grain tends to struggle with it, though there are fairly large sections that still look quite good. Image stability is very good. Large debris, cuts, damage marks, stains, and other strictly age-related imperfections have carefully removed. All in all, Severin Films' release very clearly represents a strong upgrade in quality over the previous release from Shriek Show, but ideally the film should have a more convincing organic appearance. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your player or PS3 regardless of your geographical location).
There are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. and English Dolby Digital 2.0. Optional yellow English subtitles are provided for the main feature.
I again viewed the film with the English lossless track. (The British release from 88 Films also has a lossless Italian track for the dub, but I would not recommend viewing the film with it). Its quality is excellent and I actually think that it is the best reason to consider an upgrade. The film has a shockingly good ambient score that benefits greatly from the lossless treatment and the entire film actually becomes a lot more effective because of the great use of music. There are also a few sequences where the zombies attack that make an impression, but it is the music that truly gives the film its genre flavor. There are no audio dropouts, hiss, or distracting background hiss to report.
Severin Films' Blu-ray release of Andrea Bianchi's Burial Ground is sourced from the same recent 2K master that British label 88 Films used for their release of the film earlier this year, but this release has a bigger and better selection of supplemental features. The featurette with Italian film historian Fabio Melelli and the archival pieces with producer Gabriele Crisanti and actress Mariangela Giordano, in particular, are very good. This is the release of Burial Ground to own. RECOMMENDED.
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