Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		3.5
Extras		4.0
Overall		3.5

Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman May 16, 2016

Mention giallo to even the most ardent film lover, and chances are you’ll only hear one of two names in response, Mario Bava or Dario Argento. In a way that’s perfectly understandable, since Bava’s 1963 opus The Girl Who Knew Too Much (available on Blu-ray as a part of Evil Eye) is regularly credited (rightly or wrongly) as having sparked (at least the 60s iteration of) giallo, while Argento’s 1970 The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (also available in this edition) is credited (probably more accurately) with having immensely popularized the genre in that decade. True fans of giallo know that there are certainly a number of interesting directors who helped to populate the idiom over the course of at least a couple of decades, including such names as Lucio Fulci ( The New York Ripper), Umberto Lenzi (Orgasmo) and the director featured in this new set from Arrow, Luciano Ercoli. Two of Ercoli’s best known gialli appeared in the considerable wake left by The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, though it’s notable (and even commendable) that Ercoli’s films are not carbon copies of his Italian contemporaries and in fact sometimes rely on tropes more commonly associated with such iconic directors as Alfred Hitchcock (and of course Hitchcock was an influence on many giallo enthusiasts, as evidenced by the very title of The Girl Who Knew Too Much). Neither of the films included in this set is a masterpiece by any stretch, but they’re often quite stylish, if just as often silly to an almost hyperbolic degree.

Reviews of the film included in this set can be accessed by clicking on the following links:

Death Walks on High Heels Blu-ray review

Death Walks at Midnight Blu-ray review

Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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

Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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

Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements included with each release are detailed in the above linked reviews. Additionally this set is packaged in the typically nice Arrow way, with a heavy chipboard slipcase and an excellent booklet containing three very well done essays. The keepcase inserts feature reversible artwork.

Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Just how wide can Susan Scott's eyes get? There's plenty of evidence in both of these films, neither of which may rise to the heights of other gialli, but each of which offers its own sometimes lunatic pleasures. Technical merits are generally strong, and as is usual with these Arrow releases, the supplementary package is top notch. Recommended.