6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
When a beautiful woman wakes to find her lesbian lover dead beside her, the victim of a venomous attack, she lashes out to trap the murderer in a bizarre and unnatural ritual -- a ritual involving the deadly Black Cobra.
Starring: Jack Palance, Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Michele Starck, Guido MariottiForeign | 100% |
Erotic | 61% |
Drama | 8% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
None
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Joe D'Amato's "Emmanuelle and the Deadly Black Cobra" (1976) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Code Red. The supplemental features on the release include an audio commentary by genre expert Mirek Lipinski and trailers for other titles from the label's catalog. In English, without optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
A beautiful gift for a beautiful girl
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Joe D'Amato's Emmanuelle and the Deadly Black Cobra arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Code Red.
The release is sourced from a very nice recent remaster. I actually have an older DVD release of this film and the difference in quality between it and the Blu-ray release is pretty striking. Depth, in particular, is so much better that even on a TV set it is very easy to see that there are substantial improvements in every single frame. Ideally density should be even better and some of the light black crush that sneaks in could have been eliminated, but I am very pleased with the current quality. Some encoding optimizations could have been performed to ensure an even more impressive end result as well, but the lack of compromising digital tinkering is more important to me because the film has a very solid organic appearance. The color grading is also convincing, though in this area there is also room for some minor improvements. I noticed one vertical line and a couple of flecks, but there are no large debris, damage marks, or warped frames to report. My score is 4.25/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your player regardless of your geographical location).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are not provided for the main feature.
The film was clearly overdubbed in English, but this was the norm for these type of genre projects at the time. Naturally, some unevenness is present, though clarity and dynamic balance are good. However, there are a couple of areas with very light pops and background hiss. They are not distracting, but ideally they should have been removed with digital tools. Piero Umiliani's soundtrack is always clean and sounds great. My score is 3.75/5.00.
Anyone expecting straightforward erotic entertainment from Joe D'Amato's Emmanuelle and the Deadly Black Cobra will be seriously disappointed because it was not conceived to be that kind of a genre film. It is actually an exotic film that offers different 'foreign' thrills and attractive visuals wrapped up in a sublime period score by the great maestro Piero Umiliani. I really enjoy this film and own it on DVD, and I am very happy to report that this recent Blu-ray release from Code Red represents a very solid upgrade in quality. Let's hope that Code Red will soon deliver the promised Blu-ray release of Erotic Nights of the Living Dead and that it will look just as good as Emmanuelle and the Deadly Black Cobra. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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