6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A beautiful and erotic cabaret dancer Moira is hired to impersonate another woman who turns out to be a secret agent and must receive an important message in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Starring: Lina Romay (II), Antonio Mayans, Albino Graziani, Jesús Franco, Tony SkiosForeign | 100% |
Erotic | 82% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Spanish: LPCM 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Jess Franco's " Night of Open Sex" (1983) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films. The supplemental features on the disc include two new programs with critic and author Stephen Thrower as well as archival interviews with the director and his muse, Lina Romay. In Spanish, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Night of Open Sex arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films.
The release is sourced from a recent 4K master that was apparently struck from the origin camera negative. It is quite good, but it is also easy to tell that the film was done with a tiny budget because some of the footage that was used to do the group and outdoor scenes reveals different native characteristics. The fluctuations in terms of density and clarity are small, but they are certainly indicative of the nature of the project. There are no traces of problematic digital adjustments, so the entire film has a pleasing organic appearance. However, the encoding could have been optimize to ensure stronger and more natural grain exposure. Colors are stable, but I think that saturation could have been even better. Image stability is very good. Two obvious reel skips are present, but my guess is that this is how the film was edited. All in all, this is a fine organic presentation of the film that retains some native fluctuations. My score is 3.75/5.00. (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: Spanish LPCM 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provided for the main feature. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
The audio is clear and stable. However, it appears that it was transferred from the original materials 'as is', without any additional clean up work. So, from time to time extremely light background hiss as well as some minor pops can be heard. There are no distortions to report in our review.
Night of Open Sex is not an overlooked genre masterpiece, but it produces so many surprising curve balls that I found it enormously entertaining. It is completely unhinged and I just could not figure out where it wanted to go or why. On top of this, it looks quite stylish and has a seriously impressive soundtrack. If you decide to pick it up do not miss Severin Films' release of Cries of Pleasure, which is just as good and has the other parts of the wonderful bonus features that you will find on this release. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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