She Devil Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		3.0
Overall		3.0

She Devil Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman September 5, 2021

Note: This version of this film is available on Blu-ray as part of the Silver Screams Cinema Collection.

With Halloween sneaking up on us all in just a few more weeks, some may be looking for some scary movies to fill the interim and properly set the mood. Imprint's Silver Screams Cinema Collection may not in fact offer any undiscovered masterpieces, but it's kind of a goofily fun time capsule which can transport willing viewers back to a simpler era when low budget (some may aver no budget) studios like Monogram and Republic churned out B movies with some kind of horror underpinning which were frequently utilized to fill out double feature bills. The six films aggregated in this set span the production years of 1944 to 1957, and if the films themselves are often unabashedly silly, they can at least intermittently offer some saving graces, and there are a ton of interesting trivia tidbits about some of the films included, some of which I'll mention in the individual reviews linked to below, which, when combined with some really enjoyable commentaries included for each of the films (including some multiple commentaries), may make this set a "must buy" for certain fans.

She Devil received a Blu-ray release in Region A courtesy of Olive Films several years ago, and for those interested in a plot recap, I refer you to my She Devil Blu-ray review of that version.

She Devil Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

She Devil is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Imprint and Via Vision Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.35:1. This is for all intents and purposes very similar if not outright identical to the Olive release I reviewed several years ago, which is actually a good thing. The transfer boasts really nice detail levels for the vast bulk of the presentation, and contrast is also convincing. Fine detail levels are often commendable, offering nicely resolved patterns on costumes and textures on things like furniture and props. There are occasional slight signs of age related wear and tear, but nothing that I'd term overly problematic.

She Devil Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

She Devil's LPCM 2.0 Mono track sounded pretty much identical to my ears as the DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track on the Olive release from several years ago. As I mentioned in that review, there's perhaps surprisingly little background noise and/or hiss on this track, and support for dialogue, effects and score is fine throughout. Optional English subtitles are available.

She Devil Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Audio commentary with horror / fantasy authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman


• Tales of Tomorrow Episode - The Miraculous Serum (SD; 29:39) is one of the many adaptations of the source story which I discuss in my original She Devil Blu-ray review. This looks like it was culled from a kinescope and contains the kind of charming original commercials.


• Escape! Radio Anthology Episode - The Adaptive Ultimate (1949) (HD; 29:31) is another, um, adaptation, which is (not to state the obvious) an audio supplement which plays to key art from the film.

She Devil Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Kind of hilariously given the "insect" subtext of this film, one of the regular venues where I ply my trade as a musician is currently experiencing an absolutely Biblical infestation of fruit flies, so I will have to remind myself to be on my best behavior around them, per some of my comments in my review of the Olive release of this film. Yes, this is another unabashedly cheesy sci-fi tinged film, but it has some nice performances and generally secure technical merits, along with another really enjoyable commentary track and two other versions of the same source tale. Recommended.