6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
A clairvoyant woman, inspired by a vision, smashes open a section of wall in her husband's home and finds a skeleton behind it. Along with her psychiatrist, she seeks to find the truth about who the person was and who put her there. Soon enough, she starts to realize the possibility that she may share the victim's fate...
Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel, Ida Galli, Gianni GarkoHorror | 100% |
Mystery | 16% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
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 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
English: LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
Italian: LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 4.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Lucio Fulci's "The Psychic" a.k.a. "Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes" (1977) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Shameless Entertainment. The supplemental features on the disc include video program with screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti; two video programs with Antonella Fulci; video program with composer Fabio Frizzi; and more. In English or Italian, with optional English subtitles. Region-Free.
Do you see what I see?
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, The Psychic arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Shameless Entertainment.
The film looks a tad softer than it should, though the overall quality of the visuals is quite good. Darker areas are the most unconvincing ones because it is often easy to see that shadow definition is destabilized by various ranges of black crush. I think that some of this black crush is caused by the cleanup and digital adjustments. (The restoration demonstration that is included on this release actually confirms that it is so, because the images in Step 2 have more grain and finer darker nuances than the finalizes images in Step 3). Density levels are very good, but on a larger screen it is easy to see that the effects from the degraining adjustments clearly have a negative impact. Predictably, depth is affected as well. Colors are stable, but I think that the overall balance should have been better. There is a tad too much red in some shots, plus select highlights are a tad off. Om darker areas the blacks can appear too prominent as well, though it is the crushing that exacerbates the existing black values. Image stability is very good. The entire film looks very healthy as well. (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 are three standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, English LPCM 2.0 Mono, and
Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono. Optional English subtitles are provided for the Italian track.
I viewed the entire film with the English LPCM 2.0 track. As expected, it is quite uneven and with a very limited range of nuanced dynamics. However, the overdubbing that was done for it is just not very good, which means that all of the 'issues' that exist on it are inherited. In other words, the lossless track simply reproduces the native qualities of the original audio mix, which are not overly impressive.
I found the program with screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti absolutely fascinating because virtually all of my suspicions about the production of The Psychic were confirmed in it. Obviously, Sacchetti is very diplomatic and intentionally minimizes the significance of some of the key disagreements that existed when the screenplay for the film was polished, but the main story that emerges from the program is actually pretty simple. Initially, Lucio Fulci and screenwriter Roberto Gianviti had started working with material they thought would be suitable for the former's style, but when they hit a creative block Sacchetti was introduced to them and the screenplay began to change. Unfortunately, I don't think that Sacchetti was able to make a drastically positive difference because in its current form the film is quite simply too linear, meaning that it does not have the type of genre personality that would have allowed Fulci to impress. RECOMMENDED, but only to the fans.
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