6.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A moody, middle-aged gigolo kills off women after he gets bored with dating them and uses their body parts for trophies and for consumption.
Starring: Brett Halsey, Ria De Simone, Al Cliver, Sacha Darwin, Zora KerovaHorror | 100% |
Foreign | 63% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: LPCM 2.0 (48kHz, 16-bit)
Italian: LPCM 2.0
BDInfo. Italian track is (48kHz, 16-bit) also.
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Lucio Fulci's "Touch of Death" a.k.a. "Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio" (1988) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors 88 Films. The only bonus feature on the disc is a featurette with clips from interviews with assistant director Michele De Angelis and actor Marco Di Stefano. In English or Italian, with optional English subtitles. Region-Free.
She was special, wasn't she?
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Lucio Fulci's Touch of Death arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of 88 Films.
The film was likely remastered fairly recently because the master that was used to source the release is not decades old. I think that it is quite good, but I have to mention that at some point some light filtering was applied to it. While not too distracting there are some side effects that folks with good eyes will surely notice, especially on bigger screens. In screencapture #12, for instance, there is some obvious flatness that was introduced by it, and in screencapture #15 delineation is also affected. During the indoor footage light black crush occasionally pops up, though for the most part it remains very easy to tolerate. Colors are stable and rather nicely balanced, but there are some ranges of nuances that should be better. There are no traces of problematic sharpening adjustments. Overall image stability is very good. My score is 3.25/5.00. (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 are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English LPCM 2.0 and Italian LPCM 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provide for the Italian track.
I viewed the film with the original English track. It is a very good one, but with the typical for these types of Italian projects minor unevenness that is introduced during overdubbing. The original sound design is also far from impressive, but serves the film just fine. There are no audio dropouts or digital distortions to report.
Some of Lucio Fulci's best work comes from his early days as a satirist and I think that Touch of Death, which he made towards the end of his career, is a very good reminder that he had a special sense of humor. In fact, I think that some of the films that Fulci directed during the late 1960s and early 1970s are every bit as effective as the classic films that the likes of Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, and Alberto Lattuada are remembered for. 88 Films' overall technical presentation of Touch of Death is decent enough to recommend the Blu-ray release. RECOMMENDED.
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