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Fangs of the Living Dead Blu-ray Detailed
Posted February 16, 2018 09:09 PM by
U.S. label Scream Factory has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Amando de Ossorio's film Fangs of the Living Dead (1969), starring Anita Ekberg, Gianni Medici, Diana Lorys, Rosanna Yanni, Paul Muller, and Carlos Casaravilla. The release will be available for purchase on March 6.
Synopsis: Beautiful fashion model Sylvia Morel (Anita Ekberg) receives news that she has inherited a castle from her uncle. Her curiosity leads her to journey to a remote village to see her new house. Once there, she learns of her family's history and soon falls under the spell of her uncle. He wants her to become the new matriarch of the family … a clan of vampires! This chilling tale of bloodsuckers was directed by Spanish horror director Amando de Ossorio (The Lorely's Grasp, Night of the Sorcerers, the Blind Dead series).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW Audio Commentary With Author Troy Howarth
Theatrical Trailer (In Spanish)
Spanish Credit Sequence
Alternate Ending (In Standard Definition – VHS Quality)
This is also known as MALENKA, and infamously has a longer, sexier cut (tons of nudity from a bunch of Euro starlets) and a shorter cut missing a lot of that. The shorter cut is widely available - I think the original US release, retitled FANGS as above, contained it - the longer cut is more difficult to see. Who knows which version this will be?
I received mine a couple days ago and popped it in for a quick look. With a film like this I don't really scrutinize it too closely, or nit pick it to death.
To my eyes, I was impressed with the image I saw. While grain isn't omnipresent, any noise reduction isn't done to a level of being offensively blatant.
It was a very watchable, even appealing, image to my eyes.
As far as the audio- the disc defaulted to the original language track with subs which sounded cleaner to me than the English dub which contained a steady stream of analog drop outs and mild pops.
I wasn't aware of the differences in cuts, so I didn't check to see if another cut was listed in the bonus materials. The reversible jacket art is specifically for Malenka, though.
