For me? The color-timing matter is definitely a bummer, but I think I lean toward forgiveness for everything else. Is any of this a deal breaker? For video purists, absolutely. Personally I find many of these arguments pointless and a matter of personal taste. There’s argument whether it should be cropped 1.66:1, 1.78:1, 1.85:1 to more accurately represent original intended exhibition. Brides of Blood is presented in a 1.33:1 open matte. There is also debate over the aspect ratio of the release. It’s a major oversight on Severin’s part, and one you’re going to have to decide to either live with or without. But upon comparing and contrasting with older DVD versions, I discovered that these day-for-night sequences are supposed to be color-timed a darker shade of blue to more appropriately blend with the night shots. At first I thought this was simply a quirk of bad filmmaking. Severin’s transfer “color corrects” these day-for-night scenes to look like day. And the biggest sin is the ill color-timed day-for-night shots. On the other hand, there are a handful of shots where the contrast seems too high, the image washed out. And the man-in-rubber-suit monster looks gloriously bad (yes, that’s a compliment). One the one hand, definition and detail looks great. I have mixed feelings about this new scan. So let’s tackle the controversy right away so we can move on… There’s been a lot of chatter about disc #2 of Severin’s new Blood Island Collection, specifically a botched transfer with the new Brides of Blood blu-ray. Hollywood has-been Kent Taylor ( BOSTON BLACKIE), former teen heartthrob John Ashley ( BEACH BLANKET BINGO) and exotic-dancer-turned-Elvis-squeeze-turned-minister Beverly Powers ( KISSIN’ COUSINS, SPEEDWAY) star in this “brutal orgy of ghastly terror” – also known as ISLAND OF LIVING HORROR, JUNGLE FURY and BRIDES OF BLOOD ISLAND – now featuring a 4k scan from a recently discovered 35mm interpositive and presented absolutely uncut for the first time ever! Jimbo’s Take (3 / 5) In this first unforgettable hit of the BLOOD ISLAND trilogy, legendary Filipino filmmakers Eddie Romero and Gerry de Leon combined ‘50s-style radioactive monster mayhem with taboo-smashing levels of graphic violence, nudity, dwarf-whipping and cuckolding that set insane new standards for drive-in/grindhouse depravity.
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