Mario Bava's WHIP AND THE BODY - Blu-ray Forum

HuggyBear73 · 06-14-2014, 04:08 AM

Being released on 8/25 by Odeon. One of my Top 5 Bava films.

manicsounds · 06-14-2014, 11:42 AM

A surprise that this isn't coming from Arrow, but Arrow had said there were rights issues in the UK with this movie, but glad to know it's been resolved.

Hopefully Odeon's disc looks better than the Kino Blu-ray, and with extras.

skyofcrack · 09-10-2014, 12:10 AM

Does anyone have this yet? The Odeon site lists this as in stock. Amazon lists it as coming Nov 3. They just added a cover pic, misspelling Bava's name as Brava. The Odeon site shows a fixed version.

Braktastic · 09-10-2014, 02:08 PM

I would be interested in knowing how this compares to the US Kino BD, which was found to be too dark by some.

oddbox83 · 09-10-2014, 02:36 PM

Odeon are certainly aware of the issues with the HD master - I'm still hoping they're doing something about it.

chip75 · 09-10-2014, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by skyofcrack

They just added a cover pic, misspelling Bava's name as Brava.

I do love spelling mistakes on BD covers! This had the epic-potential to be a Film by Mario Brava, starring Christopher Lee and The Dalai Lama ...

bgart13 · 09-10-2014, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Braktastic

I would be interested in knowing how this compares to the US Kino BD, which was found to be too dark by some.

Not necessarily dark, but absolutely the wrong colors.

DarknessBDJM · 11-26-2014, 04:43 AM

Has anyone received/grabbed this yet?

malcy30 · 11-26-2014, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DarknessBDJM

Has anyone received/grabbed this yet?

It's in HMV if your store has stock for £10.99

My store was never allocated a copy on BD only DVD and they never fulfilled my order. Have given up and used the deposit against my purchase of the POA Steelbook.

Dan8700 · 11-26-2014, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DarknessBDJM

Has anyone received/grabbed this yet?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ighlight=odeon

MifuneFan · 12-05-2014, 01:21 AM

Wow, Zavvi has it for £7.99!

http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-whi.../10993891.html

malcy30 · 12-05-2014, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Wow, Zavvi has it for £7.99!

http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-whi.../10993891.html

Have ordered but with 2 to 3 weeks for stock and an expected ship date of 25th December I am not holding my breath.

I had ordered instore at HMV for £10.99 as my store was never allocated stock but they never got me a copy so got my deposit deducted from the POA steelbook. The guy in my store who deals with stock control and ordering said he checked with head office and Odeon are a nightmare to try and get stock from, especially back orders. They will send a batch for release day but then that's it, they are not interested in supplying a few more at a time to HMV or elsewhere.

Hopefully Zavvi get a lot of orders so it makes it worthwhile for Odeon to fulfill the request.

CrazyHorse42 · 12-05-2014, 03:54 PM

Are there any extras on the UK disc?

MifuneFan · 12-05-2014, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazyHorse42

Are there any extras on the UK disc?

Yes..impressions from another member:

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Originally Posted by the blob

I suppose it's quite possible my local had one and sold it. Under Whip was a "New Release" banner though. I'll probably be back later in the week so may ask then.

Quickly threw in Whip. Firstly, it's Region Free. Transfer-wise, the encoding looks good and it's definitely been regraded (a title screen comes up as so by Pinewood) but it still suffers from some of the inherent problems that the Kino did which must be in the master and irretrievable. Definitely doesn't look anywhere near as dark as the Kino grabs I've seen and there is some shadow detail but it's still a little too dark I think. Overly bluish as well. The last DVD I owned was the E-M-S one which had a much richer and warmer palette. Without actually owning the Kino I'd be hesitant to damn it and say this is the better transfer definitively but it's highly likely.

Now, with a booklet, new Commentary from Tim Lucas, generous 1/2 hour or so overview with Jonathan Rigby, three trailers in it's three Languages and an image gallery I'm sure it wipes the floor with the Kino on the extras front. There's also a conversation with Christopher Lee but I'm pretty sure it's the exact same one that was on Curse of the Crimson Altar.

If you can handle the grading, I'd say until a new master ever comes along, this is probably the one to get.

Braktastic · 12-05-2014, 08:34 PM

Still no word on how this compares to the US release?

Ste7en · 12-06-2014, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by malcy30

Have ordered but with 2 to 3 weeks for stock and an expected ship date of 25th December I am not holding my breath.

They shipped mine same day I ordered (yesterday).

Leterface · 12-06-2014, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Wow, Zavvi has it for £7.99!

http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-whi.../10993891.html

Wow indeed, Zavvi seems to have changed international delivery price from free to £7.99

MifuneFan · 12-10-2014, 11:31 PM

My copy shipped from Zavvi. On top of that they had an offer where you get 10 GBP off a future purchase when you use Mastercard Masterpass, and I just got my 10 GBP code email. I wasn't sure if it had went through as there was no sort of confirmation of me using Masterpass on the final checkout page, but I guess it did

Ste7en · 12-11-2014, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ste7en

They shipped mine same day I ordered (yesterday).

And it arrived yesterday. Nice booklet. Haven't had a chance to try the disc though.

Erasmus Craven · 12-13-2014, 11:17 AM

Was a bit surprised to find there's no subtitles available at all. The film has been shot in English without live sound for the most part and then post-dubbed, but it would have been nice to see the Italian and French variants with subs. Guess I'll keep the German EMS DVD edition for the Italian track with optional German subs plus the VCI DVD for some minor extras, but I don't think I will get the US Kino Blu just for subbing the French and Italian sound tracks (might be dubtitles anyway).

06-14-2014, 04:08 AM	#1
HuggyBear73 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2011 Trading Score:128	Mario Bava's WHIP AND THE BODY Being released on 8/25 by Odeon. One of my Top 5 Bava films.

09-10-2014, 12:10 AM	#3
skyofcrack Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Isn't this where...we came in? 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:1159 DVD collection:1324 Trading Score:1	Does anyone have this yet? The Odeon site lists this as in stock. Amazon lists it as coming Nov 3. They just added a cover pic, misspelling Bava's name as Brava. The Odeon site shows a fixed version. Last edited by skyofcrack; 09-27-2014 at 12:14 PM.

12-10-2014, 11:31 PM	#18
MifuneFan Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City 4K collection:27 Blu-ray collection:1143 Trading Score:69	My copy shipped from Zavvi. On top of that they had an offer where you get 10 GBP off a future purchase when you use Mastercard Masterpass, and I just got my 10 GBP code email. I wasn't sure if it had went through as there was no sort of confirmation of me using Masterpass on the final checkout page, but I guess it did Last edited by MifuneFan; 12-11-2014 at 12:13 AM.

06-14-2014, 11:42 AM	#2
manicsounds Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Tokyo 4K collection:227 Blu-ray collection:4991 Blu-ray reviews: 99	A surprise that this isn't coming from Arrow, but Arrow had said there were rights issues in the UK with this movie, but glad to know it's been resolved. Hopefully Odeon's disc looks better than the Kino Blu-ray, and with extras.

09-10-2014, 02:08 PM	#4
Braktastic Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2007 4K collection:583 Blu-ray collection:583 Trading Score:13	I would be interested in knowing how this compares to the US Kino BD, which was found to be too dark by some.

09-10-2014, 02:36 PM	#5
oddbox83 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2013 Location:UK	Odeon are certainly aware of the issues with the HD master - I'm still hoping they're doing something about it.

11-26-2014, 04:43 AM	#8
DarknessBDJM Power Member Member since:Sep 2010 Trading Score:6	Has anyone received/grabbed this yet?

12-05-2014, 01:21 AM	#11
MifuneFan Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City 4K collection:27 Blu-ray collection:1143 Trading Score:69	Wow, Zavvi has it for £7.99! http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-whi.../10993891.html

12-05-2014, 03:54 PM	#13
CrazyHorse42 Active Member Member since:Aug 2012 Location:Liverpool, UK Trading Score:22	Are there any extras on the UK disc?

12-05-2014, 08:34 PM	#15
Braktastic Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2007 4K collection:583 Blu-ray collection:583 Trading Score:13	Still no word on how this compares to the US release?

12-13-2014, 11:17 AM	#20
Erasmus Craven Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2014 Location:Switzerland Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:1	Was a bit surprised to find there's no subtitles available at all. The film has been shot in English without live sound for the most part and then post-dubbed, but it would have been nice to see the Italian and French variants with subs. Guess I'll keep the German EMS DVD edition for the Italian track with optional German subs plus the VCI DVD for some minor extras, but I don't think I will get the US Kino Blu just for subbing the French and Italian sound tracks (might be dubtitles anyway).

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