Mario Bava's WHIP AND THE BODY

[HuggyBear73]

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

[manicsounds]

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]

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]

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

[oddbox83]

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

[bgart13]

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]

Has anyone received/grabbed this yet?

[chip75]

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 ...

[drush9999]

Shame there's no decent release of this, perfectly watchable but you never know whether it's night or day.

[Kuroneko]

I know we have been spoiled with beautiful transfers. Just look at the beautiful disk of Blood and Black Lace from Arrow. I went in to The Whip and the Body with lower expectations. But I wasn't prepared for such an atrocious print. It is the worst BD I own I think. Certainly the most dissapointing. Black levels are wrong, there is macroblocking and there is an ugly green tint over a lot of scenes. I just couldn't enjoy the movie. It was very distracting. You could see what Bava was trying to accomplish but it can't be seen or enjoyed. All the colours are dull and lifeless.

The disk has some nice extra's. But there are no subtitles. So the Italian or French dub are worthless. When you watch to movie with the audiocommentary without subs, you can't follow the dialogue. So many missed opportunities.

Was there no quality check? Did someone really think this was the way to go to watch The Body and the Whip?

[rip63]

The German DVD is still the best representation of the film on disc.

I wish Arrow or someone like that would get hold of it. It's one of Bava's best in my opinion, certainly one of his most beautiful, and it deserves just treatment for a proper HD release.

[Mikezilla3k]

So what was the outcome of the 88 Films release? Was it an improvement or another dud.

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

So what was the outcome of the 88 Films release? Was it an improvement or another dud.

Very definitely an improvement.

The elements still have some issues (mainly just grain due to the elements being a couple of generations removed from the neg), but there's no dicking about in the grade this time.

Basically, it looks like a Bava film again. One that you can actually see without squinting through the darkness.

[rip63]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

So what was the outcome of the 88 Films release? Was it an improvement or another dud.

Any minor issues aside, it looks fabulous and very much like a Bava film finally. For me, it's his most visually beautiful. Great extras and packaging for this edition.

[T4ffer]

I would say an improvement, but not perfect. I didn’t take notes and don’t remember what issues I had exactly, besides initially being shocked that there were way more colors now.

[RFK]

Looks very good on my JVC projector. I also have the German DVD but I'll be watching 88 films blu-ray from now on.

[Bes30]

The 88films disc has a beautiful looking transfer. The German dvd was a pain as there were no subtitles for the vastly superior Italian dub. Thankfully this blu ray does everything right. The two commentaries are both decent as well.

[cakefactory]

Here's a bunch of screen comparisons I did in the US thread about the movie. Kino vs 88 Films. From what I've seen the first UK version looks about the same as the Kino.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...8&postcount=91

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...2&postcount=97

[rip63]

88 Films for the win. Easily.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Here's a bunch of screen comparisons I did in the US thread about the movie. Kino vs 88 Films. From what I've seen the first UK version looks about the same as the Kino.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...8&postcount=91

And it's sure they weren't meant to be day-for-night scenes?