Mario Bava's WHIP AND THE BODY

[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?