Symptoms
(1974 aka The Blood Virgin/Mondo Macabro Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: B Film: C+
From
our friends at Mondo Macabro comes the fantastic new Blu-ray release
of the long lost 1974 film, Symptoms aka The Blood Virgin,
which is a bizarre female psychological thriller. Presented here in
a fantastic new High Definition transfer from the original 35mm film
negative, the film looks and sounds better than ever before (for the
times it was actually seen) and has some great additional extras to
back it up. The film stars Angela Pleasance, Lorna Heilbron, Peter
Vaughan, Raymond Huntley & Mike Grady and is directed by Jose
Roman Larraz.
Compared
to Roman Polanski's Repulsion (see elsewhere on this site from
Criterion), Symptoms features a young woman (Pleasance) who is
invited by her wealthy friend to come and stay with her in her
luxurious English country mansion. Once she gets there though, she
soon realizes that nothing was what at it first seemed.
As
mentioned, the film looks stunning in its new HD transfer from the
original negative with a widescreen aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (bookended
in a 1.78 X 1 frame, with nice color and a good, naturalistic look)
that is accompanied by a great sounding 24-bit PCM 2.0 Mono audio
track that restores the original soundtrack to its former glory.
Extras
include...
On
Vampyres and Other Symptoms documentary
Euratika!
documentary about Director Jose Roman Larraz
Interview
with editor Brian Medley-Aston
Interview
with Angela Pleasance
Interview
with Lorna Neilbron
Mondo
Macabro Previews
An
interesting film and interesting edition of it on Blu-ray disc,
definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of cult films, lost
films or the interesting cast!
-
James Lockhart
https://www.facebook.com/jamesharlandlockhartv/
