Baba Yaga DVD

Advantages: Great thriller movie from the Italian stable
Disadvantages: A bit of a hiccup on the DVD cover

...Bava on the movie Baba Yaga. About the DVD Shameless have opted to continue their giallo (yellow) theme mimicking the 80's video covers. The pictures they use on the rear obviously inspired to get a certain response, however for those not seeing the movie before one of the pictures gives away the ending which I personally feel is a little clumsy. The DVD itself has trailers for Phantom Of Death, New York Ripper, Torso, Venus In Furs, and The Black Cat all available or due to become available on the Shameless label. The DVD rather unusually comes with an interview with Anita Ekberg in which she tells the true life version of events as well as how thrilled she was to be invited to act in such a role, after frequently being cast as a movie sex siren. The DVD is obviously sourced from the US Blue Underground print rather than the old... Read review

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Advantages: Great who-dunnit style movie
Disadvantages: Lacking in gore

...attachment. On the reverse is the less hostile cover used to promote the movie back in the day with the movies star George Hilton looking in a stern way to a woman sat opposite. The back of the case has the amusing "Sorry my digger slipped!" comment in reference to an incident that occurs prior to the movies opening titles. The DVD has trailers for the following Shameless releases: What Have They Done To Your Daughter, Night Train Murders, Torso, Baba Yaga, Ratman, and The Black Cat. As is usual the DVD also includes the trailer for the feature itself in this case My Dear Killer My Dear Killer is available from play.com for £9.99 or slightly higher from the likes of Amazon, or high street HMV's. Spencer Hawken 04/08... Read review

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Advantages: At last uncut and available to buy on high street shelves
Disadvantages: Few have heard of it, and as a result few will buy it

..., firstly when the two thugs attack a Santa and secondly when they enter the carriage that the two girls are in. The DVD contains the original theatrical trailer as was seen in the UK to promote the movie, creating an almost melodramatic view. It's worth adding that this is not the same trailer used by Shameless to promote the DVD as a forthcoming release, so collectors of the Shameless DVD's who enjoy the trailers as much as the movies are treated to two separate trailers. The trailer featured here is actually over 4 minutes long. The DVD has trailers for other Shameless releases: The incoming Frightened Woman, My Dear Killer, Ratman, and Baba Yaga are joined by two existing Shameless releases Phantom Of Death and The Black Cat. The DVD case is in the now familiar bold yellow, sitting firmly in a yellow amaray case. The cover is given... Read review

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Advantages: Great who-dunnit style movie
Disadvantages: Lacking in gore

...attachment. On the reverse is the less hostile cover used to promote the movie back in the day with the movies star George Hilton looking in a stern way to a woman sat opposite. The back of the case has the amusing "Sorry my digger slipped!" comment in reference to an incident that occurs prior to the movies opening titles. The DVD has trailers for the following Shameless releases: What Have They Done To Your Daughter, Night Train Murders, Torso, Baba Yaga, Ratman, and The Black Cat. As is usual the DVD also includes the trailer for the feature itself in this case My Dear Killer My Dear Killer is available from play.com for £9.99 or slightly higher from the likes of Amazon, or high street HMV's. Spencer Hawken 04/08... Read review

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Advantages: Great thriller movie from the Italian stable
Disadvantages: A bit of a hiccup on the DVD cover

...Bava on the movie Baba Yaga. About the DVD Shameless have opted to continue their giallo (yellow) theme mimicking the 80's video covers. The pictures they use on the rear obviously inspired to get a certain response, however for those not seeing the movie before one of the pictures gives away the ending which I personally feel is a little clumsy. The DVD itself has trailers for Phantom Of Death, New York Ripper, Torso, Venus In Furs, and The Black Cat all available or due to become available on the Shameless label. The DVD rather unusually comes with an interview with Anita Ekberg in which she tells the true life version of events as well as how thrilled she was to be invited to act in such a role, after frequently being cast as a movie sex siren. The DVD is obviously sourced from the US Blue Underground print rather than the old... Read review

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Advantages: Available to buy in the UK at last
Disadvantages: Cut by 34 seconds

...will say this is a pretty sexy old trailer and likely to encourage the brown mac brigade to watch and purchase. Other trailers on the disc include Baba Yaga, Manhattan Baby, The Black Cat, Phantom Of Death, and Torso. The case is yellow (as is the plastic amaray case that the cover goes in) making the DVD's clearly distinctive. The kitsch look of the covers echoes the 1980's when the trend was to make video covers as strikingly horrific as they could. The cover is very detailed even noting a missing finger on the killers hand as he shows his control over New York, looming over the city like a black cloud. Looking at the back cover you could easily believe the movie should still be banned, photographs of dead bodies, throat slashings, knife attacks, and sado masochism illustrate the harshness of the movie. New York Ripper is available... Read review

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