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Summary: Leave this film for when you've got everything else you want
Review: A nobleman is released from an insane asylum... only to find himself haunted by the ghost of his dead wife as he starts getting his life back together. Will he end up back in the booby-hatch, or will the secret behind the restless spirit be revealed in time to save him?
While I seen many movies far worse than this one, "Evelyn" has got to rank up (down?) there with the worst of them. First, the restless spirit is being caused by the most cliched of causes in this kind of film. Second, the character with whom we are expected to feel sympathy for is an active, masochistic serial killer who is picking up hookers and torturing them to death in his estate. Finally, the attempts at twists in the film (even beyond the "shocking" truth behind the walking ghost of Evelyn) are pretty much all so lame and goofy when viewed in the context of the "hero's" murderous actions that one has to wonder if anyone saw the entire script during production. (This film does illustrate how to market Z-grade horror movies. The DVD cover is more interesting than anything in the movie... and neither the cover scene nor the picture on the back of the box appear anywhere in the film.)
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Summary: Nothing short of FOISTAGE
Review: I am delighted to see the universal intolerance voiced here with SD's little DVD of one of the most important of the 1970's Italian Sex & Horror Show movies. THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE is a total classic, with a showcase appearance by Erika "LEGS" Blanc as a stripper involved with a plot to drive a wealthy young duke out of his skull. Classy, filled with great colorful sets, "cool" music and a fabulous modernist look, this is a Giallo that really isn't a Giallo at all & sort of mocks that specific sub-sect of Italian horror by having the killer wearing yellow gardening gloves [Giallo is Italian for "yellow"] instead of the usual sexy black variety.With that said, you'll be better served buying one of the cheapo fullframe releases from Alpha Video or on one of the Brentwood Home Video box sets TALES FROM THE BONEYARD and FRIGHT NIGHT: This is a reburn of Sinister Cinema's DVD-R release, which suspiciously found it's way into the market about 6 - 10 weeks before this release and wasn't even transferred at the proper aspect ratio by SD, which is why the picture looks "squished" -- all of Sinister's widescreen releases are optimized for 16:9 screens with the flick of a switch, but sadly nobody told SD's technicians this before they ripped off the transfer. So whatever: If you want a codefree reburn of Sinister's work that appears to have been engineered by circus chimps who had acess to DVI technology, here you go. Just be forewarned that it will look awful, you'll want your money back, and then you can come here & share your pain with us. We feel for you, and want to try and help.
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Summary: Four stars for the film but only 1 for the DVD presentation
Review: I was eagerly awaiting this film on DVD as I'm a big fan of Eurocult films and the stunning Erika Blanc. However, I was very disappointed with Eclectic DVD's treatment of its presentation. The back of the box says it is "letterboxed" and presented in a "gorgeous digitial transfer" - both accounts are misleading. The original 2.35:1 Techniscope image is not represented correctly as the image appears 'stretched' and 'squeezed' with a fair amount of information lost on both sides. For example, the opening titles do not even fit the screen. There is also an irritating 'grey/green' bar on the top of the screen which is persistent throughout the film. The print is very worn and scratched and seems to be from the same source used by Sinister Cinema for their VHS release many years ago. There are no extras whatsover. On the positive side, it does appear to be an uncut print. I have another two titles from Eclectic - "Vampires Night Orgy" and "Eerie Midnight Horror Show" and would not recommend these titles either. If Eclectic want to satisfy us fans, they better lift their game. I would prefer to pay a bit extra for a DVD that a company has invested the time and care in releasing these gems in a transfer befitting the DVD format.
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Summary: one of the worst looking dvd's i've ever seen!!
Review: i was sooo looking forward to purchasing this title as it is one of my faves,but be WARNED-one of the worst "transfers" i have ever sat thru!uneven colors,improper framing,grain on top of more grain,you get the picture...i would suggest waiting for a (hopefully)better release,or buy it used.you have been warned...
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Summary: Give us another zero
Review: If I could give this copy a zero I would, as someone else said. The Alpha version I have is certainly not letterboxed and is a muddy wash. I seriously fear I will go blind if I watch this film -- it gives me a headache just to watch a tiny bit. No point in reviewing the film when you can't see it! Also I suspect Alpha video masquerades under several "imprint" or "distributor" names. I am thoroughly disgusted with them since 5 out of 6 films I got from them are similary horrid transfers. Boo hiss!
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Summary: Absolutely unbelievable!
Review: It indicates on the DVD's case that this film has been digitally transferred. One would then expect that the film would present a crystal-clear image with vibrant colors. Well, expect again - this DVD is a piece of crap!
The colors are washed-out, the images are fuzzy, and the aspect ratio is all wrong! Automobiles look like they are three feet long and six feet tall! The gorgeous Erika Blanc is made to look as though she is twelve feet tall and suffering from terminal anorexia nervosa. The DVD is watchable with effort, but keep aspirin nearby in case you get a headache from focusing on the distorted images.
If you get a chance to see a good print of the famous Italian mystery from the 1970s, please do so - you will enjoy it. However, leave this edition alone!
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Summary: Mediocre Euro-trash fare
Review: More giallo than horror movie, Evelyn is the story of a wealthy, slightly insane London playboy who is haunted by images of dead wife. Seeking to inherit the family fortune, his conniving cousin - teamed with a pair of London strippers - plot to drive him over the edge for good. If you can suffer through the often tedious first hour and a half, the outrageous ending is good for a laugh or two, but otherwise there's little to recommend here. Someone needs to talk to Sinema Diable about the quality of its products. This DVD - like its other releases - is subpar. The print that was used for the transfer shows a lot of wear and the sound is marginal at best, which is a little galling considering that the back cover promises "an `All New' Gorgeous Digital Transfer." It may be "all new," but it's far from "gorgeous." There are no extras on this disc, either. So don't expect to be wowed by the picture and sound quality or the extras. One and a half stars out of five.
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Summary: Mediocre Euro-trash fare
Review: More giallo than horror movie, Evelyn is the story of a wealthy, slightly insane London playboy who is haunted by images of dead wife. Seeking to inherit the family fortune, his conniving cousin - teamed with a pair of London strippers - plot to drive him over the edge for good. If you can suffer through the often tedious first hour and a half, the outrageous ending is good for a laugh or two, but otherwise there's little to recommend here. Someone needs to talk to Sinema Diable about the quality of its products. This DVD - like its other releases - is subpar. The print that was used for the transfer shows a lot of wear and the sound is marginal at best, which is a little galling considering that the back cover promises "an 'All New' Gorgeous Digital Transfer." It may be "all new," but it's far from "gorgeous." There are no extras on this disc, either. So don't expect to be wowed by the picture and sound quality or the extras. One and a half stars out of five.
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Summary: Euro-cult mayhem!
Review: The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave is a fairly standard Euro cult movie. Not quite a giallo but has the same style as one. The story opens with the main character, a wealthy aristocrat from a priveralged background, escaping a mental asylum then later picking up red haired woman before taking them home to his mansion/castle then whipping and finally murdering them. These scenes of course have the required nudity and have a cool if not well placed soundtrack (I am certain that one of the songs is the main theme to another film, Eugenie De Sade). We learn of course that the mans actions stem from the lost love of a woman with red hair. After he marries a woman he meets at a party, a super natural element comes into the film as he is haughnted by the ghost of his lost love, on top oif that his new bride may be up have a sinister scheme. I won't give the story away but by the end there are many twists and turns. While not the high art of films such as Deep Red this is still a fun Euro cult film, if you're not already a fan of these types of films you might want to remove a star from my rating however.
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Summary: A horribly butchered version of a good horror film
Review: This edited version of The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, a perfectly good Italian horror film in its uncut form, is a travesty, with a good 15 minutes of its best material excised. This is an Erica Blanc movie, for heaven's sake; no editorial scissors should be allowed anywhere near any piece of film housing Erica Blanc's wonderful self. I should go ahead and tell you that you aren't going to see anything here; sure, Blanc is chased around a castle topless, but you would hardly know it from what little piece of the scene you get here. It gets worse. This film sort of revolves around the appearance of the ghost of the main character's first wife, yet an early and exceedingly important ghostly apparition is less than subtly sliced completely out. One morning, completely out of the blue, wife number two is suddenly talking all about what she saw last night and how she knows it was "her." Without knowing anything about the plot going in, it would be exceedingly difficult to understand what the heck this woman is even talking about at this point. I won"t describe the plot because, thanks to the butchers in some editing room, it makes very little sense whatsoever in this edited version. If you can find the full, 103-minute version of this Erica Blanc classic, by all means buy it and enjoy it. In the meantime, try to avoid this edited, 88-minute hatchet job at all costs. Sadly, you really can't even depend on the box description, which means you have to be wary of purchasing what is supposedly the complete version. All of the nudity and actual horror is nowhere to be found here, and all I can do is curse whatever evil minions have gone unpunished for the terrible deeds they have done to Erica Blanc devotees such as myself and all fans of European horror everywhere.
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