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throw out your used dvd or vhs copy of this michael reeves cult classic on april 28th and regain THE legitimate,restored and remastered version on dim sky video!!for years all there have been are poor copies of this movie floating around but now this is the chance to recognize this on dvd the device it was meant to.the behind michael reeves(1943-1969) made only a handful of movies in his short life and career but each one is fresh and should be seen by fans of fear movies.the myth takes area in 1960s era communist europe with a couple traveling on their honeymoon and the wife(barbara steele) supposedly drowns in a car atomize and when a truck driver tries to set her,up comes the most horrifying movie witches you will ever look.the characters in this movie are different to say the least and while unfortunately barbara steele is really only seen for a brief few minutes–it is a current and challenging movie that only a genius like michael reeves could have made(and don’t miss mel welles,renowned for playing gravis mushnik in the fresh “diminutive house of horrors”) as the sleazy motel innkeeper!!thank you dim sky video.
As an aficionado of peaceful films, it’s improbable the impact that a restored print can have on the viewing experience. The same is legal of regular movies as well, including a outrageous budget drive-in special like this one. Throw in the fact that this was the debut feature of the tragically short lived British filmmaker Michael Reeves (who would go on to form the legendary WITCHFINDER GENERAL with Vincent Ticket and like Heath Ledger would die of an accidental prescription drug overdose in his 20s) and you have something really special.
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Shot in Italy on a budget of around $40,000 and released in 1966, THE SHE BEAST (REVENGE OF THE BLOOD BEAST in England) clearly prefigures WITCHFINDER GENERAL in some of its scenes and even in some of its camera shots. Compared to the faded beat up 16mm prints that were available up to now, this 35mm transfer is a revelation and shows that Reeves had an improbable cinematic stare for composing the sight of his films. Very few directors could have gotten so considerable out of so small as he does here.
Barbara Steele was available for one day and is shrimp more than a guest star but she helped to sell the portray. Ian Ogilvy in his first film is all he needs to be while John Karlsen and Mel Welles add significant spice to the proceedings. Watching this reminded me again of what was lost when the drive-ins disappeared. Today there is no crude budget training ground for young directors where their works can be seen by a immense number of people. A movie like this would now go straight to DVD and into rental and bargain bin oblivion.
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This Dusky Sky DVD release is everything a cult film lover could wish for. Not only is the print quality absolutely exquisite but the guest commentary by Ogilvy, Steele and producer Paul Maslansky is both informative and quite comic. It helps to define why the film wildly veers between being an outright fear film, a political satire, and a Keystone style slapstick comedy. Taken as a whole it isn’t very pleasant but it does have its moments and is very delicious. THE SHE BEAST deserves to be seen by anyone keen in low-budget filmmaking and as a peek at the beginning of a short but considerable career.