The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

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The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

Postby Darrel_Griffin » 28 Mar 2020 15:04

Title: The Devil's Wedding Night (AKA Il plenilunio delle vergini) (1973)
Country: America
Region: ALL
Releasing Studio: Code Red
Case Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Codec: AVC MPEG-4
Picture: 1080p, 24Hz
Soundtracks:

English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono

Subtitles: none
Cuts: presumably uncut (84:12) - see additional note (3), below

Commentaries: none
Extras:

Option to play movie in Katarina's Nightmare Theater "Bucketlist Mode" version, which plays:

intro (8:10)
The Devil's Wedding Night (84:12)
post-script (1:42)

Notes:
Easter Eggs: none known
Amazon ASIN: Probably no proper ASIN exists, but there are these:

B01AF4RYXG (on amazon.co.uk, but currently unavailable)
B00125ZBII (on amazon.com, where the product seems to be combined with a VCI VHS release)

Source: I own it



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Additional notes:

1. The American "Shout! Factory" DVD is currently listed as "Unset" and needs to be corrected.

2. Shout! Factory DVD correct runtimes are:

The Film (83:03)
The Film with Elvira segments (98:43)

It is also a non-progressive transfer (24p not available)

Source: I own it


3. Runtime differences between releases:

Code Red Blu-ray runtime is: 84:12. This is longer than the currently listed DVD releases.

Shout! Factory DVD correct runtime is: 83:03.

Artus Films DVD runtime is 77:17 PAL, equivalent to just 80:30, suggesting it is in fact cut. The database currently states it is uncut. I don't own it, so I can't provide any details.

I don't have a complete explanation for the difference in runtime between the Code Red Blu-ray and the Shout! Factory DVD. However, I own both, so I started comparing them. I noticed that on the Shout! Factory DVD, there was a few seconds of missing footage at about 2:50. This is mid-scene, and the audio jumps too, so it is presumably due to print damage on the source material. I haven't checked any further, but I suspect there is further missing footage due to print damage throughout the Shout! Factory release. I have only watched it once before, but while the DVD itself was released in 2006, I do remember that it looked like the transfer was considerably older, and is quite low quality. This probably also explains why it is a non-anamorphic, non-progressive transfer.

In conclusion, I recommend adding something along the lines of the following to the DVD page:

R1 America - Shout! Factory - No cuts as such, but has missing frames due to print damage (83:03 NTSC)
R2 France - Artus Films - Cut status unknown - equivalent 24fps runtime of 80:30 suggests it is cut - details unknown (77:17 PAL)
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 28 Mar 2020 15:35

Code Red is the R-rated version missing a bit of gore at the end contained in the Japanese cassette which was the export version
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Darrel_Griffin » 28 Mar 2020 15:48

Does this mean the Shout! Factory DVD is also the R-rated version?
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 28 Mar 2020 15:56

The shot is intact on the Elvira which looks to be the same green scratched print used for the Japanese release. I’ll have to find my dvdr of the Japanese tape
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Darrel_Griffin » 28 Mar 2020 15:59

I've just compared the two releases - if you mean the following:

[Reveal] Spoiler:
a shot where a hand is severed with an axe


then this shot IS included on the Code Red release.
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 28 Mar 2020 16:19

Then I guess it is uncut. The shot was apparently snipped from the theatrical prints and the Wizard and VCI tapes
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 28 Mar 2020 16:25

Italian dvd is 79:40 PAL
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Darrel_Griffin » 28 Mar 2020 16:35

I make that equivalent to about 82:59, which is pretty close to the Shout! Factory DVD runtime, so maybe it's also from the same source.
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 28 Mar 2020 17:00

Presumably the Italian comes from an Italian master but that would not explain the French disc
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 29 Mar 2020 23:17

Italian TV broadcast is 79:43.

Japanese is 83:52, and that includes about thirty seconds before the Italian version starts with footage of a woman running through the woods. The Italian verison (or at least the recording of it) starts as she resumes running after she screams into camera on the Japanese tape, which does not include the Dimension Pictures logo at the start although it may have been clipped by the Japanese.
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray

Postby Darrel_Griffin » 30 Mar 2020 14:30

The Code Red Blu-ray starts as follows:

0:00-0:11 "Dimension Pictures" logo
0:11-0:42 a woman running through the woods
0:42-0:43 close up of the woman screaming
0:43-0:55 more footage of the woman running through the woods
0:55-1:02 the picture is shown as a negative image
1:02 credits start

This is pretty much the same as the Shout! Factory DVD.

So, based on what you said, it sounds like the following is true:

1. The Japanese version you have does not include the opening 11 seconds of logo, but is otherwise perhaps basically the same as the above releases. It is also missing an additional 9 seconds or so (compared with the Code Red release), but again this might be due to print damage.

2. The Italian version is missing the first 43 seconds or so (0:11 of logo + 0:32 of movie). It is also missing an additional 30 seconds or so (compared with the Code Red release), but again this might be due to print damage.
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 18 Jun 2020 23:14

Added, sorry about the delay
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

Postby Darrel_Griffin » 19 Jun 2020 08:17

Thanks Eric.

I would also recommend you update the DVD page with the following:


1. The Italian DVD is cut - according to what you said, it is missing 0:43 (0:11 of logo + 0:32 of movie) at the start. It seems that a further 0:30 is missing elsewhere, possibly due to print damage. If you ignore the Dimension Pictures logo, which presumably couldn't have been part of the original movie as the company didn't exist at the time, then what is missing is 0:32 of movie at the start + 0:30 elsewhere = 1:02 total.

Note the above timings are for 24fps - I converted 79:40 PAL to 82:59 at 24fps, meaning that at 24fps compared with the Code Red Blu-ray (84:12) it is shorter by 1:13 (= 0:43 + 0:30). If you want to use 25fps timings, they would be roughly: 0:41 (0:10 of logo + 0:31 of movie), and a further 0:29 missing elsewhere, possibly due to print damage, a total of 1:10. Ignoring the Dimension Pictures logo, what is missing is 0:31 of movie at the start + 0:29 elsewhere = 1:00 total.


2. Update the R1 cut status to something like this:

R1 Elvira's Movie Macabre America - Shout! Factory - No cuts as such, but has a total of approximately 1 minute of missing frames due to print damage (83:03 NTSC)

or if you want to use a more accurate figure for the missing frames, you could change it to:

R1 Elvira's Movie Macabre America - Shout! Factory - No cuts as such, but has a total of 1:09 of missing frames due to print damage (83:03 NTSC)

since 1:09 is the difference between this and the Code Red Blu-ray. There are no additional logos or anything like that at the start of the Code Red Blu-ray, so this figure is probably quite accurate.
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 19 Jun 2020 13:24

The Italian tv broadcast has the clipped opening. I have no confirmation that the dvd is missing footage in the same place.
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

Postby Darrel_Griffin » 19 Jun 2020 13:37

Sorry, I assumed you owned the Italian DVD, or at least that you were referring to it when you described "The Italian version". But presumably it must be missing a total of about 1 minute of footage (not including the Dimension Pictures logo).

You can also update the R1 DVD cut status, as I own that so I can confirm that frames are missing, and presumably due to print damage as they occur mid-shot. Admittedly I didn't check the entire movie, as that would be quite tedious, but it's certainly the case in some of the early shots as I described previously, and given the battered state of the source material used for the transfer, it's a pretty good bet that the rest of the missing footage is for the same reason. It does not appear to have censor cuts, as for example it DOES include the gore shot near the end.
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 21 Jun 2020 06:12

There is confliction information online about the running time of the French version (which is apparently not shortened from the Italian version but runs shorter because it replaces the Italian credits with the ones from the original French release). While the current listing cites a running time of 77:17, while DeVilDead's review cites a running time of 77:37 while Psychovision and OFDb say 77:17.
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

Postby Darrel_Griffin » 21 Jun 2020 10:40

Something strange has happened with the DVD page - it is not coming up when using a word search in the Comparison Search box. I tried both 'Title' and 'Director' searches, and only the Blu-ray page appears, not the DVD page.

However, it still exists, as I was able to access it when searching via Google.

Can this be fixed?
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Re: The Devil's Wedding Night (1973) Blu-ray ADDED

Postby Eric_Cotenas » 21 Jun 2020 14:07

Should be visible now.
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