by Darrel_Griffin » 22 Mar 2024 15:33
Devil's Island Lovers + Night of the Assassins
Jess Franco Double Bill Volume 2
I have provided full specs for both movies in the box set, with various corrections and improvements.
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DISC ONE
Title: Devil's Island Lovers
Country: United Kingdom
Region: 0 (already in database, and stated on back of case, but not confirmed by me)
Releasing Studio: Tartan Video [2006 Release]
Jess Franco Double Bill Volume 2
Case Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: 2.44:1 (black border on left, but image height is substantially less than a 2.35:1 image)
Anamorphic?: Yes
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English, English HoH (optional)
Cuts: No known cuts - Spanish version (77:15 PAL) - with 0:07 of black silence at end, net runtime 77:08 PAL (equivalent to 80:21)
Commentaries: none
Extras: Deleted & Alternative Scenes (from the French version, in French with optional English subtitles) (31:38)
Notes:
Onscreen title: Los amantes de la isla del diablo
The deleted scenes are from a faded, 2.16:1 letterboxed VHS source that was originally in a 1.33:1 frame but which has been zoomed in to 1.78:1.
Comes with two double sided promo poster reproductions.
Easter Eggs: none known
Amazon ASIN: B000F6IIL2
Source: I own it
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DISC TWO
Title: Night of the Assassins
Country: United Kingdom
Region: 0 (already in database, and stated on back of case, but not confirmed by me)
Releasing Studio: Tartan Video [2006 Release]
Jess Franco Double Bill Volume 2
Case Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Anamorphic?: Yes
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English, English HoH (optional)
Cuts: No known cuts (78:39 PAL) - with 0:04 of black silence at end, net runtime 78:35 PAL (equivalent to 81:51)
Commentaries: none
Extras: Alternative Title Sequence (1:51)
Notes:
Onscreen title: La noche de los asesinos
The extra "Alternative Title Sequence" has the German title "Im Schatten des Mörders" with the rest of the credits in Spanish.
Comes with two double sided promo poster reproductions.
Easter Eggs: none known
Amazon ASIN: B000F6IIL2
Source: I own it
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Additional notes:
1. For: Devil's Island Lovers (DVD page) the Spanish AKA title should be:
Los amantes de la isla del diablo
i.e. all lower case except for the first letter.
2. For: Night of the Assassins (both DVD and Blu-ray pages) the Spanish AKA title should be:
La noche de los asesinos
i.e. all lower case except for the first letter.
3. For Night of the Assassins, Tartan Video release, the onscreen title is:
"La noche de los asesinos"
below it is written in smaller fonts:
"basada en la obra de Edgar Allan Poe
el Gato y el Canario"
However, I do not believe these latter parts are intended as part of the title, hence my changing of the "Notes:" section (which also incorrectly had "del" instead of "de").
4. This Tartan Video double bill appears to have been released in 2006, not 2007. I have not been able to definitively confirm this, but it is dated 2006 on the back of the case, and they were classified by the BBFC in June and July of 2006.
5. My copy of the Tartan Video release does not include the "two double sided promo poster reproductions". I bought it new in September 2014, but it was from a marketplace seller, so it may not have been genuinely new. However, the back of the case does mention "Original Promotional Art Reproductions", and my copy of the "Tartan Video Jess Franco Double Bill Volume 1" DOES include 2 double sided art cards, so it is reasonable to assume that this Volume 2 normally includes 2 art cards too.