Fascination [DVD]

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Skin tones look nice and natural, there is no evidence of obvious noise reduction, compression artifacts or edge enhancement, and the end result is a very film-like presentation. There is apparently also a heavily cut German DVD on the market, with a classification lower than FSK-18. With that said, there's a craftsmanship and artistic value to his films that will appeal to both horror fans and arthouse cinema devotees and this Blu-ray release from Kino and Redemption makes those qualities all the more obvious. Brand spanking new from reputable UK company with 30 years experience in retail, please note not all our new items are shrink wrapped. Of course, this now iconic cinematography and imagery associated with the film doesn't hurt things either.

It's an interesting experience to navigate through Rollin's individualistic style -- especially if you're expecting something completely different than what he offers.The usual five Rollin Blu-ray-related trailers are also included along with liner notes by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas. Following a history of releases on VHS and DVD by Redemption, reasonable at the time but not particularly holding up nowadays in the hi-def era, Stateside company Kino have teamed with Redemption to thankfully remaster this (along with several other of the director's movies) in high definition - image quality jumps significantly on the Blu-ray, with strengthened colour schemes and wonderfully naturalistic detail without being excessively sharp; indeed, on occasions there is an authentic haziness during certain sequences. The women are seductive and teasing, but turn out to be part of a vampiric cult of blood-drinking aristocrats. His films can be said to be fantasy films mixed with horror , although this one is more straight horror.

He had scored a major hit in 1928, writing, directing and starring in The First Born – based on his own play and starring opposite Madeleine Carroll. In the middle of rural France there's a castle where two attractive females - Eva and Elisabeth -waste away their days, waiting for some initially unspecified event. In 2023, Indicator easily surpassed all of the film's previous home video releases with separate 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions (limited to 6,000 and 4,000 units respectively in the U. In 2019, Wicked Vision presented a mediabook German release that touted a new scan, though the result was a big letdown with a cropped 1. No, of course not, but it doesn't need to - this is, after all, a low budget film made more than thirty years ago.

The original film was made over 90 years ago and recorded on material which in no way was long-lasting.

Die Besetzung ist mal wieder gut (die obligatorische Rollin-Actreuse Brigitte Lahaie, als männlichen Part Jean Marie Lemaire und in ihrem Debut Franca Mai, die vor allem am Ende zeigt, was schauspielerisch in ihr steckt) und das Schloß ist eine großartige Kulisse. Unable to leave due to the gun-toting bandits outside and now unwilling to leave anyway due to a notable degree of sexual enticement from Eva, Marc is destined to be swept up in the strange activities that are about to take place in the castle. A new commentary by Jeremy Richey is a welcome addition covering the progression to this film in the wake of Rollin's financial difficulties (including the failure of Lips of Blood and his gun-for-hire work in the adult film industry), the literary and artistic influences at play here, the relationships to his more traditional vampire projects, and the contributions of other crew and cast members here. The Kino Lorber Blu-ray from 2012 (branded as Redemption, per usual practice) is truly lovely, with an attractive film-like texture and much more detail than SD could capture. This particular release has been discontinued, however you may still be able to find second-hand copies.

It sounds like the audio was taken from a metallic-sounding source at most points, something that affects just about every sound that comes out of the speakers due to the lower-budget audio source. Like so many of the director's work, this film was made with a low budget and some will take issue with the fact that this does show in the production values from time to time, but if you've appreciative of the wholly unique atmosphere that only Rollin could create and don't mind a plot that isn't necessarily concerned with narrative structure so much as it is with ambience and fever dream set pieces, Fascination absolutely deserves a look. A "vampire" coven has enlisted two of its members, a sensual blonde Eva (Bridgette Lahaie) and a lean brunette Elisabeth (Franca Mai), to ensnare a male sacrifice for their thirst. It also presents a final act so devastatingly modern in its interpersonal relationships that it beggars belief that this film is actually just over fifteen years shy of celebrating its centenary.

Die beiden Frauen verbergen ein Geheimnis und scheinen weder vor ihm noch vor seinem Revolver Angst zu haben. Fascination is presented in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. French director Jean Rollin's film could take one step backwards and become gothic softcore porn, while it could also take a step forward and become a complete horror film. And why are these girls acting so strange - and who are these party guests that they've invited over? The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

This isn't an overly aggressive mix, again this is an older low budget film, but the dialogue is perfectly balanced against the score and there are no problems at all with any hiss or distortion. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Some erotic component was usually imposed on Rollin by meddling producers, forcing him to add ill-fitting sex scenes into his productions, but here - more so than anywhere else in his filmography - the erotic screens feel truly organic to the story.