20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Blood Harvest DVD is censored!, September 19, 2003
This review is from: Blood Harvest (DVD)
DON'T BUY THIS DVD.
The DVD of Blood Harvest is a ripoff.
I just watched this fave old horror movie of mine, Blood Harvest, in its DVD incarnation.
Only if you can't get it elsewhere should you buy this DVD.
This is edited in several places, including these two key scenes: first of all, in the famous shower scene, Jill gets forced out of the shower when a "mysterious stranger" turns off the cold water. In my recorded-from-cable VHS version, an additional short scene shows Jill not only jump out, but grab a towel and flash a brief, but lovely, full frontal - and if you're familiar with the movie, you know that the actess playing the character Jill is especially gorgeous.
That's gone from the DVD. It shows the brief, unrevealing dash from the shower, then cut to Jill wearing a robe in the kitchen.
The scene of Jill's friend hung upside down in the barn, stripped to lingerie: the unedited scene where the girl's throat is slit, followed by a brief-but-gory squirting blood shot, is gone entirely from the DVD. Only a brief flash of the dead girl is shone.
I think every gore/nude scene has been edited in some way. Plus,picture quality varies tremendously from the beginning (almost looks 3rd generation videotape), to almost passable high video tape quality. Nothing APPROACHING typical DVD quality, even for old films transferred.
In the credits, it mentions "International Director's Cut", or some such. What baloney. The film looks like religious censors went after it with hedge trimmers.
With the sudden cheapness in DVD recording machines, schlocks like those that edited and are selling this hacked version of Blood Harvest, should be prosecuted for fraud.
You've been warned.
I'll continue watching my uncut, nearly as good picture (and warmer colors) VHS tape of 13 years.
This is about the DVD version.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good movie, harshly cut., May 14, 2006
This review is from: Blood Harvest (DVD)
Unfortunately, this dvd version is cut. The previous reviewer is wrong though. In the US at least, no X rating exists, only NC-17. None of this really matters though since they are not trying to re-release this old film into theaters. It would be perfectly acceptable to market the uncut version on dvd as unrated as so many other films (even bigger hollywood releases) often are. Stores such as Wal-Mart probably wouldn't stock this title anyway, but I seriously doubt they would discriminate because of an unrated status (they sell other unrated films). Anyway, it's a shame that they would release the film so cut up. It makes you wonder what the hell people are thinking sometimes. It is common sense that the audience for such a film would want to see it uncut.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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The Truth About BLOOD HARVEST, September 22, 2006
This review is from: Blood Harvest (DVD)
Films Around The World, Inc. (FATW)acted as exclusive international sales agent for Buddys, Inc., which furnished completion money for the original production company of BLOOD HARVEST,The Shooting Ranch Ltd. The production company went bankrupt and an FATW affiliate purchased the negative, outtakes, the right to use the screenplay, and all related rights, from the Trustee in Bankruptcy. FATW licensed the original version to The Drive In Channel; the movie has never been licensed for video by the copyright owner. It will all be straightened out by the Courts, but for sure, when it is legitimately released, the technical quality will be first-rate, and there will be no unauthorized cuts. ALL present video versions are unauthorized, of inferior technical quality, and not as complete as the original version.
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