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Evil Face

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This review concerns the DVD quality only, not the the movie.
It is one the worst DVD I have purchased up to now. Very shoddy transfer, washed colours, trembling images.
The sound seems to come from the adjacent room (with the door closed).
Mya exploits the passion of many customers throughout the world. Alpha video quality at Criterion price.
What a bargain!

This is obviously a very bad VHS transfer: unbearably horrible video quality, superbad audio quality.
All this at, more or less, the price of a Criterion DVD.
This is the last time ever that I buy a DVD from Mya.
Shame on you!

The video quality is worse than a DVD copy from an old VHS from the 1970s.

Before I start bashing MYA again (as I've done dozens of times in my reviews), let's start off with the movie itself for a change. This is another poorly executed rip-off of 'Eyes Without A Face', which was also done as 'The Awful Doctor Orloff', 'The Iron Rose' and a dozen other Eurocult wannabe horror flicks that aren't worth mentioning. The three I did mention ARE all worth watching.

Before Klaus Kinski hooked up with Werner Herzog, he was synonymous with bad Eurohorror flicks, and this is one of them. I do have a weakness for bad European horror and cult films, so I know this firsthand. (If you like Kinski during this era, try on 'Liz and Helen', 'Asylum Erotica' or 'Jack The Ripper'). But this is a tired re-tread of the films I mentioned earlier, all far superior, so see this at your own discretion.

Back to MYA communications, pimps of bad movies made worse through slipshod reproductions - MYA must be an acronym for 'Mislead Your Audience' because, with very few exceptions, all of their releases are sourced from the WORST possible prints - they appear to be 3rd generation VHS copies, with rolling picture lines, glitches and blemishes galore, poor audio, no contrast, washed out or flaming `hot' colors, you name it - if it's anything that makes your viewing experience painful, it's right there.

It appears to be a goal or hidden agenda of theirs - even when they re-release movies on the now-defunct NoShame label, whose audio and video were impeccable and had tons of extras, MYA finds a wretched copy of the film and releases it bare-bones - no featurettes, trailers, bios, filmographies, inserts, etc. AND they're charging Criterion release pricing for these atrocities!

Another despicable, deceptive practice of theirs is to re-title a film and use a different cover on the release, so you think you've stumbled onto a rarity to add to your collection, only to find out when you get home that it's something you already have; only your copy is far superior. And I've purchased more than one flick that's been edited, apparently with a chainsaw, to add insult to financial injury. One bummer after another...

So what do we, the poor slobs who keep them in business, do about the heinous crimes committed against us? I, for one, tire of lambasting them here on Amazon (read all the reviews I've written about their releases), so I'm calling on you to join me in BOYCOTTING MYA COMMUNICATION releases until that time comes when they begin respecting their core audience, the rabid fans of all things Eurocult, Gaillo, Eurosleaze, Crime Dramas and Eurohorror. Fight the future, my friends, and hit them where they've been nailing us - in the pocketbook.

What is this company thinking to put out a pricey DVD that looks like the worst public domain VHS rip? Do they think customers are blind? This is really making me angry. Never again I will buy a MYA DVD. Too bad.

I've read the reviews about this film included within this title but they seem to be forgetting one important thing, Mya Communication has given us the opportunity to see a rare title and also it gives us a chance to see Director Sergio Garrone pulling a Roger Corman. When Corman finished 'THE RAVEN'-1963 , he utilized the same sets with Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson to film 'THE TERROR". Garrone did a film called 'L'AMANTE DEL MOSTRO'(SOUL OF A MONSTER' in 1974 with Klaus Kinski and Katia Christine. It was a mediocre attempt at creating a different variation on the Jekyll/Hyde theme. This film which is titled in Italian 'LA MANO CHE NUTRE LA MORTE'(EVIL FACE) was made the same year with the same actors, costumes and sets and is a much better film. If you have the opportunity to see them back to back, you will be extremely surprised. Yes, the quality is not up to par with their other releases but it is definitly better than an ALPHA release. A tip of the hat should go to Mya for finding this film. The sound is in Italian Mono only with English Subtitles but crisp and clear slightly widescreen. If you are a Euro Horror completist like me, you will welcome this release. You will also get the chance to see a much subdued Kinski performance and over the top Carlo Rimbaldi gore effects. Great fun, give it a chance.