Amazon.com: Faceless Monster: Barbara Steele, Mario Caiano: Amazon Instant Video

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Synopsis: Seductive Barbara Steele (Black Sunday) is tortured with acid while tied up helpless in one of the classics of the golden age of Italian horror. Obsessed scientist Dr. Arrowsmith finds his wife is cheating on him with their servant, so he brutally tortures and murders them. When he finds his late wife's fortune has been left to her mentally ill sister, Jenny, he marries her and begins a nefarious plan to reclaim her wealth-- until nightmare revenge reaches from beyond the grave, all accompanied by a spinetingling Ennio Morricone score!

Starring: Barbara Steele

Directed by: Mario Caiano

Genre: Horror

Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes

Studio: Egami

ASIN: B000Y8BELW (Rental) and B000Y8EP72 (Purchase)

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Rental rights: 7 day viewing period Details

Purchase rights: Stream instantly and download to 2 locations. Details

Compatible with: Mac and Windows PC online viewing, compatible instant streaming devices, TiVo DVRs. System requirements

Format: Amazon Instant Video (streaming online video and digital download)

Also available on DVD

Track of the Vampire/Nightmare Castle DVD ~ Barbara Steele

3.0 out of 5 stars (13)

Theatrical Release Information

Production Company: Cinematografica Emmeci
Also Known As: Nightmare Castle

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3.0 out of 5 stars So-so Video Transfer... Still Worth Owning, May 5, 2003

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The Magician "tale99" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Faceless Monster (DVD)

Like the other posts have mentioned: the video quality is decidedly poor. It seems to have been taken from a videotape source due to the numerous drop outs that are evident througout. Still, it's by far the best version available (aka Nightmare Castle on other low-quality labels) and it's far from unwatchable and even fairly crisp in spots. The audio is okay, the dubbed dialogue is clear even if there's a slight hiss to it.

As for the film... it's a blast! This is my favorite Barbara Steele performance and she plays two roles: the insatiable, insane, raven-haired Muriel and the demure, blonde and driven insane Jenny. The whole thing's encased in a fog-thick atmosphere of dread, sadism and passion that even outdoes many of the Corman/Poe adaptions. Witness the doctor's torture of Muriel and her lover and then Muriel's gleeful climactic revenge. Pretty powerful stuff even by today's standards... and although it's draggy in spots it has many memorable scenes that make it worthwhile.

The print's uncut and 100 min. It's incorrectly framed at what looks like 1.50:1 instead of 1.66:1 and the first couple of credit titles are video generated. There also seems to be some new sound efx of crickets and such added over the first scene for some inexplicable reason.

The box cover art is hideously wretched (doesn't Retromedia have a designer that knows rudimentary Photoshop?). The slightly animated menus are passable as is a small photo gallery set to Ennio Morricone's cool theme.

Again, the quality should have been better but if you can score it for $... so (and you're a fan) than it's definitely worth it... until a superior version comes along.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars DREADFUL TRANSFER !, March 3, 2003

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This review is from: The Faceless Monster (DVD)

I adore Barbara Steele, but this transfer is truly one of the worst DVD transferd ever. It looks to have been mastered from a videotape without any type of effort to clean it up whatsoever. It has a constant fluttering throughout most of the film which gives the picture a quality that is NOT in anyway seamless.
The box art is [bad] and this is definateley a sub par release.
In comparison with SYNAPSE'S beautiful job on CASTLE OF BLOOD starring BARBARA STEELE this disc is an atrocity.
THE ONLY REASON to buy this DVD is if you are such a fanatic for BARBARA STEELE that you cannot wait for someone else to put out a better copy. Surely, and hopefully, someone will. Cuz RETROMEDIA'S release would not even be competition if someone came out with an even slightly better version.
I mean they should pay people to watch this disc rather than charge them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I am in Dork Heaven!, May 5, 2006

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Lady Kah-Kah "the defendant" (At the Mountains of Madness) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Faceless Monster (DVD)

I've been looking high and low for an uncut version of this movie and Retro Media has done a bang-up job of restoring it. The transfer is clear, the sound quality is top-natch and Barbara does her own dub! ( insert pathetic squeal of joy ) The still gallery was a nice bonus too. Retro Media, you are truly gods among men. Keep up the good work. So, if you're a gothic Italian horror/Barbara Steele buff, then this is a sound investment.

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