Optimum / Studio Canal Thread - Page 14

Gojirosan · #**131** 15th November 2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by loops

Umberto Lenzi's From Hell to Victory

Ah, sweet! Not sure if I like that film because it's absurd fun or if it's because "Hank Milestone" is such an amazingly cool name!

Splatterdragon73 · #**132** 20th November 2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by vincenzo

The Synergy DVD was cut.

What exactly was missing from this DVD as i can't recall any absent footage?

vincenzo · #**133** 20th November 2009, 12:08 PM

It was cut by 22 secs. Reductions to the soldering iron torture and the decapitation scene.

The Exterminator (click on Spoiler Alert for details).

Less cut than the cinema release (which I saw) and the massacred video prints. Cuts waived for the Optimum DVD.

Splatterdragon73 · #**134** 20th November 2009, 12:20 PM

I have to be honest and say i've checked the head amputation scene in Synergy's release several times and i really can't see anything missing!

Not too sure about the soldering iron torture moment, though.

vincenzo · #**135** 20th November 2009, 12:34 PM

I've never seen the Synergy print to compare, though quite a few people have mentioned this. Even in the uncut version the soldering iron scene slowly fades out as the guy starts to hold the iron against the screaming girl.

It's possible that Synergy released the uncut print instead though the only way to 100% confirm would be a frame-by-frame comparison of the two scenes.

Splatterdragon73 · #**136** 20th November 2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by vincenzo

I've never seen the Synergy print to compare, though quite a few people have mentioned this. Even in the uncut version the soldering iron scene slowly fades out as the guy starts to hold the iron against the screaming girl.

I'm sure this is the way the above scene unfolds in Synergy's DVD so i like to think the company sneaked out an intact print and kept quiet. Good on 'em if they did and sorry to go off topic.

vincenzo · #**137** 20th November 2009, 01:12 PM

I'll grab the Synergy DVD and do a comparison. It's certainly possible that it could be the uncut version and it would be interesting to know for definite.

Splatterdragon73 · #**138** 20th November 2009, 01:15 PM

No doubt you're the right guy for the job!

vincenzo · #**139** 20th November 2009, 01:21 PM

I still have the Braveworld video which is cut in basically every violent scene. Even the sequence showing the making of the mercury-filled dum-dum bullets was cut.

Mr Ferman was not a fan of this film.

Mojo · #**140** 20th November 2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by vincenzo

Mr Ferman was not a fan of this film.

Was he a fan of anything?