Extras |
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Menus (English) |
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Chapters (8) |
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Trailers: Parasite
Eve (ADV Films), Hypnosis (ADV
Films, without text and voice over), Hypnosis
(ADV Films) |
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Captures |
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Review |
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Anthony Romero |
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One of the few live action Toho films
that ADV acquired once they started producing
DVDs, which is probably a good thing as ADV
lacked the option to just use their VHS source
as they did with later releases such as Tokyo:
The Last Megalopolis, this release
of Hypnosis, titled The Hypnotist
here, is one of the better ones the company
put their name on. It's still on the sub par
side, but does feature a decent video and
audio presentation that is sadly toped off
with a disappointing lack of supplements. |
Video: |
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For an ADV Films release, the video track
here is pretty good. On the good side, the
print used for the transfer is in excellent
shape. No scratches to be seen. The
downside, though, is that the video has been
badly compressed. There is obvious artifacting,
in the form of pixilation which clashes with
the film grain present on the print,
while the compression also removes a notable
amount of detail from the frame. Thankfully,
the colors here are pretty good, but could
have still stood to be a little more vivid.
Hypnosis is presented in its original
aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is Anamorphic for
widescreen TVs. |
Audio: |
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The disc features a pretty strong audio
presentation. It has one track, which is the
original Japanese in two channel stereo. No
inconsistencies to speak of, while speaker
distinction is good for a 2.0 presentation.
The audio can be accompanied with English
subtitles. Sadly, there is no option to turn
the subtitles off, although oddly enough they
aren't burned onto the video track either
meaning ADV Films actively choose not to have
them be something that could be removed for
whatever reason.
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Extras: |
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Extras are lacking as the disc only feature
ADV's own trailers for their two Japanese
horror films. |
Overview: |
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Bottom
line, this is a decent release. It's bare
bones, but features a serviceable way to watch
the feature. Despite its faults, the disc
is one of the better ones that ADV Films put
their name to. |
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