Ricardo Fredda en BR: Folia Omicida / Mimic Trilogy en BR

Para Mayo, RARO USA nos trae una de Riccardo Freda en BR !!!

Murder Syndrome aka Murder Obsession aka Folia Omicida / Blu-ray / Production Year: 1981

Studio: E1 Entertainment / Release Date: 5/8/2012 / Length: 95 mins


Martine Brochard ... Shirley
Laura Gemser ... Beryl
Anita Strindberg ... Glenda
Silvia Dionisio ... Deborah

Raro USA's single-layer, progressive transfer is more than a 16:9 upgrade. It improves on the color, contrast, and framing over the Raro Italy DVD. The opening text suggests that Raro USA has augmented the English cut with scenes from the longer Italian cut, but this is not true. It is the longer Italian version, not a composite cut. The audio is a composite work, however, and the Italian-only scenes have English subtitles (as they did on the import). Regrettably, Raro USA has dropped the Italian track which features a piano score by Franco Mannino (who scored Visconti's last two films and conducted the classical music selections for his DEATH IN VENICE and LUDWIG) which features original compositions by Mannino as well as performances of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Well Tempered Clavier" as well as Liszt's "Liebestraum." The English track features an intrusive keyboard score in place of the original Mannino piano pieces (the Bach and Liszt cues remain) and is heard over scenes that play without scoring on the Italian track. The only extra on the disc is a subtitled interview with make-up and visual effects artist Sergio Stivaletti, who worked uncredited along side Angelo Mattei on the gore effects. A liner notes booklet is also included.

DVD Reviews: http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/cont ... -Obsession & http://10kbullets.com/reviews/m/murder-obsession/
DVD Comparison: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_revi ... ession.htm


Y parece que hubo 3 Mimics.

Cortesía de LIONSGATE. Traen algunos extras la 2 y la 3. La original es el mismo BR que salió hace unos meses.

Mimic
From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) comes "a terrifying film of great elegance" (San Francisco Chronicle). Starring Academy Award© winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) and screen favorites Charles S. Dutton (A Time To Kill) and Josh Brolin (True Grit), this electrifying thriller brings the epic battle between man and nature to life when a team of scientists discover that their experiement in genetic engineering has gone horribly awry.
Mimic 2
Four years ago, a cockroach-spread plague threatened to decimate the child population of New York City. Then, research biologists developed a species of "Judas" bugs engineered to "mimic" and overrun the diseased roaches in their grubby habitat. The plan worked until the creatures evolved to mimic their next prey...humans! They were all thought to be dead, but the mutated cockroaches have now undergone another unimaginable metamorphosis and are once again threatening to take over! Bursting with amazing special effects and loaded with unstoppable excitement -- you'll thrill to every moment of this pulse-pounding crowd pleaser!
Mimic 3: Sentinel
The third and the scariest entry in the unstoppably suspenseful and terrifying Mimic legacy! When residents of his apartment building begin to disappear, Marvin comes to believe the unthinkable: the mutant breed of giant carnivorous insects that once plagued society are back and beginning to revisit their devastation! Though he's confined to his room due to a severe illness, Marvin must rally whatever support he can in order to exterminate these horrifying creatures before he ends up their next victim! Filled with action and incredibly eye- popping special effects, this terror-filled thriller is a must-see for all fans of intense big-screen excitement!

EXTRAS DE LAS SECUELAS:
Mimic 2: "5 Days of Mimic 2" / Behind the Sound of Mimic 2 / Deleted Scenes
Mimic 3: Sentinel / Behind The Scenes Featurette / Audio Commentary with Writer/Director J.T. Petty / Cast Auditions

Pero volviendo a Ricardito; a pesar de que Freda renegaba de las películas de terror, tengo pendiente hacer un post sobre él. Dejo alguna que otra data wikipedica y demases...

- Riccardo Freda nació en Alejandría, Egipto en 1909 y murió en Roma, Italia en 1999 a los 90 años de edad.
- Fue un director de cine italiano de origen egipcio. Irónicamente, más conocido por sus películas de horror y thriller, Freda no tenía gran amor por las películas de terror, sino más bien de las películas épicas. La película Spartaco / Sins of Rome (1953) fue una de los primeras películas épicas italianas (Péplum), The White Warrior (1959) con Steve Reeves como Hércules y Giants of Thessaly (1961) fueron distribuídas antes que la famosa Jasón y los Argonautas de Ray Harryhausen y también dirigió a Kirk Morris y Gordon Scott en dos películas de Maciste, Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1961) y The Witch's Curse (1961).
- No terminó ninguna de las dos películas de terror que se les asignó en los años 50's ( "Yo Vampiri" y "Caltiki"), sino que permitió que su cineasta Mario Bava las completara. Los grandes efectos de Bava en "Caltiki", en particular, lo consolidó como director en 1960. Así pues, muchos aficionados identifican a Freda como mentor de Mario Bava en la industria del cine.
- Las dos grandes películas de terror de Freda en los 60's fueron "The Horrible Dr. Hichcock" (1962) y "The Ghost" (1963), que protagonizó Barbara Steele, pero él realmente gozaba haciendo películas de aventura. Dirigió a Anton Diffring y al legendario Klaus Kinski en el cine giallo a lo largo de la década y fue parando la máquina en los 70's e inexplicablemente sale su jubilación a los 72 años para dirigir una última película "Murder Obsession".

Yo lo único que conozco de Freda es un par de las últimas que hizo, el giallo The Iguana With The Tongue of Fire (1971) y Tragic Ceremony (1972).

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Aquí hay varias reseñas de sus películas de terror de los 60's: http://thecinema.blogia.com/temas/riccardo-freda.php