I'm wanting to get a decent copy of this on DVD, and was wondering which one to shoot for. It's either the VCI release from 2006, or I'm going to get the Anchor Bay Bava boxed set. Anyone know what the quality of the prints are on either of these— I want to get the best available.
shareWell for what it's worth, I have the single Anchor Bay slip disk from the Bava boxed set and it is a very nice copy indeed. I want to say that I also read somewhere on the net that the basic consensus was that the Anchor Bay disk was the best, or at least one of the best, versions of the film to own. You might do well to look up, as I have done, a few sites on the net which do comparisons on some of the various DVD editions of certain films, as a number of Bava films on DVD are looked into on these sites. I obviously can't comment on the VCI edition.
Either way though, I'm really hoping that a company like Arrow will eventually release 'Kill Baby, Kill' on Blu-Ray soon. This company has done a really splendid job indeed with some of the Bava titles they have released thus far, such as 'Black Sunday', 'Black Sabbath' and 'Lisa & The Devil'. The only real drawback is that this company is exclusively out of the UK I believe, and thus requires one to have a multi-region DVD player format here in the US in order to view them. But it's worth it I say!
Thanks for the input. I actually just found a comparison chart on DVD Beaver, and it does look like the Anchor Bay release is the best. The VCI disc is in fullscreen and the print doesn't look that great. I really wish Anchor Bay had just released this as a standalone disc rather than only as part of a boxed set; I think the film is worth it. I was considering just spending the $25-30 on Amazon for the Bava set, but I already own Anchor Bay's release of Black Sunday, which is included in that. Part of me says I should just get the VCI version considering it's only around 10 bucks, but I'm gonna have to decide whether or not I want to go with the boxed set for the quality of the picture. I'm loyal to Anchor Bay usually (I'm a big collector of their back catalogue of horror releases), but I don't know if it's worth the money for me.
So the Bava set is packaged in slim DVD cases, like they do with television series? That's unusual for Anchor Bay. I have the Dario Argento collection they put out several years back and it's packaged in a steel book case and is cleverly built inside to house five discs— I was expecting the Bava set to be the same, but I guess not? Interesting!
Yeah, the disks from the Bava Anchor Bay set are slim disks. I was actually able to purchase the 'Kill Baby, Kill' slim disk apart from the actual Anchor Bay set awhile ago. But yes, this film DEFINITELY needs and deserves an official standalone release on either DVD or Blu-Ray in the near future!
As far as deciding which disk to go for, me personally, I would definitely want to go for the widescreen version with the much better print. Bava's films are SO much about the visual experience and atmosphere, as I'm sure you're well aware of, that you always want to try and get the best version available in order to appreciate the unique vision of his films. I think we're really cheated out of fully enjoying his films otherwise.