DVD?

Yeah this is an interesting movie, it's too bad that a proper restoration effort has not been made but the film has some issues that may make that sort of out of the question for the time being. I found a Greek made English language VHS from the 1980s that also has the uncensored theatrical print but it's also a fullframe transfer with really bad picture quality. The version on GUNSLINGER CLASSICS is a language censored TV print that was also time-compressed AND missing a couple images of graphic violence. The only other version available on DVD is another language censored fullframe version on a British made DVD from the Dead of Night collection but it is also fullframe and a PAL format disc, though it is not time compressed for TV broadcast and runs the specified time with no cuts to the violence. If you can play PAL it's worth the $15 or so they charge for it here:

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/curse-demon-mountain-p-7235.html


Don't expect a revival of this movie anytime soon, the rights for "The Night They Drove Dixie Down" now probably cost as much as the whole movie's original production budget. I also don't know about that scene with Half Moon getting pitched over the side of the mountain with the horses. Dead or alive before they started tumbling, the horses look awfully real and there is no animal cruelty disclaimer in the credits (a practice which did not really exist until 1980 or so). There are also some horse falls during the battle scenes and in the body of the film that look like trip wires were used, which is a no-no. But the real problem is more than likely the use of the song. People like to be paid when their music can collect residual payments for re-distribution rights, I have no idea who holds the license for the movie but they may be reluctant to cough up and why you have to go to the public domain for older home video or TV versions.

In the UK, DVDs of this movie were available. But anybody interested in this release might have to search for second-hand copies now. It was released by a company that ran a series called 'The Dead of Night' DVDs. But I cannot see any current contact address for that company now. This release goes under an alternative title for the movie. As 'Curse of the Demon Mountain.' The sound and picture quality isn't great. But it's still watchable. This release has running time of 90 minutes. So presumably the whole film is intact.

I'm concerned about the possibility of animal cruelty, that has been brought up on here and another thread, in the making of this film. I do hope that no cruelty did take place. As I do ban any films from my DVD collection if animal cruelty has taken place in those movies.