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Orgy of the Dead AKA L'orgia del morti AKA Orgy of the Living Dead AKA La orgía de los muertos AKA The Hanging Woman AKA Beyond the Living Dead AKA Return of the Zombis AKA Bracula, Terror of the Living Dead (Blu-ray) (1973)
Zombies rise from the grave in a small Balkan village in 19th-century Yugoslavia.Director: José Luis Merino
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL-
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Extras:Trailer (0:52)
Eurocult Collection:
- Barbed Wire Dolls (0:55)
- Blue Rita (2:28)
- Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (2:37)
- Sexy Sisters (1:02)
- Voodoo Passion (0:56)
- Women in Cellblock 9 (1:00)
Startup Trailers:
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Onscreen title: "L'orgia del morti" Orgy of the Dead (both Italian and English on one title card)
This corrected version lacks the alternate "Return of the Zombis" version and doesn't have the picture of the VHS on the back like the original release. -
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Extras:* The Film: HD version
* The Film: Alternate edit (upscaled SD in 1.33:1 open matte 1080/24p) (113:33)
Trailer (1:54)
Eurocult Collection:
- Barbed Wire Dolls (0:55)
- Blue Rita (1:09)
- Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (2:37)
- Sexy Sisters (1:02)
- Voodoo Passion (0:56)
- Women in Cellblock 9 (1:00)
Startup Trailers:
- Full Moon Promo (2:19) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Main version title: "L'orgia del morti" Orgy of the Dead (both Italian and English on one title card)
Alternate edit title: Return of the Zombies
Alternate edit is located under "Featurettes" from the main menu.
There are encoding issues with this disc:
"We have recently learned that some of the ORGY OF THE LIVING DEAD and THE HAND THAT FEEDS THE DEAD units distributed last month had significant authoring issues. We have pinpointed those problems and are in the process of striking a new master.
Once a new master is made, we will repress the discs and send out replacement copies to all customers who purchased them. This will take a few weeks to complete, so please be patient with us. This is truly the best that these two Euro-Horror classics have ever looked and we know you'll be as thrilled with these releases as we are once you receive the corrected discs!
Thanks so much for reaching out to us and thank you SO much for supporting Full Moon!" -
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OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL
The only version we currently have specifications for.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film's export version ran 97 minutes (24 fps) while the R-rated version "The Hanging Woman" lopped off the entire opening title sequence and began with the first shot after the director's credit, inserting the title card over the titular sight, deleted some gore and nudity, and added an end crawl of made up names, running about about 94 minutes. The prints with the "Beyond the Living Dead" title are the same version.
The Spanish version featured covered takes of nudity and cuts to gore.
The 97 minute export version was released on VHS in the U.S. by Wizard Video. That version retained gore and nudity but lost some expository passages to fit the film onto a T-90 cassette (the running time was just over ninety minutes with only room for an FBI warning logo and no Wizard logo).
The Troma "Final Cut" was assembled using the Wizard version and the "Hanging Woman" version, including the export credits but clipping the title card and leaving "The Hanging Woman" card in the spot where it appeared in the R-rated version and adding the Spanish end credits to the end of the film. This assembly was missing a couple short sequences that were present in one or the other tape sources as a result of sloppy research.
The original export title was "Bracula, Terror of the Living Dead" but that card was replaced with "Return of the Zombis" (sic). -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL Corrected Release America- Full Moon - No cuts (98:08)
- Blu-ray ALL ORIGINAL FAULTY RELEASE America- Full Moon - No cuts - Botched release runs at incorrect frame rates HD version (94:05 - 25fps) and an extended home video edit in upscaled standard (113:33 - drastically slowed down)
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Comparison added by Rick_Curzon on 08/12/20
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 15/01/21UPDATE LOG:
08/12/20: Initial entry.
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15/01/21: Added corrected release.
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