Bootleg Blues: Night Of The Devils
So I have this very miserable looking copy of Giorgio Ferroni’s Night Of The Devils that I’ve been sitting on for a number of years. I have refused to watch it for so long because the quality is just so dang pitiful. Well, I finally broke down and rocked this weird little horror flick. The quality wasn’t as bad as I feared in that I survived watching it without giving up or getting a migraine.
I’ve converted the VHS to a DVDR so it won’t degrade anymore (until the disc wears out). Oh yeah, my copy is scratchy and jumpy making the screen seem to pulse while the film plays. Also, the audio is wickedly muddled making the dialogue (in English) and the soundtrack distort almost to the breaking point.
And now, some screenshots to show you just how fun my copy is to watch:
Right off the bat, things look a little sketchy.
I see a maggot-ridden skull. Okay, that’s good.
God bless daytime scenes. I can see Gianni Garko!
Gah! Good thing I don’t need to read those subs.
Demonic children? Maybe. I can barely see them.
This is what I and a million other film fans have been battling with for years. Collecting obscure European (mostly Italian) horror flicks will lead you down some painful roads. But that’s just a testament to our love for genre film. We’re pretty much a big gang of desperate film stalkers and ravenous movie scavengers (with low standards). So if you’re reading this and you are the person who owns the rights to Night Of The Devils then could you please hand them over to a decent DVD company? I don’t care who does it, as long as the dang movie gets restored and is presented in an uncut form. Seriously, duder, I will buy the heck out of it.
Here is a clip from Night Of The Devils (wish my copy looked this good):