tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566408705248423573.post250090074211947453..comments2024-03-28T22:35:51.127-04:00Comments on DVD Exotica: Beware the Monster DogJohn W McKelveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07224424721208024907noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566408705248423573.post-1968422329575697092016-03-28T20:11:26.144-04:002016-03-28T20:11:26.144-04:00The 2005 DVD was a straight dub of the 1986 VHS re...The 2005 DVD was a straight dub of the 1986 VHS release. In the many, many years that I've known this movie, I never realized just how stylish it is until I saw the incredible blu-ray transfer. With all of the dark scenes and blown-out blue lighting, it looked downright ugly on video.<br /><br />In defense of Fragasso (I can't believe I just wrote that), the deleted/alternate scenes were duped from the Japanese version, which only runs 4 minutes longer than the American edit (adding more confusion, the Japanese tape ACTUALLY runs the 88 minute length that's cited on the American VHS). There's nowhere near 14 minutes of differences included in that blu-ray compilation, they lengthily bookended a lot of scenes where there was only an additional line or alternate shot. And they never should have changed the old man's final rant, his explanation in the Japanese edit made a little more sense... but this is a Fragasso film, so just a little.<br /><br />Awesome comparison and review, by the way.Vinnie Rattollehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108713348750705408noreply@blogger.com