Righteous Recommendations
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If you thought you would come away feeling tormented after trying to look up all the releases Tormented has to offer you might be right, but rather than having to deal with mountains upon mountains of various releases your headaches may very well come from the other films going by the same name that get them all mixed up. The 60's film did not star any Asian actors - don't believe the listings that tell you that.
There are a number of unremarkable DVD's, but surprisingly few multi-movie packs showed up in my search although there is a Blu-ray including it. I know of at least 2 so I'll tell you all about them below. The only release that stands out is a 3D version.
I have a couple of copies that I'll compare although they are very similar. First up is the “Horror Classics” 50 pack.
Video:
1.33: There is no widescreen version. It contains a fair amount of trash and is a little fuzzy.
Audio:
1.0 mono: It sounds muted and a little distorted rendering some of the off-screen lines hard to make out. There is surprisingly little white noise.
Packaging:
This particular disc is housed in a cardboard sleeve contained in a Velcro-fastened box. You can read about the set as a whole in great detail in the Horror Classics (50 pack) guide.
Extras:
There are no extras of any kind.
Other Editions:
There's nothing to get excited about. All releases list the same specs with no mention of remastering or extras. The only exception is, of course, the 3D release although I could not find a single positive review of this version. Be forewarned, viewing requires the proper glasses which do not come with the DVD.
The Attack of the B's Blu collection seems to be part of a slowly growing trend (or perhaps attempt at a trend) of using Blu's storage capacity to fit a lot of movies on a single disc. 18 public domain films (some very common, some fairly rare) reside on a single disc in standard 480i definition (no HD here). The best I can say for these is that they seem to occasionally present the original image ratios and may be very slightly improved quality over some of the cheaper DVD budget packs. Otherwise they offer nothing special aside from being exceptionally self-space friendly. They offer no extras and can be somewhat hard to find.
Final Thoughts:
So as far as I can tell you're not going to find a truly “good” presentation of this movie so go with the best deal you find. Of my two the 50 Horror Classics version is better but not by much. It's probably tolerable if you're just looking to check out the film.
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The “Chilling” 20 pack is up next.
Video:
1.33: This image is also trashy. The image shifts and is very grainy which makes it even worse.
Audio:
1.0 mono: Again, there's not much white noise but it suffers from the same muted and distorted dialogue.
Packaging:
The disc comes in a paper sleeve that lives in a plastic case. You can get more details about the set as a whole by checking out the Chilling (20 pack) guide.
Extras:
No extras for this one, either.
