Overall Rating:  4.25 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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Imagine Quentin Tarantino remaking Last House On The Left inside a speeding car... That's Mario Bava's Rabid Dogs, a brutal and ironic kidnapping story whose unflinching realism makes it unlike any other film made by Italy's foremost director of horror and fantasy. The violent, pessimistic and darkly ironical story of Rabid Dogs says much about why Bava sought refuge in art, why fear was his favorite subject, and why he felt compelled to stylize everything in his films- from the colored gel lighting that illuminates his actors, to their unrelenting acts of violence. Made in the summer of 1974, five years before Bava's death, Rabid Dogs was virtually completed when one of its key investors was killed in a traffic accident; the footage was impounded until it was completed twenty years later according to Bava's editing notes for this exclusive DVD presentation!
Rabid Dogs is to Bava what Detour is to the filmography of Edgar G. Ulmer, a minimalist noir masterpiece that shows how much drama he was capable of conjuring onscreen with little or no means. The release of Rabid Dogs is a monumentous occasion for Italian genre buffs, and also one of the greatest technical acheivements!
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Features:
| Interactive Menus
Trailer
Filmographies
Essays on Mario Bava, the Film and the Reconstruction
Numerous Stills and Original Poster Reproductions | Video:
| | Widescreen 1.66:1 Color | | Audio: (more info) | ITALIAN: Dolby Digital Stereo
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| Studio: Video Watchdog
Production Year: 1974
Release Date: 2/27/1998
Length: 96 mins
Rating: ?
| Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-SL
Item Code: LMDVD 001
UPC Code: 718754200491
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Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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HOLLYWOODLY INCORRECT - 4.25 out of 5 (9/8/1999)
Invisible since 1974, Mario Bava's RABID DOGS is now available in the DVD standard at a not-so-cheap price. Is it worth it - In my opinion yes, because firstly it's one of the best movies of the last period of the italian director and because the copy presented here is really of above-average quality. If you're a fan of italian B movies of the 1950-1975 period, you will surely appreciate a copy that is not half-decapitated nor tainted in yellow by the time or the dirty hands of unscrupulous prod
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if your a fan of mario bava's,then buy this great DVD,of a great FILM now!!!!! - 4.25 out of 5 (1/21/1999)
the ending of this film is the best i have ever seeing.
the transfer of rabid dogs is great,its framed at 1.66:1,
the colors are nice and solid,flesh tones look good.
the picture is sharp and free of grain.the sound is
italian DD 1.0 and sounds good,free of hiss and pops.
there are english and german subs,a trailer and info on the making of the film and info on mario bava.
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