{"id":13373,"date":"2016-11-04T18:35:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T01:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=13373"},"modified":"2016-11-04T18:35:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T01:35:52","slug":"review-manhattanbaby-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/11\/review-manhattanbaby-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Manhattan Baby BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/11\/review-manhattanbaby-bd\/#more-13373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Manhattan Baby Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/2016\/manhattanbaby-sm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Lucio Fulci\u2019s supernatural thriller, <strong><em>Manhattan Baby<\/em><\/strong> (aka <em>Eye of the Evil Dead<\/em>) has some decently creepy scenes but little else that captured my attention from beginning to end, though any fans of his might get more out of it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Manhattan Baby<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">aka Eye of the Evil Dead<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1982)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Supernatural Thriller<br \/>\nBlue Underground | NR \u2013 89 min. \u2013 $35.99 | October 25, 2016<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 11\/04\/2016 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2016\/manhattanbaby-bd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid blue;\" title=\"Manhattan Baby\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2016\/manhattanbaby-bd.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01JM1Q39E\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Lucio Fulci<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Elisa Livia Briganti and Dardano Sacchetti (story and screenplay)<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Christopher Connelly, Martha Taylor, Brigitta Boccoli, Giovanni Frezza, Cinzia de Ponti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Interviews, Poster &amp; Still Gallery, Theatrical Trailer<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD, CD (soundtrack)<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>41.5 GB<br \/>\n<strong>Codec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/MeynJhy.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Manhattan Baby\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/MeynJhy.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>PLOT SYNOPSIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">A young girl (BRIGITTA BOCCOLI) on vacation in Egypt is given a mysterious charm, causing her archeologist father (CHRISTOPHER CONNELLY) to be struck blind inside an unexplored pyramid tomb. But when the family returns home to Manhattan, a plague of supernatural evil and sudden violence follows. Can this ancient curse be stopped before it is unleashed on the streets of New York City?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This 3-disc set (BD, DVD, CD) comes with a nice 18-page <strong>essay booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Interviews<\/u><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Fulci &amp; I (55:49; HD)<\/strong> \u2013 Composer Fabio Frizzi<\/li>\n<li><strong>For the Birds (8:51; HD)<\/strong> \u2013 Star Cosimo Cinieri<\/li>\n<li><strong>25 Years with Fulci (11:15; HD)<\/strong> \u2013 Make-Up Effects Artist Maurizio Trani<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beyond the Living Dead (8:17; HD)<\/strong> \u2013 Co-Writer Dardano Sacchetti<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephen Thrower on <em>Manhattan Baby<\/em> (12:42; HD)<\/strong> \u2013 Interview with the Author of \u201cBeyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u> <em>Manhattan Baby<\/em> Suite (8:35; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 A live performance by Fabio Frizzi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rounding things out is the <strong><u>Theatrical Trailer (3:12; HD)<\/u><\/strong> and a <strong><u>Poster &amp; Still Gallery<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/JApaG3d.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Manhattan Baby\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/JApaG3d.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Manhattan Baby<\/em><\/strong> arrives on Blu-ray presented with a 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer (MPEG-4 AVC codec). This is a bit of a mixed bag, while at times it looks \u2018OK\u2019, colors tend to be on the drab side and there was plenty instances of film damage (hairlines mainly) and some dust marks and\/or scratches. Still, detail wasn\u2019t terrible so considering this was no doubt a low budget flick, the restoration work wasn\u2019t awful (faint praise, I know).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disc comes with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which isn\u2019t anything noteworthy yet effective enough providing for clear dialogue levels and when the supernatural action picks up, along with Fabio Frizzi\u2019s composer, the other channels get some usage but nothing I\u2019d call robust. Still, it\u2019s an efficient lossless track for a movie going on 30+ years and a low budget indie at that.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SQmSJQP.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Manhattan Baby\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SQmSJQP.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, Lucio Fulci\u2019s supernatural thriller, <strong><em>Manhattan Baby<\/em><\/strong> (aka <em>Eye of the Evil Dead<\/em>) has some decently creepy scenes but little else that captured my attention from beginning to end, though any fans of his might get more out of it. This 3-disc release from Blue Underground offers us so-so video, good audio and an OK selection of bonus features to peruse.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"imgur-album\" src=\"\/\/imgur.com\/a\/vpi0y\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucio Fulci\u2019s supernatural thriller, Manhattan Baby (aka Eye of the Evil Dead) has some decently creepy scenes but little else that captured my attention from beginning to end, though any fans of his might get more out of it. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[3821],"class_list":["post-13373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-blue-underground"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13375,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13373\/revisions\/13375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}