Product: Blade of the Ripper (1971)
Rating: 4.0
Retitled, Repackaged and Recklessly Regurgitated, Take Two...
Here`s another reason I`m beginning to hate Mya releases - this one`s a retitling of 'The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh' (1974), directed by Sergio Martino (Torso) and starring Edwige Fenech ('5 Dolls For An August Moon','All The Colors Of The Dark','Your Vice Is A Locked Room','Lover Boy', etc.etc.), which has NOTHING to do w/ The Ripper - it`s false marketing on all counts. AND it`s the EXACT same transfer (maybe not even as good) used by the now-sadly defunct NoShame label (sniff). Except there are NO extras, which made the NoShame releases even more enjoyable. The movie itself is a good one, IF you enjoy Gaillos, Sergio Martino OR Edwige Fenech (and quite frankly, for that time period, who doesn`t??). I`d recommend searching out the NoShame release on Amazon or Ebay before I plopped down $24.99 for the bare-bones reissue from Mya (read my many other Mya releases reviews for additional details) - these folks are raiding other vaults to retitle and regurgitate either out-of-print classics or movies that you don`t really need to see, and marketing them deceptively to an unsuspecting core audience who, frankly, deserves better treatment than this. But the flick itself is worth your time and attention regardless of the repackaging or distributor, I`m just tired of Mya selling the sizzle and not the steak...