Image quality is excellent, once one gets past the deteriorated section of the film. Everything appears crisp and nicely detailed. Blacks and whites are pure, with all the shades of gray between being rendered quite faithfully. Digital compression artifacts do not make their presence known. The Dolby Digital monaural soundtrack is quite good for its age.
Dialogue is clean, intelligible and distortion free.
Additionally, the track is well worth amplifying for James Bernard s excellent score. Mild animation, music and sound effects have been added to the interactive menus, which supply one with access to the standard scene selection feature, as well as the DVD s supplements. Director Val Guest and writer Nigel Kneale provide an informative audio commentary. Considering that the film is more than forty years old, both men must be taxing their memories to come up with the details they offer. If you are a Hammer fan, then acquiring the DVD is an absolute must.