Unfortunately, it turns out that the hotel is built upon one of the seven gates of Hell and all the activity in the building reawakens the evil down below. Liza doesn t take the warning seriously, and soon there are zombies walking upon the Earth, which signifies that the gateway to Hell has been opened. Fulci also composes his shots in such a way that one would almost think that he was an artist painting his haunted dreams onto the film s wide screen canvas, thus creating some very beautiful, stylish and disturbing images. Of course, photographing two frames in the space generally reserved for one increases the level of film grain on all subsequent elements, since the smaller negative image has to be blown up to the size typical 35mm elements for release. The picture is pretty sharp and serves up an impressive level of detail.
Flesh tones appear natural and the presentation is free from any sort of chromatic distortion.
Blacks are deep and inky, which gives the film s darker scenes an ominous, foreboding quality. The restored film element used for the transfer is pretty clean looking, although there are still occasional blemishes present. This mix makes effective use of all the discrete channels, including the split surrounds, for placement of the film s sound effects. In addition to localized sound effects, the mix is richly atmospheric, which enhances the overall creepiness of director Fulci s vision. Dialogue reproduction is very clean and Fabio Frizzi s music is beautifully reproduced, without ever sounding harsh or tinny.