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Partway Gothic horror and partway giallo, La bambola di Satana is an all-round bad movie. No clichés are left untouched as this listless and poorly-paced film lumbers from one half-hearted surprise to another. That the film is so obscure is unsurprising; it is hardly destined to be celebrated as a lost classic in the event that it is ever “rediscovered.” … With its over-lit interiors, unconvincing day-for-night exteriors, bad acting, choppy editing and appalling score, La Bambola di Satana is a strong contender for the worst giallo of the 1960s.
Troy Howarth, So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films, Volume 1, 1963-1973 (Midnight Marquee Press, 2015)
Selected disc options for La bambola di Satana
| Extras | Twilight Time BD-ALL/US 2016 | 88 Films BD-B/UK 2021 |
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| Audio Commentary by David Del Valle and Derek Botelho | has extra | |
| Audio Commentary by Derek Botelho and David Del Valle | has extra | |
| My Life with Emma - Interview with Actress Erna Schürer | has extra | |
| Remembering Franco Potenza - Interview with Pierpaolo De Sanctis | has extra | |
| Emma and I - Audio Interview with Uncredited Co-Director/Writer Marcello Avallone | has extra | |
| Isolated Score | has extra |
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Notes
- Twilight Time’s Blu-ray includes an 8-page booklet with writing by Julie Kirgo.
- 88 Films’ “The Italian Collection” Blu-ray includes a 20-page booklet with writing by Andrew Graves (“You Had Me at Giallo...”) and Francesco Massaccesi (“Rustic Terror: The Many, Flawed Souls of ‘The Doll of Satan’”); and a fold-out poster.
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Ultimate Edition
Combine the best digital presentation with a selection of choice extras for the ultimate edition.
| Presentation | |
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| Extras | Audio Commentary by Derek Botelho and David Del Valle Twilight Time BD |
| My Life with Emma - Interview with Actress Erna Schürer 88 Films BD | |
| Remembering Franco Potenza - Interview with Pierpaolo De Sanctis 88 Films BD | |
| Emma and I - Audio Interview with Uncredited Co-Director/Writer Marcello Avallone 88 Films BD | |
| Isolated Score Twilight Time BD |