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La bambola di Satana

aka The Doll of Satan

Poster of La bambola di Satana
  • Photo of Troy Howarth

    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 box art
Twilight Time BD-ALL/US 2016
88 Films box art
88 Films BD-B/UK 2021
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 (25:18) has extra
Remembering Franco Potenza - Interview with Pierpaolo De Sanctis (33:09) has extra
Emma and I - Audio Interview with Uncredited Co-Director/Writer Marcello Avallone (15:16) 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.

Ultimate Edition

Combine the best digital presentation with a selection of choice extras for the ultimate edition.

  • Screen shot for My Life with Emma
    My Life with Emma (25:18)
  • Screen shot for Remembering Franco Potenza
    Remembering Franco Potenza (33:09)
  • Screen shot for Emma and I
    Emma and I (15:16)
Presentation Twilight Time BD 2016
  • Video
    • File 1
      • Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
      • Resolution: 1080p23.976
      • Overall bit rate: 29.82 Mbps
      • Aspect ratio: 1.86:1
      • Length:1:29:51.844
      • File size: 24.34 GiB
  • Audio
    • File 1
      • Language: Italian DTS-HD MA 1.0
      • Sampling rate: 48 kHz
      • Bit rate: 1077 kbps
      • Bit depth: 24-bit
  • Subtitles
    • English
88 Films BD 2021
  • Video
    • File 1
      • Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
      • Resolution: 1080p23.976
      • Overall bit rate: 35.00 Mbps
      • Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
      • Length:1:30:13.813
      • File size: 24.65 GiB
  • Audio
    • File 1
      • Language: Italian DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
      • Sampling rate: 48 kHz
      • Bit rate: 1564 kbps
      • Bit depth: 16-bit
  • Subtitles
    • English
Extras Audio Commentary by Derek Botelho and David Del Valle Twilight Time BD
My Life with Emma - Interview with Actress Erna Schürer (25:18, 1080p) 88 Films BD
Remembering Franco Potenza - Interview with Pierpaolo De Sanctis (33:09, 1080p) 88 Films BD
Emma and I - Audio Interview with Uncredited Co-Director/Writer Marcello Avallone (15:16, 1080p) 88 Films BD
Isolated Score Twilight Time BD