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(More customer reviews)Oh man, what a big disappointment. An obscure sexploitation classic that was only available in the grey market finally gets the authorized DVD treatment but there's a catch. It's heavily cut. Missing ten minutes of original footage that mainly consists of the envelope pushing sex scenes! Some of this was used as the deleted scenes feature. The version I own is exactly an hour and twenty-two minutes. This official DVD you guys are purchasing is only an hour and twelve minutes! To make matters worse, out of left field during the fifty-eight minute mark, a Retro-Seduction visual bug appears on the far right corner for a couple of seconds, WTF. I just don't get it.
When I saw that the original lurid exploitation cover art was not being used, I should have known better. I read that RSC digitally transferred it from the original 35 mm print and got the green light from Joe Sarno himself, I gave it a shot. Right when the opening title appears on the screen, we see a shameless plug on the bottom of the title that says 2006, Pop Cinema right next to the year 1974. I knew for sure this was going to be an alteration from corporate hell. This is truly as sad case of greed over integrity. Let's look at the disguise of this polished DVD for instance. It costs $26.99 because it's a two disc special edition which the second disc is a soundtrack that has songs from other movies and the music from COAYAH is only ten minutes worth. For special features, we get an eleven minute interview with Joe Sarno. The trailer section for other RSC DVD's is taken advantage for more shameless plugs as each trailer begins with the same RSC ad that we see before COAYAH. To top it off, the movie is not even letterboxed or anamorphic widescreen. There is a nice pictorial liner notes booklet about the making of the film.
Unfortunately, since this is the "official" release of a once lost movie, fans that are just now discovering it can only see it in this format. The grey market dealer that I bought my uncut copy from recently closed down. Even if he was still in business, he would be forced to remove this title anyway. The bottom line, I still wouldn't recommend this DVD at all. That hefty price alone is a rip-off. Matter of fact, this was the first DVD I bought from RSC and I will never purchase anything from them again. The incompetent altering of the film loses it's sexually charged impact and takes away from the original experience. I truly believe that RSC cared more about sales catered to the newer sex drama buying consumers and tailored it to be a safe enough viewing pleasure. This movie was only known to diehard sexploitation fans and RSC should have geared the presentation towards us. Quentin Tarantino even admitted at one of his film festivals that he's never seen this rare gem. The original movie uncut gets five stars and this RSC abomination gets zero!
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