Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

Another quality report, this time on Riccardo Freda's Iguana with the Tongue of Fire. This is another German release, from the company called New Entertainment World. English option is available, but the picture quality is pretty bad. Avoid, unless you're a completist, and spend your money on better releases and wait if this one gets a better release. Especially since the movie isn't good either. It has some brief gore moments and in unintentional comedy department there's more to enjoy as well. Score by Stelvio Cipriani is top notch though. The German name of the film is Die Bestie mit dem feurigen Atem, and the ugly cover image reminds of those early vhs days.

Death Carries a Cane & Bloodstained Butterfly

Death Carries a Cane by Maurizio Pradeux and Bloodstained Butterfly by Duccio Tessari both have a German release. Death Carries a Cane, which is so by-the-book it almost feels like parody, is released by X-rated and is available with several different cover designs. The German release carries the name Die Nacht der rollenden Köpfe. The release is decent, and the biggest flaw is the mandatory German subtitles when watched in English.

Bloodstained Butterfly on the other hand is very atypical combination of court drama, police procedural and melancholic giallo. The release by Eyecatcher Movies is nice package, offering both the English dub as well as Italian dub accompanied by English subtitles. The extras include bunch of trailers and more importantly full soundtrack (not cd, but playable via dvd menu). The German name is Blutspur im Park.

Both releases have this book-like dvd-case, which resembles old vhs-cases and are typical to German releases by marginal distributors.