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    Horrors Of The Black Museum/The Headless Ghost
    Genre:Classic

    Reviewed In Issue 26 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Michael Gough, June Cunningham, Graham Curnow & Shirley Ann Field

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 1
    Sound Rating: 1.5
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): The Roan Group
    (Catalog Number): RGL6911
    (MPAA Rating): Not Rated
    (Retail Price): $69.95
    (Running Time In Minutes): 94
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): No
    (Theatrical Release): 1959
    (LD Release Date): 2/9/97
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    Credits Information
    (Director): Arthur Crabtree
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    DVD Picture Information
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    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Mono Sound
    (Theatrical Sound): Optical Mono
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    (Remastered Dolby Digital): No
    (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
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    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Horrors Of The Black Museum is a fantastic horror murder mystery about a crime reporter (Michael Gough) who uses a hypnotized assistant to commit gruesome murders. Based on tools of murder actually found in The Black Museum in Scotland Yard, a young woman is pierced through the eyes with needles protruding from a pair of binoculars. A second woman is murdered by a portable guillotine. But after a woman is killed in The Tunnel Of Love, the police learn see the connection between the madman and the reporter.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The CinemaScopeŽ picture, framed precisely at 2.35:1, is entirely unnatural looking with bright oversaturated colors. The colors are so plugged up and undefined, the people look like mannequins with their inaccurate fleshtones. Images are wanting in sharpness and detail. Shadow detail is poor and undefined. Noise and artifacts are apparent throughout.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural with a compressed and distorted sound.
    (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): No
    (Aggressive System Surround): No
    (Intense 25Hz Bass): No
    (Deep Bass Challenging): No
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    (Holosonic Soundfield): No
    (Aggressive Split Surround): No
    (Center Back Surround Imaging): No
    (Directionalized Dialogue): No
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