Mario Bava is the godfather of giallo and Italian horror with "Blood and Black Lace" being one of his masterpieces. Unfortunately, this DVD does not do this great film justice. The colors are muddled and the sound is a disgrace. Quite often the voices are not loud enough but the biggest problem is that sound and image are not in sync. With a dubbed film you cannot expect perfection but with this DVD the voices don't even come close to the mouth movements. It's a serious syncing problem as the sounds of doors slamming, women getting slapped, footsteps and knocking on doors do not match the images. It's all very distracting making watching this DVD quite difficult. I was very disappointed!