Vengeance Trails {Arrow Video Blu-ray Review}

Reviewed By Jason Lockard

Sergio Leone gave us the 'Dollars' trilogy. These westerns we so popular that it gave other filmmakers the idea to capitalize on this his take on westerns with the Italian flare.

Now the great folks at Arrow Video have collected four "spaghetti" westerns and released them on one amazing deluxe Blu-ray set entitled Vengeance Trails.

Let's take a look at the films that are included in this set.

Our Rating System:
****=Don’t Miss it!
***=Worth a look.
**=An Ok way to spend an evening.
*=You haven’t missed anything.

Massacre Time (1966) A gold prospector and his half brother prove a tough match for the powerful and corrupt leader of a Western town. ***

My Name is Pecos (1966) A Mexican pistolero exacts revenge on the man responsible for the murder of his family, who has taken over his hometown in an effort to recover money that was stolen during a recent robbery. ***

Bandidos (1967) A crippled gunslinger trains an ex-convict to shoot, and together they ride out for revenge on the man who wronged them both. ***

And God Said to Cain (1970) The President's amnesty frees a wrongfully sentenced gold-mine. He now heads out to hunt the bandits who framed him. ***

All four of these westerns have been restored in 2K from the original 35mm camera negatives. They are presented in 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Also both the Italian and English soundtracks have been restored in lossless mono. Every single one of these films restorations look amazing. They have just the perfect amount of film grain. These films retain there gritty look when still crisp and without any signs of ware to the picture. Each film has it's own dedicated disc with bonus features take a look!

Disc 1 – Massacre Time

* Audio Commentary by authors and critics C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke.

* Two Men Alone (49:44) has a new video interview with Franco Nero and an archival interview with George Hilton.

* The Era of Violence: Historian Fabio Melelli shares the history of Massacre Time.

* Italian trailer

* German Promotional Gallery.

Disc 2 – My Name is Pecos

* Audio commentary by actor Robert Woods and C. Courtney Joyner.

* A Giant In the West: Actor George Eastman talks about his time in the wild west.

* Indecent Proposal Actress Lucia Modugno talks about her part in the genre.

* Pecos Kills Historian Fabio Melelli and cinematographer Franco Villa talk about the Mexican hero.

* Italian Trailer

* German Promotional Gallery.

Disc 3 – Bandidos

* Audio Commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger.

* A Man In the Saloon: Assistant director Luigi Perelli talks about films inpacted his life and career.

* They Called Him Simon: Actor Gino Barbacane recalls thoughts about Bandidos.

* Western Bandits: Historian Fabio Melelli talks about this film.

* Alternate end title sequence.

Disc 4 – And God Said to Cain

* New commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes.

* Between Gothic and Western: Historian Fabio Melelli talks how this film relates to a horror movie.

* Of Night and Wind: Actor Antonio Cantafora talks about playing his character in this film.

* German Promotional Gallery

Also included in this set is an Illustrated Collector’s Booklet featuring new writing by author and critic Howard Hughes.

So as you can see this is one epic release. Arrow Video, when they do a collection they do it up right and Vengeance Trails is a Blu-ray set that spaghetti western fans are going to love having in their collection.

So if you would like to own Vengeance Trails head over to Amazon.com and pick up your copy today. You won't be disappointed.