I guess I was hoping for something more like SPECTERS from Lenzi's HELL'S GATE. SPECTERS is a favorite of mine despite the fact that it seems as if parts of the plot were cut out for running time or never filmed because of the budget. What you do get is some Sergio Stivaletti gore (and the requisite barely-glimpsed creature), atmospheric catacomb sets, unusually slick cinematography by Silvano Ippoliti, and the beautiful Katrine Michelson (also in L. Bava's DELIRIUM).

I have the Imperial Entertainment US tape which is fullscreen, colorful, and sharp (two of which could not be said for their DEMONS 2 release). I was wondering if there were any other international tape releases that might be letterboxed and/or longer than the US version.

Specters is also available on a cheap budget UK R2 DVD. It ran 89m in Pal (93m NTSC). Like you I noticed various lapses in narrative (not to mention logic - like many italian horrors of this period-in-decline too many scenes are just put in because they seem "cool" or as a rip-off of some other movie rather than whether they fit in properly to the movie or not).

I've seen the DVD. Its the same length as the tape and appears to have been sourced from a tape with some damage. On the other hand, its slightly letterboxed so its not from the US tape. A nice trailer is also included.

[/QUOTE]Like you I noticed various lapses in narrative (not to mention logic - like many italian horrors of this period-in-decline too many scenes are just put in because they seem "cool" or as a rip-off of some other movie rather than whether they fit in properly to the movie or not). [QUOTE]

Along with those scenes, there is that unrelated vocal for the end credits (also used in the middle of the film) "Never Change" by someone called Blue Visconti.