Living Dead Girl stands, as Director Jean Rollin's most commercial, as well as most violent work (next to Grapes of Death). If you're looking for a starting ground on Rollin, this is it. Living Dead Girl is the Director's most linear, non-experimental piece of work.

After a chemical spill, Catherine (Francoise Blanchard) rises from her tomb, and succumbs to the fact that she needs human blood to survive. Catherine, despite her lack of memory, manages a call to her dear childhood friend, Helene (Marina Pierro). Helene, marginally phased by the resurrection of her friend, helps to provide the victims, necessary for Catherine's how should we say, survival.

Living Dead Girl isn't Rollin's best work; however, it remains to this day, an extremely enjoyable film. Rollin is the master at mixing a lyrical fairy tale, with a twist of horror, served straight up. I have yet to meet a Rollin film, I didn't enjoy (on some level), and Living Dead Girl, is no exception.

Living Dead Girl is most certainly not for everyone. If you were considering taking a dive into Rollin's work, this is the way to go. Fans of the film can toss out those dupes, this print looks incredible, and makes for one heck of a DVD viewing experience.

Previously, the closest we had to an uncut version, was the Copper Sky Laser Disc. The Redemption, DVD, is far superior in quality, and is completely uncut. There are some slight blemishes, that show age, but keeping the films history in mind, it's quite remarkable that we have a version of this film, that looks this good. The subtitles are nice and readable, and the 1.66:1 framing looks accurate. It's definitely worth holding onto the laser disc, for the Rollin Commentary, but aside from that the DVD is now the best version of this film, we have.

Extras include a French Trailer, in decent shape, and it's a nice addition to the package. You also, get a small still gallery, as well as the standard Rollin filmography. While light on the extras, I'm not complaining, the presentation alone is worth the purchase price. I do have one complaint, packaging design. Redemption, please stop with the cheesy photo shoot covers. The original poster art for these films, are so nice, they should grace the covers of future DVDs. These covers are absolutely terrible; you can do much better than this.

Rollin fans, as well as Rollin "virgins", should definitely check out the Redemption release of Living Dead Girl. It's a great stepping stone, and should allow you to gauge whether or not you want to venture onto more, challenging Rollin films.