Seen some reviews stating they fear they have some homemade bootleg release. I’ve had mine since Arrow released the set. I bought mine from Amazon/ sold by Amazon and I can assure you mines legit. As a huge fan of the Japanese Godzilla films, and anything TOHO I can get my hands on, this set is a pleasure to watch. I know that’s not much of a help, but buy it directly from Arrow if you must, just don’t miss out if you are a TOHO fan, fan of Japanese Cinema, or a huge vampire fan because it’s fantastic. Note my copy came in the usual fat clear arrow video box, with a nice booklet, 2 bluray discs and a random lobby card.The discs looked great. The transfers and subtitles were crisp looking and the sound was very good for films almost 50 years old. As for the movies themselves...THE VAMPIRE DOLL (1970)First of the trilogy finds Kazuhiko (Atsuo Nakamura) returning from business abroad to visit his fiancé Yuko (Yukiko Kobayashi from Destroy All Monsters). Her mother (Yoko Minazake) tells him Yuko died in an accident, but then why is he seeing her at night? When Kazuhiko disappears, his sister Keiko (Shogun Assassin’s Kayo Matsuo) and her fiancé (Akira Nakao) go to Yuko’s home village to investigate. What they find is something out of a nightmare…one they may not wake up from.The Vampire Doll (Chi o suu ningyo) is a spooky flick as directed by Yamamoto from a script by Ei Ogawa and Hiroshi Nagano. It’s almost a gothic fairy tale as a young woman from tragic beginnings walks the earth in death, in search of blood. It’s got loads of atmosphere, a few surprises, follows the classic tropes well and has a charming cast. Yukiko Kobayashi makes for a sexy yet scary vampire and Kayo Matsuo, a classic damsel in distress. There is some blood, but the film is mostly atmosphere and Yamamoto proves he has an effective visual style for such a tale.LAKE OF DRACULA (1971)Second film (known as Noroi no yakata – Chi o suu me in Japan) finds pretty Akiko (Midori Fujita) still suffering from a childhood trauma that she experienced as a little girl in a spooky old house. The nightmare returns, when the fiendish man (Shin Kishida from 1974’s Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla) she saw back then, now stalks her lakeside village draining blood from his victims. Can her doctor boyfriend (Osahide Takahashi) save her and her sister (Sanae Emi) from this bloodthirsty fiend?Yamamoto’s second foray into vampire folklore is again written by Ei Ogawa, this time along with Masaru Takesue. Once more he delivers a film that is is atmospheric and spooky. Shin Kishida makes for a creepy vampire and the flick is filled with gothic visuals such as the expected old houses, coffins and fanged fiends. Here the vampire is said to be a descendant of Dracula, as his father had Dracula family blood in him. As usual in these films, our bloodsucker has some sexy vampire girls to accompany him. Another solid and spooky entry in this series.EVIL OF DRACULA (1974)Final film in this trilogy shows Yamamoto is really sinking his teeth into vampire lore. It finds teacher Professor Shiraki (Toshio Kurosawa) journeying to his new job at an all girls school. Soon he finds trouble as someone, or something, is stalking the nubile young students and there have been disappearances. A disturbing first night at the recently widowed principal’s (Shin Kishida) house leads Shiraki to believe he’s involved. Shiraki’s beliefs may get him and pretty student Kumi (Mariko Mochizuki) killed, as the principal and his recently dead wife (Mika Katsuragi) may be something unearthly.Evil of Dracula, or Chi o Sū Bara as it is known in Japan, is Yamamoto’s last vampire film for Toho and is again written by Ei Ogawa and Masaru Takesue. It’s fiend’s origin comes from a legend that a Westerner, who was shipwrecked in Japan centuries before, was cursed for denouncing his Christian faith and thus became a vampire. The flick is atmospheric, Kishida once again makes a creepy bloodsucker, though his vampire principal here is no relation to Lake of Dracula’s fiend, and Katsuragi is also effective as his vampire wife. There is nudity in this one, as our vampire prefers to bite his pretty victims on the breast and it might be the most gruesome with bloodletting and face stealing among the ghoulish activities. This was the last film in the trilogy, Toho seemingly quitting while they were ahead with three solid entries.-MonsterZero NJ3 films about vampires in Japan. All similar but not a trilogy in the sense of a continued story. Watch in any order. Just the themes and atmosphere is the same. The third one has nudity and more gore. Rip offs of Hammer and Mario Bava but good ones. The first 2 films have very quick climaxes. Not perfect but very enjoyable for the horror fan.Great Blu-Ray set. Being a big fan of the Godzilla series which was produced by Toho, I really enjoyed these movies and the audio and picture quality on this Blu-Ray set was great. The only thing that I think should be noted is that the films Lake of Dracula and Evil of Dracula both include an English dub track for people who don't like watching films that have subtitles. The only problem is that the English dub tracks for both movies can't be accessed through the main menu. The only way to access the English dubs is to change the audio settings while the movies are playing. There is no English dub track included with The Vampire Doll. I find it kind of funny, because the back of the Blu-Ray case and the booklet that is included with this set doesn't even mention that there are English dub tracks available, so it's almost like the company that put the Blu-Ray set out didn't want people to know that they included English dub tracks. I know a lot of people who like watching the Godzilla movies but prefer watching them with the English dub audio tracks over watching the films in Japanese with English subtitles so I hope this information is helpful to people like them. All three movies do feature the Japanese audio tracks with English subtitles, but only Lake of Dracula and Evil of Dracula include English dub audio tracks. I hope this info will be helpful to people who are considering buying this Blu-Ray set. If your a fan of the Godzilla series like I am and you want to see what kind of movies Toho studios was putting out during the 70's, then I highly recommend purchasing this Blu-Ray set.Was pleased with the Blu-Ray picture quality on these 1970's films. Arrow Films did a good job with this releaseThis trilogy is absolutely brilliant with The Vampire Doll being one of my favorite vampire movies of all time. I think what I enjoy the most of this series is that while it definitely takes inspiration from Hammer films that it takes the best parts but doesn't rely on the "skin" factor that Hammer so heavily relied on. For the most part all characters stay relatively clothed and the focus is put on story, atmosphere and great soundtracks. As for the Arrow release it's really amazing to see it on Blu-ray in 1080p, they have really outdone themselves with this release and will no doubt be on repeat over the coming week until Arrow's box set for Ringu comes out!Great collection of rare Japanese vampire films. Gothic Japanese style is very interesting and creepy. I will warn you that these films have nothing to do with Dracula even though the name is in the titles. However these films do deliver some blood, creepyness and vampires.With the most recent Arrow Video Halloween sale on, I decided I'd pick up some good old horror movies. I picked up some Vincent Price, Lucio Fulci and some utter madness called, Tetsuo. When I made my purchase, I was recommend a box-set I had never heard of, The Bloodthirsty Trilogy. When I saw its ultra cool slip case art, I decided to check it out.After making my way through Youtube looking for some information and a trailer, I immediately bought this collection from Amazon. I saw a description that basically described these films as Japanese takes on Hammer Horror's vampire movies. These opinions are not wrong. This collection presented in 1080p is a collection of three films titled, The Vampire Doll, Lake of Dracula and Evil of Dracula. Each film features an uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio, the original Japanese soundtracks with newly translated English subtitles and some interesting extras.The films features in The Bloodthirsty Trilogy are not what I'd call anything special and despite what their title says, they really don't have anything to do with the Dracula story. They were however easy to watch and highly enjoyable. If you're like me and enjoy the previously mentioned Hammer films, you'll definitely get a kick out of these three movies. The films are around the 70-80 minute mark and don't dragged too long. In fact, they go by rather quickly. A bonus considering it could be so easy to make this sort of film rather dull. The stories are quite simply three movies about suspicions of vampirism with the main characters investigating and handling the problem. You'll find some nice vampire make up, as well as some pretty good acting pulling off the whole walking undead thing. There's a few moments that are very eerie. For those that like it, there's some good subtle and unsubtle gore. Mostly at the end of each film. There's a little nudity in the third film but nothing over the top. It's all very brief.I've got to hand it to Arrow Video, for films this old and unique, they did a great job of remastering the prints. The quality for The Bloodthirsty Trilogy is right on point with great clarity and sharpness. There's little to no print damage and the colours look very strong without being over saturated. You can tell the films are quite old but the quality of the source doesn't show it. These three films have aged rather well and look fantastic on bluray.The Bloodthirsty Trilogy is not going to set anyone's world on fire but it will definitely charm and entertain people who are into their Hammeresque vampire films. There's a good number of eerie moments with very few annoying jump scares. The films are all short and sweet. They will make a great binge if you feel like doing something fun over Halloween.‘The Vampire Doll’ (Legacy of Dracula), ‘Lake of Dracula’ and ‘Evil of Dracula’ are the uniquely flavoured, nightmarishly insidious, neck-tormenting, shadow-steeped 1970s terror trilogy known collectively as ‘The Bloodthirsty Trilogy’, Asian horror’s very own marvellously malefic, morbidly tomb-trifling, sensually-sublime, supernaturally necrophillic triptych of recklessly-reanimating, sanity straining midnight prowling madness! Deliriously devilish director, Michio Yamamoto’s sinfully sanguineous, sordidly strange, colourfully unhinged, singularly off-beat vision of vintage, full-blooded, marrow-freezing, fear-haunted Hammer Gothic is a wickedly windswept work of exquisitely eerie majesty, this darkly-envisioned, doom-infested, unwholesomely unholy trilogy of gruesomely feeding, golden-eyed vampires is mesmeric macabre manna for Gothic-minded, grave sleeping, shape-shifting, sin-seeking, hungrily bodice-ripping, gore-sipping ghouls and salaciously Satan-serving, fly-eating fear-lings alike! – FYI, When planning a trip to ‘Lake Dracula’ don’t forget to pack a pin-sharp wooden stake with your sirloin steaks, some additional holy water along with your firewater and a silver crucifix to go with your fruit-a-bix! And should an uncommonly gaunt, livid-looking local invite you to dine in terror tone’s sublime, please politely decline; since the cadaverous cove doesn’t drink...wine!’The presentation quality of these films left me bald. Arrow Video really did that with this release and here’s hoping they can bring more Toho titles in the future!Three classic Japanese horror fantastically restored and presented by Arrow...Essential for fans of Asian horror & the classic style of HammerArrow Video no decepciona y de nuevo se marca una edición cuidada (con contraportada interior) de una selección muy bien escogida. No se han olvidado de los extras. El único pero es que la edición tiene solo Dos discos para tres películas pero la compresión de calidad es muy buena. Solo cuenta con subtítulos en inglés.