I am so happy for that new Anolis Blood and Black Lace!
I was actually very impressed with the English dub and preferred it to the Italian. Syncs well to me and was quite well 'acted'. Didn't have that melodramatic 'iistening to a radio play while watching a film' feel and if I didn't know Cameron Mitchell's voice from watching a gazillion episodes of High Chapparal when I was a kid I'd have thought it was his own!
Some little nuances like how unstable the assistant is came through better and earlier I thought. He's a bit level in the Italian dub before he freaks out at the police station.
I've never seen the new VCI disc but all the reports I've read are poor so I'd say this is my preference disc for an English friendly version, even more than the old velvet one.