What A BARGAIN! 50 Classics & Schlock For A Pittance!!!
I purchased this 50 DVD box set this past autumn (for Halloween) and have viewed all of the films. There are some GREAT CLASSICS mixed with fabulous SCHLOCK for a price that can't be beat!
Different horror genres including:
Crusty, Creepy Creatures
Descend to the depths of the deep, dark ocean and encounter the "Phantom From 10,000 Leagues" and "Creature From The Haunted Sea". Check out the cheesy and quite primitive special effects in "The Giant Gila Monster". Rediscover terror of dogs dressed up in fur playing "The Killer Shrews". Hold your breath to see which hick from the backwoods will actually survive "The Attack of the Giant Leeches"! Also the great "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" with the fabulous Lon Chaney, Jr., "The Gorilla", "Swamp Women", "Atom Age Vampire", "Beast Of yucca Flats", "Black Dragons", "Invisible Ghost", "The Vampire Bat" with Fay Wray, "White Zombie" with Bela Lugosi and "The Bat" With Vincent Price!
Majorly Maddening Madmen
Descend into...
Exactly what I expected
To be concise and summarize - Great value! 50 movies (I paid about 25 bucks; so 50 cent movies - how can you complain?)
Transfer quality generally awful, most but not all are slightly out of focus (won't notice on little tv!) but watchable. If you are a perfectionist you will not want this. Some scenes from some movies have been cut but nothing major so far (have seen maybe 26-27 so far). Sound generally poor, mono, (2 were in stereo). The B&W movies generally not so bad but many of the color films have serious quality problems IMHO. All are full screen; no wide-screen (that I have seen). This is OK since all movies before 1954 were approx. FF anyway. The ideal customer wants a sample of the 20's-60's Horror/Mystery/Action B movies with 3-4 real classics and 15+ total duds. Still, fantastic value. Absolutely no frills. All movies have small number of selectable scenes, no trailers or ANY other stuff. Packaging is 12 d/s single layer disks each in cardboard...
The 50 movies listed, with dates and times
For comments on quality see other reviews. Dates range from 1920-68; all B&W except 4 in color (see 3B, 9A, 10A, 11B).
DISK (12 2-sided disks total):
1A: Carnival of Souls (1962) 84 minutes. Starring: Candace Hilligoss
1A: Atom Age Vampire (1960) 87 minutes. Starring: Alberto Lupo
1B: Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) 75 minutes. Starring: Robert Towne
1B: Nightmare Castle (1965) 101 minutes. Starring: Barbara Steele
2A: Black Dragons (1942) 64 minutes. Starring: Bela Lugosi
2A: Invisible Ghost (1941) 61 minutes. Starring: Bela Lugosi
2B: One Body Too Many (1944) 75 minutes. Starring: Bela Lugosi
2B: White Zombie (1932) 67 minutes. Starring: Bela Lugosi
3A: Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) 62 minutes. Starring: Ken Clark
3A: The Screaming Skull (1958) 68 minutes. Starring: John Hudson
3A: Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) 53 minutes. Starring: Tor...
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