Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
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Actor: Bela Lugosi, Judith O'Dea, Vincent PriceBrand: 5220
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 3743 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-20
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Product features:
- An instant library of 50 horrorics assembled on 12 DVD's.
Movie Reviews of Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
Movie Review: Instant Horror Movie Collection
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a hard time believing that some of the reviewers here that gave this set 1 or 2 stars saying that it has no good titles can claim they have any appreciation for horror movies. I love Frankenstein and other such big name classics, but that's not the limit of good, old horror flicks. Check the titles, folks. There is at least one review here that lists and summarizes each and every movie. If they don't sound appealing don't get the set. As for my 2 cents, several of these movies I already owned because they are simply worth seeing multiple times. House on Haunted Hill is one of my favorite black and white horror flicks. I figured if a movie that good was in this set there were likely to be other good ones as well. I wasn't disappointed.
So, yes, this set most definitely does contain a number of classics, probably more so than any other huge mega-pack I've seen. I think it's more fair to say that just because a movie is a classic doesn't mean you're going to like it. But how are you going to know that if you don't see it? Nosferatu, Metropolis, Night of the Living Dead, and others are classics for good reason and are worth seeing for their cinematic significance if for no other reason.
The downside to this uber-cheap set of so many movies is that the presentation is also cheap. The audio and video is unrestored and unremarkable. I've come across dialogue that was hard to hear and sections that skip. That's annoying and if too frequent would have killed any and all enjoyment of the viewing experience, but considering the set price I'll deal with that happeneing from time to time. I've compared the transfer quality of these to that of the movies I already owned (and paid much more for than I did to own them in this set). By and large there isn't enough improvement in quality to justify the higher price I paid for the individual versions.
Still, that doesn't mean that the pricier versions of the likes of Metropolis aren't worth some extra cost to some people. My recommendtation is to get this super-cheap set and treat it as a sort of sampler. If you find a movie you like enough to buy a more expensive version with better transfer and some bonus features, then at least you already know it's worth it instead of gambling.
Are you getting the most difinitive versions of these movies? That's hard to say. Some people claim to have seen a scene involving a Great Dane in the movie The Vampire Bat that is not present in this copy. On the other hand some people have commented that they think the claims of nudity in Maniac have been fabricated because they haven't been able to track down a version with those scenes, yet here they are.
You should know that not every movie in this pack necessarily falls into the genre of horror. Karloff's Detective Wong movies, for example, are murder mysteries not horror. I can't complain though, because these are some of my favorite movies on the set, and I aim to eventually find all of the Wong movies to own.
I won't go through every movie since that has been done already but I will say that I found some that I liked a lot but had not previously heard of like The Screaming Skull.
I found some that I enjoyed seeing but probably would not own if not for getting this set like Attack of the Giant Leeches and One Body Too Many.
I found some that are cult classics like The Brain That Wouldn't Die and White Zombie that I kept hearing about but never saw. This gave me the opportunity to form my own opinions on them without spending much money which I appreciated since I think both are highly overrated.
But of course I did find some stinkers that were a complete waste of time like Beast of Yucca Flats, Bluebeard, and The Corpse Vanishes.
If you like old horror movies at all I think it highly unlikely that you won't find at least a few in this set you'll enjoy. Check out some of the famous titles you haven't seen so you can now discuss them with your horror movie buff friends. Have your own Mystery Science Theatre party. The possibilities are endless. All I can really say is that I have thoroughly appreciated owning this set.
Summary of Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
Get an instant library of some of the greatest horror classics ever to come out of Hollywood on twelve double-sided DVDs. Never has such a comprehensive collection of great classic horror films been assembled in one exciting package, all for an amazingly low price!Horror DVD Video
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