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Great collection of classic horror
This is a great bargain, a collection of various classic horror films when art design, music and acting were counted on to provide the atmosphere instead of the sophisticated cartooning of computer generation. The greatest here is Peter Lorre in his best US performance in "Mad Love", filmed as if it were a Murnau German silent and the template visually for much of "Citizen Kane" (in particular Welles lifted the parrot). Worth the price of admission alone.
Great Set With Some Minor Issues.
From the moment LEGENDS OF HORROR was announced I was looking forward to it with great expectation but I already had a few qualms regarding it. As has been well covered elsewhere Boris Karloff's THE WALKING DEAD from 1936 should have been included in the set but I can live with THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X for a few reasons. 1) It does offer Humphrey Bogart the opportunity to show what a good actor can do with what for him was a thankless role. 2) The director Vincent Sherman was still alive to provide commentary on the making of the film as well as background on Bogie and others. 3) Most important of all it shows how censorship imposed on the movies in 1934 changed the style and content of the first great cycle of horror films.
Great Set!
Everyone has already covered this one well.A couple of notes about the prints, though.DR. X(1932) is taken from an original 2 strip Technicolor print restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.Warner chose to include the print, which is far from perfect, so that we can see it in the original 2 strip color.Apparently, the Warner archive contains only a B/W print of this film.The UCLA print is very rare and is a treasure.Same can be said for MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM(1933), available on the flipside of the separately available HOUSE OF WAX(1953) DVD.
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I was disappointed in the movie selections and the quality
We have watched all of the movies in this collection. Some of the movies (about 1/3) are either inaudible (hard to understand what the actors are saying) and/or skip parts (words/scenes) because the film is so old. My husband and I watched at least 3 of the movies per week, and what strikes us most is that many of the films in this "horror" collection are nowhere near the "horror" movies we watched on Saturday Matinees at the movies in the 60s. Over half belong in the "mystery" or "comedy" category. And what's with all the gorillas? Every fifth movie it seems has a gorilla in it.
Great horror classics preserved in hard digital media
Although I had about half of these movies from collections I bought from DVD bargain bins, the price was very reasonable to justify getting about 25 new horror classics added to my collection.
So Far....
I have watched 8 of the 50 movies.Start at the beginning.First off the quality of the picture isn't that bad, it's what you would expect from ventage movies.You'll see a dust spot here or a scratch there on some of the movies, but its not enough to worry about.I'm actually pleased of how good the quality is, so far. One complaint is that the characters in the stories just don't mesh, its hard to feel compassion for most characters, I suppose it's because back in that time people were more unsophisticated.Recently I have viewed...
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This sensational, extremely influential, 1974 low-budget horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (Read more

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It's not THAT scary but it was enjoyable
Awhile ago I was having a conversation with someone about musical tastes where we vastly disagreed on what was simply awesome bands and which ones were purely based around taste, such as people who love R&B and Rap to people who prefer Dance. In a way, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well as the Exorcist and the Shining are like the Beatles and Led Zeppelin of horror movies: you must love them and say anything different and you're going to get lynched. So I will agree that the film is definately refreshing considering the latest crop of so-called "horror movies", yet at the same time I wonder why it didn't hit me that much.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
PLOT: Five friends (Pam, Kirk, Sally, Franklin, and Jerry) are travelling across the open, isolated roads of Southern Texas, checking on a family grave in light of recent graverobbing in the area. The good news is, the grave is unharmed. The bad news is, the kids are tortured and slaughtered by a group of inbred hicks who dwell withing the woods.
TCM Ultimate Edition: you can throw those other editions out!
(this review refers to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Ultimate Edition only)
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Gojira vs. Godzilla!
For sci-fi fans like me, this recent release of the Gojira/Godzilla DVD set has been a long-awaited event.Now, at long last, we are able to see the original Gojira film and compare it with the Godzilla Hollywood version which we all grew up watching.And here I thought I knew this movie...
FUN, BUT NOT BETTER THAN THE AMERICAN VERSION
Before buying this 2 disc DVD,I've read the reviews of the fans and the majority of them praise 'Gojira'and mock the American version with Raymond Burr. After viewing the original Japanese version (which I belive is excellent), I find the comparison reviews narrow minded and disapointing. These folks are sophisticated and savy and have always known they can watch their tapes and DVD's over and over and pick apart anything they see. This must make them feel important but the opinions I've read on the comparison of the 2 films is unfair. I wasn't born in 1956 when the original U.S. version was released. I saw it in 1968 when I was 7 years old on 'Creature Feature' and I remember exactly what I said when it was over: "Godzilla is my new favorite Monster". Raymond Burr's 'Flashback' narrations give the film a documentary feel which is abscent from the Toho version. The American version is "different", not "worse". The anti-nuclear approach in the original film is "great", but it's not "better". And as for the techniques used to blend the 2 films, I think they were pretty damn clever and not ameturish in the least bit. Please buy this DVD; watch and love both versions....you'll thank me.

Not Re-Mastered and Restored, But Very Nice DVD Release Previously Unavailable!
I am very happy to finally see the ORIGINAL version of GOJIRA (a.k.a, GODZILLA) being officially released in the USA!
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A good sequal..will they make another?
This was a great sequal to the 2003 underworld.I like how this movie managed to slide in and fill some gaps in the history of the werewolve/vampire saga, the Corvinus family legend is explained, and the father of this all is revealed. I enjoyed the camera work/computer generations melded together into some good fighting seqences.This movie seemed to drag on and was slower to develop than the other one.And the Sex scene was just forced in, not really nessessary.Otherwise, check this movie out.A must have if you liked the first one.I just hope they don't release this as a Extended unrated version like they did with the first one...they wait about a year then boom, suprise, here it is. Hollywood did the same thing with Sin City...money hungry as they are.anyway, check this movie out.

Disappointing
Compared to the first one OR measured on it's own, this movie was a disappointment.More blood, nudity, violence, swearing, and sex than the first movie, less plot and characterization.

PJ
GOOD ENTERTAINMENT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS WHY WE WATCH MOVIES. AS A SEQUEL I RATE IT MUCH BETTER THAN MOST HOLLYWOOD ATTEMPS. HOWEVER...LEN WISEMAN SHOULD STICK TO WRITING. THERE ARE FAR TO MANY MISTAKES IN THE MOVIE. ... Read more

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True to the original...
...,but is that a good thing? According to a lot of reviewers here and around the globe, well, not exactly.
surprisingly, a prettygood remake
This turned out to be one of the better remakes I have seen in a long time, most of it stayed near to the original with a few extra scares thrown in, and some scene changes, but nothing drastic. The only problem I had with the movie was the child who played Damien. He just did not live up to the spookiness and evilness of the original Damien (that kid had it down pat!) This one couldnt cut it and the producers of the movie should have taken more time and chosen a better, more evil looking child actor. But overall the movie is worth watching.

Undeniably satisfying and somehow confused by other reactions...
After hearing nothing but negative remarks about "The Omen" remake, I ended up passing on seeing it in the theater, because I liked the original a great deal, and I hate the prospect of ruining a classic with a crummy remake. However, upon viewing last night, I feel like it is one of the only remakes that is actually worthy of being CALLED a remake.
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Question not a comment
Does this 25th anniversary edition have the scene when P.J. Soles' character Lynda comes over to Laurie's house to borrow the blouse?

Boo!
It wasn't a bad movie except for all the killing. How about a nice movie where people just get along? Instead, this crazy michael myers guy runs around killing all the teenie weeners and ruins halloween for everyone. This character totally ruined the movie. Pleasent Donald demonstrated some good acting but I had a hard time telling him apart from that buttugly Jamie Lee Curtis.

Halloween...a classic.
When I was about 10 years old, I saw this movie for the first time at a friend's house when there was a sleepover. It was the scariest thing I have ever seen. Even since then, it has been my favorite horror movie or dare I say my favorite movie of all time? I think so. It's a classic. When I bought it on DVD i expected a bare bones edition with nothing besides the movie. I was wrong. I was shocked when I saw a documentary including interviews with John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles, among many others. I was pleasantly surprised at the director's commentary as well. I usually don't watch films with the commentary on because I find it ruins the film, but...I'm so fascinated with this film I had to see with. I highly recommened this film for anyone, horror fan or not. ... Read more

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Plays Hard Ball
This is a dramatic pas de deux, unflinching in its intimacy. In the DVD bonus commentaries, the actors and director take exception to the impression some people had that this movie must have been adapted from a stage play. They protest that, to the contrary, this movie is supremely cinematic. "Playtime is over.It's time to wake up."
David Slade's "Hard Candy" is one of the few films of the recent past to truly deserve to be called an "indie."An intimate (only five speaking roles) psychological thriller, for most of its running time, it dares to implicate the viewer in the misdeeds the two main characters engage in.Thirtysomething photographer Jeff (Patrick Wilson) talks to smart, precocious teenager Hayley (Ellen Page) over the internet, and soon arrange a meeting.They go to Jeff's apartment and have a few drinks.Jeff falls unconscious, and upon waking up, discovers that Hayley has drugged and tied him to a chair.She intends to expose him as a pedophile by any means necessary.
not as good as i thought
it was great, i dnt deny it... but it was not CREEPY nor was SCARY... i was waiting for something else... whatever...
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The films of Tim Burton shine through the muck like a jack-o-lantern on a foggy October night. After such successes as Read more

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Great Interpretation of Irving's Tale
Ahh - the perfect Halloween film!Better than many of the old classics. This is Tim Burton at his best.As a child, I loved the gothic tale of the Headless Horseman - and this rendition never fails to ring the bell.Johnny Depp is well cast as the somewhat nervous, eccentric, but always ernest Ichabod Crane.Christina Ricci is beautiful and Christopher Walken is perfect as the Horseman.While the film is gory - after all there are lots of heads being lopped off - it's not really scary.I wouldn't recommend it for children under the age of 12 however - especially those with overactive imaginations. The old animated Disney version is better suited for the little ones.
Entertaining... a real Halloween delight !
"Sleepy Hollow" Has just the right amount of everything to make it quite a memorable movie. The atmosphere that Sleepy Hollow portrays makes this movie
Great Spooky Flick for the Fall Season!
Let me state right off that, although I respect Burton as a great filmmaker, I'm not a fan of his films; they usually strike me as eminent examples of style over substance (which, in a sense, isn't his fault since he's not usually the writer). Plus the films he usually picks to direct simply aren't my cup of java (for instance, I have no plans to catch "Edward Scissorhands" anytime soon). But who can deny his great visual talants? This guy knows how to make a film LOOK good, that's for sure.
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Have to give it five stars
Ok.Yes.The movie is not original.The monsters, well, we've seen those kinds before.The characters, of course these are cliche characters, the movie practically points that out to you.Yet the movie is probably the best American horror movie I've seen in the past year.I'll compare this to another movie I saw yesterday (I saw Feast movie just a while ago), that movie was another cliche movie called Are You Scared.That movie compared to this movie shows just how a cliche can work well (as in Feast) and work badly (as in Are You Scared).Both copy what we've seen before, but Feast revels in the passion, the gore, the humor, something that the other cliche lacks.Yes.Nothing new under the sun you might as well say, at least in the horror genre, but this can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you know your work in your hands.The people that bring us Feast know what we want, know what we like, and presents it in such a twist that keeps us glued to the action throughout the whole movie...something that many other movies out there in the horror field lack these days.I really hope that the director of this, along with the actors and actresses, along with the special effects people, go a long way and will be seen again.The movie kind of reminds me of an early Stephen King (as in The Mist or Pet Semetary) or Clive Barker (Books of Blood), fast, furious, bloody, funny, and want we want in our horror.

its cool
It reminds me of a up to date version of the Evil Dead movies.A bunch of one liners and tons of blood/slim.I digged the 8mm stuff at the beginning.It was a cool little horror flick.Check it out.

i fall asleep with this one
i bought this dvd yesterday night...
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YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY!
This has to be the best horror movie based on a videogame i have seen! Super Mario Bros. was dull and stupid, Street Fighter and Double Dragon were plain retarded, Mortal Kombat was good (but not as good as the game) and Resident Evil 1 & 2 just sucked! This is the best videogame horror adaption of a videogame because they really do make it exactly like how the game looks and they do a good job too! I wish all directors who make these kind of movies would make them like this. I dont think people know a good game adaption when they see it. I gues you cant please everyone, no matter how hard you try.

Try to sit still in "Silent Hill", then shut it off halfway through...
Somewhere in the early '90s, a Hollywood suit said to another, "Why don't we make a movie of this," while playing a round of Super Mario Bros. From there on out, moviegoers were 'fortunate' enough to have blockbuster video game adaptations every other year that usually fell under people's acclaim.
awesome gaphics!
This movie was great! I love everything about this movie! I recommend this to anyone. I played the video games and never found them to be scary but this movie was!! ... Read more

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When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in this adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicized objection. The author wisely and justifiably recanted her negative opinion when she saw Cruise's excellent performance, which perceptively addresses the pain and chronic melancholy that plagues anyone cursed with immortal bloodlust. Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst are equally good at maintaining the dark and brooding tone of Rice's novel. And in this rare mainstream project for a major studio, director Neil Jordan compensates for a lumbering plot by honoring the literate, Romantic qualities of Rice's screenplay. Considered a disappointment while being embraced by Rice's loyal followers, the movie is too slow to be a satisfying thriller, but it is definitely one of the most lavish, intelligent horror films ever made. Read more

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Best Vampire Film
I think we can all agree this is an amazing movie, and one of the best vampire films of all, but...
Wow! ow! wow!
With the genius of Anne (Rice) the talents of Tom (Cruise) and Brad (Pitt) and the rest of the crew. This one is just it. This is the movie to watch.

Anne Rice does it again
Interview with a Vampire is a great work by Anne Rice and it has been made into an excellent movie.The acting by Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt is amazing, and Kirsten Dunst has a stellar performance as Claudia. The story is told very well.I've read some of Anne Rice's other books and I will definitely read this one after seeing how good of a movie it is. ... Read more

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Gruesome Edition pluses and minuses
This is an entertaining movie, a legend of the drive-in threater circuit, but don't expect the masterpiece of the original Hooper classic. It's a satire in the same way Bride of Frankenstein was to the original Frankenstein (also helmed by it's original director). Being a big fan, I still only give it 3 stars, and the same goes for this "Gruesome Edition" disc. While the interviews and extras make this a must have for the fans, the picture quality on this disc leaves much to be desired. If you own the original MGM DVD release don't get rid of it as the supplied full screen version as more image perserved of the original film negative than any of the widescreen versions (including the infamous trucks driving by in the finale), and the original MGM DVD has the proper color and contrast that was originally seen in theaters and drive-ins, this print would have never made it out of the lab.

"The Saw is Family"
The aspects which made the original "Massacre" so incredible included the relenting suspense, dark humor and the terribly frieghtening and unusual atmosphere. That was 1974. Here comes the sequel, the mid 1980's, and fans are in a daze at how different it is. I love it. I must say, my original thoughts when i first viewed this film were not good. i found it offensive, gory and way too different from the original. Then i watched it again with a new perspective and fell in love. This film is meant to be looked at differently. This sequel is supposed to be a parody of the 80's teen flicks/a horror film/and a slapstick humored hillbilly flick. I know it's confusing and seems awful when u read this description, but it is a very fun movie. It's not high in scares, but it is a truly fun, entertaining and wild sequel that takes the series to an unexpected level of insanity and action!

Fun As Hell!
I just got through watching the new ..Gruesome Edition.. of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and though I..ve seen it multiple times, it..s still as fun as ever. This is a double dip for me, upgrading from the bare bones copy, and its well worth it. The packaging comes in a slip case with new artwork, a single chainsaw with blood splatter, resembling the ..Saw.. films. The artwork on the hard shell is the same, but with bloody limbs lying by the saw. The inside sheet looks to be another choice for cover art, the one I prefer, of Leatherface..s silhouette against a grey sky backdrop.
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Fridays will never be the same again.
PLOT:
"SHSHSHSH HAAHAAHA"
I am giving this collection FIVE STARS for the fact that it is the original series by Paramount. The collection I must admit is great to own, the art work for the box set is great and some limited features included are not at all a let down considering the movie might have some cuts. The first two films were a bit ground breaking in the genre at the time making JASON a Cult figure in the likes of LEATHERFACE and MICHAEL. Turn off the lights and let it rip, you will laugh your butt off, gasp even jump out of your sit. Three words F. U. N. It is a good collection to have for any fan of the horror genre.

All in one place (mostly)..... finally
So Friday the 13th is no Citizen Kane. Did you expect it to be? It is what it is. And it is highly entertaining. I will admit that I have a soft spot for the cheesy 70s and 80s horror genre, but I would have to say the Friday series is my favorite. And I am thrilled with this box set. I like the compact, slim case design of the box itself, the 2 movies per DVD also helps to slim down the whole package. Parts 3, 6, 7, & 8have commentaries along with the film. I think the real gem, though, is the bonus disc with the DVD features on it. The Friday the 13th chronicles featurettes are very interesting. You can choose any of the eight movies in the set and get behind the scenes info, stories, etc. Some of the parts have more in depth featurettes than others (part 5 is downright skimpy and I was surprised part 7 wasn't longer). I know this is a silly point to make, but the Crystal Lake Victims Tell All featurette is not aptly named, seeing as how most of the persons in the interviews were not victims at all, but the girls who survived! I expected to hear more from characters who were actually KILLED by one or the other of the murderous Voorhees! Overall, I am thrilled with this box set though, and for any fan of the series it is a must have. Of course there are three other films (Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, and Freddy vs. Jason - put out by New Line instead of Paramount) that are not included in the set. So if you are a TRUE Friday fan, you'll have to take it upon yourself to complete the entire series! ... Read more

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If a musical sci-fi satire about an alien transvestite named Frank-n-Furter, who is building the perfect man while playing sexual games with his virginal visitors, sounds like an intriguing premise for a movie, then you're in for a treat.Not only is Read more

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Bloody awful
This is just awful. And I mean spine-tingingly bad. The songs are so terrible and so insistent that it makes you feel like kicking the TV in. The idea of the film is certainly interesting....certainly if it weren't played out as a musical. But it is and you can just see some of the actors baffled as to the sheer stupidity of what their doing. Some such as Tim Curry revel in the sheer nonsense this film provides. But seriously, those songs are beyond awful. My hatred for them rivals having to listen to Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights and that's intense. But Kate Bush has made some great songs so that's OK. This however, is the movie equivalent of getting an axe through your spinal cord. How it's achieved cult status is something that will have to go down on the peculiar habits of humans.
aaaaaaaaaaaa I likey:-))))))))))
This is the perfect celebration of B- and horror-movies of the 30s and 40s...
Great movie
A classic! A Must See! Although not really intended for kids my daughter at 4 used to love the music and dance along...now at 14 she still loves the songs but she thinks the movie is kinda corny. Us adults however, love the movie and of course the soundtrack too. Can't help but catch yourself singing along. ... Read more

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Imprint: Good Horror Movie
Scary! The really gross sort of scary too. Not a wise idea to watch it alone on a stormy night. That's what I did & had bad dreams because of it. Yeah, the acting wasn't great, but I feel it was good enough for this kind of movie. An actor who was a demon on the tv show Charmed played the main character. I thought the story was pretty clever & interesting. It kept you on the edge of your seat. You never knew what to expect.Watch this if your looking for it good scare.

Not very good but not bad.
The story is interesting, not scary as I expected, the prostitute, except the role which Ms. Kudoh played, all looks like rebellious teenages of present days in Japan.
Mike!! what were you thinking during casting?Pick any old washed up actor?
First, let me say I loved this movie. It was the first movie that was so grotesque that I had to turn away. I would of loved it even more however, if they did not cast whomever that washed up actor was in one of the lead roles. He was over acting and very dull. I wasn't the least bit interested in hearing from him in fact I found him to be quite annoying at times yelling like some dumb wino who has never acted in his life.The rest of the cast was excellent. I would of just liked to see mike play more on the ghost that was present in the room in the beginning of the film to add some horror aspects to the movie instead of just shock factors by showing dead fetuses and such. Overall, it was pretty interesting just next time I hope he picks a better male actor. ... Read more

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"It's alive! Alive!" shouts Colin Clive's triumphant Dr. Frankenstein as electricity buzzes over the hulking body of a revived corpse. "In the name of God now I know what it's like to be God!" For years unheard, this line has been restored, along with the legendary scene of the childlike monster tossing a little girl into a lake, in James Whale's Read more

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Frankenstein Is Alive!
Caveat: This is the TCM 75th anniversary edition of one film -- Frankenstein. This is NOT the legacy box set!That said -- this is a spectacular presentation of James Whale's Frankenstein remastered, fully restored and with a stereo soundtrack. And yes -- the scene where the monster drowns the little girl is back. Also back is the line where Dr. Frankenstein proclaims, "Now I know what it feels like to be God." Karloff is stunning. Colin Clive is edgy and frighteningly intense. The accompanying documentaries and trailers are fascinating, particularly the almost 2-hour feature on disc two, "Universal Horror", a retrospective of the horror films released by Universal Studios. A must for any DVD library as this is one of the greatest horror films of all time.

The 2nd Universal Horror Masterpiece
After Bela Lugosi became a movie star playing Dracula, he was offered the role of the Frankenstein monster, but turned it down & so a other horror movie star emerged, Boris Karloff as the manufactured mistunderstood monster, truly one of the greatest horror films of all time, Karloff brings terrifying perfection to the role. A great non dialogue performance. A masterpiece of how science can be misused. If you like classic universal horror see Mary Shelley's shocking novel story in the motion picture.

"Well, we've warned you!"
All movies are dated.Some are more dated than others, of course.A film's dated quality can be its strength as well as its weakness.Much film criticism has surrounded the primitive techniques used in 1931's "Dracula" and "Frankenstein".Lack of musical score, obvious use of studio sets, theatrical acting, pedestrian use of the camera, etc.Yet I would argue that these qualities are what make these films unique and give them a dream-like, nightmarish quality, which the later, slicker and more polished sequels lacked.The sound of the Frankenstein monster's footsteps coming down the hall before his entrance, the thumping of the dirt being thrown atop the coffin in the opening sequence, all would be lost had they been interpolated in a musical score.The same goes for "Dracula"'s scattering rats, bats and night creatures among the clacking bones in the coffins.Granted, the later "Bride of Frankenstein" brilliantly used music and a far more sophisticated film technique to unfold its story, yet it was a completely different piece of art.It was much more operatic and complex and full of irony and satire as well as horror.Whereas "Bride" gave us thrills, "Frankenstein" gave us chills.
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With laughs and gross-outs aplenty, Read more

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Fun + Gore
Perfect movie for fans of classic horror/science fiction films from the
Now here is an interesting little Horror flick!
Let me start by saying SLITHER uses alot of plot ideas from other Horror movies in the past.The whole "slug" idea comes from a little known classic called "NIGHT OF THE CREEPS" not to mention the obvious title of "SLUGS" from the 1980's.It also uses the classic zombie plot to boot and a dash of "THE THING" thrown into the mix.Knowing that, one might expect SLITHER to be lame because of all the other movies it ripped off.That just isn't true.I'm willing to even say that SLITHER is a much better movie over all than NIGHT OF THE CREEPS or SLUGS for that matter!It's gross, it's bloody, it's gory, it's funny and the movie is enjoyable from start to finish!Chop full of nasty special effects (a mix of latex, stage blood and CGI to round things out) SLITHER isn't for those that have a weak stomach!Basically the plot is about this comet that lands on Earth, hatches into a grub worm and infects one of the local town folk.Soon enough the entire town is turned into a bunch of acid spitting (yes, like the ALIEN movies) zombies that barf the liquid into victems faces and then turn them into a zombie soon after.SLITHER isn't really a scary movie by any means, rather it's goal is to gross you out and please Horror fans!If your looking for a different type of Horror movie and you happen to be a fan of DAWN OF THE DEAD, check out SLITHER!It's already a classic in my book!

Loved this film...
This film pleasantly surprised me.I can honestly say it was one of the most entertaining films I saw Spring '06.Sorry Superman.Slither was hilarious, but at the same time creepy.Its one of those guilty pleasure types of films.I found the mix of comedy and horror refreshing.Slither may not be groundbreaking but it is a rarity: a horror-comedy that does both its genre-parents proud. You just have to take it for what it is.Guilty pleasure entertainment.I just happened to go see Slither at the box office on a whim one Saturday night, and found myself loving this film. It was a hidden classic. ... Read more

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Certain to remain one of the greatest haunted-house movies ever made, Robert Wise's Read more

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"I belong here."
Nell Lance is not well. She has spent most of her adult life caring for her invalid mother and she is having difficulty coping now that mother has passed on. She sees her big opportunity to live a little when she is invited to the Hill House for a brief stay. This is her time to socialize, to break out of her cocoon and to prove to everyone else that she belongs in their group. Seems she has somehow gotten the wrong idea. The well known Dr. Markway (Richard Johnson) sees the recently vacated Hill House as an opportunity to prove the existence of ghosts, ghouls and/or goblins. He has invited Theo (the beautiful Claire Bloom) for her psychic ability and the skeptical Luke (Russ Tamblyn) for use of his inherited house. Nell was asked to come because of her propensity for communicating with the dead, a claim she vehemently denies. What the group finds at Hill House is worth investigating for viewers. Julie Harris is terrific as the disturbed Nell and the others turn in good performances as well. I wouldn't go so far as to say this is a scary movie, but Robert Wise's direction makes this a fairly gripping movie. I am slightly surprised by its G rating, given the intense moments and a couple of swear words. This really should be PG. You can't really go wrong if you are looking for a good haunted house movie.
The Implications are Better than Any Visual Frightfest.
This old 1963 scarefest works for those of you (myself included) who are not into the screaming gorefest of so many others' preference and prefer a more sophisticated way to get a chill or two sliding up your spine.
This Film Stands Alone inThe Horror Genre
I first saw this film when it was released in 1963 at the theater. I remember one specific scene in which everyone in the house yelled.
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Boris Karloff made his fame during the great horror cycle at Universal Pictures in the 1930s, but he also flaunted his iconic status at other studios. At Columbia, Karloff etched a handful of good mad doctor roles (notably Read more

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Ask And Ye Shall Receive.
No sooner had I finished writing a review of THE BORIS KARLOFF COLLECTION saying that someone should release THE BLACK ROOM on DVD when lo and behold here it is. The fact that it's being issued by Sony means that it will use the best prints available which is great considering how often Boris is badly served by substandard prints of his non-Universal films. Sony has already issued a couple of the Columbia Karloff "Mad Doctor" films on DVD (THE DEVIL COMMANDS, THE MAN WITH NINE LIVES) and while they were devoid of any real extras, the visual quality of the films was an improvement over the old VHS copies. This will complete the set and give us THE BLACK ROOM in the bargain which is the finest of the films he did for Columbia. Directed by Roy William Neill (known for the modern day Sherlock Holmes films with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce) THE BLACK ROOM gives Boris one of his best acting opportunities in a double role as twin brothers one good the other evil (a triple role when you consider he also plays one brother impersonating the other). The other films are THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG, BEFORE I HANG, and a comedy THE BOOGIE MEN WILL GET YOU. Although I haven't viewed the set yet I assume that Sony will do the same for these titles as they did for the others with hopefully a few extras thrown in. The subtitle ICONS OF HORROR would seem to indicate that Sony/Columbia plans to release others. I wonder who they might be? So Karloff fans rejoice even more so than for THE BORIS KARLOFF COLLECTION as overall the quality of these films are better. Thanks to these, THE VAL LEWTON COLLECTION, and the British films THE GHOUL and THE MAN WHO CHANGED HIS MIND, virtually all of Karloff's 30s and 40s films are now on DVD. That just leaves THE WALKING DEAD which Warners should have issued in their upcoming HOLLYWOOD'S LEGENDS OF HORROR COLLECTION.

Forgotten Karloff Classics
This four-movie set contains one almost forgotten Karloff classic, two quite watchable B-thrillers and a comedic misfire noted only for the performances of Karloff and Peter Lorre.
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