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Drive-In Movie Classics 50 Movie Pack 
Actors : Christopher Lee, Richard Burton, Jennifer Connelly
Studio : Mill Creek Entertainment
by Mill Creek Entertainment
Brand : DIGITAL1STOP
Release Date : 2006-02-07
Publisher : Mill Creek Entertainment
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 12
EAN : 0826831070216
UPC : 826831070216
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 31 reviews)
List Price : $29.98
Our Price : $12.85
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Product Description |
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Time to get the popcorn and lean back the recliner for 50 drive-in classics that will take you back to a golden era of over-acting and cheesy special effects. Find the best and worst of undiscovered Drive-in cinema featuring box office legends and complete unknowns.Included1. Absolution2. Beast from Haunted Cave3. Black Hooker4. Breakout from Oppression5. Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride6. Country Blue7. Creeper8. Creepers9. Day of the Panther10. Death By Dialogue11. Devil with Seven Faces The12. Don't Look in the Basement13. Don't Open Till Christmas14. Fiend15. Firing Line The16. Going Steady17. Guy from Harlem The18. Horror of the Zombies19. I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?20. In Hot Pursuit21. Invasion of the Bee Girls22. Island Monster The23. Jive Turkey24. Katie's Passion25. Lazarus Syndrome The26. Legacy of Blood27. Legend of Big Foot28. Mad Dog29. Mama Dracula30. Manipulator The31. Murder Mansion The32. Night Train to Terror33. Prime Time34. Prisoner of the Lost Universe35. Rattlers36. Savage Journey37. Savage Weekend38. Shock39. Slave of the Cannibal God40. Snowbeast41. Spare Parts42. Throw Out the Anchor43. TNT Jackson44. Trauma45. Treasure of Tayopa46. Unsane47. Vengeance of the Zombies48. Voodoo Black Exorcist49. Werewolf vs. Vampire Women The50. Women of Devil's IslandFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 826831070216 Manufacturer No: 070217 |
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Some Good Shiznat!!! |
I just wanted to throw in my two cents, and give this product a five star rating. I expected nothing but the worst from this product. And I have to agree with most of the reviews, good and bad.
The quality of these movies is not the best. And the biggest problem I have is the audio. Still it is not all that terrible, considering the age of most of these films.
For $13.00 I can say, "this compilation is great". I have watched 8 movies so far, and they are exactly what I expected. Total trash!!! Hehe. I expected more shock value (i.e. grinhouse, exploitation) types of movies. But for the price I can't complain.
Some of the movies on this collection are for sale at $15.00 a piece. And the ability to actually watch these movies (although edited?!!) is worth every penny. If they turn out to be somewhat decent, I might actually buy the remastered editions.
Bottom Line: Think of the movies you would find on 'up all night' with Rhonda Sheer, or 'Kung Fu Theatre'... or the legendary Elvira. That is what you're in for. |
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Drive in Movie Classics |
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I've found only a few of the movies that I actually liked. Some of the movies are of poor quality and really bad plots--I wouldn't recommend it. |
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Banjo Music, Halloween Masks, And A Weekend Retreat... |
This is a yawn of a slasher movie, made in 1976, although it was stuck on the shelf for five years before being released. When you see it you'll know why. The film plays like an uneasy combination of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "The Phantom of the Opera", and "Pod People".
After a brief, tense, and needlessly melodramatic opening revealing conflict and parenting issues within a tedious group of people, the cast goes to a creepy old cabin for the weekend, where crazy Otis works as a boat caretaker. How do we know Otis is crazy? The heavy-handed direction and screenplay have one cast member mention to another that Otis has previously kidnapped and branded (yes, with a branding iron) a woman. But that's all in the past, and they have no reservations whatsoever about letting Otis stay on as the caretaker of their boat. It turns out that Otis is none too skilled at his craft, as they bring in an outsider to assist him, after which many bad things happen. Coincidence?
The film is mostly boring, although there is one fairly good plot twist which you can predict if you watch carefully: I was too bored to watch it all that carefully in part due to the tedious flute and banjo music. I give "Savage Weekend" two stars for throwing the curveball at the end.
As a side note, the movie is available as part of the "50 Movie Pack: Drive-In Movie Classics" collection, normally for less that you would pay for this single DVD. |
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When Bad Movies Happen |
This is a collection of mostly questionable movies, the primary question being--who thought they were worth making? Are there huge tax breaks for people who put up money for bad movies? There has to be an explanation.
Many of these movies aren't just bad, they are brazenly bad, as if spiteful filmmakers made them just to insult the audience. Some of them are more like surveillance tapes than professional movies. The few that are worth seeing are undermined by dreadful picture and sound quality. Virtually every film in the collection is a bad print, with breaks, scratches, cue scribbles, or missing footage. When I say footage, I mean sizable chunks are missing from some films, from seconds to minutes. The picture will be grainy, blurry, murky, or washed out. The sound will be garbled or muffled. There is unintended buzzing, crackling, and snapping.
On the other hand, some reviewers say these problems are part of the charm of this collection. You stand warned.
One artfully bad movie with decent picture and sound quality is Night Train to Terror. A few more like this would have made the collection a good buy.
There is an upside:
I gave the collection an extra star because it might be a good buy for some people. If you have someone in your life who is going blind and/or deaf, watching these movies will give you a clue what they are going through. For someone stranded at a desolate outpost with hours to kill and no TV reception, this collection provides hours (and hours and hours) of low-cost content that conceivably beats twiddling your thumbs. One review mentions soldiers in Afghanistan as likely beneficiaries of these tastefully selected craptaculars. Don't they have satellite TV over there?
On a portable DVD player or iPod, picture quality isn't as much of a concern. If you are flying from the United States to the Philippines or Australia, this collection might help ward off boredom on a marathon flight. I can think of better material for such an occasion, but this type of movie does have its admirers.
And yes, as one reviewer noted, the packaging is good.
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Terrific gift, amazing price! |
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My son is a film student, and like me, he loves the heyday of pure cheese and low-(or NO)-budget thrillers. I bought the SCIFI pack for myself and the DRIVE-IN pack for him on his 23rd birthday. He and his friends have movie nights and play MST3K-type games, and I love to just pop one into my laptop instead of poisoning my mind with Dr. Phil or CNN. The quality of the reproduction varies greatly but every one I have seen so far has been very watchable, and the price is like a gift from Movie Lovers' Heaven. |
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