HORROR CLASSICS 50 MOVIE MEGAPACK

Although I had a good portion of these movies from collections I bought from DVD bargain bins, the price was very reasonable to justify getting about 35 new horror classics added to my collection. With the DVD market collapsing, I doubt that we will see such a collection of forgotten classics ever again. I finished watching the first disc, and I would say that 2 of the 4 films on it are considered great ("Carnival of Souls" and "Nightmare Castle"). Even the other 2 ("Creature from the Haunted Sea" and "Atom Age Vampire") have more than enough entertainment value to keep you watching until the end. Sure, the picture quality and the synchronization of audio is not 100%, but considering the target market and the budget, this is a reasonable tradeoff. The great thing about these forgotten classics is that I am discovering films that I have never heard of, and I would argue that they are better than the more modern horror movies. EDIT: Since I wrote my review, I've noticed other 50 movie packs being released which kind of contradicts my statement "we'll never see another collection like this again". Although I don't expect them to be as good as this one, I will definitely buy one or more of them. EDIT #2: I have ordered 2 more 50 movie packs: "Nightmare Worlds" and "Tales of Terror". It will probably be a while before I get to watch these as I am only about 60% of the way through the current collection (Horror Classics). Keep in mind, there are quite a few stinkers, some of these are not even horror stories (more like detective mystery stories). But there are real gems--if it weren't for this collection, I would have never seen classics like "Metropolis" (not really horror, more like sci-fi), "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".

I love these collections. It has some good classics. For the price, it's great. Be forewarned - some, if not most of these look like VHS transfers, partly because that's about all that's available of them because they're so obscure. These are pennies on the dollar and you might find something on here that will get you to buy a nice Blu Ray copy. -=[ UPDATE ]=- I've noticed some reviews stating they're missing Disc 3. I've got two disc 3s and I'll trade one out for a Disc 4!

I’ll start off by saying THIS SET IS WORTH IT FOR THE COPY OF CARNIVAL OF SOULS ALONE! This is an affordable way to have the complete cut of the movie in decent quality, which seems much rarer to find. I basically picked it up for that, with 49 other movies as “bonus features.” There’s definitely multiple other gems in this collection that make it worthwhile too. It’s a combination of genuine classics and extremely obscure varying-quality B-movies, that can make for a fun movie night by just picking out a title and seeing what it is. That said, there are downsides to this edition. This might be the WORST packaging for any DVD set I’ve seen. They’re in these thin half-open paper sleeves that have resulted in the discs being VERY scratched right in the box! They look like discs you’d question “will this play?” at a thrift store, straight out of the shrink wrapped brand new box. It’s 12 discs (and I DID receive all the proper discs, thankfully, unlike other recent reviews) with basically no protection against each other. All of them so far have played, but I have experienced some audio glitches and skipping that I suspect is a result of these scratches. If you want to keep any of these movies, you’ll have to order a CD/DVD case to store them more safely. The other downside is the lack of subtitles. These are barebones, just the movies on the discs. No special features or options, even the bare minimum option of subtitles. And some of these movies are so old/obscure that I couldn’t even find subtitles online for them. With the scratchy quality of some antique audio in these, you’ll find yourself turning up the volume to figure out what’s being said. Film quality, both objectively and subjectively, also varies by film. Here’s a few select takes on ones I’ve watched so far: Carnival of Souls: Excellent picture quality, just passable sound quality. You’ll need to turn up your volume to make out all the dialogue in the absence of subtitles. Still, it’s totally worth it because this is the COMPLETE cut of the movie, at 1hr 23 mins. Even the Criterion Blu Ray DOESN’T have the complete cut! (That version is cut down to 1hr 17 mins). I actually prefer the picture quality here to the overly-scrubbed blu ray picture too. This has quickly become one of my favorite movies since discovering it, but it’s best to watch without spoilers. Suffice it to say this is a great physical copy of it to have! (Provided you don’t absolutely require subtitles, of course.) Atom Age Vampire: Okay picture and sound quality throughout. Felt about VHS level, and therefore not spectacular but 100% watchable. No audio or video skipping. Movie has a mad science premise with a lot of potential that it doesn’t quite live up to, but is worth a watch. White Zombie: Excellent picture and sound quality (especially for DVD, and for an obscure film this old), BUT there were several places where audio skipped that I think are from scratches on the disc caused by their awful packaging. Content-wise, well, it’s the 1930s so there’s some unpleasant racial stereotypes. The plot is still suspenseful and engaging though, and influential to horror cinema and rock music (one of the first zombie movies, and the band White Zombie is named after this). Horror fans will also have fun recognizing the various reused sets and props from other famous movies that showed up here to save budget. Metropolis: BAD COPY. Poor, blurry picture quality, and an incomplete cut. You can find much higher quality, 30 minutes longer complete cuts online since the movie is public domain, so I’m not sure why this set even bothers with this (even disregarding the whole “not a horror” thing). Didn’t bother watching more than a few minutes to confirm what a poor copy this is. Nosferatu: Surprisingly good picture quality for a random not-officially-restored copy of a film this old, although the top and right edges of the picture seem to be oddly cut off (based on how the written intertitles are off centered). It’s not as badly cropped as other public domain copies of the movie I’ve seen, though. This is the version of the film that’s entirely black and white (no tints) and the character names have been reverted to the book Dracula counterparts. It’s not the ideal, officially-restored version/translation of the film, but it’s not terrible. I wouldn’t get this set FOR this copy, but it’s an okay “bonus feature.” Creature from the Haunted Sea: Audio is very muffled. Couldn’t find subtitles to add to it either, so I just had to struggle. Picture quality is sometimes too dark too, but maybe that’s just how the film is (a lot of old B movies weren’t filmed the best to begin with, after all). HOWEVER, this is the extended cut of the film, so that counts for something. This is a parody of spy movies and political thrillers, NOT a horror. The creature from the title is part of the spy/political plot. People familiar with early 60s spy/political thriller movies might enjoy this as a sendup of those tropes, or as a period piece of the 60s. Bluebeard: Slightly dark VHS quality visuals (some artifacting at the end makes me think this might literally be a VHS rip), but clear enough sound that I never needed to turn up the volume. Something of a crime thriller/horror/period piece combination, emphasis on the crime thriller aspect; it’s almost like a period-piece CSI or Law and Order episode. Not a brilliant movie but decently entertaining. House on Haunted Hill: Great (for DVD) picture quality and clear sound quality. It’s not the restored version for bluray but not bad at all! An EXCELLENT movie and not a bad copy of it to have. Black Dragons: Poor quality, “jumpy” picture that seems slightly cropped at the edges, and muffled sound quality. This is a WWII wartime thriller, not a horror movie. It’s not very good either, at least in my opinion, being boring, slow, and poorly written. The Vampire Bat: Clear sound (for an old movie), but the picture has a lot of film grain, blank spots, blotches, scratches, etc. I think this is NOT due to scratches on the disc for once, but instead because the master film used for this edition is un-restored and in pretty bad shape. I was able to find clearer prints online/public domain pretty easily, so this isn’t a good copy unless you’re dedicated to an intentionally “gritty” look. Decently entertaining film (a combination of a murder mystery and a vampire film!), and horror fans will once again have fun spotting recycled sets from other productions. The Screaming Skull: Video quality level is best described as “very early YouTube” despite the fact that it’s a 50s film. Poor quality in a digital crunch way rather than a VHS way. Furthermore, it’s widescreen aspect ratio letterboxed inside a 4:3 aspect ratio rather than just playing widescreen, making the quality even worse. The plot is a Rebecca-esque premise where a new wife has to deal with marrying a widow and moving into his spooky house. It’s not the most original, but it was suspenseful enough to keep me watching through the end despite the awful print quality. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Pretty good picture quality! It’s VHS level, which is something given that this movie is extremely old and this isn’t a fancy restored edition. Silent film, so sound quality doesn’t matter. It does have accompanying organ music that I’m not sure is meant to go with this film. Some intertitles seem off-centered/oddly cropped but the acted parts of the film seem fine/not cropped or off-centered. Film was kind of uninterestingly predictable for me (because duh everyone knows the story of Jekyll and Hyde now) but film students and historians will probably like seeing one of the oldest surviving iterations of this on film. Nightmare Castle: I think this might’ve been literally recorded from a VHS, given some of the distinct “VHS glitches” present in the picture quality. A suspenseful movie with cool spooky mansion sets—seriously the mansion is beautiful. It feels “ahead of its time” in terms of some of the violence and sexual themes (central conflict involves both torture and multiple affairs), and there’s even some lines that seem to anticipate the themes of the much-later Hellraiser! It’s clearly dubbed from a foreign language, though. Invisible Ghost: Okay video quality (good VHS/early DVD level), slightly muffled audio, skipped a couple times (I think due to those scratches again). An interesting enough murder mystery featuring Bela Lugosi. One Body Too Many: Another movie with VHS artifacts! It looks fuzzy like a VHS too, with muffled audio. A “play” button even seems to flash across the screen in several places! At times the quality was so poor (especially too dark and fuzzy) to clearly see what was happening. Almost as bad as Metropolis’s transfer. The sound skipped a few times too, not sure if that was from the poor initial print or from the disc scratches. It’s too bad this is such a bad transfer, because otherwise this is a very fun comedy/horror/mystery set in a spooky house whose owner has an unusual last will. As you can see, it’s a mix of great movies, bad movies, great image/sound quality, and awful image/sound quality. You can’t really beat the price for the variety though, and you can always attempt to track down a better quality copy if you do find a gem you really like. I’d highly recommend this, provided you’re ok with getting your own higher-quality case.

Some reviewers are whining about this collection. I can't imagine why. 50 movies for 15 bucks, sure the quality isn't high-def and some of the sound is warbly. What'd you expect? There are plenty of solid movies in this set. "Tormented" is a little gem, directed by Bert I Gordon and starring Richard Carlson. A nasty guy sends his girlfriend to her death so he can get married...and then has to face the consequences. "Night of the Living Dead" remains one of the creepiest films of all time, ever. Watch it alone after midnight, I dare ya! (Better yet, watch it with a pal...) The three Vincent Price movies are all great, especially the campy-scary "House on Haunted Hill," which will have you chuckling and then diving under the blankets. "The Last Man on Earth," is also effective, as Vince takes on a planet full of killer zombies. "Carnival of Souls" is unexpectedly disturbing, it's been lodged in my head now for the past couple of weeks. A woman appears to die in a car crash--then unexpectedly reappears. She seems a little off, though. "The Indestructible Man" was enjoyable too, with Lon Chaney as a tough-talking street hood who's brought back to life, Frankenstein style, and then decides to go after dem dirty rats what sold him out. Sci-fi-film-noir, I love it! There are many others good movies too, like the silent "Nosferatu" which was an early version of "Dracula," in which the vampire strikes me more like a creepy rodent than anything else; and silent films like "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Phantom of the Opera." All worth a look, all of historical interest (if you have any interest at all in how film, especially scary film, developed over the decades) and many of which are hard to find individually. Also "White Zombie," another very old movie, very effective, with Bela Lugosi doing his best suave-but-sinister routine. And yeah there's some crud. The thing is, what I call crud and what you call crud will be two different piles of crud. (I didn't care much for "Dementia 13," which some people love; it was Francis Ford Coppola's first movie but I just thought it was kind of dull.) There are easily a dozen very good or even greatly entertaining movies in this set, which breaks down to about a buck twenty per movie; plus some so-so ones and some others you might not get ten minutes into. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me, folks. I don't mind a few speckles and a little wonky sound. Just adds to the atmosphere... Can we all complain a little less, please?

The most popular Universal Monsters collection leaves out the silent stuff. This one puts them back in my rotation. Lots of great stuff in this collection. Yeah, children raised by wolves have seen Night of The Living Dead, but that's one movie in a 50 movie collection. Last Woman On Earth is terrible - but Last Man On Earth (Vincent Price) is there, so it makes up for that. Lots of great B-movies. I joke and say "Well, I guess I'm watching Svengoolie, ONLY for the jokes, skits and trivia!" Highly recommend!

This box set popped up on my recommendations, and when I saw the 45% off, marking it down to $10.89, I didn’t even think twice about ordering it. But when I got this collection, I was a bit disappointed. I’ll do a pros and cons list, starting with the pros: Pros: • You get 50 movies for a cheap price • Many of these titles are obscure, meaning the single disc copies can get pricy, or they have never been released on a single disc copy • the silent films have a musical score, which is always an added bonus Cons: • Every disc comes scuffed. I do not think this hurts the use, especially if you have a player that can play through deeper scuffs and scratches. There are also these weird, almost blob like stain or something on each disc. I circled it in the photo. It doesn’t appear to hurt anything, but it does worry me that this could form into disc rot. • The picture quality is not the best, with some movies being very distorted and shaky. This could just be from the original film quality, so I can’t entirely fault the product for that. • The discs are stored in these paper sleeves, which also leads to some more scuffs and scratches Extra Notes • The silent films do not have any color filters. They are just pure black and white. • The Phantom of the Opera is the 1929 version and not the 1925 one. It also has its full color scene, which is really cool. Overall, if you do not own any of these films, or see this on sale like I did for 10 dollars, it’s well worth the pickup. But for 20, I’d spend my money on something much better quality.

truly great set with many films from my childhood love this set and the price is unbeatable... films included are : Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde starring John Barrymore - Blue Beard starring John Carradine - The Corpse Vanishes starring Bela Lugosi - Night of the Living Dead starring Judith O'Dea - Doomed to Die starring Boris Karloff - The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney, Sr. - The Indestructible Man starring Lon Chaney, Jr. - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Lon Chaney, Sr. - Nosferatu starring Max Schreck - Swamp Women starring Mike Connors - World Gone Mad starring Pat O'Brien - Little Shop of Horrors starring Jack Nicholson - Tormented starring Richard Carlson - The Monster Walks starring Rex Lease Monster from a Prehistoric Planet starring Tamio Kawaji - The Gorilla starring The Ritz Brothers - A Shriek in the Night starring Ginger Rogers - Bloodlust starring Robert Reed - The Amazing Mr. X starring Turhan Bay - Last Woman on Earth starring Robert Towne - The Bat starring Vincent Price - House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price - Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price - Dementia 13 starring William Campbell - Phantom from 10,000 Leagues starring Kent Taylor - Carnival of Souls starring Candace Hilligoss - Atom Age Vampire starring Alberto Lupo -Creature from the Haunted Sea starring Robert Towne Nightmare Castle starring Barbara Steele - Black Dragons starring Bela Lugosi - Invisible Ghost starring Bela Lugosi - One Body Too Many starring Bela Lugosi White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi - Attack of the Giant Leeches starring Ken Clark - The Screaming Skull starring John Hudson -Beast of Yucca Flats starring Tor Johnson - The Terror starring Boris Karloff - Revolt of the Zombies starring Dean Jagger - The Giant Gilla Monster starring Don Sullivan - The Fatal Hour starring Boris Karloff - Dead Men Walk starring George Zucco - The Mad Monster starring George Zucco - Maniac starring Bill Woods - Metropolis starring Gustav Frolich - The Vampi

Great classic collection.

É muito simples, só uma caixinha de papelão e os dvds dentro em envelopes Dvds dupla face sem indefinição Bem simples mesmo

Seems okay lots of really old horror movies reasonable quality given their age

50 CLASSIC B&W horror films for 20 bucks! This is why I'm giving it five stars (the value!) If it was priced at 100 dollars I would rate it lower because: A. It is a cheap box set (although it comes with a nice booklet guide.) B. The quality of the film transfers varies greatly. C. They are all FULL SCREEN. I don't know why I assumed they'd be widescreen, but they're not. I've been waiting many years to watch Nosferatu, and although I am glad to finally see it I can't read all of the text because some of it is off-screen. So, I will have to find a widescreen version to fully view this wonderful film. But again, for the price it's still a great bargain. Notable entries include Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (starring John Barrymore), The Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Nosferatu, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Gorilla, The Bat, White Zombie, Metropolis and The Night of the Living Dead. There are various lesser-known treasures here, such as the first film in the set: Carnival of Souls (as much an art film and psychological thriller as it is a horror film.) I was surprised by the scope of this film; very similar to Stephen King's heavy style of storytelling. I've really been enjoying my evenings spent watching brilliant horror film actors such as Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, George Zucco, Vincent Price and Jack Nicholson. Highly recommended box set for lovers of horror or classic film performances!

古い映画のDVDです。海外版なのに何故かGreenHouseのBDプレイヤーで再生できます。

You MUST have this collection! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️