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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Weekend Movie Marathon
Unwatched DVDs
This weekend I will be once again working on my unwatched collection since it is so huge. At the time of this post I have 242 unwatched movies. And I could have some more Sunday since Sunday is Father's Day... and I saw 3 DVD Shaped presents in my daughter's room! So I figured I better get busy on some more of these. As usual... these movies are ones I haven't watched since I got the DVD. Not necessarily that I haven't ever seen some of these movies.
As always... you can feel free to request reviews or give suggestions on ones you think I would like, but I may not get to them this weekend as there is a few I am looking forward to checking out myself. Though I will try to get to some requests as well.
Unwatched DVD Collection:
1. Abomination: Evilmaker 2
2. The Adventures of Tartu
3. Aerial Gunner
4. The Amazing Transparent Man
5. The Ape Man
6. Apocalypse Rising
7. The Atomic Brain
8. Attack of the Monsters
9. Battle of Blood Island
10. Battleship Potemkin
11. The Beach Girls
12. Beast from Haunted Cave
13. The Big Lift
14. Black Brigade
15. Black Hawk Down
16. Black Ribbon
17. Blood Alley
18. Blood Mania
19. Blood of Dracula's Castle
20. Blood on the Sun
21. Blood Stained Bride
22. Blood Tide
23. BloodRayne
24. Boiling Point
25. Bowery at Midnight
26. The Brain Machine
27. Brain Twisters
28. Brainiac
29. Branded
30. The Brave One
31. Bride of the Gorilla
32. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
33. Cave Girl
34. Chain Reaction
35. Chloe, Love is Calling You
36. Chocolat
37. Circus of Fear
38. Coach
39. Commandos
40. Condemned to Live
41. Convoy
42. Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride
43. The Creeper
44. Creepers
45. Crimes at the Dark House
46. The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
47. Crossroads
48. Crypt of the Living Dead
49. Curse of Pirate Death
50. Curse of the Headless Horseman
51. Cyrano de Bergerac
52. Dark Light
53. Dark Places
54. The Darkness
55. The Dawn Express
56. Deadly Drifter
57. Death By Dialogue
58. Desert Heat
59. The Devil Bat
60. Devil Monster
61. The Devil's Daughter
62. The Devil's Hand
63. Devil's Partner
64. Don't Open Till Christmas
65. Double Team
66. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
67. Dr. Phibes Rides Again
68. Drawing Blood
69. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness
70. Eegah
71. Embryo
72. Evil Brain from Outer Space
73. Farewell to Arms
74. Fear of the Dark
75. Feral
76. The Fighting Seabees
77. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
78. Fist of the Vampire
79. Flesh Feast
80. Flying Blind
81. The Flying Leathernecks
82. Foreigner
83. Four in a Jeep
84. Foxes
85. Full Frontal
86. The Ghost Walks
87. God Told Me To
88. Good Against Evil
89. The Great American Snuff Film
90. The Green Berets
91. Gung Ho
92. Half Past Dead
93. Hands of Steel
94. The Head
95. Hell's Threshold
96. Home Made
97. Horror of the Zombies
98. House by the Cemetery
99. Horrors of Spider Island
100. House of Danger
101. House of Mystery
102. House of Secrets
103. How Awful About Allen
104. Hunk
105. Identity Unknown
106. Immortal
107. In Harms Way
108. Infinity
109. The Innocent
110. Into Thy Hands
111. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages
112. The Island Monster
113. It's Complicated
114. Jack the Ripper
115. Jarhead
116. Jocks
117. Kennel Murder Case
118. Kill Cruise
119. King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition
120. Knight Chills
121. Kong Island
122. Laser Mission
123. Last Best Chance
124. The Last Chance
125. Left Behind 2
126. Legacy of Blood
127. Legend of Big Foot
128. The Legend of Zorro
129. The Long Hair of Death
130. The Madmen of Mandoras
131. Majestic
132. Malibu Beach
133. Mama Dracula
134. The Man with Two Lives
135. The Manster
136. Midnight Phantom
137. Midnight Shadow
138. The Midnight Warning
139. Minesweeper
140. Murder in the Red Barn
141. The Murder Mansion
142. My Chauffeur
143. My Tutor
144. Nabonga
145. The Navy Way
146. Never Too Late
147. The Night that Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
148. Night Fright
149. Night of the Blood Beast
150. Night Tide
151. Nightmare in Wax
152. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare
153. One Eyed Jack
154. One Frightened Night
155. One of Our Aircraft is Missing
156. Operation Pacific
157. Pajama Game
158. Passenger 57
159. A Passenger to Bali
160. The Phantom
161. The Phantom Creeps
162. The Phantom Express
163. The Phantom of Soho
164. The Pom Pom Girls
165. Pony Trouble
166. Primal Fear
167. Prime Evil
168. Prisoners of the Lost Universe
169. Private Buckaroo
170. Puppet Show
171. Rage of the Master
172. Rattlers
173. Replicant
174. Return of the Boogeyman
175. Return of the Magnificent Seven
176. Ricochet
177. Road to Bali
178. The Rogue Tavern
179. Sabbath
180. The Sadist
181. Sands of Iwo Jima
182. Satan's Slave
183. Savage Weekend
184. Screaming Ninja
185. The Sea Chase
186. She Gods of Shark Reef
187. The She-Beast
188. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
189. Shock
190. The Shunned House
191. Sickness House
192. Silent Bloodnight
193. Sinners
194. Sisters of Death
195. Slasher
196. Slave of the Cannibal God
197. Sleep Disorder
198. Snake Crane Secret
199. The Snow Creature
200. Snowbeast
201. The Somnambulists
202. Sound of Horror
203. Spare Parts
204. Spitfire
205. A Strange Adventure
206. The Stranger
207. Strangers of the Evening
208. Stanley
209. Super Hell
210. Super Hell 2
211. Tales of Frankenstein
212. Teenage Zombies
213. Terrified
214. Terror
215. Terror Creatures from the Grave
216. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
217. They Were Expendable
218. This Darkness
219. Tomboy
220. Torture Ship
221. Trauma
222. Trip with the Teacher
223. Unsane
224. Vampire's Night Orgy
225. A Vampire's Tale
226. The Van
227. Voodoo Black Exorcist
228. Vulture's Eye
229. A Walking Nightmare
230. War of the Robots
231. The Wasp Woman
232. Watchmen
233. Werewolf of Washington
234. Web of the Spider
235. Weekend Pass
236. White Fang to the Rescue
237. The White Gorilla
238. White Pongo
239. White Zombie
240. Who Am I?
241. Wings of an Eagle
242. Woodland Haunting 2 | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,851 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well... If it were me, and I had that group of movies to chose from, I'd watch: Kennel Murder Case In Harm's Way Operation Pacific Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon But somehow I think our tastes in movies are quite different.  --------------- |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I like the older stuff too sometimes. Though I will admit I am not huge on the War movies. I have been pretty curious about Kennel Murder Case though. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | From that list I would pick the following.
Battleship Potemkin
Black Hawk Down
The Brave One
In Harms Way
Jarhead
King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition
Passenger 57
Watchmen |
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,879 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'll echo Battleship Potemkin as a great film.
On the other side, if that's White Zombie with Bela Lugosi, I wouldn't mind hearing what you think of it. Planning to watch it in October... | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | It is White Zombie with Bela Lugosi.... I watched it once before and didn't care much for it... but it could be due to a poor copy I have. A friend gave me a better copy of it... so I need to give it a second chance. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,383 |
| | Posted: | | | | White Zombie, please watch a better copy because I enjoyed it. This is what I have diffculty with is when you buy a 50 pack of movies you really get the most dire prints in the world  . Sometimes a good print sneaks in  , but not often. It is one of the reason I have given up watching them as I feel I have wasted my time and not seen the movie at it's best, even if watching pristine Plan 9 or Robot Monster will not improve the value  . Cheers Kelvin |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | And the one I watched was actually a free copy... it was one in the 20 Disc... 40 movie boxset I got from Total Movie Magazine when I subscribed to their magazine...  Here is a good shot at the back cover in case anyone wants to see what all is in it...  I have read online that most people that subscribed didn't even get their copy... so I feel pretty lucky I got mine. Even if some of the prints are pretty horrid. Though some are better then I thought they would be. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | The #12 on this backcover, isn't this one, is it? If it was, it would be a very strange sorting. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,879 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd take a guess that #12 is a Sherlock Holmes picture starring Basil Rathbone. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-- Thorin Oakenshield |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | It is indeed the Sherlock Holmes movie from 1946. This one. | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | |  Title: White Zombie Year: 1932 Director: Victor Halperin (1895) Rating: NR Length: 67 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: N/A Stars:Bela Lugosi Madge Bellamy (1899) Joseph Cawthorn Robert Frazer John Harron Brandon Hurst Plot:The Halperin Brothers made White Zombie in just 11 days back in 1932, with $50,000 (Bela Lugosi got less than $1,000 to play zombie master Murder Legendre) and sets left standing from Universal's Dracula and Frankenstein. Keeping dialogue to a minimum, they wisely let cameraman Arthur Martinelli cut loose on this odd fairy tale, avoiding the stagy, static fell that pervades most early Talkies. White Zombie doesn't tell us a story when it can show us one. One of the most visually interesting horror films ever made, White Zombie has been slighted by videotapes made from scratched, faded 6mm prints. Two 35mm prints were used for this DVD, making as clean and crisp a White Zombie as you'll ever see. Extras:Audio Commentary Feature Trailers Featurettes Interviews My Thoughts: This is actually the second time I seen this movie. But the first time on this DVD. I watched it a couple years ago and wasn't impressed with it at all at the time. I believed mostly due to the terrible quality of that particular disc. So a friend gave me this release of the movie saying it would be much better quality and to give it another try. The quality of this disc is much better. Not quite as good as some of the movies of it's time that I have seen... but much better then the first release I seen. And it did make a difference. While I still wouldn't call this one a favorite film.. I did enjoy it quite a bit. The story is so much better when you can actually see what is going on... and there is no buzzing sound in the audio. I still found some parts of this one a little slow for my taste... but over all definitely worth watching. I glanced at a couple of the extras on this disc. Unfortunately they didn't look as good as the movie did. I looked at a short sample of the interview with Bela Lugosi before I watched the movie. While the audio and video of this interview isn't as good as the movie... I would like to finish watching it. If you want to check out this movie... from what I understand this is the version you want to look for. As it has the best quality of the movie available. My Rating: 3.5 NOTE: The last time I watched this movie I rated it at a 1.5 | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | |  Title: The Brave One Year: 2007 Director: Neil Jordan Rating: R Length: 122 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Stars:Jodie Foster Terrence Howard Nicky Katt Naveen Andrews Mary Steenburgen Ene Oloja Plot:"Why don't they stop me?" Erica Bain wonders. Bain, a popular New York radio host, watched her fiancé die and nearly lost her own life to a vicious, random attack. Now she discovers a stranger within herself, an armed wanderer in the urban night, out for vengeance and at war with her own soul. Two-time Academy Award® winner* Jodie Foster as Erica joins Oscar® nominee* Terrence Howard as a determined cop hot on her trail. Erica's future is uncertain but one thing is not: The Brave One is a high-tension thriller that packs a visceral and emotional punch. *Foster – Best Actress for The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Howard – Best Actor for Hustle & Flow (2005). Extras:Scene Access Bonus Trailers Deleted Scenes Featurettes Closed Captioned My Thoughts: This is one I first saw on On-Demand. I enjoyed it so much at the time that I knew it wouldn't be long for me to get the DVD. The Brave One is one of the best revenge/vigilante movies I have seen in quite a while. Jodie Foster does a wonderful job in this movie. While it is very enjoyable... it is not perfect. There is some slow parts throughout the movie. And I have caught myself more then once looking at the clock. But I think these moments are important to the story as well. Other then Jodie Foster... this movie has Mary Steenburgen who I watched all the time on Joan of Arcadia... where she played Joan's mother. The Brave One is definitely worth giving a chance. Though I do wish they would have given this one a better DVD Release. There really is very little when it comes to extras for this one. My Rating: 4/5 | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | |  Title: Cave Girl Year: 1985 Director: David Oliver Rating: R Length: 81 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: N/A Stars:Daniel Roebuck Cindy Ann Thompson Darren Young Saba Moore Jeff Chayette Charles Mitchell Plot:In search of the "perfect" woman, a bumbling anthropology student accidently travels back in time, 25,000 years, and meets his dream woman...a beautiful cavegirl. But she quickly makes it clear he must use all of his modern day wiles if he is to win her love. Extras:Scene Access My Thoughts: Next I felt like something fun and silly... so thought what better then an old '80s comedy? This movie I got in a cheap boxset... Too Cool For School Collection. It is one I never seen before... and one I really wasn't expecting much of anything from. And basically what I got is a movie that had a few chuckle... a bit of T&A... and just some silly and fun times. Just something you can sit back and watch... not having to think much about. My Rating: 3/5 | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | |  Title: BloodRayne: Unrated Director's Cut Year: 2005 Director: Uwe Boll Rating: Unrated Length: 99 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish Stars:Kristanna Loken Michael Madsen Matt Davis Will Sanderson Geraldine Chaplin Udo Kier Plot:BloodRayne delivers non-stop action and incredible special effects. Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3) stars as a sexy killing machine determined to use her supernatural fighting skills to combat her father and his menacing vampire army. Features an incredible all-star cast including Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast), Michelle Rodriguez (The Fast and the Furious), Billy Zane (Titanic), Michael Madsen (Kill Bill), and Meat Loaf Aday. From director Uwe Boll. Extras:Scene Access Audio Commentary Feature Trailers Featurettes Gallery Interviews BloodRayne 2 PC-DVD Game My Thoughts: Just finished watching this one for the first time... and I must say I am still not sure what I think of it. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing when it comes to watching this movie... but I am not familiar with the BloodRayne video games at all. Over all I didn't like the movie much at all. I just couldn't care about the storyline or characters much at all. And that is of course, as we all know, a bad thing when it comes to watching a movie. On the other hand there was a couple of things I did like about it. The action was pretty cool. And being familiar with some of the cast from TV Series it was pretty fun Seeing them in a movie role. I liked Kristanna Loken... who I know from Painkiller Jane... she looked good with red hair. I just wish she had an all around better movie to work with. I would say over all this movie was a bit of a disappointment... though I was expecting worse considering all I heard about this movie online. But then that could have something to do with it involving vampires... and I do love anything with vampires in it. So me giving a vampire movie such a low score should tell you something as well.  My Rating: 2/5 | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | |  Title: War of the Robots Year: 1978 Director: Al Bradly Rating: PG-13 Length: 100 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: N/A Stars:Antonio Sabato Yanti Sommer Melissa Long Patricia Gore James R. Stuart Robert Barnes Plot:Representatives of an alien civilization on the brink of extinction arrive on Earth and kidnap two top research geneticists in the hopes they can find them a cure to their problem. Looking to stop a potential alien invasion and rescue the scientists, a group of soldiers is sent on a mission that could decide the fate of two civilizations. Extras:Scene Access My Thoughts: Wow... where to begin? This one is so bad I was worried I wouldn't be able to watch the whole thing before giving up on it. When I review a movie I do want to at least finish it to give it a fair review. But this movie was just plain painful to watch. You could easily tell this is low budget. It felt like it... and not in a good way. I do believe low budget don't mean bad movie... but this one needed some help. The storyline while a fair idea... I just couldn't get to care about it. The acting was just terrible. I am the type of person that can usually find something good about a movie... but I am stressed trying to find anything about this movie that is any good. I really can't say there is anything about this movie that I like. Don't waste your time! My Rating: 0/5 | | | | Pete |
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