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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great gift for those who like classic movies.
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My husband is very happy with his gift. He loves classic movies. Will be purchasing more in the future days.
Thank you.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Loads of fun
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Great old movies expressing the fears of space travel and the atomic age gripping the world in the '50's.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent
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I have always loved old movies and these are definitely my favorites
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Skip this set
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While the picture quality was better than I expected, the films themselves were pretty awful. The only one I didn't fall asleep on was "The Time Travelers"; that one could have been "fair" instead of "poor" if the BS had been cut from the film.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Science Fiction Cheeziness!
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Okay I have seen these 4 films before, being that I am no spring chicken, growing up in South Florida meant every Saturday night was a "Creature Feature" night! WPEC (West Palm Beach) channel 12 on Saturday Midnight:
[INTRO] " And Now..It's Time..For Creature Feature..(ghoulish laugh) Science Fiction, Monsters & The Occasional Terror.. CREATURE FEATURE... Fiendish Films on a Saturday night CREATURE FEATURE and now it's time for CREATURE FEATURE!!"
I can remember the days of VHF televisions and sneaking around while the parents slept to watch the midnight Creature Feature show.
Anyways those of you that grew up on creature features can relate as to why we love bad, cheezy movies and are willing to put ourselves thru this kind of torture watching these examples of how not to make film but that is what makes them so much fun the fact the production crew actually thought they were making good cinema..
Personally I think every film on this DVD are fantastically bad films in a very good way.
My favorite and to be truthful the reason I bought this DVD and this is a rare act by itself since I exclusively buy Blu-ray discs was for a film called " The Time Travelers 1964" and yes the first time I saw this little gem was on a Creature Feature Saturday night. Just the entire premise is brilliant even tho the budget is small this film still conveys some intelligent & thought provoking idea's on the possibility of time travel. This film was influential an lead to the rip-off television series "Time Tunnel" with the writer IB Melchior never getting his just credit.
Another film on this disc is by IB Melchior but a lesser effort in my book called "The Angry Red Planet" which pits our space men against a rat/bat on the surface of mars to me this film did not have the scientific genius of Time Travelers but still is an entertaining piece.
A dark favorite of mine would be " Beyond The Time Barrier " where a jet pilot breaks the speed of sound..remember this is the 60's so the science behind the idea was in progress with a lot of unknowns, anyway, this pilot jet-sets to the future but the world is dystopian at best after a mysterious plague killed most people off in 1971.. haha yea it's a stinker but the best kind of SciFi cheeze that will keep you entertained.
To me my least favorite of the 4 films has to be "The Man From Planet X"... yawn... time to hit the snooze button... This British Scifi epic tale of boredom involves the worst spaceship outside of "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and a plot that will put a Insomniac out of his misery! .. Thank goodness for ample fog or the martian would look as if he were wearing a fish bowl on his head and don't expect any thrills or chills or anything for that matter, just some deep belly laughs and head shaking in disbelief that this film was not paired up with Plan 9 on the ultimate stinker DVD.
Video is a mixed bag. The best of the lot would be "Time Travelers" even tho the skin tones are baked a bit it still looks pretty good considering the last time this film was released was back on VHS..yep it never had an official DVD release until now.. Thanks MGM/Shout Factory I love this film and am eternally grateful!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice Four Movie Set
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Nice price for four old science fiction movies from the 1950's.