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Rating:  - Most if not all the movies are also included in 250 pack.
I just want to point out that most, if not all, the movies are also included in 250 pack from the same company. I checked this movie by movie :) Depending on your purchase plan, that one might represent better bargain.
Rating:  - Listen to those women scream!
This is a cool box of films. Perfect for a shared family viewing experience. If you have any of those old VHS tapes that were sold in the budget bins of your local video store (RIP) you can box them up and file them away. The films range from silent classics (Nosferatu, Metropolis, Phantom of the Opera), to Roger Corman schlock (Little Shop of Horrors, The Terror), to your basic 1950s B-horror (The Killer Shrews, Tormented, The Brain That Wouldn't Die). All of these films are excellent for some cinema escapism or maybe some Mystery Science Theatre 3000 snarky, silly comments and a good laugh. It's all fun! And it has all the great horror stars of the past - Bela Lagosi, Boris Karloff, Barbara Steele, Vincent Price, Lon Chaney Sr. and Jr. and, yes, Mannix himself, Mike Connors (Touch Connors, as he was known then). A great collection to sit down with your children and view. For some good old fashined ghost stories this is definitely something for you. MMMMWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Rating: - If you know what you're getting, this is great
The transfers are pretty darn bad, but I'm watching on a 20 inch SD set- so the grain, hiss and even tape noise (these are obviously culled from some tapes rather than film)- are not much of an issue. Sound suffers as well, but again, for so many movies in one pack, its not surprising.
I'm slowly working my way through them, am finishing Last Man on Earth and started with White Zombie.
Some of these I'm sure are absolutely abysmal, but that's part of the fun of a pack like this. You get just enough really good public domain films that it makes the extra films just fodder for a good riffing when you're in a silly mood.
Rating: - Joe say's It is all about entertainment and for how much !
I give this a very good rating and I really enjoyed it as well as the 50 Mystery Cassic so much I went back and ordered the 250 packages on both. I only regret not going straight to the 250 packs. The 50 Family was not as good, but you'll have to be the judge. I'm left with giving the 50 packs to a friend. Very big bang for the buck and good to have in any collection of old films.
Rating:  - Great price for some classics
This collection includes some classics for the collector:
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
The Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney Sr)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Lon Chaney Sr)
Nosferatu
The Little Shop of Horrors
Metropolis
The rest are rather forgettable. Knowing this you can judge if this is a worthy addition to your collection.
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