DVD Haul

[ktabic]

Some months ago, on special at HMV, was a boxed set of all four aliens movies, in both release and extended editions, plus a dvd of documentaries of each of the alien movies.

Was very happy

[alvysinger]

Just bought myself 'The Complete Blackadder Collection'
This show is perfect - with a tiny budget, handful of actors and with wobbly and cramped sets. Yet its still perfect. Good scripts + Good actors = genius.

[HoopyFrood]

Adding to my small (but ever-growing) horror collection - seeing as I have the originals, I have now bought the American versions of The Ring and The Ring 2.

[ravenus]

Sleeping Beauty (50th Ann Ed)

[Esioul]

Box of the Dead Yay! Still haven't seen land of the dead and diary of the dead, so very excited! Also didn't have my own copyof the first three movies. Zombles!

[littlemissattitude]

Catch-up time. In the past few months I've picked up copies of:

(1) Freaks (got that last November at LosCon)
(2) A compilation of three Doors documentaries/concert films
(3) Saved - a really funny film about students at a Christian school who aren't always all that Christian-acting.
(4) The Reivers - an old Steve McQueen film that I got from the sale bin at Blockbuster for $3.99
(5) You, Me and Dupree - another comedy
(6) A double DVD containing both Richard Pryor: Here and Now and Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip
(7) P.S., I Love You
(8) Mamma Mia

plus, both seasons of Torchwood and series 1 and 4 of the retooled Doctor Who (the Ninth Doctor's series and the Tenth Doctor's final full series)

Oh, and someone gave me the first season of Sex and the City, and way back last fall I bought seasons 1 and 2 of Dexter, and I'm waiting for season 3 to be released on DVD, since I don't subscribe to Showtime.

[Hobbiton]

The Wrestler

[j. d. worthington]

Got my hands on a copy of the complete second season of the original Outer Limits.....

[Michael01]

The last time I bought DVDs (back in February), it was the box set complete series of Eureka 7, but it seems I got a fair deal for it. Some places were selling it for $75, and some for $110. Since I only paid $50, including the shipping and handling, I think I made out rather well. Plus, I can watch it in the original Japanese with English subs or in English dub if I want - and I happen to like both for this series.

[j. d. worthington]

My most recent acquisition is the rather odd Cthulhu... which has a lot going for it, but never (to me) quite gels somehow. There are a couple of scenes which seem gratuitous, though both play an important part later on... still, the way they are handled at the time nonetheless gives them the feeling of being added on rather than an organic part of the narrative.

It also doesn't quite knit together disparate elements as well as it should, which leaves it too vague in spots; and the transition at the end feels rushed, not properly prepared for.

Nonetheless, it often manages a distinctly Lovecraftian atmosphere, is an intelligent film with some ambitious ideas and themes, and I'd say it's decidedly worth a look... but not if you're looking for a Lovecraftian horror film; rather take it as a thought-provoking, at times eerie film, with Lovecraftian ideas and themes woven in....

[j. d. worthington]

Received a copy of the documentary Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp Teeth, which I've been hearing so much about for months....

Now, if I can only find the time to watch the durned thing!....

[j. d. worthington]

Got home and found waiting for me: Diary of the Dead, by George A. Romero.

So now I get to make up my own mind here (which should make Hoops a little less grumpy with me....)

[HoopyFrood]

Nope, still entirely grumpy with you.



I do have that somewhere amid the mess in my drawers, unwatched, so if you'd care to say what it's like...

[HoopyFrood]

Me again.

This isn't a DVD haul but a VHS haul. I've gone old school because there was something I really wanted, that I've wanted for a while, and I can't get it on region 2 DVD (curse, swear).

It's...The Blob, the 1988 version. From the brief bits I've seen, it looks violent, very bloody, and has some kick-ass prosthetics and special effects. Completely my kind of film.

[ravenus]

Hellraiser Collection (films 1-3 along with a bonus disc)