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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: Mill Creek Entertainment
Salesrank: 1410
Released: January 20, 2004 |
| Our Price: $11.99 |
| Used Price: $10.88 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Get an instant library of some of the greatest horror classics ever to come out of Hollywood on twelve double-sided DVDs. Never has such a comprehensive collection of great classic horror films been assembled in one exciting package, all for an amazingly low price!
Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection Reviews:
The Horror & Tragedy Of It All 
2009-10-02 - I had such hopes for this collection only to find them painfully dashed. The Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection films and sound quality often suffers to varying degrees from film to film. Sometimes that is true within the same film. Collection contains both well known and much lesser known films that only die-hard horror fans would recognize. Some inclusions I felt were misplaced and should have been in a sci-fi collection instead. I have yet to find captioning nor subtitles for any selections. If this is important to you and your family as it is in mine you might want to reconsider this purchase based on that alone. If I had known before hand I would not have bought this. I think it is a sad shame in today's times anyone is omitted from enjoying such a simple pleasure due to a disability and will not invest in companies that show a lack of compassion for such people. Nevertheless the kit contains: # 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, The World Gone Mad starring Pat O'Brien, The 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, The House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price, The 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, and more.
Horror Classics 
2009-09-13 - I am content with my purchase of the "Horror Classics." It took a little longer to get here than what I expected and I did not receive an email notice of when it shipped, which I kept looking for. But other than that I and my husband are content with the purchase. And the price was great.
Sincerely,
C. Fredrickson
Worth It, But Know What You Are Getting Into
2009-08-31 - I bought this set for $14.99 at Best Buy. At 29 cents per movie, I figure I can afford to be disappointed by some of them. I'm very much into both horror movies and old B movies, so the fact that not all of these films are technically "horror" really didn't bother me.
These are all public domain movies- that means anyone can reproduce and sell them without worrying about copyright or paying any sort of royalties. That's how they are able to market this package so cheaply. And the title is misleading- by no means are most of these movies "classics". In fact, with a few exceptions ("Night of the Living Dead","Nosferatu" and a couple of others) they're largely fairly obscure. But that doesn't mean they're not entertaining.
As noted, the prints and audio vary wildly, from fairly decent all the way to barely watchable (some look suspiciously like VHS transfers). But if you're a stickler for picture quality, chances are you're not into watching stuff like this anyway.
So far I've really enjoyed this set; it goes great with popcorn, pizza, and beer on a Saturday night. It'd certainly rather take my chances on these films than pay $14.99 for a DVD of a single movie only to find out that it sucks, which is the case with about 75% of the stuff coming out these days.
Great collection
2009-08-31 - Great to always have an old creepy horror movie to throw in. Wish it has some Frankenstein but oh well..
DVD Horror Classics
2009-08-28 - Some of the 50's Drive-in type movies are terrible, but well worth the price for the classics
