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Ranked #18,507
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4 Blood-Curdling Horror Classics!
--Amazon
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I would have to say that by now, Mill Creek Entertainment must be one of my favorite DVD releasing companies. Sure, they started off with public domain movie packs that were not remastered in any way, but the prices were impossible to beat, and helped some of us to discover some truly hidden gems and some films that have never been released at all on DVD before. But Mill Creek refused to just be a public domain movie outlet. They've continued to grow, and their releases have become better, transfers have become much nicer, and the movies they've got hold of are more popular and more recent. That's the thing about Mill Creek that lets me rank them up there with the best. They have no intentions of resting comfortably with what they've already made money on. They want to continue to entertain, and they want to do it at a price that everyone can afford. The only fault I can give this set is that it should have been called "Horror Hits", instead of "Hollywood hits". Here's a brief synopsis of each film.
The Return of the Vampire
Bela Lugosi rises from the crypt in this horror classic! In 1918, Armand Tesla (Lugosi), a 200 year old Hungarian Vampire, prowls the English countryside, feeding from the jugulars of the villagers. But Tesla's reign of terror is interrupted when a pair of scientists, Lady Jane (Frieda Inescort) and Sir John Ainsley (Roland Varno), drive a railroad spike through his heart. The "un-dead" Tesla remains safely entombed for two decades until the impact from a stray Nazi bomb accidentally releases him. Along with his werewolf servant Andrea Obry (Matt Willis), the resurrected vampire now plots vengeance on the family that put a halt to his nocturnal feasting. Full Frame 1.33:1/Dolby Digital English 2.0
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Peter Cushing (Star Wars) reprises his famous role as Baron Victor Frankenstein in this horror classic! Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz (Oscar Quitak), the Baron relocates to Carlbruck, where he becomes a celebrated society physician, Dr. Stein. But under the guise of charity work, the good doctor continues his gruesome experiments, this time planning to transplant Fritz's brain into his latest creation: a normal, healthy body (Michael Gwynn). Widescreen 1.66:1/Dolby Digital English 2.0
Mr. Sardonicus
This creepy horror classic is based on a novella by screenwriter Ray Russell (X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes), and is brought to life by William Castle (13 Ghosts), master of terror! Desperate to retrieve a winning lottery ticket, a greedy baron unearths his father's corpse. An enormous jackpot is his reward, but not without a price - his face is frozen permanently into a hideous grin. He enlists his fiendish one-eyed servant to help him lift this horrible curse, but their schemes fail. Finally, he turns to a noted neurosurgeon - and his wife's former lover - to cure him. Widescreen 1.85:1/Dolby Digital English 2.0
The Brotherhood of Satan
Children are mysteriously disappearing, their parents are being violently murdered and strangely enough, no one has been able to leave! When their car stalls, Ben and his family are stranded and are forced to join the sheriff, a priest and the prominent Doc Duncan in trying to unravel this frightening web of events. Suddenly, KT disappears, triggering a frantic search that results in the startling discovery of a deadly coven, led by Doc Duncan himself! Ben and the others must make a desperate attempt to stop these witches from performing a satanic ritual that transports their malevolent spirits into the innocent children - thus creating yet another generation of satanic worshipers! Widescreen 2.35:1/Dolby Digital English 2.0
In my humble opinion, this is the best four pack that Mill Creek Entertainment has released. You get four great films from Colombia Pictures (and one is even a Hammer Film). All the transfers look great for the years represented, and the audio is crisp and clear. Mill Creek has stepped up their game. If you haven't purchased anything from them yet, make this your first! 10/10.
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