Horror Classics, Vol. 5

A 5th of BOO!-thoven

Transfer quality of ECHO BRIDGE 4 movie packs is quite good, although film stock is not always in the best of condition. A bargain price also makes these small collections attractive. All titles are contained on a single disc.

The highlight of this fifth edition is Mario Bava's great 1966 film, "Kill, Baby Kill." Also included is Bela Lugosi's only "in color" starring role.


SYNOPSES for "Horror Classics V.5"--

GOOD AGAINST EVIL-- A writer and exorcist join forces to battle a devil worshipping group. Antiseptic pilot for an undeveloped TV series features a decent cast mired in mediocrity.

KILL, BABY... KILL!-- Women are being murdered in a small Transylvanian village, and the local sorceress believes the ghost of a slain girl is somehow responsible.

SCARED TO DEATH-- Beautiful woman who died of fright tells how it happened as she lies in the mortuary. Stars two greats of 1930s horror-- Bela Lugosi and George Zucco.

SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT-- Set in a New England village. On Christmas Eve, an asylum inmate escapes, taking refuge in a delapidated, abandoned mansion. He commits atrocities on the locals he lures to his hideout.


HORROR CLASSICS V.6 offers up two vintage made-for-TV fright films. Also included is some Euro-horror and a debate between Jehovah and Lucifer.


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(3.5) Good Against Evil (TV-1977) - Dack Rambo/Elyssa Davalos/Dan O'Herlihy/John Harkins/Kim Cattrell

(7.1) Kill, Baby... Kill! (Italy-1966) - Giacomo Rossi-Stuart/Erika Blanc/Fabienne Dali/Piero Lulli/Valeria Valeri/Fabienne Dali

(3.6) Scared to Death (1947) - Bela Lugosi/George Zucco/Nat Pendleton/Joyce Compton/Molly Lamont/Lee Bennett

(4.9) Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974) - Patrick O'Neal/James Patterson/Mary Woronov/John Carradine/Philip Bruns April 27, 2008

Horror Classics Vol. 5 - ID#12279

Four movies on one disc
Horror Classics Vol. 5 - Platinum Disc ID#12279

#1: Silent Night, Bloody Night - 1973 - Director: Theodore Gershuny

#2: Scared to Death - 1947 - Director: William Christy Cabanne

#3: Good Against Evil - 1977 - Director: Paul Wendkos

#4: Kill, Baby Kill - 1966 - Director: Mario Bava

All in all; decent picture, decent sound. Nothing special, but menus all seem to work and thats rare for cheap compilation DVD's.
These movies are available individually from amazon, so you can see actual reviews and movie details if you search for the title under DVD's. August 12, 2004

Four Movies For A Low Price

This DVD (a single DVD) contains four movies: 1) 'Silent Night, Bloody Night' 1973; Color; Patrick O'Neal, Mary Woronov; 2) 'Scared To Death' 1947; Color; Bela Lugosi, Joyce Compton; 3) 'Good Against Evil' 1977; Color; Dack Rambo, Dan O'Herlihy; 4) 'Just Before Dawn' 1980; Color; Deborah Benson, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry, George Kennedy. I should point out that the quality of the DVD is not high, but for 4 movies at this price, I am not complaining. The reason I got this DVD was for 'Just Before Dawn' which is the first time, of which I am aware, that this movie has been available on DVD or in any release since the Paragon release on VHS. Unfortunately the print they used for the DVD is missing a scene. The missing scene has Uncle Ty (yes, still drunk) making it to Ranger Roy's cabin to inform him about the killer; just in case you were wondering why Roy began looking for the campers. The skinny dipping scene is also trimmed. The missing part has the killer walking out of the waterfall and descending into the lake; he is underwater copping a feel of the girl; she thinks it is her boyfriend until she sees him climbing out of the water; she freaks and gets out quickly; it is assumed that it was a fish. The missing part of the skinny dipping scene does not take anything from the movie. Even with the missing scene of Uncle Ty, most will assume he is the reason Ranger Roy is searching for the campers. 'Just Before Dawn' is a take-off of 'The Hills Have Eyes'. Just before dawn has an excellent cast, in particular is a great performance by Deborah Benson as the lead heroine. The killer is an interesting twist based on a little known anomaly of breeding. It is too bad that 'Just Before Dawn' fell into obscurity. This DVD gives an opportunity to see this movie even though the print quality is not very high. Had the print quality been higher and complete, I would have rated this DVD at five stars.-Bob UPDATE: In seeing this volume in a store recently, I noticed the the current version has replaced 'Just Before Dawn' with Mario Bava's 'Kill, Baby, Kill". Since this means there are two variations of this volume, you could get either one; however, the one with 'Kill, Baby, Kill' does appear to be the most current.-Bob July 25, 2004

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