Horror Classics 12

Horror Classics 12


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Studio: Ventura Distribution
Product Type: DVD

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This is 4 Great Movies for 1 Low Price: The House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price, The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price, Dementia 13 starring William Campbell, and Phantom from 10,000 Leagues starring Kent Taylor.
Lost City:Serial Chapters 1 12
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Great Serial, Badly Served
  • "The Lost City (1935) ... 12 Chapters Vintage Serial ... VCI Home Video"
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  • Lost City
  • "The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ The Lost City (1935)"
 Lost City:Serial Chapters 1 12
Starring: William 'Stage' Boyd , Kane Richmond , Claudia Dell , Josef Swickard , and George 'Gabby' Hayes
Director: Harry Revier
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B0007TKGLM
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Great Serial, Badly Served.......2007-02-19

This very inexpensive release was made from an extremely chopped-up print, making it nearly unwatchable. The serial itself is a hoot - and is much better served by another release, priced higher and worth the difference.

5 out of 5 stars "The Lost City (1935) ... 12 Chapters Vintage Serial ... VCI Home Video".......2006-12-22

VCI Entertainment, Super Serial Productions Inc, Sherman S. Krellberg present..."The Lost City" (1935) (Dolby digitally remastered), with 12 Chapters of vintage serial episodes loaded with jungle action sequences...story line takes us to Central Africa where there are disturbances threatening civilization ...could it be Magnetic Mountain is behind all of this and Bruce Gordon (Richmond) has invented a machine to locate and eliminate the problem...who is this scientific wizard Zolok (Boyd) and the inventor Dr.Manyus (Swickard) who does his evil bidding....will Zolok succeed in conquering the world with his giant African army of slaves...what strange power keeps Gorza (Bletcher) the dwarf in check, and will Appolyn (Frank) the strongman woo Natcha (Dell) daughter of Dr. Manyus into marriage...what can our hero Gordon do to stop the "Destroying Rays" and Zolok's evil intentions...has everyone gone bananas Prof. Reynolds (Lewis), Dr.Colton (Millman), Andrews (Moranti) and Butterfield (Hayes) all want to have Manyus the giant maker under their thumb...now enters more problems with Ben Ali (Corrado) and Queen Rama (D'Use) both up to no good slave traders, who want a piece of the action...now the big question is can Bruce Gordon and Jerry Delaney (Fetherston) save the good Dr. Manyus and thwart all who stand in their way, plus save the world within those exciting 12 Chapters......don't leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with "The Mad Scientist"....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.

Under director Harry Revier, producer Sherman S. Krellberg, Original story by Dialogue director Zelma Carroll, Geo. M. Merrick and Robert Dillon, continuity by Perley Poore Sheehan, Eddy Graneman, Leon D'Usseau, dialogue director Zelma Carroll, musical score by Lee Zahler, special effects by Ken Strickfaden....the cast includes William Stage Boyd (Zolok), Kane Richmond (Bruce Gordon), Claudia Dell (Natcha Manyus), Josef Swickard (Dr. Manyus), George "Gabby" Hayes (Butterfield), Billy Bletcher (Gorzo), Eddie Fetherston (Jerry Delaney), Milburn Morante (Chet Andrews), Margot D'Use (Rama, Queen of the Wangas), Jerry Frank (Appollon), Ralph Lewis (Prof. Reynolds), William Millman (Dr. Colton), Gino Corrado (Sheikh Ben Ali), Sam Baker (Hugo, lead giant), Everett Brown (Boyo, a Giant)....special note that actor George Francis Hayes gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick "Windy Halliday" between 1936-39 in the Cassidy B-Western series...after leaving the Hoppy films in 1940 he took the nickname of "Gabby" through some legal requests not to use "Windy", from then on he worked with Roy Rogers, John Wayne and Randolph Scott under the name of Gabby Hayes, became a favorite character in B-Westerns, was always in the Top Ten Western Box Office stars, inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 2000, and he deserved it you're durn tootin'....meanwhile back to our Super Serial which is always good till the last drop and this serial is no exception...there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there...all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. Living Dead men
2. Tuinnel of Death
3. Dagger Rock
4. Doomed
5. Tiger Prey
6. Human Beasts
7. Spider Men
8. Human Targets
9. Jungle Vengeance
10.The Lion Pit
11.Death Ray
12.The Mad Scientist

BIOS:
1. William Stage Boyd (not to be confused with Hopalong Cassidy's William Boyd)
Birth Date:12/18/1889 - New York, New York
Died: 3/20/1935 - Los Angeles, CA (
2. Kane Richmond
Birth Date: 12/23/1906 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died: 3/22/1973 - Corona Del Mar, CA
3. Claudia Dell
Birth Date:1/10/1909 - San Antonio, TX
Died: 9/05/1977 - Hollywood, CA
4. George "Gabby" Hayes (aka George Francis Hayes)
Birth Date: 5/07/1885 - Wellsville, New York
Died: 2/09/1969 - Burbank, CA
5. Josef Swickard
Birth Date: 6/26/1866 - Coblenz, Germany
Died: 2/29/1940 - Hollywood, CA
6. Harry J. Revier (Director)
Birth Date: 3/16/1889 - Philadelphia, PA
Died: 8/13/1957 - Winter Park, Florida

If you're into vintage serials as I am, why not pick up a copy of the following titles from VCI Home Video:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
4. Captain Midnight (Dave O'Brien)
5. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (Judd Holdren & I. Stanford Jolley)
6. Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
7. Don Winslow of the Navy (Don Terry)
8. Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (Don Terry)
9. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
10.Fighting Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown)
11.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
12.The Green Archer (Victory Jory)
13.Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
14.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
15.Lost City of the Jungle (Russell Hayden & Keye Luke)
16.Mandrake the Magician (Warren Hull & Dick Curtis)
17.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)
18.The Painted Stallion (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
19.The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
20.The Return of Chandu (Bela Lugosi)
21.Riders of Death Valley (Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo & Buck Jones)
22.Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
23.Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
24.Sky Raiders (Donald Woods & Billy Halop)
25.Undersea Kingdom (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
26.Winners of the West (Dick Foran, Harry Woods, Roy Barcroft & Charles Stevens)
27.Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
28.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out VCI Entertainment where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns and Serials --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 265 mins on DVD ~ VCI Home Video ~ (12/19/2006)

3 out of 5 stars Jungle Madness..........2006-09-09

This wacky, seemingly endless movie (the entire original is 3+ hours long) is a series of chases through tunnels and jungles, w/ dozens of fights tossed in! We've got the sinister Zolok, who is creating an army of giant zombies in his mountain lair! How? By using his brain-destroying machine and his enlarger of course! There's Bruce Gordon, electrical engineer and adventurer, out to stop Zolok's evil plot! We also get Queen Rhama (who is actually pretty hot), seductress and slave-trader, who wants an army of giants of her own! Then there's Butterfield, who is seeking his own fortune, at everyone elses expense! There's even an arabian sultan and his army! Not to mention the tribe of white african natives, turned white by Dr. Manuse, a scientist w/ a freeze-gun and a beautiful daughter! Whew! I didn't even mention the muscle-man or the hunchback! LC is a lot of fun in places, but tends to drag on... and on! Queen Rhama really is a hottie though!...

4 out of 5 stars Lost City.......2006-03-15

The serial is as I remembered it. It was well done for a B-serial. William "Stage" Boyd played the crazied ruler of the Lost City to perfection. The print used to make the DVD was indeed a good copy and the sound is good. This actor is not to be confused with William Hopalong Cassidy Boyd.
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5 out of 5 stars "The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ The Lost City (1935)".......2005-11-30

VCI Entertainment, Super Serial Productions Inc, Sherman S. Krellberg present..."The Lost City" (1935) (Dolby digitally remastered), with 12 Chapters of vintage serial episodes loaded with jungle action sequences...story line takes us to Central Africa where there are disturbances threatening civilization ...could it be Magnetic Mountain is behind all of this and Bruce Gordon (Richmond) has invented a machine to locate and eliminate the problem...who is this scientific wizard Zolok (Boyd) and the inventor Dr.Manyus (Swickard) who does his evil bidding....will Zolok succeed in conquering the world with his giant African army of slaves...what strange power keeps Gorza (Bletcher) the dwarf in check, and will Appolyn (Frank) the strongman woo Natcha (Dell) daughter of Dr. Manyus into marriage...what can our hero Gordon do to stop the "Destroying Rays" and Zolok's evil intentions...has everyone gone bananas Prof. Reynolds (Lewis), Dr.Colton (Millman), Andrews (Moranti) and Butterfield (Hayes) all want to have Manyus the giant maker under their thumb...now enters more problems with Ben Ali (Corrado) and Queen Rama (D'Use) both up to no good slave traders, who want a piece of the action...now the big question is can Bruce Gordon and Jerry Delaney (Fetherston) save the good Dr. Manyus and thwart all who stand in their way, plus save the world within those exciting 12 Chapters......don't leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with "The Mad Scientist"....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.

Under director Harry Revier, producer Sherman S. Krellberg, Original story by Dialogue director Zelma Carroll, Geo. M. Merrick and Robert Dillon, continuity by Perley Poore Sheehan, Eddy Graneman, Leon D'Usseau, dialogue director Zelma Carroll, musical score by Lee Zahler, special effects by Ken Strickfaden....the cast includes William Stage Boyd (Zolok), Kane Richmond (Bruce Gordon), Claudia Dell (Natcha Manyus), Josef Swickard (Dr. Manyus), George "Gabby" Hayes (Butterfield), Billy Bletcher (Gorzo), Eddie Fetherston (Jerry Delaney), Milburn Morante (Chet Andrews), Margot D'Use (Rama, Queen of the Wangas), Jerry Frank (Appollon), Ralph Lewis (Prof. Reynolds), William Millman (Dr. Colton), Gino Corrado (Sheikh Ben Ali), Sam Baker (Hugo, lead giant), Everett Brown (Boyo, a Giant)....special note that actor George Francis Hayes gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick "Windy Halliday" between 1936-39 in the Cassidy B-Western series...after leaving the Hoppy films in 1940 he took the nickname of "Gabby" through some legal requests not to use "Windy", from then on he worked with Roy Rogers, John Wayne and Randolph Scott under the name of Gabby Hayes, became a favorite character in B-Westerns, was always in the Top Ten Western Box Office stars, inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 2000, and he deserved it you're durn tootin'....meanwhile back to our Super Serial which is always good till the last drop and this serial is no exception...there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there...all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. Living Dead men
2. Tuinnel of Death
3. Dagger Rock
4. Doomed
5. Tiger Prey
6. Human Beasts
7. Spider Men
8. Human Targets
9. Jungle Vengeance
10.The Lion Pit
11.Death Ray
12.The Mad Scientist

BIOS:
1. William Stage Boyd (not to be confused with Hopalong Cassidy's William Boyd)
Birth Date:12/18/1889 - New York, New York
Died: 3/20/1935 - Los Angeles, CA (
2. Kane Richmond
Birth Date: 12/23/1906 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died: 3/22/1973 - Corona Del Mar, CA
3. Claudia Dell
Birth Date:1/10/1909 - San Antonio, TX
Died: 9/05/1977 - Hollywood, CA
4. George "Gabby" Hayes (aka George Francis Hayes)
Birth Date: 5/07/1885 - Wellsville, New York
Died: 2/09/1969 - Burbank, CA
5. Josef Swickard
Birth Date: 6/26/1866 - Coblenz, Germany
Died: 2/29/1940 - Hollywood, CA
6. Harry J. Revier (Director)
Birth Date: 3/16/1889 - Philadelphia, PA
Died: 8/13/1957 - Winter Park, Florida

If you're into vintage serials as I am, why not pick up a copy of the following titles from VCI Home Video:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
4. Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
5. The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
6. Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
7. Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
8. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
9. Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
10.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)
11.Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
12.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
13.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
14.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure then this is the place for all of the above...check out another release from VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures present Zane Grey's "King of the Royal Mounted" (1940) (digitally remastered), 12 Chapters of vintage serial loaded with action sequences...is there a discovered substance called "Compound X", which may cure infantile paralysis...has Tom Merritt stumbled on such a rare find...is there a war between Canada and sources known later as the "Father Land".....get out there as they're going fast, this is the one you've been waiting for.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "The Lost City" (1935), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '30s, '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 265 mins ~ VCI Entertainment 1787 ~ (3/28/2000)
Sci-Fi: Radar Men From the Moon, Episodes 1-12
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    		Sci-Fi: Radar Men From the Moon, Episodes 1-12
    Starring: Great Sci-Fi Classics
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    Release Date: 2003-07-22
    Horror Classics Triple Feature, Vol. 12 (The Amazing Mr. X / The Mad Monster / The Monster Maker)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    • 3.5 Starsý Three of PRC's best (Admittedly, relative terms).
    		 Horror Classics Triple Feature, Vol. 12 (The Amazing Mr. X / The Mad Monster / The Monster Maker)
    Starring: Turhan Bey , Lynn Bari , Cathy O'Donnell , Richard Carlson , and Donald Curtis
    Director: Bernard Vorhaus , and Sam Newfield
    Manufacturer: Rph Productions
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    ASIN: B0000694YO
    Release Date: 2002-08-13

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars BUY ME!.......2003-07-04

    This is a very good collection. The movies are not bad at all, even though one can hardly be scared by them. "The Monster Maker" (1944) may not be very fascinating, but hardly "distasteful" as the other reviewer calls it... besides, it's easily redeemed by the very beautiful Tala Birell and the fact that the copy is quite good. The 1948 "Mr X" has a beautiful camerawork and art direction to boast with plus effectively creates some rather spooky images. The copy is only slightly less decent than that of the "Monster Maker". The oldest of the flicks, "Mad Monster" is the most conventional (meaning boring) of the three with it's stupid transformation scenes and so on. The source material is only mediocre at it's best, but still quite watchable. All in all, I was very pleasantly surprised by this collection, since I was prepared to get a bunch of nearly unwatchable mishmash. Besides, my DVD player experiences no technical problems whatsoever playing this disc (regarding the other reveiw). Heartily recommended!

    3 out of 5 stars 3.5 Starsý Three of PRC's best (Admittedly, relative terms)........2002-09-10

    Relative, because most of PRC's output was so cheap and stodgy as to render them like unto slide shows, or a sequential display of jpeg images. But these really are not that bad at all; there are certainly worse.

    Also relative in that Amazing Dr. X was made after PRC had become the somewhat better-regarded Eagle-Lion. At E-L Anthony Mann did some fine work, along with John Anton, one of the all-time greats. Anton himself lends a hand to this film, blending classy cinematography with occasionally skillful direction and an occasionally sharp script to overcome occasionally plodding execution. The plot has to do with a woman who has lost her husband and thinks he is trying to contact her from beyond the grave. So she seeks the help of suave but completely fake medium Turhan Bey, who was also seen prominently in a Universal Mummy movie or two. Her new fiancee doubts Dr. X, but after a plot twist, the flim-flammer has an opportunity to use his skills and gain some measure of redemption.
    This is not really horror, although some of the supernatural elements do take a while to be disproved. It could be, I suppose, categorized as a "chiller."
    Overall it's not as atmospheric as Strangler of the Swamp, not quite as good as Detour or some of Mann's best, but Amazing Dr. X is still near the top of this poverty row studio's list.

    Monster Maker
    Both silly and distasteful, perhaps more of each because it is the other, this has to do with a madly-in-love scientist infecting the father of his obsession with acromegaly germs. This is in order to force him to let him marry her. This seems to be a short-sighted solution, but hey... whatever works.
    Long story short, it doesn't work. This is a small movie, even smaller and less ambitious than many of these things. There is only one victim; even for these lumbering kind of movies, that is a low output. It's not terrible per se, just *lacking.* If you've seen even one of these things, you know the ending already.
    There is one disturbing shot of a crippled pig, and a gorilla, for no other reason than to have a gorilla (man in a gorilla suit); gorillas were still outré in 1944, you see.
    Naish is very likeable, but has never been my favorite as a heavy. He's too kindly and nebbish-ish to project any menace, whether here or in Universal movies or in The Whistler. Here that may have been meant to add depth to the tragedy of a basically good man gone wrong, but it didn't come off, and I was left garnering enjoyment from the somehow doting way Naish pronounced acromegaly, like a proud papa and his germs.

    Mad Monster
    Sometimes silly, but having decent atmosphere, yet overlong even at only 80 minutes. These foregone conclusion enterprises need to really hum. Zucco again plays an elegantly mad scientist, desirous of getting even with his scholarly colleagues for scoffing at his plans to cross man and wolf to aid the war effort. He recruits simple-minded handyman Glenn Strange, impersonating Chaney's character in Of Mice and Men, to be his test subject. While PRC took their horror product seriously, in contrast to the spoofiness of Monogram, the films themselves were sometimes even harder to take seriously due to budgetary shortfalls. For example, the makeup for the werewolf is highly inadequate here, I must say. I have cousins far hairier than Glenn Strange in his werewolf guise. Anyway, our main characters reside in a foggy swamp, he has a pretty daughter. There are deaths, the police close in. All the familiar pieces are there. It's okay for genre fans.

    A word to the cautious: No bones about it, the dvd authoring for this disc is messed up. To play the films I had to go to Monster Maker and search through. The individual menus do not take you to that film, but to the start of Monster Maker. With patience you may find this disc acceptable, but for those with small children or high blood pressure, I cannot recommend it. (Although I think it's the only source for The Amazing Dr. X.)
    Great Horror Classics, Vol. 12 (Monstrosity, Black Dragons, Night of the Blood Beast, The Devil's Partner)
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      		Great Horror Classics, Vol. 12 (Monstrosity, Black Dragons, Night of the Blood Beast, The Devil's Partner)
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        		Horror Classics 12
        Starring: Horror Classics
        Manufacturer: Ventura Distribution
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

        GeneralGeneral | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video
        ( H )( H ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
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        4-for-3 Horror4-for-3 Horror | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
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        ASIN: B0008D4TJM
        Release Date: 2004-09-21

        Product Description

        This is 4 Great Movies for 1 Low Price: The House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price, The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price, Dementia 13 starring William Campbell, and Phantom from 10,000 Leagues starring Kent Taylor.
        12 Great Sci-Fi Classics
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          		12 Great Sci-Fi Classics
          Starring: Great Sci-Fi Classics
          Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
          ProductGroup: DVD
          Binding: DVD

          GeneralGeneral | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
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          ASIN: B0009KA7FY
          Release Date: 2005-06-07
          Great Horror Classics, Vols. 11 & 12
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            		Great Horror Classics, Vols. 11 & 12
            Starring: Bela Lugosi
            Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
            ProductGroup: DVD
            Binding: DVD

            GeneralGeneral | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video
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            ASIN: B0002S64GE
            Release Date: 2004-08-17
            12 Legendary Classics Movies
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              		12 Legendary Classics Movies
              Starring: 12 Legendary Classic Movies
              Manufacturer: Treeline Films
              ProductGroup: DVD
              Binding: DVD

              GeneralGeneral | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video
              GeneralGeneral | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video
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              HorrorHorror | Independently Distributed | Stores | DVD | Video
              Independently DistributedIndependently Distributed | Indie & Art House | Stores | DVD | Video
              Kids & FamilyKids & Family | Independently Distributed | Specialty Stores | VHS | Video
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              1. Family Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
              2. Musicals Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
              3. Mystery Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
              4. Classic Romance Movies (Love Affair / The Last Time I Saw Paris / Made For Each Other)
              5. Casablanca

              ASIN: B00079RC32
              Release Date: 2004-12-15

              Description

              The 12 Legendary Classic Movies features hours of legendary family entertainment. digitally re-mastered on three double-sided DVDs. Begin a library of Classic Feature Films with stars like The Three Stooges, The East Side Kids, Elizabeth Taylor, Virginia Bruce, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Newton, Colleen Moore, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Leslie Howard, and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Including features: The Brideless Groom, Let's Get Tough, The Time in Your Life, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Jane Eyre, The General, The Kid, Long John Silver, The Scarlet Letter, A Farewell to Arms, The Scarlet Pimpernel & The Black Pirate.
              Mystery Classics Volume 12: Midnight Manhunt, Murder by Television, The Moonstone, Great Guy
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                		Mystery Classics Volume 12: Midnight Manhunt, Murder by Television, The Moonstone, Great Guy
                Starring: Mystery Classics
                Manufacturer: Mill Creek Entertainment
                ProductGroup: DVD
                Binding: DVD

                GeneralGeneral | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video
                SuspenseSuspense | Mystery & Suspense | Genres | DVD | Video
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                ( M )( M ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
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                HorrorHorror | Independently Distributed | Stores | DVD | Video
                4-for-3 All DVDs4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
                Independently DistributedIndependently Distributed | Indie & Art House | Stores | DVD | Video
                ASIN: B0009W308S
                Release Date: 2004-01-01

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                1. Witchouse
                2. Vampire Sisters
                3. Werewolf Woman
                4. The Fear Chamber
                5. The Ring - Collector's Edition (Widescreen Edition)
                6. Doctor Gore
                7. The British Horror Collection (Tower of Evil / Inseminoid / Horror Hospital / Curse of the Voodoo)
                8. Hot Vampire Nights
                9. Kill, Baby, Kill
                10. Psychos

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