UNDEAD

Director: Michael and Peter Sperig
Studio: MADMAN
Product Type: DVD

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British horror/comedy Shaun of the Dead is a scream in all senses of the word. Brain-hungry zombies shamble through the streets of London, but all unambitious electronics salesman Shaun (Simon Pegg) cares about is his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), who just dumped him. With the help of his slacker roommate Ed (Nick Frost), Shaun fights his way across town to rescue Liz, but the petty concerns of life keep getting in the way: When they're trying to use vinyl records to decapitate a pair of zombies, Shaun and Ed bicker about which bands deserve preservation--New Order they keep, but Sade becomes a lethal frisbee. Many zombie movies are comedies by accident, but Shaun of the Dead is deliberately and brilliantly funny, while still delivering a few delicious jolts of fear. Also featuring the stealthy comic presence of Bill Nighy (Love Actually) and some familar faces from The Office. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

Even better the 3rd time........2007-06-29

I liked the movie a lot when I rented it. After seeing "Hot Fuzz" by the same team, I knew I had to see the movie again. It's just as good as I remember it and I caught new things watching it again. I invited a few friends over to watch it and they liked it too.

English Humor And Zombies! What a Combination!.......2007-06-28

I was never a huge fan of Zombie flicks. George Romero's Night Of The Living Dead scared me so bad when I was eight years old that I didn't sleep for the next decade. So when it comes to the lurching, head-snacking undead, I tend to steer the other way. Well, too many of my friends have commented on Shaun Of The Dead, so I had to take a look for myself. I'm a big fan of dry British humor and Shaun Of The Dead is packed with that as well as flesh-scarfing zombies. The entire scene where Shaun goes to the liquor store to by his morning drink and completely ignores all the signs (the bloody handprints on the glass of the cooler door, the dead bodies sprawled in the yards and streets) that the zombies have come to roost. Hysterical! Along with his slacker cohort Ed, Shaun decides to go over to his mum's house and rescue her, while taking care of his zombie-bitten step-father with a cricket bat. The laughs, entertwined with the gore, make for one trippy movie. Filled with absurd situations, Shaun Of The Dead will have you rolling while you flinch. Great!

Dig it!

A Somewhat Dissenting Opinion.......2007-06-05

Yes. Rent it or buy it. It's not a bad movie, rather entertaining in fact. You know the plot - standard (by now) end of the world flesh eating zombie flick with a double dollop of dry British humor and sufficient gore. Good script. However, I had a few problems with this movie. First off, it's amusing rather than roll on the floor hilarious as others have stated. Secondly, it is extremely derivative of Romero's films - so much so, that I found it both distracting and a little annoying. Simply, Romero did all the heavy lifting laying the groundwork in his initial trilogy, and this film apes rather than adds like 28 Days Later. This one borders on plagiarism. Goes to the well too often with the overly used "loved one is bitten by zombie and now we have to kill it..." cliche. And, while the production values are surprisingly good, the direction is at a banal TV movie level. You've heard this from critics before - "doesn't know what kind of movie it wants to be..." Imagine if Monty Python and the Holy Grail flip-flopped between a silly spoof of the legend of King Arthur and a serious treatment of the mythology like John Boorman's Excalibur. Or, if "Crusher" lops off Curly's head with an ax as The Three Stooges are being chased around haunted mansion, and Moe pauses for a few minutes to tearily weep and grieve the loss of his brother before Crusher sneaks up behind Larry, Moe tells Larry to quit breathing on him, Larry gives his pateneted, "Nyaaaaahh" and they resume woop, woop, wooping in circles around the halls again, stepping over Curly's "corp-us" ; ) to escape Crusher as he weilds his ax.

Entertaining, worth a watch, but to call this derivative work a "homage" is being too kind, it's not as funny as its hype, and it simply flip-flops between horror and comedy to often, too severely, and too jarringly. The direction is also mundane. This one was saved mainly due to its energetic cast and a good script. Still, these criticisms aside, I couldn't say I wasn't entertained.

Shaun of the Dead.......2007-05-30

Consistantly funny, yet amazingly believable, take on a zombie invasion. Characters well drawn and full of subtle details that make rewatching fun.

Shaun of the Dead.......2007-05-28

I originally saw this movie because the previews looked undeniably hilarious. I waited of course until the movie was available to rent because I was cautious regarding the type of humor that might be in the film. I was pleasantly surprised to find the movie wildly entertaining with very little gratuitous humor. This British movies' premise is a spoof of the many American zombie movies (and the single British one), where the main character Sean finds himself battling zombies with presumably his best friend and roommate in order to save his as of recently ex-girlfriend. The mild manner of lead character Sean is ultimately what balances the hilarity of the movie, creating a sense of seriousness on the part of the characters, one which is ultimately the catalyst of humor. It is classic British humor and very enjoyable indeed.

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)

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LOTR
Great DVD!
Brilliant Film!!!!
The Best of the Three
Gotta Have All 3

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen , and Liv Tyler
Manufacturer: New Line Home Entertainment
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ASIN: B000634DCW
Release Date: 2004-12-14

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The greatest trilogy in film history, presented in the most ambitious sets in DVD history, comes to a grand conclusion with the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Not only is the third and final installment of Peter Jackson's adaptation of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien the longest of the three, but a full 50 minutes of new material pushes the running time to a whopping 4 hours and 10 minutes. The new scenes are welcome, and the bonus features maintain the high bar set by the first two films, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

What's New?

One of the scenes cut from the theatrical release but included here, the resolution of the Saruman storyline, generated a lot of publicity when the movie opened, as actor Christopher Lee complained in the press about losing his only appearance. It's an excellent scene, one Jackson calls "pure Tolkien," and provides better context for Pippin to find the wizard's palantir in the water, but it's not critical to the film. In fact, "valuable but not critical" might sum up the ROTK extended edition. It's evident that Jackson made the right cuts for the theatrical run, but the extra material provides depth and ties up a number of loose ends, and for those sorry to see the trilogy end (and who isn't?) it's a welcome chance to spend another hour in Middle-earth. Some choice moments are Gandalf's (Ian McKellen) confrontation with the Witch King (we find out what happened to the wizard's staff), the chilling Mouth of Sauron at the gates of Mordor, and Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) being mistaken for Orc soldiers. We get to see more of Éowyn (Miranda Otto), both with Aragorn and on the battlefield, even fighting the hideously deformed Orc lieutenant, Gothmog. We also see her in one of the most anticipated new scenes, the Houses of Healing after the battle of the Pelennor Fields. It doesn't present Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) as a savior as the book did, but it shows the initial meeting between Éowyn and Faramir (David Wenham), a relationship that received only a meaningful glance in the theatrical cut.

If you want to completely immerse yourself in Peter Jackson's marvelous and massive achievement, only the extended edition will do.

And for those who complained, no, there are no new endings, not even the scouring of the Shire, which many fans were hoping to see. Nor is there a scene of Denethor (John Noble) with the palantir, which would have better explained both his foresight and his madness. As Jackson notes, when cuts are made, the secondary characters are the first to go, so there is a new scene of Aragorn finding the palantir in Denethor's robes. Another big difference is Aragorn's confrontation with the King of the Dead. In the theatrical version, we didn't know whether the King had accepted Aragorn's offer when the pirate ships pulled into the harbor; here Jackson assumes that viewers have already experienced that tension, and instead has the army of the dead join the battle in an earlier scene (an extended cameo for Jackson). One can debate which is more effective, but that's why the film is available in both versions. If you feel like watching the relatively shorter version you saw in the theaters, you can. If you want to completely immerse yourself in Peter Jackson's marvelous and massive achievement, only the extended edition will do.

How Are the Bonus Features?

To complete the experience, The Return of the King provides the same sprawling set of features as the previous extended editions: four commentary tracks, sharp picture and thrilling sound, and two discs of excellent documentary material far superior to the recycled material in the theatrical edition. Those who have listened to the seven hours of commentary for the first two extended editions may wonder if they need to hear more, but there was no commentary for the earlier ROTK DVD, so it's still entertaining to hear Jackson break down the film (he says the beacon scene is one of his favorites), discuss differences from the book, point out cameos, and poke fun at himself and the extended-edition concept ("So this is the complete full strangulation, never seen before, here exclusively on DVD!"). The documentaries (some lasting 30 minutes or longer) are of their usual outstanding quality, and there's a riveting storyboard/animatic sequence of the climactic scene, which includes a one-on-one battle between Aragorn and Sauron.

One DVD Set to Rule Them All
Peter Jackson's trilogy has set the standard for fantasy films by adapting the Holy Grail of fantasy stories with a combination of fidelity to the original source and his own vision, supplemented by outstanding writing, near-perfect casting, glorious special effects, and evocative New Zealand locales. The extended editions without exception have set the standard for the DVD medium by providing a richer film experience that pulls the three films together and further embraces Tolkien's world, a reference-quality home theater experience, and generous, intelligent, and engrossing bonus features. --David Horiuchi

Description

The WINNER of 11 Academy Awards* including BEST PICTURE is now 50 minutes longer! This extended version of the epic conclusion of The Lord of the Rings trilogy includes new score by Howard Shore and over 350 new digital effects shots.

DVD Features:
Additional Scenes
Audio Commentary
DVD ROM Features
Documentaries
Easter Eggs

Customer Reviews:

LOTR.......2007-06-27

This was the completion to my LOTR collection. Great buy and even better to watch.

Great DVD!.......2007-06-27

This is the best option to have the Lord of The Rings. Maybe it looks simple outside, but is luxurious inside, very complete, very nice design in everything.
It has Spanish subtitles, and includes an interactive map of the Middle Earth or at least the part of the jorney covered in this DVD.

Brilliant Film!!!!.......2007-06-26

this product is a truly experience in dvd. Extras, comentaries, galleries, etc A lot really. Where to begin? well you better buy it to find out.

The Best of the Three.......2007-05-13

Clearly the BEST movie of the three in the series. I had originally purchased the extended version sets together and, like an idiot sent one of the appendices to Netflix by accident. The appendices were so good and contained so much information about the making of the movie that I was pretty distraught about it. Netflix sent me a credit of twenty dollars, so I purchased this single set to make mine whole again. I would have done the same thing if I had not received any credit, it (the movie) is that good.

Gotta Have All 3.......2007-04-27

the ring trilogy is the ultimate battle between good and evil...and the same struggle within, that we all must face...
...some have criticized these films for not measuring up to the written novels...well i would have to agree with them, but i think it is unfair to "compare something to itself"...they give it like one star?
i mean, come on now...if these same people had not read the books, they would not have been let down...that is only because the books are just too damn good, no movie could ever measure up to them.
...i read these books in middle school in the 80's...loved all of them...the movies do a great job bringing the books to life...the only thing they need to do now is make one more movie out of the first book, "The Hobbit"...they only touched on it for a second or two in the films.
these 3 are my favorite movies of all time.
there's only one thing that sucks about that:
it takes me a whole day to watch all 3...it is hard to find the time.

: - )

wake.

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The dawn of Shaun!

Shaun of the Dead [HD DVD]
Starring: Bill Nighy , Penelope Wilton , Lucy Davis , Jessica Stevenson , and Kate Ashfield
Director: Simon Pegg , and Edgar Wright
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000R8YC3G
Release Date: 2007-07-31

Customer Reviews:

The dawn of Shaun!.......2007-05-27

Zombies are one of those horror staples that have gotten putrid, after one too many idiotic blood'n'gore-fests with a revolting script. Like poor Dracula, they run out of things to do.

But zombie films are revitalized by the wickedly funny "Shaun of the Dead," a tale of music, love, pubs, and the slobbering undead. In the vein of Peter Jackson's "Dead Alive," it's full of twisted humour, funny dialogue and plenty of gore.

Shaun (Simon Pegg) and Ed (Nick Frost) are the poster boys for adolescentus slackeritis, living in a London flat with their peeved roommate Pete, who has actually grown up and gotten a real job. Ed plays video games all day, and Shaun's immaturity has just gotten him dumped by his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield).

Wrapped up in his love life woes, Shaun fails to notice a little news item: Human beings all over London are transforming into zombies. At first, Shaun obliviously drowns his sorrows, and has a nasty encounter when he goes to pick up a soda. Now he must mend his relationship with Liz and defend himself and his family from the hordes of ravenous zombies... by barricading them in a pub.

"Shaun" makes the whole genre seem fresh just because it doesn't take itself seriously. The heroes don't even have guns (since the UK public don't get them), and so our heroes fend off the zombies with vinyl records, shovels and cricket bats. That gives an idea of how serious this movie is.

"Shaun of the Dead" isn't so much a zombie movie as a love story with zombies -- a very funny one, with lots of gore. We're treated to slackers in love, Shaun drifting obliviously around London withoutn noticing the undead, and some very entertaining dialogue ("Just look at the face: it's vacant, with a hint of sadness. Like a drunk who's lost a bet...")

Later on, he's forced to shake off his obliviousness in order to save his loved ones, with a bat as his only weapon. And maybe some commandos in a tank. It's gory, and the ending gets a bit cliched and overserious, but the ride up until then is wonderfully scripted and full of hilarious crude comic moments. Not sex-organ/bathroom humor, but definitely not highbrow.

Everybody knows guys like Shaun and Ed. Pegg perfectly plays a slacker with a heart of gold, who would like to be more than he is, but doesn't have the slightest clue how to go about it. Frost is a good annoying sidekick for Shaun, and Ashfield does a good job as the long-suffering girlfriend.

As a bonus, music geeks will laugh themselves silly over such important decisions as: which albums should our reluctant heroes throw at the zombies? "Stone Roses?" "No." "...Second Coming?" "I liked it." "Dire Straits?" "Chuck it!" Good choice, Shaun m'boy.

While it's a hilarious movie, it's not a spoof -- rather it's a zombie movie with wit, love and comedy. By not taking itself too seriously, "Shaun of the Dead" ends up revitalizing a genre that seemed like it was... well, almost dead.

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One of the best.
Cemetary Man
Minus the DVD Quality an Excellent Delight!
Cemetery Man: a thinking man's zombie flick
Don't even steal this movie!!!

Cemetery Man
Starring: Barbara Cupisti , Rupert Everett , Mickey Knox , Patrizia Punzo , and Anton Alexander
Director: Michele Soavi
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ASIN: B000F3UA8E
Release Date: 2006-06-13

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If you think you hate your job, think again. Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett), the titular Cemetery Man, lives a lonely life with a dead-end career. He works and resides in a cemetery that holds a dark, hidden secret. You see, those who are buried in Dellamorte's cemetery have the tendency to rise from the dead. Francesco's job is to make sure the dead remain dead. When they rise, he must hunt them down and ensure they get their eternal rest. Since his strange career takes up most of his time, there is no room in his life for romance or friendship. His sole companion is his mute, Igor-like assistant Gnaghi (François Hadji-Lazaro). Not surprisingly, Francesco has grown weary of the dull drum and repetitive routine his job and life have become. It is not until he meets the girl of his dreams (Anna Falchi), who happens to be a widow attending her husband's funeral, that Francesco realizes that there may be more to life than this. Sound a bit odd? Well, it is. But fans of the zombie and the "twentysomething disgruntled worker" genres will feel right at home with this Michele Soavi cult favorite. At its center, Cemetery Man is a black comedy/existential mediation on loneliness and career disappointment. But where Fight Club is entrenched in an action/buddy-flick setting and Office Space is a strict black comedy, Cemetery Man is staged deep in the Italian zombie genre, giving it extra points for originality. --Rob Bracco

Description

Rupert Everett (MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING) stars as Francesco Dellamorte, a cemetery watchman whose job is to slaughter the living dead when they rise hungry from their graves. But following a tragic tryst with a lusty young widow (stunning Anna Falchi in one of three sexy roles), Francisco begins to ponder the mysteries of existence. Is there long-term satisfaction in blasting the skulls of `returners'? Will his imbecile assistant find happiness with the partial girl-corpse of his dreams? And if death is the ultimate act of love, can a psychotic killing spree send Dellamorte to the brink of enlightenment? Italian horror master Michele Soavi (STAGE FRIGHT) directed this brilliantly bloody black comedy — also known as DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE — that Gore Score calls "a deliciously demented, delightfully surreal stew of sex, death, splatter, male-bonding, barfing, zombies and nothing less than the Ultimate Meaning of Life!"

Customer Reviews:

One of the best........2007-05-31

This film is an amazing horror film, great story, good characters and amazing effects. This flick has it all, blood, gore, sex, splatter, and great visual's with the graveyard, espessially at night. Truly great horror film with all the ingredients of true horror included.

Cemetary Man.......2007-05-17

This film will ALWAYS be a classic for me. Being an indy film maker myself, I really appreciate the attention to detail with the art side of the flick, but it's not too overbearing. It's gory and has all the elements of a good zombie/horror movie. Continual, unending twists and turns for our hero makes your heart ache.

If you haven't seen this movie. Get out from under your rock and DO SO!

Minus the DVD Quality an Excellent Delight!.......2007-04-30

The movie is certainly eccentric and is not for everyone. If ones penchant is the likes of "The Night of the Living Dead" or the "Dawn of the Dead," it will certainly disappoint. However, for true horror fans and fans of zombie genres it presents a unique presentation and perspective with greater character study. There's something very funny about the sight of the dour Rupert Everett nonchalantly blowing off the heads of walking corpses that doesn't immediately strike you as funny, but remains in your mind as a wonderfully light-hearted way of approaching such actions. Much like the excellent Donnie Darko and Mulholland Dr., Delamorte Dellamore is a film that will probably remain in your mind for a long time after you finish watching it as you try to figure out what it all means. The mixture of humor, character study, fine acting, gore, and nudity sets it self apart from the many usual and common "shoot'em up" zombie movies. However, I do have one quarrel. It's not the movie, it's the production company who transfered and dubbed the movie. It was extremely poor. Even Rupert Everett, Mickey Knox and Clive Riche who are all english actors seemed to been dubbed, with a number of the actors, particularly Anna Falchi, being given extremely weak voices. I would of suggested watching it in Italian with English subtitles, but that option isn't available with the American DVD. Unfortunately it seems both the German, UK, and the US version are "MIA" when it comes to quality. In the end if you don't mind DVD quality, those with an interest in the bizarre are recommended to check this title out!

Cemetery Man: a thinking man's zombie flick.......2007-04-12

Until recently, Cemetery Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore) could not be bought on this side of the Atlantic in either VHS or DVD format, and those that were available from 'private' sources were pirated and over-priced. Thanks to Amazon for making this horror classic available to Americans.
For a complete exegesis of Cemetery Man you are encouraged to visit IMDb.

Don't even steal this movie!!!.......2007-04-07

This tripe was horrible. The only reason i gave it 1 star is because of the bus wreck that was very gory. Besides that, and when the boy scout zombies attack, I fast forwarded thru the entire movie. Even the nudity was horrible. If all other movies on earth are destroyed and TV is abolished, you should STILL not watch this film!!!!!

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A classical monster reunion
Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolf, Oh My!
HOLY CRAP!
Van Hell Stink
Excellent story

Van Helsing (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Hugh Jackman , Kate Beckinsale , Richard Roxburgh , David Wenham , and Shuler Hensley
Director: Stephen Sommers
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ASIN: B0002KVUKM
Release Date: 2004-10-19

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A classical monster reunion.......2007-06-25

All the greats, Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolve, even Jecke & Hyde make an appearance in this film. The movie is dark and sometimes the plot seems a little thing, or the director introduced something but never returned to it. The movie is good basic entertainment, if you are looking for a high-grade movie or classic, you should probably look elsewhere. This was great for entertainment, but I didn't add it to my library.

Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolf, Oh My!.......2007-06-14

A great idea... that has a little too many monsters to track. The movie is filled with lots of characters, maybe too many. But Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale make a good team! The fight seen at the end is a dizzying visual feast! I liked it, but others got a headache! A good movie, definetly worth a viewing! Recommend renting first to ensure it is to your taste before you buy.

HOLY CRAP!.......2007-06-13

The picture is gosh darn amazing... very friggin' detail and colors... I love the opening part... Black and White. It's very surreal looking and so detail for black and white. And the special effect are amazing for its time and still do good for now. I forgot how violence this film are for a PG-13 film, its should be PG-15... anyway, HD-DVD is indeed amazing HD format out right now!

Van Hell Stink.......2007-06-08

Absolutely ghastly. So bad - if I were a werewolf - I'd be hacking hairballs for days on end. I wanted to like this movie - I really did - because I think Hugh Jackman is a wonderful actor - but even Jackman - talented as he is - can't save this mess. It looks like the director was writing the script as he went - throwing ever black and white monster movie, and Hammer House of Horror flick, at the wall just to see what would stick. Thus you have a convoluted plot involving Dracula, Werewolves and even Dr. Frankenstein's monster.

Some movies take a while to get going - I knew this one was going to stink up the joint within the first ten minutes - and I'm probably being generous there. This movie never gets going. There are idiotic plot lines involving Dracula getting it on with his undead brides - is anybody gagging yet. The undead brides look like a trio of jiggle queens - B rated porn stars who look like they are ready for a slumber party - and none of them can act - and really - Dracula and his brides making babies? So what, even undead women have biological clocks ticking away now? If I was Dracula's bride - I can think of much more entertaining ways to spend my immortality - than being pregnant with his undead kid.

So we see Van Helstink channeling Indiana Jones, swinging from ropes and crashing through windows. This movie is unintentionally funny - and even then not in a good way. Then he gets bit by a werewolf and we get to watch him morph- and even this was a collosal disappointment. Instead of employing make up, special effects, etc. and actually creating a realistic werewolf - they just used computers and puked up a CGI fight between an animated werewolf and an animated flying, dracula batlike - whatever. By the time the big smackdown between VanHelstink and Dracula was ready to begin I had completely zoned out of this movie.

The only reason I even stuck around for the end was because I had already wasted the money - thank god it was at least matinee prices or else I would have really been disgusted. So the only thrill I got - all two seconds of it - was watching Hugh Jackman rip his shirt off and I like shirtless Hugh. Save your money - do not rent this, do not buy it. And the guy who wrote the script probably deserves a silver bullet AND a stake through the heart to make sure they never produce anything this bad again.

Excellent story.......2007-05-18

You will love this one! I think the story will keep anyone on their toes.
It's a hot movie! I love the werewolf and the vampires! Just great! Everyone should own this one.....great fantasy, very tasteful!

Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)

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Missed Opportunity
NOT VERY FUNNY, NOT VERY SCARY,
JASON'S THE REAL MAN!FREDDY ISN'T!
Couldve been better...
JASON AND FREDDY

Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Robert Englund , Ken Kirzinger , Monica Keena , Jason Ritter , and Kelly Rowland
Director: Ronny Yu
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
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ASIN: B0000VCZMK
Release Date: 2004-01-13

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After 11 years in development hell and screenplay drafts by 13 different writers, the long-awaited smackdown of Freddy vs. Jason finally arrives. After making their respective debuts in Friday the 13th (1980) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger, replacing long-time Jason performer Kane Hodder) and razor-gloved Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) square off in a slasher-franchise combo-deal that only their most devoted fans will appreciate; turns out this is a lightweight match in which nobody wins. It's an average entry in the histories of these horror icons, comparable to half of their previous sequels, and Bride of Chucky director Ronny Yu satisfies purists with plenty of gushing blood and mayhem when Freddy recruits Jason to slice 'n' dice the ill-fated teens who've forgotten Freddy's once-formidable reign of terror. While it logically connects the gruesome legacies of Nightmare's Elm Street and Friday's Camp Crystal Lake, this horror hybrid is shockingly uninspired. It briefly peaks when Freddy gives the unconscious Jason a dream-world pummeling, but their ultimate showdown's a draw. In the immortal words of Peggy Lee, is that all there is? --Jeff Shannon

Description

It's the battle everyone's been DYING to see! Teenagers find themselves caught in the middle of a battle between two legendary boogeymen: Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Who will win in the bloodiest and goriest showdown in history?

DVD Features:
3D Animated Menus
Alternate endings:Alternate opening and Ending
Audio Commentary:Commentary with Director Ronny Yu, Actors Robert Englund (FREDDY) & Ken Kirzinger (JASON)
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DVD ROM Features
Deleted Scenes:18 Deleted Scenes with optional commentary from Director Ronnie Yu and Executive Producer Douglas Curtis
Documentaries:--Behind the scenes coverage of the films development - including screenwriting, set design, make up, stunts and principle photography --Visual effects exploration
Featurette
Full Screen Version:Both fullscreen and Widescreen on one disc
Interviews
Music Video:Ill Nino "How Can I Live"
Storyboards
TV Spot:Lots of TV spots
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

Missed Opportunity.......2007-06-27

when you are young enough to be genuinely scared by these movies, you're not allowed to watch them. By the time you're old enough to watch whatever you want, these movies aren't scary any more. Gross, bloody, offensive at times, sure, but when have you ever been scared by a horror movie in your adult life?

I believe the film industry is well aware of this and, despite the R ratings on these films, their target audience is 12 and 13 year olds whose parents either don't know they're watching them, or don't care. (Or did I just state the obvious?)

And there we have "Freddy Versus Jason", which I'm sure would have been a great film if I were 15 years younger. As it was, I just kind of put up with the stupidity of it for a while, and let it kill off a few brain cells while I enjoyed not having to think.

Modern slasher films have been so excessively critiqued, criticized and parodied that now, especially after the "Scream" trilogy and "Scary Movie", even mentioning the clichés of horror movies has become a cliché in itself. The flat teenage characters who exist for the sole purpose of being cut up, illegal drug use and teenage sex, which in the strangely conservative world of slasher films is always a pre-curser for death. Characters doing stupid things like wandering off alone and going into rooms they shouldn't go into. Etc.

And this film follows all of these clichés with a rigidity that makes me think the film makers have jumped onto the "Scream" bandwagon and begun parodying themselves. Consider this: after a stream of killings in a small town, what do the local teenagers decide to do? Have a rave out in a cornfield, and then wander around alone in the rows of corn.

Of course the big selling point of this film is that it combines both of the horror giants from my childhood, Freddy and Jason. And it is moderately entertaining to watch them face off, although since it is clear that neither of them can really be killed, it is also kind of pointless to watch them cut each other up.

But at the very least, it does save this film from being just an ordinary slasher film. Because you have both the normal storyline of the teenagers trying to survive, and the story of Jason fighting Freddy, there is enough going on to keep the film at least interesting for the 2 hours or so you waste on it. But, like most crossover films, the script is unimaginative, and you can't help but feel what a wasted opportunity the whole thing was.

NOT VERY FUNNY, NOT VERY SCARY, .......2007-05-28

This is the long awaited match up between iconic supernatural killers Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Fans of both films have been awaiting this movie, since "Jason Goes To Hell". Like "Jason Goes To Hell", this movie isn't very good.

The plot behind this movie is that Freddy (who is dead) resurrects Jason so that Jason will resurrect him. Its pretty stupid and overly explained throughout the film ad nauseum. Anyway the movie focuses on a group of hard partying, vapid teenagers living in Springwood who are soon terrorized by both Jason and Freddy (although mostly Jason). After a bunch of them get stabbed, the kids, led by the annoying Lori, somehow figure out what's going on and decide to save themselves by using Jason to kill Freddy....a plan that not suprisingly results in most of them being killed by Jason.

The movie is self-referential and somewhat parodies earlier films from the two series. But this is done without any tact. For example early in the movie Lori's friend Gibb is seen smoking a ciggarette, then as if the movie isn't screaming "SHE'S DOOMED!!!" into your face loud enough already, she throws the cigarette butt out the window and it hits Jason in the face. Things like this should be a bit more subtle. Another example would be how the movie goes out of its way to tell you who is a virgin. Hint: Virgins always make it 'til the end of these movies.

I guess this is to make up for the complete lack of fear in the film. Even the characters seem unfrightened the movie's killers openly mocking them and the silliness of their costumes. This inadvertently serves as a metaphor for how dated, silly and unfrightening '80's monsters like Freddy and Jason are today in the 2000's.

The almost all white cast of this movie is made up of stereotypical stock characters for these types of films. The "end girl", the guy she likes, the stoner, the nerd, the slut, the token black girl, the a--hole, ect. The kids recover pretty quickly from the grief of losing their friends, which I guess is understandable seeing as how vapid their friends were. The acting is pretty horrible and all the characters are super hateable. Also they are way too old to play teenagers.

This movie felt like a Nightmare movie more than a Friday movie, except Jason does all killing. There is no variety with Jason's kills, as New Line apparently believes his only weapon is the machete. Also there are some serious plot holes created from past movies. (Since when was Jason scared of water or Freddy of fire?). The end fight between the two was a bore and a total letdown. This movie has its highlights, but for the most part falls flat on its face. Only hardcore fans should bother checking this out.

JASON'S THE REAL MAN!FREDDY ISN'T!.......2007-05-12

I DIDN'T LIKE THIS MOVIE AT ALL!JASON DIDN'T HAVE ANY GOOD PARTS EXCEPT FOR ONE.THAT WASN'T FAIR TO JASON-THIS IS HIS MOVIE!THIS ISN'T FREDDYS MOVIE!THE ONLY PART I LIKED WAS WHEN JASON PUSHED FREDDY UP AGAINST THE WALL,AND HE SLID HIM ACROSS THE WALL-BREAKING ALL THE BEAMS WHICH CAUSED THE WALL TO FALL.IF YOU'RE A FREDDY FAN-YOU'LL LIKE THIS!GET IT!I'M A JASON FAN!HE'S MY MAN!

Couldve been better..........2007-05-01

I liked the movie and all but i find one major problem with it... Its robert englunds first time playing freddy in about 9 years, and we only see him killing one person (directly)? What a rip off. I was looking forward to more than that. But otherwise i enjoyed it.

JASON AND FREDDY.......2007-04-30

I DIDN'T LIKE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT MADE JASON LOOK LIKE A WIMP.JASON ISN'T A WIMP BY ANY MEANS!I NEVER LIKED FREDDY KRUEGAR OR HIS MOVIES.I ONLY LIKE JASON.I LIKED THE PART WHEN JASON GOT A HOLD OF FREDDY AND HE SLID HIM ACROSS THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE HOUSE,AND ALL THE BEAMS BROKE AND FELL.THAT'S MY JASON!IF YOU LIKE FREDDY - GET THIS DVD.

Bloodrayne (Unrated Director's Cut)(DVD ROM game is included)

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Bloodrayne (Unrated Director's Cut)(DVD ROM game is included)
eeek!
Horrid
Just as well they included the game
Not what I expected....

Bloodrayne (Unrated Director's Cut)(DVD ROM game is included)
Starring: Kristanna Loken , Michael Madsen , Matthew Davis , Will Sanderson , and Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Uwe Boll
Manufacturer: Uwe Boll Productions
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ASIN: B000EQ5V8G
Release Date: 2006-05-23

Description

BloodRayne is the action-packed film in the vein of Elektra and stars an incredible all star cast including Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Rodriquez, Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, and Meat Loaf. This comic book super-hero battles to save humanity from the dawn of an advancing vampire army. Features terrific action scenes and special effects.

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Bloodrayne (Unrated Director's Cut)(DVD ROM game is included).......2007-05-13

This movie is not for the avid Blood Rayn game playing fan this movie has nothing to do as far as plot and story line goes considering the vidio game, However this peticular Eddition comes with the sequal computer Game to the first Blood Rayn Vidio Game and the Game Rates 5 Stars if you can deal with haveing to remember all the key command or buying the game play computer Controller. the game has excellent graphics. If you however have not plade the game then prepair yourself for good acting and greate Leading Charicter with all the Gore you can handle but what it has in gore it lacks in plot.

eeek!.......2007-05-07

What a joke. I guess few of the "stars" decided over a dubie to make this movie. And probably filmed it during the weekend. Hilarious action scenes. Oh, they also used tons of make up just for the sake of gore. Skip it and save your money.

Horrid.......2007-04-16

Ok, quickly and without hesitation, click the `Back' button on your web browser as many times as it takes to get completely get away from seeing anything that has to do with this movie.

If you didn't heed my advice above, then you are obviously into watching train wrecks, ten car pileups and little kids frying ants with their magnifying glass. In other words, you're a cinematic sadist. If you've already seen this movie, then you've probably lost some self esteem. If you plan on seeing it after you read this review...you're just a masochist.

Bloodrayne is horrible. Beyond horrible. Ben Kingsley has made some bad career choices in his day but this one takes the cake. Michael Madsen, who used to be considered respectable if not great, is heading down the career failing slope faster than a California mudslide after a monsoon. Michelle Rodriguez, who has openly stated she wants to be a gypsy actress, a free spirit, is the most unscathed simply because you're going to limit yourself with that kind of career decision. That doesn't get her off the hook for this travesty. I can't imagine anyone as rebellious as her standing quietly while this heap of crud was being dumped around her like garbage at a landfill. And then there's Kristana Loken...well, you get to see her nude. That's about the highlight of her role. And what the hell is Meatloaf doing in this movie...and credited by his FULL name?! He picked this atrocity to decide he wants to be credited with TWO names instead of ONE? HUH?!

Everyone else is unknown, which surprisingly doesn't leave many roles left for the unknowns. It was amazing how they amassed this group of named actors for something so horribly bad. It's not just the actors, it's the dialogue, the F/X and the even the plot...which escapes me for the moment. I guess I'm trying to remove this movie from my memory. So do yourself a favor and stay away, stay far, far away. Trust me, it's for your own good.

Just as well they included the game.......2007-04-13

So many bad reviews and so much adverse comment as to the skills of Uwe Boll, was it deserved ? I'm afraid the answer is largely yes, this film is patchy in the extreme, truly laden with clichés and in common with most game derived movies seems to have been written by somebody with only a passing knowledge of the game. Which is pretty silly as BloodRayne the game doesn't exactly have the most complex plot ever seen. For example in the game Rayne a Dhampir is searching for her father, the setting is Europe in the nineteen thirties, she is located and hired by the Brimstone society and then goes on a series of missions recovering three artefacts from the Thule Society.
For reasons that remain unexplained the film decided to run as a prequel and being scripted as a predictable cliché is set in that mythical eastern Europe beloved of Hammer and all the old Dracula movies. There Rayne is looking for her father and is found and trained by the Brimstone society, presumably they mutually forget each other and the later game setting meeting is an amnesiacs reunion. In common with the game Rayne searches for the artefacts of Beliar, though these would appear to be somewhat different to the game versions she searches out later, presumably some kind of generic naming system for supernatural items. If you're going to do a prequel at least make it imaginative, why swipe bits from the game and take them out of context? It's lazy means nothing to non gamers and will only irritate the game fans who are the core audience. Rayne acquires two artefacts and we are told becomes incredibly powerful, though the special effects budget clearly doesn't run to anything that could demonstrate this. She then gets to enter her fathers castle and kill him, another sign of memory loss perhaps as having exterminated dear old dad, one wonders why she spends the next century or so looking for him, or how he crops up in the game BloodRayne 2. Still not to get bogged down in details, lets look at the film as it stands. As I've already said it's clichéd, oldie worldie eastern European settings and a plot that creaks. A massive and pointless overdose of dismemberment, luridly blood splattered and all very badly done, poorly choreographed and filmed fight scenes, the list goes on. Then we look at the actors, Madsen and Rodriguez are fine in their comfort zone as urban Americans with attitude, take them out of the zone and their limitations are painfully obvious, they just do not fit into this scenario and utter some of the most painfully stilted lines ever committed to film. Kristanna Locken isn't the worlds greatest actor, but at least she tries, which is more than can be said for the Oscar winning Sir Ben Ghandi Kingsley who's performance is so wooden it's teak like, a man who is clearly hating every moment of the shoot, has no idea why he signed the contract and wants everybody to know what a bad time he's having. Instead of dark and brooding, his head vampire just comes over as constipated. It's not a good movie, but given time may acquire a bit of cult cachet as one of those bad movies you need to see.
And yet despite all this I'm not spitting blood at money wasted and that's because the set includes a DVD copy of BloodRayne 2 the game and to be honest that's what I was after in the first place. I think packing the two together is a good idea and one that other game film teams should consider taking up.

Not what I expected...........2007-04-10

I was very disappointed with this movie and it was horribly done. I understand that it is difficult to make a movie based off of a video game and that this movie wasn't widely released but still... it could have been a lot better. The movie had a great cast but unfortunately that wasnt' enough to save it. The action sequences looked staged, wooden in appearance so there wasn't any believability. The acting was overdone and over the top in some scenes and combined with bad accents it just gave the whole movie a cheesy feeling. I am a fan of the video game and a fan of movies but this one just sucked. I felt like I was watching a really bad made for t.v. movie.

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Vampire mold
Nosferatu
creepy and creepy
Different soundtracks make big diffeence.
Quite good overall.

Nosferatu
Starring: Max Schreck , Gustav von Wangenheim , Greta Schröder , Alexander Granach , and Georg H. Schnell
Director: F.W. Murnau
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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Release Date: 2001-01-02

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As noted critic Pauline Kael observed, "... this first important film of the vampire genre has more spectral atmosphere, more ingenuity, and more imaginative ghoulish ghastliness than any of its successors." Some really good vampire movies have been made since Kael wrote those words, but German director F.W. Murnau's 1922 version remains a definitive adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Created when German silent films were at the forefront of visual technique and experimentation, Murnau's classic is remarkable for its creation of mood and setting, and for the unforgettably creepy performance of Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a.k.a. the blood-sucking predator Nosferatu. With his rodent-like features and long, bony-fingered hands, Schreck's vampire is an icon of screen horror, bringing pestilence and death to the town of Bremen in 1838. (These changes of story detail were made necessary when Murnau could not secure a copyright agreement with Stoker's estate.) Using negative film, double-exposures, and a variety of other in-camera special effects, Murnau created a vampire classic that still holds a powerful influence on the horror genre. (Werner Herzog's 1978 film Nosferatu the Vampyre is both a remake and a tribute, and Francis Coppola adopted many of Murnau's visual techniques for Bram Stoker's Dracula.) Seen today, Murnau's film is more of a fascinating curiosity, but its frightening images remain effectively eerie. --Jeff Shannon

Description

The greatest horror film of all! A long time ago in middle Europe, a decrepit, forbidding castle stood. Casting an ominous shadow over the townspeople who dare not look upon it, the unholy dwelling is home to one Count Orlok (Max Schreck), an undead night creature with a taste for human blood. Showcasing the extremely eerie Schreck, "Nosferatu" is the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula," stylistically directed by the legendary F.W. Murnau. Now available in this gorgeous newly remastered and rescored by The Silent Orchestra in 5.1 audio.

Customer Reviews:

Vampire mold.......2007-06-27

For anyone interested in horror films, this is a must to add to your collection. The style has become the mold for countless generations of vampire movies, up to and including Bela Lugosi's version (His is the definitive modern version). The dark cinematography is enhanced by the otherworldly makeup. It's only after a few minutes that you realize that it is a silent movie, and you really don't care. A later remake with Klaus Kinski was made, but it hardly comes close, although it gets kudos for its homage to the original by keeping it as close to the original plot, with filler scenes added to make up for the short movie length. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!

Nosferatu.......2007-06-18

Still the eeriest and most atmospheric of all the Dracula films, Murnau's "Nosferatu" gave the German director an opportunity to explore experimental visual techniques--like stop-motion and negative exposures--in bringing Bram Stoker's version of the legend to the big screen. But his biggest coup was in casting the mysterious Max Schreck (rumored to be another actor's alias) in the title role. With his rat-like features, ghastly pointed ears, and long, talon-like fingers, Schreck doesn't seem at all like a creature from our planet. Murnau completed the effect by filming on location in Eastern Europe. The result is a Gothic chiller you simply can't miss.

creepy and creepy.......2007-06-08

a little long for me but good to have for nostalga's sake. very creepy at times. a classic.

Different soundtracks make big diffeence........2007-06-08

"Disgruntled" refers to a previous review and not Nosferatu.

There are a number of different "versions" of this movie distributed by different companies. I bought the Keno version, and the transfer and tint quality are excellent. However, I had previously seen the movie with a pipe organ arrangement and was dissapointed with the orchestral arrangements on the Keno DVD. Not that there is anything bad with the music, it's just that the pipe organ creates a creepier mood for me. I then bought the Image companies offering and am very pleased with the pipe organ soundtrack, though the DVD transfer is not quite as good as the Keno. I would have given 5 stars if the Keno video and the Image audio were on the same DVD. Oh, and the audio commentary is admirable in ponting out the symbolism and stlye of the film. great movie.

Quite good overall. .......2007-05-12

For a film released in 1922, the archivists in Italy did a very good job in their judicious splicing together of the few existing prints of this film (which are of varying quality) to produce the best possible transfer that we shall probably ever see. However, both musical accompaniments have their weak points. Still, I would recommend this film to any silent film fan or discerning fans of films based (or in this case "inspired") by DRACULA.

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A classical monster reunion
Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolf, Oh My!
HOLY CRAP!
Van Hell Stink
Excellent story

Van Helsing (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Hugh Jackman , Kate Beckinsale , Richard Roxburgh , David Wenham , and Shuler Hensley
Director: Stephen Sommers
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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