Starting a Horror DVD Collection

[Signs515]

I've decided to start a dvd collection of horror movies, is this a good list?

-here are the dvds I already own
---28 Days Later
---Army of Darkness
---Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation
---The Cell
---The Exorcist
---The Exorcist III
---House of 1000 Corpses
---Night of the Living Dead
---Signs
---The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

-here are the dvds I'm thinking of purchasing
---An American Werewofl in London (have on video)
---Audition
---Black Christmas
---The Blair Witch Project (have on video)
---Bram Stoker's Dracula (saw)
---Cannibal Holocaust
---A Clockwork Orange
---Creepshow
---Dawn of the Dead
---Day of the Dead (have on video)
---Dead Alive
---Demons
---Dog Soldiers (saw)
---Donnie Darko (saw)
---Event Horizon
---The Evil Dead
---The Evil Dead II
---The Fog
---Friday the 13th (saw)
---From Dusk Till Dawn (saw)
---Halloween (have on video)
---Hellraiser (saw)
---The Hills Have Eyes
---I Spit on Your Grave
---Jaws (saw)
---Jeepers Creepers (saw)
---The Last House on the Left
---Leprechaun (saw)
---Natural Born Killers (saw)
---The Nightmare Before Christmas (have on video)
---Nosferatu (saw)
---The Omen
---The Others (saw)
---Pet Sematary (saw)
---Poltergeist
---Psycho (saw)
---Ravenous (saw)
---The Ring (saw)
---Ringu
---Rosemary's Baby (saw)
---Scream (saw)
---Se7en (saw)
---Session 9
---The Shining (saw)
---The Silence of the Lambs (saw)
---Silver Bullet (saw)
---The Sixth Sense (saw)
---Starship Troopers (saw)
---Stir of Echoes (have on video)
---The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 (saw)
---The Thing
---The Ugly
---Unbreable (saw)
---Wrong Turn (saw)
edit~~~(some new dvds)
---Apt Pupil (saw)
---Cape Fear (saw)
---Castle Freak
---Nightmare on Elm St. (saw)
---Phantasm
---Sleepaway Camp
---They Live (saw)
---Funhouse (saw)

Next weekend I'm going to buy some of these, I was thinking of starting with The Evil Dead and The Thing.......good choices?

[LegionFilms]

So far it's decent...if you pull off your wanted list it would be awesome

[MichaelMyers]

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

Battle Royale

[crazy clown]

no phantasm or nightmare on elm street, tisk tisk.

good luck on finding cannibal holocaust, bring money for the evil dead the only evil dead dvds i've seen where i'm from is that limited edition book of the dead (which is really good) and it costs like $35 (i'm kind of baffled at how you have army of darkness but never seen evil dead 1 or 2). i wouldn't waste my time on blair witch project, event horizon, or (i'll probably get bashed for this but) i didn't really like i spit on your grave. i don't know why but i didn't. i also didn't like hellraiser but thats just me.

you should definetly get phantasm, tales from the hood, tales from the crypt bordello of blood, and definetly nightmare on elm street 1. also if you come by it get the sleepaway camp box set. oh yeah and get demon night too.

[Ghost Knight]

You can find "Creepshow" at Wal-Mart for $5.00.
Please consider adding "Phantom of the Opera" (silent, 1925) to your collection. I agree with the previous poster. "Evil Dead 2" is a really good one.

[LegionFilms]

You gotta have the Blair Witch comon clown

[Signs515]

I guess I have just saw Nightmare on Elm St. too much, I still will probably get it eventually though. Phantasm, I saw some sequel to it and it looked pretty good so I'll have to check out the original. And it is a sad story that I haven't seen Evil Dead 1 or 2 but have Army of Darkness. I guess I saw it when I was like 6 and never knew for the longest time that there were prequels to it, I guess if they called it Evil Dead III it would have helped me :). Here's a question though, is Evil Dead 1 or Evil Dead 2 better....I've heard mixed reviews.

[bloodygurl02]

Originally posted by crazy clown
no phantasm or nightmare on elm street, tisk tisk.

good luck on finding cannibal holocaust, bring money for the evil dead the only evil dead dvds i've seen where i'm from is that limited edition book of the dead (which is really good) and it costs like $35 (i'm kind of baffled at how you have army of darkness but never seen evil dead 1 or 2). i wouldn't waste my time on blair witch project, event horizon, or (i'll probably get bashed for this but) i didn't really like i spit on your grave. i don't know why but i didn't. i also didn't like hellraiser but thats just me.

you should definetly get phantasm, tales from the hood, tales from the crypt bordello of blood, and definetly nightmare on elm street 1. also if you come by it get the sleepaway camp box set. oh yeah and get demon night too.

i think u mayb able to find cannibal holocaust at either suncoast or try circuit city cuz i think i may have seen it there when i was in there today. i found some pretty decent ones at circuit city and goods prices for them also

[kama]

they got evil dead at best buy

[mudsliptones]

good list
Im of for a day of dvd shopping later on, I hope to find the fog

[Freddy Krueger.]

I have the Nightmare collection on dvd.
Jeepers Creepers 1 and 2
Friday the 13th (new blood and the final chapter)
Scream (all of them)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Jason X
The Blair Witch Project (1 and 2)
Halloween H2O

And I'm planing to get Freddy VS Jason and Alien VS Preditor when they come out for sell.

[starseed]

I would add -

Demons 2 (glad you have 1)
Castle Freak
Return of the Living Dead 1 and 3 (and 2 when it comes out)
Nightmare on Elm Street collection (Freddy's Dead is cool in 3D and the encyclopedia is great)
Warlock 1 and 2
13 ghosts (remake)
House on Haunted Hill (remake)
Prince of Darkness
Candyman
Halloween (Limited Edition if you can get it)

If your into Aliens -
Alien Quadrilogy
Communion

If you're going for Leprechaun, get Leprechaun Pot of Gore Collection (5 DVD Set) on Amazon for only $45

If you're going to get Halloween, get Halloween: Limited Edition if you can get it used or the Divimax plue the tv version.

I'd be concerned about Session 9 getting boring after the first veiw - great rental to see in the dark though.

These are just my humble opinion

[Ritualistic]

go to wal-mart and get every damn horror movie that you can find in the bargain bin.... they have a lot of great selections to choose from, well that is if you find it when it is just filled up..and if you like Italian horror (demons & demons 2) I`d add some Fulci to your collection...
Get TCM II and III

if you order online here are some links
cduniverse.com (http://www.cduniverse.com)
Horror Movies.com (http://www.horrormovies.com)
overstocked.com (http://www.overstocked.com) diabolikDVD (http://www.diabolikdvd.com)
diabolik DVD is expensive but I usually browse through just to find obscure horror...

If you dont order online here are the best places to purchase horror... Circuit City, Wal-mart, target, & best buy... sometimes you can find some good deals at Suncoast

[Sam The Egg]

http://www.badmovies.org
anything *** or more there should be on the list if you're just going for horror movies. Although Evil Dead only got ** there for some reason...hmm...

[agoniste]

Originally posted by Signs515
is Evil Dead 1 or Evil Dead 2 better....I've heard mixed reviews.

here's my answer(in order of preference)

evil dead/evil dead 2/army of darkness:D

[crazy clown]

Originally posted by LegionFilms
You gotta have the Blair Witch comon clown
i just can't stand this movie. its so boring and stupid.

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by agoniste
here's my answer(in order of preference)

evil dead/evil dead 2/army of darkness:D

this is my preference

[Signs515]

What angers me about some of these movies is that is will be hard to find the true, uncut versions. Like Dead-Alive, I've heard of a version that's 104 minutes long and one that is 97 minutes long. Sadly the 97 minute one is the only one I've seen anywhere, seven minutes is a lot of editing and nearly every scene is probably cut some.

ps~~~Added some new dvds to the list

[agoniste]

Originally posted by Signs515
What angers me about some of these movies is that is will be hard to find the true, uncut versions. Like Dead-Alive, I've heard of a version that's 104 minutes long and one that is 97 minutes long. Sadly the 97 minute one is the only one I've seen anywhere, seven minutes is a lot of editing and nearly every scene is probably cut some.

ps~~~Added some new dvds to the list

does Braindead is 104 min long?

[Voorhees]

The ones i have got:
The legend of hell house
Firestarter
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien: Ressurection
Carrie
Resident evil
The night flier
Dead and buried
The others
The Blair witch project
Psycho(1998:mad: )
Bride of Chucky
Camp blood
Valentine
Friday the 13th part 2
Friday the 13th part 3
Friday the 13th part 6
Halloween part 1
Halloween part 4
Halloween part 5
Mimic?

At the post-office with my name on:
The omen
The silence of the lambs

[starseed]

The fullest length uncut version of Braindead is not available on VHS or DVD. It has only been shown twice in the US and I was lucky enough to see it. It's a part of Peter Jackson's personal collection that he sometimes loans out.

Here are the many version:
Peter Jackson's version - 104 min
Argentina - 99 min
Australia - 100 min
Germany - 94 min
USA - 97 min (unrated version)
USA - 85 min (R-rated version)

Isn't that sad? I'm so glad I was able to see the longest version.

Here are some Highlights:

***Spoilers***

The Mom is way eviler
The love between the two leads is deeper
The Gore is way beyond what you see in the US uncut version
The Punk Zombie is ripped in half by the two girls when each grabs one of his legs and pulls (like a wishbone) - they each then use a leg to beat the other zombies away
There are a lot more gore scene too

[Signs515]

does Braindead is 104 min long?

From what I've seen the versions in which they call the movie Braindead is 104 minutes long, although it's the same movie right?

[Sam The Egg]

ugh, Braindead.

[agoniste]

Originally posted by starseed
The fullest length uncut version of Braindead is not available on VHS or DVD. It has only been shown twice in the US and I was lucky enough to see it. It's a part of Peter Jackson's personal collection that he sometimes loans out.

Here are the many version:
Peter Jackson's version - 104 min
Argentina - 99 min
Australia - 100 min
Germany - 94 min
USA - 97 min (unrated version)
USA - 85 min (R-rated version)

Isn't that sad? I'm so glad I was able to see the longest version.

Here are some Highlights:

***Spoilers***

The Mom is way eviler
The love between the two leads is deeper
The Gore is way beyond what you see in the US uncut version
The Punk Zombie is ripped in half by the two girls when each grabs one of his legs and pulls (like a wishbone) - they each then use a leg to beat the other zombies away
There are a lot more gore scene too


well, i saw Braindead too.
they got it at my local video store.
Very Gory!

[Voorhees]

Where do you usually order from? I use only www.play.com, since they ship for free(im from Norway). Are there any other dvd-stores you may suggest which send for free?

[Ghost Knight]

Originally posted by mudsliptones
good list
Im of for a day of dvd shopping later on, I hope to find the fog

I saw "The Fog" today at Wal-Mart on my lunch hour priced at $14.44.

Sometimes I like to gamble and buy a horror movie that I've never seen or heard of just because the payoff is great if the movie turns out to be really good.

Of course, if the movie SUCKS it sucks to be stuck with a sucky movie but once in a while I'll take a gamble on one.

I saw a movie by the name of "Freak" at Media Play and just bought it without knowing a thing about it beforehand.

Has anyone else seen "Freak?"

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by Ghost Knight


I saw a movie by the name of "Freak" at Media Play and just bought it without knowing a thing about it beforehand.

Has anyone else seen "Freak?" sounds familiar but I havent seen it.. and I know what you mean about gambling.. if I find a movie that I know is good for a cheap price I will get it.. But I have stopped judging a movie by the cover art...

[starseed]

Peter Jackson's version is not available on DVD or Video, but they do have various copies of both Braindead and Dead Alive on video/DVD in both rated and unrated versions as well as specific cuts for different countries too.

The best video store here in San Francisco has four version (two are imports from Japan and Australia with the title Braindead).

I don't blame Peter Jackson for keeping the most complete version to himself. The movie is brilliant and knowing there is an even longer version that is pretty much inaccessible just adds to the mystic of the film.

I would kill for the Peter Jackson version on DVD though!

[Ritualistic]

[i]

I would kill for the Peter Jackson version on DVD though! [/B] u mentioned before that you have seen it.. how did you get the luck of watching it..??

[starseed]

It was loaned to the San Francisco Film Festival a few years back when they added the horror genre to the festival (I can't believe they never had a horror genre before then). A representative from Peter Jackson's group spoke to the audience about the version we were about to see which is where my information is coming from. The line went completely around the block and you know all the SF freaks came out in droves to see it.

[Psychoholic]

Starseed do you know which version of Braindead is in New Zealand?

I'm surprised to hear peter jackson has a longer version, but i guess it's just a directors cut. Still the version that is available (here anyway) is hardly censored in any way.

[starseed]

I don't know about New Zealand. Who knows how many versions their are for each country. I don't know of any movies that have so many cuts and versions as Braindead.

[Signs515]

Are the Sleepaway Camp movies really that good, cause I'm pondering looking for the camp survival kit packaging with all three...... :) it looks cool. Anyone else have this that could tell me if it's worth it or not? I'm sure it will be kind of hard to find. Also I'm thinking of getting the Leprechaun pot of gore, well I guess I can't take anyone elses advice but my own because I've seen them all. $45 for 5 DVDs isn't that bad though even if they are Leprechaun.

ps~~~Any other box sets worth looking into?

[Signs515]

Come on :) , I know someone has to have the camp survival kit.

[Digital Murders]

You should just knock out the whole series, and buy The Nightmare On Elm Street boxset. You'll have em all in one purchase, not to mention if you buy the correct one, it has some kick ass extras.

[dethbyfire]

i have the camp survival kit. just got it recently. from what i have seen it is decent. only around $25 at best buy

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by Signs515
Come on :) , I know someone has to have the camp survival kit.

It's a cool addition to a horror fans DVD collection.