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< The Gift [VHS] > < Heaven > < Twilight > < Australia > < The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Single-Disc Edition) > < Uncovered >

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Paramount(2002-01-08)

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(Great Acting in a Murder Mystery)

(SAM RAIMI YOU SIR ARE EXCELLENT)

(Moving story)

(Unexpected Pleasure)

(Classic!)

When you first begin watching this movie, you may be thinking this isn't going to be a very good movie or this isn't your kind of movie, that's what I thought at first. You've got to give it a chance though, it's slow to start but eventually becomes an edge of your seat thrilling mystery. The acting in the movie is great, normally the movies with a lot of stars aren't well put together and the acting looks bad but not in this movie. This movie was well written and well played out. It was interesting to learn upon watching the special features this movie was written partially by Billy Bob Thorton. This movie brings out the best in some actors and actresses, specifically Keanu Reeves.

Don't let the certain terms used to describe this movie fool you into thinking this is just a horror movie or movie about some tarrot card reader because it's far more than that and the story goes much deeper.

Last but not least there is an added bonus for us guys, particulary the guys who like beatiful&sexy women and that would be the topless scene with Katie Holmes.

Overall I give the movie an A.
THE GIFT

It's no secret that I am a huge Sam Raimi fan as well as a fan of his producing partner Rob Tapert, so the question is why did I wait so long to review this wonderful movie? To be honest I have no idea why I waited but now that I have learned of my errors I can move on to review it. This is one of those movies that even if you see the ending coming it still does not take anything away from the viewing experience. In fact I don't know anyone who did not second guess their first thoughts on who did it in this well paced thriller. Sure to some you may see the ending coming but the performances are so good that it is still a great experience.

The movie follows Annie Wilson [Cate Blanchett] who is a fortune teller for lack of a better word; she leads a some what comfortable life rearing her kids and dealing with the death of their father. Of course with the customers she has she has to deal with a few nuts, and I am talking about the customers family members. Things are going fine until she meets a fella [Greg Kinnear] who has a promiscuous wife [Katie Holmes]; turns out she will have more to do with her and her husband in the future. Of course she also has to deal with the husband [Keanu Reeves] of one of her clients [Hilary Swank] who constantly is threatening her and her children. Then naturally if that is not enough there is the deeply in need of help client [Giovanni Ribisi] who by the way is the show stealer here. Throw all that together and you have one very entertaining movie from the great Sam Raimi.

While some may be able to figure this one out it is still fun to watch it all play out, and I know you will not see the end coming. There is something in here that just comes from no where but makes perfect sense. Writers Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson did a great job with this film, the characters are interesting and the story is great. Of course director Sam Raimi keeps things moving at a nice pace and never stays to long on one thing. Also in going back to his horror roots there are plenty of scenes with genuine tension in them. Another wonderful thing about this film is the setting, I love that southern style and sound that is brought forth threw the film.

Star Cate Blanchett does a great job in this movie as the so called "witch" that helps out the police in a murder investigation that she has more of a connection to then she knows. I believe her in this role and she makes this movie much better then films that are similar like "The Skeleton Key" which wasn't bad but it wasn't this. Also Katie Holmes is kinda devilish in this movie and she plays the part well, I always thought of her as a goody goody before this film. Hilary Swank is great in this as well as the abused and scared wife that does not know how to leave a husband that is no good for her. All three of these ladies did a great job in this film and deserve the credit for doing so.

J.K Simmons who would go on later to play J.J. in the Spider-Man movies for Sam does a great job here as the local sheriff, as does Gary Cole as the prosecution attorney who would play the excellent "Sheriff Buck" in the Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert produced show "American Gothic" [one of the greatest shows of all time no doubt]. Greg Kinnear is great as the husband of the dead in this film, and Keanu Reeves surprised me with an excellent portrayal of an abusive husband and stalker. Still the scene stealer in this one by far is Giovanni Ribisi who is amazing as the truly disturbed Buddy Cole who seems to have issues with his father. Honestly it is one of the best performances I have seen; yes I truly enjoyed his performance in this film.

This is not the best movie ever made but it is still one of the most enjoyable, I had a great time watching this the first time and a great one again recently. Sam Raimi did a great job with this film and had a wonderful cast to help him out as well. Go into this one ready to be entertained it is a nice mix of suspense and drama that I am sure all would enjoy. The gift was a great film that fell a little short of classic status but I may change my mind on that one over time, let's see.

Cate Blanchett at her very best. Full of top movie stars with an excellent story. The ending is incredible and very unexpected.
The Gift / B00005JH9M

*Spoilers*

Ghost movies generally scare me too much to watch, but this one was supposedly to be fairly mild on the horror and was billed as a good mystery to boot. With some movies, it's the destination you enjoy, with others, it's the journey. The Gift is definitely a 'journey' movie. The plot is fairly predictable at points - for instance, the person on trial kind of needs to be genuinely innocent, despite glaring neon signs to the contrary, because the movie is only half over.

Still, the acting is superb and Cate Blanchett in particular shines as a paragon of versatility as she perfectly portrays a strong-yet-vulnerable single mother whilst expertly avoiding the obvious "mother earth goddess" stereotype by allowing her character to be imperfect, unsure, and at time flat-out wrong. And the "twist" at the end, when we find whodunit is shielded about as carefully as it can be, with believable red herrings intervening and genuine doubt regarding the veracity of Cate's "gift".

My favorite aspect of the movie, though, is purely the ironic twist in the title - while psychic abilities might seem to some to be an enviable 'gift', Cate superbly shows that a "gift" can be a worthless one, and sometimes even a curse. Cate's "gift" does not save her husband, nor does it put food on the table in reliable quantities, nor does it earn her the respect of a community, nor does it prevent her from witnessing horrible atrocities. Not much of a gift at all, really.

This version provides a closed caption option for the hard of hearing. I do not own this movie - I rented this through my Blockbuster Online account.
Cate Blanchwtt and Giovanni Ribisi are at there best. Extremely interesting and unique story of "who done it". Have not met anyone who didn't enjoy this movie yet.
Take a pinch of psychic phenomenon, add a dash of Southern gothic, stir in a sharp cast of talented actors, and you'll come up withThe Gift, director Sam Raimi's ingenious gumbo of a thriller. It doesn't hold together as well as Raimi's earlierA Simple Plan, but the two films are stylistically connected--The Giftwas cowritten (with Tom Epperson) byA Simple Plan's costar, Billy Bob Thornton, who in turn draws from the Deep South milieu that informed his ownSling Bladeand his earlier collaboration with Epperson,One False Move. A similar sense of mystery permeatesThe Gift, in which a small-town Georgia psychic (perfectly played by Cate Blanchett) is tormented by tragic loss and visions connected to the murder of a local vamp (Katie Holmes) whose schoolteacher fiancé (Greg Kinnear) is a prime suspect.

Other suspects include a hot-tempered bully (Keanu Reeves) whose battered wife (Hilary Swank) is one of the psychic's regular clients, and a traumatized local (Giovanni Ribisi) who is tenuously stabilized by therapy and antidepressants. While this trio of potential killers keeps the mystery alive, the requisite red herrings don't add much to the film's low-level suspense. Instead, Raimi is far more effective in creating an atmosphere of anxious dread that wells up from each of these finely drawn characters, starting with the widow psychic's extended mourning for her lost husband, the agonized terror of a beaten wife, and the percolating anger of a cuckolded spouse. All of this makesThe Gifta worthy showcase for its esteemed cast, even as its plot twists grow increasingly familiar.--Jeff Shannon
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< The Gift [VHS] > < Heaven > < Twilight > < Australia > < The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Single-Disc Edition) > freaks

< The Exorcist [VHS] > < The Shining > < Poltergeist (25th Anniversary Edition) > < Rosemary's Baby > < The Omen (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) > < Halloween >

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Warner Home Video(1992-07-15)

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(The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen) (1973)-Like nothing we have ever seen!)

(This class will scare the CRAP out of you...)

(back in the day)

("The Greatest Horror Film of All-Time!")

The DVD came as advertised and is fine. Very, very disappointed in the vendor's shipping policy, however. Paid extra for expedited shipping based on the city listed and proximity to me. Also, paid full shipping for a second product, even though they shipped together. There was no option to save on shipping by ordering two products from the same vendor. The DVDs arrived well past the expected date and missed a critical birthday. Won't buy from this vendor again, despite the good products.
The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen) (1973)- I originally saw this five star horror movie when first released in New York back in 1973. For those of you old enough to remember, I too was one of those lunatics who stood on line in the freezing cold to see this great film. Crazier still is the fact that I thought it was worth the wait at the time!

This great DVD includes some really frightening footage that was not included in the theatrical version of the movie. In addition, the entire film has been digitally restored at 1.85 and plays beautifully on a new HDTV system, filling the entire screen. Watching this film on a new large screen HDTV is just like a night out at the movies.

OMG, the scene where the crawls up the stairs like a crab gives me chills everytime I think about it... good...scary... what else you want? Maybe a nice "flaming" raspberry tea like Nate Iseminger?
I remember when this move came out. Radio stations were offering money to people to go sit in a theater by themselves and watch this movie.

I went with four guys and two of them left before the movie ended. I stayed because I love horror movies. Not much on slasher films but love the suspenseful, scary ones.

My main reasoning behind the success of this movie is simple. Possession has been documented for as long as we can recall. Most horror films are about monsters and things that JUST WON'T DIE..! The Exorcist is more about a family trying to save a member from the demons that haunt us all.

The possibility that this really could happen or maybe has happened before made it even scarier.

All aspects of the movie were excellent.

Every time that I watch it, it affects me. I'm 52 years old now and it still gets to me.

Turn out the lights, turn the volume up and enjoy, if you dare.
"The Exorcist" came out on Boxing Day, 1973 and immediately became a boxoffice phenomenon. Highly regarded by critics and fans as the best thriller ever made, "The Exorcist" tells of a true story in which a 12 year old girl is possessed by satan. The movie is also one of the best movies ever made, with amazing performances by all the leads, especially Ellen Burstyn who plays the mother, and Linda Blair who plays the little girl. The movie also won 2 Oscars, one for sound and the other for the screenplay. I also believe both Burstyn and Blair were robbed of Academy Awards for their roles, as some had a hard time with the posession that took place in the story. The movie is about the forces of good and evil in the world and the eventual outcome of that battle. There have also been other sequels and pre-quels to "The Exorcist", but they are all inferior to the original. The follow up "The Exorcist 2" is regarded as one of the worst films ever, although Linda Blair is in it. Ellen Burstyn refused to be a part of it as she felt the script was awful.
This DVD release also features 11 minutes of extra scenes that were omitted from the original release, which also contains the horrifying "spider walk" sequence.
Not appearing on this disc, unfortunately, is the amazing BBC documentary on the making of "The Exorcist", that was featured on the 1998 25th Anniversary Edition of the movie. If you can find that edition grab it as the documentary is informative and interesting.
Also, Ellen Burstyn's autobiography called "Lessons In Becoming Myself" is a wonderful read and she goes into detail on how she got the role of Chris McNeil and the trouble the cast and crew found themselves in while making it.
Director William Friedkin was a hot ticket in Hollywood after the success ofThe French Connection, and he turned heads (in more ways than one) when he decided to makeThe Exorcistas his follow-up film. Adapted by William Peter Blatty from his controversial bestseller, this shocking 1973 thriller set an intense and often-copied milestone for screen terror with its unflinching depiction of a young girl (Linda Blair) who is possessed by an evil spirit. Jason Miller and Max von Sydow are perfectly cast as the priests who risk their sanity and their lives to administer the rites of demonic exorcism, and Ellen Burstyn plays Blair's mother, who can only stand by in horror as her daughter's body is wracked by satanic disfiguration. One of the most frightening films ever made with a soundtrack that's guaranteed to curl your blood,The Exorcistwas mysteriously plagued by troubles during production, and the years have not diminished its capacity to disturb even the most stoical viewers. Don't say you weren't warned!--Jeff Shannon
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< The Exorcist [VHS] > < The Shining > < Poltergeist (25th Anniversary Edition) > < Rosemary's Baby > < The Omen (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) > freaks

< Needful Things [VHS] > < Stephen King's Storm of the Century > < The Tommyknockers > < Stephen King's It > < The Dark Half > < Thinner >

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Polygram Video(1998-08-25)

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(Stephen King's Best)

(Could've Been Better)

(needful things)

(the best of Stephen King)

(A dark comedic joy)

This sleeper is one of, if not, Stephen Kings best. Ed Harris is great as the Sheriff of Castle Rock [Yes, the same Castle Rock that forms a backdrop for many of King's tales]. Max Von Sydow comes to town and opens the Needful Things curio store . Although there's never much inventory, Max can always reach under the counter and pull out just what you need from a one of a kind baseball card to a long lost high school jacket. The price is always modest as long as you'll do him a small favor.
I admit I haven't read the book Needful Things, but this movie just seems like its missing something. It starts out well, with a look at small town life.The scene where Ed Harris, as the sheriff, and Max von Sydow as Leland Gaunt, the antique shop owner/Satan, meet and share some pie is almost sublime. But then the movie gets silly, with Ole Scratch turning the townspeople violently against each other by providing all the things they've ever wanted most. The acting is good, though Sydow really chews the scenery by the end. Overall, fair time killer.
another great one from the twisted mind of king.you'll love it,i know i do.if you like king you have to see this one.you won't be dissapointed i promise!!
This is the best movie in the Castle Rock series that goes off with a blast of entertainment. The movie gets you from beginning to end on how great the movie works to get the spirit of what the writer is trying to portray. I give it a two-thumbs up!!

Chris Reagh
Unlike some of King's pieces,there is a touch of comedy and sexiness about Needful Things. From the moment the town's numerous foibles,feuds and vulnerabilities are woven,its is and was intriguing.

I won't lie, you must have a taste for King's sense of humor and use of human imperfections to understand the zest of the story.The thrills are off set by humor and irony. Sadness and jealousy are spiced with curiousity of what will happen next as well as the thought of what does "The Needful Things store" hold for each of us. I, even like the sexual interplay between characters." I do so like a woman who takes care of herself" is just a snippet of what the villian regales us with before exacting his payment for services.

I thoroughly enjoy this offering every time I view it.

Hopefully others have and will, too.

Based on the Stephen King horror novel "Needful Things"
Stephen King adaptations are strictly hit-or-miss propositions, and this supernatural thriller from 1993 is definitely a "miss," based on one of King's lesser novels and starring Max von Sydow as the evil proprietor of a small-town antique shop named "Needful Things." That's the place where anyone can go to find the one thing they cherish the most (the town's aging jock finds his old, high-school letterman's jacket there, for example), but of course there's a price for such priceless keepsakes. Yep, that's right ... von Sydow is Satan, and his customers pay for "needful things" with their souls. The sheriff (Ed Harris) catches onto this hellish predicament, and, well ... let's just say things go downhill from there, with von Sydow delivering sardonic wisecracks as he wreaks devilish havoc on the town. Lots of stuff gets blown to bits, by which time this movie has long since worn out its welcome. Harris and von Sydow do their best to liven up the dreary scenario (directed by Charlton Heston's son, Fraser), but this is strictly for die-hard King fans, and even then the recommendation is marginal.--Jeff Shannon
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< Needful Things [VHS] > < Stephen King's Storm of the Century > < The Tommyknockers > < Stephen King's It > < The Dark Half > freaks

< Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector's Series) > < Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers > < Halloween - Resurrection > < Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween II >

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Dimension(1999-10-19)
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(Great Movie)

(So dumb.)

(Final installment of the trilogy!)

(If Jamie Lee isn't afraid of Michael, Why should the audience be?)

(HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!)

I loved the movie. I think it is a great addition to the Halloween franchise. I highly recommend it.
Halloween H20 is the worst horror flick ever! I can't believe Jamie Lee Curtis reprised her iconic role as Laurie Strode. Halloween is such a classic film, all the sequels are stupid and not even scary. Josh Hartnett and Michelle Williams over do it here, the whole Laurie and Michael Myers are brother and sister is so calculated, I didn't like Halloween 2 and I don't like this one either.
Forget Halloween 4-6. Halloween H20 is should've been the third and final installment to this landmark franchise. I own Halloween 1, 2 and H20. There's no need to see anything else!
The last 20 minutes of this movie are of Jamie Lee Curtis stalking Michael Meyers and not the other way around.If that seems like a scary premise to you then you don't ask for much.This deflates the threat of the masked killer and leaves you with nothing but Jamie Lee doing an action hero impression."Scary",yes,but not in the way I want a Halloween movie to be.Stick with the first two movies.Halloween 4 was ok too.
I thought it would be cool to review this movie on this particular day! HALLOWEEN H20 is pretty cool! I remember being 8 years old and seeing it at the theatre. 20 years after Michael tried to kill Laurie Strode, he soon decides to try again. She lives under the name of Keri Tate. She has a son named John. She works as a head mistress at a private boarding school in Northern California. She has a boyfriend. Soon, Michael tears her life up again. She soon decides to fight back and finish her brother off once and for all...until the sequel. If you love the HALLOWEEN series, you'll love HALLOWEEN H20: TWENTY YEARS LATER!!!

p.s. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Twenty years after the original Halloween, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), now the headmistress of a Northern California private school under an assumed name, is still struggling with the terrifying memories of the psychotic killer Michael Myers. That horror becomes a reality once again when Michael returns, embarking on a murderous road trip from Illinois to California, killing three more people and stealing a victim's car before threatening the lives of Laurie's rebellious son (Josh Hartnett), his girlfriend (Michelle Williams), and the school security guard (LL Cool J). It's up to Laurie to conquer her internal demons and end Michael's evil. And a conveniently placed ax might just help her accomplish the task....
Halloweenis one of the great modern horror films, but as a franchise its track record has been spotty at best, painfully bad at worst.Halloween H2O: Twenty Years Later, directed by horror vet Steve Miner (Friday the 13thparts 2 and 3,House), won't displace John Carpenter's original but it might help you forget the films in between. Miner certainly has: the film begins as if sequels 3 through 6 never happened. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis, reprising her role for the first time in almost two decades) faked her death and is now a single mom and headmistress of an exclusive California private school. She's also a secret alcoholic who lives in fear of her homicidal brother-bogeyman Michael Myers. Guess who decides to show up for a family reunion? The film begins with classic horror-movie exposition (the deserted college campus, Michael's escape, Laurie's waking nightmares) accomplished with some humor and style, but it's all setup for the second half, a driving roller coaster of stalk-and-slash thrills. There's little of the self-conscious genre referencing ofScreamand at times the film is a little far-fetched--it is a slasher movie about a knife-wielding homicidal maniac who won't stay dead, after all--but Curtis transforms Laurie from a shrieking victim into an empowered, determined horror-movie heroine who's learned a thing or two from the previous films. Adam Arkin, Josh Hartnett, and TV cutie Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek) costar, and the script received uncredited polish fromScreamwriter Kevin Williamson; Curtis's mom, Janet Leigh, pops up in a cameo.--Sean Axmaker
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< Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector's Series) > < Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers > < Halloween - Resurrection > < Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > freaks

< The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection - The Essentials (Manos, the Hands of Fate / Santa Claus Conquers the Martians) > < Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Widescreen) > < The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 2 (Angels' Revenge / Cave Dwellers / Pod People / Shorts, Vol. 1) > < The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 1 (Bloodlust / Catalina Caper / The Creeping Terror / Skydivers) > < Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition > < Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Mitchell >

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Rhino Theatrical(2004-08-31)
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(Manos Shows Joel At His Best)

(Really not the best of MST)

(wow)

(So much fun!)

(The Worst! But That's Good!)

Manos is every bit as bad as you've heard, but the comedy is so good. Santa is fun ride through the wackiness of space.

I have long been in the Mike Nelson camp of Msties and still keep my feet firmly planted therein. But finally watching Manos, The Hands of Fate made me change my opinion of Joel from "boring, sleepy-eyed creator who should have never hosted" to "sorta funny, sleepy-eyed creator, who should only host after drinking a Red Bull".

Manos is so poorly shot and the "why not" catfights so numerous that I was already laughing at the awkward pauses and confusing wardrobe even before the riffing began. Almost every minute of dialogue is covered by constant riffs(which is just the way I like it) and the Torgo impressions are never a let down. The Pizza Delivery scene with Mike as Torgo had me on the floor-good times!

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is just a goofy movie and the riffing is sufficient, but I feel like a later Sci-Fi Channel Mike episode would have been more appropriate so as to provide "The Essentials" of of both eras of the show.

Manos is available as a single disc, so I would suggest just picking that up on its own, unless you are a completist.
I paid for this one based on my love of the show but this one really isn't their best- by far. Not as many jokes as the show usually had&the jokes that are there just aren't that funny. Even the movies aren't that entertaining (cheesewise I mean). There are better episodes you can purchase out here. I'd go with just about any of them before this one. Still love the show, but in this case they really missed the mark on funny.
Have to agree with most reviewers that 'Santa Claus' is worth the price of the box. 'Manos' is indeed awful, so badly photographed, badly paced, and just plain off, it creates a black hole of badness from which little humor can escape - though the MST crew give it a credible try, and do produce some laugh-out-loud moments. The director of 'Manos' must have been a silent movie buff, as there are many scenes and settings evocative of 1920s films (and the sound is about as good). 'Santa Claus' on the other hand is campy-bad, and the boys make the most of it. Recommended.
I was a die-hard fan of this show back in the day. I ordered this to introduce my 11-year old son to the series. He is now a fan too. Sooo funny!!
Two classic stinker movies made watchable by Joel, Mike, Tom, and Crow. "Manos" is truly awful with the whole movie being re-dubbed (I encourage you to read IMDB.com's Trivia section on this movie). "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is only a few steps lower on the bad movie scale because it had a higher production value. So just sit back and watch the crew slice these movies up. The "Poopie" blooper section also has some great outtakes.
Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 08/31/2004
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< The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection - The Essentials (Manos, the Hands of Fate / Santa Claus Conquers the Martians) > < Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Widescreen) > < The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 2 (Angels' Revenge / Cave Dwellers / Pod People / Shorts, Vol. 1) > < The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 1 (Bloodlust / Catalina Caper / The Creeping Terror / Skydivers) > < Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition > freaks

< Halloween [Blu-ray] > < Halloween II > < The Shining [Blu-ray] > < Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector's Series) > < Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Dawn of the Dead [Blu-ray] >

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Anchor Bay Entertainment(2007-10-02)
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(A very overrated movie.)

(Who knew there were palm trees and mountains in Illinois?)

(Be careful if buying Blue-ray)

(Great picture, an exrodinary difference from the regular version)

(A start to a great series)

I don't understand what people saw in this movie. I bought the movie because it was cheap and I was looking for a good horror movie to add to my collection because I am a big fan of the genre. However, the movie itself was a huge disappointment. It was very slow moving, not scary and overall, the plot was weak. It basically is about a mass murdering other worldly person named Micheal Myers who goes around and slaughters people for no reason but to kill. Not only are there not many kills but hardly anything happens in this movie and it was just very boring. There was almost no action except for the final encounter at the end. Critics said this was one of the best and most scariest horror movies made. They were dead wrong. To name anything positive about the film, I liked Micheal Myers theme song but that's it.
Hello, production values? In *several* scenes supposedly located in and around the town of "Haddonfield" Illinois, there are palm trees visible in the background. When the doctor makes a phone call supposedly from rural Illinois, there are foothills and low mountains in the background. Sorry, I've been to Illinois; no mountains, no palm trees. All of which indicates the setting for this "horror classic" is not Illinois but good ol' SoCal. This might not be such a big deal except that the movie and those who tout it make so much out of the movie's "realism", and the "Midwest setting".
The story itself is very pedestrian. Admittedly, the acting and the direction are good. Some of the plot is downright inexplicable; for example, when Michael Myers suddenly gets a sense of humor in the middle of his killing spree, and disguises himself to the bimbo girlfriend by covering himself with a sheet and wearing the glasses of her just-murdered boyfriend. That zany Myers, what a goof! Yeah, and speaking of the just-mentioned murder, yeah that makes sense that Myers could lift up the guy by the chin with one arm, and nonchalantly swing his other arm hard enough to impale the guy against a door with a knife. It's called physics, guys, look into it. So much for realism.
The Blue-Ray version is NOT the extended cut. Amazon is posting reviews for every version that they have ever carried for this version, and refuses delete reviews for the different versions. Amazon will also refuse to refund your money if you buy this, thinking it's more than it is. Be careful and read the item description rather than the customer reviews before buying this disk. The total run time for the original Blue-ray release is far too short for it to contain the extra footage.

I must say that this blu ray version of the classic halloween is extrodinary. The picture is so clear and perfect, it doesn't even seem to be from the early eighties. I would not say anything bad about this verions. If you are a halloween fan and want the best picture you need this. Some blu ray's look good, but this looks great, and is also a great price
A good, suspenceful movie that spawned one of the most popular and long lived slasher series ever.

When he was only six years old, Micheal Myers killed his sister with a large butcher knife. He spent the next fifteen years in a mental institution, where his therapist spent eight years trying to cure him before realiseing that he was "pure evil" and spent the next seven years making sure that he stayed locked away for life. But on October 31st 1978, Micheal Myers escaped, hellbent on a murder spree, climaxing in the one-by-one murders of Lorrie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends.

Althought it is not very violent (and not bloody at all) and the death scenes are quite tame by todays standards, Halloween is still a scary movie (made even creepier by the chilling musical score) and one of the first in the slasher genre. Deffinatly worth a watch, the start of a great series.
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Halloweenis as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movements than for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composed by Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and his script (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especiallyPsycho. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter ofPsychovictim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character inPsycho. In the end, though,Halloweenstands on its own as an uncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that had audiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at the screen. ("No! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget, the picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels, none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for two more installments: 1981's dismalHalloween II, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally grippingHalloween H20, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years.--Robert Horton
Halloweenis as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movements than for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composed by Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and his script (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especiallyPsycho. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter ofPsychovictim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character inPsycho. In the end, though,Halloweenstands on its own as an uncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that had audiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at the screen. ("No! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget, the picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels, none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for two more installments: 1981's dismalHalloween II, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally grippingHalloween H20, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years.--Robert Horton
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From a top secret government laboratory come two genetically altered life forms. One is a magnificent dog of astonishing intelligence. The other, a hybrid monster of a brutally violent nature. And both are on the loose... Bestselling author Dean Koontz presents his most terrifying, dramatic and moving novel: The explosive story of a man and a woman, caught in a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation...

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In picturesque Moonlight Cove, California, inexplicable deaths occur and spine-tingling terror descends to this "edge of paradise." Growing numbers of residents harbor a secret so dark it is sure to cost even more lives. Tessa Lockland comes to town to probe her sister's seemingly unprompted suicide. Independent and clever, she meets up with Sam Booker, an undercover FBI agent sent to Moonlight Cove to discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths. They meet Harry Talbot, a wheelchair-bound veteran, who has seen things from his window that he was not meant to see. Together they begin to understand the depth of evil in Moonlight Cove. Chrissie Foster, a resourceful eleven-year-old, running from her parents who have suddenly changed and in whom darkness dwells, joins them. Together they make a stand against darkness and terror.
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(I expected more from L.J. Smith)

(Don't read this book if you are over 13 years old!)

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(A quick read)

(Unlikable main character)

"Vampire Diaries" are the earlier books written by L.J. Smith and, unfortunately, it shows. I enjoyed her later trilogies "Dark Visions" and "The Forbidden Games" very much and therefore had very high hopes for "Vampire Diaries."

To my disappointment, the writing is just not as good as I came to expect from L.J. Smith. The characters are not fully developed and more often than not unlikeable. The romance also is not written very well. It is very hard to believe in passion between Elena and Stefan. The narration itself is just too choppy; multiple POVs are sometimes confusing and distracting.

However, I have to give credit L.J. Smith for creating characters and mythology that were later shamelessly "borrowed" by Stephenie Meyer. The similarities between "Vampire Diaries" and "Twilight" are undeniable. Human-vampire romance set in high school, blood lust, angst, "vegetarian" vampire - all was first written by L.J. Smith.

I will continue on reading this series and hope the books are going to get better.
I ordered this book after reading all the Twilight and Sookie Stackhouse books and was very disappointed. I only read about fifteen pages and gave up because the book was so childish! I know that the Twilight books are young adult books also, but the story was so good I finished the entire series in a week. This book is nothing in comparison. It is only about 200 pages and has huge type. It reminded me of the books I read in sixth grade! The Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series are short books also, but at least they deal with adult topics and the type is of normal size. I really wanted a new vampire series to read after I finished Twilight and Sookie Stackhouse since I enjoyed the books so much and wasn't ready to leave the world of vampires yet, but the Vampire Diaries just doesn't cut it. The characters aren't developed and the writing is very immature. I think I'll try the Anne Rice vampire books instead!
Be warned, this is an extremely typical and cliche read. Beautiful girl falls for unbelievably sexy guy. Surprise surprise, he's a vampire!

The plot is maybe half decent but I'm not dying or even looking forward to the next one. It's not written smoothly at all. The author has a habit of breaking and moving onto the next scene or character when the scene was NOT truly over. It seems as though L.J. Smith gets bored with her own writing and moves on to the next part as quickly as possible. I really can't blame her, what with everything being vague and dull except the "exciting" parts, which are very few but take up pages whereas other building scenes may only get a few paragraphs.

The story and characters themselves are really too boring to bother mentioning.

I'd only recommend this for those looking for a quick series; even though I haven't read the others yet it's pretty obvious that it's going nowhere way too fast. The "Blue Bloods" series and "Twilight" series had much more finesse and development. Granted, both of those series have present time in their favor, but even the one-shot "The Silver Kiss", which was published only a year later than this novel, beat it by a long shot.
I was actually a little disappointed re-reading this book. I remember loving the series when I first read them back in middle school. So maybe it is just because I've grown up that the writing style does not really appeal to me as much. Elena starts off as a really superficial character although she vows she wants to become a better person for Stefan. But still it is hard to feel for her right now after watching her break the heart of a perfectly sweet guy by dumping him and then immediately going after Stefan.

Stefan is sort of the equivalent to Edward in the Twilight series. He feeds mostly off of animals or when he does feed on humans he makes sure he doesn't feed enough to hurt them. Damon is the bad boy vampire who wants Elena for himself. Who will win Elena in the end? The ending definitely leaves you at a cliff hanger and wanting to know what happens next.

I think teens will probably enjoy this series if they enjoyed Twilight. Adults might have a harder time getting past the style of writing and the shallowness of Elena's character.
The premise of The Awakening is pretty basic and not very original. Elena Gilbert sees Stefan Salvatore--a vampire haunted by his past--at school and decides that she must have him. That last line is actually not made up, as later quotes will show.

Of course, Stefan avoids her, deeming the relationship too dangerous to pursue, and Elena becomes offended and does whatever possible to be noticed. Now, where have I heard this storyline before? Might Stephenie Meyer have read this before writing Twilight and gotten a few ideas? This series was published well before that one (1991), although the premise itself has been used countless times. I'm not saying anything, though it is an interesting thought.

The main problem I have with this book is not due to the recycled storyline but with the main character, Elena. Have I said she's unlikable? Within the first twenty pages this is quite evident.
The author gives evidence before the reader even becomes well acquainted with her:
..."Elena Gilbert, cool and blond and slender, the fashion trendsetter, the high school senior, the girl every boy wanted and every girl wanted to be" (3). Now, I have always had an aversion to characters who are so described, but if their personalities prove greater than their first introduction, I can get past it. In this case, Elena proves that she fully backs the description. She has a crowd of people waiting for her when she gets to school, refers to herself as the "queen of Robert E. Lee" (57) high school, and even seriously argues with one jealous former friend about scepters and thrones.

Upon seeing Stefan for the first time she becomes obsessed, and within minutes of seeing him, forces a girl to get his class schedule. This is just how nicely she asks:
"Well, I want his class schedule. Get it from the office if you can, or copy it from him if you have to. But do it" (21-22)! I don't like name-calling, but what a little snob...If I were to describe the character of Elena Gilbert, the choicest words would be selfish, snob, brat, rude, and conceited.

When Stefan thwarts her first attempt to meet him (it isn't very nice, but, well, neither is she) Elena, egotistical maniac who thinks everyone loves her, is absolutely shocked and mortified. Like a child, she cries and hides from family and friends because of some imagined, horrible shame. But what shame? So, the guy didn't feel like being escorted around the school by a liar...big deal. Following his rejection, the author writes that Elena will "have him, even if it killed her. Even if it killed them both, she'd have him" (31). Okay...getting a hint of psycho here. God forbid if someone should become angry with Elena, then there would be a massacre, but personal rejection, oh no! How unspeakable!

Her view of boys also fails to endear her character to me.
"After all, what was more important than boys? They were the mark of how popular you were, of how beautiful you were" (20). Oh, so beauty doesn't come from the inside and popularity really IS important? Along with this little admission, there is also a part where she recalls being told by former boyfriends' friends and sisters how she made them feel, and the reaction?--"Elena had always found such stories amusing" (50). Well, I find Elena to be quite cold.

There are a few passages when her character seems almost normal, but these are quickly swept away. Of course, once she finally gets with Stefan, (and her ego is sufficiently stroked) she spends the rest of the book with her thoughts set solely on him and not on her own perfect self.

I also found their relationship preposterous. What would a 600 year old vampire want with a selfish teenage girl? Elena has no admirable qualities. The one time I felt sorry for her was when I found out she had lost both parents. Sorrow and death hardly excuse her attitude and behavior. So the idea that a vampire, six centuries old and while attending a high school (and probably knowing more history than his teachers), falls in love with Elena Gilbert is unbelievable. I think the author attempts to form a correlation between Elena and his past love in a semblance of credibility. She looks like the girl he once loved, so I should buy it, right? It does not work.

Interspersed between these things are the introductions of Stefan and a mysterious dark presence, whose induction into the story is as follows:
Elena sees a crow watching her from a tree and the author writes that it's "Looking the way boys looked at her when she wore a bathing suit or a sheer blouse" (6). While I knew what was coming later, I found this funny. And how does one beady-eyed crow leer at a teenage girl?

Stefan, surprisingly, is not a bad character. He stands up for several badgered, minor characters. The reason I gave this a two-star rating instead of one is potential. There is potential in Stefan's past (when he becomes a vampire), which remains the most interesting part of this story. Were the author to have written this about six centuries back in time, moving forward, dropping Elena entirely, and just going from there, well, it might have been something. The idea itself is intriguing. Too bad this is the way the story turned out. Stefan is too good a character for Elena, and the plot stays weak.

I have noticed a strange thing with L. J. Smith. For the most part, her main female leads are usually rude snobs and the guys are gentlemen. Why can't there be a balance in leading roles, say two likable protagonists? It would make her stories so much more enjoyable.

Elena might go through a character transformation (not the vampire kind...) in the next book(s). Will I be there to find out, though?--No. Judging from past experience and a few reviews I've read, Elena will remain just so, and the rest of her tale, and ultimate fate, will remain a mystery to me, because I don't really care. I loved L. J. Smith's Forbidden Game trilogy, although the lead in that is also unlikable. I am very frustrated with bad main characters. For me, they really ruin a story.
A Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror...

Elena
Searching for the ultimate thrill, she vowed to have Stefan.

Stefan
Haunted by his tragic past, he struggled to resist her passion.

Damon
Driven by revenge, he hunted the brother who betrayed him.

The terrifying story of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.
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(good but not what I expected)

(Fascinating ideas for stories)

(Disappointing)

(Holmes fix)

(Ghosts May Apply!)

It really isn't fair for me to give this only 2 stars as I assume the book is fine but I was expecting it to be like one of the many other modern Sherlock Holmes books and it was different in that it contains super-natural and very abnormal stories. I prefer the more "standard" holmes style of stories dealing with real life events. Again, I should have read more about it before buying but at first glance it didn't apear odd to me.
The idea of combining the ultra-rational (supposedly) mind of Sherlock Holmes with supernatural happenings is one bound to produce some interesting challenges, and many of the authors in this anthology met those challenges with good stories. From the first - where Holmes, Dr. Watson's wife, and Peter Pan - yes, THAT Peter Pan - must solve a kidnapping, to the last, which doesn't even include Holmes, but rather features Dr. Moriarty as the - well, protagonist, if not exactly good guy - every story in this collection is different.

Some of the stories had no supernatural content at all - "Merridew of Abominable Memory," for example, features a character with an eidetic memory; perhaps the extent of that ability is stretched a little beyond what we normally think of as a photographic memory, but not into the realm of a supernatural power, and the crimes involved are entirely down-to-earth. And the aforementioned final story, "The Red Planet League," is not exactly supernatural either: Moriarty and a rival scientist disagree on an astronomical issue, and Moriarty gets even by using some science fictional ideas, but not fantasy or the supernatural. This is one of the funniest stories in the book, in my opinion. The first story, involving Peter Pan, although OK, is somewhat weak, and would be totally incomprehensible and pointless to anyone who hadn't ever read "Peter Pan." Another story, "His Last Arrow," is a thoughtful story of Dr. Watson's introspection on why he continues to associate with Holmes and what drives his need to write about it; the supernatural nature of it is rather unlikely and would probably bother some Holmes fans, as Holmes does not come out on the good side of Watson's analysis.

One of the things I really enjoyed about the book: the illustrations by Phil Cornell which accompany each story. For many of them, it's not obvious what the illustration means at the beginning of the story, but at the end, you go back and look and say, aha! If only I had interpreted this correctly, I would have seen it coming! But unless you are Holmes, you won't have guessed which details of the illustration are important in advance. Perhaps my favorite story AND my favorite illustration was "Red Sunset."

A suggestion: read this and _The Final Solution: A Story of Detection_ by Michael Chabon (# ISBN-10: 0060777109) together. You'll enjoy them both!
There are eleven stories in this "grimoire"; stories where Holmes encounters crimes and/or events beyond the usual scope of the rational detective. Some are good, some are not. Many have little to do with classic Holmsian approaches.

The first story is "The Lost Boy". A combination of Holmes, Peter Pan, and a dash of H.P. Lovecraft. As a story it is "neither fish, nor fowl". It lacks the childishness of Peter Pan, the deductive trill of Holmes, and the terror of old HPL. The adventure is good, but Holmes attracting fairies?

Next is "His Last Arrow". This is a Watson driven story, and pretty good. But, again, the situation is not so much Sherlock Holmes as it is an alternate fantastic view of the detective. In other words, this is not a story about the great detective so much as a fantasy tale. It's still pretty good, and the ending is a surprise.

Now "The Things that Shall Come Upon Them" is a good story. With conflicting views as to weather there is a mechanistic vs. spiritual answer to the problem in on hold past the end of the story. Are they being haunted? Or are they being burgled? This one is good.

"The Finishing Stroke" is an inventive way to use the old "artist as mystic" trope. I liked it a great deal as a story. A pity the art at the start of the story kind of gave away the plot.

"Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" isn't particularly good. A rehash of the "Lost World" dinosaur's plateau story with Holmes in it. Not much to recommend, either as a story or a Holmes pastiche.

Next is "The Grantchester Grimoire". I liked this one a lot. Again, the art at the start gave too much away, but it was a good, classic gothic tale, where the Detective was doing what we expect him to do. Missing evil books and ghosts at the windows lead to certain dark ends.

When I got to "The Steamship Friesland", I became a bit disgusted. This is not to do with deduction, but just having a ghost tell Holmes what was going on. Seriously, where's the Holmes connection, aside from the fact he's the one the ghost talks to?

"The Entwined" is a tough call. The girl confessing to murders she could not have possible done, but holding certain knowledge of them is a good plot line. The idea is good, but it's more HPL (as in you don't need a great deal of deductive ability) than it is Holmes.

"Merridew of Abominable Memory" takes place with Watson in a respite home, retelling a story of his former days with Holmes to the Doctor. Again, this is not so much a Sherlock Holmes story as it is a glimpse into horror. Holmes does play his usual role, but the point of the story is more about why Watson is hating his memories than the deductions of Holmes.

And then there's "Red Sunset". Holmes, at 100+, in a gangster 1940's situation. Need I say more? And there are vampires. And it's Dracula. And even with these spoilers, you couldn't appreciate the story less than if you read it cold.

The last, "The Red Planet League", is an interesting one. Holmes isn't in it. It's about a rather convoluted plan of Moriarty's (chronicled by Col. Moran) to get back at a fellow astronomer who has disputed his great book on asteroids. It's a good story, and a fantastic plot. It's a sort of anti-Holmes, showing all the meticulateness of a serious plan, just to be done for evil. I thought it rather clever, over all.

The collection as a whole disappointed, but some of the stories are certainly worth reading, if you can get them separate from the rest.
I love Barbara Hambly's work as a writer, and this book was worth it just for her story. As a collection it gave me my Holmes fix, and I will definitely read it again. And probably several more times after that. I'd say it was a good, solid B+ or A- level Holmes read - close, but stumbling occasionally into too obvious-ness.
This is a collection of Sherlockian tales in which, to quote David Stuart Davies' Forward, "Ghosts may apply." Each of the tales involves some `supernatural' element, a Djinn, a Vampire, a painting, quite a variety of individuals and items. In fact, Chico Kidd and Rick Kennett's "The Grantchester Grimoire" is only the second pastiche I know of that pairs Holmes and Hodgson's Carnacki the Ghost Finder in a single tale. Further, each tale is written by one who knows Holmes and Watson intimately, which makes them disturbing at the very least.

The stage is set by the opening tale, "The Lost Boy," by Barbara Hambly. When the Darling children disappear, Mr. Darling consults Sherlock Holmes and Mrs. Darling goes to an old friend who, like her, knew Peter Pan from her youth. At the end of this sad and lovely story, one is left wondering who, exactly, was "The Lost Boy" of the title.

Each of the tales has its own context and viewpoint. Nothing carries across from one to the next except the certainty that things will be not quite what they seem. The sheer nastiness of the villain in Christopher Sequeira's "His Last Arrow" is balanced by the delight of an aged Holmes in his (2nd?) meeting with Count Dracula in Bob Madison's "Red Sunset." Martin Powell's "Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" gives new meaning to `Non-stop Adventure' with a surprise villain thrown in as an extra. Strictly speaking, Chris Roberson's "Merridew of Abominable Memory' has no supernatural element, but it is a true horror story and it fits right in with the rest of the collection.

As is true with most anthologies, some tales appeal to one taste and some to another. This group seems well mixed, with a variety of approaches and themes. I have mostly commented on those stories that appealed to me. There was, however, one perfectly marvelous tale by Kim Newman called "The Red Planet League" that deserves special attention. It is told by "...your humble narrator - Colonel Sebastian `Basher' Moran ..." and it is worth the reading if only for the delicious villainies of `Basher.' Of the eleven tales included, all are worth reading and several will stand up to re-reading. The only bad feature I found was the quality of the binding on my copy, which seems to induce cover curl.

Reviewed by: Philip K. Jones, October, 2008.

The fabled tin dispatch box of Dr. John H. Watson opens to reveal eleven all new tales of mystery and dark fantasy. Sherlock Holmes, master of deductive reasoning, confronts the irrational, the unexpected and the fantastic in the weird worlds of the Gaslight Grimoire.

"A wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any fan of
Sherlock Holmes or of the supernatural. Terrific stories, great variety, genuine
chills: it's all here."
-Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of HOMINIDS

"This book contains eleven of the most ingenious, imaginative and inspired
exploits yet committed to paper. Wonderful stuff!"
-Roger Johnson, BSI, Editor, The Sherlock Holmes Journal

Contributors:
Barbara Hambly
Christopher Sequeira
Barbara Roden
M. J. Elliott
Martin Powell
Chico Kidd&Rick Kennett

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