Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Halloween Treat From The Legendary Team Of Rankin And Bass) 『The creative partnership of Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass were responsible for the creation of some of the most delightful holiday specials for television in the 1960's and early 1970's, with their Christmas and Easter offerings such as "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" now regarded as bona fide classics by successive generations of fans. The team produced only one "Halloween" themed story in the totally delightful "The Mad Monster Party" and it without fail every year made an appearance on our television during the holiday. Although Halloween itself is not really mentioned in the storyline of "Mad Monster Party" itself the combination of ghouls, favourite monsters from movie history and the marvellous Boris Karloff (voice only) make this film an ideal way to celebrate this holiday. Filmed in the wonderfully visual stop motion "Animagic" process so beloved of fans of this teams work "Mad Monster Party" like all Rankin and Bass specials boasts a first rate vocal team bringing the ghoulish characters in the story to life. Here we have the unusual combination of movie horror legend Boris Karloff providing the voice for Baron Von Frankenstein combined with funny lady Phyllis Diller voicing the other major character of the Monster's "Mate". The pair really make this film so enjoyable with their contrasting styles with Karloff's smoothly sinister delivery contrasting beautifully opposite Phyllis Diller's distinctive voice mannerisms. "Mad Monster party" is one of the very best of the Rankin and Bass efforts and shows the teams creative skills at their absolute peak making this ghoulish little effort which keeps it's tongue firmly planted in its cheek, an ideal way to enjoy Halloween evening..』
(I love this movie!) 『I was so happy with this transaction! I was looking for this movie and here it was and for a great price! I would buy from this seller again anytime!』
(monstamash relation?) 『just ok film which is the 1&only w/ the pet blob in its dog house brief scene near the end; dont know if it inspired the song monstermash or vice versa, still, unknown.』
(great classic) 『I admit I didn't open it yet, but I grew up watching Rankin&Bass animated shows and enjoy them so I'm sure I'll like this too!』
(It's (almost) alive!) 『Remember on Halloween when someone invariably handed out a pack of crayons or a small bag of pennies to trick-or-treaters? You were probably a little confused at first, then a little disappointed, but you probably used the crayons or spent the pennies anyway. Mad Monster Party is like Halloween crayons to me - not very exciting but certainly adequate.
The Pros: The sets and character designs are awesome - very detailed with some mod 1960's touches (the Monster's Mate rocks a pair of white go-go boots). The send-ups of classic Hollywood monster movies can be quite funny and clever, and the tongue-in-cheek nihilism of the ending makes for a memorable finale. In terms of the image and sound quality of the DVD, nothing seems to have been lost in the transfer from the original print and in fact may have enhanced the original audio/video experience.
The Cons: In between the gags and humorous references lies filler in a plot costume. In my opinion, the plot here is a distraction - Dr. Frankenstein is ready to retire and chooses his nebbishy nephew Felix as his heir. The monsters disapprove and in a series of alliances and betrayals attempt to exterminate the interloper. It's all rather uninteresting to me and kind of superfluous as the best parts (the titular party where a skeletal band plays and a monstrous food fight takes place; the picnic in the jungle where Dracula unsuccessfully tries to ambush Felix) seem to happen extraneous to the plot. In addition to the weak plot, the songs are tolerable but not very memorable. I doubt you'll be humming these tunes after the credits roll.
If you happen to find this DVD in your Halloween goodie bag, appreciate it for what it is, have a little chuckle, groove to the retro score, then gorge on the fat and calories of richer Halloween treats like Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride.』 『Love the classic monsters Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll, the Creature, Dracula, the Werewolf, and the Invisible Man? They're all here in this animated, 90-minute video--and so are the vocal talents of Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller. After discovering the secret of destruction, Baron von Frankenstein is retiring as head of the World Wide Organization of Monsters. He's handpicked his mortal nephew Felix to be his successor, and his fellow monsters are less than pleased. Even though Felix politely declines to carry on this family tradition, the monsters band together and double-cross one another in comic attempts to expel Felix from the group.
The "Rankin/Bass Animagic process" of using stop-motion photography with three-dimensional figures makes this video a visual feast for animation buffs, but it is outdated compared to modern animation techniques. Humorous details, like the count looking into a mirror to comb his hair and seeing only his comb reflected, permeate the video and will have viewers chuckling out loud and on alert for potential missed laughs. This video is best for children from about 5 to 12 years old or adults who want to reminisce over a movie viewed in their childhood.--Tami Horiuchi』
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Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Wrong track listing) 『I'm trying to figure out why Amazon has posted the wrong track listing for this product whose full title is "Twilight Zone-The Movie Original Soundtrack" by Jerry Goldsmith (the composer is correct). But the track listings on this recording actually are: 1. Twilight Zone Main Title/Overture 2. Time Out 3. Kick The Can 4. Nights Are Forever (sung by Jennifer Warnes) 5. It's A Good Life 6. Nightmare At 20,000 Feet/Twilight Zone End Title A beautifully written and composed work by Goldsmith that really carries the film without the viewer realizing it...I have had this disc since it was originally released on CD in the late 1990's. Well worth a listen!』
(Rare find these days) 『This album has been in my collection ever since it's original release way back when. My collection is quite large and have been slowly collecting some of the old stuff in CD format that I have on vinyl such as this one. It took so long for it to come out and nearly gave up and forgot to check. Now I found it while searching for "Zone" DVD's and discovered that it's out of print it seems! Wow from one extreme to the next and nearly missed finding it. One reviewer mentioned one song in this CD "why was it even on there?" In fact, that very song was the main reason I wanted it. "Nights Are Forever". It was the song playing in the night club when Vic Morrow walked in. It was not a mainstream song in the film. But I liked it so much. I was very pleased that it made the sound track.』
(Superb Jerry Goldsmith Film Score) 『Jerry Goldsmith will always be one of my favorite film composers. The man crafted such scores as "First Blood", "Gremlins" and even the original Twilight Zone Television series.
Here Goldsmith gives us music from each segment included in the motion picture, "Time Out", "Kick The Can", "It's A Good Life" and the infamous "Nightmare at 200,000 feet". The score goes from being militaristic to whimsical&romantic, and even eerie and horrifying.
This is a must for any Goldsmith fan, and a great companion piece to the film of the same name. Thank you Amazon.com for making this available.』
(The Goldsmith Zone) 『Even now, almost twenty-five years since its original release, TWILIGHT ZONE--THE MOVIE is understandably considered at best just an okay kind of film in comparison with the classic TV series that spawned it. The fact that Vic Morrow and two Vietnamese child extras were needlessly killed only tainted the film that much more.
But there's little denying one of the film's numerous saving graces, namely one more great score composed by master film composer Jerry Goldsmith, whose genius is very evident in conjuring up the film's atmosphere of mystery, suspense, wonder, paranoia, and psychological horror. Much as he did for THE OMEN and STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, the composer weaves numerous musical elements: oscillating, Herrmann-influenced strings for Segments 1&4; a congenial children's waltz/scherzo for Spielberg's segment with the kids and the old folk's home; and a combination of cartoon-like wackiness and Debussy-influenced tone painting for Segment 3. And of course it wouldn't be the Twilight Zone without Marius Constant's familiar theme music and Rod Serling's introductory narration, would it?
If the film had been made without incident, it would almost certainly have been a big box office hit in 1983, instead of the modest hit that it actually was; and Goldsmith's score would be as well-known as many of his others. Still, the score does stand out, and it's well worth revisiting.』
(THANK YOU!!!) 『I owned the vinyl bacvk when this first came out, but lost it over the course of many moves. And I've REALLY MISSED it!!!
I am SO GRATEFUL that you had a cd copy to sell me, and I found the product and service to be perfection!!!
THANKS!!!』 『Import version of the out of print soundtrack to the 1983 film with music by Jerry Goldsmith. Warner.』 『First Time on CD. Music by Jerry Goldsmith.』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Scooby rocks) 『It's the typical Scooby movie plot, but this time the zombies are real. Great movie.』
(Perfect) 『This was exactly what I wanted.It was in perfect condition and was sent here quickly.』
(Horrified me as a child.) 『If you want to watch Scooby Doo with your children, try "Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders", "Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico", "Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster", "Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase" or "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School".
This is far too dark, and scary, for most young children, or even older children.
I adore this movie now that I am a teenager, though. It's great for older Scooby Doo fans.』
(Not for young kids - too scary and deals with supernatural concepts.) 『Though this is a good movie to watch as an adult or kids over 7...my kids 3, 5 and 8 watched it tonight and my 5 year old does not want to watch any more Scooby-Doo because it was too scary. My youngest looked worried and I wanted to turn it off but, Dad felt differently so we watched it. The youngest two started to hide toward the last 1/4 of the movie.』
(Zombie Island Scooby) 『For a cartoon featurette, this one reallly stands out. Mostly because it's not the usual hijinks of the Mystery Machine crew battling bad guys dressed as goons to commit crime and meyhem. This time the spooks are surprisingly real, even though it takes some convincing from the fab four and the famous pooch. As usual, the haunts and creeps are looked at from the disbelieving view until the forms take shape of real occurrences. Even the songs that set up the scenes refer to past ghost and ghouls found as always have been "fake". Which makes this round of investigation more chilling when the creeps and haunted settings are true blue to the source. Although the place located is refered to Zombie Island, there are alot of fun things on the way, including fiesty pigs, attacking alligators, and a swarm of lively cats. In fact, the reference here to cats and cat people almost steal the storyline away from the fact that the zombies are indeed the good guys, and the catatonic beings the real villains. This leads to frightening confrontations with really violent night creatures that mean business in fulfilling their mission of darkness. Also, if anyone has seen the original Creature From The Black Lagoon, there is a nice little scene of a riverboat driver that is the spitten image of the one in the famous black and white movie. Definitely one for the halloween movie collection, cartoon or not.』 『Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred reunite to solve the most frightfully funny mystery of their careers. The scream team's headed to a haunted bayou island to investigate the ghost of Moonscar the Pirate. But it turns out the swashbuckler's spirit isn't the only creepy character on the island.』
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Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Creeping Unknown) 『I have waited years to see this movie again. Of course, it's not as creepy as I remembered it but I still enjoyed it. A must addition to my sci fi collection.
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(Three Astronauts Never Knew What Was In Space . . . And What It Would Do To Them) 『Released in 1955, "Quatermass Xperiment" is a creepy, horrifying masterpiece of science fiction. What is the Quatermass Experiment? Professor Barnard Quatermass sends three British astronauts into the far reaches of the galaxy for observations. Their rocket crash lands on earth and only one astronaut, Victor Caroon, remains on board. Empty space suits of the other two are immediately found. Escaping from the hospital, Caroon attacks and absorbs plants, animals, and humans. Each time he feeds, he mutates into a creature that is a composite of all its victims until it finally resembles a shapeless glob with numerous tentacles.
Brian Donlevy does a superb job as Quatermass. However, in "Quatermass Xperiment," Quatermass is more ruthless and less compassionate than his character in "Quatermass and the Pit." He is obsessed with the progress of science no matter the cost of human lives. The disaster with the first rocket mission is barely over before he begins planning another. I was more fond of the Professor Quatermass from "Quatermass and the Pit." I wished he had been in this film.
"Quatermass Xperiment" was such a big success that it gave Hammer Production enough money to finance the gothic horror films that came later. If only "Quatermass Xperiment" had been made in color like "The Curse of Frankenstein" or "Horror of Dracula." It would have been incredible.
The pacing of the movie is quite good; it is never boring. The special effects were excellent for that time; the victims'' corpses, especially their faces, were gruesome. However, a higher body count would've been nice.
"Quatermass Xperiment" was definitely an influence on "The Blob," which was released in 1957 and starred Steve McQueen. It also influenced the mutating monsters that were found in such modern hits as "Relic" and "Resident Evil."
I enjoyed "Quatermass Xperiment" so much that I watched it twice in a roll. It is must have for fans of Hammer Production and fans of science fiction horror. 』
(where's the Region 1 DVD???) 『As a teenager in the 1950's I discovered Hammer Films British Horror and Sci-Fi and have joyfully collected the DVD re-issues. Anchor Bay has done a wonderful job with great source material but where is this total classic?? The 2nd Quatermass film has been out for some time in America, Australia and Europe have released the first film in their DVD own formats, so why not in the U S of A???? Although a product of its time the suspense, moody black and white photography and decent make-up effects result in a lot of fun for the viewer who isn't spoiled by today's multi-million dollar gross-out clunkers.』
(A Classic Science Fiction Film) 『Before a little British company called Hammer became famous for Dracula and Frankenstein, there were the adventures of Professor Bernard Quatermass. Based on the live BBC serial from 1953, The Quatermass Xperiment put Hammer on the film world map. How that happened it obvious from this tense, realistic, and gritty science fiction classic.
The film is immensely helped by an excellent cast. Brian Donlevy's Quatermass is the archetype science fiction film scientist: a scientist obsessed with their quest for science before turning having to deal with the consequences of that quest. Donlevy plays Quatermass to perfection as a scientist who is both horrified and fascinated by the events he has set in motion. It's a strong performance filled with realism. fascination and horror. The cast also includes terrific performances from Jack Warner as Scotland Yard's Inspector Lomax, Margia Dean who takes the potentially clichéd Judith Carroon and puts flesh and blood on the character, and David King-Wood as Quatermass's fellow scientist Doctor Briscoe. The best performance of the film may well be from the character who never speaks: Richard Wordsworth as Victor Carroon. Wordsworth perfectly plays both the horror of thelone surviving astronaut and also sympathy as the worst off victim of the Quatermass experiment. This is especially true in a scene where Caroon finds himself at a dock where a little girl approaches him with her doll. It reminds one of the scene from the Universal Frankenstein where the seeminglyinnocent takes on a darker meaning. Overall, the film has a terrific cast of actors bringing it to life.
At a time when science fiction films were defined by the clichéd and outrageous monster and alien invasion films, this film (and its TV counterpart) went in the exact opposite direction. Director Val Guest choose to do the film not in the style of the time but in a near documentary style. That's why the film work's fifty years later: it seems real in that itis a product of its time and place. If Britain had started the space race in the mid-1950's, one feels this is how it would have been.
The film is also helped by two very strong elements: the black and white cinematography and the music score. Doing the film in black and white adds atmosphere to a film that is part alien invasion and part manhunt. It helps especially in the film's fiery finale. The music score by James Bernard is terrific in adding to the atmosphere of the film and it never intrudes, but just helps to bring one a little bit closer to the edge of one's seat. The film wouldn't be the same without either one of these two elements.
Yet as much as I would like to call this film perfect, it isn't. There is one thing that the film hits and misses on: special effects. The downside of the film being so much a product of its time is that when the special effects are looked back at from a distance, they look primitive. That's not to say that the special effects are bad. The prosthetics work in particular looks good even by today's standards as far as I'm concerned. The finale of the film is the most obvious spot where the special effects are a bit of a let down by modern standards. Then again, it is hard to compare special effects from one era to another so this is an issue for the viewer to decide on.
While the special effects may hamper the film for some, one must admit that The Quatermass Xperiment is a classic of the genre. From the terrific performance (especially of Donlevy and Wordsworth), to the realistic style and tone, to the excellent cinematography, to the dark score by James Bernard, The Quatermass Xperiment is a tour de force for the more intelligent and less action based science fiction films. If you can put aside the mid-1950's special effects, you're going to find a tense, realistic, and gritty science fiction classic.』
(A good movie to see) 『Only true fans of science fiction will appreciate the creeping unknown a.k.a.The Quatermass Xperiment. I happen to be one of them. I remember watching this fim at the age of eight and it scared me silly. Later on I understood better and it didn't bother me. Basicly I like the film. When you consider that this is mid 50's London when true special effects weren't even around yet,I think the film super- cedes itself into a wonderful smooth-flowing movie even if the plot is somewhat typical of Sci-fi movies of the 50's. For what it's worth,even the United States did't have the best sci-fi special effects like the ones we see today with comperization. It actually took real crews of men and women to produce those effects. Brian Donlevy in his performance as the arrogant Professor Quatermass is so hateful you have to love him. Another memorable one is Richard Wordsworth who play Carroon. Absolutely brilliant. I also found amusing the overly dramatic expresssion of the BBC announcer in the trailor who witnesses this unknown thing with his own eyes. Only the TV announcer in Gorgo did better. The only notables are King-Wood who play the good doctor's assistant and Jack Warner who played Lomax. I liked his sarcasm when talking to Quatermass. Actually brought Quatermass to his knees if only in a figurative sense. Otherwise everyone else just essentially played their parts. Still it is good science fiction fun.』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Really like it) 『i really like this, a great thing to watch with with friends who only like westerns when i like a little horror!』
(Interesting and different, but not exactly grim) 『For such a distinguished actor, James Earl Jones has made some really forgettable movies, and I would count Grim Prairie Tales among them. This 1990 anthology piece seems to have garnered decent reviews, but I personally can't see how this movie could impress anyone. Just because it's different - a horror/Western anthology which eschews the standard formula of "it is the story, not he who tells it" (i.e., the two storytellers are more interesting than the stories they tell) - doesn't mean it's very good. Without the overpowering presence of James Earl Jones as an uncouth, darkly mysterious range ride, I daresay Grim Prairie Tales would border on the unbearable.
Brad Dourif plays Farley Deeds, a squirrelly-looking, city slicker-type who looks and dresses like he should be running away from the Headless Horseman rather than traveling alone through the desert. He's all set to turn in for the night when a stranger disturbs the peace and quiet of his little campsite - a veritable mountain of a man with a strange air about him whom Deeds doesn't exactly welcome with open arms (in his defense, the stranger does arrive with a dead guy draped over the back of his horse). Morrison (Jones) is a strange one, but the two eventually bluff and argue their way into a round of storytelling. Aha, you say, this is where that whole "horror" part kicks in, especially when both fellows start talking about stories that will make bats fly out of your ears. Well, I hate to break it to you, but an impressionable five-year-old kid wouldn't take fright over anything these stories have to offer.
Morrison opens up with a story about some old coot who foolishly decides to cross over an Indian burial ground at night, followed up by a strange tale of "a good man" who comes to the aid of a pregnant woman out wandering alone. Given the campiness of the second story in particular, Deeds thinks he can do better and gives us a sort of morality tale in which a wife and daughter try to deal with the father's participation in a monstrous human act - unfortunately, the rather dark print of the film leaves you a little unsure of the specifics of that act. Morrison, obviously more impressed than I was with Deeds' story, then sets out to top it with the story of a gunslinger haunted by one of his victims.
Morrison and Deeds are much more interesting than the stories they tell, but I didn't find these two men all that riveting. Their exchanges are far too theatrical to make me forget I'm watching a movie - James Earl Jones is great, but Dourif seems to spend most of his time over-acting. With its anthology angle, Grim Prairie Tales is certainly different, but I found the movie to be average at best.』
(A terrific study of a growing friendship posing as a horror story) 『Those expecting this movie--which should be on DVD--to scare them will go away disappointed. None of the stories the two men tells is particularly frightening. What they are, though, are insights into the moral character of the men telling the stories. And, what makes this film so good is the dead body sitting on James Earl Jones' horse while the two men joust across the campfire.
From the beginning we identify with Brad Dourif's nervous city slicker crossing a lonely expanse. When bounty hunter James Earl Jones arrives with a person he has killed, we "know" who we're supposed to root for. Yet, as the stories progress and the interaction between Jones and Dourif's characters deepens, we come to see that their moral positions are not as black and white as things might seem. And the final scene really emphasizes the moral ambiguity of both men.
All this is played out in an atmospheric, if low-budget, landscape. This is a very subtle and appealing movie that repays repeated watching. It is extremely well acted by the two leads, and each of the characters in the 4 stories within stories are also well drawn.
All in all, an absorbing way to spend an evening.
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(Grim is the word for it!) 『I just watched the movis "Grim Prarie Tales" What can I say but totaly awsome!! This movie had me on the edge of my seat. Why can't they make good movies like this anymore???』
(Not on DVD? No ratings?) 『How did this get overlooked? This is a very worthy movie, consisting of Brad Dourif and James Earl Jones playing two travellers sharing a campfire in the old west, and sharing stories of a rather unusual bent. Dourif is the city slicker type, taken aback by Jone's turn as a rough and tumble mountain man. But he has an ace up his sleeve, in the form of a story. It's just for fun, and it is. Any movie fancier should see this at least once. I don't understand the low profile.』 『Writer-director Wayne Coe's low-budget anthology is not as scary as its title or packaging would have you believe, but it is a charming effort nonetheless. Brad Dourif and James Earl Jones star as a city slicker and a bounty hunter who meet at night on a quiet prairie and end up swapping stories by the campfire. Since the four tales are part of a slowly building competition between the two men, they become progressively more gruesome. The two most memorable revolve around a grotesque gunfight and its aftermath, and a wandering prairie woman with a bizarre appetite. Ultimately the stories are mood pieces rather than outright scare fare, but they are absorbing, and the connecting scenes with Dourif and Jones are so energetically played out that you forget how calculated some of their exchanges are.--Bryan Reesman』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Timeless Classic) 『My wife is a nut about Time travel. A long time ago we saw "Time After Time" and we both loved it. Ever since, because we couldn't buy the movie at the time, it became a fond memory. However, the name of the movie was lost. Recently, we came across the movie and immediately ordered it. The acting is great and the plot is unique.』
("The future isn't what you thought. It's what I am!") 『This is one of those rare films from my adolescence that I have a palpable memory associated with on its first viewing. It was released at the end of summer 1979 - I don't know whether school had started or not, but what I do remember is that I insisted quite vehemently on seeing it, and my mom acquiesced none too graciously - STAR WARS had made me a serious movie lover 2 years before and I was especially entranced by the few science fiction films that came our way. So my brother and I saw this after it had been out a week or two; it didn't last long and the theater had only 2 other patrons. We both loved it - it was the scariest and most intense film I'd seen at that point, I was 13 and my parents quite overprotective - and I'm glad to say that my love of the film has remained unchanged.
Malcolm McDowell stars in one of his very best (and quite atypical) performances as H.G. Wells, who in 1893 isn't planning on writing about a "time machine", but has in fact built one, as he demonstrates to his guests at a dinner party reminiscent of the opening scene in the actual novel of the same name which was published (in reality) in 1895. He plans to head off into the future to find the utopia that he is certain will exist in a few generations....ah but his good friend John Leslie Stevenson (David Warner, quite chilling) has other plans, as Stevenson is in fact Jack the Ripper, and as the police knock on Wells' door, he makes his escape, to San Francisco in 1979, the machine having been physically moved from London after World War II. Luckily the time machine has several fail-safe mechanisms, one of which causes it to return to Wells, who sets out in pursuit to the "brave new world" of the future.
And thus begins the story proper, a chase-thriller with Wells first trying to find Stevenson, then being himself chased as the Ripper needs a key that will prevent him being followed in the time machine. Along the way Wells meets a bank officer, Amy Robbins (Mary Steenburgen) who helps him to locate his nemesis and with whom he quickly falls in love. The love story and the thriller are really the principle genres here, and first-time director Meyer handles the latter with surprising ease - the romantic part wasn't too difficult to fake, as it wasn't in fact faked and McDowell and Steenburgen embarked on a 10-year marriage shortly after the film's release. There are a couple of strong and quite obvious themes that underlie the whole story - optimism vs pessimism, the need to take love wherever you find it, and the importance of hope even in the face of the obvious truth that "progress" isn't always positive. There's a great scene in a hotel early on where Stevenson shows Wells just how misguided he's been - but Wells stubbornly persists in his optimism almost to the last, and McDowell is superb at conveying the fish-out-of-water, gentle soul with, at last, just enough steel to prevail over murder and time.
The San Francisco locations are nicely used, and there are numerous brief homages (some perhaps accidental) to earlier famous SF-set classics like DIRTY HARRY, BULLITT, and VERTIGO; Miklós Rózsa's fine score even quotes Herrmann's music for the Hitchcock film - or comes awfully close to doing so - in the Muir Woods scene. If you're someone who is insistent on absolute historical and scientific accuracy in your science fiction, I'm afraid you'll be let down - the explanation behind the time machine and the one paradox that is involved isn't terribly convincing, and the ripper murders occurred in 1888, not 1893. Die-hard Wellsians (yes, there are a few) regularly complain about McDowell's "wrong" accent, the real author's harsh Cockney having been considered grating and unpalatable to film audiences - but as I say above, to think of this as hard, serious social science fiction is IMO a mistake, it's a romantic thriller with just enough social comment to make the characters more interesting and believable. It's exciting, fun, and charming, and it has a feel of the old "classy" Hollywood methods for doing science fiction and horror (the violence is quite muted and more intense for leaving much to our imagination), with special effects definitely of much less importance than they usually have been in genre films released since this one. Not a "great" film, perhaps, or a particularly important or life-changing one, but it certainly hits all the right notes for me.
The disc offers a commentary track featuring director Meyer and star McDowell that is one of the better examples I've heard. Meyer's explanation for his use of the particular hotel he picked for the chase between Stevenson and Wells to begin in had me hitting my head and saying "of course"; it's nice to find a director of science fiction and fantasy who actually knows the classics of the genre.』
(Great Take On H.G.Wells) 『This is a film we had on VHS and have now updated to DVD. This is a great take on the H.G. Wells' story of The Time Machine with the added interest of Jack the Ripper. Malcomb McDowell is good as the studious H.G. Wells forced to pursue his friend, who it turns out is Jack the Ripper, into the San Francisco of the 1970's, with his time machine. With the Ripper now running loose in the free-wheeling Frisco of the '70s, Wells must stop the madman before he can slaughter again. Although dated the film is well done, with a cast of well known actors. If you like science fiction the old fashioned way, through the eyes of those who invented the genre, this is a film to see.』
(I'll watch this Time After Time) 『This movie has something for everyone: love, sci-fi, past and present, bad guy, hero, etc. This is definitely one of my favorites that I can watch over and over again. These 3 actors make this movie sensational. Get it!』
(A Timeless Treat!) 『Nicholas Meyer is a wonderful writer! He was also the creator of THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION (another favorite of mine), and TIME AFTER TIME is a delicious follow-up. The story is clever and funny and touching and suspenseful, and the cast is splendid (One can watch Steenburgen and McDowell falling in love as they make the film (They were later married). And David Warner makes a superb Jack the Ripper (and gets the lion's share of the best lines: "Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today I'm an amateur.") There's also a luscious musical score by Miklos Rozsa (Listen to the little tune playing in the background at the revolving restaurant!). On a recent visit to San Francisco I found myself stumbling on settings from the movie (Francisco Street, The Palace of Fine Arts, The Hyatt Regency, the Muir Woods), and they inevitably brought back happy memories of this charming movie.』 『In this clever speculative tale, story collaborators Karl Alexander and Steve Hayes and screenwriter-director Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek IIandVI) send two famous historical figures ahead in time. In late 19th century England, writer H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) unwittingly includes Jack the Ripper (David Warner) in his social circle. When one of Wells's dinner parties is crashed by the police looking for the Ripper, Jack uses the author's time machine to escape. But there's one catch--after it has been used, the machine returns to Wells's time. Thus the literary genius bravely sets out to find his evil friend before he can wreak havoc on another time period, and soon arrives in modern-day San Francisco. What follows is a fascinating merger of a suspense thriller--as the charming and polite Wells tries to hunt down the shrewd, brutish Ripper and take him back to the past--and a love story, as Wells befriends and falls in love with a bank administrator (Mary Steenburgen) who acts as his guide through the future. Through its brilliant combination of creepy suspense and tender romance,Time After Timemanages to become a classic in two genres at once--a rare cinematic achievement.--Bryan Reesman』
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Sony
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Need Proof...Michael At His Best) 『Watching him from early in his career to his later videos is truly a keeper. This is proof positive that he is/was definitely "THE ONE."』
(Dirty Diana alone makes up for this!) 『OK so this is essentially a collection of his top music videos! I know some of them are redundant especially if you have History Vol 1 and 2 BUT you should really get this. Why? DIRTY DIANA music video alone makes this a worthy purchase AND You Rock My World!!!
No other DVDs have these two music videos! He looks super hot and sexy in Dirty Diana music video so that alone is your reason to get this dvd!』
(Great) 『My family and I sat down and watched this togeather. This was great we really enjoyed it. Michael does awesome work. The video was not to long at all, it left you wanting more so see. I had never seen Blood on the dance floor when I saw it, it blew me away. The one thing my son said to me is that no matter who is in the video with Michael, he always draws your eyes back to him and that is so true.
I LOVED IT』
(LOVED IT) 『I really enjoyed this dvd. The only problem was Smooth Criminal, I didn't really liked what they did to it. Smooth Criminal has a lot of his dancing and it looked liked they just fast forward through the whole dance routine. Why did I rate it a 5, because I just love Michael Jackson.』
(The title speaks for itself) 『I love this DVD. I had a Thriller Party on what would have been Michael's 51st birthday, and everyone loved it. It was very appropriate for the occasion, celebrating his life, not his death. On the other hand, we were disappointed with "Smooth Criminal" - the version on the video was fast framed, and with the speed of it you could not fully enjoy certain dance sequences, especially the "leaning over" part. All in all, the video is still worth investing in.』 『Studio: Sony Music Release Date: 11/18/2003』
price：$6.99
Warner Home Video
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Arrived quickly and was a great price!) 『No bumps with this seller at all, great price and was on my door step in a few days! 』
(Gremlins) 『Poor writing, poor acting, predictible etc. My main beef, though, is the scene where Phoebe Cates' character tells the story about how she found out there wasn't really a Santa Claus. Be warned before watching this with young children. I wish I had been!!』
(HILARIOUS!!!!!) 『I LOVE THIS MOVIE. THIS MOVIE MADE ME LAUGH; IT DEFINITELY WASN'T A HORROR MOVIE IN MY OPINION. I LAUGHED MY HEAD OFF WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!!!』
(Horror gone B-Movie funny...) 『...You watch it and find yourself sucked into an otherwise story by numbers movie (hey, the old guy says "no sunlight, water or food after midnight" so you're warned what to expect already). Main criticism of course is its lack of focus on the hilarious antics of the evil Gremlins (something the sequel did a little better) who destroy a good portion of a town, but aren't seen nearly enough to make you detest them - instead they're little more than pests. The level of gore is surprising, which is how you can tell that this isn't technically a "kids" movie, so care should be taken with young children (but saying that I'd have been 7 when I saw this and had no problem....but then Nightmare on Elm Street might have desensitised me a bit by that time) but it's essential viewing if only so that you can watch the sequel too.』
(Funny horror movie!) 『Me and my best friend rented this movie from block buster because my mom said it was really good. We started watching it thinking it was kind of weird and didn't get it. Then we got into it a little more and started to enjoy it. It was kind of funny then this kind of dramatic part came up. we stoped smiling and giggling and got kind of scared. Then a gremlin popped out of nowhere and my friend and I were practiclly waking up the whole neighborhood with our screams. Then we just started laughing and had a great time and enjoyed the movie! At our next sleepover, we are definetly watching Gremlins 2!』 『A man buys a Mogwai as a Christmas present for his son. The young boy is told to keep the pet away from water out of the light and never to feed it after midnight. Inadvertently the creature is dampened and almost instantly produces half a dozen furry replicas of itself --which continue to multiply and turn the small town upside-down.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR UPC: 085391163152 Manufacturer No: 116315』
price：$4.49
Paramount
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Sleepy Hollow is wide awake on Blu-ray) 『The incredible production values and performances really shine on this Blue-ray edition of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. Tim Burton's rendition on the classic tale is a creepy fall take shrouded in mystery in tune with Halloween. You will not go wrong in buying this edition as it is worthy of many repeated viewings.』
(Wonderfully spooky! The Tim Burton way!) 『This a great time of year to bring out this DVD! I only have standard dvd and not Blu-Ray yet but still looks good. The storytelling is great fun and the 'Dark" spooky skies and atmosphere Burton creates is not to be missed. Danny Elfman's music is a real treat and will scare you to death! The movie runs a little out of steam a little toward the end! That's why not five stars--but still highy recommended!』
(Spooky and Magic) 『Sleepy Hollow is a rare blend of gothic atmosphere, slice-and-dice gore, and black humor, a horror fantasy that works both as horror and as fantasy. Tim Burton fleshes out the legend of the Headless Horseman and creates a starkly striking and frightening world.
With the deft touch that Burton has at his best he builds a world of unparalleled imagination that is completely believable. And in Sleepy Hollow, that world is the stage for a story that's thrilling and with just the right amount of twisty-turny mystery. Costume horror doesn't often surpass its stuffy surroundings to be either genuinely fun or spooky, but Sleepy Hollow does both.』
(Fun pastiche of Hammer horror, Poe, Irving and others) 『I used to love Tim Burton. Being a sf/fantasy/comics freak from childhood on, Burton was one of the few Hollywood filmmakers separate from the Lucas/Spielberg axis who was making stuff that I could always count on seeing with my non-film buff friends who were into the same sort of genre stuff I was. I loved "Edward Scissorhands", "Beetlejuice", and "Ed Wood", and always looked forward to what came next.
But in the past decade or so he's disappointed more often than not. His "Planet of the Apes" remake was complete dreck, and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", while not terrible, didn't seem necessary or particularly necessary either. "Sweeney Todd" was a little bit better, but still didn't make me particularly worry about having missed a couple of his more recent works. I caught up to one of those recently though, and I'm happy to say that my fears were not (mostly) justified.
"Sleepy Hollow", first of all, has very little to do with the Washington Irving story which it is "based on" according to the credits. "Inspired by" might be more accurate, and the film takes equal inspiration from the works of Edgar Allan Poe (specifically his prototypical detective character, Dupin) and Hammer horror films from the late 50s and early 60s - going so far as to cast Christopher Lee in a small role at the beginning of the film.
The cast is certainly a big, big part of the fun here, with such wonderful character veterans as Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Martin Landau and Christopher Walken all getting juicy (if generally small) turns in this story of a New York police constable, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp), with "advanced" ideas being sent (more or less as punishment) to the small Hudson valley town of Sleepy Hollow to deal with a series of gruesome beheadings, in 1799. As the film develops, Ichabod believes there's a perfectly rational explanation for the murders, and it's to the film's credit and Depp's that as he gradually learns that in fact there is a fantastic, mystical presence behind them (Christopher Walken as the silent but deadly Headless Horseman), he continues to probe the secrets, never entirely giving up his rational belief system but also finding the ability to accept some of the religious/magical possibilities behind the horseman - while also coming under the spell of a young woman at the center of the horror (Christina Ricci).
It's all quite beautifully shot, excellently acted with perhaps the exception of Ricci (one of those actors I can never really accept in period roles), who isn't really bad, and it's a wonderful mixture of comedy, scares and thrills, and a bit of the mystic. My only real problem with it comes in the ending, which is too much like a Scooby Doo "aha, I've got you now" episode; most of the film managed to keep me guessing at least a little bit but the finale is all too typical. Oh well; this is certainly one of the most pleasant surprises I've had in a while, and there's even some interesting stuff below the surface - the whole colonial/witch-haunted/Protestant New England of the 17th-18th centuries brushing up against the coming of modern science and the Industrial Revolution and secularism is quite expertly handled, though it never gets in the way of a good old-fashioned story. Really, loads and loads of fun and probably my 2nd-favorite Burton film at the moment after "Ed Wood".
The DVD transfer seems quite excellent; I haven't listened to the commentary yet (I often don't) and the other extras are of middling interest.』
(Don't Lose Your Head Over This Entry by Tim Burton!) 『It's been ten years since this cool Johnny Depp film came to play and it's still as fun and as comedic as they come.
Loosely based on the Washington Irving tale, Tim Burton wanted to make a story that woudl be a horror tale, great texture and capturing some 18th century wildness.
Oddly, this story reminded me of Columbo, kind of like an 18th century Columbo. Similar in a lot of ways with the conspiracy theories, the four Sleepy Hollow conspirators, and the fact that Icabod's scientific know-how falls prey to an actual horror, the headless horseman.
The Danny Elfman score adds to the mystery of the horseman. Rated "R" most likely because of all the heads being lopped off, quite cleanly I might add.
The detective mystery aspect is fascinating since I did not see that ending coming. Christina Ricci plays a naive girl who dabbles in witchcraft and Icabod faints at the sight of spiders and corpses.
Great flick for a Halloween night.
The DVD has some cool extras, such as an interview with the cast and crew and you really get into Burton's head and see what he was all about, plus film trailers and such.
Uncredited appearance by Martin Landau in the beginning of the film, and a short but masterful rendition of a court judge by Christopher Lee.
To add, the photography was the best. The deep, muted colors throughout the film gave it a moody, depressing look. After the evil is banished at the end, all is bright and autumn red colors. Yeah, a bit corny but interesting play of color and light.
Other Burton Films Recommended:
Beetlejuice Edward Scissorhands [Blu-ray]』 『Master storyteller Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) weaves an eerie, enchanting version of the classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean 1&2) is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci (Monster) is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.』 『The films of Tim Burton shine through the muck like a jack-o-lantern on a foggy October night. After such successes asThe Nightmare Before ChristmasandEdward Scissorhands, it should come as no surprise thatSleepy Hollowis a dazzling film, a delicious reworking of Washington Irving'sThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Dark and moody, the film is a thrilling ride back to the turn of the 19th century. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a seemingly hapless constable from New York City who is sent to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to solve the mystery of the decapitations that are plaguing the town. Crane is a bumbling sort, with a tremendous faith in science over mysticism, and he comes up against town secrets, bewitching women, and a number of bodies missing heads. Christina Ricci, as beautiful as ever, is Katrina Van Tassel, the offbeat love interest who alternately charms and frightens Crane.
The film, while occasionally gory (as one should expect from a movie about a headless horseman), is not terribly frightening, although it is suspenseful. Both Depp and Ricci are convincing, and the art direction and production values give the village its harsh feel. Toward the end, once the secrets are revealed, the film does slow down; however, this stylistic horror film provides many tricks and even more treats.--Jenny Brown』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Got Magic) 『It's a great shirt... I had to order XL the second time because the T-shirt is small to size and will shrink in washer if your not careful. I have received compliments every time I wear it... people always want to know where I got it. I tell them on Amazon.com.』 『Pick from the petite form-fitting babydoll style or standard regular fit womens style. Please refer to our sizing chart for measurements.This design also available as a men's Tee shirt, and a men's hoodie and sweat shirt in our other amazon.com listings.』 タイトル『 Girls and Tween Team Spirit Cheerleader Costume >
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『When Darkness Comes is a tile-based board game that combines roleplaying with boardgaming. / / The first core set, called The Awakening, deals with the undead (zombies, mummies, vampires, etc). The objective of the game will depend on the scenario. Some may include finding and defeating a big bad guy, finding a certain object, defusing a bomb, etc. The characters (pre-generated or created) have 7 attributes with specialized skills. That will determine the amount of dice rolled for a skill check. The mechanic for skill checks is a poker variation instead of using straight high roll. Players try to get 6 high, one pair, 3 straight, 3 of a kind, 4 straight, etc.』
price：$6.99
HarperTeen
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (wonderful) 『I love the books. they came in great condition and on time i am very happy.』
(I love these books!!) 『I loved the first book..but i loved this one even more. The Vampire Diaries has heat that Twilight can only dream of. I can't wait to read the next one in the series :)』
(Great) 『I received this book in excellent condition nothing wrong with it at all. I even received it before I expected it as well.』 『
Torn between two vampire brothers
Damon: Determined to make Elena his, he'd kill his own brother to possess her.
Stefan: Desperate for the power to destroy Damon and protect Elena, he gives in to his thirst for human blood.
Elena: The girl who can have anyone finds herself in the middle of a love triangle . . . one that might turn deadly
price：$4.80
Pocket Books
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (I've reread this book at least a dozen times while waiting for the sequel to come out...) 『I've read a vast number of zombie books, and Day by Day Armageddon is one of the absolute best. Initially I thought that the journal-style of the book might annoy me, but I quickly fell into the story and completely forgot about the format. Bourne is a master of creating an intense, suspenseful situation and will quickly suck you in to this story.
I got this book for Christmas two years ago, and I had finished reading it before bed that night. It's so very hard to put it down! If you're looking for a well-written, George Romero style zombie novel, go for this one.』
(Really Enjoyable) 『Excellent zombie fiction. The main character is interesting and beliveable. As an ex-military man I enjoyed the fact that the main character was active duty military. The action is good although the main way the characters deal with the zombies is to be real quiet so they are not discovered. One action scene where the protaganists parachute from an airport tower seemed silly and contrived and a romantic subplot is hinted at but never materializes. Despite these minor flaws (as well as a few editing problems) I found the book to be a real page turner and hope for a sequel in the near future.』
(Good book if you like the format) 『The book is great. It's another well done addition to the zombie fictional world. You will like the book if you don't mind the journal format the narrative is written in. The book reads from the perpective of the protaganist, and as such it does not include a steady story-line like in traditional novels. Most of the negative reviews list this as the main criteria for their complaints. I myself didn't mind it and found it a nice break from other books.』
(Crap would be an understatement for this book) 『I know it was written by an amateur, which is stated in the book, but that doesn't excuse it. IMHO, the book was glib and boring. Nothing new, no ambiance created in work, no texture of storytelling.
If you've never read a zombie novel before, then this one might seem interesting, but in the end it's a wash.』
(Dear diary..today I wasn't killed by a zombie!) 『I can't stress how great this book is. It is written in a very realistic way and you can truly get a sense of how a soldier would think during such an outbreak. The writing is vivid and sends chills as you can actually picture yourself in this situation because the author does such a good job. I hope the next book is as entertaining as this one...I finished it in two days because it was hard to put down!』 『
START INTERCEPT
SPORADIC NEW REPORTS INDICATE CHAOS AND VIOLENCE SPREADING THROUGH U.S. CITIES. AN UNKNOWN EVIL IS SWEEPING THE PLANET. THE DEAD ARE RISING TO CLAIM THE EARTH AS THE NEW DOMINANT SPECIES IN THE FOOD CHAIN.
INTERCEPT COMPLETE
SURVIVOR,
In your hands is the handwritten journal depicting one man's struggle for survival. Trapped in the midst of global disaster, he must make decisions; choices that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them.
ENTER IF YOU WILL INTO HIS WORLD. THE WORLD OF THE UNDEAD.
price：$8.99
Simon Pulse
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Three Novels in One) 『When I bought this book, I failed to notice that it was three stand alone novels, rather than one lengthy novel about the girl in the first one. However, I did read the whole thing, so that has to count for something. I thought the first story had the most potential for telling a unique story and it fell into shallow cliches. As I read through the other two books, I noted that they get incrementally more complex with each story. I wonder if that's true for the entire series, but not enough to really buy anymore.
The reason I'm writing this review is that the third story, about the sisters, was surprisingly dark. The morality of the tale, as I understood it, was questionable. It seems to express that even though one of the characters shows clear signs of being a sociopath, there's nothing to be done about it and it would be a betrayal to act otherwise. I was particularly disturbed by the part that describes a horrifying aftermath of this character's actions and our protagonist, though bothered by it herself, notes that this was one of the luckier victims. Despite that, there seems to be genuine affection for this character from a number of other characters, and there is never any acknowledgement that the behavior will be changed.
I find it irresponsible of a YA novel to contain such a character without having negative consequences, just the assumption that aging will take away an utter lack of compassion. Then again, finding a story told without the clear black and white of good and evil we so often see in all forms of media was encouraging. Overall, I still don't think it was a good choice on the part of the author.
That being said, it was okay. I think the premise is decent, but it's not handled with the sophistication I've come to expect from other YA authors.
Here are my usual questions:
Was it worth my time AND money? At least there were thought-provoking moments in it. I'd have to say yes to this question only because I had a lot of time on my hands when I read it and I did get it used. Otherwise it would be a clear no, but it was readable.
Will it be seeing a trip to the local used bookstore as a trade-in? It already has.
Was there ever a point where I groaned because I just knew X-event had to happen? Yes.
Was there anything truly incredible or surprising about this story? The dubious morality I found in the third book was surprising. There were some interesting characterizations among the cardboard centerpieces.
Did the characters ever act in a way that felt forced or inconsistent with the rules of the universe as the author has presented them? (Or, did the author in any way hijack the characters and sacrifice their realism for the sake of a plot point?) Frequently, especially Ash.
Is it a guilty pleasure? It was a guilty something. I wouldn't brag about having read it to anyone.
Two word summary: Mostly predictable』
(Excellent book!) 『I had read the other vampire series that had the recent movie but I liked this series better. Alot more action and romance. I would recommend this series to anyone and all ages, although, I think ages 15 to 30 would enjoy it more.』
(Not the best) 『This was an okay book that I had to force myself to finish. To many interconnected short stories for me. I bought the entire series all at one time so now I am stuck with it. Just not my cup of tea』
(Night World No. 1) 『I did not expect this book to be much more than a time passer. I read a lot and a lot of differant types of books. Teen books are not my norm. The first story "Secret Vampire" hooked me then "Daughters of Darkness" made me realize that I had to buy the other 2 books and hope that L. J. Smith would continue to write these catchy storys.
I am sure that i will be rereading them sometime in the future. I love the way that the storys all seem to connect in some small way. I have not finished all three of the books yet but so far i am impressed enough to purchase the 3 books as a Christmas gift for some of my grand nieces. I think they will like them as much as i do.』
(Cute teen paranormal romance stories) 『"Night World" is basically a series of short paranormal romance stories for young adults. The premise here is that there are Night People (vampires, witches, werewolves) who live among regular humans and who are prohibited from disclosing any information about the secret world or fall in love with mortals. Each story in the series is about a supernatural creature falling in love with a regular person.
The first story "Secret Vampire" is centered around Poppy, who just found out she has a terminal form of cancer and has weeks to live. The only way for her to continue her existence is to be turned a vampire, and accidentally her long-time best friend and crush James is a vampire who could help her out. It's a nice story, with quite a morbid air about it due to scenes of death, funeral, grave digging, etc.
"Daughters of Darkness" is a kind of a mystery which follows 3 vampire sisters arriving to a small town. Their vampire aunt is recently killed, and a series of equally disturbing events follows. Human sister and brother Mark and Mary-Lynnette get accidentally involved in the whole ordeal. They discover the true nature of their strange neighbors and to add to it, Mary-Lynnette finds out that she is a soulmate of the sisters' arrogant brother Ash and can't do anything about it. This story is more light-hearted and Ash has some great lines here.
The last story in the book "Spellbinder" is about two witch cousins. When her cousin Blaise, a witch of the black arts, sets her sights on star athlete Eric, white witch Thea casts a spell on the young man to protect him and falls in love despite the rules that forbid their relationship. A lot of witchcraft and spells is in this book which I liked quite a bit.
By current YA standards L.J. Smith's books seem almost juvenile. There is no sex, no drugs, or any gruesome violence, but I like her stories anyway. She knows how to develop her characters, her stories are imaginative and romance scenes are very sweet and touching in an innocent way. I still think that Smith's "Dark Visions" and "The Forbidden Game" trilogies are better, but these "Night World" are nicely done too and I will definitely continue on with the series.』 『
Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World.
InSecret Vampire, Poppy thought the summer would last forever. Then she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now Poppy's only hope for survival is James, her friend and secret love. A vampire in the Night World, James can make Poppy immortal. But first they both must risk everything to go against the laws of Night World.
Fugitives from Night World, three vampire sisters leave their isolated home to live among humans inDaughters of Darkness. Their brother, Ash, is sent to bring the girls back, but he falls in love with their beautiful friend.
Two witch cousins fight over their high school crush. It's a battle between black magic and white magic inSpellbinder.』
price：$29.99
Majesco Sales Inc.
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Great kids game) 『This game has been a lot of fun for my 6 year old. I explained the minigame rules to her once and now she can play it all by her self.』
(Fun for kids AND adults! :)) 『My son got this game last year for Christmas and he still LOVES playing it! I admit I do too. :) My niece loved playing it with him, so we got her one for her birthday recently. Now my brother in law loves playing it with her.』
(LOVE IT!) 『I purchased this Wi game for my granddaughter's 11th birthday. She absolutely loves it and plays it all the time. The purchase was shipped promptly and arrived in excellent condition. I would definitely purchase similar items in the future.
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(Great one for the kids. They love it!!) 『Alot of fun for the family. Great game to play with the kids. My kids love it!』
(Fun but difficult) 『I bought this game for my eleven year old brother and he likes it. He said it is fun to play but is a little difficult for him. There are a lot of mini games and different levels but they are hard to pass. Overall it is fun but not intended for younger kids.』 『Goosebumps Horrorland Wii』
price：$3.00
Capcom USA
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Resident Evil 5 for PC is really fun) 『This game plays and looks great and I especially like using my mouse and keyboard to play it (which was not the case with RE4 for PC). Would recommend to anyone.』
(Sniper Rifle Fun) 『I carry all 3 types of the Sniper Rifles which makes this game FUN and a First Person Shooter...there is still room to carry 3 other (non FPS guns) I like the atmospheric scenery and spend half the time just starrring at SHEVA who is my fantasy dream gun girl. It would be 3 stars without her....』
(SecuRom = do not buy) 『SecuRom is the only reason you need to pass on this game for the PC..get it for the console.
if you do not know what SecuRom is..then you are really just the type of pawn these big corporate companies desire』
(Better on the PC) 『I had a PS3 briefly and RE5 was one of the games I really liked on it, but I think the PC version is the best. Any PC gamer will know there is just no comparison with the better accuracy you get with a mouse and keyboard versus a gamepad. Much more precise shooting, this is especially evident in the fast paced mercenaries mode. The game overall is pretty fun but my one complaint is that the story mode is a little short, compared to RE4 at least. Though the mercenaries mode hugely makes up for it with replay value (unlike older RE titles where I would only replay once in a blue moon). Its intense, addictive and incredibly fun - one of the best additions and modes to RE. Nothing like getting attacked by hordes of zombies and having a huge arsenal of weapons to fend them off..! Also in the PC version they added a new No Mercy mode with even larger swarms and it is absolutely nuts. Mercenaries is a blast and a MUST PLAY for all RE fans. Finally, the graphics look slightly better than the console version. You can make out a bit more detail in the PC version and it sure looks pretty. All in all I will say RE5 is right up there with RE2 as my favorites in the series. There seems to be a lot of negative reviews out there because the old RE survival horror style was abandoned. But I think the reverse would happen if they continued the same formula, there would be the "seen it, done that before" complaints. Personally I liked the new fresh direction RE4 took and RE5 just builds on that with more enemies, weapon upgrades and better gameplay.』
(Killed Activation Codes) 『Sorry I couldn't give "0" stars but I had to click on 1 just to post.
The game is useless to my neighbor. He paid $52 at Wal-Mart and the activation code is no good.
But like the other reviewer said. It's Securom that's the problem. Somehow, an old game's Securom code is interfering with the activation of RE 5 on my neighbors computer. There is no way to fix it except to reformat his hard-drive and reinstall the operating system.
Story From the ashes of old conflicts, a new terror arises. The Umbrella Corporation and its crop of lethal viruses have been destroyed and contained. But a new, more dangerous threat has emerged. Years after surviving the events in Raccoon City, Chris Redfield has been fighting the scourge of bio-organic weapons all over the world. Now a member of the Bio-terrorism Security Assessment Alliance (B.S.A.A.), Chris is sent to Africa to investigate a biological agent that is transforming the populace into aggressive and disturbing creatures. Joined by another local BSSA agent, Sheva Alomar, the two must work together to solve the truth behind the disturbing turn of events.Exciting Two-Player Co-op Mode The new cooperative gameplay element focuses on the realities of a dual-agent mission, highlighting the ways in which Redfield and Alomar must work together to survive the unexpected, while still allowing them to split up and work alone. To help you maximize the potential of this setup, two-player online and off-line co-op modes ensure that you have options when aligning yourself with a partner.Stereoscopic 3D with the PC Version PC gamers will get the ultimateResident Evilpackage in the new PC version as new features will include NVIDIA's new GeForce 3D Vision technology (wireless 3D Vision glasses sold separately). Fans that pick up the PC version ofResident Evil 5will be the first to experience stereoscopic 3D out of screen effects as their living rooms are transformed into the world of Kijuju. Infected Majini coming at players from every angle, dust flying in and out of screen and the scariest bosses to date are taken up a notch.Resident Evil 5for PC represents a whole new level of fear that players will never forget. Stereoscopic 3D is also supported in all of the game's cut scenes - an industry first.An Unprecedented Level of Fear Co-producer and series veterans Jun Takeuchi (Lost Planet) and Masachika Kawata (Resident Evil 4Wii Edition,Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles) unleash an unprecedented level of fear for the next generation inResident Evil 5, the sequel to one of the highest-rated video games in history according to Metacritic.com and Gamerankings.com. Promising to revolutionize the series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control,Resident Evil 5is certain to bring new fans to the series. These incredible changes to both the gameplay and world ofResident Evilmake this a must-have game for gamers across the globe.Key Features
Two Playable Characters– Chris Redfield, protagonist of the originalResident EvilandResident Evil: Code Veronica, returns and is joined by new playable character Sheva Alomar, an African BSAA agent tasked with investigating the epidemic.
Two Player Online Co-op– New cooperatively-focused gameplay revolutionizes the way thatResident Evilis played. Chris and Sheva must work together to survive new challenges and fight dangerous hordes of enemies.
Next Generation of Fear– Features groundbreaking graphics that utilize an advanced version of Capcom’s proprietary game engine, MT Framework, which powered the hit titlesDevil May Cry 4,Lost PlanetandDead Rising.
"Quick-Select" Inventory System– Improved inventory system allows items to be traded between characters. To add to the intensity, all inventory management is done in real time; items can even be assigned to the directional pad for instant access.
New Control Schemes– Features new modernized third-person action game control variations as well as the return of the traditionalResident Evil 4control schemes.
New Enemies Bring New Challenges– Enemies boast increased speed and intelligence, making them as dangerous alone as they are in groups.
Powerful New Weapons– The number of weapon variations has been greatly increased providing new ways to keep enemies at bay.
Fear Light as much as Shadow– Lighting effects provide a new level of suspense as players attempt to survive in both harsh sunlight and extreme darkness.
System Requirements:
Minimum Specifications:
Recommended Specifications:
OS:
Windows XP / Vista.
Processor:
Intel Pentium D Processor or higher, AMD Athlon64 X2 or higher.
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor or higher, AMD Phenom X4 or higher.
RAM:
XP: 512MB or more / Vista: 1GB RAM or more.
XP: 1GB or more / Vista: 2GB RAM or more.
Disc Drive:
DVD9 compatible drive.
Hard Drive:
8.0GB or more.
Monitor:
800× 600 or higher.
1280 x 720 or higher.
Video Card:
256MB VRAM*3 or more, DirectX 9.0c/Shader 3.0 or higher, *1 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or higher, *2 ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro or higher.
512MB VRAM*3 or more, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 series or higher, ATI Radeon HD 4800 or higher recommended.
Sound Card:
DirectX 9.0 or higher.
Input Device:
Mouse and keyboard
Gamepad (Xbox 360 controller for Windows recommended).
Other:
A broadband Internet connection is required for online play.
*1 Operations on board fall outside the scope of the warranty. Also, when VRAM is used in common with the main memory, it falls outside of the warranty. *2 Other than NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series. *3 Outside of warranty when used with main memory.
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(Great Game) 『I got this game as a birthday gift (I love horror-survival games) and I was surprised how much I liked it. Anyone who likes the "Silent Hill" series will like the dark, creepy atmosphere and the wide ranges of puzzles offered in this game. It really is a good game for survival-horror fans.』
(I would rather...) 『I would rather shove my hand into a blender, crank it up to the highest setting possible and pour lemon juice on whatever is left than play this horrid game again! Dispite having Tobin Bell voice Jigsaw, the game was still horrible! The controls were like whoever thought them up, decided not to bother with controls that made sense but instead just made them assbackwards and convoluted as hell! The graphics even suck for a next gen game! Plus you're in an insane asylum with a buch of other people all out to get you....uh, in the movies, it was just a group of people, not a whole damn mob! The puzzles are awful as well, often being too time consuming to bother with, or when you got to do them, you wanna just wing the controller at something. I would pay NOT to buy this game! You'd be doing yourself a favor if you passed this title up, just stick with the movies...at least those are somewhat entertaining. 24 hours after buying this game, I sold it to GameStop.』
(SAWvival horror) 『when i bought this game..i gritted my teeth at the counter when i purchased it, i was actually feeling a little embarrased that i was buying a game based on a movie..which we all know 95% are terrible..BUT...i was surprised to find out..it is one of the better games made from a movie..there are plenty of flaws yes...the combat ..the lighting..(hard to see at times)..repetitive puzzles..BUT..i couldnt stop playing, it was fun..addictive..i wanted to see what happened next..the other reviews explained this game rather well..ill cut it short and say, if you like saw movies and if you like survival horror, silent hill type games,you will enjoy it..the ending was cool..passing grade from what i expected..』
(great game) 『i like the game for alot of reason some are it makes you think and its and you can play for hours and you never get bored』 『SAW Xbox 360』
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