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Day of the Dead, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Day of the Dead: Divimax Series
Year: 1985
Director: George A. Romero
Rating: NR
Length: 101 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround EX, English: DTS ES (Matrixed), English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:Plot:
In this third and final shocker in the legendary trilogy from writer/director George A. Romero (DAWN OF THE DEAD, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), a small group of scientists and soldiers have taken refuge in an underground missle silo where they struggle to control the flesh-eating horror that walks the earth above. But will the final battle for the future of the human race be fought among the living or have they forever unleashed the hunger of the dead? Lori Cardille, Joe Pilato, Richard Liberty and Howard Sherman star in this controversial classic with groundbreaking gore effects by Tom Savini and featuring the most intense zombie carnage ever filmed.

This is the ultimate edition of DAY OF THE DEAD. Presented in a stunning new widescreen transfer with terrifying DTS-ES & Dolby Digital Surround EX audio, this is the darkest day of horror the world has ever known, like you've never seen or heard it before!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Interviews
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned
From the Files of Dr. M. Logan P.H.D - 16 Page Booklet

My Thoughts:
I have watched this movie countless times... has always been one of my favorite of the Romero zombie movies. But this is the first time I watched this release of the movie after a good friend (Thanks Achim!) sent it to me. The gore in this one is really up there. Between the zombies tearing and and eating flesh and some of the scenes such as the doctor's experiments on the zombies and a dream sequence here and there the gore is plentiful and well done. I will say that there is some characters I dislike in this movie. But I think that is usually true of most movies. I would also say that some of the acting is a bit over the top.  But if you can get past that you are in for a gory walking dead treat. I didn't get the chance to check out the extras disc yet... but looking forward to checking it out soon.




(From Addicted2DVD's November Alphabet Marathon on November 20th, 2009)

The Dorm That Dripped Blood, a review by Achim

Death Dorm (Uncensored Director's Cut) (1982/United States) Synapse Films (United States) Director: Jeffrey Obrow, Stephen Carpenter Writing: Stephen Carpenter (Screenwriter), Jeffrey Obrow (Screenwriter), Stacey Giachino (Screenwriter) Length: 88 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: Mono, Commentary: DTS-HD Master Audio: 2-Channel Stereo, Music Only: DTS-HD Master Audio: Mono Subtitles:

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Stars:
Laurie Lapinski as Joanne
Stephen Sachs as Craig
David Snow as Brian
Pamela Holland as Patti
Dennis Ely as Bobby Lee Tremble

Plot:
On the eve of Christmas vacation, a college dormitory stands condemned... the dark halls now vacant, and unsafe. Student Joanne Murray and her close friends volunteer to help close down the building, unaware a psychopathic lunatic is hiding in the shadows. As the students disappear one by one, Joanne discovers the horrifying reality that if she is to survive, she alone will have to find a way to slay the brutal murderer.

If you think you've seen this film totally uncut... think again! Synapse Films is proud to present THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD in a never-before-seen alternate version containing additional scenes, extended gore sequences, and a different sound mix. This transfer was created from the only existing 35mm answer print of the original "Director's Cut" entitled DEATH DORM, a version of the film thought to have been lost for thirty years.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Interviews
• Reversible Cover with Alternate Artwork

My rating went up a little bit after watching the special features. To fully appreciate the film it does help to understand that it is practically a student film, done with minimal funding (Christopher Young provided his first score here!). It does feel a little like Friday the 13th in an appartment block. There is a limited amount of kills, but also Friday had far less kills than you might think. Other than Friday though, there directors do a good job of keeping the audience guess who the killer is and the kills are done with a variety of weapons (the drill was a favorite of mine ). The acting is better than one might expect from a student film. There is a bunch of moments where you just want to smack the characters silly, somethig along the lines of "you go back, alone, first and I will, alone, check out the scary noise we just heard"

As a slasher film there are almost too few kills, but like I said above, all the classics of the genre came out with very few kills too. Otherwise it's a good film that kept me interested for the most part.

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(From The Movies from Within My Lifetime on May 21st, 2011)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

The Munsters: Season One (1964/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 966 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Plot:
Get ready to be entertained by America's first family of fright. In this timeless, one-of-a-kind comedy series, the unforgettable family of The Munsters casts a hilarious spell that will keep you laughing through every new episode.

This complete first season includes the never-before-seen pilot episode.


The Munsters
1.01 Munster Masquerade
Writer: Joe Connelly (Writer), Bob Mosher (Writer), Al Burns (Original Material By), Chris Hayward (Original Material By)
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Cast: Yvonne De Carlo (Lily), Al Lewis (Grandpa), Beverley Owen (Marilyn), Butch Patrick (Eddie), Fred Gwynne (Herman), Linden Chiles (Tom Daly), Mabel Albertson (Agnes Daly), Frank Wilcox (Albert Daly), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Morton), Walter Woolf King (George Washington), Nina Roman (The Harem Girl), Paul Bradley (The 1st Guest), Berniece Dalton (The 2nd Guest), Roy Darmour (The 3rd Guest)

A good first episode. Though these jokes will get repetitive throughout the series. Nonetheless I always enjoyed the Munsters when growing up.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 10th, 2012)