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House of Wax (1953), a review by addicted2dvd

House of Wax (1953)


My Thoughts:
Now this one I really enjoyed. Big plus here... Vincent Price is in this movie. It felt like the film really caught a stride and never stopped till it was over. No slow/boring parts here for me. Definitely a movie I feel I can recommend.

(From Original/Remake Comparison Marathon on May 3rd, 2008)

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, a review by Rogmeister

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
Voices: Kevin Conroy, Kimberly Brooks, Hector Elizondo, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kelly Ripa, Kyra Sedgwick, David Ogden Stiers, Bob Hastings, Efram Zimbalist Jr.

In this animated direct-to-DVD movie, a new costumed vigilante is in town...Batwoman.  She is particularly bent on destroying the crime alliance of Rupert Thorne and The Penguin...who are soon joined by the behemoth known as Bane.  Batman tries to keep the peace and also tries to solve the mystery of just who is this Batwoman anyway?  There are several women on the scene, any of which could be the mysterious crimefighter.  This animated feature was made by some of the same people who worked on the Batman animated series, though not all of them (no Bruce Timm on this project, for instance).  The movie is 75 minutes long so there's no time for slow boring passages.  It's a fast-moving, slightly less dark adventure than many of the episodes of the series it is based on.  And, surprise surprise, Bruce Wayne even winds up with a girl at the end!  Woo-hoo!  I would definitely recommend this for any wanting a good animated Batman adventure.  

The DVD release has several extras.  There is a short original Batman adventure (about 5 or 6 minutes long) titled "Chase Me" where Batman is chasing Catwoman...there's no dialogue or sound effects in this adventure...the soundtrack is comprised solely of a musical score.  There is a couple behind-the-scenes featurettes, one where several involved with the main film talk about the film and their thoughts on how they approached it and Andrea Romano discusses how a specific scene is approched, from script to finished product.  And there are character bios...but if you get this, don't check those out until after watching the main film unless you want the mystery of who Batwoman is to be ruined for you!  I enjoyed these extras, too...it makes me want to place an order right away for some other Batman animated adventures I don't have yet!

(From Roger's Random Reviews on October 10th, 2010)

The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

What's the show about?
This is a children's show from East Germany. It was the first in the "Spuk" series. During the summer three kids spent their days on the fair grounds and mostly in the haunted house their grandparents run. Three of the life-size puppets come to life and cause havoc in East Berlin and later the Harz mountains.


(lit. "The Fugitives")
One day a group of kids accidentally get three life-size puppets dirty: the witch, the giant and Rumpelstiltskin. When they secretly try to clean them in the river Spree the puppets come to life and escape. Their first mission is to get a broom so that they can fly away from this strange town they've woken up in, so they visit the next shopping mall and steal the next best thing to a broom: a vacuum cleaner.

My Opinion
When I was a kid I enjoyed this seven-part show. So when it became available on DVD I bought it purely for sentimental reasons. But if you're having small children, it's still a great story.

(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on April 4th, 2013)