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Title: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on April 24, 2011, 04:28:04 PM I love DVD sets from Mill Creek Entertainment. They're always so cheap yet it so fun watching through the movies to see which ones are good and which ones are awful. Here are the ones I own
GUNSLIGNGER CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK Its just a bunch of westerns. Kinda out of place for me, but I've really been digging watching some HORROR CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK likely the most popular one. alot of the well known B-movies from the 50s and earlier are on it HORROR CLASSICS 100 MOVIE PACK Really awesome set. With a great combination of 70s exploitation stuff, and plenty of 50s and earlier stuff as well. PURE TERROR 50 MOVIE PACK My favorite one that I own. Contains pretty much only 70s and 80s horror with a bit of older stuff. Very fun set NIGHTMARE WORLDS 50 MOVIE PACK I have other DVD's From the company that are smaller, but these are the major ones. what dvd's of theres do any of you all have? Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Raffine on April 24, 2011, 04:52:36 PM I couldn't agree more!
Mill Creek rules! I have: CRIME CLASSICS HORROR CLASSICS TERROR CLASSICS SCI-FI CLASSICS DRIVE-IN CLASSICS CHILLING CLASSICS COMEDY CLASSICS DARK WORLDS DECREPIT CRYPT NIGHTMARES ACTION CLASSICS HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS 150 CLASSIC SERIAL EPISODES NIGHT SCREAMS 20 CULT CLASSICS I recently ordered the MYSTERY 100 Pack, which is a comp of the MYSTERY and the DARK CRIMES collections; neither one I have. Some of the older ones I have contain movies like THE MILPITAS MONSTER that were removed from later editions due to legal reasons. There are actually a couple I don't have which I wouldn't mind getting, but the movie overlap in some of these sets and the increasing number of more recent films included has put me off getting them...so far. I believe The Burgomaster is very fond of these sets, too. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on April 24, 2011, 05:03:20 PM Cool thats a lot of they're sets that are kinda older. I believe some of them are OOP. If you look at they're website it seems like they're trying to get away from the image they have of "That company that puts 50 movies in one box"
http://www.millcreekent.com/ In terms of getting more boxes. I don't know if there are many more I could get. There was a spaghetti western one that looked interesting, and the Martial arts one looks good too. They're two genres I really wanna get into so yeah. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: voltron on April 24, 2011, 06:12:20 PM I don't own any of them (for shame), but if the Pure Terror one is 70s and 80s horror, count me in!
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on April 24, 2011, 06:40:30 PM I don't own any of them (for shame), but if the Pure Terror one is 70s and 80s horror, count me in! http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Terror-50-Movie-Pack/dp/B003VOVW2C Its mostly. There might be one or two or three movies that are the 50s or earlier. I recommend it to you with all my powers. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: claws on April 25, 2011, 12:48:28 AM I own the Nightmare Worlds set that includes quite a few gems (All the Kind Strangers, How Awful About Alan, Terror at the Red Wolf Inn, The Manster), hilarious cheese (Atomic Rulers of the World, The Nightmare Never Ends, Star Odyssey), stuff I haven't seen in ages (Death Warmed Up, Embryo, Eternal Evil, Panic) and simply bad - nearly unwatchable junk (The Alpha Incident, Doomsday Machine, Invasion from Inner Earth, Night Fright, Beast of the Yellow Night, UFO: Target Earth, Ring of Terror).
It also features movies with alternate titles. It's stuff I already own as much better DVD editions (Alien Contamination, Werewolf Woman, The New Barbarians: Warriors of the Wasteland). And a few decent or "interesting" movies I've never seen before (Piranha Piranha, Alien Species, Alien Zone, House of the Living Dead, Idaho Transfer, Prisoners of the Lost Universe). Except for Terror at the Red Wolf Inn most if not all transfers are pretty awful and look horrid upconverted on my LCD :bluesad: Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on April 25, 2011, 10:14:10 AM I forgot to say I had Nightmare worlds. I agree some of it is near unwatchable for even the toughest b-movie fan.
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: InformationGeek on April 25, 2011, 10:16:52 AM Ah yes, Mill Creek. I own their 100 Movie Pack Horror Classics, which I got for 15 bucks. It allows me to watch such amazing and truly breathtaking films like Manos: The Hands of Fate, Slave of the Cannibal God, and prehaps the great one, Vampire's Night Orgy. Such a delight.
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: The Burgomaster on April 25, 2011, 11:26:53 AM I have most of the Mill Creek 50 Movie Packs, plus the Western Classics 100 Movie Pack. Over the weekend I watched ATLAS IN THE LAND OF THE CYCLOPS from the Warriors 50 Movie Pack. Typical Italian muscleman nonsense with washed out colors (the whole movie has a brownish-orange tint). Love it!
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Hammock Rider on April 25, 2011, 12:12:48 PM I am a huge fan of Mill Creek. They've allowed me to watch many of the great b's that I've only ever heard of before. Next to Netflix I owe my obscure b viewing opportunites to Mill Creek. Let's see, off the top of my head I own:
The Warriors 50 movie packs: It's got a ton of the old Hercules type movies. This is definitely one of my favorites. The Drive-In 50 movie pack: This has a great collection of crazy 70's era drive-in movies. It's the set I watch most often and has something for everyone. The Martial Arts 50 movie pack: This one has some great cheesy 70's fu along with the highest ratio of stinkers to gems. The Western Classics 100 pack: I like Westerns and while some of these are too corny for even me to sit all the way through, I still like to fish one out a few times a month, usually on Saturday morning. The Family Favorites 100 movie pack: This one has some really creaky movies but some are surprisingly good. The nieces and nephew tend to think they are slow going though. The Sci-Fi classics 100 pack: It's got some good cheesy sci-fi. what can I say. Girls, Guns and G-Strings: This is a collection of Andy Sedaris films. Good stuff. Cult Terror Cinema: This is some nice grindhouse stuff. I actually wrote a review of it for Amazon. Undead The Vampire Collection: Not all of these are strictly vampire films but most of them are pretty entertaining. I reviewed this for Amazon too and I think I gave it 4 stars. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: major jay on April 25, 2011, 02:53:49 PM The only one I have is the the Martial Arts 50 pack. I got it mainly for the Godfrey Ho flicks. There's, I think, four of them on it. The best one being NINJA CHAMPION. There is also a Weng Weng flick called THE IMPOSSIBLE KID. He plays the same character as in FOR YUR HEIGHT ONLY, but the dubbing is nowhere near as entertaining. IMAGE OF BRUCE LEE is pretty good too.
The Warriors 50 movie packs sounds like something I should pick up. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Couchtr26 on April 25, 2011, 03:29:53 PM I'm all for them.
I own. Horror 50 pack Sci-fi 100 pack Drive In Cinema 50 pack Pure Terror 50 pack Spaghetti Western Collection 44 movies (feeling dumb misspelling that) Gorehouse (Mill Creek please use a real term) Greats Undead Pack It is nice to get quick access to quite a few movies you may not think about buying individually. There are also a few gems for you to see. Of course, getting a better version is nice when time permits. However, without the Horror 50 pack (my first set) I don't think I would have gone through the trouble of purchasing Metropolis. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Trevor on April 26, 2011, 06:26:49 AM I wish Mill Creek would release the DVD of House of The Living Dead aka Dr Maniac ~ that's a film I've been looking out for years now.
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: JaseSF on April 26, 2011, 12:31:52 PM I have numerous sets, bigger and smaller. It's a great way to get a lot of films on the cheap although sometimes the picture quality isn't all that great - still I've seen a lot of great films, and many not so great, from watching these sets.
Anyways I have the Sci-Fi Classics 100 Pack, The Horror Classics 50 Pack, the Mystery and Dark Crimes 50 Packs, The Martial Arts 50 Pack, The Chilling Classics 50 Pack, 100 Cartoons Classics, 150 Classic Movie Serial Collection, the 100 Episodes TV Megapack and I have a smaller Spaghetti Western collection and I know there's a few others I have I'm forgetting... Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on April 28, 2011, 09:50:50 PM I just picked up Drive in cult classics volume 2 from a store. Looks to have interesting stuff. I kinda wanna get one of the ones that have peoples home movies on it, but they seem expensive online.
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: ChaosTheory on April 29, 2011, 07:56:30 PM I dig Mill Creek; they're the anti-Criterion :wink:
I have: Cult Classics 20 pack (featuring Reefer Madness!) Chilling Classics 50 pack Drive In Classics 50 pack Gore House 12 pack (which includes They Saved Hitler's Brain for some reason) Horror Classics 50 pack - this one is my favorite; it has Nosferatu, Metropolis, Phantom of the Opera, Last Man on Earth and Carnival of Souls, mixed in with several movies that ended up on MST3K Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Raffine on April 30, 2011, 06:59:18 AM Helpful Hint!
If you're looking for one of the older 50 movie packs try searching Amazon or other sites for 'TreeLine 50 Movie Packs'. That's what Mill Creek was called when they first started producing these collections. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on April 30, 2011, 08:51:55 AM So thats why My 50 horror pack has tree line logos at the start of each disc. But the case says Mill Creek on it.
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Raffine on April 30, 2011, 09:09:01 AM So thats why My 50 horror pack has tree line logos at the start of each disc. But the case says Mill Creek on it. I think when budget-conscious Mill Creek reprints these packs they changed their logo on the packaging but didn't bother with spending the bucks to change it on the discs. The Mystery 100 Pack I just got that was released fairly recently by Mill Creek but still has the TreeLine logo on the discs I've seen so far. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on April 30, 2011, 09:59:36 AM Also on another note the stuff they released that was owned by BCI before still has the BCI logo. Kinda lazy if you ask me.
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Raffine on April 30, 2011, 10:19:17 AM Also on another note the stuff they released that was owned by BCI before still has the BCI logo. Kinda lazy if you ask me. But they pass the savings on to YOU!!! :teddyr: Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: bob on May 11, 2011, 11:56:49 AM A friend of mine left a 50 pack of Mill Creek Chilling Horror Classics at my house over a year ago. While there has been some borderline unwatchable stuff in there I did from a gem in Bad Taste. Hard to believe the guy in charge of this horror/comedy directed the Lord of the Rings triology.
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on May 11, 2011, 03:18:29 PM Have you ever seen Braindead/Dead Alive bob? its like Bad Taste on steroids.
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: bob on May 11, 2011, 03:34:55 PM Have you ever seen Braindead/Dead Alive bob? its like Bad Taste on steroids. Yeah... I'll never forget Dead/Alive. I was a little hungry when I started watching it. About half way through it I lost my appetite. It returned two hours later. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: JaseSF on May 11, 2011, 07:59:11 PM Oh yeah, I have the Cult Classics 20 Pack as well...good stuff!
Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Criswell on May 20, 2011, 02:45:11 PM I made a video showing off my Mill Creek DVD collection!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9FYDlVsVug Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: Couchtr26 on May 21, 2011, 07:37:38 PM I made a video showing off my Mill Creek DVD collection! [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9FYDlVsVug[/url] Nice to see. I'm not a big fan of the Pure Terror pack not because of the movies but rather I tend to watch these before going to bed and the greater compression doesn't work so well on my older dvd player there. Title: Re: Mill Creek Appreciation topic. Post by: alandhopewell on August 30, 2011, 10:40:33 AM INPO, I have....
DRIVE-IN CLASSICS (50) HORROR CLASSICS (50) PURE TERROR (50) SCI-FI CLASSICS (50) GOREHOUSE GREATS(12) UNDEAD CINEMA (20) -----AND------ TV WESTERN CLASSICS (150 episodes) Twenty cents per movie; that's a nickel cheaper to own them that it was to see some of them as a child. |