i found a copy of the canadian classic, the Gate, on dvd for only 6$. just thought i'd let all you fellow b's know. they also has Frogs for the same price, i just couldn't bring myself to buy it though.
I found a 2 DVD set at Walmart that had Night of the Living Dead and Kingdom of the Spiders packaged together. Whoever thought that was a good idea for a double bill...
Well, he was right. Oddly enough.
I haven't watched either yet, so I can't speak of the quality of the product.
yeah i saw that also. i don't know why i didn't pick it up. does your wal-mart have that double dvd, Charles Bronson set with like 5 movies on it?!
I was just at a WalMart and there were several "AMC Monsterfest Collection" DVDs for only $5.88. Each of the DVDs were actually 2 dvd sets with 4 movies altogether. There was a Boris Karloff set, 2 cult movie sets, and the one I got was the Roger Corman one with "Bucket of Blood", "Wasp Woman", "The Terror", and "Little shop of horrors". Definitely a great find.
Chopper wrote:
> yeah i saw that also. i don't know why i didn't pick it up.
> does your wal-mart have that double dvd, Charles Bronson set
> with like 5 movies on it?!
Not that I'm aware of, but I didn't look to hard, either.,,
Pick up "The Brood" and "C.H.U.D." the other day from their $9.46 Halloween display at my local Wally World.
I was considering getting "Hell Night" also, but didn't know if it was worth getting. Anybody recommend it or warning me away from it?
After a long stretch of good stuff in the $5.88 bin, they've gone to crap lately, mostly old TV movies, Bonaza episodes, and lots of 1960s and 70s Godzilla flicks, which don't interest me since I'm only a casual giant monster fan at best.
My radar just went up. I'm heading to Walmart.
>I was considering getting "Hell Night" also, but didn't know if it was worth getting.
>Anybody recommend it or warning me away from it?
It wasn't anything special, but it wasn't horrible either. It's your typical teenagers being stalked by a killer in an abandoned mansion. There's a big, spiked fence around the entire property and they're locked for the night for some kind of initiation. The ones making them do this, sneak in to scare them, but don't count on there being anyone living in the house. Soon people start disappearing and the rest end up fighting for their lives.
I picked up Frogs and the NOTLD/Kingdom of the Spiders discs tonight. I already have Night on a 10 movie 5 disc set from Brentwood that I got for free from the video store I used to work at, so I'll just sell that one off.
I seriously think the people from Wal Mart read this board, because all these kickass b-movies keep showing up there really cheap. Just a few weeks ago I picked up the original Legend of Boggy Creek (which kicks ass, by the way).
Brother R
I never call it Wal Mart.
I call it "tram law" or "Mal Wart"
Hehe!
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My dad calls it "Wally World."
I started calling it "Wally World" because a good friend used to call it that. I miss her since she moved away, so "WW" is a stupid little tribute of mine to remind me how much fun I thought she was.
Chopper wrote:
> i found a copy of the canadian classic, the Gate, on dvd for
> only 6$. just thought i'd let all you fellow b's know. they
> also has Frogs for the same price, i just couldn't bring myself
> to buy it though.
I bought FROGS on DVD when it was originally released. I'm sure I paid more than $6.00 for it. Guess I should have waited.
I have a friend who refuses to shop there because he thinks it's a huge evil corporation and he refuses to be a part of it.
So he does all his shopping through amazon.com and eBay...What a moron...
I bought the Chow-Yun Fat flick "Full Contact" for $19 there, now it's in the DVD aisle display for $9.50. Decent film, but to have bought it for twice the price of "Big Trouble In Little China", "Slapshot" and other classics I bought there feels wrong so how.
no kidding! wallly world must have spies they hire to look at message boards. Frogs is a true z-grade classic, i was hoping to atleast see some frogs eating people though, kind of a letdown.
LoL, trading one monster for another, what a rebel!
haha yeah i kicked myself in the ass after i paid mundo$$ for the Brood off of amazin, then i found it at walmart for 10$. Damn walmart!
I recently got Run Lola Run (great film) and Titan AE at walmart on VHS for $3.88 each.
Plus I got the orginal Samuri Jack, Carnivore, and an Ernest movie for my kid for $5.88 each. Almost bought The Gate and Legend of bogy creek.
>>haha yeah i kicked myself in the ass after i paid mundo$$ for the Brood off of amazin, then i found it at walmart for 10$. Damn walmart!<<
Deep discount has it for $9.12 which would be cheaper than walmart because you have no shipping or taxes.
This is a good site to compare prices:
Price Search (http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdhtml2)
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Susan, thanks a bunch for the info. I've surfed Deep Discount before and they seemed like a good service, although from a post i read on this board someone mentioned how their items take forever to arrive since there's no shipping charges.
My latest scores from Wally World:
"Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter"
and two "4 movies on 2 DVDs" sets from the AMC "Monstervision Collection"
"A Bucket Of Blood"
"Little Shop Of Horrors"
"The Terror"
"The Wasp Woman"
"The Atomic Brain"
"The Brain That Wouldn't Die"
"Carnival Of Souls"
"Night Tide"
I know they're mostly just the usual public domain limbo and cheapo flicks every low end TV station shows used to show, but I realized I didn't own any of them.
Although these are pretty blurry, probably mastered from videotapes copies, from the picture quality of "Little Shop" and "The Terror" (which looks really bad here, lots of artifacting).
"Although these are pretty blurry, probably mastered from videotapes copies."
yeah it baffles me how they can rerelease an old movie on DVD & not take the time to atleast remaster it. but then again these aren't the most "quality" films out there to reprint. last night i scored the Omen & the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (special edition) on dvd. i'm a happy camper!
To yaddo42:
I have some of the movies that you mentioned on DVD. My copy of A BUCKET OF BLOOD is very good quality . . . but I don't think I paid a bargain price for it.
I bought THE WASP WOMAN and THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (bloody, uncut version) from Alpha for less than $6.00 each. The WASP WOMAN has a VHS-quality picture, but THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE is surprisingly sharp & clear considering the price. I have a few other DVDs from Alpha that range tremendously in quality:
* KILLERS FROM SPACE (picture is scratchy in many scenes)
* THE KILLER SHREWS (not bad)
* BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA (very good . . . almost as sharp & clear as THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE)
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>>Susan, thanks a bunch for the info. I've surfed Deep Discount before and they seemed like a good service, although from a post i read on this board someone mentioned how their items take forever to arrive since there's no shipping charges.<<
True, you can expect an average of i'd say 7 days. But if you like to save money and don't care about the rush that's the best choice. My only complaint was my first shipment was damaged (the case was broken). At first I was goign to use an empty case blockbuster gave me but I decided to return it. What bothered me was the return form they gave me had an address that was completely different from the internet or the original receipt. I called and got a hold of someone who told me it must be an old one..why would they have sent me that?? But they did ..I just didn't like having to wait for the movie, wait for it to return to them and wait for it to be replaced back to me. There was no idescrepancy with the charges, I think they just need to work better on their customer service. Receiving damaged items probably isn't the norm with them, I've had it happen with amazon too.
CHOPPER:
As for Deep Discount DVD, I buy about 80% or more of my DVDs from that website and they arrive within 5 business days almost every time. The delay is meaningless to me because I order my movies at least a month or two in advance of the release dates, so the extra 5 days is insignificant.
Something else you should know . . . they ship new releases of current movies BEFORE the release date, so that you actually receive them on the same day (or maybe 1 day later) that they are available in stores.
I have saved THOUSANDS of dollars on this website. For example, I just bought BLACK SUNDAY (the Bruce Dern, Robert Shaw thriller) for $5.98 (with free shipping). I saw it in Circuit City yesterday for $10 more. For this level of savings, I don't mind waiting a few of days.
Burgo - overall good experience with DDDVD? I hated my first time to have problems but I do want to order from them again, I guess with the assuredness they won't screw it up everytime. They are the cheapest thing out there.
Susan:
I just did a little research into my history with Deep Discount DVD.
I started dealing with them on September 18, 2002. Since then, I have placed 37 separate orders ranging in size from 1 DVD to (yikes) 31 DVDs (a $508.00 order!)
Over this time, I have found their service to be excellent.
For new releases of OLDER movies, they generally ship them out on the release date and I get them 5 business days later.
For new releases of NEW movies, they ship them out before the release date, so that you get them the same day that they are available in stores. (My most recent example is MATRIX: RELOADED, which arrived in my mailbox the same day that it hit the shelves in Best Buy & Circuit City).
One thing I REALLY like about them is that they seem to have quite a bit in stock. I used to deal with DVD Express. They had excellent prices and fast shipping a couple of years ago, but they ended up going down the drain. Some new owners took over and they started screwing up orders and delaying just about everything. (I had an order for about 8 or 10 movies that I cancelled after waiting over 2 MONTHS for it). I refuse to do business with them anymore.
Deep Discount is easily the cheapest, and they have given me top-notch service so far.
They advertise free shipping within 5 to 10 business days . . . I live in Massachusetts and I normally get everything in 5 days . . . I have never waited 10 days. If you are anxious to get movies faster, they do offer faster shipping, but they charge you for it. I think they charge an extra $5 for Priority Mail. This is STILL okay, because a lot of their movies are $5 cheaper than in stores!
Anyway . . . that has been my experience . . .
>>31 DVDs (a $508.00 order!)<<
holy crap! I bet it was fun to see the "what you saved" on that one. Glad to hear you haven't had a few bad experiences with them..it gives me more faith in them even tho their customer service base is really lacking, I guess they hire a few teens who don't really know what they're talking about. I personally never care about how long it takes to get a movie..you can get easily spoiled by amazon tho. But to dallas it took about ;7 days. What I like is that even walmarts cheapy bin doesn't compare to deepdiscount because even if they just match it you're still paying more at walmart after taxes. I think the mere expense of dvd's has been what's deterring me from having a big collection.
I just pray the dvd never becomes obsolete in my lifetime. Companies are so quick to phase out one thing to replace with another just to remake all that money again.
Thanks for the info Susan(and the rest O' the regs!). I've never used the site before, but after reading the threads, checked it out and came away w/ Shane, Sahara, The Ipcress File...and another title that I seem to have forgotten the name of! All for under 50 bucks....woohoo....yeah capitalism!!!
Just remembered the missing title...Scaramouche!!! Whew, was afraid I'd ordered Steel Magnolias during one of my "Episodes". Good news for me.
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Deej, not bad eh? They even show you what you saved. Check out dvdpricesearch.com
It also gives a pretty general price comparison between movie titles from various online retailers. It's interesting to see how much can save and it gives a pretty general user rating of some of those retailers.
I think deep discount could improve in the following ways:
Customer Service
Better Online searchability (they need a more smart search, if you mispell a title or not type it in fully it will not find it - that has frustrated me immensely)
Susan:
Unfortunately, I believe that DVDs will start to lose popularity in about 5 years, and within 10 years they will be completely obsolete.
Looks like I've wasted a ton of money . . .
I refuse to shop there mostly because of their policies concerning CDs. They only carry edited versions of stuff with a parental advisory label, or flat out won't carry it. I'm not big on profanity or vulgarity, but I don't dig censorship either. And it seems strange to me that you can't buy something where someone says the word "f**k", but you can buy a shotgun there.
>>Unfortunately, I believe that DVDs will start to lose popularity in about 5 years, and within 10 years they will be completely obsolete<<
I'll still be able to buy the old stuff, i don't buy many "new" films anyways. I still have my turntable for gods sake. Making products disposable has gotten the attention of many companies (particularly game-makers) But I can't imagine if something new came out that soon how many people would go for it..i mean maybe the kids but I sure as hell am not starting my collection all over again!
Unless of course they invented that microchip i once mentioned implanted in my brain where i could watch any movie anytime.
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