Updated Stand-By List...........................

[Scott]

Here's an updated collection of cheap DVD's sitting on my shelve yet to be viewed:

Chloe, Love is Calling You
Condemned to Live
Crimes at the Dark House
Crimes of Stephen Hawke, The
Crypt of the Living Dead
Curse of the Headless Horseman
Devil Monster
Devil's Daughter, The
Devil's Messenger,
The Devil's Partner
Ghost Walks, The
Hands of Steel
Head, The
Ironbound Vampire, The
Island Monster, The
Long Hair of Death, The
Man with Two Lives, The
Midnight Shadow
Murder in the Red Barn
Never Too Late
One Frightened Night
Rogues Tavern, The
Scared to Death
Shock
Strange Adventure, A (1956)
Walking Nightmare, A
White Gorilla, The
Run Angel Run
Hells Bloody Devils
The Big Fight
Ninja Assassin
Ninja Avenger
Little Mad Guy
37 Ninja Kids
Ninja Champion
Ninja Death II
Ninja Death III
Death of a Ninja
Snake Fist Dynamo
Hands of Death
Fighting Mad
Ninja Heat
High Risk
The Brave Lion
Deadly Duo
Hero's Blood
Johnny Yuma
Minnesota Clay
The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe
Death Rage
Memorial Valley Massacre
Haunts
Medusa
Deadtime Stories
Scream Bloody Murder
Metamorphiosis
Naked Massacre
Christmas Evil  
The Witches Mountain
Funeral Home
Deep Red
Virus
The Milpitas Monster
Panic
Cathy's Curse
The Alpha Incident
The Demons of Ludlow
The Cold
Hands of a Stranger
Gothic
Man in the Attic
The Demon
Track of the Moon Beast
The Bloody Brood
House of the Dead
Slashed Dreams
Drive-In Massacre
The Prophet's Game
Al Capone
Family Enforcer
The Real Bruce Lee (think i saw the whole thing)
Street Fighter (saw parts of this film)
Shoguns Ninja
Ninja and the Warriors of Fire
The Fighting of Shaolin Monks
Snake-Crane Secret
Chinese Connection (saw parts of this film)
Fists of Fury (saw parts of this film)
The Range Fued
The Lucky Texan
Lawless Range
Two Fisted Law
New Fist of Fury
The Young Master
The Beatniks
The Choppers
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
The Giant of Marathon
The Last Glory of Rome
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Kid Vengeance
Joshua: The Black Rider
The Big Trees
Dan Candy's Law
Saigon Year of the Cat
Borderline
Drums of the Deep South
The Devils Hand
Molly and Lawless John
David and Goliath (Orson Welles)
Return of the Streetfighter
Flash Gordon (starring Steve Holland)
Joseph and his Brethren
You Bet Your Life (Best of Groucho)
The Bodyguard (Sonny Chiba)
Cry of the Innocent
Lonesome Dove
A Walk in the Sun (might have seen this one years ago)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The 39 Steps
Young and Innocent
Lawless Frontier
Winds of the Wasteland
Sagebrush Trail
The Proud and the Damned
Texas Terror
The Dawn Rider
Battle of Blood Island
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Million Dollar Kid
Burns and Allen Show (more episodes)
To Kill With Intrigue
Get Christie Love
The Iron Mask (silent film with Douglas Fairbanks)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Red Skeleton Show (even more episodes)
Planet Outlaws
The Galaxy Invader
Laser Mission
The Astral Factor
Lost Jungle
Hercules vs The Captive Women
Stanley
The Crater Lake Monster
Don't Answer the Phone
Western Heroes of the Silver Screen
Cotter
Border Fued
Ghost Town Renegades
Captain Scarlet
Mutiny
Fury at Shaolin Temple
Fearless Fighters
The Dragon's Infernal Showdown
Calvary Charge
Four Deuces
Stirke Force
Corrupt
A Family Matter
Cold Sweat
Arch of Triumph
Dreamchild
Criminal Affair
Dunera Boys
Jamaica Inn
Sabotage
Easy Virtue
Classic Westerns
Classic Comedy
She Came to the Valley
Wild Rio (documentary)

All a dollar or under except 2 of the films. About 172 films total.

[Scottie]

Watch The 39 Steps! For goodness sake, we've been telling you this for months now. I've seen the beginning to the Snows of Kilimanjaro and it was alright. If nothing else, the story was written by Hemmingway and it stars Gregory Peck. And be careful of some of those ninja movies. I appears you might straying into Godfrey Ho territory. That's not good territory.

[loyal1]

Burns and Allen show...priceless.

Your list is depressing insomuch that I am realizing how many films that exist in this world that I will never have the pleasure of viewing in this lifetime.

[Scott]

Scottie,  I will make it a point to view 39 STEPS this month. Thanks again.

Loyal1, I agree BURNS AND ALLEN is priceless material. Some others that I really like are ABBOTT AND COSTELLO (both movies and TV show), MARX BROTHERS, RED SKELETON, and JACK BENNY.

THE HONEYMOONERS are also great.

Don't be depressed about it. Most of them can be found at the $1 store, grocery stores, and other 10-50 movies packs. This collection cost about $175 total. Average price $1.

[Yaddo 42]

I recognize maybe one title out of four. Anytime I think I'm buying too many cheap DVDs I'll think of you.

The classic comedy episodes can be good, I wish there were more You Bet Your Life/Best of Groucho episodes out there cheap. I love those.

Is your film "High Risk" the action/comedy starring James Brolin, James Coburn, Anthony Quinn, Lindsey Wagner, and Ernest Borgnine? I have that one and like it. I remember the trailer because that film used to play in Huntsville, AL quite a lot and when the theaters used to run trailers on local TV stations for non-studio films this one used to turn up. Even into the early 80s they used to run ads for it, the second half of double features I guess.

[loyal1]

It isn't so much the ability to buy all these hidden gems...it is in a question of time!  Even if I spent every last waking moment possible watching these movies, there will always be more rolling in and so many more from that past I will not be able to see.

Abbot and costello, Jack Benny and the Honeymooners are some of my favorites...thanks to my step father's influence growing up.  And I cannot forget the 3 Stooges.  Ahhhh, memories and thanks to Nick at Nite and public programming and reruns!

[The Burgomaster]

Here is my 2 cents worth . . .

Curse of the Headless Horseman - The worst movie ever made. Period.

Head, The - Terrible.  Similar to THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE.

Ironbound Vampire, The - Okay amateur flick, shot on video.

Hells Bloody Devils - Dumb, but fun Al Adamson drive-in flick.

Death Rage - Dubbed Yul Brynner gangster flick.  So-so.

Memorial Valley Massacre - Terrible.  Cameron Mitchell has a mercifully small role.

Haunts - Somewhat slow, but worth watching.

Scream Bloody Murder - Rotten acting, but an okay late-night flick.

Christmas Evil - Another Killer Santa movie.

The Witches Mountain - Boring, dubbed horror flick.

Funeral Home - Disappointing.

Deep Red - One of my favorites, but it will be disappointing if you don't have the widescreen version.

Virus - Awful, awful, awful all-star disaster nonsense.

The Milpitas Monster - Fun, but VERY low-budget.  Made by a high-school teacher!

Panic - Rotten, dubbed horror flick.

Cathy's Curse - Okay, but the version in the CHILLING CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK does not have very good video quality.

The Alpha Incident - Another crappy Bill Rebane flick.

Gothic - Visually interesting at times, but I didn't like the movie very much.

Track of the Moon Beast - Fun, but pretty bad.

House of the Dead - Should have been a lot better.

Slashed Dreams - Awful.  The original title was SUNBURST or something.  The title SLASHED DREAMS is pretty misleading.

Drive-In Massacre - A few good moments, but overall, not very memorable.

Street Fighter - One of the best martial arts flicks.

Chinese Connection  - Pretty good martial arts flick.

Fists of Fury  - Pretty good martial arts flick.

Colossus and the Amazon Queen - Horrible.  Ridiculous dubbing.  An embarrasing movie for Rod Taylor.

Return of the Streetfighter - Good sequel.

You Bet Your Life (Best of Groucho) - I used to watch the re-runs of this show on late-night TV.

The Man Who Knew Too Much - The James Stewart version is excellent.  I haven't seen the earlier version.

Get Christie Love - Better than average TV blaxploitation movie.  Was a short-lived TV series.

The Astral Factor - Terrible special effects.

Don't Answer the Phone - I just ordered this.  Saw it a long time ago, but I don't remember it.

[Scott]

Yep, that is the same film Yaddo. Been looking forward to a future viewing of this one.

That CHILLING 50 PACK does have a few bad ones Burgomaster.

[Yaddo 42]

Let us know if Dan Candy's Law is any good, I must have picked it up in cheapo bins and such a dozen times.

The Proud and the Damned is dull and a waste of Chuck Conners (who seems made for spaghetti westerns) and Caeser Romero (who is a long way from those Carmen Miranda musicals and Batman) if I remember.

The Bodyguard has some good unintended laughs. The tacked on intro with the two guys imitating Chiba and Bruce Lee's fighting styles and the Japanese mafia making an example of Chiba's sister by carving the words "Cosa Nostra" on her body. Real secret "thing" of yours there guys. Also the tommy guns/burp gun gundown with really obvious prop guns.

[The Burgomaster]

I'm starting to feel creepy . . . I have many of the same movies that Scott has.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[peter johnson]

Personal tastes . . . ah, personal tastes . . .
See, I like "The Head" very much, if it's the same dubbed German film of the same title, apparently in Public Domain. or else why release it on a 50 pack?
I really enjoyed its toying with time and found it very tense, with the shadows and whatnot.
"Sabotage" is masterful early Hitchcock.  Very very creepy scene wherein woman realises her husband is a mass-murderer & tries to take him out.  All done in silence -- she looks at possible weapon/he sees her looking & divines her intention . . . Really quite a masterpiece of '30's film making -- it was things like this that got Hitichcock continually noticed by Hollywood and the big money people.  Just an excellent film all around.
"Dick Tracey Meets Gruesome" -- Gruesome is Boris Karloff.  'Nuff said . . .
"Four Dueces" -- While not up to "Sons of The Desert", still one of the better Laurel & Hardy's from the Sound Era.
"Mr. Moto's Last Warning" -- Mr. Moto is Peter Lorre.  Anything Peter Lorre does is, as Pauline Kael once observed, "Acting for grownups" -- re.  Even doing crap serials, the man is simply so good, you have to be amazed by him.
peter oh who cares . . .

[Scott]

FOUR DUECES is a Jack Palance film I believe and I plan on viewing THE HEAD sometime this month.

[peter johnson]

Akk!
Title similarity kills me every time --
peter dead/denny dead

[Yaddo 42]

Not that you need suggestions for MORE movies or TV shows, but have you seen the public domain episodes of the TV show of "The Third Man" starring Michael Rennie? I have a disc with three episodes. I think only 4 out of 70-odd episodes are in public domain. Fun old-fashioned, lazy Sunday TV viewing. Formulaic scripts stripped bare, rarely more than 5 characters (or speaking parts at least) in an episode. So dialogue driven you can close your eyes and enjoy them like old radio shows, I'd like to find the real radio show of "The Third Man" as well, Welles did the voice in some episodes. Very Cold War in mood and tone, with many mentions of "the enemy" without spelling out political or social philosophies. Lots of dictators from imaginary countries.

Harry Lime played by the gaunt, almost sickly, and very tan (think George Hamilton) Michael Rennie, who doesn't resemble Orson Welles in the slightest. Then again the show takes an amoral black market profteer and turns him into a globe trotting rogue for truth and justice. KInd of like a down-market version of The Saint. Although the opening tries to recreate the "walking in the shadows" scene from the film, it almost works.

Some episodes even feature Jonathan Harris, Dr. Smith of Lost in Space fame, as his personal assistant and comic relief. It's a more restrained performance, but did that man ever play anything other than effete snob and scaredy-cat?

[Scott]

The movie THE THIRD MAN starring Orson Welles is a classic. Haven't seen the TV series out on DVD.