Pure Terror: 50 Movie Pack

You can't go wrong with these 50 movie collections. If you find at least one movie worth watching, you have got your money's worth. This collection has the usual Mill Creek selection of public domain films. If you're a fan of local movie shows such as Offbeat Cinema, Elvira's Movie macabre, or Wolfman Mac's Chiller Drive in, you will eventually see all of these movies. The movies are a good mix: lots of so bad they're good films, and just plain bad films. To any MST3K fans, if you want to see an unedited version of the great Manos: The Hands of Fate, or They Saved Hitler's Brain, you have your chance. About the only thing I can find to complain about is the repetition of film titles. I mean, really, I didn't want to see The Evil Brain From Outer Space the first time Mill Creek offered it in a collection, and I surely do not want to see it now. Come, on, Mill Creek, NO MORE EVIL BRAIN FROM OUTER SPACE, OK?

There are a lot of movies in here. There are some classics, some bad ones, and some you can smell before you break the plastic wrap seal. All I can say is all of them are memorable. Just remember, not everything that stands out in your memory is always a good thing; just memorable. If you like special gems such as Curse of Bigfoot, where Big Foot never shows up then you'll love this collection. Hell, I bought it just for Manos: The Hands of Fate. That one was rated as the top movie of the bottom 100 on IMDB for like 4 or 5 years. It's worth the cost of this entire package just to add Manos to your collection of films that should not be collected. I love being a culture rebel.

As of this writing 1/27/24 i have watched about 16 of the 50 movies and i have to say they are not pure terror. Some of them are kinda interesting but not really some of them look like they are a film school student project and some of them the plot is all over the place you cant keep track. But heres the kicker no i wount return for my money back and yes i will continue to watch them just so i can say i watched them all. Some have been better then others and some just plain suck. Buy if you want thats up to you Edit: ok after watching more of the movies in the pack i found some that arent that bad and are worth the watch yes they are few and far between but there are some thats are worth the watch and some that aint. Its like other things gotta take the bad with the good

Well, it's been around 6 months since I ordered this from Amazon and I just finished every last film so I felt it was time for a review. I'd say next to the Classic Sci-Fi Television set, that this is the best of the Mill Creek multi disc DVD packs. All of these films would qualify as horror and although there are a few lousy films, all of them are worth watching at least once. Of course I realize that you may already own some of these public domain films, so there's going to be some overlap between this and other box sets, but it is pretty minimal. Sometimes you hear people complain about the print quality on sets like this. There are a few muddy looking movies, but some are gorgeous, cleaned up, widescreen editions so it's just hit and miss. The only film that is really hard to see is Night Fright, but it looks to me like it was just filmed badly. Most of the films on this set are a bit slow moving, but contain some terrific horror scenes. Examples of this are Satan's Slave, The Manster, Frankenstein '80 and The Undertaker And His Pals. I consider them, as well as the majority of movies on this set, to be good for a horror fan who just wants something to watch that you don't have to pay a lot of attention to. There are also some awful movies that will make you wish the MST3K gang were there with you to make fun of the horrible film making. Manos Hands Of Fate, They Saved Hitler's Brain and Terror In The Jungle are pretty painful to watch, but still not unwatchable. Now some of the best reasons to get this box are for the few really exceptional films. Dr. Jekyll And The Werewolf is a great Count Waldemar Daninsky film, the sixth for Paul Naschy. Good makeup and spooky location shooting. Werewolf Of Washington was a nice surprise when I found out what a good redux of The Wolfman this was. Looking at the poster I was expecting a comedy, but I can't say I found it funny. Dean Stockwell's character was the traditional cursed figure. The Embalmer is a stark, sparse, slasher type of film taking place in Venice. It comes across as almost a noir horror and look out for a few scenes that seem to have influenced Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Then there's the best film on the box in my opinion. The Sadist. Based on a real life killer, this is one of the most disturbing films I've ever seen. The film actually challenges you to keep watching as you look upon this brain dead couple as they terrorize some average people simply because they are there. They are cowards hiding behind a gun and you will want to reach through your screen and strangle Arch Hall and Marilyn Manning. If you ever want to do this to a movie villain, then it means they are some damn good actors! I could probably only watch this film once every 2 years or so, but it's because the terror is so simplistic yet so real. This film proves that real life horror is far scarier than anything we can dream up. I would have purchased the set based on this movie alone, but there are plenty of decent horror flicks that you will be enjoying for months. Sets like these work for people like myself who feel like we've seen every horror movie out there and want to discover some forgotten cinema, or people who are just starting to like horror movies and want to view some older films for practically nothing. I hope Mill Creek keeps it up.

Very good selection. Great old movies

Found a few straight up.. porno films. Full frontal nudes, definitely not ment for kids. Alot of foreign films and blurry ones. Can't beat 10 bucks though.

This is one of the newer sets they sell, does not have double sided discs like they used to, no watermarks in the corner, each disc are those high gig discs that can hold up to 9 gigabytes, with printed top of discs showing the movies, and a real nice bonus included, a booklet introducing the particulars of a movie and what disc to be found, of which there are 12 discs in black paper sleeves/single sided. Movies are some interesting selections, some I didn't have on other mill creek sets, some are real stinkers as usual, like "Guru, the Mad Monk", which seems to be a 1970 college stage acting done film, awful acting, etc, but that is luck of the draw for these type sets, it does seem worth having whether there are some real stinkers. It seems all the newer mill creek movies since 2008 have all gone with single sided high capacity discs, no watermark on the corners of the films, and that sits well with me, thankyou mill creek.

Good Quality

50 hours plus of films

Over 68 hours of horror. A lot of repeat movies from others I already have. But very good .

I reckon that to seriously criticise a set which offers 50 movies for less than £13 including delivery would be churlish, so I won't. Of course the sound/video quality is patchy - what do you expect for less than 25p per movie? And obviously these old 'gems' have to be approached with a forgiving mindset. If your spiteful joy is picking holes in plot, script and acting, you'll soon make yards of lace; and if you like your special effects special, these old B-films aren't for you. Otherwise, there's plenty to entertain here - go for it!

Great selection of movies!

In terms of dollars per movie it is a very good deal The cheap price will allow you to fast forward some of less likeable items. The cover and title are misleading. You will not get a massive dose of horror or terror. The Vampire of the box is too modern looking for what it advertises. The list of movies is centered around the late 60s-early 70s period but stretches into the 80s and goes way back to Bela Legosi. The box set follows the 25% Gems, 50% Decent/good and 25% garbage ratio that os usually found in multiple disk packages. Packaging is flawless (rare) and professional. Some movies tend to freeze and skip on some hardware. The 25% of crap is the compliment of a few movies that were ridiculed many times in late night movie shows. Enough has been said about the"Manster", "Evil brain from.." and "Hitler's brain" to add anything. The rest of the garbage is offered to you in the form of very watchable movies (good ones), but that have nothing to do with TERROR. You get two Jungle movies and two renaissance flicks that do not belong here .... Cute but out-of-place. My gems were the classic Satan's slave, Frankenstein 80, the Transparent man and Dr Jekyll and the Wolfman (so tacky and so entertainening). I also revisited the Death warmed up (gore fans... get this one) and the delicious Devil's Nightmare. The rest of them are a collection of "generics" with the exception of the still-relevant masterpiece "The Sadist". It really depends on you. "Double exposure" with it's load of 80s hard-bodies and nudity did nothing for me, but it will claim some cheers from othe r people. I en joyed the "Eerie horro.." movie even if it is a spinoff of the Exorcist. There is no grindhouse stuff in there. You will find a bit of European sleeze (2 - 3 films), but do not expect a lot of skin. Some other reviewers give you a film per film description, you may want to check them out. If you match this boxset with another similar one, you will get yourself a extensive collection of "horror" movies dor a few dollars.