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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
TITLES IN THIS COLLECTION,
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This review is from: Boris Karloff Collection - 10 Movie Pack (DVD)
Here are the titles within this collection. Just wish that St. Clair Vision would add them to their release information!"Snake People" "The Terror" "Dick Tracy Meets Grusome" "Island Monster" "The Ape" "Juggernaut" "The Fatal Hour" "Sabaka" "Mr. Wong in Chinatown" "Doomed to Die" "Mr. Wong, Detective"
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
St. Clair's Karloff box: Some right, some Wong,
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This review is from: Boris Karloff Collection - 10 Movie Pack (DVD)
ST. CLAIR DVD multi-packs are reasonably priced, and offer fine quality video/audio transfers of unrestored public domain material. Discs are single-side recorded, plastic storage cases fairly sturdy, liner notes appear on box's back cover.HIGHLIGHTS of the BORIS KARLOFF COLLECTION: In Roger Corman's THE TERROR, Karloff costars with up-and-comer Jack Nicholson. An atmospheric color film somewhat hampered by a rushed production and two directors, THE TERROR feels like two different movies at times. Story involves a French military officer infatuated with a mysterious woman, and an eccentric old castle dweller. Have you ever wondered what the person behind Rocky the Flying Squirrel and all the old witches in "Fractured Fairy Tales" looked like? If so, SABAKA is your chance to find out. Cartoon voice specialist June Foray appears as the High Priestess in this tale set in India about a revenge-obsessed elephant trainer. Good cast, so-so story. DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME is one of the better entries in this 1930s-'40s movie series. Here, Karloff is a villain who robs banks by using nerve gas. Tracy is played by Ralph Byrd, who would continue this franchise on TV briefly in the early 1950s. Anne Gwynne, aka Tracy's girlfriend Tess Trueheart, was a popular pin-up girl during WWII. LOWLIGHTS: The four "Mr. Wong" movies in this set. Karloff is miscast, for he plays the somewhat eccentric Oriental detective stiffly (almost uncomfortably) and with a British accent. Well... at least the stories are good. For a similar ST. CLAIR box set, check out their BELA LUGOSI COLLECTION . . Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website. DISC ONE-- (2.6) Snake People (Mexico/USA-1971) - Boris Karloff (and an all-Mexican cast) (4.8) The Terror (1963) - Boris Karloff/Jack Nicholson/Sandra Knight/Dick Miller/Jonathan Haze (6.3) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) - Boris Karloff/Ralph Byrd/Anne Gwynne (uncredited: Jason Robards Sr.) (2.8) The Island Monster (Italy-1954) - Boris Karloff (and an all-Italian cast) BONUS: Poster Gallery DISC TWO-- (4.0) The Ape (1940) - Boris Karloff/Maris Wrixon/Ray Corrigan (as the ape) (4.8) Juggernaut (UK-1936) - Boris Karloff/Joan Wyndham (3.6) Sabaka (1954) - Nino Marcel/Boris Karloff/Reginald Denny/June Foray/Victor Jory/Jay Novello/Vito Scotti (5,2) The Fatal Hour (1940) - Boris Karloff/Grant Withers/Marjorie Reynolds/Jason Robards Sr. BONUS: Boris Karloff Trailers DISC THREE-- (5.5) Mr. Wong In Chinatown (1939) - Boris Karloff/Marjorie Reynolds/Grant Withers (5.5) Doomed To Die (1940) - Boris Karloff/Marjorie Reynolds/Grant Withers (5.9) Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) - Boris Karloff/Grant Withers/Maxine Jennings BONUS: Radio Program-- The Tell-Tale Heart
18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
One Star for Ambiguity,
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This review is from: Boris Karloff Collection - 10 Movie Pack (DVD)
I haven't purchased this item, simply because nowhere in the product description is there any indication what movies are included. The same holds true for the Lugosi collection released by the same company. Give me some idea what I'd be spending my money on and I'll spend it!
3.0 out of 5 stars
There are two versions of this collection,
By Mr Tweedy (Cornfield County, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Boris Karloff Collection - 10 Movie Pack (DVD)
The box I received had the same cover design, but with the caption "Over 12 Hours!" It contains only 10 movies, with the missing one being "The Fatal Hour." Why would they do this?
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