2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't turn on the DVD player, January 4, 2008
This review is from: Don't Turn Off the Lights 4 Movie Pack (DVD)
CONTENTS of DON'T TURN OFF THE LIGHTS 4 Movie Pack:
ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES-- People in a small town near a swamp start mysteriously disappearing, so a game warden investigates reports of strange creatures lurking in the murky waters. Scripted by Leo Gordon, a favorite of Roger Corman, who was this film's executive producer. Low budget mediocrity with typically poor special effects. (Remade in 2008.)
BRIDE OF THE GORILLA-- Good cast is squandered in this so-so story of a jungle plantation owner who is transformed into a gorilla by a voodoo curse. Playing a native here is Martin Garralaga, the original Pancho Gonzales in the Cisco Kid movie series.
EEGAH-- Film's director Arch Hall Sr. appears with his son in this ludicrously bad tale of a 7 foot tall prehistoric caveman (Richard Kiel of 007 "Jaws" fame) on the rampage in Palm Springs, California.
THE GIANT GILA MONSTER-- Macro-photography at its worst. Oversized lizard terrorizes a Texas town but meets its match in a teenaged car mechanic. Texas radio DJ Ken Knox plays a Texas radio DJ.
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For more vintage fright film fun try
KINGS OF CLASSIC HORROR 4 Movie Pack, also from BCI / Eclipse.
BRENTWOOD's 4-fers are nicely priced movie bundles. Video and sound quality of these digitally unrestored public domain films is generally fine. Discs are dual-side recorded.
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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 IMDb viewer poll ratings.
(3.1) Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) - Ken Clark/Yvette Vickers/Jan Shepard/Bruno VeSota
(4.2) Bride of the Gorilla (1951) - Barbara Payton/Lon Chaney Jr./Raymond Burr/Tom Conway/Woody Strode/Martin Garralaga
(2.1) Eegah (1962) - Arch Hall Jr./Marilyn Manning/Richard Kiel/Arch Hall Sr./Ron Shane/Bill Rice
(3.0) The Giant Gila Monster (1959) - Don Sullivan/Fred Graham/Lisa Simone/Shug Fisher/Ken Knox
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