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Horror 250 Movie Pack

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MILL CREEK's super-sized movie packs are always a bargain, and a great way to add some depth to a video library. Their boxed DVDs are individually housed in durable gloss-coated heavy paper sleeves that take up a minimum of space, yet provide excellent protection for the discs. This compactness of design makes possible the storage of literally thousands of movies on a single book shelf.


The HORROR 250 MOVIE PACK is the largest collection of public domain fright films currently available. All these titles were previously released by MILL CREEK. The following lists their box sets duplicated in total, or for the most part (some working links included):

Alien Worlds 20 Movie Pack
Apocalypse 20 Movie Pack
Bela Lugosi: Master of Horror 10 Movie Pack
Beyond the Grave 20 Movie Pack
Chilling 20 Movie Pack
Fright Night 10 Movie Pack
Horror 10 Movie Pack
Horror 100 Movie Pack
Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack
Monsters 20 Movie Pack
Nightmare Worlds 50 Movie Pack
Night Screams 50 Movie Pack
Sci-Fi Classics 10 Movie Pack
SciFi Classics 50 Movie Pack
Sci-Fi Classics 100 Movie Pack
Strange Tales 20 Movie Pack
Tales of Terror 50 Movie Pack

Clearly, this 250 movie pack is perfect for anyone interested in creating an instant PD horror film collection. For anyone who has purchased previous MILL CREEK fright and sci-fi boxes, duplication here is a certainty.


FOR COMPLETE DETAILS OF ALL MOVIES ON THE HORROR 250 MOVIE PACK, SEE COMMENTS #4 AND #5
(ACCESS THESE FROM "COMMENTS" LINK, LOCATED BELOW THIS REVIEW)

Horror Collection - 250 Movies (2007)

Run Time : 313 Hours 6 Minutes
On 60 Double Sided DVD's

This is a great collection based on quantity of mostly old movies you might of seen on TV long ago. Son of Svengoolie or Mystery Sciense Theater comes to mind. Many are black and white. Picture quality is poor on some of the movies along with the sound. These movies are probably geared toward people born in the 70's or earlier. Younger folks will probably hate this collection.
My favorites are "The Terror" and "The Last Man on Earth" which is an early version of "Omega Man". I have not gone through the entire collection yet.

Synopsis: The Horror 250 Movie Pack gathers an amazing collection of classic and contemporary chillers including Nosferatu, Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Little Shop of Horrors, House on Haunted Hill, Bad Taste, Mama Dracula and Night Train to Terror. Stars found in this amazing collection include Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Barbara Steele, Keenan Wynn, David Janssen, Louise Fletcher and many more. Never before have so many movies been offered in one amazing collection and packaged in a stunning foil collectors box.

Below follows a list of all the 250 Titles.
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Alien Contamination (1981)
Alien Species (1996)
All the Kind Strangers (1974)
Alpha Incident, The (1977)
Amazing Mr. X, The (1948)
Amazing Transparent Man, The (1960)
Anatomy of a Psycho (1961)
Ape Man, The (1943)
Ape, The (1940)
Assignment: Outer Space (1960)
Astral Factor, The (1976)
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops (1961)
Atom Age Vampire (1960)
Atomic Brain, The (1964)
Atomic Rulers of the World (1964)
Attack From Space (1964)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Attack of the Monsters (1969)
Bat, The (1959)
Bat, The (Silent) (1926)
Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
Beast of Yucca Flats, The (1961)
Black Dragons (1942)
Blood Tide (1982)
Bloodlust (1959)
Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
Bluebeard (1944)
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
Brain Machine, The (1977)
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The (1962)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Buried Alive (1939)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (1920)
Carnage (1983)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Chloe, Love is Calling You (1934)
City of Missing Girls (1941)
Cold Room, The (1984)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
Colossus and the Headhunters (1960)
Condemned to Live (1935)
Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)
Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977)
Counterblast (1948)
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
Crimes of Stephen Hawke, The (1936)
Crooked Circle, The (1932)
Crypt of the Living Dead (1973)
Curse of the Headless Horseman (1974)
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
Day the Sky Exploded, The (1958)
Dead Men Walk (1943)
Death Warmed Up (1984)
Dementia 13 (1963)
Destroy All Planets (1968)
Devil Bat, The (1941)
Devil Monster (1946)
Devil's Daughter, The (1939)
Devil's Messenger, The (1962)
Devil's Partner (1962)
Devil's Sleep, The (1949)
Disappearance of Flight 412, The (1974)
Doomed to Die (1940)
Doomsday Machine, The (1972)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Drums of Africa (1941)
Dungeon of Harrow, The (1962)
Eegah (1962)
Embalmer, The (1965)
Embryo (1976)
End of the World, The (1977)
Eternal Evil (1985)
Evil Brain from Outer Space (1956)
Face at the Window, The (1939)
Face in the Fog, A (1936)
Fatal Hour, The (1940)
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules (1962)
First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
Frankenstein 80 (1972)
Frozen Alive (1966)
Fury of the Wolf Man (1972)
Galaxy Invader, The (1985)
Gamera the Invincible (1966)
Ghost and the Guest, The (1943)
Ghost Walks, The (1934)
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Giant Gila Monster, The (1959)
Giants of Rome (1964)
Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
Good Against Evil (1977)
Gorilla, The (1939)
Grave of the Vampire (1972)
Green Eyes (1934)
Hands of Steel (1986)
Head, The (1959)
Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Hercules Unchained (1959)
Horrors of Spider Island (1962)
House of Danger (1934)
House of Mystery (1934)
House of Secrets (1936)
House of the Dead (1978)
House of the Living Dead (1973)
House on Haunted Hill, The (1959)
How Awful About Allan (1970)
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1923)
I Killed That Man (1941)
Idaho Transfer (1973)
Incredible Petrified World, The (1957)
Indestructible Man (1956)
Invisible Ghost, The (1941)
Invisible Killer, The (1941)
Island Monster, The (1954)
Killer Shrews, The (1959)
Killers From Space (1954)
Killers of the Sea (1937)
King of the Zombies (1941)
Kiss Me Kill Me (1971)
Kong Island (1968)
Laser Mission (1990)
Last Man on Earth, The (1960)
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Lion Man, The (1936)
Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)
Long Hair of Death, The (1964)
Lost City, The (Part 1 and Part 2) (1935)
Lost Jungle, The (1934)
Lost World, The (1925)
Lucifer Complex, The (1978)
Maciste in Hell (1925)
Mad Monster, The (1942)
Man with Two Lives, The (1942)
Manfish (1956)
Maniac (1934)
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Manster, The (1962)
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Metropolis (1927)
Midnight Phantom (1935)
Midnight Shadow (1939)
Midnight Warning, The (1932)
Mistress of Atlantis, The (1932)
Mole Men against the Son of Hercules (1961)
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (1967)
Monster Maker, The (1944)
Monster Walks, The (1932)
Moon of the Wolf (1972)
Murder at Midnight (1931)
Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
Nabonga (1944)
Never Too Late (1937)
Night America Trembled (1957)
Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, The (1971)
Night Fright (1968)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night Tide (1961)
Nightmare Castle (1965)
Nightmare Never Ends, The (1980)
Nosferatu (1922)
One Body Too Many (1944)
One Frightened Night (1935)
One Step Beyond - Peter Hurkos Story, The (Part 1) (1960)
One Step Beyond - Peter Hurkos Story, The (Part 2) (1960)
Panic (1976)
Passenger to Bali, A (1950)
Phantom Creeps, The (1939)
Phantom Express, The (1932)
Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, The (1956)
Phantom From Space (1953)
Phantom of 42nd Street, The (1936)
Phantom of Soho, The (1964)
Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)
Phantom Planet, The (1961)
Phantom, The (1931)
Piranha, Piranha (1972)
Planet Outlaws (1953)
Prehistoric Women (1950)
Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1984)
Purple Death from Outer Space (1940)
Queen of the Amazons (1947)
Radio Ranch (1940)
Return of Dr. Mabuse, The (1961)
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Ring of Terror (1962)
Robot Pilot (1941)
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger: Crash of the Moons (1954)
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger: Menace from Outer Space (1956)
Rogues Tavern, The (1936)
Sadist, The (1963)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Savage Girl, The (1932)
Scared to Death (1946)
Scream in the Night, A (1935)
Screaming Skull, The (1958)
Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Shadow of Silk Lennox, The (1935)
She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)
She-Beast, The (1966)
Shock (1946)
Shot in the Dark, A (1935)
Shriek in the Night, A (1933)
Sisters of Death (1977)
Snow Creature, The (1954)
Snowbeast (1977)
Son of Hercules: The Land of Darkness (1963)
Son of Ingagi (1940)
Sound of Horror (1964)
Star Odyssey (1979)
Strange Adventure, A (1956)
Strangers of the Evening (1932)
Swamp Women (1955)
Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
Teenage Zombies (1959)
Teenagers From Outer Space (1959)
Tell-Tale Heart, the (1960)
Terror at the Red Wolf Inn (1972)
Terror Creatures from the Grave (1965)
Terror, The (1963)
They (1974)
They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
Thirteenth Guest, The (1932)
This is not a Test (1962)
Ticket of Leave Man, The (1937)
Tormented (1960)
Torture Ship (1939)
UFO: Target Earth (1974)
Unknown World (1951)
Vampire Bat, The (1933)
Vampire's Night Orgy (1973)
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Vulcan, Son of Jupiter (1961)
Walking Nightmare, A (1942)
Wanted: Babysitter (1975)
War of the Robots (1978)
Warning From Space (1956)
Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Wasp Woman, The (1960)
Werewolf of Washington, The (1973)
Werewolf Woman (1976)
White Gorilla, The (1945)
White Pongo (1945)
White Zombie (1932)
Wild Women of Wongo (1958)
World Gone Mad, The (1933)
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Actors:
* Vincent Price
* Boris Karloff
* Christopher Lee
* Bela Lugosi
* Lon Chaney
* Max Schreck
* Barbara Steele
* Kent Taylor
* Forrest Tucker
* Judith O'Dea
* Gert Frobe
* Arthur Franz
* Tamio Kawachi
* Grant Williams
* Ginger Rogers
* J. Carrol Naish
* Fay Wray
* Candace Hilligoss
* Joan Woodbury
* Zasu Pitts
* Jean Hawkshaw
* Alice White
* John Carradine
* Jack Nicholson
* Lon Chaney, Jr.
* Pat O'Brien
* George Zucco
* Robert Towne
* John Barrymore
* Wallace Ford
* Richard Carlson
* James Best
* Dean Jagger
* Ed Nelson
* Arch Hall, Jr.
* Robert Reed
* William Campbell
* Tor Johnson
* Rex Lease
* Ken Clark
* Don Sullivan
* Turhan Bey
* Jason Evers
* Mike Connors
* John Hudson
* Bill Woods
* Alberto Lupo
* Pia Zadora
* Toyomi Karita
* Al Ritz
* Harry Ritz
* Jimmy Ritz
* Paul Bentzen
* Gustav Frohlich
* George E. Mather

Wow! What a collection we have here...the sheer number of movies and man-hours spent watching these spine-tingling classics will leave even the most hardcore moviegoer baffled. In any case I thought I'd share some info I learned through painstaking research done via the Mill Creek website. If you want the most amount of movies for the least amount of money then by all means GET THIS SET! If you already own other Mill Creek sets then expect to see lots of duplicate titles if you decide to get this one. That said, here's a few tidbits of interesting facts for my fellow Amazon consumers.

I discovered that the Horror Classics 100 Movie Pack includes many movies that are NOT in this set. Not to worry though...every single one of these missing titles can be found in the Drive-In Movie Classics 50 Pack! Also for my fellow horror fans I recommend the Chilling Classics 50 Pack, of which a whopping 41 horror movies are NOT in this set.

In conclusion, for the most amount of horror/sci-fi movies for the least amount of money spent and very little duplication, my recommended purchases are:

Horror 250 Pack
Drive-In Movie Classics 50 Pack
Chilling Classics 50 Pack

Trade in all other Mill Creek horror box sets, buy these, and oh yeah...don't forget the popcorn!

The Mill Creek Horror Collection 250 Movie Pack gives you a ridiculous amount of value for the money. At around 20 cents a title, how can you go wrong?
I've had this for a couple of months and have managed to watch about 20 of the movies so far. I can't comment on everything, but I figure what I've seen so far is a good snapshot of the whole collection.
I'm giving this five stars because it's so much for so little, but I do have a few things to critique.
First of all, image and sound quality tend to range from poor to mediocre. All of the movies I've seen so far are watchable, but in many cases a poor quality print of the film was used and in some cases, the transfers look like they were made from VHS tapes that had been played a few too many times. If you're a fanatic for razor-sharp images and crystal clear sound, you're not going to find it here. You'll need to let go of that to enjoy this collection. To make an analogy, think of major studio releases made from the best available film prints as being like hard-cover books. This, on the other hand, is like a box full of dog-eared paperbacks.
As for the movies themselves, I think the title "Horror Collection" very loosely applies. There are actually a number of genres in this package, most of which seem to fall into the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy categories. So far I've seen a couple of movies that would be more accurately described as film noir or docudrama. I think it's safe to say the entertainment value varies widely. Some of the films are quite good. There are even a few classics scattered throughout the collection. Many are duds, and some are just plain strange!
A large number of the films are of foreign origin (badly dubbed English can be entertaining all by itself) and the years of release run from the silent era to the 1990s. Some of the best titles are from the silent era.
One very important note is that the age appropriate audience for these films is all over the map. Some of them are suitable for, and even aimed at children. Some are strictly for adults. The film ratings are listed on the individual disc sleeves. Be sure to pay attention to the ratings and maybe pre-screen unrated titles if there are children around who might watch them.
The packaging is simple and very well done (see customer images for a better look). There is a sturdy outer box with all of the titles listed on the back. There's an inner flip-top box which contains all of the discs in their own separate sleeves with brief descriptions of the titles including the ratings or lack thereof and years of release. The discs are double sided and there's an average of four titles per disc. You'll have an instant library that takes up very little shelf space.
If you are a fan of the low budget and the obscure, you'll find a lot to like here, and you'll find it at a price that won't break the bank!

If you're a fan of 20s/50s Horror AND 70s/80s Sci Fi and Horror....Lucky You.
This 250 pack has most of what Mill Creek has to offer in both genres at about
20 cents per movie. ($50.00)

The 250 Horror Pack is basically a reissue of five 50 Packs
50 Pack Horror Classics
50 Pack SciFi
50 Pack Nightmare Worlds
50 Pack Night Screams
50 Pack Tales of Terror

If you're a classic horror fan and don't want to dig thru a bunch of low budget Sci Fi
discs to find the horror movies, I would recommend the 50 Horror Pack.
The 50 Horror Pack is Mill Creek's cream of the crop. ($15.00)

Mill Creek Collections - My Ratings
#1) 20 Pack Cult Classics (Very Unique 30s/50s Movies - Drugs Prostitution etc.)
#2) 50 Pack Horror Classics (Cream of the Crop with 20s Silent Horror Classics)
#3) 50 Pack Dark Crimes (Includes some good "film noir" at a bargain price)
#4) 50 Pack Crime Classics (More 30s movies than Dark Crimes - "pre film noir")

Mill Creeks SciFi collections are more suited for Mystery Science Theatre fans.
Budget SciFi, B-Westerns, and Hercules movies are not my cup of tea.

Well, to many old and B films on a very nice price! All the 20's films such as " Metropolis" or " Nosferatu" and " THE cabinet Of Dr. Caligari", " Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", " The phantom of the opera" are enough reason to buy this collection. Also i note " The tall-tell Heart" which is based in the novel by E.A.Poe and the amazing " Carnival of Souls". And also if you are interested in the first remake of the book " I am Legend" it is in here named " The Last Man On Earth" with V.Price .
Perfect for gift, cool for these cold-scary nights!
Cheers!

Update - OMG!!! I just noticed that they increased the price from $49.99 to $89.99. That means now you'd be paying 36¢ per movie. Boy am I glad I got it when I did.

Wow! What a collection! This movie set contains 250 movies for a mere 20¢ each. There are some real classics here including my favorites, Metropolis (a great robot movie) and Nosferatu. I had previously purchased these two movies individually for 3.99 each. The fact that they are included in this set only makes me wish I had purchased this set a lot sooner. The movies included span several decades from the 1920's through the 1980's. Needless to say, many are in black and white. Some movies are in color but the color may look washed out or faded. These are after all, old movies. Don't expect HD quality. Though the box is titled "Horror Collection", I would say many of the movies would be more accurately classified as sci-fi. I haven't watched all of the movies yet. I figure if I set aside one night per week as movie night, it would take me 4.8 years and 47 pounds of popcorn to finish watching all of them. Looking forward to it.

Look in the Comments to this review for an updated list of the movies I've watched from this set and my impressions of each.

I've noticed that Mill Creek no longer lists this set in their catalog on their website. I wonder if this means they've discontinued it. If you're thinking of getting it, you may want to get it while you still can.

By the way, I have to give Mill Creek an A+++ for customer service. I had a problem with one of the discs in my set but Mill Creek remedied the problem quickly and efficiently so I didn't have to return the whole set. Thanks.

I have always been a fan of horror and thriller movies, although they almost all where boxoffice movies up trough the 80's and 90's till today, I also longed for some old classic B-movies.
This is the perfect box. The funny thing is, that the movies that suck the most, are actually some of the funniest. And on top of that, the good B-movies are really okay.

The only downside from this buy is that (living in Denmark, Europe), the danish taxes was higher then the actually cost for the box... hmm, but that seems to be my own fault.

The only reason I wont give it 5 stars is, that I miss some more good quality B-movies in this pack, maybe som more Christoffer Lee and Vincent Price would be nice.

Finally I know how it all began! :)

If you liked any of the Mill Creek Entertainment Box Sets, you will LOVE this one. Although the majority of films in this set are from various other Mill Creek packages, the actual storage case is a real work of art. The DVD's still are encased within envelopes; however, the storage box is not cheap (Like other Mill Creek DVD products.) Although I have not seen every movie in this set (and I some of these public domain films on other DVD box sets), this set was a real surprise (as well as a real find) for me.


Film Listings are included in other reviews so I will not leave them here.

I decided to buy this set for my kids, they're pre-teens and they're getting out for summer vacation pretty soon, and I wanted them to have a variety of movies to watch. The set is pretty good, we've watched several of them over the weekend, some can be a little cheesy but my kids got a kick out of that. I do have to say some do have some nudity so I had to be careful about which ones I put on, they mainly wanted to watch the sci-fi ones and those were good for them. All in all they're good for the price, some of the very very old ones the audio and visual quality wasn't great, but what can we expect from movies that were made 70 yrs ago, right? They saw a few of the silent ones and they didnt seem to mind that, I was real surprised to see they knew exactly what was going on without the voices. I personally am very glad I own some of our Hollywood beginnings!