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Horror 100 Movie Pack

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The HORROR 100 MOVIE PACK is a 24 disc set of unusual and obscure 'B' type fright films. Their very rareness makes this box quite attractive for any fan of the fright film genre. The MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT box sets are of generally good quality, and are always an excellent value for the money.

The rating for this collection was determined via user polling numbers listed at a film reference website. On a one to ten scale, the current average score for HORROR 100 MOVIE PACK is: 4.4


Below is an alphabetized title list, with individual rankings and other data.

(2.7) The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) - Douglas Kennedy
(4.1) The Ape Man (1943) - Bela Lugosi
(2.3) The Atomic Brain ("Monstrosity") (1964) - Marjorie Eaton/Frank Gerstle
(2.5) Attack Of The Monsters (Japan-1969) - Christopher Murphy
(6.6) The Bat (silent-1926) - Jack Pickford/Louise Fazenda
(3.5) Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) - Michael Forest/Sheila Noonan
(3.6) Blood Tide (UK/Greece-1982) - James Earl Jones/Jose Ferrer
(5.5) Bowery At Midnight (1942) - Bela Lugosi/John Archer
(3.3) The Brain Machine (1977) - James Best/Barbara Burgess
(3.7) Bride Of The Gorilla (1951) - Lon Chaney Jr./Raymond Burr
(5.2) The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari - Glynis Johns/Dan O'Herlihy
(5.5) Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934) - Olive Borden/Reed Howe
(5.2) Condemned To Live (1935) - Ralph Morgan/Maxine Doyle
(5.1) Count Dracula And His Vampire Bride ("The Satanic Rites Of Dracula") (UK-1974) - Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing
(5.1) The Creeper (1948) - Eduardo Ciannelli/Onslow Stevens
(6.7) Creepers ("Phenomena") (Italy-1985) - Jennifer Connelly/Donald Pleasence (in support)
(6.8) Crimes At the Dark House (UK-1940) - Tod Slaughter/Sylvia Marriott
(4.4) Crypt Of The Living Dead - (Spain-1973) Andrew Prine/Mark Damon
(2.0) Curse Of The Headless Horseman (1974) - Ultra Violet/Marlon Proctor
(2.8) Death By Dialogue (1988) - Ken Sagoes/Laura Albert
(4.9) The Devil Bat (1940) - Bela Lugosi
(4.6) Devil Monster (edited version of 1936's "The Sea Fiend") (1946) - Barry Norton/Blanche Mehaffey
(4.6) The Devil's Daughter (1939) - Nina Mae McKinney/Jack Carter
(4.4) The Devil's Messenger (1961) - Lon Chaney Jr.
(3.8) Devil's Partner (1962) - Ed Nelson/Edgar Buchanan
(4.5) Don't Look In The Basement ("The Forgotten") (1973) - Bill McGhee/Jessie Lee Fulton
(3.2) Don't Open Till Christmas (UK-1984) - Edmund Purdom/Alan Lake
(2.6) Eegah (1962) - Arch Hall Jr./Marilyn Manning/Richard Kiel
(3.7) Evil Brain From Outer Space (Japan-1964)
(6.4) The Ghost Walks (1934) - John Miljan/June Collyer
(4.9) Hands of Steel (Italy-1986) - Daniel Green/Janet Agren
(4.7) The Head (W. Germany-1959)
(2.7) Horror Of The Zombies (Spain-1974) - Maria Perschy/Jack Taylor
(2.2) Horrors Of Spider Island (W Ger/Yugo-1960) - Alexander D'Arcy/Barbara Valentin
(???) House Of Danger (1934) - Onslow Stevens/Janet Chandler
(6.5) House Of Mystery (1934) - Ed Lowry/George 'Gabby' Hayes (in support)
(6.1) House Of Secrets (1936) - Leslie Fenton
(4.8) Invasion Of The Bee Girls (1973) - William Smith/Anitra Ford
(2.7) The Island Monster (Italy-1954) - Boris Karloff
(1.7) King Of Kong Island Italy-1968) - Brad Harris/Esmeralda Barros
(1.9) Legacy Of Blood ("Blood Legacy") (1971) - Rudolfo Acosta/John Carradine (in support)
(3.9) Legend Of Big Foot (1976) - Ivan Marx/Peggy Marx
(5.8) The Long Hair Of Death (Italy-1964) - Barbara Steele
(2.4) Mamma Dracula (France/Belgium-1980) - Louise Fletcher/Maria Schneider
(5.8) The Man With Two Lives (1942) - Edward Norris/Marlo Dwyer
(1.9) Manos: The Hands Of Fate (1966) - Tom Neyman/John Reynolds
(4.4) The Manster (Japan-1962) - Peter Dyneley/Jane Hylton
(5.8) Midnight Phantom (1935) - Reginald Denny/Claudia Dell
(5.0) Midnight Shadow (1935) - Frances Redd/Buck Woods
(7.8) Midnight Warning (1932 - William 'Stage' Boyd/Claudia Dell
(5.2) Moon Of The Wolf (TV-1972) - David Janssen/Barbara Rush/Bradford Dillman
(6.4) Murder In The Red Barn ("Maria Marten, or The") (UK-1935) - Ted Slaughter/Sophie Stewart
(4.7) The Murder Mansion (Spain-1972) - Evelyn Stewart
(5.1) Nabonga (1944) - Buster Crabbe/Barton MacLane/Julie London
(6.5) Never Too Late ("It's Never Too Late To Mend") (UK-1937) - Tod Slaughter
(5.1) The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave (Italy-1971)
(1.6) Night Fright (1967) - John Agar/Carol Gilley
(2.0) Night Of The Blood Beast (1958) - John Baer/Ed Nelson
(5.7) Night Tide (1961) - Dennis Hopper/Linda Lawson
(2.2) Night Train To Terror (1985) - Barbara Wyler/Jamie Scoggin
(6.3) One Frightened Night (1935) - Charley Grapewin/Lucien Littlefield
(???) A Passenger To Bali (TV-1950) - E. G. Marshall
(4.9) The Phantom Creeps (edited version of the 1939 serial) (1949) - Bela Lugosi
(6.2) The Phantom Express (1932) - William Collier Jr./Sally Blane
(5.5) Phantom Of Soho (W Germany-1964)
(4.7) The Phantom (1931) - Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
(4.1) Prisoners Of The Lost Universe (UK-1983) - Richard Hatch/Kay Lenz/John Saxon
(4.3) Rattlers (1976) - Sam Chew Jr./Elisabeth Chauvet
(5.7) The Rogues Tavern (1936) - Wallace Ford/Barbara Pepper
(6.7) The Sadist (1963) - Arch Hall Jr./Richard Alden
(3.9) Savage Weekend (1979) - Christopher Allport/Jim Doerr
(3.8) Scared To Death (1947) - Bela Lugosi
(2.3) She Gods Of Shark Reef (1958) - Bill Cord/Don Durant
(4.4) The She-Beast (UK/Italy-1966) - Barbara Steele/John Karlsen
(6.3) Shock (1946) - Vincent Price
(4.2) Sisters Of Death (1977) - Arthur Franz/Claudia Jennings
(4.9) Slave Of The Cannibal God (Italy-1978) - Ursula Andress/Stacy Keach
(2.7) The Snow Creature (1954) - Paul Langton/Leslie Denison
(4.0) Snowbeast (TV-1977) - Bo Svenson/Yvette Mimieux/Robert Logan
(4.9) Sound Of Horror (Spain-1964) - James Philbrook
(5.9) Spare Parts (TV-W Germany-1979)
(7.4) A Strange Adventure (1956) - Joan Evans/Ben Cooper
(7.2) Strangers Of The Evening (1932) - Zasu Pitts/Eugene Pallette
(5.9) Tales Of Frankenstein (TV pilot-UK-1958) - Anton Diffring/Richard Bull
(2.1) Teenage Zombies (1959) - Don Sullivan/Katherine Victor
(5.4) Terror Creatures From The Grave (Italy-1965) - Barbara Steele
(5.4) Torture Ship (1939) - Lyle Talbot/Julie Bishop
(5.8) Trauma (Italy/W Ger-1978) - Fabio Testi/Christine Kaufmann
(7.1) Unsane (Italy-1982) - Anthony Franciosa
(4.2) Vampire's Night Orgy (Spain-1973) - Jack Taylor
(3.9) Vengeance Of The Zombies (Spain-1973)
(1.9) Voodoo Black Exorcist (Spain-1973)
(5.9) A Walking Nightmare ("The Living Ghost") (1942) - James Dunn/Joan Woodbury
(2.4) War Of The Robots (Italy-1978)
(3.1) The Wasp Woman (1960) - Susan Cabot
(3.6) The Werewolf Of Washington (1973) - Dean Stockwell
(4.7) The Werewolf vs. Vampire Women (Spain/W Ger-1971)
(4.4) The White Gorilla (1945) - Ray Corrigan/Lorraine Miller
(3.1) White Pongo (1945) - Richard Fraser/Maris Wrixon

Mill Creek has clearly just repackaged movies that they are already selling, in the hope that people will buy them again. Surely it would've been possible to find new movies? If not, why bother with this new package?

Anyway, if you have none of the previous 50-packs, this would be a good place to start. I have the Sci-Fi, Horror, and Tales of Terror packs, so there is relatively little here for me (maybe a couple dozen movies). I can't swear whether the ones I don't have show up anywhere else, though I do know that "Invasion of the Bee Girls" is in the Drive-In Classics box, so it seems possible that all the movies here are duplicated elsewhere. (In the Chilling Classics box, for example.) Which, again, brings up the question of why bother with this. Supposing that you do enjoy the movies here, you'll probably want to go on and buy some of those other boxes... only to be confronted with many duplicated films, once again.

Maybe someone can explain the logic here, but I can't. I'm a big fan of these box sets, and have no quibble with the variable quality of sound, picture or movie. I always say, you get what you pay for--those with these sets, you often get MUCH MORE than you pay for. In this case, though, I can't recommend this box.

Can anyone say whether there are any movies here which are unavailable in the other Mill Creek bx sets? Thanks.

When I first saw that mill creek was releasing 100 movie box sets I was kind of hoping they'd up the ante here. but as others have stated. All or most of these can be found in the 50 movie box sets by the same company.

You are much better off getting one or more of the 50 movie box sets as that will allow future expansion into the series with less duplicates. There are duplicate titles crossing over in that series of releases as well, but no where near as bad.

Release some "new" movies Mill Creek.

In spite of the fact that it's a good value, I'd skip this pack. Instead, if you don't already have it, get Horror Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection. That gives you only 50 horror films, but it is the A-list of B horror films. There is no duplication between the 50 Movie Horror Pack and this 100 Movie Pack of horror films, although there is some duplication between this pack and the Chilling Classics, Tales of Terror and Nightmare Worlds packs. In fact, most of the best films in this pack are in the Tales of Terror pack.

Primarily, though, Mill Creek found these hundred films by going more to the 60's, 70's, and 80's, rather than the 30's through the 50's, and the quality of the content suffers for it. Especially by the 1970's, most B horror films are far inferior in quality to those made up to the 1950's. This is also the decade when horror films began to exchange graphic violence for atmosphere and campiness, and that simply doesn't appeal to an old movie fan like myself. The breakdown of films by decade is:

1920's - 1
1930's - 18
1940's - 11
1950's - 19
1960's - 20
1970's - 22
1980's - 9

The highlights of the package are the following:
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) - combines safe-cracking and an invisibility formula with a criminal main character who seems to think he is John Wayne.
The Bat (1926) - a silent horror film that has a character dressed like Batman trying to scare away inhabitants of an old house so he can have the 200K hidden there to himself.
House of Mystery (1934) - a man kills a monkey in India and a curse follows him home twenty years later. Another of the "old dark house" thrillers plus there's a man in a monkey suit that is not particularly scary.
Eegah (1962) and another Arch Hall Jr. movie - Anything with Arch Hall was always fun to me. He'll always be the king of camp.
The Wasp Woman (1960) - 40 year old cosmetic queen longs to be 22 again. A cosmetic potion does the trick, but she literally becomes Queen Bee.
Strangers of the Evening (1932) - Eugene Pallette & Zasu Pitts in a mystery involving bodies disappearing from the city morgue.
Shock (1946) - Vincent Price is caught in the act of killing his wife and must do away with the only witness, who is in shock.
Midnight Warning (1932) - A man seems to disappear in thin air in front of several witnesses. A detective must determine what really happened. Good precode mystery.
One Frightened Night (1935) - A wealthy old man decides to divide his estate among a group of people UNLESS his long lost granddaughter returns. Of course she does just that. Mix that with a night of creepy events in the old man's mansion with the heirs all there as guests, and you have a good old-fashioned thriller.
The Ghost Walks (1934) - Everyone staying in an old dark house who says that they see ghosts winds up dead. This mystery must be solved!

That's about it for the best films in the set. If you think it is worth the price, go for it.

I guess I am lucky, I already have the Sci-Fi, Horror and Chilling Classics 50 movie packs from Mill Creek, and this set has very little duplication. Probably only 6 or 7 movies. So, if you either have none of the other Mill Creek sets or only have some of those, this is a great set to buy. Just don't expect great video and audio quality. Still, these are a great way to collect lots of campy horror flicks very cheap.

These are my kind of movies, but can only watch in the daytime or I won't be able to sleep. The new movies do not compare.

If you already own the "Tales Of Terror 50 Movie Pack"
and "Drive-In Classics 50 Movie Pack" you already have
80% to 90% of the titles in this "Horror 100 movie Pack".

This Horror Pack is exactly what I was hoping to find. My friend and I love the older and sometimes silly horror movies with the bad special effects, etc. We watch a different movie evey week-end along with old sci-fi. The price was great and the delivery was very quick. Thank you, Amazon! Catz Meow