Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: December 3, 2002
• Run Time: 339 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007G1UR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,775 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3/4 Of A Good Deal..., October 11, 2003

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Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein "bigfootsalienbaby" (under the rubble) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horror Rises From the Grave - 4 Movies (DVD)

OK, 4 movies for the price of one can't be bad, right? Well... Disc #1 features HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB, a sadistically entertaining creeper about a satanic couple who come back to haunt the descendants of their executioners. Lots of blood. Tons of nudity. Paul Naschy plays a dual role as the chubby good guy and the chubby bad guy. Next up is ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS, a flat, dull, hideously acted pile of doggy-do. The zombies are not menacing or even remotely scary. They are shambling halloween skeletons from K Mart! Their "ghost ship" is a miniature boat, so horridly filmed, that I laughed out loud every time they showed it bobbing along! Disc #2 starts out with ZOMBIE HELL HOUSE (aka: House By The Cemetery by Fulci). This movie has it's high points as well as crashing lows. The gore is over-the-top, as is Fulci's way. The acting is mediocre. I did like Dr. Freudstein, the zombie in the basement. He's well done, but there's not nearly enough of him! And that kid was more annoying than an icepick to the forehead! Finally, we have NIGHT OF THE GHOUL. I like this flick! Lotsa murder and mayhem. Gore galore. Peter Cushing seems befuddled and in pain. John Hurt is good as the nutty guy in the shed. I got some genuine scares out of this one. Also, characters died that I figured would save the day. All in all, worth the cheap price...

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ugly transfers, mediocre films, January 27, 2003

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"weddellsea23" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Horror Rises From the Grave - 4 Movies (DVD)

This is my first purchase of a Brentwood Home Video release and it will be my last. Although you can't beat the price, you should know a few things before you plop down your money:

All four of the movies in this collection have been transferred from poor videotape sources that look no better than a consumer VHS purchased in the 1980s! The prints are often faded and the images are sometimes blurry. So what's on the DVDs? You may be surprised, because 3 of the 4 films have been retitled for no apparent reason, except perhaps to attach a 2002 copyright date to them.

First up, on Disc 1, is the 1973 Spanish thriller HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB (oddly titled HORROR FROM THE TOMB on-screen, eliminating the word RISES). This full-screen, English-dubbed film (also known as "El Espanto Surge de la Tumba" and "Mark of the Devil 4") has nice moments of gore and surprising full frontal female nudity. Paul Naschy stars. While the script isn't the brightest bulb on the block, the movie can be quite entertaining.

Next is ZOMBIE FLESH EATER (the on-screen title) or ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS (plural, the title on the DVD box). Take your pick. Either way, the movie is really EL BUQUE MALDITO, a thriller shot in 1973 but unreleased until 1975, from Spanish director Armando Ossori, who made the infinitely superior "Tombs of the Blind Dead." In fact, one of the alternate titles for this film is "Blind Dead 3," not to mention "The Ghost Galleon," "Ghost Ships of the Blind Dead," "Horror of the Zombies" and "Ship of Zombies," most of which make better titles. While Ossori's fabulous slow-moving monk-like zombies reappear in this film, the script is so inane the movie plays like jaw-dropping camp more than a horror film. Gore is minimal, sex is threatened but never really seen. The full-screen, English-dubbed image is just dreadful, though the ghost ship on which the zombies 'live' is quite beautifully designed.

Disc 2 begins with a murky, unpleasant transfer of ZOMBIE HELL HOUSE, which, it turns out, is actually a re-titling of Lucio Fulci's 1981 thriller HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY. This is the only film of the four to be letterboxed, but it still looks bad. Because Anchor Bay has a much better version of this film available, I did not bother to watch Brentwood's version once I discovered what it really was.

The last title in this four-pack is called NIGHT OF THE GHOUL. Not to be confused with Ed Wood's film of a similar name, this is actually the 1965 British production THE GHOUL (aka "The Thing in the Attic") starring Peter Cushing and John Hurt. I found the film to be insufferably dull, despite Cushing's always masterful presence. Presented full-screen.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to those other "elitist" reviewers, April 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Horror Rises From the Grave - 4 Movies (DVD)

Hey, for "the money" what do you think you're getting, Citizen Kane??? And besides, these are zombie movies, like they're going to have excellent plots and superb character development. Get real. Grab some friends and watch a couple of "bad" movies and make fun of them.