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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
How do I rate this lower than one star? TERRIBLE., August 11, 2008
This review is from: The Horror Vault [Unrated Uncut Special Edition] (ALL REGIONS DVD) (DVD)
Don't be suckered in by the farily cool-looking DVD cover art. This video is absolutely terrible, a complete waste of your money and time. While the production values are slightly more than your average B-movie, that is just about the only positive side to this. The stories are a collection of shorts that are supposed to be scary. Sadly, there are each as predictable as the sun rising in the morning. I kept waiting for a twist, just one twist, in each story. Sadly, I was disappointed time and time again, until I realized that I had to stop wasting what was left of my Sunday afternoon on this stinker. Having said that, I'm not going to waste any more of my time reviewing this, or going into detail on each story. The producers and writers should really reconsider any ideas they might be entertaining as to making another movie, go back to school, and study to be something - anything - other than filmmakers.
If you want to see an example of the WORST acting ever caught on video, and you've already decided that you want to endure this experience in terrible storytelling and insanely bad plots, you need only watch the third episode in this video - it is as though the actors were intentionally doing their worst acting as part of some gag reel. Sadly, they weren't.
I can confidently suggest to you that you SKIP IT. DO NOT RENT OR BUY.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting piece of viewing, August 28, 2008
Starting off with an effort to replicate the grindhouse use of "coming attractions," complete with grainy, scratched film, we expect the cheesiness to continue as the feature is not one, but nine separate horror shorts.
I am sure everyone will find their favorites in the collection, but I was particularly impressed by "Alone" with Mandy Amano as a sorority girl alone in the house with a killer on the loose. The sets and costuming were excellent and really gave a 50s feel to the story. It had a nice twist at the end.
"Mental Distortion" with Kim Sønderholm, who also wrote and directed this short, as well as the first one shown (When John Met Julia) stars with Maja Muhlack and the voluptuous Danish model Barbara Zatler. The story is really open to multiple interpretations, and I am sure each viewer will have their own.
"Disconnected" is the story of bloody brutality, but it is the twist that will have your mouth dropping open - totally unexpected.
Those are my three favorites, but the other six shorts are just as interesting and others are left to find theirs.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth your time. I want the 1:47 of my life wasted on this back, November 18, 2008
This review is from: The Horror Vault [Unrated Uncut Special Edition] (ALL REGIONS DVD) (DVD)
I'm an old school horror fan. I saw Evil Dead on bootleg VHS back when you could only get a copy if you knew someone at University of Michigan who was involved with Sam Raimi. Some of my obscure low budget faves include "Liquid Sky," "Rawhead Rex," and "The Changeling" with George C. Scott.
The Horror Vault is a collection of uninspired and amateur short films marketed under the guise of being "nine tales of true horror - unrated, uncut and uncensored." Each episode is predictable, poorly acted, poorly directed, and unimaginative. Throw in a bad eighties synth soundtrack and poor use of visual effects with some brief nudity and you've got "The Horror Vault."
I like to give obscure horror films a chance. Throughout the years I have amassed a large stack of unwatchable horror DVD's, and a short stack of classics. Thanks to Amazon Unbox I can now simply delete the bad ones from my hard drive and not have them clutter up my media room. Don't waste your time with The Horror Vault - <Delete>
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