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The long awaited return of the Inhumanoids, August 15, 2001
This review is from: Inhumanoids - Evil That Lies Within (Episodes 1 thru 5) (DVD)
Probably my favorite cartoon ever, and the first real emergence of cartoon horror I can remember. The Inhumanoids themselves, imprisoned in the bowels of the earth, were stark, Lovecraftian monstrosities both in their ancient appetites and titan proportions. D' Compose was a rotten, gangling zombie with the ability to spread undeath by touch. Tendril was a crawling, devouring horror with the tentacled maw of Cthulhu. Metlar was the alpha male demon, hellish king of his elder minions. There was a sense of smallness and desperation to the humans that confronted the monsters, though they were aided by a rival race, again Lovecraftian, that strove to return the Inhumanoids to their prison. Later, we saw even darker twists of the story, such as the arrival of Nightcrawler, undead spawn of D' Compose, or even the emergence of another Inhumanoid, a gelatinous cyclops with an appetite for anything and everything. There's no telling where the show might have gone, if it had continued. But, I guess in those days the show was just squeezing past the censors, so as much as it irritated me it didn't really surprise me when the show got canned. The great ones are all usually cut off in their prime. Nothing makes me happier than to see the show now resurrected, as if by the twisted claw of D' Compose himself. The fact that the Inhumanoids have returned via DVD is better still. Two Big thumbs up to the show, and two thumbs up to the boys at Rhino too.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unbiased Review-Solid DVD, April 17, 2005
This review is from: Inhumanoids - Evil That Lies Within (Episodes 1 thru 5) (DVD)
After making Inhumanoids-Evil That Lies Within the last part of my 80s toons shopping spree (I already picked up Thundercats, She-Ra, Inspector Gadget, Rainbow Brite, Gi Joe, Transformers, etc) I feel that I have had a successful week in reliving my childhood. Viewing this old toon had me wondering the entire time: "Damn, they actually showed some of this stuff when I was growing up?" I only say that because I know some of the scenes with Decompose would never be aired on Children's programming today. Rhino actually did a decent job with this DVD by actually including the first few episodes of the series. If you're a fan of the show from yester'year, then you should definitely check this one out.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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INHUMANOIDS: ALL 13 EPISODES NOW ON DVD, July 12, 2005
This review is from: Inhumanoids - Evil That Lies Within (Episodes 1 thru 5) (DVD)
This DVD and the other USA Volume only has the first 8 episodes and was released years ago which means the other 5 are not so likely to make it. But In the UK they have released all 13 episodes as a two disc set in one box.
You can order it off the UK Amazon because I am in the UK and order lots off the USA Amazon with my same account details which are recognised in all Amazon sites. BELOW IS THE LINK TO IT
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Just so you know NTSC AND PAL are not really our worry anymore with foreign DVDS because I once had a region 2 only DVD player but still played NTSC DVDS at region zero which is because as of today nearly all USA TVS and DVD Machines for the past 5 years have pal playback, same with UK TVS and DVD Machines having NTSC playback, which is why as long as your TV is less than 5 years old, to play this and all other UK Region 2 DVDS in the USA all you need is a Region free or Multi Region DVD Player.
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