Product Details

• Actors: Shawna Waldron, Dale Snowberger, David Reynolds
• Format: Dolby, AC-3, NTSC, Color, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Lurker Films, Inc.
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000J1T1A0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #303,312 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The first volume in The Weird Tale Collection contains some excellent adaptations of horror author Robert W. Chambers' work including Aaron Vanek's award winning short feature film inspired by the short story "The Yellow Sign" in the book The King in Yellow. In the movie, a young art gallery owner, Tess Reardon (played by Little Giants star Shawna Waldron), is looking for new talent to spark life into her failing business. Haunted by nightmares, she discovers that an artist she dreamt about, Aubrey Scott, actually exists, and she seeks him out. The eccentric painter agrees to a showing of his art, but only if Tess will model for his new work. She grudgingly agrees and begins to regress into a past life from a parallel world, and that everything is not at all as it seems. The volume also includes David Leroy's stunning Tupilak (transferred from a 35mm print), and Emiliano Guarneri & David Fragale's mysterious Italian short, The King in Yellow. Bonus materials include a short documentary called Chambers in Paris, by Chambers' expert, Christophe Thill, plus production stills, outtakes, deleted scenes, audio commentary, and much more. Subtitles in French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Finnish, and Portuguese.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Great set of weird tales on film, October 12, 2006

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L. Donofrio (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weird Tale Collection Vol. 1: The Yellow Sign (DVD)

I received the 'The Yellow Sign' last saturday and have watched it a couple of times--SUPERB! The story was changed slightly--but, I feel for the better. Scott emerges as a menacing and creepy character as too does the watchman. I enjoyed the film very much especially the outré and utterly weird music background. Not the least of the films attractions was the fantastic and surrealistic artwork evident in the entire film. The young actress playing Tess had a fresh and teen aged beauty which was very affecting. Very well done! As always these Lurker Films discs are packed with great content and the 8 page booklet was very informative (includes a few words from Lovecraft on Chambers too). Recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't overlook this gem, September 10, 2007

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Bret Curry (Oakland CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weird Tale Collection Vol. 1: The Yellow Sign (DVD)

I fear that this might be a poor seller for Lurker Films because it features adaptations by the relatively unknown Robert Chambers instead of the deservedly famous Lovecraft. This would be a shame, because the Yellow Sign is the best film I've seen on the three Lurker Disks that I've ordered. Very atmospheric and moody and well acted. One of the shorts Tupilak is also quite good. The short King in Yellow is not as good. Comes with commentary and extras. Recommended for fans of Lovecraftian horror.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this DVD, December 18, 2007

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buddy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weird Tale Collection Vol. 1: The Yellow Sign (DVD)

Don't buy this DVD. From the lurkerfilms.com website:

"Note: The films The Yellow Sign and The King in Yellow are not presented in their true aspect ratio. Although the films are watchable this was not our intent and we wish to present the films in the intended aspect ratio as created by the filmmakers. Also the Portuguese subtitle track is actually a duplication of the Spanish subtitles. We intend to correct this in the next pressing. Existing customers will be able to request an updated disc. Look here for further news."

This warning is not on the Amazon listing for this DVD, so the unsuspecting customer who buys this DVD through Amazon (such as me) will not find out about the aspect ratio problem until after they've bought and watched the DVD. So now you know! Lurker Films should have told Amazon about this problem, and pulled their listing until it was corrected.

I don't consider the films to be watchable in the incorrect aspect ratio. All of the characters looked squashed and fat. You'd expect better quality control for a DVD that costs (at the time) $18.95. I purchased "The Yellow Sign" DVD back on August 1, 2007, and I've been in contact with Lurker Films several times now, and I have not been able to get a replacement DVD in the correct aspect ratio. Now I've asked them for a refund.

Additionally, the films on "The Yellow Sign" DVD are marginal, low-budget, and instantly forgettable. There are good low-budget films out there, but these ain't it.

I'm not knocking all Lurker Films product. I have another of their DVDs, "Out of Mind," which is good. I'm just saying that "The Yellow Sign" really is a poor product that should be avoided.