Most Helpful Customer Reviews
|
|
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
YES! FINALLY on DVD!, October 19, 2005
I saw One Dark Night watching T.V. one night. It was about 1:00 A.M. and nothing was on so flipping through the channels I stumbled on to one of the best horror movies I've seen. I'd never heard of this film nor had I seen it anywhere. Finally, thanks to Shriek Show "One Dark Night" is coming to DVD.
When you consider the setting for the film, a mausoleum, you know it's going to be creepy. Just the thought of sleeping overnight in a mausoleum makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand straight up. One dark night is a perfect movie to watch on a late evening or on Halloween night; it's a cinematic example of what Halloween is all about. Containing lots of spooky elements that you look for in horror films:
Mausoleums, Telekinesis, graveyard scenes, and coroner scenes,including a very strange and eerie scene where 6 dead girls are found in the recently deceased man's appartment all piled together with their staring eyes wide open! The background music is quite effective too in adding to the moviegoer's experience.
"One Dark Night" is an underrated and, most likely, underviewed horror movie. Easily worth recommending for fans of the early 80's horror flicks that we've all come to know and love. Well worth and evening and soon to be added to my collection! (Thank you, Shriek Show!)
|
|
|
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Hidden Gem of a Horror Movie!!!, July 11, 2004
I saw One Dark Night watching T.V. one night. It was about 1:00 A.M. and nothing was on so flipping through the channels I stumbled on to one of the best horror movies I've seen. I'd never heard of this film nor had I seen it anywhere. To this day I still look in my local video stores for it but nobody has it. When you consider the setting for the film, a mausoleum, you know it's going to be creepy. Just the thought of sleeping overnight in a mausoleum makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand straight up. One dark night is a perfect movie to watch on a late evening or on Halloween night; it's a cinematic example of what Halloween is all about. Containing lots of spooky elements that you look for in horror films:
Mausoleums, Telekinesis, graveyard scenes, and coroner scenes,including a very strange and eerie scene where 6 dead girls are found in the recently deceased man's appartment all piled together with their staring eyes wide open! The background music is quite effective too in adding to the moviegoer's experience. Granted this isn't an Oscar nominated film but it is a great horror film never the less and well worth watching, if you can find it. I'd recommend this movie to anyone who loves the horror genre you shouldn't be disappointed.
|
|
|
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
80s spook story is a bit slow for today, but still a favorite, February 1, 2006
Rewatching this movie after years have gone by, I can say it's all about the last 20 minutes, with a very slow but engrossing build up. The finaly 20 minutes are when all the creeps come out, and the corpse effects are on par with what was going on in the hit Poltergeist the same year--in fact, a couple of the corpses look like they were borrowed from that film! The other plus of this movie--it has EG Daily, an 80s teen flick queen!
As for the video, the transfer is sharp, but the film itself is loaded with tears and specks, as well as some REALLY choppy edits, as if it was recorded from the actual cinema projector reels. Audio is a bit muffled, and only in stereo. There's a director commentary--and then on disc 2 (yes, it's actually TWO discs) there are behind the scenes clips and stills, plus a "director's cut" of the film--which shows it was originally titled "a night in the crypt." You also get a warning before this cut that it's from a very bad original print--and it is. Also, it's not different enough to actually sit through the whole film again, but it's nice to have it considering the DVD is so cheap for 2 discs.
|
|
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews
|
DVD ~ Paul Kelman
DVD ~ Zohra Lampert
DVD ~ Janet Agren
DVD ~ Jeffrey Combs
DVD ~ Brian Matthews
