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![90210: The First Season [6 Discs]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/prescaled/500/500/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/b9979a32-8a02-4837-817e-1b254b599f00.jpg)
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5
Great Show
on September 24, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
Similar to the original show, "90210" follows the adventures of Dixon and Annie, two siblings who move from Kansas to Beverly Hills and struggle to adjust. The series has a strong cast, and I like all the characters with a few exceptions (Naomi = SUPER ANNOYING!). Sure, sometimes the show is hokey, but it's a teenage soap opera...what else do you expect? Also, the product placement in this program is ridiculous...a fun thing to do is to count how many times you see Dr. Pepper in any given episode. Still, the show deals with many of the same issues the original series tackled, including teen pregnancy, drug addiction, mental illness, and more. I watched "90210" all season and am looking forward to Season 2. My only hope is that Shannen Doherty signs on for more cameos next year and that Dylan, Steve, and Brandon find their way back to my favorite zip code!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Gossip Girl: The Complete Second Season [6 Discs]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/prescaled/500/500/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/0385b42f-a697-4f51-9d89-39a74a09af4f.jpg)
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5
Gossip Girl is so Addictive
on September 24, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
I'm not one to buy television show seasons, but after i started watching gossip girl i had to buy it. Everyone i play it for LOVES it. it's truly one of my addictions, i love this and I am so happy to own the first and second season. This show is sassy and sexy. It has the ultimate edge, and the characters are phenomenal, i couldn't think of any actors better to play them. The first season is awesome, but the second season is just beyond words, i cannot wait for the third season, i cannot imagine how great it's gonna be. My opinion for people who want to buy the show, i would say watch it first on youtube or something, cause it's not a show everyone would like, but if you like the first episode, i guarantee you will love the whole two seasons.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Rose Red [2 Discs] [DVD]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/4599/4599811_sa.jpg)
Stephen King puts pen to paper and paper to celluloid with the spooky haunted house TV movie Rose Red. Lion's Gate's work on this 1.33:1 full-frame transfer is great, sporting solid colors and dark black levels. While there are quick moments where the image tends to appear a tad soft, overall this is a very nice transfer with a pleasing appearance (especially for a TV movie). The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround in English, French, and Spanish. This 5.1 soundtrack is very well-mixed with a multitude of eerie, atmospheric sounds to scare even the most steel-hearted viewer. No distortion or hiss was detected in any of the dialogue, music, or effects. Also included on this disc are English and Spanish subtitles. This two-DVD set includes a very nice array of extra features, starting with a commentary track by director Craig Baxley, producer Mark Carliner, and a few brief appearances by some of the crew. This is a very long and engaging commentary that slows down a bit at the end, though overall, there are some interesting and informative stories to be heard. A 50-minute documentary titled "Bad House: The Making of Rose Red" is in-depth and features interviews with cast members Nancy Travis, Julian Sands, Matt Keeslar, Judith Ivey, and Melanie Lynskey, as well as author Stephen King. This feature chronicles the film from development to production to airing and should give viewers a better understanding of how it came to the screen. "Unlocking Rose Red: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer" is a nearly half-hour faux documentary that is interesting, if a bit trite. Finally, there are some storyboards of three separate scenes, a gallery of artwork from the conceptual stages of the film, and some video promo spots for other Lion's Gate movies.
Customer Rating
5
This might be the best Stephen King film
on September 24, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
As a die-hard Stephen King fan, I've seen everything he's ever done and this is by far one of the best ! The man just has a way of taking even the most sacred of things like the safety you feel in your own home and turning it against you! You won't want to walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night in the dark ever again after watching this!
Rose Red is one of those movies that stays with you long after it's over. Don't let the length of the movie (almost 6 hrs.) turn you off to watching it. It's well worth the time to sit down and watch this brilliant masterpiece. The cast was wonderfully chosen. From Nancy Travis who plays Dr.Joyce Reardon. The woman who becomes fasinated with a haunted mansion called Rose Red to the point of risking other peoples lives to prove to her boss and collegues that Rose Red truly is haunted. To Annie Wheaton played by Kimberly J. Brown who has the power to waken Rose Red from a deep sleep by using her mind to do. If your a Stephen King fan than you won't want to miss this, and for the rest of you who aren't, well give the movie a try anyway. You won't be disappointed.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Friday the 13th Uncut [Blu-ray] [1980]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/9173/9173057_sa.jpg)
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5
Great Childhood memories
on September 24, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
In 1957, a young boy named Jason Voorhees drowned in Camp Crystal Lake then a year later some camp counslors were horribly murdered mysteriously. Now in 1979, the camp is about to reopen thanks to a new owner Steve (Peter Brouwer) with counselors but suddenly a mysterious killer is murder each of them, one by bloody one until one survives to reveal who the true killer is.
Co-starring Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King, Laurie Bartham, Mark Nelson, Robbin Morgan, Harry Crosby and Betsy Palmer. This is a unique and stylish slasher shocker that started off as an idea by Victor Miller based off campfire legends including the legend of Cropsy the killer which was later made as "The Burning" and influenced by films by "Halloween" and "Psycho", Sean S. Cunningham who produced the 1972 sleaze-feast "Last House on The Left" produced and directed the project to make it low budget. Made in 1979 then finished in 1980,it opened up on june 13th 1980 distributed by Paramount Pictures to become one of the highest grossing movies at the box-office that year despite bad reviews including Roger Ebert who declared it nothing but a "Halloween" rip-off. What makes the movie so effective is the "Psycho"-esque score by Harry Manfredini and of course the memorable gore effects by Tom Savini which shocked the daylights out of people when it first came out yet they are still effective. Although Jason isn't the true killer in this movie, even though he does appear in a couple of sequences and doesn't become the villain until the sequels, the film offers scares and shocks from beginning to end as it spawned sequels, imitators, a slew of trick or treaters with Jason costumes and a remake in the works, it even paved way for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and other slasher movies of the 80's.
This Blu-Ray brings us for the first time in the U.S. the uncut unrated version with more violent footage that was toned down to avoid an "X" rating originally. It offers great picture and sound quality in the best high definition possible with great extras like interviews, featurettes, a reunion at a horror convention, "Tales from Camp Blood part 1" Short film, audio commentary and theatrical trailer.
What's great about it: I grew up on this movie
What's not so great: All of today slasher films, got nothing compare to thia
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![A Nightmare on Elm Street [Special Edition] [2 Discs] [DVD] [1984]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/7949/7949385_sa.jpg)
Customer Rating
5
The film that revolutionized the horror genre
on September 24, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
It is a true testament to writer-director Wes Craven's genius that many people now first think of Scream rather than A Nightmare on Elm Street upon hearing his name. While Scream certainly re-energized the horror movie genre, A Nightmare on Elm Street revolutionized it entirely when it was released in 1984. Twenty years after the fact, the movie doesn't seem quite as scary as it did originally, but this movie has truly shocked and frightened many a moviegoer over the years, resonated with untold numbers of men and women in a new and undeniably powerful way, drawn in many viewers that had never cared about horror before, and introduced one of the greatest, most popular horror icons of past, present, and future in Freddy Krueger.
When you really look at the genesis of this movie, its incredible success is truly mind-boggling. Wes Craven had already made waves in the business with such horror classics as Last House on the Left, but the script for A Nightmare on Elm Street made the rounds of Hollywood for three years before the relatively unknown New Line Cinema stepped up to make the movie a reality. The total budget for the film was well under two million dollars, and the filmmakers basically worked miracles to make the film as viscerally shocking and beautifully gory as it is. A tremendous cast was assembled: veteran actor John Saxon and newcomer Johnny Depp (in his very first role) are terrific, Robert Englund needs no introduction for his unforgettable portrayal of Freddy Krueger, and a young and innocent Heather Langenkamp delivers a dazzling performance as Nancy Thompson. (Ronee Blakley's performance as Nancy's mother is over-the-top and rather poor in general, but this is essentially the movie's only weakness.) Many people think that Englund carries this film with his brilliant portrayal of the nightmarish killer, and in a sense he does, but for me it is Langenkamp's performance that absolutely makes this movie something way beyond special. I have always been a big Langenkamp fan; she brings to Nancy a mesmerizing sense of innocence, charm, and natural beauty that wins the audience over completely. Freddy is a dark and menacing presence, but he really doesn't get that much camera time in this first film; Nancy is the essential conduit that connects the audience to the horror.
I don't think much is required in terms of explanations or plot summaries here. Freddy Krueger was a murderer of children who was hunted down and burned to death by local parents. He still exists, though, in the world of dreams, and now the teenaged children of the men and women who destroyed him are his targets. Nancy and her friends all begin to see this strange burnt man in an old fedora and a dirty red and olive green sweater in their dreams; Nancy soon learns that whatever happens in these awful dreams also happens in real life. The first victim dies a spectacular death, one that surely poured heaps of shock value on 1984 audiences and which still works wonderfully today. Several other notable deaths follow, and Nancy knows that she alone must face Freddy and somehow engineer a trap with which to snag him. It's not easy killing a dead man who lives in dreams, of course, but Wes Craven built a really beautiful logic into the story that makes it work convincingly.
The special effects of this film are remarkable, especially given the tight budget restraints. The death scenes are powerful and bloody, the atmosphere and look of the boiler room sets in particular are dark and malevolent, everything about Freddy's look and performance are perfect, and even really cheap effects such as the phone tongue and melted stairs work beautifully. The special features included on the DVD are nothing short of superb, especially the commentary by Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, and director of photography Jacques Haitkin - I learned so much from this commentary (including the fascinating true-life facts that helped give birth to the original idea in Craven's mind), all of which made me all the more impressed with this seminal horror classic. A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most enjoyable, powerful, and influential horror films ever made, and the transfer to DVD makes this film look better than ever.
What's great about it: i consider this as Wes Craven's best film
What's not so great: Are you kidding me? it's flawless
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Dead Silence [WS] [Unrated] [DVD] [2007]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/8367/8367643_sa.jpg)
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5
dolls never scared me this much before
on September 23, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
This is one of those horror-films that could have been awesome, but instead ends up being "just" being good. The plot goes; Jamie Ashen and his girlfriend one night receive a relatively spooky ventriloquist doll named "Billy" in a crate delivered anonymously at their door. Ashen goes out to get them some food, wondering who sent the doll to them and why. As he returns, he finds his girlfriend dead, missing her tongue. After being released from custody for lack of evidence against him, Ashen travels back to his home town for the funeral and finds out that the doll used to belong to "Mary Shaw", a former fellow townswoman of his. She was murdered by several of the townspeople for what they believed to be her murderous nature back in the day after one of her ventriloquist shows where a boy went missing shortly afterwards heckling Mary Shaw.
The legend is that the ghost of Mary Shaw, along with her dolls, are killing off the townspeople related to her murderers, but only if you scream when you see her. Ashen henceforth attempts to solve the mystery of who is doing the killing and why. That is about as much as I'll say about the plot, but it is a fine film of suspense, with the welcome addition of Donnie Wahlberg in the cast as the detective suspecting Ashen of the murder(s). Sadly, Wahlberg doesn't get much to act with; mostly he is just being a quite foolish detective and shaving his chin. Ryan Kwanten playing Jamie Ashen is perhaps a bit out of his league here, but considering what I've seen from him on the "True Blood"-show, he's probably grown as an actor since this film was made.
The film reminds one in many ways of both "Jeepers Creepers" and "Darkness Falls", so if you liked those, you will probably like this as well. No big flaw in the film, and a quite nice story and a wonderful ending that you probably won't see coming before you sit there going "ahhh, of course" as the end credits pass your eyes. Recommended if you're into the genre, but be aware that it is of course quite violent. The film scared a friend of mine so bad that he had to get the DVD out of the house, if that is anything to go by. 4,5 stars and the added bonus of a more or less all-European cast.
What's great about it: Perfect to scare your friends
What's not so great: Wish it would be Release on Blu Ray
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Twilight [Blu-ray] [2008]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/9230/9230496_sa.jpg)
Customer Rating
5
Great
on September 23, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
I love this movie! At first I wasn't sure how I felt about it - but once I bought it and was able to watch it at home (without all of the screaming teenagers!) I realized just how well-made it is. It does a good job of taking important parts from the book and bringing them to life. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to a fabulous job of bringing the characters to life; as do all of the actors who play in this movie. You can tell that their hearts were really in their roles!
The one thing that I have learned from reading books that later turn into movies: You cannot go to the movie and expect it to be as good as the book. If that happened, then the book wouldn't be good anymore! I always want the book to be better than the movie. The movie is just an accessory that goes really well with a book that is exceptionally well written. If the movie makes more people interested in reading the book, or if it makes you want to get out your book and read it again, then the movie played its part well! This movie definitely did its job! I can't wait to see the next movie!!
What's great about it: I love Twlight
What's not so great: Can't wait for the sequel
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![The Strangers [Blu-ray] [2008]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/9053/9053338_sa.jpg)
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2
What a let down
on September 23, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
The Strangers starring Scot Speedman and Liv Tyler was a total borefest. This was quite a dull experience, the first half where absolutely nothing happens almost had me pressing the fast forward button but somehow I didn't and just wanted to see if the rest of the film was going to get better but of course it didn't. The director spends too much time getting us to like the couple in the movie, but honestly does a terrible job. The opening sets the stage for what might look like a terrific movie. A 911 call saying "there is blood everywhere". Really? After seeing the movie I expect to only see blood in two places, not exactly everywhere.
The movie has no plot and is completely hard to get involved with any of the characters since most of the time they just end up staring into space, or just wondering off late at night leaving the other person alone and defenseless. The story begins by developing the relationship between it's two stars, then separating them and introducing the terror. This worked at first in it's ability to set up and keep the viewers in suspense. Unfortunately, after we have established what is taking place, the story seems to slow down and eventually fizzles out. The second half of the film is filled with horror movie cliché's and cheap scare tactics that fall flat on it's face, almost to the point of boredom. Don't bother with this film, if you want better suspense/horror flicks then check out Vacancy, Silence of The Lambs, Eden Lake or Funny Games (the original not the remake) instead. Any of those other enjoyable and creepy films would be a heck of alot better then wasting your time with this.
What's not so great: my memory's will be haunted remember this film
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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![28 Days Later [Blu-ray] [2002]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/8588/8588735_sa.jpg)
Customer Rating
5
Great Film
on September 23, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
I wasn't really scared a whole lot by the storyline in 28 Days Later, but I was really scared while watching the movie anyway, thanks to the sound system in my DVD player making me jump through the roof whenever an infected zombie-like creature would crash through a window and attack innocent people, or just go absolutely insane at the most unpredictable moments!
This movie reminds me of those old Resident Evil video games. Absolutely terrific and scarier than you can possibly imagine.
Some people might not like the fact that there's not a whole lot in the way of action, but honestly, there's a good deal of action sequences despite the fact it's not necessarily a totally action-dominated film, and the atmosphere that builds up to those action sequences is pretty terrific too, because you get a sense of constant uneasy feelings around every turn. You really feel the main characters as they struggle to find a way to safety and survive.
My favorite thing about the movie are how the monsters go crazy whenever they become infected, and it's just an exciting movie.
What's not so great: Warning film quality is so terrible on Blu Ray
I would recommend this to a friend!
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![Crazy Eights [DVD] [2007]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/8707/8707937_sa.jpg)
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3
Worth a rental
on September 23, 2009
Posted by: Twlightfann
Crazy Eights, an offering in the second year of the After Dark Horror Fest, is a gory spook story that doesn't offer anything that hasn't been seen plenty of times before, and were it not for it's game cast, this flick would be a pure waste of celuloid. Crazy Eights revolves around a group of old friends (Dina Meyer, George Newbern, Traci Lords, Frank Whaley, Burn Notice's Gabrielle Anwar, and The Wire vet Dan DeLuca who also co-wrote this flick) who are re-united after the passing of a friend of theirs. Turns out that all of them were involved in some sort of dark research and experiments, and soon enough all of them become trapped and start to get picked off. What kills Crazy Eights is it's predictability: you know what's going to happen right before it happens. Not to mention that there are so many non-sensical twists and developments that the film ends up becoming almost incomprehensible as it winds down, and the road getting there is more boring than anything else. The grainy look of the film doesn't make matters any better either, but as said before, the cast is good. All of them, even Lords (who pulls off a great and blood-curdling scream), manage to accomplish some great work, but that's the only thing about Crazy Eights worth mentioning really. All in all, you'll certainly see worse horror flicks, but you can certainly do better than what you get here.
I can see Crazy Eights has received some negative reviews, and well, those comments are completely understandable. If anything, the movie felt like it could and Should have been so much more.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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