Classic Creature Movies

Rating:
Summary: Creature, Moonbeast, Snowbeast, all in one
Review: This disk contains three supposed classic movies involving creatures. The movies include such talents as Klaus Kinski, Bo Svenson and Yvette Mimieux.

The first (Creature) stars Klaus Kinski and involves the competition between two corporations. One has made an archeological discovery on Titan but the crew was killed when they collided with a space station. The rival corporation send a salvage crew out to stake a claim. Unfortunately, the first team found, and releases, a centuries old creature bent on killing everyone a la Alien.

The second movie (The Track of the Moonbeast) is the silliest. An asteroid collides with the moon and debris is sent up. A piece falls to Earth and hits a man. Now he changes into a big lizard by the light of the moon. A lame reworking of werewolf tales.

The final movie is Snowbeast and stars Bo Svenson who, based on this performance, you would never believe he won a best actor award. A ski resort is terrorized by a yeti during their 50th annual Winter carnival. A somewhat lame attempt to cash in on the Jaws phenomenon. The book (which I read many years ago) was far superior. Oddly enough, you never really see the creature in this one.

All in all there are three silly or fun movies on one side of one disk. Creature, even when it was first released, was never a clear print (dark and steamy sets), but the other two are true to their original releases. These are fun movies to poke fun at, especially in Snowbeast when some logs roll into the side of a camper. The result is that they are somehow suddenly sticking out the back door and the guns that everyone was carrying are now inside the camper in a closet.

Rating:
Summary: Creature, Moonbeast, Snowbeast, all in one
Review: This disk contains three supposed classic movies involving creatures. The movies include such talents as Klaus Kinski, Bo Svenson and Yvette Mimieux.

The first (Creature) stars Klaus Kinski and involves the competition between two corporations. One has made an archeological discovery on Titan but the crew was killed when they collided with a space station. The rival corporation send a salvage crew out to stake a claim. Unfortunately, the first team found, and releases, a centuries old creature bent on killing everyone a la Alien.

The second movie (The Track of the Moonbeast) is the silliest. An asteroid collides with the moon and debris is sent up. A piece falls to Earth and hits a man. Now he changes into a big lizard by the light of the moon. A lame reworking of werewolf tales.

The final movie is Snowbeast and stars Bo Svenson who, based on this performance, you would never believe he won a best actor award. A ski resort is terrorized by a yeti during their 50th annual Winter carnival. A somewhat lame attempt to cash in on the Jaws phenomenon. The book (which I read many years ago) was far superior. Oddly enough, you never really see the creature in this one.

All in all there are three silly or fun movies on one side of one disk. Creature, even when it was first released, was never a clear print (dark and steamy sets), but the other two are true to their original releases. These are fun movies to poke fun at, especially in Snowbeast when some logs roll into the side of a camper. The result is that they are somehow suddenly sticking out the back door and the guns that everyone was carrying are now inside the camper in a closet.

Rating:
Summary: Three Creatures...the winner...Snowbeast!
Review: This is a good value DVD with three films instead of the usual one! All are in full screen and only 'Creature' has a Dolby Digital mix. The picture quality on all three films is pretty rough but watchable and better than any video version you are likley to have. The extras are talent bios which which are better than nothing.

Creature: This one has the highest production values and is basically a rip off of Alien and Night of the Living Dead. The acting and script are pretty good but I found it all a bit boring to be honest!
Track of the Moon Beast: Oh dear, this film is pretty lame in all departments from the totally shocking special effects on the meteor to the terrible acting of the female lead. Man she is really kak. But the whole thing has a sweet little charm which makes it just entertaining for fans of kitsch.
Snowbeast: This is the one I bought this DVD for. I remember seeing this as a kid and it still kicks! Basically imagine the plot of Jaws translated to a ski resort and a shark replaced by a man in a yeti suit and your there. With great music, decent acting and a pretty good script it's the pick of the bunch. (although the colour on the DVD is pretty messed up in places)2 of the three stars in my rating for this DVD come for Snowbeast alone!
This DVD is definately worth a look for fans of low budget rip-off cinema like me, but if you are a multiplex popcorn muncher who likes your production values high then you better give it a miss.