House on Haunted Hill/The Last Man On Earth

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Summary: House on Haunted Hill spectacular on DVD
Review: "House on Haunted Hill" is my favorite movie of all time, so I am sure I am a little biased. This DVD of "House on Haunted Hill" is amazing! I own the VHS version and the picture quality of the DVD is FAR superior. On the VHS, I can barely make out the names in the credits because they are so blurry, on the DVD everything is crystal clear. As for the film itself, Vincent Price plays an eccentric, wealthy businessman who throws a haunted house party. Perfect for staying up late and watching with the lights off. My favorite aspects of the film are the witty dialogue and clever plot twists. I won't give anything away because the surprise is the best part!

As for "Last Man on Earth," the picture quality is more like VHS for this being a DVD. Don't expect a clear, sharp picture. However, I found this to be a bargain .... In my opinion, this film is also classic. Vincent Price plays this vampire-hunter with a chilling calm that haunts you long after the film is over. This film is similar in tone to "The Night of the Living Dead."

To sum it up? Two classics for under ...? You can't beat that!

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Summary: A good old-fashioned horror duo
Review: ..Well, this is a set that would go over well at a kid's slumber party, and you don't have to worry about scaring them for life! Good, clean scary fun.

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Summary: Content - Great . Production Quality of DVD - Garbage
Review: As a Price fan, I had to get these two classics. When the DVD arrived I anxiously poped it out of it's case, put it in the DVD player, and hit the play button. The sound was scratchy, there was an annoying white glow in the lower right corner of the screen, and the original film the DVD was produced from must have been used as a cat scratching post. I swear that the DVD was made from a video tape shot in a cinema off the moviue screen - it's that ad. At first I thought this was as good as the quality got for this movie. Then I saw it on the SciFi Channel - the quality was excellent, sound was perfect, etc.
So if you want it for the movies, it's OK. As for quality, it's the WORST DVD I have seen to date - and I own over 150!

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Summary: Worth it for Last Man On Earth
Review: As another reviewer said, there is a better Haunted Hill DVD available, but this one is definitely worth getting for Last Man on Earth, unless a better quality DVD release comes out someday. I'm not a huge fan of House on Haunted Hill, but my little sis IS so she bought this DVD. I DO like Vincent Price However, and I'm a big fan of Night of the Living Dead, one of the few movies out there that can really scare me. Last Man on Earth has a lot of similarities to NOTLD. If you're a fan of DEAD, you need to see this movie! While it's not as frightening as it could have been, it does have its moments and is just a really great story idea dealing with an airborn vampire virus that results in only one normal human being left on a planet of vampire zombies. This is truly entertaining for the price! Get it while you can!

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Summary: good movies but shotty capturing
Review: As has been said here, the DVD transfer of 'Last Man on Earth' is truly awful. Good movie, but it looks like someone recycled this through a plastic bag. Really bad. Its too bad, because I thought the movie was very good. Vincent Price is the only man left in a world that has been infected with a plague/virus that turns everyone into vampires. Very loner-like atmosphere that you can acutually feel through Price, despite the bad transfer. This just once again shows what a master of the craft Vincent Price was. It also had the actors voices dubbed in. This really didn't take away from it too much. In fact, I wouldn't have minded this at all if the quality of the movie was better.

The real gem here is 'House on Haunted Hill'. If anybody remembers the series "The Big Valley" in the 60's, you'll recognize Richard Long in this one. Vincent Price and his "lovely" wife invite a bunch of guests to a Haunted House and offers 10,000 dollars if each one can survive the night.
Really had me on the edge of my seat. Very well done. The transfer was fairly good, as well as the sound and the acting was very good here. Pretty atmospheric and scary. I loved it.

I would have given this five stars, but as I said, the transfer on Last Man on Earth left a lot to be desired. You can't beat the cost of this one though, so go for it. House on Haunted Hill alone is worth what you'll pay for this.

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Summary: Loved Both Movies, BUT...
Review: As has been said here, the DVD transfer of 'Last Man on Earth' is truly awful. Good movie, but it looks like someone recycled this through a plastic bag. Really bad. Its too bad, because I thought the movie was very good. Vincent Price is the only man left in a world that has been infected with a plague/virus that turns everyone into vampires. Very loner-like atmosphere that you can acutually feel through Price, despite the bad transfer. This just once again shows what a master of the craft Vincent Price was. It also had the actors voices dubbed in. This really didn't take away from it too much. In fact, I wouldn't have minded this at all if the quality of the movie was better.

The real gem here is 'House on Haunted Hill'. If anybody remembers the series "The Big Valley" in the 60's, you'll recognize Richard Long in this one. Vincent Price and his "lovely" wife invite a bunch of guests to a Haunted House and offers 10,000 dollars if each one can survive the night.
Really had me on the edge of my seat. Very well done. The transfer was fairly good, as well as the sound and the acting was very good here. Pretty atmospheric and scary. I loved it.

I would have given this five stars, but as I said, the transfer on Last Man on Earth left a lot to be desired. You can't beat the cost of this one though, so go for it. House on Haunted Hill alone is worth what you'll pay for this.

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Summary: Get it for the Last Man on Earth
Review: Don't buy this DVD for The House on Haunted Hill. If you are after that movie a much better copy can be had in the standalone version. That copy has a true widescreen version and a standard version. Both look better than this one!

Buy this DVD for The Last Man on Earth. This movie was based on a book called The Legend, and is the movie that Charlton Heston's Omega Man was based on. It is much better than the Omega Man, and while there are some parallels, they are 2 very different films. Unfortunately, one the of the reasons we don't see this movie very often is the print is so bad. It's still watchable, but by no means is it DVD quality. It is however, a great film and should not be missed. There's no reason why not to own this DVD.

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Summary: I Guess I'm Not Too PIcky
Review: For ($$$), you can't beat this DVD. I enjoyed both films. But for me, the real gem here is "Last Man on Earth." It is truly some of Price's best work, and the story is great. I didn't mind the quality of the DVD transfer. The picture and sound were just fine as far as I was concerned. Besides, just like movies such as "Frankenstein," there's something more creepy about old, slower, suspense-building, black and white movies when compared to today's slick, computer-generated, blink-of-an-eye special effects films. Give me the old stuff any day.

I remember watching "Last Man on Earth" as a kid. It scared the crud out of me then, and I bet it would still scare the crud out of 10-year-olds today.

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Summary: Haunted Hill/Last Man on Earth
Review: Good movies if you like Black and White and Vincent Price. Last Man is probably a little known picture but fun to watch. I saw it many years ago and really wanted to see it again. Haunted Hill was good but for some reason towards the end of it the picture was breaking up. Kinda ruined the ending and therefore my 3 Star rating. Would have been higher if that had not occured.

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Summary: An Effective Mix of Horror and Sci-Fi
Review: Having already owned the Warner copy of the original House on Haunted Hill, I purchased this DVD for The Last Man on Earth. The movie is based on the story "I am Legend" by famed horror writer Richard Matheson. Genre favorite Vincent Price plays a scientist who believes he may be the lone survivor of a world wide plague that has transformed everyone into vampires. Price plays the part of the man tormented by his loneliness perfectly. By day he hunts the sleeping undead, and by night he is tormented by them as they pound on his home as the lead vampire constantly calling to him: "Morgan, come out Morgan". Very creepy.

The DVD I purchased is the 2001 widescreen release from Diamond Entertainment. It is identified by the red banner across the top marked "Widescreen Edition". The film transfer is far from perfect, but as another reviewer said this is the only widescreen transfer I know of on DVD. The picture and sound are not all that bad. It looks just as good if not slightly better than versions that air on cable from time to time. This gem represents classic horror at its best. The DVD is bargain priced and the movie is a must for classic horror libraries. I highly recommend securing a copy before it disappears from the shelves. Hopefully this movie will get better DVD treatment in the future, but at least you'll have a copy of this fine film until that happens.