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Summary: cheapo disc; mucho fun
Review: I am biased, I admit it. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are fantastic actors, and I will watch anything they perform in. Much like the late actor Donald Pleasence, they somehow manage to elevate their horror pictures above drivel, into fun and interesting movies to watch. Of course there are exceptions, but usually I cannot find fault with a Lee/Cushing picture, they are worth the price of admission as pure entertainment.Now, on to this movie. It was a blast. It was a ball. It was fantastic fun, and creepy camera work. It was a truly great horror entertainment. Lee and Cushing thrown together with Telly Savales (terrible, terrible portrayal of a cossack, if I ever saw one, but funny none-the-less. Imagine Kojak tossing out a Russian familiarity name "little grandfather". It's just too bizarre.) against a trainful of cossack zombies and a yeti/missing link monster with glow in the dark eyes and the ability to erase memories (as well as kill you really good.) High art? Maybe not, but I had a ball watching it. I am glad this is in my collection, for the story values (and Lee/Cushing). Now on to the presentation. The disc has a poor image. Image struck me as scratchy, could have used a little touching up (what the film community would call 'restoration' for higher art films). I don't recall the sound being anything to write home about. It's worth the el cheapo price tag, though. Is it Hitchcock or Scorsese? Nope. Is it trying to be? Nope. It has a ball with its subject matter. You will too.
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Summary: cheapo disc; mucho fun
Review: I am biased, I admit it. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are fantastic actors, and I will watch anything they perform in. Much like the late actor Donald Pleasence, they somehow manage to elevate their horror pictures above drivel, into fun and interesting movies to watch. Of course there are exceptions, but usually I cannot find fault with a Lee/Cushing picture, they are worth the price of admission as pure entertainment. Now, on to this movie. It was a blast. It was a ball. It was fantastic fun, and creepy camera work. It was a truly great horror entertainment. Lee and Cushing thrown together with Telly Savales (terrible, terrible portrayal of a cossack, if I ever saw one, but funny none-the-less. Imagine Kojak tossing out a Russian familiarity name "little grandfather". It's just too bizarre.) against a trainful of cossack zombies and a yeti/missing link monster with glow in the dark eyes and the ability to erase memories (as well as kill you really good.) High art? Maybe not, but I had a ball watching it. I am glad this is in my collection, for the story values (and Lee/Cushing). Now on to the presentation. The disc has a poor image. Image struck me as scratchy, could have used a little touching up (what the film community would call 'restoration' for higher art films). I don't recall the sound being anything to write home about. It's worth the el cheapo price tag, though. Is it Hitchcock or Scorsese? Nope. Is it trying to be? Nope. It has a ball with its subject matter. You will too.
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Summary: Decent Horror Movie but watch out for the versions
Review: I bought this movie after seeing it on TV. It is a decent little horror flick, BUT the copy I got (cover "Different from the one shown", quoted from the remarks by the seller, for used/new marketplace copies) is from Diamond Entertainment. Packaged attractively, professionally, and with some (useless)special features -- don't be fooled, this is a BAD transfer to DVD. Some scenes inexplicably shimmer, as if you were looking at some gently sloooooshing water. Overall, the image quality is BAD, like it was filmed from a film screen rather than a direct transfer from an original source. Watch out. Don't waste hard earned money on bad copies, unless you are desparate.
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Summary: Decent Horror Movie but watch out for the versions
Review: I bought this movie after seeing it on TV. It is a decent little horror flick, BUT the copy I got (cover "Different from the one shown", quoted from the remarks by the seller, for used/new marketplace copies) is from Diamond Entertainment. Packaged attractively, professionally, and with some (useless)special features -- don't be fooled, this is a BAD transfer to DVD. Some scenes inexplicably shimmer, as if you were looking at some gently sloooooshing water. Overall, the image quality is BAD, like it was filmed from a film screen rather than a direct transfer from an original source. Watch out. Don't waste hard earned money on bad copies, unless you are desparate.
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Summary: Great little gem
Review: I really liked this film. I am disappointed in the quality of the transfer however. It's a real pity because if the print was of better quality, I would give it a higher rating. This film has everything - a good story, great acting and genuinely creepy moments. Above all I really liked the story. Isn't it possible that an alien lifeform landed on earth millions of years ago and had to adapt and evolve in order to survive? Isn't it possible that it did this by inhabiting the body of another? - but not before the creature had sucked out the memory from the brain of the last victim.
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Summary: Haunting Film, Terrible DVD Quality
Review: I'd long been a fan of this film: It's quite unique and has a very European avant-garde feel to it. It has a quite dark and foreboding ambiance to it that is chilling. However, The quality of the DVD transfer is awful! The picture is muddy and fuzzy and there are fuzzy scanlines present. The colour is much more washed out than it should be. I recently taped this film from TV and the picture quality was much better, even on VHS! Sharper detail, richer colour. However, this is obviously a budget DVD and until someone decides to release a cleaned up widescreen version (and this is crying out for a collectors edition) , it's a choice between this and the VHS! The format can do much better than this.
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Summary: Lee + Cushing = Awesome!!!
Review: Lee + Cushing = Awesome!!! Enough said!!! Those two guys are incredible. The script was a little poor, but Lee and Cushing made this baby shine. The idea of the alien was good, though it didn't look "real". I give it 4 stars. It's an enjoyable flick!
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Summary: Something a Little Different
Review: Like other reviewers have stated, make sure you get a quality dvd of Horror Express. This movie has been released by so many companies that there are a ton of lousy dvd transfers floating around. The first copy I bought looked like someone just hooked up a dvd burner to thier vcr, the transfer was so bad you couldn't even read the credits. I see other reviewers detailing the plot, and if you aren't familiar with the story, try to avoid those reviews, as they will only spoil your good time. Though Horror Express is not on the level of a Hammer studios release production wise, the cool little story, and the acting by Cushing, Lee and Savalas make up for any shortcomings. The special effects are pretty effective, and still hold up well today. The theme song is still rather haunting, and the use of the train's whistle throughout the movie's soundtrack is very effective in producing chills. If you are a fan of British Horror, this is a must. Anytime you can get Lee and Cushing on screen together, you know you are in for a good time.
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Summary: Our favorite horror movie!
Review: My husband and I love this movie. No, it's not the scariest movie ever. No, the story isn't the most horrifying. But, it brings back so many memories of Saturday afternoons when we watched horror movies. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are the best and have been in many of our favorite movies. We had a ball watching this, and anyone who remembers it from years ago, should definately add it to their collection.
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Summary: Early Tribute To Lovecraft!!!
Review: Ok, first off Christopher Lee (crappy Starwars) and Peter Cushing (kool Starwars) known for decades of horror fame, are both in this awsome film, and Diamond Entertainment has recently released it on DVD for only $5.00, so...
...like buy it already. As for the movie itself, yes it does have two horror icons in possibly there best movie ever, but it also serves as a very kool tribute of sorts to H.P. Lovecraft, the plot is great, I had no problems with the acting, the white eyes were great, and it kept me interested all the way, though be warned action fans, there is no action here, just an evolving tale with character developement, better stick with your Independance Day crap if that ain't your thing, it has aliens and product placement, not to mention a cheesey corprate sound track all of which is void from this awsome movie! :) WARNING, PLOT LEAK AHEAD!!!! Ok, so Lee finds this frozen monster which he thinks will explain a vital part of man's past. He loads it up on a train, and the monster escapes, and begins to kill, they kill the monster, ect ect. But... ...the murders continue, and every victum is found with his eyes completely white, and his brain void of any wrinkles or memories. Along the way they discover that the monster was an alien older than mankind itself, and is capable of transfering itself into other living beings. On top of that, it can also absorb all the information out of a human's brain, and know what they know, giving it an upper hand in survival and blending in with everyone on the train.
The aspect I really enjoyed about this is the Kristian Fanatic! The guy strongly resembles the street person who claims the cube at the end of the 1st (and only true) Hell Raiser film. On top of this Lee and Cushing are persistant to prove to him that his beliefs are all a bunch of idiotic superstition.
When they discover that the alien's cut out eye, contains image imprints of the various things it has seen, and that one of them is a view of the planet Earth from space, they instantly call for the Fanatic to have a look in the micro-scope, and as anyone with blind faith would do, he instantly starts rambling about how it is the eye of Satan, and is a vision of him being cast out from Heaven. What makes this even more awsome and darker is the fact that he steals the eye, and is later corned in the same room with the alien, where he watches it kill a lady, then comes out from hiding, and throws himself before it, asking if it were going to kill him too, at which it replys that there is nothing in his head that he would find useful! And just to step it up a tad bit more, the fanatic gives the eye to the alien so no one else will see it, then goes are far to begin worshipping the alien and becomes its servent, and eventually the "temple for its soul"!
Can't beat that for $5.00. A defininate must for any reader of Lovecraft or Clive Barker!
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