Take the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, add a dash of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and a lot more rum. Shake well and you'll have something resembling Dead Man's Chest, a bombastic sequel that's enjoyable as long as you don't think too hard about it. The film opens with the interrupted wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), both of whom are arrested for aiding in the escape of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in the first film. Their freedom can only be obtained by getting Captain Jack's compass, which is linked to a key that's linked to a chest belonging to Davy Jones, an undead pirate with a tentacle face and in possession of a lot of people's souls. If you're already confused, don't worry--plot is definitely not the... Learn More
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The tranquility of a small Texas town is ruined when an enormous rear-projection lizard begins to terrorize the place! At first, the adults dismiss the kids' hysterics as nonsense. The sheriff is helpless and the adults fail miserably to defeat the thing, so it's up to the teenagers to take it on. Though this movie relies a little too heavily on plot and characters and not enough on giant lizards, it's still a fun slice of '50s camp. The lead character (played by Don Sullivan) sings some wildly inappropriate and goofy songs for some unintended comic relief. Rock & roll, hot rods, teenagers, huge monsters... all the elements are in place for this faintly ridiculous '50s funfest. --Jerry RenshawMore Info About This DVD Director(s): Ray Kellogg DVD Release Date: Released the 19 November 2002 Usually ships within 5 to 7 days
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this cult classic, that's what!!! I remember having nightmares after watching this cheesefest as a kid, and the weird thing was I dreamed it in black-and-white.
Despite the obvious fact they used dogs covered with something resembling oversized dust mops and godawful phoney fangs that would make any respectable sabertooth cat bust a gut laughing, this hokey B-movie is actually quite good. Alright, forget the hammy acting too, because this ain't Oscar material gentle readers, it's pure entertainment!
If you don't take this film too seriously or try to analyze it, you'll probably find yourself being absorbed by this tale of survival. The premise is simple: escape from an island overun with giant, hungry dogs...er-ah shrews without winding up on the food chain. Of... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): James Best - Ingrid Goude Director(s): Ray Kellogg DVD Release Date: Released the 27 August 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The tranquility of a small Texas town is ruined when an enormous rear-projection lizard begins to terrorize the place! At first, the adults dismiss the kids' hysterics as nonsense. The sheriff is helpless and the adults fail miserably to defeat the thing, so it's up to the teenagers to take it on. Though this movie relies a little too heavily on plot and characters and not enough on giant lizards, it's still a fun slice of '50s camp. The lead character (played by Don Sullivan) sings some wildly inappropriate and goofy songs for some unintended comic relief. Rock & roll, hot rods, teenagers, huge monsters... all the elements are in place for this faintly ridiculous '50s funfest. --Jerry RenshawMore Info About This DVD Director(s): Ray Kellogg DVD Release Date: Released the 13 August 2002 Usually ships within 5 to 6 days
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I have both discs in this series and they are quite enjoyable.
The Wasp Woman benefits from a strong lead performance by Susan Cabot and The Giant Gila Monsterf benefits from... being unintentionally hilarious.
It's great to see the selection of Drive in clips for advertising and intermision and they are very well transferred (even better than the films).
The "distorto" sound is cute.
Here's where this series needs to improve:
More new (old) drive in clips, some are recycled from the previosu release.
Better transfers of the features. Although "Wasp Woman" shows a nice improvement over the other transfers of "Gila Monster", "Giant Leeches" and "Screaming Skull"
Encode it so it's all one program. When you select The "Night At The Drive In" all the segments are on "seperate... More Info About This DVD Director(s): Ray Kellogg DVD Release Date: Released the 24 July 2001 Special Order
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I own the majority of Madacy's Killer Creature Double Features and Bucket Of Blood/ Giant Gila Monster is right up there with the best of the schlocky cheesiness of these DVDs!
Bucket Of Blood is a Corman classic and Giant Gila Monster is just a stitch to watch. BAD acting, BAD sets, VERY UNSPECIAL EFFECTS... Excellent horror films that are SOOO BAD they are GOOD!
Also... the cartoons that are in between the features (JUST LIKE AT THE DRIVE-IN!) are quite fun to watch also! The sound and transfer on these DVD's reek of poor quality but THAT is the VERY REASON that I love them SO! It's like listening to an old, scratchy LP on a turntable. It just doesn't get much better than this for nostalgia's sake.
Keep the KILLER CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURES coming MADACY! More Info About This DVD Director(s): Ray Kellogg DVD Release Date: Released the 20 March 2001 Special Order
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