Review(s): DVD The Devil Rides Out/Rasputin the Mad Monk
Damaged?
All three reviews by the individual below--from Italy--complain about "damaged" DVDs, way too dang many of them. I encourage customers to ignore these writings as it seems she may be ordering DVDs for the wrong DVD region; in one case she writes that it plays "black" and that sure as heck sounds like the problem. Of course she might be putting these in her CD player too. I've ordered plenty of stuff from Amazon and if anything they arrive almost too well packed and totally undamaged. Sorry, I've been encountering customer service complaints, often really stupid ones, turning up in the review section a bit too much lately and it's really starting to annoy me.
Great CDs, a great combo, and lots of fun. The Devil Rides Out is a classic adaptation of a novel by a fellow named Wheatley or something--wrote a lot of stories in the 30s about Satan worshippers. The Rasputin film is just a hoot, as one might well imagine from Hammer. I miss this company and I wish they could reform to do campy stuff (their movies weren't campy when new) nowadays. There's plenty of hard-gore and shock out there now, I'd like to see something stylish and fun.
Very Good
This movie above came in good condition, fortunately, however, several itens that I have ordered before this one came damaged, I have had many problems with Amazon com lately, unfortunately. I really would like to know why this is taking place, really. The collection called "Hammer Horror Collection" that has 6 movies came completely damaged, 100% damaged twice to me and when I ordered three of the movies separately (suggested by the represantive) "taste the blood of Dracula", "Dracula has risen from the grave" and "The Horror of Dracula", the three of them, even though they were sold separately, they came to me DAMAGED, I returned them and Amazon com decided to send me something for free here in Italy after all I went through, but, even the free purchases, one of movies, came DAMAGED, the movie that came damaged is called "The Hound of Baskerville" with Peter Cushing, it came damaged twice actually, now, I do not know what to substitue that one for, and besides I am in a different hotel now. I do not know WHY you are selling so many movies that are DAMAGED, NOT WORKING, with BLACK SCREEN, specially the one called "hammer horror collection" PLease analise and study this. THank you.
JAcqueline Grecco
Two Hammer classics
Rasputin, the Mad Monk is easily the lesser of the two films, but is still a minor classic by Hammer standards. Historical accuracy is secondary to suspense and thrills, as you would expect. Christopher Lee turns in one of his best performances in the title role.
The Devil Rides Out is one of Terence Fisher's finest films. It's an intense occult thriller, genuinely terrifying at times, and featuring another excellent performance from Lee, in an untypical role.
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