Cheap DVDs

I found several TV box sets at my local Big!Lots for $3-$6 including the following shows.

Murphy Brown
Night Court
The OC
Dukes Of Hazzard
The West Wing
Tracey Takes On
Wacky Races
Joey

I've lusted after it for years, and I finally found it at the local store for $5 on Black Friday. (Yes, I'm aware this set would USUALLY be $5 at Wal Mart or something, but since I live about 40 minutes from the closest one, I like the fact that I could buy this for $2 less than the usual price of $7 locally.)

I've already watched Child Bride, The Marijuana Menace (originally titled Assassin Of Youth), and Marihuana and I must say, this may turn out to be one of my best Mill Creek purchases to date.

Also, am I the only one who's gotten a Mill Creek set with logos during the movies that isn't really bothered by them? The only show up a few times, never for more than maybe three seconds, and are rarely, if ever, very intrusive. Crap, I see more intrusive logos and such on TV anymore, especially with this new trend of "Now you're watching [insert title here]. Up next, [insert title here]."

In case any of you folks haven't had your fill of black-and-white public domain horror movies ("Little Shop of Horrors," "The Brain That Wouldn't Die," "Lady Frankenstein," etc. et al.), then dorky mail order catalog Harriet Carter has such a deal for you!

They are selling the 4-DVD "50 Horror Classics" for only $9.99 plus shipping. This is the package that used to have its own TV commercial and sold for $20.00, so you're getting quite a deal here. I'm sure these are lousy full-frame prints with scratches galore, but you're only spending about 20 cents per movie on a real pressed DVD. Okay, I'm sure they are on a low bitrate because they need to squeeze 50 movies on to 8 sides of 4 flipper discs, (they might even be single-sided, who knows, but they look like flipper discs in the picture) and I'm sure the movies look VHS quality. But you can't beat this price without shoplifting.

A good bet for somebody just starting out in their movie collection, maybe a good Xmas gift for a teenager who likes horror movies.

Harriet Carter is also selling "50 Fright Classics" for $12.98. Not sure about the titles on that one, but I'm sure it is similar. They are also selling some cheap World War II documentary box sets to service their base audience of rapidly dwindling Depression survivors.

Here's the link: http://snipurl.com/6ibg2

I found the following at Big!Lots for $3 or less. I was surprised at the quality which included many Oscar winners and genuine classics. Of course they also had stuff like Hudson Hawk and Gigli.

King Kong (1933)
Dames
Golddiggers of 1933
Mighty Joe Young
The Band Wagon
Pride of the Yankees
The Petrified Forest
Gigi
Network
Adaptation
Bowling For Colombine
Kung-Fu Hustle
Moulin Rogue
Fahrenheit 911
Alexander (director's cut)
North Country
Capote

Hey friends,

I haven't posted here in awhile (looks like nobody has), but I felt I had to share a deal I came across in my local Wal-Mart a couple days ago.

Next to the "Iron Man" display they had a bunch of two-disc, four-movie sets for $9.99. I picked up all four Christopher Reeve "Superman" movies in widescreen, including the DVD extras like cut scenes and commentary.

They also had all the "Matrix" movies, all the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies (eight of those, in two sets), four Clint Eastwood comedies, and one, for some reason, of all horse movies ("National Velvet," "International Velvet," "The Story of Seabiscuit" and "Black Beauty").

Just a heads-up. Wal-mart usually ditches these after Christmas.

Mike