Search - Fright Night (10 Movies on 5 DVDs) on DVD

7 out of 10 ain't bad at all for this type of collection

Daniel Jolley | Shelby, North Carolina USA | 05/14/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In a bargain package such as this, you can't expect ten out of ten amazingly good movies; there are a few duds thrown into the mix on Fright Night, but these are more than offset by some really, really good horror movies that can be hard to find on their own. Don't expect any extras here because you won't find any; Fright Night is all about the movies. The real gem of this bunch is God Told Me To, an independent film of great power and complexity; this is the movie you want to pop in the drive whenever someone tells you that there's no such thing as a well-made indie horror film. Pieces is a bad horror movie lover's dream come true, topping off a buffet of blood and gore with two of the most surprising and outlandishly hilarious final twists I've ever seen. One must also point out the fact that you have here not just one, nor even two, but three Erica Blanc movies. Erica Blanc is one of the most striking queens of European horror, and fans who are unfamiliar with this actress should quickly seek out some of her movies. Blanc plays a sultry succubus in the Belgian film Devil's Nightmare, but she is much more impressive (though, sadly, more fully clothed) in Kill, Baby, Kill, an excellent horror film evoking a strikingly Gothic atmosphere. Blanc also appears in The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, but what I am about to say is of the utmost importance: while the Fright Night package lists the film's running time as 103 minutes, the version included here is actually the butchered, 88-minute version that is really not worth watching at all. All of the erotic and even reasonably horror-laden scenes are cut out, and all you get here is a travesty of an otherwise good movie. Acclaimed British horror siren Barbara Steele stars in The Ghost, a really good atmospheric horror film featuring a welcome twist at the end. Kiss Me Kill Me is a European horror film that may not appeal to everyone but which I found quite enjoyable. The last of the good films is Satan's School For Girls, a made-for-TV movie featuring two of Charlie's Angels that is quite surprisingly effective and impressive. Now for the bad news. Cathy's Curse is a thoroughly insufferable film of embarrassingly bad video quality; if you like watching a little girl stare at things a lot, maybe you'll enjoy the film, but I couldn't wait for it to end. Then there is Good and Evil. Now this film seemed to be developing into something pretty good; after I learned to accept the presence of Dack Rambo in a horror film, I started getting into the story: a girl has been unknowingly raised to be the demon Ashteroth's future wife; ironically, the demon needs a virgin bride. She falls in love, a priest figures out that she is an evil spawn and tries to stop the marriage, a revelatory exorcism is performed on a related little girl, the demon bride is hidden away from and pursued by good guy Dack, and then - the movie ends. I have never been so shocked in my life to see credits start to roll. Good and Evil was shot for television, and I can only assume there was supposed to be some kind of follow-up movie planned because this stinker just stops right in the middle of the story with absolutely nothing settled in terms of the plot. In my opinion, as you can see, there are seven good to great horror movies in Fright Night, and these as a whole more than make up for the surprisingly few disappointing films in this package. The Euro-horror contributions are particularly effective, serving as a great and inexpensive way for American fans to acquaint themselves with Europe's more Gothic style of horror."

Great B Horror movies for the price

mapainter2 | Orlando FL USA | 03/16/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"There is something about 60's -mid 80's budget horror films that you have to have a taste for to enjoy. For the price of this 10 movie set no one could complain, the best movie in the box is God told me to, but there are 8 out of the 10 that were worth watching."