Vincent Price Archives - DVD Review & High Definition

The Vincent Price Collection II

November 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

Over the past years, Shout! Factory and their Scream Factory label have become a dominant player in the horror genre, releasing beautiful Blu-Ray versions films that studios traditionally sidestep. Among some of these gems are the films by the great [...]

Scream Factory unveils “The Vincent Price Collection II”

August 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

This morning, Scream Factory has unveiled details about the upcoming 4-disc Blu-Ray version of The Vincent Price Collection Volume II, scheduled for release just in time for Halloween. This collector’s set will include seven Vincent Price movies, [...]

Edward Scissorhands

November 15, 2007 // 0 Comments

Tim Burton is one of those rare directors whose style is so unmistakable that you can tell within seconds of a movie that it was created by him. Together with composer Danny Elfman, they started making full length features with "Pee Wee's Big [...]

The Boris Karloff Collection

September 13, 2006 // 0 Comments

As a lover of classic horror movies from the genre's golden era, I'm always eager to check out the films that make it to DVD. With "The Boris Karloff Collection," Universal now pays tribute to the wonderful actor who was a cornerstone [...]

The Keys Of The Kingdom

July 13, 2006 // 0 Comments

When it came to sophisticated drama and contemporary literary adaptations in the 1940s, few Hollywood studios surpassed 20th Century Fox. Made in 1944 and based on a best-selling novel by A. J. Cronin, Fox's "The Keys of the Kingdom" [...]

Columbo: The Complete Third Season

July 22, 2005 // 0 Comments

Once again the bumbling LAPD detective is back at it again as Universal Home Entertainment is releasing ’Columbo: The Complete Third Season.’ This season includes some of my favorite episodes of the show, most notably ’Any Old Port In A Storm’ [...]

The Comedy Of Terrors/ The Raven

September 2, 2003 // 0 Comments

In their ’Midnite Movies’ series, MGM Home Entertianment has just released another great double-feature, containing two of the great Roger Corman films of the 60s. Almost a homage to Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre, the two films included [...]

The Great Mouse Detective

July 12, 2002 // 0 Comments

The Walt Disney Studio’s animated fare from the 1970s through the mid-1980s is much maligned among animation fans and it’s certainly true that no real classics emerged during that period. Still, a fair number of highly entertaining films are included [...]

War Gods Of The Deep

November 26, 2001 // 0 Comments

Yet another in the long line of American International Pictures film projects based on Edgar Allen Poe stories, ’War-Gods of the Deep’ is a rousing undersea adventure. The original title of the film was ’The City Under the Sea’ and that moniker [...]

Theater Of Blood

September 19, 2001 // 0 Comments

’Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last, you spurn’d me such a day. Another time, you call’d me dog…but if I am a dog, beware my fangs’ From Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ so charges Shylock as he readies to claim a [...]