Holiday Gift Guide: Horror Hall of Fame: 26 Classic Horror Films DVD Set

Horror Hall of Fame: 26 Classic Horror Films DVD Set

Studio

Mill Creek Entertainment

Rating

NOT RATED / R

Running Time

35 hours 7 minutes

Discs

9

Retail

$49.98

Where to Purchase

Mill Creek Entertainment

Amazon

Description

Classic tales of terror featuring performances by the masters of the macabre!

My Thoughts

I couldn't have a Holiday Gift Guide without having something with a horror-theme, so today I'm featuring the Horror Hall of Fame DVD set from Mill Creek Entertainment, which has 26 classic horror films on 9 discs. 

Are these new releases?

Well, the answer is no. The set contains five previously released DVD collections: Boris Karloff Collection, Hammer Films Collection: Volume One, Hammer Films Collection: Volume Two, Classic Horror: 4 Movie Colection, and the Vincent Price Collection. The only differences is that the DVDs are bundled together in a new slipcover. There are no special features or extras on any of the discs.

All the movies featured in the set are:

The Bat  (1959; Vincent Price)
Before I Hang (1940, Boris Karloff)
The Black Room - (1935, Boris Karloff)
The Boogie Man Will Get You - (1942, Boris Karloff)
Creatures the World Forgot  - (1971, Brian O'Shaughnessy)
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb - (1964, Ronald Howard)
The Devil Commands - (1941, Boris Karloff)
Die! Die! My Darling!  - (1965, Donald Sutherland)
Five  - (1951, William Phipps)
The Gorgon  - (1964, Christopher Lee)
House on Haunted Hill  - (1959, Vincent Price)
The Jackals - (1967, Vincent Price)
Last Man on Earth (1964, Vincent Price)
The Mad Magician - (1954, Vincent Price)
The Man They Could Not Hang - (1939, Boris Karloff)
The Man Who Turned To Stone - (1957, Victor Jory)
The Man With Nine Lives - (1940, Boris Karloff)
Maniac - (1963, Kerwin Mathews)
Never Take Candy From a Stranger  - (1960, Patrick Allen)
The Revenge of Frankenstein - (1958, Peter Cushing)
Scream of Fear  - (1961, Christopher Lee)
Shock  - (1946, Vincent Price)
The Snorkel - (1958, Peter van Eyck) 
Stop Me Before I Kill!  - (1961, Ronald Lewis)
The Terror of the Tongs - (1961, Christopher Lee)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll - (1960 - Christopher Lee)

If you like classic and strange horror flicks, then this collection is for you. While I like most of the films in the set, my favorites are The Revenge of Frankenstein, House on Haunted Hill (the original), Last Man on Earth (aka I Am a Legend), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Shock, Scream of Fear, and Five (a must see with a Twilight Zone twisted ending!). 

None of the films have been restored, so the picture & sound quality varies per film; though most of them are pretty decent.

Overall, I do like the Horror Hall of Fame: 26 Classic Horror Films DVD Set. It would a great gift for any horror fan.

*Note - I received a complimentary copy from Mill Creek Entertainment.  All opinions are my own.