DVD Verdict Newsletter for September 16th, 2011
Podcast: DVD Verdict 926 - The Friday Filibuster (John Carpenter is Dead to Me)
This week, Erich stops bailing water long enough to review BBC's Misfits and eviscerate John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China, Michael is up to his bloody eyeballs in new Hollywood horror, and Dave postmortem's Curb Your Enthusiasm and Make It or Break It. Reviews of Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (Blu-ray), X-Men: First Class (Blu-ray), and Outsourced: The Complete Series. Plus! Scenes of the afterlife, John Carpenter directs your favorite '80s film, and vintage special effects that still hold up.
Today's DVD Verdict Reviews
• Creepshow (Blu-ray)
Reviewed by Daryl Loomis
Overall Score: 84/100
"Creepshow holds up well, mostly because there isn't much else out there quite like it."
Reviewed by Daryl Loomis
Overall Score: 84/100
"Creepshow holds up well, mostly because there isn't much else out there quite like it."
• Dead Cert (Blu-ray)
Reviewed by David Johnson
Overall Score: 55/100
"I know what an entertaining vampire movie is. And you sir are no entertaining vampire movie."
Reviewed by David Johnson
Overall Score: 55/100
"I know what an entertaining vampire movie is. And you sir are no entertaining vampire movie."
• Ghost Rider (Blu-ray)
Reviewed by Brett Cullum
Overall Score: 86/100
"Evil has a new enemy even more frightening than what it could ever be: Nicolas Cage."
Reviewed by Brett Cullum
Overall Score: 86/100
"Evil has a new enemy even more frightening than what it could ever be: Nicolas Cage."
• The Hills Have Eyes (1977) (Blu-ray)
Reviewed by Clark Douglas
Overall Score: 86/100
"A pretty bone-chilling slice of primal terror."
Reviewed by Clark Douglas
Overall Score: 86/100
"A pretty bone-chilling slice of primal terror."
• Maria's B-Movie Mayhem: Love Me Deadly / The Curious Case Of The Campus Corpse
Reviewed by Tom Becker
Overall Score: 71/100
"Why are these two films sharing a disc?"
Reviewed by Tom Becker
Overall Score: 71/100
"Why are these two films sharing a disc?"
• The Others (Blu-ray)
Reviewed by Daryl Loomis
Overall Score: 95/100
"What sets The Others apart from its contemporaries is the acting, which is some of the best you'll find in the genre."
Reviewed by Daryl Loomis
Overall Score: 95/100
"What sets The Others apart from its contemporaries is the acting, which is some of the best you'll find in the genre."
• Scary Movie 2 (Blu-ray)
Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan
Overall Score: 80/100
"Scary Movie 2 is pure junk cinema; we expect a lowbrow comedy, and the film delivers."
Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan
Overall Score: 80/100
"Scary Movie 2 is pure junk cinema; we expect a lowbrow comedy, and the film delivers."
• Stake Land
Reviewed by Daniel Kelly
Overall Score: 79/100
"Director Mickle shows a tremendous eye for location with Stake Land, concocting a believable and stylishly desolate world for his tale to unfold within."
Reviewed by Daniel Kelly
Overall Score: 79/100
"Director Mickle shows a tremendous eye for location with Stake Land, concocting a believable and stylishly desolate world for his tale to unfold within."
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (Blu-ray)
Reviewed by Ike Oden
Overall Score: 78/100
"The shorts stand up well on their own, but when you get them together, watch out."
Reviewed by Ike Oden
Overall Score: 78/100
"The shorts stand up well on their own, but when you get them together, watch out."
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