Title: Legacy of Blood
Year: 1971
Director: Carl Monson
Rating: NR
Length: 90 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Rodolfo Acosta
Merry Anders
Norman Bartold
Ivy Bethune
John Carradine
Richard Davalos

Plot:
An aged millionaire passes on and leaves his four children his large fortune. According to his will, the four heirs must spend one week at his estate in order to split up the fortune. If any of the heirs leave or die before the week is out, the remaining children will receive the money and if all the heirs are gone, the servants will gain the inheritance. Once everyone has arrived and the estate and settled in, strange things begin to happen and the heirs begin to turn up dead. Who is killing them and can the remaining heirs find out before it's too late?

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
I actually have 2 copies of this movie on DVD. One in a double feature DVD release along with the movie Embryo. The other copy is in a box set I bought a while ago called Horror Classics: 100 Movie Pack.  I originally grabbed the double feature DVD simply because it was easier to find. But when I saw the quality of that disc I put it back and took a chance the big boxset would have better quality. And it did indeed.

The movie itself left a bit to be desired. The story is averagely entertaining at best. The acting in most parts could use some serious help. Some scenes were entertaining enough for me to keep watching... but I am actually kind of surprised I made it through the entire movie. Over all... I can't recommend it.

My Rating: 2/5

Title: Frenzy: The Masterpiece Collection
Year: 1972
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: R
Length: 116 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Jon Finch
Barry Foster
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Anna Massey
Alec McCowen
Vivien Merchant

Plot:
Jon Finch, Alec McCowen and Barry Foster star in this morbid blend of horror and wit - the first Hitchcock film to earn an "R" rating. The Necktie Murderer has the London Police on red alert and an innocent man is on a desperate quest to find the real sex criminal and clear his name. Alternating heart-pounding tension with distinctive Hitchcock humor, Frenzy marked the Master of Suspense’s return to his native England after almost 20 years.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes

My Thoughts:
This is the first time I ever seen this Hitchcock classic. And I must say... I loved every minute of it! The story kept me glued to my seat from start to finish. I found that the movie has a really good pace to it. While it does of course have slower scenes... it never slows down to the point that even the slightest bit of boredom sets in.  I think the entire cast... main stars and supporting cast alike... did a great job. I did find this movie to be a more graphic movie then any other Hitchcock movie I have seen in the past. So it does show a change in the times that occurred by the early '70s. This movie not only made it into my top favorite Hitchcock movies... but top favorite movies period.

My Rating: 5/5

Title: Crypt of the Living Dead
Year: 1973
Director: Ray Danton
Rating: R
Length: 85 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Andrew Prine
Mark Damon
Patty Shepard
Teresa Gimpera
Ihsan Gedik
Mariano García Rey

Plot:
An archeologist visits a remote island to bury his late father and, despite the warnings from the local people, opens the tomb of the vampire queen, buried over 700 years ago. This foolish act by the archeologist and his reporter friend places the entire island in danger, including the local school teacher that the two men are rivals for her affection. With the school teacher in danger of being a sacrifice to the vampire queen, the duo sets out to stop the vampires, rescue the teacher and destroy the vampire queen.

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
Not even 15 minutes into this movie and I was already feeling bored. Not a good sign but I decided to stick with it since it was so early. I was a bit surprised to see a movie made in 1973 to be black and white. Not that I mind... just wasn't expecting it. On the other hand I was kinda expecting a bad movie... but this one really bored me. No matter how hard I tried I just couldn't get into it. Every time they had a decent scene... it lost it's momentum as fast as it came. Another stinker out of the Horror Classics: 100 Movie Pack.

My Rating: 1.5/5

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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1974
In this year... People magazine's first issue released. Mia Farrow is on the cover... Stephen King publishes Carrie, his first novel under his own name... U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation.

My choices:
Titles in Italic are from my Unwatched Pile
- Black Christmas
- Blazing Saddles
- The Borrowers
- Count Dracula and his Vampire Bride
- Curse of the Headless Horseman
- Death Sentence
- Deranged
- Disappearance of Flight 412
- The Driver's Seat
- Horror of the Zombies
- Madhouse
- Moon of the Wolf
- The Odessa File
- Rumble in Hong Kong
- The Satanic Rites of Dracula
- Scream of the Wolf
- Silent Night, Bloody Night
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- White Fang to the Rescue
- Young Frankenstein

No Chinatown or Godfather Part 2

Shocking.....

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

Quote:
Nope... and I personally don't care for mob movies.

Chinatown is not a mob movie. It a drama noir centred around corruption....and water.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

Quote:
I realize this... that note was about Godfather II not Chinatown.

Il make you an offer you can't refuse 

Or you will wake up with decapitated wolves head in your bed

lol

On another note Blazing Saddles is one of my favourite comedy's

Title: Horror of the Zombies
AKA: The Blind Dead 3
Year: 1974
Director: Amando De Ossorio
Rating: R
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Maria Perschy
Jack Taylor
Barbara Rey
Carlos Lemos
Manuel de Blas
Blanca Estrada

Plot:
A yachtsman and his group are searching for some missing women when they come across a fog-enshrouded Spanish galleon drifting at sea. Boarding the ancient vessel to look for the missing women, the group stumbles upon a horrifying discovery. Aboard the ship are the undead legions of the Knights Templar, who are cursed to roam the Earth to plague the living and consume the flesh of their victims.

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
This morning I really felt like a horror movie I never seen before. while looking over the list I the title of this one grabbed me... so I looked into it a little to see if I was in the mood for it. That is when I found out it is an alternate title for The Blind Dead 3. I know this series has a cult following with a lot of horror fans. While I was a little concerned about starting with the 3rd in the series... my curiosity got the best of me so I thought I would test the series out with this one. I wouldn't say I was hugely impressed... but I did enjoy it for what it is. It was definitely enough to keep my interest. It also kept my curiosity about the films before it... as it is normal for the earlier movies to be the better ones. But over all... I found this one to be a fairly average movie. Entertaining enough to waste an hour and a half with... but not something that you should expect too much from.

This is another movie that is in the Horror Classics: 100 Movie Pack. The audio and video on this movie was better then I was expecting on this movie because of the fact that it is in one of those cheap boxsets. But there is one thing I didn't care about here... and I have seen this on most the movies I watched in this set already. Why does Mill Creek (company putting out these sets) feel the need to place their logo in the bottom right corner of the video? Sure it is only on there about 30 seconds each time off and on a couple times through the movies. While I can deal with it... it is still a little aggravating.

My Rating: 2.5/5

Title: Trip with the Teacher
Year: 1975
Director: Earl Barton
Rating: R
Length: 90 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Zalman King
Brenda Fogarty
Robert Porter
Robert Gribbin
Dina Ousley
Jill Voigt

Plot:
A chilling experience in terror as a group of female students and their pretty teacher are ambushed, while on a field trip, by a sadistic killer and his brother, forcing the women to learn a lesson in survival.

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
This is another movie that is in the Gorehouse Greats Collection. This time though... I enjoyed the movie. It alone was at least worth the cheap price I paid for the DVD set. Though I did find it to be pretty predictable. I pretty much new from the start who was going to be the hero of the story. I think Zalman King did a really good job as a psycho. He just had that crazy look about him. The last movie I watched in this set (Blood of Dracula's Castle) the quality of the video was terrible. While there was obvious problems with the video here... far from the best it could look... it was definitely an improvement over the other one.

My Rating: 3.5/5