Scot1458

I love the MGM Midnite Movie line...which ones have you been surprised at, which ones dissapointed with?


The Good

MONSTER THAT CHALLEGED THE WORLD big underated 50's Sci Fi Flick
PLANET OF VAMPIRES don't even know if this Bava should have been a MM
EMPIRE OF THE ANTS saw this one in the theaters as a kid...nostaligic value
IT! THE TERROR FROM SPACE what else can you say?
ALL THE VINCENT PRICE MOVES
THE ANGRY RED PLANET way impressed with this one...very surprised.
DIE MONSTER DIE great AIP film.


The Bad

REPTILICUS I've seen bad effets, but this one takes the cake
DERANGED ugg....
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN more ugg...
VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS wasn't this done on MST?


what are yours?

RobCA

I hate to call any of them "bad", because even the ones that are mind-bogglingly awful can have tremendous camp appeal. But here are my personal favorites:

Attack of the Puppet People
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
ALL the double features
ALL the Vincent Price films, except War Gods of the Deep


The ones I was most disappointed with are:

The Beast Within
The Dunwich Horror
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Morons from Outer Space
...and of course, War Gods of the Deep


Rob

Scot1458

Is War Gods that bad? I'm a huge Price fan, though I"ve never seen this one. Is it like the Time forgot/earth's core films?

RobCA

It's been a while since I've seen it, but as far as I remember, it was pretty bad. It is kinda like the other two films you mentioned, both of which I also didn't really care for. It could be that I was so disappointed with War Gods of the Deep because all of the other Vincent Price Midnite Movies were so much better, IMO.

Rob

LiquidSky

I love Village of the Giants. Contains some very groovy music, bad acting and cheesy special effects. Pure camp.

F For Fake

Is that the flick with Tommy Kirk and a young Beau Bridges? If so, then yes, it was MSTed.

"Lyle Waggoner's a total jerk, second only to Tommy Kirk..." Tom Servo "Creep Girl"

marty888

This also features a totally annoying "Ronny" Howard, who survived this experience and went on to happier days, eventually developing a beautiful mind....

Steve Phillips

Reptilicus is great! I've even got the "R" rated paperback and comic books from the 60s!

Scot1458

R rated paperback? How did that happen????

was hoping DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS would be released... bet that MGM doesn't have the rights.

TheOne

Day of the Triffids would be good!

Just bought the paperback, Night of the Triffids. Sequel to Day of the Triffids.

Rarehero

You HAVE to get The Thing With Two Heads........as the trailer says "They attached a white bigot's head to the soul-brother's body...who'd have thought that neither would care for the idea much!"

It's so insanely wrong it's a must buy.

Rarehero

pagemaster7

I consider myself a Vincent Price fan, but SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN is one of the worst films I've ever seen. My favorite of the midnight series would be:


The Dunwich Horror
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Killer Clowns
and most of the Vincent Price films(excluding SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN and WAR GODS)

yojimbo1

I haven't bought any of these yet but I'm thinking about the creepy classics boxset, is this a good buy

davidvp

Anybody have this one? Any good? (Thanks.) ........

Sonicflood

Yes, I have it and I enjoyed Masque of Red Death. Premature Burial was a little weak though. I'm a huge Vincent Price Fan though, so I'm a little biased.

Sonicflood

DarthMaul420

I only have Killer Klowns right now ... anyone have a list of all of them?

Scot1458

Masque is a must have, Price is a villian (true villian) and Premature Burial is good, though not as good without Price.

Sonicflood

Here ya go:

• Abominable Dr. Phibes, The
• Attack of the Puppet People
• Angry Red Planet, The
• At the Earth's Core
• Attic, The/ Crawl Space
• Beach Blanket Bingo
• Beast Within, The
• Bucket of Blood, A
• Count Yorga, Vampire
• Crawl Space/ Attic, The
• Deranged/Motel Hell
• Donovan's Brain
• Dr. Goldfoot and the
• Bikini Machine
• Die, Monster Die!
• Dr. Phibes Rises Again!
• Dunwich Horror, The
• Empire of the Ants
• Fall of the House of Usher, The
• Frogs
• I Bury the Living
• Invaders From Mars
• Island of Dr. Moreau, The
• It! The Terror From Beyond Space
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space
• Mars Needs Women
• Masque of the Red Death/ Premature Burial, The
• Midnite Movies 4-pack
  - The Fall of the House of Usher
  - The Pit and the Pendulum
  - X The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
  - The Dunwich Horror
  
• Monster That Challenged the World, The
• Morons From Outer Space
• Man From Planet X, The
• Motel Hell/ Deranged
• Oblong Box, The/
• Scream and Scream Again
• Pajama Party
• People That Time Forgot, The
• Pit & The Pendulum, The
• Planet of the Vampires (Demon Planet, The)
• Premature Burial, The/ Masque of the Red Death
• Reptilicus
• Scream and Scream Again, Oblong Box/The
• Strange Invaders
• Theatre of Blood
• Thing With Two Heads, The
• Twice Told Tales
• Tales of Terror
• Village of the Giants
• War Gods of the Deep
• What's the Matter with Helen/ Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
• Wild Angels, The
• X-The Man With The X-Ray Eyes

as taken from the Midnite Movies web site!

Add these too (not on the site, but available):

• Psych-Out / The Trip
• Angel Unchained / Cycle Savages
• Cry of the Banshee / Murders in the Rue Morgue
• Invisible Invaders / Journey to the Seventh Planet
• Muscle Beach Party / Ski Party
  

Sonicflood

Steve Phillips

There were "R" rated paperback novelizations of KONGA, GORGO, and REPTILICUS in the 60s. These had strange sex scenes written in. There was an even a BEWITCHED novel that had passages where Samantha peeked at Darrin in the shower before they were married!

Sonicflood

And what does this has to do with Midnite Movies DVD's???

Steve Phillips

If you read all the above posts, it might clue you in.

The REPTILICUS DVD was discussed.

Sorry to interupt the important flow of the thread. I am sure the world will continue to spin.

In any case, I commend MGM on this series. I just picked up CRY OF THE BANSHEE/MURDERS OF THE RUE MORGUE. Recommended!

Dimension X

And...

Angel Unchained / Cycle Savages
Cry of the Banshee / Murders in the Rue Morgue
Invisible Invaders / Journey to the Seventh Planet
Muscle Beach Party / Ski Party

bayork

Scot1458 -

Thanks for starting this thread...when I was in Jr. High, EVERYONE was into the Dr. Phibes series, and I had no idea they were out on DVD yet.

Any idea if they might be planning to do a "double feature" packaging of both "Phibes" movies like they did with some of the others in their Midnight Movies line? (I didn't see any indication of this on their site...)

DarthMaul420

Thanks Sonic

Roy28

I have to agree with what others have said - REPTILICUS and VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS are bad movies, but bad in a good way - campy and fun to watch.

Also, I thought DERANGED was excellent - interesting, creepy and fairly well made, with a good performance by Robert Blossom.The fact that it's paired with MOTEL HELL makes this one of my favorites of the Midnite Movies. Only problem with the dvd is that I've heard that DERANGED is cut - I picked up the unrated vhs for $2 a couple of weeks ago but haven't had a chance to watch it yet to see what's missing.