I do not do it and never will.

I invite friends over to watch with me.

I don't lend.

It's that simple.

Otherwise wonderful human beings tend to treat media (books, CDs, DVDs, videos) like shit. I take great care of my stuff and I refuse to pretend that my home is the local Blockbuster or the public library. Actually, it really isn't much of an issue, because I'll usually just sit down and watch whatever the person wants to borrow, so it becomes social.

But nothing leaves the house. I've learned that through many years of experience (and several books that came back trashed, and one laserdisc that 'disappeared' on its way back to me).

Most of my friends are movie buffs, so I don't get too much crap. However, I feel pretty awkward when people refer to the room in my house where I keep my DVDs being my "movie room" - I have books too!

Hi InnocentBlood,
Sorry no links right now, but I don't have much of a pink film "collection" yet anyway. I have the Kimstim release of WIFE TO BE SACRIFICED and the Japan Shock release of STAR OF DAVID: BEAUTY HUNTING. I also have a couple titles on laserdisc and VHS copies of a bunch of titles. On my next trip to Japan, I plan on picking up some R2 Nikkatsu pink DVDs, even though they are a bit expensive and have no English subs. (I'm hoping to luck out and find some used copies instead). Hopefully someday, a US company will pick up the distribution rights to more of these great Japanese exploitation films. :D (Come on, Blue Underground, Synapse, anyone??)

thanks cultshock :thumbsup: i'm hoping for the same too.

Hey, that's nothing, I've got 15 that feature Steven Seagal. :eek:

Actually the reaction I get to my ~300 strong collection is, "Wow, you've got a lot of [insert genre here] DVDs." When actually, I've got a fair mix of everything except for horror titles of which I loathe.

most of my friends are impressed in the fact that my 250+ collection only contains about 30 non horror movies..haha and i usually get the 'dude have you watched them all?" LOL

Is it just me, or are the majority of people who have a lot ( I consider 200+ a lot) of DVDs big horror buffs?

:lol: that's pretty funny.

well, the most common response for me is "Do you know how much you've spent on these?" I only have about 200 DVDs, so I guess that's not too much. Most of mine are indie, foreign, criterions, with a sizable dose of interesting blockbusters too, but friends who want to borrow anything at all are only interested in the mainstream movies; i'd actually be happy and willing to let them try the more obscure films if they wanted to, and see if I could convert them, but none of them have been interested.

Same here :thumbsup:

I usually get, " Damn that's a lot of dvds......can I borrow some ? "

not me. I have nearly 800 titles and they're definitely the minority in my collection. If I had to guess I'd say about 25-30. When I'm in the mood to watch a movie, it's rarely a horror movie.

well i guess i would be. i have over 200 and i love horror, it's one of my favorite genres.

and yeah people are pretty amazed at how many i have. but my collection doesn't compare to how many some have on here.

I think some might be, but not I. I dig a lot of different genres but horror is not my thing. Mostly a foreign/classic kinda guy.

I am well over 400 (not including my TV box sets) and I would say horror is my smallest category (though I think I have quality if not quantity - American Werewolf, Evil Dead, Final Destination 1+2, Near Dark, Blade 1+2, The Mummy / Returns, Sleepy Hollow, The Stand, The Shining, a few others).

I would say my collection is well spread among Action/Adventure, sci-fi, comedy, westerns and epics, with a sprinkle of romantic comedies to keep the wife happy.

I'm approaching 600 and, according to Guzzlefish, 27% of my collection is horror/suspense.

"Do you have no social life?"
"Can I borrow this this and this.."

Hmm, that's interesting. I wouldn't necessarily label Blade and The Mummy as horror. I just put Blade in with Comic Book/Superhero Action, and The Mummy series in, out of all things, "archeaological action", similar to the Indy and Tomb Raider series.

But yeah, my collection is spread across Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Westerns, Historical epics, War/Military action, and TV box sets.

I pretty much hate "horror" titles, persay. I just don't get into them. When I watch a movie, I want to be one of two things, entertained or educated. Scared is not something I want to be.

Well, I have about 250 (I don't consider that a lot, BTW) and I don't have any horror, unless you count Se7en and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series as horror, which I don't.

Oh, wait, I have Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, so I guess that's a couple.

I also have around 250. The only horror I have is the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series and The Sixth Sense. Some might consider Alien Quadrilogy. But I don't have anything I'd consider true horror. And I never will. Just doesn't do it for me.

What bugs me the most is when people ask if I've gotten anything good recently. Why on earth would I be buying things that aren't good? Have I nothing better to do with my money than buying things I have no real interest in? That's just about the dumbest and most insulting thing they could ask. They may not think my choices are good, but that's for them to figure out. So I usually just say no. :D

Well, that reminds me of an old joke about walking into a store and asking a sales clerk if they have anything that I[/i would like.

I only have a little over a hundred now, but most of them, even my Criterions, are horror or sci-fi. Love it. :)

Seems that way, about a 1,000 of mine are classified as sci-fi/horror.

Many from my family think I'm a little too obsessed with my collection. It's all I ask for come Christmas and my birthday and any little biot of extra cash I might have, goes for purchasing more of the discs I want. A good portion of my collection is made up of classic sci-fi and horror, but there's overall, a very eclectic mix of films, I think.

My friends like to look at the collection and laugh at the various titles. My collcetion is sitting at just under 800 titles and I can say that all titles/discs are wanted and loved.

I know that I spend too much money on my collection, which is about in the 1,000 range. As most of you have said, I get the usual shock and awe and "What the hell are these movie?" because I don't have all the usual fare. I also get the "Wow, you have your own Blockbuster." To which I am quick to point out that you couldn't find at Blockbuster many of the titles I have.

I don't think I could ever downsize my collection, but I just recently moved and that is the point that you truly get a glimpse of how many DVDs you have. It took me longer to pack and unpack my DVDs than anything else. In fact, if you pointed at a box when I first moved, the chances were very good that it would be filled with DVDs. That was the first moment that I began to think that maybe I had gone a little too far. But as another poster said, I just love film.

As for the lending question, I only lend on rare occassions to very close friends and family (and even then it sometimes depends on the title). I don't like having my collection too spread out.

Can I borrow a movie, then keep it so long you have to call and ask for it back, and we're not quite sure where it is, are you sure we didn't already return it?

FWIW, I have over 200 DVDs and don't have any horror, that's right, zero. I intensely dislike the genre. But from the posts here, I would guess that your point that the "majority" of those with big collections are "horror buffs" is correct.

Don't get many visitors this far out in the boondocks but my occasional houseguests seem to appreciate the chance to watch movies on my HT setup when they come visit (some have DVD players but none have anything resembling a home theater). Don't recall ever getting a comment about my collection though. All my friends and family know that DVDs are a hobby of mine and accept it as harmless, I suppose.

Over 700, and probably half are horrors.

I do not get anyone saying anything other than it is Tuesday. He probably has already picked up so and so movie. Which is true 9 times out of 10.

I would say some are curious as to why I would have so many movies, others envious to a certain degree, some excited that there're possibilities for free rentals and others are quite concerned that I would have some many movies (would I ever have the time to watch them all).

My response to all the different looks and voiced opinions, I love movies! I truly don't care what opinion there is out there on my collection, I'm just thrilled that I've been able to indulge in such a hobby.

I'm approaching 700 and about half are horrors.
People see and say "You've got a lot of stuff I've never heard of." "I wouldn't be spending my money on those sort of movies." "You could open a rental store." "How much did all of these cost you?" "Jeez, do you have enough DVDs yet?" "Have you watched all of these?" "That's quite a DVD collection you've got."

i get a lot of "meows"!

I have somewhere between 550 and 600 titles and I would say ~35 of them are true horror, and it's really only that many because of the Monster Legacy Collection.

no new people come over to my place so I dont get the jaw drops much anymore. :)

but when a new face does show up, my collection does not usually impress them as I have them stuffed in 4 400 disk sony players. ITs very descreet. All I have that is visable are 5 binders listed Anime, TV, Action/Drama, SciFi/Comedy, and Other.

People always say what are the binders for.

I have to explain it is a list of the movies I have avaiable to watch. You pick what you want to watch and type in the # and the disk plays. That does impress people still. :)

Greg

FWIW, I think that movies sitting on a shelf unviewed are useless and a big waste of money. That said, I have more movies sitting on shelves than anyone I know except one other person, to whom I am slowly but surely catching up to. He turned me on to sharing and now we both bring recent acquisitions in to work and loan them out to anyone working in the same office as well as taking special requests from the "stacks" at home.

After over a year of lending like this, between the two of us, we've probably made over 1500+ loans and so far only had 2 discs get permanently lost and the borrowers were both quite apologetic and paid up right away. There have been a couple of discs that also got noticeably scratched at some point, but since the most popular titles are all ones I've picked up used from rental stores it hasn't bothered me very much.

I do have to say that it is a little bit depressing that very few people are interested in foreign titles or anything too far out of the mainstream. I'll work real hard to "sell" something only mildly off the beaten track, like "So Close" only to have them decide to stick with, "Charlie's Angels 2" or something clearly inferior. I figure, it's free, what do they have to lose? 15-30 minutes of their time to decide if they really can't stand it. Oh well...

How do people react to your DVD collection?
 

(cue sad solo violin, playing in a minor key)

Nobody sees my collection.
Nobody comes to my place.
I don't have any friends.

My cat walks by and sniffs at them occasionally, on her way to go poop.

;)

i have 500 or so, and probably half are horror.

My dvd collection consists of 275 movies and 29 tv shows sets. the few people who see my collection are impressed and sometimes want to borrow. Most of my things are mainstream movies.

I either upgrade to from vhs such as disney titles or recent movies I have seen at the theatres. I usually work at a movie theatre so I go there for free.

On the horror issue I have maybe 5 depending. the 3 Scream movies i consider comedy since i laugh at them. I have final dedistation and signs. Its not a genre am into, I also not into sci-fi.

My cousin just started wanting dvds so I gave her some I had doubles of like doubledipped titles. She says she has 20 so I brag about my collection to her. She claims not to care.

Ive got about 250. Im pretty picky about the movies I buy, and im ultra cheap, unless i get a deal, i dont buy. I wont pay more than $10 a disc, and I think outside of some criterions, and a few anime I have done that. Ive managed to get some real good stuff and still hold to my $10 limit, ive cleaned out CH, got in on the early overstock runs etc.

I figure my collection will top our somewhere around 350, the number or movies i want and actively seek is low now.

Most people think I have too many and spent too much money. I have probably 50 unopened and peeps shake their head like im wasting money. I watch movies while I do my excersizing, i watch all the special features, commentaries etc. I probabaly go through 2 or 3 a week. People just dont understand a love of film.

I rarely lend, and even then, it better be a close friend, and they get the lecture that i better get it back. Casual friends never. Casual friends treat low cost items borrowed casually.

When i have people over to watch a movie, it funny, i usually have to pick something out. 250 isnt a lot compared to people here, but its a lot sitting on a wall, peoples eyes just tend to gloss over and they cant focus on picking a movie.

I also get a lot of laughs that I have my movies in alphabetical order, like its anal or something. I just dont get it.

I just got around to consolidating my 400+ discs into one area and alphabetizing them, and I now can't imagine it any other way. I can't believe it took me so long to do so, now I can find a DVD in 5 seconds instead of spending five minutes rummaging through two cardboard boxes (one upstairs, one down).

They wonder if I'm running a Video Store!

It seems most of us with a large collection get treated the same, with awe, pity or disgust.