Midnite Movies Double Features
The situation over these is very confusing. As I understood it some - but maybe not all - of these from MGM became exclusive to Best Buy. However, they were also made available to "some Canadian online stores". Weirdly, Best Buy's own website doesn't list most of them! Does anyone know:
Which ones were made "exclusives" and which ones were still generally available? Can I still get them from - for example - DVDSoon, who still list them? I ordered one (the Phibes double) and it's sat on order for quite a while (nothing unusual in that DVDSoon never seem to hold stock of anything!)? It would seem a bit odd that they would not be available as they were only released on August 24th of this year. I know one place that has stock, but they're almost twice as expensive as DVDSoon. I don't mind ordering and waiting, but don't want to find that they can't get hold of them after eight weeks, while "another place" sells their last copies! I realise that many of the single titles that wer eused to make up the doubles are generally available. Way to go MGM for confusing everything and minimising your sales. |
Agreed - very annoying, very confusing, very stupid.
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I was able to find these (most of them) in B&M stores. The only one I had trouble getting was the Count Yorga double set, and I ended up ordering that one from DVDSoon and eventually got it (after 4 or 5 weeks - you know, typical DVDSoon time)
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Whenabouts was this?
The DVDSoon prices on them are very good. But boy the time they take to supply stuff! I had to wait two WEEKS for something they had "IN Stock" to ship out (yep it sat "ON Order" for most of that). As I'm in the UK I can't go to a store and get them. :-( |
I know Deranged & Motel Hell Double feature is $9.99 at my local Suncoast & Sam Goody. So is another one Something Hotel Massacre & something else is $5.99 at the same stores. I have yet to see these anywhere else besides for $14.99 at Best Buy,and the ones mentioned. I have however only seen others at Best Buy ONLY. I would like to know this as well. I own the MH/D one.
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AFAIK, these are the Best Buy exclusives, although this list might have changed since I first made it:
The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again Attack of the Puppet People/Village of the Giants Beach Blanket Bingo/How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Beach Party/Bikini Beach Count Yorga, Vampire/The Return of Count Yorga Empire of the Ants/Tentacles The Fall of the House of Usher/The Pit and the Pendulum Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow/ Ghost in the Invisible Bikini The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant/The Thing with Two Heads Invasion of the Star Creatures/Invasion of the Bee Girls The Land that Time Forgot/The People that Time Forgot The Monster that Challenged the World/It! The Terror from Beyond Space Strange Invaders/Invaders from Mars Theatre of Blood/Madhouse The Wild Angels/Hell's Belles Wild in the Streets/Gas-s-s-s |
Issued in August 2004, right? And also made available to "some" Canadian online stores, notably DVDsoon (hah, if ever there was a store with a misleading name, it's that lot. DVD-after-four-or-five-weeks-if-you're-lucky, more like...their info is also hilariously inaccurate. Apparently the Midnite Movies have been issued variously by Orion, Image, A&E and Universal!)
Also worth noting that Best Buy don't list the "exclusives" on their website, were they instore only? If so, MGM really don't want these to sell, do they? Also, are Masque of the Red Death/Premature Burial and Comedy of Terrors/The Raven OOP or not? Conflicting info out there. |
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Wow - thanks for the info! :up:
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Thanks Gojira69!
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Did anyone get the Incredible two-headed transplant one? I have a cheapo version of it and the quality is AWFUL, and I'm wondering if this version in the two pack is better. Also, mine is full screen...UGH.
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Thanks for the detailed list, extremely helpful stuff.
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Originally Posted by Little Joe
Did anyone get the Incredible two-headed transplant one? I have a cheapo version of it and the quality is AWFUL, and I'm wondering if this version in the two pack is better. Also, mine is full screen...UGH.
But you be the judge: http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/i...oheads7172.htm BobB |
Now which ones are out of print? I know the first and second batches are, or some of them at least. I can't believe that the ones released August 2004 are OOP already.
I think some folks are thinking that because - being exlusive to Best Buy (and DVDSoon incidentally) most sites don't list them. |
MidNite Movies R1 DVDs
There have been 125 film titles released as part of the MGM "Midnite Movies" line. 100 of these titles are available on double-feature DVDs, 14 as single-feature DVDs, and 11 were released as Midnite Movies only in the videotape format.
Here is the complete list of MGM Midnite Movie double-feature releases on DVD: Released August 27, 2002: 01: The Attic/Crawlspace 02: Deranged/Motel Hell 03: Masque of the Red Death/Premature Burial 04: The Oblong Box/Scream and Scream Again 05: What's the Matter with Helen?/Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? Released April 15, 2003: 06: Angel Unchained/The Cycle Savages 07: Cry of the Banshee/Murders in the Rue Morgue 08: Invisible Invaders/Journey to the Seventh Planet 09: Muscle Beach Party/Ski Party 10: Psych-Out/The Trip Released August 26, 2003: 11: The Comedy Of Terrors/The Raven 12: Countess Dracula/The Vampire Lovers 13: The Haunted Palace/Tower of London 14: The Tomb of Ligeia/An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe Released August 24, 2004 (Initially released as Best Buy exclusives): 15: The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again 16: Attack of the Puppet People/Village of the Giants 17: Beach Blanket Bingo/How to Stuff a Wild Bikini 18: Beach Party/Bikini Beach 19: Count Yorga Vampire/The Return of Count Yorga 20: Empire of the Ants/Tentacles 21: The Fall of the House Of Usher/The Pit and the Pendulum 22: The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow/Ghost in the Invisible Bikini 23: The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant/The Thing with Two Heads 24: Invasion of the Star Creatures/Invasion of the Bee Girls 25: The Land that Time Forgot/The People that Time Forgot 26: Monster that Challenged the World/It! Terror from Beyond Space 27: Strange Invaders/Invaders from Mars 28: Theater of Blood/Madhouse 29: The Wild Angels/Hell's Belles 30: Wild in the Streets/Gas-s-s-s! Released March 22, 2005 (Initially only available via Canadian online retailers): 31: Die Monster Die!/The Dunwich Horror 32: Fireball 500/Thunder Alley 33: Last Man on Earth/Panic in Year Zero! 34: The Mini-Skirt Mob/Chrome and Hot Leather 35: Morons from Outer Space/Alien from L.A. 36: Tales of Terror/Twice Told Tales 37: Voodoo Island/The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake 38: War-Gods of The Deep/At the Earth's Core Released June, 2006: 39: Crystalstone/The Boy and the Pirates 40: Fortunes of Captain Blood/Captain Pirate Released September 11, 2007: 41: Beast Within, The/Bat People, The 42: A Blueprint for Murder/Man in the Attic 43: Chosen Survivors/The Earth Dies Screaming 44: Devils of Darkness/Witchcraft 45: Gorilla at Large/Mystery on Monster Island 46: The House on Skull Mountain/The Mephisto Waltz 47: Konga/Yongary, Monster from the Deep 48: Phantom from 10,000 Leagues/The Beast with a Million Eyes 49: Return of Dracula/The Vampire 50: Tales from the Crypt/Vault of Horror The following titles are available as single-feature Midnite Movies DVDs: 01: Angry Red Planet 02: Donovan's Brain 03: Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine 04: The Food of the Gods 05: I Bury the Living 06: Island of Dr. Moreau 07: Killer Klowns from Outer Space 08: Man from Planet X 09: Mars Needs Women 10: Pajama Party 11: Planet of the Vampires 12: Reptilicus 13: Witchfinder General 14: X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes The following are Midnite Movies which were released to VHS format but have not been released as part of the "Midnite Movies" collection on DVD: 01: Amazing Transparant Man, The 02: The Brain that wouldn't Die 03: A Bucket of Blood * 04: Burn, Witch, Burn 05: Frogs * 06: High School Hellcats 07: The Incredible Melting Man 08: Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 09: The Master of the World 10: The Phantom Planet 11: The Quatermass Xperiment [* Released to DVD without the Midnite Movies packaging.] Information garnered with help from: http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Midnight_Movies/ Bob Burns San Francisco |
Thanks. It's worth mentioning that the former "Best Buy exclusives" can now be purchased elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by Quatermass
Thanks. It's worth mentioning that the former "Best Buy exclusives" can now be purchased elsewhere.
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I think 32, 34, 35 were actually released on 6/7. I picked them up during the DDD sale.
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Hmmm, that helpful update reminds me of all the single releases I don't have. In fact, I only have Killer Klowns, one of their most excellent releases. I always wonder if I should start hunting the rest of those down, or if I should suspect a double release sometime soon. I especially want Reptilicus and Frogs, but I can easily see them on a disc together, so....what to do?
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I'd say, given the crazy way the last series of titles were released, whether the "Midnite Movies" line will even survive is in question.
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Originally Posted by Gojira69
I'd say, given the crazy way the last series of titles were released, whether the "Midnite Movies" line will even survive is in question.
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I have yet to see a Wal-Mart dump bin that didn't have at least half a dozen copies of FROGS. Look no further.
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Hmmm, maybe I will start trying to pick up the ones I can find, just in case. I would hate to not have them at all, and it seems like you can get them kind of cheap.
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I don't think "Frogs" was part of the "Midnite Movies" collection. At least the copy that I have doesn't say "Midnite Movies" anywhere on it, nor does the one available on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...v=glance&s=dvd |
I think it is, despite the lack of a banner. It is listed at the MGM Midnite Movies site.
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