Edgar Allan Poe: 11 Tales Hosted By Christopher Lee
08-02-06, 09:28 PM
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Edgar Allan Poe: 11 Tales Hosted By Christopher Lee
It looks like BFS is putting out a set of Poe tales "hosted by Christopher Lee" on 9/19 ($49.99). I wasn't sure what this was, and then found this site:
http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/leelostepisodeguide.html
Sounds pretty interesting... I'll probably check this out. Now I just have to wait for some stores to put this up for preorder.
http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/leelostepisodeguide.html
Sounds pretty interesting... I'll probably check this out. Now I just have to wait for some stores to put this up for preorder.
08-02-06, 10:15 PM
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BFS has already sent out review copies of this four-disc set. It contains all 13 episodes listed at the site that bboisvert referenced, but the 13th episode, Biographical Portrait, is listed as a bonus program. I haven't watched it closely, but a quick viewing shows that the image quality is soft and, for lack of a better phrase, "low res"--as is typical of all of BFS' releases. This is an exciting release, though.
09-26-06, 11:56 AM
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I just watched Disc #1 of this set (via Netflix). Yikes... I don't even know what to say. I certainly appreciate the effort that was put into this, but it doesn't work at all.
The acting is of the level of a school play and the obvious low-budget nature of the whole production is painfully evident at nearly every moment. Obvious foreign actors are badly overdubbed. Even worse is the one or two that they had speak English and *didn't* overdub. There was one actress in the 2nd story that was speaking with such a heavy accent, you couldn't understand her.
Sound production is terrible -- with open mics catching every little sound (even by extras off-screen). Music is overbearing and cheesy. It's just a very clunky, amateur production. Seems like some sort of tax writeoff by some foreign companies.
It's an interesting curiosity and probably a reasonable rental for horror completists or major fans of Poe or Lee. But it isn't "good". And it's *definitely* not worth $50.
The acting is of the level of a school play and the obvious low-budget nature of the whole production is painfully evident at nearly every moment. Obvious foreign actors are badly overdubbed. Even worse is the one or two that they had speak English and *didn't* overdub. There was one actress in the 2nd story that was speaking with such a heavy accent, you couldn't understand her.
Sound production is terrible -- with open mics catching every little sound (even by extras off-screen). Music is overbearing and cheesy. It's just a very clunky, amateur production. Seems like some sort of tax writeoff by some foreign companies.
It's an interesting curiosity and probably a reasonable rental for horror completists or major fans of Poe or Lee. But it isn't "good". And it's *definitely* not worth $50.
