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15% Single Item exp 11/6 2:59am ET -- if these are all used I can post some more.
New codes added below at least to make the bots and lurkers work a little harder. Used codes removed 3:30pm. New Codes added
Some possible upcoming codes
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"New Member" Welcome Coupons
Welcome coupons may be dead -- or at least the type that have been available for nearly a decade. The latest set now have what appears to be single use codes so these probably no longer will be generic/multiple use style.
Mini FAQ
Coupons should not work for PREORDERS , Nook, Legos, Rosetta Stone, Digital, Gift Cards, Memberships, etc. There are glitches where sometimes an excluded item will be allowed but assume that is the exception to the rule
Free Shipping is $25 (before tax/shipping) or with membership.
Max 3 GC on a single online order.
Online only a single code can be applied to an order
Return period is 14 days after delivery (possibly 30 days for members though I've never tried)
Online ordered items can returned to a local store unless it's classified as a web-only item then it's at the store's discretion to accept
The long standing Free 60 day Trial Offer was discontinued in late May 2016
STORE ONLY 15% OFF Coupons -- Unknown if multi-use or if will work on 40% Off Items
15% OFF Single Item Exp 12/31/2017 (I)
15% OFF Single Item Exp 12/31/2017 (II)
15% OFF Single Item Exp ?? (III)
15% Single Item exp 11/6 2:59am ET -- if these are all used I can post some more.
New codes added below at least to make the bots and lurkers work a little harder. Used codes removed 3:30pm. New Codes added
Spoiler:
Some possible upcoming codes
STACKED
YESANDYES
DAYMAKER
TAKEFIVE
"New Member" Welcome Coupons
Welcome coupons may be dead -- or at least the type that have been available for nearly a decade. The latest set now have what appears to be single use codes so these probably no longer will be generic/multiple use style.
100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/31)
09-20-17, 12:04 PM
#251
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
I don't know what it is that Amazon Prime has listed as "The Haunting of Collinwood" and "The Vampire's Curse". Are they reedits of a couple of storylines? Normally it takes dozens of episodes for a major story, but these are only 3 hours long. It does sound like a cool idea, since there has always been a lot of repetition in the regular episodes (since the producers knew some people only watched a couple of time a week). Though the editing would have to be done with some care.
Haunting of Collinwood is when Quentin first shows up. It skips over most of the lead up with the telephone and starts closer to when he starts showing up and trying to get the kids to do stuff.
My wife sat through both of these but couldn't make it very far in the show, since it's pretty slow.
Even though I own the coffin set, I also picked these two up. It's a nice way to revisit things or show the series to someone new to it.
09-20-17, 09:25 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
Ah, Dark Shadows...I have the entire series in that coffin set. It's nice. But, I'm only on disc 3. At this rate, I'll never finish it. I wish I could skip ahead to all of the supernatural stuff, but I have zero knowledge on the show's history, so when I watched that movie last year, I had no idea what was going on, either. Slow and steady...
You'll hear the word "bleeder valve" and Burke Devlin's backstory until you'll wanna punch a wall, but it does get better.
I found it to have very little connection to the rest of the series. It's a much later sequel sharing more in common with the Depp vehicle. It's chronological order in the wiki is telling.
http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Night_of_Dark_Shadows
Edit: "Night of Dark Shadows is a self-contained story and does not share continuity with either the original Dark Shadows television program or the full-length feature film, House of Dark Shadows."
http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/Night_of_Dark_Shadows
Edit: "Night of Dark Shadows is a self-contained story and does not share continuity with either the original Dark Shadows television program or the full-length feature film, House of Dark Shadows."
Saying hi to SethDLH, Chad, Trevor and the whole gang. One of the few years that I've not been in on pre-game planning. But I will be in on the game for as much as possible. Excited to look over the categories you've ended up with.
Oh, and if there are any open spots for anything, I'll offer my input/picks.
Oh, and if there are any open spots for anything, I'll offer my input/picks.
09-20-17, 09:53 PM
#253
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
Looking around on the internet for talk about Dark Shadows, I stumbled upon a fun blog: Dark Shadows Every Day. Started back on September 1, 2013, he's been plugging away writing up fun synopses and reviews for each episode (full of lots of trivia, bloopers, reader discussion, and all kinds of information). But even this guy wasn't so committed to begin with episode #1 (he started at #210, the introduction of Barnabas). He's almost done, up to #1076.
I've been enjoying going through the blog as I've been watching episodes. Just be careful ... there are some spoilers dropped, especially in the reader comments, who just seem to assume everyone has seen and remember well every single episode of the entire run (even those that the blog hasn't gotten to yet). I got a really awful spoiler checking the entry of an episode that had a shocking character death. One reader comment listed their top 10 shocking deaths in Dark Shadows history. I quickly closed the page while shouting "NOOOO!!!!!", but I still caught a couple of names and now they're stuck in my brain
The spoilers by the blog writer are pretty mild (saying things like "we won't see this character until episode #____").
I've been enjoying going through the blog as I've been watching episodes. Just be careful ... there are some spoilers dropped, especially in the reader comments, who just seem to assume everyone has seen and remember well every single episode of the entire run (even those that the blog hasn't gotten to yet). I got a really awful spoiler checking the entry of an episode that had a shocking character death. One reader comment listed their top 10 shocking deaths in Dark Shadows history. I quickly closed the page while shouting "NOOOO!!!!!", but I still caught a couple of names and now they're stuck in my brain
The spoilers by the blog writer are pretty mild (saying things like "we won't see this character until episode #____").
09-20-17, 10:40 PM
#254
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
While I think Burke Devlin is a pretty decent character so far, I am a little over his backstory already. I was pleasantly surprised to see Conrad Bain from Diff'rent Strokes in an early episode. I may try to power through some of these before the challenge and maybe I'll get to some of the good stuff by then...but I'm not sure I have that kind of commitment just yet to this show.
09-21-17, 01:08 AM
#255
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
With everyone talking Dark Shadows I had to look up the price on Amazon and it's over $300...damn! That is also a LOT of discs and episodes. Are they an hour long? And what's the best price for this set:
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Shadows-...omplete+series
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Shadows-...omplete+series
09-21-17, 03:10 AM
#256
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
I just ordered some movies for October. I ordered both the Dracula and Mummy Complete Legacy Collections, the double feature you mentioned Chad, of Yongary: Monster Of The Deep and Konga, and since I have been unable to locate my copy of the double feature of Halloween 4 and Halloween 5, I double dipped and bought a replacement copy of that. That also gives me every single of the original Halloween movies.
09-21-17, 08:35 AM
#257
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
With everyone talking Dark Shadows I had to look up the price on Amazon and it's over $300...damn! That is also a LOT of discs and episodes. Are they an hour long? And what's the best price for this set:
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Shadows-...omplete+series
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Shadows-...omplete+series
I paid for mine over a year ago and it was a little more than it is now. I had always planned on getting the show before, but some of the "Volume" sets had gotten difficult to organize and would have cost a fortune if I had bought them individually. The idea of a complete set already in order appealed to me without having to search all over the place and was ultimately cheaper than buying several different collections. I had a little extra saved and decided to indulge myself in case this set went out of print like so many other things have while I was waiting for the price to lower.
It just depends on your finances. But I think this is the most affordable and convenient way to see the show without having to gather 20 different collections at $30 a pop.
09-21-17, 08:48 AM
#258
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
They are half-hour episodes. I think they stay a half hour throughout the series run.
I paid for mine over a year ago and it was a little more than it is now. I had always planned on getting the show before, but some of the "Volume" sets had gotten difficult to organize and would have cost a fortune if I had bought them individually. The idea of a complete set already in order appealed to me without having to search all over the place and was ultimately cheaper than buying several different collections. I had a little extra saved and decided to indulge myself in case this set went out of print like so many other things have while I was waiting for the price to lower.
It just depends on your finances. But I think this is the most affordable and convenient way to see the show without having to gather 20 different collections at $30 a pop.
I paid for mine over a year ago and it was a little more than it is now. I had always planned on getting the show before, but some of the "Volume" sets had gotten difficult to organize and would have cost a fortune if I had bought them individually. The idea of a complete set already in order appealed to me without having to search all over the place and was ultimately cheaper than buying several different collections. I had a little extra saved and decided to indulge myself in case this set went out of print like so many other things have while I was waiting for the price to lower.
It just depends on your finances. But I think this is the most affordable and convenient way to see the show without having to gather 20 different collections at $30 a pop.
09-21-17, 08:53 AM
#259
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
I agree with Chad that I don't think that it's ever been shown on TCM before. However, Keisuke Kinoshita's version of the story, The Ghost of Yotsuya, Part I (a.k.a. The Yotsuda Phantom and Yotsuda Kaidan, Part I) been shown on IFC, along with The Ghost of Yotsuya, Part II (a.k.a. Shinshaku Yotsuya Kaidan: Kohen and Yotsuya Kaidan, Part II), both from 1949. I can't tell you exactly when they were shown, but I DVRed them and dumped them to DVD-R years ago.
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09-21-17, 10:10 AM
#260
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
You almost have me convinced MM. I've enjoyed the bits of Dark Shadows I've seen (highlight clips, the two films, even the reboot film), but hesitate at such a steep price for something I'd probably only watch once in my life. Not that that fact ever stops me, but it's somehow mentally easier to justify dozens and dozens of $5-15 purchases.
The initial ratings boost happened before Barnabas. It starts when they introduced David's mom. It's still slow at that point but the supernatural boost is what the show needed at that point.
The other big initial highlight for me was around episode 100 when it stops being the Ms. Winters show.
09-21-17, 10:14 AM
#261
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
I was watching the legacy blu-ray sets over the last week and for the most part, didn't care for any of the sequels other than Bride. I'll probably just keep the older blu-ray collection and maybe the Invisible Man set. I read those sequels were pretty good compared to the others.
09-21-17, 10:22 AM
#262
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
You almost have me convinced MM. I've enjoyed the bits of Dark Shadows I've seen (highlight clips, the two films, even the reboot film), but hesitate at such a steep price for something I'd probably only watch once in my life. Not that that fact ever stops me, but it's somehow mentally easier to justify dozens and dozens of $5-15 purchases.
I personally would rather purchase this than 30 different collections. It's a big coffin box, but it takes up less room, too. Like I said, it's much more convenient and, in the long run, a cheaper alternative. I'd recommend it if you are going to purchase the series in any form other than amazon streaming. A huge chunk of it is also on Prime right now.
09-21-17, 11:07 AM
#263
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
I plan on getting rid of my blu-ray and dvd copies. I have all the dvd editions and the blu-ray sets, as well as the older blu-ray set that's just the first films of the series, plus Bride of Frankenstein.
I was watching the legacy blu-ray sets over the last week and for the most part, didn't care for any of the sequels other than Bride. I'll probably just keep the older blu-ray collection and maybe the Invisible Man set. I read those sequels were pretty good compared to the others.
I was watching the legacy blu-ray sets over the last week and for the most part, didn't care for any of the sequels other than Bride. I'll probably just keep the older blu-ray collection and maybe the Invisible Man set. I read those sequels were pretty good compared to the others.
09-21-17, 11:43 AM
#264
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
You almost have me convinced MM. I've enjoyed the bits of Dark Shadows I've seen (highlight clips, the two films, even the reboot film), but hesitate at such a steep price for something I'd probably only watch once in my life. Not that that fact ever stops me, but it's somehow mentally easier to justify dozens and dozens of $5-15 purchases.
And I see that all but 8 of the Barnabas seasons are available "free" with Prime, and 2 seasons of the 6 pre-Barnabas years. Hmmm.... looks like an excellent way to sample the series.
09-21-17, 11:46 AM
#265
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
I plan on getting rid of my blu-ray and dvd copies. I have all the dvd editions and the blu-ray sets, as well as the older blu-ray set that's just the first films of the series, plus Bride of Frankenstein.
I was watching the legacy blu-ray sets over the last week and for the most part, didn't care for any of the sequels other than Bride. I'll probably just keep the older blu-ray collection and maybe the Invisible Man set. I read those sequels were pretty good compared to the others.
I was watching the legacy blu-ray sets over the last week and for the most part, didn't care for any of the sequels other than Bride. I'll probably just keep the older blu-ray collection and maybe the Invisible Man set. I read those sequels were pretty good compared to the others.
09-21-17, 01:56 PM
#267
Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
The initial ratings boost happened before Barnabas. It starts when they introduced David's mom. It's still slow at that point but the supernatural boost is what the show needed at that point.
The other big initial highlight for me was around episode 100 when it stops being the Ms. Winters show.
The other big initial highlight for me was around episode 100 when it stops being the Ms. Winters show.
I agree about a big change happening around #100. I don't remember the exact episode, but there was a scene to close an episode where where a ghost materialized out of a painting. I know it seems trivial now, but that was a huge moment for a show that, up until then, had no supernatural elements (it was a "straight" gothic melodrama). That got a lot of buzz with viewers, and led into a much more exciting storyline of murder and ghostly revenge.
The writers/producers sensed what viewers liked and had the Phoenix storyline, a 100% supernatural horror story, start soon afterwards. There was some good stuff in there, but it was painfully slow paced (even by soap opera standards). It was also hurt by having no other storylines going on at the same time to break things up and give a little variety.
Here's a good tip for new viewers that was given on the front page of the blog I linked. If you want to get a feel for the stories and characters, but are finding the slow pace of those early episodes too much, you can just watch the Friday episodes (those whose numbers end in 5 or 0). And if that ended on a cliffhanger, watch the Monday episode that followed it. Even after Barnabas joins the show, the pacing is slow and you'll get to see all the important stuff. Though by the time they get to the first time travel story, the pacing is much better and important things could happen on any day.
Though if you committed to buying the DVD set I know you'll want to watch them all. Once you get used to the pacing, and the stories become more interesting, it gets easier. Though skipping to the Friday/Monday episodes might be a good "sampling" strategy for streaming video viewers.
09-21-17, 03:16 PM
#268
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
There's one of those today only $15 off $75 ebay coupons that just popped up. Timing seems too good to be a coincidence. God, or maybe Satan, wants me to own the Coffin set.
09-21-17, 03:20 PM
#269
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
I was at Wal-Mart today, and if anyone just wants the first Dracula or Frankenstein, they are available there for $7.50 each. I was able to grab the Alien Quadrillogy for $10.00.
09-21-17, 03:28 PM
#270
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
09-21-17, 03:33 PM
#271
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
09-21-17, 04:00 PM
#273
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
I didn't bite, but I also saw Wal-Mart has Seasons 1 and 2 of Tales From The Crypt for $10 each, and a DVD of four 'Treehouse Of Horror' episodes for $3.74.
09-21-17, 04:00 PM
#274
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
Spoiler alert, don't watch the bonus features on each disc as you watch the show unless you want spoilers.
The writers/producers sensed what viewers liked and had the Phoenix storyline, a 100% supernatural horror story, start soon afterwards. There was some good stuff in there, but it was painfully slow paced (even by soap opera standards). It was also hurt by having no other storylines going on at the same time to break things up and give a little variety.
Spoiler:
At some point I'm going to go through it all again but I want to catch up on a lot of other things first.
09-21-17, 04:21 PM
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Re: 100 Movies. 31 Days. The 13th Annual "October Horror Movie Challenge" (10/1 - 10/
That's my only gripe with the set. There's 110(?) friggin' discs, so that's a pretty daunting task. There's just no way I'm gonna get myself to go back and pop in a DVD that many times solely for some interviews. I've been watching as I go along and can only hope they're not too revealing.