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Bought DVD for $3.99...

posted 18 years ago by Madness832
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...@ Walgreens. It really looks like a bootleg (it's region-free, even!). Doesn't even have an official DVD logo on it; just a cheap knock-off: "dvd movie." The disk froze in the older of my two players about five minutes into the film. Although it played through on the other one as well as on my computer.

Finally: The scene where Todd is wheeled outside in his mobile chamber "to get a tan" was quite interesting. I was amazed at just how pale he was. He might have passed for a vampire!

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[–] Blhulk 18 years ago

i got it a a zellers for 99 cents! and its official dvd and everything. bad quality tho.

[–] smiley_angel 18 years ago

Yeah, I got it at the dollar store. It works, and also has the movie "Katherine" on it.

[–] weepups2-1 17 years ago

You must have bought the same one I did.Smiley angel. mine was a dollar and it has Katherine on it. I finally got around to watching this last night. It was pretty poor quality but what can I expect for one dollar. It plays fine but looks like a copy of a copy. Remember seeing this ages ago when it was on TV. bought it for nostalgia.

[–] im2cool4 17 years ago

i got mine for $1 and it came with elizas horoscope and the pride of jesse hallam.i just got this because of The boy in the plastic bubble and it was $1 lol

The Dude: Jesus.
Jesus Quintana: You said it, man. Nobody *beep* with the Jesus.

[–] jokepuss 17 years ago

We got it for $5 in a pack with 49 other movies :)

[–] bowieday 16 years ago

I got it at the dollar store with "Choices" on it.

[–] Tank-Bates 16 years ago

I bought the DVD for like $5 a few years ago after they aired it on TV Land and was disappointed with the film quality. On the DVD, it looks its age with a yellow tint and age lines. It looks better on TV.