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I can't believe I saw this on Amazon for 250 dollars

posted 19 years ago by tth0r
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What the hell has this world come to. How could anyone expect someone to pay such a large sum for this film. People should pay me to take it from them and stop revolting their guests, neighbors, and distant relatives. This DVD is so putrid it makes the entire house... no neighborhood, no the entire city smell as though the actual Rawhead was busy rocking out amidst them. Because that is what this move is isn't it, it's as though Bono were converted into a drunken monster and decides to rock out whilst killing people. I cite the scene in which Rawhead doesn't so much assault a trailer, as rock out upon it, and bang against it with his 80's rock hair. During that scene I myself supplied forgotten lines lost by Clive Barker, "ROCK OUT! DAMN THESE BEATS BE THUMPIN'! BLUE OYSTER CULT RULES! ROOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCKKKKK HARRRRRDDD!!!" Then of course the random noises associated with a hardcore rocking out session. This scene simply proved that this movie is not about a monster, just a misunderstood rockster.

[–] King-Mob 19 years ago

bono is awesome
i would pay (upwards) of 4000$ for the chance to see this classic film!

[–] chillpill550 19 years ago

250 for this film god thats about the same amount as the budget they used.. Not a bad film though low budget horrors always a laugh

[–] fast_fierce_and_funny 19 years ago

Actually, I feel this movie is worth about 250 dollars...

Sorry, what I meant to say was: I would pay $250 to have the memory of having seen this film expunged from my memory. It was /that/ bad...

[–] llscheppink 19 years ago

No movie is worth 250...

[–] Cinema_Love 19 years ago

Man, this movie must be rare or something, on amazon.com, they are selling the movie for like 77 bucks and it's a used version, LOL!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JZJ3/qid=1143599924/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6948207-7335300?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130

[–] llscheppink 19 years ago

That's odd, as it's widely available on play.com for 6,50 Euros...

[–] jasonz79 16 years ago

I got mine for $3 from a Hollywood Video location that was closing down. Also got Ms. 45, Slumber Party Massacre 1 & 2, and The Stay Awake (an equally terrible but fun 80's demon film) for the same price.

It's got a small sticker on the upper corner that says "Ra-Horror", but beyond that the disc is flawless. I wonder why nobody rented it?

[–] fast_fierce_and_funny 19 years ago

Well, they are indeed selling this, uh, film, on Amazon for $77....on DVD.

What everyone seems to be overlooking is the fact that Amazon also sells [gasp!] VHS tapes! Remember them?

http://tinyurl.com/n5f36

...and at the above link [amazon.com], there were shiny, new, sealed-in-the-factory-wrapper copies on VHS for $20.00 (actually, one priced at $19.99, another for $20).

So anyone who (for reasons best understood by Modern Psychiatry) actually wants to own their own copy of this can do so quite reasonably. In fact, I would recommend the VHS version simply because it's probably easier to render unwatchable more quickly and easily.

Not that this movie isn't unwatchable from the very start...

[–] Deep_Fritz 19 years ago

but it gets that way pretty much after half an hour or so

[–] bdod5489 18 years ago

I had a copy of this film and threw it away last year when I moved house. I'm a huge Barker fan, but this film wasn't worth the effort of picking it up and carrying it out to the car for the move!

I loved the short story, though.

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[–] YelBard1 18 years ago

You Know What, the DVD of "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" Starring Christopher Lee
is on there for Two-Hundred and Twenty Two Dollars I would just By the Video
instead

[–] withoutruth 18 years ago

The Region 1 version is way more expensive than the others for some reason.

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[–] tth0r 15 years ago

That's a mystery for sure.

[–] tth0r 17 years ago

But Christopher Lee is a legend.

[–] cancercapricorn2002 18 years ago

I have seen out of print dvs go for insane prices. I have a special edition of bride of reanimator that I bought at the time it came out for under 20 bucks going for 300 dollars on some sites like ebay and amazon.
Rawhead rex is a movie I got on dvd back when it was out for about 7 dollars and I will say while I don't hate the film their is no way I would pay 250 dollars for it

[–] tth0r 15 years ago

Honestly I wouldn't spend 7 dollars on it.

[–] Roddenhyzer 15 years ago

Yeah, it's pretty aggravating how fast the prices for even just slightly obscure movies can go through the roof. I used to think this would change with the advent of digital media, but no, I still have to pay out my ass for a measly copy of Battle Beyond the Stars, or Attack of the Crab Monsters.

As for Rawhead, I actually got lucky there and found a used copy for less than $10, but that was the exception to the rule.

[–] tth0r 9 years ago

Especially for stuff that sucks. Gnome sayin?

[–] Roddenhyzer 9 years ago

Sure, but I like stuff that sucks.

[–] tth0r 9 years ago

Especially for stuff that sucks. Gnome sayin?

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

They're releasing a brand new region A Blu Ray from Kino Lorber with new features next month so there's no need to bitch about this anymore LOL! You can get it for $18 bucks pre order on Amazon.

[–] JohnMatrix (718) 2 years ago

Now watching this 17 years later since this thread started for free on Tubi in good HD quality. Sometimes waiting pays off. So far so good. I like Clive Barker movies. Never seen this one before.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

It was out of print for years. I have it on DVD.

By the way it's getting a 4K release later this year, believe it or not!!

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Rawhead-Rex-4K-Blu-ray/313641/

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

It's crazy this is on 4K now.

I remember getting given the DVD by my father when I was a teenager. He got it from some guy at work for free, the dude brought it in to work and was giving it away to whoever wanted it (he obviously wasn't a fan of the film LMAO), my dad knew I was a big horror fan so he took it.

Judging by the age of this post, the film was out of print when I got it handed. This post is 18 years old... I would have been 11 years old at that time, I think I got this film when I was 13.

I remember my shock that it was apparently so valuable when I looked it up online shortly after. I probably should have tried to sell it.

Just one of those little memories I'll always have. Getting this rare film that some were desperate to have, quite literally handed to me free of charge and without any effort on my part.