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Why I won't buy this movie

posted 19 years ago by tdaugherty2005
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I want to see this movie so badly. I haven't seen it since 1988 when it was release on video and was only four or five.

I won't buy it because if I do I'll end up owning it and eventually get tired of it. Then it'll just end up being put on a shelf in my room where I'll watch dust collect up on it.

Besides, after years of not seeing it it'll probably be a little too old in comparison with today's direct-to-video movies. I think I'll spend too much time pointing out the 80s flaws.

Honestly, I'd rather keep my memory of it locked in tacked in my head rather than actually get tired of it. I'd rather rent it.

Any comments?

[–] evilteenidols 19 years ago

Todays direct to video movies? I work in a video store and see all the direct to video horror movies and they are some of the worst movies ever produced with no redeeming unintentional inronic comedy either. Video dead is great and is worth at least searching your local video stores for. I know you've seen it and I don't know if it's worth owning unless you have an extensive horror collection. But if you do then it's a must.

[–] tdaugherty2005 19 years ago

I just don't want to get tired of it and put it away. That will eventually happen if I buy it. No video store in my home town rents it anymore.

Now that I'm more grown up I worry it'll look cheesy to me now than it did when I was little.

[–] jaekwon1996 19 years ago

i think it is a good investment. it's one of the those bad horror movies that are so funny you have to show it to your friends; like Troll 2.

[–] tdaugherty2005 19 years ago

I don't know, I didn't care too much for Troll 2.

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[–] geoffrey-51 17 years ago

BECAUSE ITs UTTER SH*T!!!!!!!

[–] babythumbers 19 years ago

Not to offend, but every time I find a movie I saw as a kid and don't want to ruin, I drink a bit of alcohol with it and it all goes okay...for example Raiders of the Living Dead still rocks...

[–] LebaneseLesbian 19 years ago

I'd say buy it. Sure you'll watch it to death and then get tired of it. It'll sit on your shelf and collect dust but one day,you'll feel like watching it again. Then you'll can take it,bush the dust off it,slip it into the VCR/DVD and watch it again.

"Calm down,take a break,eat a cookie!"

[–] stimpy25 16 years ago

i just have to ask this what the hell ins wrong with ya's? i mean who carese IF it just sits there. don't ya have movies or tv shows on some form of format that you used to watch as a kid? or hell even have a film on dvd that you used to watch
with a now passed away relative? i have prolly 300-400 dvd & there's a great deal of them i've only watched a few times. buut that doesn't mean i'll NEVER watch them again. i just have a LOT of different types of movies/tv shows to choose from that's all. & yes they gather dust. all ya do is dust them off that's it. it doesn't take very long either. that's all i do. anyone here disagree or agree with me? i say get the cobwebs out of your wallet & buy it man. IF ya think it's a bad film after watching it, than just keep it as a child hood treasure. that's what i do. i have bought films that i used to love as a kid & i wonder what the hell i was thinking liking this tv show or movie, buut IF It's a HUGE memory i keep it. if not than just sell it on e-bay. that's all. ya know? ya prolly will get a better price anywys. ya know?

[–] smerd_70 18 years ago

I much prefer the straight to video films of the 80's over the ones being made now, even the majority of the bad one's from the 80's still provide entertainment value...it seems like I've seen more bad straight to video films made withen the last couple of years than I saw during the entire 80's decade...even the worst of the worst from the 80's still look like they somewhat tried, but today anyone with a camera can now shoot a film and find a place somewhere online to get it distributed...while I still find some(even a few shot on video)that I could see they tried(and some are good), more often than not I'm seeing more and more 'let's get a bunch of friends in the backyard to shoot a movie'- just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Personally I'd rather sit there and point out the 80's flaws than spend more money on another Back Woods or Motorhome Massacre or Bloody Murder.

And there's no such thing as a film being too old as long as it still entertains the viewer...though I guess this thinking is why were getting so many remakes of 70's films.

[–] death_jamm_productions 15 years ago

OP if thats the way you judge old movies and choose how to buy films you're a sorry exscuse for a movie buff

No Justice Just Us

[–] MrBook_ 15 years ago

80s flaws

LOL. Old things are inherently flawed.

In fairness, a lot of 80s horror movies, including this one from what I remember, don't date well... but that's at least as true of the horror movies coming out now, you just can't tell yet because you're too close up to it.

I AM NOT MONTEL WILLIAMS.

[–] CharlesVariations 15 years ago

going by that logic, why buy any movie at all?

[–] The_Great_Loner 14 years ago

What a pointless thread.

[–] spicy_mchaggis-2 13 years ago

although you do have to give it one thing, it has garnished the most comments of any on the video dead thread so there is that.

On a totally unrelated note. I think this movie deserves a remake. the fact that the zombie are smart enough to make traps is actually pretty terrifying and if you got some half way decent actors I think this could be a pretty great movie. the 80s version while campy and fun just doesn't quite live up to its concept I don't think

[–] balthazar_bee 12 years ago

I had a similar dilemma.

As a kid, I loved the VHS box art. I saw it every time I wandered into the horror section of Jumbo Video. This section was already the coolest place on earth (it had its own room, and some atmospheric cobwebs and skeletons decorating the walls for good measure) so "every time I wandered in" actually meant close to once a week.

Even at that age though -- between 6 and 10 -- I understood that not all horror films are as cool as they should be...or as bloody amazing as their box art.

I can't remember when I learned this lesson, but it was early enough that I was satisfied to admire Video Dead from afar. Actually renting it, particularly when I could be renting Freddy's Revenge, Friday 4 or Terror Train yet again, practically begged to disappoint.

So I never did.

Yesterday I made my weekly jaunt to the local DVD retailer and, behold, there was the old artwork. I probably hadn't seen it in twenty years. I guess I'm getting more sentimental or nostalgic, because I simply had to buy it. (It's part of a two-pack with Terror Vision, another one I'd skipped in my youth.)

Fortunately, it was pretty good. No, not actually good -- terrible in fact -- but pretty enjoyable. I saw to it that the beer was flowing, in accordance with instructions provided in this thread, and I had a very good time. Possibly too good a time, because (apart from one moment that actually shocked me) the story is a bit hazy -- I mean beyond "zombies come out of TV and run amok".

What this experience has reinforced for me is just how much I miss the days of VHS rental houses. Scanning the shelves for terrifying little morsels. Rewinding tapes. Buying used copies whenever I was lucky enough to find them. Renting those terribly bulky top-loading VHS players (with $100 deposit of course).

These might seem like hassles (hell, they were) but the childish joy I felt every time I was allowed to roam those places made it all so memorable.