| | Dracula DVD
| Category | Horror DVDs, Science-Fiction/Fantasy Movies, Recommended Videos, Classic, Based On A Novel, Vintage, Horror Movies, Vampires, Horror Classic, AFI Top 100 Thrills, AFI Top 100 Movie Quotes, AFI Top 50 Villains | | Starring | Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Edward Van Sloan, Frances Dade, Herbert Bunston | | Director | Tod Browning | | Art Director | Charles D. Hall | | Cinematographer | Karl Freund | | Editor | Milton Carruth | | Screenwriter | Garrett Fort | | Source Writer | John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane | | Story | Bram Stoker |
Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack Spanish; Director's Comments This is the first screen version of Bram Stoker's famous tale based on the smash hit stage production. Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) arrives in London and immediately works to enrapture and transform into vampires young Lucy Weston (Frances Dade) and her friend Mina Seward (Helen Chandler). After he succeeds in turning Lucy, and Mina's health suddenly deteriorates, Mina's father (Herbert Bunston), calls in a specialist, Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan). Van Helsing quickly recognizes Dracula's vampirism, and sets about saving Mina (and in the process, becomes Dracula's archenemy). The film, arguably the most influential of the legend's film versions, launched Lugosi's career in horror movies and forever invited vampires across Hollywood's threshold. Bela Lugosi played the role of Count Dracula in the stage play.
DRACULA was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2000.
This film was followed by a sequel in 1936, "Dracula's Daughter" directed by Lambert Hillyer. Tod Browning's "Dracula" was also followed by many other film versions of the Bram Stoker tale. There was the classic Hammer "Dracula" made in 1958 starring Christopher Lee and directed by Terence Fisher. That was followed in 1973 by a version starring Jack Palance in the title role. It was produced in Great Britain and directed by Dan Curtis. John Badham made a 1979 "Dracula" starring Frank Langella as the Count and Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing. The most recent version is Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 extravaganza entitled "Bram Stoker's Dracula" starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins. The granddaddy of them all, of course, is F.W. Murnau's silent 1922 masterpiece "Nosferatu" starring Max Schreck as an unforgettably creepy Dracula. It was remade in color with sound by Werner Herzog in 1979 with Klaus Kinski in the title role. Dracula Reviews: "...It is Lugosi's performance, and the cinematography of Karl Freund that make Tod Browning's film such an influential Hollywood picture..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "...Where this version really scores is in its sheer strangeness..."
-- John Wrathall, Total Film Dracula | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.43) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1931 | | All Time Sales Rank |  72544  | | CD Universe Part number | 7983159 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 15, 2009 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Additional Info | Full Screen | | Movie Details | Full Screen |
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New York jazz/pop cult heroes Dave's True Story both outlived and transcended the '90s lounge revival through the strength of both David Cantor's witty, urbane, and deceptively deep songwriting, and chanteuse Kelly Flint's bewitching, understated style. Their fourth album, NATURE, is their most polished to date and, ironically, their least jazzy, with Cantor moving toward a more pentatonic pop mode, with any swing-kitsch leanings definitively excised. In other words, it's a perfect entry-point into the rarefied delights of the band's sui generis aesthetic viewpoint.
New York's jazzy pop trio Dave's True Story dims the lights and darkens the grooves on their new CD "Nature," cleverly exploring the topics of love, sleeplessness and global ennui. Lyricist, guitarist Dave Cantor, jazzy chanteuse Kelly Flint, and produce
Dave's True Story: Kelly Flint (vocals); David Cantor (guitar, ukulele); Jeff Eyrich (bass instrument, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Roger Bruno (accordion, shaker); Bernhard Ulrich (clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Randy Reinhart (trumpet); Steve Gluzband (flugelhorn); J. Walter Hawkes (trombone); Jon Dryden (piano, electric piano, organ); Bob Malone (electric piano); Tom Beckham, Lalo (vibraphone); Rich Zukor (drums, bongos, djembe, shaker, percussion); Richard Crooks (drums); Fred Walcott (bongos, percussion).
| | Dave's True Story Simple Twist Of Fate CD (2005)
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With only seven Bob Dylan covers (three are reprised as "radio edits," another is repeated as an "alternative mix"), and a closing original tune, this is more an EP than a full-length album. Regardless, Dave's True Story does right by Dylan, covering songs from the early part of his career, with two coming from Blood on the Tracks and two from Blonde on Blonde. Reinterpreting them in the DTS' lounge-core, tropicalia fashion works surprisingly well for the most part, emphasizing Dylan's edgy lyrics as singer Kelly Flint brings her languid, torchy sensuality to the mix. Hardcore Dylan fans might find these versions on the smooth side, but the arrangements, while easy-going, are not necessarily easy listening. Stripped down to just stand-up bass, brushed drums, predominantly unplugged guitars, and just a hint of organ emphasizes the unique chord changes that mark the best of Dylan's work. Unearthing New Morning's jazzy "If Dogs Run Free," with talk and sung vocals from David Cantor as Flint scats behind him, is a terrific and unexpected find. "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" is the only track here that doesn't translate as well to the DTS style, since the words are too cutting to be sung in such a relaxed fashion. Additionally, Flint changes notes from the original when she sings "blue" in the chorus, which is jarring. The second "alternative" stab at "You're a Big Girl Now" features reverbed, noir surf guitar, infusing a moody and dynamic twist to the song. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" plays closest to the original, but Flint's direct approach misses Dylan's sly, understated humor. The lone new composition, "Blood and Bone," although a good-enough DTS track, doesn't belong here musically, and one wonders why the band could not have worked up a few more Dylan tunes to flesh out this otherwise excellent project. ~ Hal Horowitz
This 7-song Bob Dylan cover EP could be subtitled "DTS Does Dylan." This project had its genesis several months ago, when Dave's True Story was in
| | Towering Inferno DVDs (1974) Widescreen; Special Edition
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A horrible fire engulfs the world's largest skyscraper trapping a group of people on the top floor. Academy Award Nominations: 8, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: 3, Best Cinematography, Best Song ("We May Never Love Like This Again"), Best Editing.
Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments; Special Edition
| | Frankenstein DVD (1931) Full Screen
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FRANKENSTEIN is James Whale's first stylish, expressionist film (INVISIBLE MAN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN) to grace the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s and 1940s (DRACULA, THE MUMMY). Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his hunchbacked assistant, Fritz (Dwight Frye), embark on an unholy mission by stealing a body from a graveyard and a human brain from a medical college. Unbeknownst to Frankenstein, however, Fritz takes a violent and murderous abnormal brain. Henry's strange letters about his experiments worry his fiancée, Elizabeth (Mae Clark), and friends Victor (John Boles) and Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan). They arrive at Frankenstein's laboratory to find the spectacular scene of creation under way--and Frankenstein intoxicated with his own godlike power.
FRANKENSTEIN is in many ways the original horror classic, virtually creating the genre itself, leading to numerous sequels and myriad imitators. Whale's ability to give humanity to the Monster is one of the film's most stunning successes.
Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Director's Comments
| | Mummy DVD (1932)
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Archaeologists digging in Egypt uncover the 3000-year-old mummy of Im-ho-tep, a prince who was buried alive, with a curse placed on anyone who opens his tomb. The disturbance brings restores life to the mummy, who escapes and assumes the persona of Ardeth Bey (Boris Karloff), a mysterious Egyptian whose one goal is to reincarnate his lover of 3000 years ago. When he believes he sees a shadow of his lost love in lovely young Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann), only her would-be suitor, Frank Whemple (David Manners), and resourceful Dr. Muller (Edward Van Sloan) can save her from body from being consumed by the soul of a long-dead woman. Thanks to director Karl Freund and an understated performance by horror legend Boris Karloff, THE MUMMY is a dreamlike masterpiece.
Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Director's Comments
| | Rosanne Cash List CD (2009)
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After the dark and chilling themes of 2006's BLACK CADILLAC, which saw Rosanne Cash dealing with the deaths of her mother, Vivian Liberto, her father, Johnny Cash, and her stepmother, June Carter Cash -- all of whom passed within a two-year span -- one might assume that her next project would move into an even deeper level of bleakness, but with THE LIST, it's immediately clear that she has instead found a more measured place to stand. It's a lovely and redemptive outing that looks back to go forward. When Cash turned 18, her father, alarmed that his daughter only knew the songs that were getting played on the radio, gave her a list of what he considered 100 essential American songs; Cash kept that list, and now she's drawn on it for this wonderfully nuanced outing that brims with a kind of redemptive timelessness. THE LIST is a renewal and a testament to life, and it belongs to her father as much as it belongs to her, a beautiful restatement of her father's passions, only now, they've become his daughter's treasures, as well. It's an affirming story, but that's all it would be if Cash didn't sing her heart out here. The opener, a version of Jimmie Rodgers' "Miss the Mississippi and You," is full of comfortable grace and sentiment, and Cash keeps that fine emotional tone throughout this set. Songs like the folk classic "500 Miles" feel at once both lovingly rendered and reborn for a new century in Cash's hands. There's also her fine rendering of Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country," a nice turn at Harlan Howard's "Heartaches by the Number" (which features Elvis Costello), a calm but still spooky duet with Jeff Tweedy on the faux-murder ballad "Long Black Veil," and a duet with Bruce Springsteen on Hal David and Paul Hampton's "Sea of Heartbreak." Cash sings with a calm, measured authority, and all these the songs fit together with the same sort of refreshing resignation and care.
Adapters: John Leventhal; Rosanne Cash.
Personnel: Jeff Tweedy, Rufus Wainwright
| | Doctor Who - Delta And The Bannermen DVD (1986)
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A classic episode of the long running science fiction series, this DOCTOR WHO installment features the seventh doctor, Sylvester McCoy. The doctor is joined by Mel on a space bus tour to Disneyland, a prize they had won. The space bus becomes deadly when another intergalactic traveler is met, the Chimeron Queen Delta. She is fleeing from Gavrok and his Bannerman who have genocidal ambitions. The doctor and Mel must shield Delta and the child she is hatching from an egg in this intense space drama. The seventh doctor's trademark prop, the umbrella with the handle in a question mark shape makes its first appearance in this episode.
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Amaray Case
| | Conspiracy To Rule The World DVD (2009)
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Is our society under attack by powers that would seek to take away our personal freedoms and create a vicious police state? Could it be that we are all "asleep," and that to wake up would be to witness a world that is truly bizarre and terrifying? In this unsettling documentary, filmmakers speak with people who claim to have been awakened to the plot to establish a post-democratic era. Their unique theories and startling evidence point to a massive deception the likes of which modern society has never seen. From the sinister organization known as the Common Purpose to the mainstream media's role in spreading misinformation, no aspect of the new world order is left unexplored in an attempt to highlight the dangers that await in the future should we fail to recognize the warning signs today.
Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English
| | Creature From The Black Lagoon DVD (1954)
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A research team digging in the Amazon comes across the fossilized hand of a human fish creature. That night, the creature emerges from the swamp to kill. So begins one of the more recognizable classics of the science fiction and horror genres. Shot originally in 3-D, this has been a late-night TV hit for decades. The hand makes its way back to the oceanographic institute and soon conscientious scientist David Reed (Richard Carlson), greedy scientist Mark (Richard Cunha) and the beautiful girl they fight over, Kay (Julia Adams) are heading up the Amazon to find more fossils. Instead, of course, they run into the real thing, and terror begins. While Mark and David fight over what to do next, the creature falls in love with Kay, and makes plans of his own. Island diver Ricou Browning plays the creature in the spectacular underwater scenes, the highlight being a beautifully creepy scene of Kay going for a swim, while the smitten creature swims along below her, transfixed. The pounding, horrific score is credited to conductor Joseph Gerhsenson but was actually written by a team of composers, including Henry Mancini.
Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Director's Comments
| | Blassreiter: The Complete Series, Part 1 DVDs (2009)
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This stylish anime series follows the epic battle of the Demoniacs--half mech, half organic creatures bent on world domination--and Joseph Jobson, humanity’s last hope for survival. Thanks to a mysterious power that flows through his veins, Joseph is able to meld with his tricked-out motorcycle, becoming a powerful man-machine in battle. Unfortunately, this power is also rapidly consuming his soul, and may soon turn him into a demon not unlike those he seeks to conquer.
Animated; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles
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