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MGM Finally unleashes some of the Horror Classics they've been hoarding
MGM owns sooo many old Horror (ahem) Classics that they do nothing with but hoard. Putting 4 titles like this together is a great idea as I'm sure the wackos like me who keep their eye out for movies like "Face Of Marble" (a cool little flick, btw) are few and far between. However it would be even greater if two of the titles weren't previously released on DVD via their Midnite Movies series. I'm pretty sure these are just meant to be one of those cheap DVD items you pick up while checking out at Walmart so I'm sure not much care or TLC is going into them. But hopefully more goodies will finally find a home on DVD through this series.

BEWARE!
The image quality of FACE OF MARBLE is terrible! It's too dark and it flutters. Honestly, this looks like the kind of crap you'd get on one of those 100 movies for 50 cents collections. The other three titles are good quality but why not replace JONATHAN DRAKE and I BURY THE LIVING with something that hasn't been on disc yet like THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN and DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN? They were both released on laser disc so they've been re-mastered. Come on MGM or whoever it is that's releasing this old junk. You can do better than this.

Great price - enjoyable horror movies
This collection runs about 300 min. on a single DVD9 (Dual-layered) disc. It includes the following films:
The Face of Marble (1946) 72 min. Features John Carradine
I Bury the Living (1958) 77 min. Features Richard Boone
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) 70 min. With Eduard Franz
The Snake Woman (1961) 68 min. Features Susan Travor

The Snake woman appears to be presented in 1:66 Widescreen, the other three are in fullscreen. Overall quality is very good, except for "Face of Marble" which source print appears to be showing some amount of wear, but this is NOT a serious distraction. I doubt if better copies of these four films can be found anywhere else, although "The Four skulls of Jonathan Drake" was previously released by MGM on DVD, and included the trailer. This collection includes some nice "still and movie poster" galleries but no trailers, or interviews or other extras.

The price is unbeatable. Plenty of...

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