Search - Tomb of Terrors 50 Movie Pack on DVD

Robert B. (Antmusic) from SALEM, OR
Reviewed on 6/19/2009...

This box set contains 50 Horror films, most of which are exclusive to this set. Most of the films are from the 2000's, but there are a few older rarities. They are mostly low budget films, and many are very bad, ha ha. If you like "bad" horror, this is the set for you. There are a lot of gross-out scenes and a lot of bad acting. There is a lot of screaming and running too. A couple of them will probably actually scare you, a lot. Nudity, sexual situations, and language, of course, make most of them unsuitable for minors (just look at the title of "Barely Legal Lesbian Vampires"... and yes it has lesbian vampire "situations" complete with almost too much nudity). If bad T&A and gore films are your game, then this is a set that is full of what you are looking for. There are a couple of treasures hidden in the bunch, but most will have you showing them to your friends after you're done watching them, "Look at this thing! How the heck did they get away with filming this?"

Pendulum-inous

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 11/14/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"PENDULUM PICTURES is an independent distributor that (for better or worse) has given amateur and would-be filmmakers the opportunity to break into the movie business. Production values of these shot-on-Super-8 bloodbaths are slight, often the stories seem improvised, audio clarity can be an issue, and the want of pro actors is glaringly apparent. And yet, these odd little films still hold a certain appeal: for the fan of the ultra-violent, most definitely, but they are also evidence that anything is possible, hard work does eventually pay off, and dreaming of a movie career is not necessarily wasted time. (If you doubt it: some of the once-unknown actors and directors here now have a cult following!)

Are any of these fifty movies "classics"? Not really. Do they cater to a fringe element? Probably. Does the TOMB OF TERRORS 50 MOVIE PACK belong in all home video libraries? No way. You must admit though that titles like "Barely Legal Lesbian Vampires," "Flesh Eating Ghouls From Outer Space" and "Purvos" are somewhat amusing-- and that may be the appeal of this collection: in spite of graphic depictions of death, dismemberment and other atrocities, in the end it's all just ACTING, and all in good (if bizarre) fun.

The DECREPIT CRYPT OF NIGHTMARES 50 MOVIE PACK is a perfectly creepy companion piece to this DVD box set.

If you'd like to sample smaller doses of TOMB OF TERRORS, I've listed titles with the 6 Movies Packs they originally came in (and included some links). Parenthetical numbers are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website:

BEASTLY BUTCHERS
(3.0) The Lunar Pack (2004)
(???) Season in Hell (2004)

BRUTAL BLOODSUCKERS
(1.9) Barely Legal Lesbian Vampires: The Curse of Ed Wood! (2006)
(2.7) Lifeblood (2006)
(3.5) Strange Things Happen At Sundown (2003)

CRAZED KILLERS
(1.8) Kill the Scream Queen (2004)
(4.1) The Traveler (2006)

DEMENTED DEVIANTS
(???) Human Behavior (2006)
(3.5) Purvos (2006)

DEPRAVED DEGENERATES
(2.6) The Abberdine County Conjuror (2006)
(3.2) Kill Them And Eat Them (2003)

EVERLASTING EVILS
(3.3) Death From Beyond (2006)
(???) Siege of Evil (2005)

FATAL FEMMES
(4.7) Cutting Room! (2005)
(2.8) The Parasite (1997)

HARDCORE HORRORS
(3.6) Soul of the Demon (1991)
(2.4) Terror at Baxter U (2003)
(3.1) The Vulture's Eye (200

HOSTILE HAUNTINGS
(???) Sleep Disorder (2005)
(???) The Somnambulists (2005)
(2.8) The Woodland Haunting 2 (2006)

MORBID MUTILATIONS
(4.1) Massacre (1989)
(3.0) Shower of Blood (2004)

SADISTIC SINNERS
(2.8) Demon Seduction ("Demon Sex") (2005)
(4.5) Shadowhunters (2004)

SAVAGE SICKOS
(???) Disk Jockey (2005)
(???) Skyggen (2005)

SINISTER SOULS
(2.1) The Crucifier (2005)
(???) Unborn Sins (2007)

VICIOUS VIXENS
(5.1) From Venus (2005)
(2.2) Rape is a Circle (2006)
(2.8) So Mort It Be (2004)
(???) Nightmare Museum (2006)

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The following 17 titles are available ONLY in this box set.
They include two very highly regarded films.

(3.3) Blood Legend (2006)
(???) Capture the Flag (2003)
(2.8) Devil's Moon (2004)
(???) Flesh Eating Ghouls from Outer Space (2004)
(7.1) Gorno: An American Tragedy (2004) (based on the Columbine killings)
(3.9) Granny (1999)
(4.6) Inexchange (2006)
(3.3) The Night Owl (2005)
(???) None Left Standing (2005)
(3.3) Reanimator Academy (1992)
(???) Redneck County Fever (2001)
(???) Revenge of La Llorona (2006)
(7.6) Rose of Death (2007) (a prom night prank goes terribly wrong)
(???) The Slasher (2000)
(2.3) Sorority Babes in the Dance-A-Thon of Death (1991)
(???) Three Can Keep a Secret (2006)
(3.2) To Become One (2002)"