25 Horror Classics

Odd mix of movies and TV episodes
This isn't so much a review as a description. This set comes on two double-sided DVDs on two spindles. It includes 11 public domain movies, 4 episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theater, 6 episodes of Tales of the Unexpected, and 4 episodes of Tales of Tomorrow.

The disc menus are labeled Disc 2 & 4 of "50 Horror Classics", which is presumably this 50 Horror Classics offering, also from Pacific Entertainment.

Here's what you get, along with some ratings (1-10 scale, updated March 2012) and info from IMDB, an Amazon company:

(4.5) Dead Men Walk, 1943, movie, George Zucco
(3.0) The Mad Monster, 1942, movie, George Zucco
(7.6) The Town Where No One Got Off, 1986, The Ray Bradbury Theater, Jeff Goldblum
(7.2) The Coffin, 1988, The Ray Bradbury Theater, Denholm Elliot
(6.5) Gotcha!, 1988, The Ray Bradbury Theater, Saul Rubinek
(6.5) The Emissary, 1988, The Ray Bradbury...

A lot of content for very little scratch
This set offers 17 hours of "classic Horror" for a minimal investment. The movies and shows are all packed on to 2 double sided disks, I didn't expect much from this set, but was surprised to find the quality of the prints are half way decent and watchable, not great, but for the price I'm quite satisfied.

Wheat among the chaff
Large parts of this collection are episodes of an English television series best forgotten, but there's poverty row silver, if not gold in some of the offerings.
I enjoyed Dead Man Walks and The Mad Monster with George Zucco, a horror actor I was previously unfamiliar with. The films are strictly bargain basement, but Zucco is effective.
The Crystal Egg is another Z production, this one a tv production starring Thomas Mitchell, who was in "Stagecoach"," "It's a Wonderful Life" and dozens of other great movies. I may be one of the few who read the HG Wells short story, and thus enjoyed this stilted production.
Ice from Space with Paul Newman and Appointment on Mars with Leslie Nielsen give us glimpses of the early careers of actors who would get much, much better later in life.
The World Gone Mad with Pat O Brien doesn't belong on this set: there's nothing "horror" about it, but it's a surprisingly good example of the racy side of Hollywood movies before the...

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